if harry really could be my friend....

and i could live in narnia while attending hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and my boyfriend was a vampire. i think that might just be my perfect life. or something like that. :)

lately, i've been super into reading books. and not only reading them, but wanting to live and experience them. this past winter when reading the "harry potter" series i really wanted to go to london and board the hogwarts express for myself. i wanted to be friends with ron and herminone and go on all sorts of adventures. i wanted to help harry beat voldermort (excuse me "he who must not be named"), well, maybe just watch him beat voldemort. and i wanted to somehow have a wand of my own.

i read "the devil wears prada" and secretly wished i was single woman who got carted around in town cars and wondered which jimmy choos she should wear today. and wished that i could go to paris during fashion week.

and now i am reading "the chronicles of narnia" series and have gotten quite involved with those too. i have visions of seeing narnia for the first time when aslan was creating it. i wish that when i went into my closet it would lead into a snowy wood (or maybe a tropical paradise, but if we are talking about magical closets here, i won't get picky).

this past week i also watched "twlight" and had a sudden urge to meet a vampire. (a nice one though, who was a supposed "vegetarian" and wouldn't want to eat me). what's the deal? i guess these people must be really good writers, because they sure do take me to other worlds!

but all that aside, i do like my little world too. my world of naptimes, mickey mouse, smears of peanut butter and smelly diapers (well, not that one.) so though all those fantasies seem fun, i do sorta like my own reality.

our com-pu-ter is broke

again!

so i can't post often and can't check emails! and don't get me started on facebook!

my lil' reader

among some of his favorite things to do like, climb, play with various balls (basketball, football, etc.), eat peas, play with trucks, is reading. it might be in the top three, i am not sure. but he loves to take books off the shelf and settle in a good book. most times, he'll bring you a book and then sit in your lap as you read. and he has his favorite books, of course. most have to do with having a ball on one of the pages, and he'll gladly let you know which pages those are. yet there are even times that he loves to read so much, he'll do it on his own in his own little reading corner, as the pictures show:



he's really into this one:


hello!


i hope this love for books continue on as he grows up. and just to let ya'll know, these pictures were not staged!

my baby is one

well, today is officially a year and one day old. how times flies is surely the case. i love my dear little boy so much that i am mourning the end of his first year but excitedly anticipating what is in store this next year. never has one little boy caused me so much joy and had me experience so much love. never has one little boy caused me so many sleepless nights and times of frustration. yet, at the end of the day i love him and am so proud to be his mama.

his birthday was full of happiness and fun. we had a little party of which involved ballons (balls!), babies eating cake, a beautiful slideshow of pictures from his first year (shoutout to jason my brother-in-law for making it. thank you!!), food, a "how well do you know james?" quiz (to which mimi won, congrats!), and of course, presents. thanks to all our family and friends who came out. you made his day special! here are some pictures from the day. i didn't take much on my camera, so ya'll have to wait until i get pictures from other people, then i'll post more. but here's what i got:

"balloons!" this is right when he first woke up and discovered that there were balloons and streamers on the ceiling. oh baby delight!


cake!


"haha! i'm eating cake!"


playing with my cousin Lily

nake time! here james and baby david are getting ready to go play in the cake


baby cakes! they didn't really like playing in the cake as much as we thought they would...

nothing like a nake on his birthday! here is james, me, corie, lily, and tessa in the basement


that's all for now! when i get more, i'll put 'em up! thanks everyone for blessing my son and family!

jon and kate plus 8

for those of your who enjoy the gosselins as much as i do, you'll be happy to find out that right now on iTunes one of the free shows of the week is a new episode of "Jon and Kate Plus 8." just go to iTunes and scroll down to the bottom of the page where is says "Free on iTunes." along with other free songs and music videos, you'll find an episode of jak+8. i haven't watched it yet, i just had to let everyone know! good luck!