lucky AND charming!

melissa, this one is for your "funny faces" book. you tell me what he is looking at? i haven't a clue!

here is a funny story about yesterday. (well actually 2 days ago since now it is officially a new day.)

nathaniel and i went on a walk after he got home from work on wednesday. we set off with a dog and a stroller (kendal was sitting ALL the way up in the stroller).

first, we ran into our neighbors and their dog. big big dog. kendal loves dogs. he wasn't even afraid in the slightest. khaki even licked his face when he was trying to grab her whiskers.

ok, so we finally stopped socializing and started exercising and kendal got a little fussy. i figured he was cold, since i am so smart and didn't bring him a coat. yea, i was warm... i was moving! he was getting cold air blasted in his face! so i wrapped him in his blanket and popped that hush button in his mouth and he sucked away.

not 2 minutes later i looked down to see kendal slumped over the front of the stroller. nathaniel said in a panic voice "OH MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM???" and i, likewise, reached down and shoved him backwards.

he was asleep. i didn't even know he was sleepy. guess the stroller works kinda like the car because he ALWAYS sleeps in the car (even a 5 minute ride turns into a quick nap!) so i laid back the stroller seat and covered his little legs and arms up, and he slept the rest of the way around the block!

isn't that a funny story? well, many of you have already seen these photos, but here are some old ones and some new ones too - there are our homemade st. patty's day pictures!

the "chip - n - dale" look

kendal was WAY interested in what those leaves were made of (acrylic).

don't you know i kiss him all day long?
know what? i don't mind my face all slobbery anymore!

i had another thought... tomorrow is kendal's half birthday. can you believe he is 6 months old? i can't. seems like just yesterday my water broke... and no, i still have not forgotten how bad labor hurts after 6 months. although, i'd gladly do it again to get another one just like him.

he is so big. i weighed him 2 days ago and he was 19.6 pounds and that was AFTER a big poop and at least 2 hours after he ate last. (i.e., he was "empty") kate and mom and i went shopping to buy him a few new clothes. he can't fit those thunder thighs into the 12 month jeans. so, on to the stretchy pants... which the 12 month ones are too small now. so, we have started in the 18 month clothes! he is wearing "real" pjs now (shirt and pants rather than the footie snap up thingys). now if i could only get him to stand up...

what is wrong with people?

"what is wrong with people?" is what nathaniel says every time he sees something whacko crazy happening in the world. like when a college student gets robbed (and murdered) for his/her money.

really. what is wrong with people?

now to continue quoting people, i must add a comment my dad made. (i think it was my dad who said it. maybe it was nathaniel.) "when are they gonna figure out college students are broke?"

really. when are they gonna figure out that college students are broke?

2 robbery murders in durham/CH? 2 robberies at NCSU? these not-so-bright criminals are REALLY barking up the wrong tree.

ok, so i just have to say it. not only what is wrong with "people", what is wrong with those 2 dumb kids from durham? using an atm card of the girl they just killed? not wearing a disguise? using her phone to call their friends? OH MY GOD. it is a dissappointment that the 17 year old can't get the death penalty. because that is the only place that the world could be safe from him.

did you see that BOTH of the eve carson murderers were due in wake co. court LAST week for robbery? and both had a rap sheet? WHY WERE THEY FREE??? and who braided their hair since last week? shouldn't we find out who was helping them hide and arrest them too?

i suppose in a weird sort of way, we can thank our poor judicial system for the death of that poor girl. and that poor guy back in january. because if the justice system had done its job in the first place, those fellows would have been behind bars.

ok, so this is as much as i can say or quote without using words like "durham", "black", and "nuke".

oh wait. i already said durham.

last night's game

yesterday at the last minute, nathaniel and i went to the SOLD OUT canes' game against buffalo. nathaniel hates buffalo. i think i've always "liked" them because #1 eric cole is from buffalo (not the team, the town), and #2 their fans are just rabid hockey fans.

well last night, the buffalo fans were there in full force. nathaniel says it is because of the RBC Center's close proximity to the confined area of relocated yankees (CARY)... i'd say between 5 and 10% of the crowd were buffalo fans. young ones, old ones, annoying 20 something ones, etc.

overall, the middle-young aged fans were quite annoying, although entertaining. they were loud, obnoxious, and rude, but they would get under the skin of other c.a.r.y. hurricane's fan that would keep us interested. like these 3 22 year old boys sitting one row up and 10 rows over from us. they were screaming about lets go buffalo or some crap during a commercial timeout and this guy who was walking down to his seat (by the glass) who was carrying 2 ice creams stopped to yell back at them. i have no idea what he was saying (i think it was something about their goalie), but the kids started saying "just go eat your ice cream" and then the yelling would continue. (the yelling was RIGHT over the head of the guy sitting in front of us.)

i suppose most carolina fans realize the intensity of their rival buffalo fans, so they brought things to the game were funny. (and i didn't get some of them.) first, there was a yellow, blown up banana (like the kind of toy you win at the guess-your-age game at the fair). next, some canes fan had a rope with a stuffed buffalo on the end. that one is obvious... but the banana? they even had a banner on the jumbotron that said "contrary to popular belief, bananas do not grow in buffalo." apparently, people think the buffalo's jersey design looks like a banana.
i guess i can see the resemblance. some some other funny things...then there was a chick in a yellow shirt that would turn around and flip off the canes fans everytime we got up to cheer for a GOAL we made... and the loud mouths on the TOP TOP row that were yelling for buffalo...

anyway, i just wanted to report funny things from the game last night. good thing the canes won!

and nathaniel was right. buffalo fans are assholes.

