Visitors

Today for Memorial Day Bamma and Boppa came to visit and play. We had a great time catching up and having lunch. Poor Darby woke up with a bit of a cold, then skipped nap, but she still was so happy to see her Bamma and Boppa :)

Darby had so much fun showing off her Elmo Potty movie to Boppa. (Now if only she would follow Elmo's advice and go on the potty!)


Then Bamma came over to join them


My Dad brought me another beautiful hanging basket to join the other one he made for me. My front porch definitely needed some flower-beautification! Thanks Dad! Now let's hope I don't kill them...I certainly did not inherit my Dad's green thumb.

Mama's Day

For Mother's Day I spent time with my Mom, sissy and Darby in downtown Seattle. It was perfect weather and we had such a blast! I love those girls. We had lunch at Elliot's on the water, then walked up to Pike Place Market. I didn't take very many pictures, we were too busy chatting and having fun. Happy Mother's Day, Mama's!

Being silly with Auntie Steffie in the bathroom


Looking at the boats





Walking with Bamma and Steffie


There are a lot of steps up to the Market for a toddler to climb!


Crashed as soon as we got home!


I'm so blessed to be a Mommy to my lil girl Darby, and to be married to my sweet husband Dave. What a nice Mother's Day, and what a nice lil family.

Diving In

We are diving feet first into full time business ownership pandemonium! We signed the papers yesterday afternoon that makes Dave Mr. Head-Honcho/El Presidente/Boss-Man of Monet Painting and Remodeling. I'm so excited for my little entrepreneur, but can't help but have that 'oh my gosh I'm sliding down this slide WAY too fast' feeling! It's just the worrier in me, dontcha know! CONGRATS DAVE! So proud of you. You are the hardest working, and bravest boy I know. Now go make some money already! ;)

Why Can't I Stop Reading?!

This might not be a secret, but I'm a huge nerd. I read a book a week, sometimes more than that depending on how many nights in a row I can manage staying up til 1am laying on the couch, reading. (And my secret reason for still not having baby #2 might just be because Im worried about losing my valuable book-time....) I kid, I kid. Right? ;)
Here are some favorites from the past few weeks, and I basically bug all my friends to read them so we can spend endless hours discussing every last detail. I know, nerd alert. I've been known to jump on complete strangers grabbing a book I like at the library or store....so watch out if you see me coming.


The Book Thief is SO GOOD. It's a young adult novel, but any adult would enjoy it. Seriously! I don't know why I had never read/heard of it before, but it's on my all time favorite list now.


I just randomly tried The Water and the Blood because I LOVE this author. She wrote These is My Words (which I adore), so I thought I would pick this one up. I was not disappointed!


Oprah almost (ahem...almost) never leads me astray. The Help was one I stayed up past 1am reading a few days in a row. Loved it! Oh Minnie...


Calley blogged about Truman Capote (and his ever so desirable voice), so when I saw In Cold Blood on the shelf at the library I grabbed it. Now I want to read all his other books. Maybe Truman was a nut, I don't know, but he was a good author!


My current read is Little Bee. So far it is interesting...but then again, I'm only on page 13...

After this book though, I will be slumming it and re-reading the Twilight Series. I guess renting New Moon the other night inspired me to be ready for the release of Eclipse? ;) Hey, I like Twilight. So shush.