Longaberger

Today I received my pair of MINI loaf pans from Longaberger. I got the Tomato Color, as shown above. However, the above photo is of the regular loaf pan, not the mini. I guess it was a special order only... because now I can't even find it online!

Let me just say that they are SO cute. I even bought bananas the other day so i could let them overripen and make mini-loafs of banana bread. I was gonna save them and give them as gifts (with a cake in it), but, they are just too cute. I think I'll use them plenty, so I'm keeping them.

A while back, I ordered of the small pie plates and we use them all the time. I have both the tomato red and orange spice color. they are perfect for salads and pasta. i've wanted to cook a pot pie in them, but i haven't yet. i can't wait for THEM to go on special again, because i want 4 more!!!

also, i bought a lunch basket about 2 years ago. it is so cute. unfortunately it lives in the cabinet now, mainly because i never need to "take" my lunch anywhere. and i'm sure nathaniel wouldn't want to carry it to work (not as manly as a food lion bag, right?).

If you want to look at the Longaberger stuff, which is AWESOME both the pottery and the baskets, please go to my sister's page and see what they have! (and i'm assuming she doesn't mind me posting the link...)

New Cards

I'm always excited when I make new cards. I want everyone to see them. Even if I plan to mail them to folks. Yesterday and today, since work is "in waiting" (I have 2 projects, and on both I am waiting to hear back from the designer/engineer), I decided to make St. Patrick's Day cards. Really, it is just a way to send family new pictures of Kendal.

Anyway, I suppose i'll have to wait to post the photos of my new SPD cards. But until then, I made 5 designs (12 cards) to be sold on consignment at Dulcinea (the place where Stephanie works in Greenville).

So anyway, here are my new cards! If you have any ideas for me, let me know! (BTW, these are scanned copies of the cards, they are much prettier in person!)

laughing kendal

this past weekend, nathaniel put all the cat toys (he found under the stove) into a basket downstairs.

tonight, nathaniel was washing dishes and i was watching kendal play in his saucer, which is right next to the cat toy basket. maggie approached the said basket and started sniffing around (looking for a treat, i thought). she pulled out her favorite (cat) toy, which is a blue lizard. this blue lizard came from petsmart last year, mom gave me a coupon for "1 free cat toy" and that is what i got. willow has played with it some, but mainly maggie loves to throw it, play keep away with it, and chew it.

so out came the blue lizard. maggie stomped around it a bit, and then looked at me and growled (my sign that she wants to play). well when she growled, kendal looked at her and smiled.

mags with the blue lizard

i started playing with mags for a few minutes, kendal getting increasingly interested. by this time, nathaniel was finished in the sink and came in the living room to see what was going on (because as you all know, i rarely play with maggie). i pulled kendal out of the saucer and sat him on the floor, in my lap, so he could get a close view of mags playing.

kendal starting to enjoy doggie playtime

we played and we played. and kendal laughed and laughed and laughed. he particularly liked when maggie growled at the toy when i was trying to get it from her. this went on for quite some time, then nathaniel went to get the camera.. and it started all over again. i'd say besides me saying "buji buji buji", this was the longest he's laughed yet.

i sure hope this video works.


now, these pictures are after the laughing session... kendal was watching me while nathaniel was holding him! as much as i think he looks like me, he SO looks like nathaniel too! what do you think?

look at my tongue! (did i spell it right mom?)

are you coming mommie?

red headed boys

to be honest, when the doctor first said that kendal had red hair, my first thought was "oh no!" mainly because... how many cute red headed boys have you ever seen?

let me recount the red headed boys i can think of, in the order that i can remember them.

-long time ago, like in 1st grade or something, i vaguely remember a boy that had red hair. for some reason i feel like his name was forrest. maybe that was his last name.. i really can't remember much about him except he had red hair and i didnt' like him.

+several years ago, i met a coworker's son (tankard), who had red hair. i think his name was hayden, but i'm not sure. he was a cute little guy. sweet as can be. and apparently a good son, too because his dad sure bragged about him (and his sister who also had red hair) a lot!

+recently, i met nathaniel's nephew zach, who is about the cutest 'grown' [boy] kid i've ever seen. maybe it is his personality, maybe it isn't his red hair at all, but he is adorable.

++even more recently, i've noticed that prince harry has red hair. i think he is SO cute. everytime they show him on tv, i say (outloud) "he is so cute!"

so i'm not so worried about my red headed boy now. i hope his hair stays red because it sure is pretty.


oh my god! he is so cute!!!