i'm not sure what it is about guns that intrigues boys so much...
and i'm not sure what it is about pain that is so funny to them either...
my brother, his friend, and our two cousins decided to use air soft guns and paintball guns on each other.
for fun.
they each took turns shooting at each other. one person would put on the mask and head to the edge of the woods, while the others stood by the house taking turns shooting at the live target.
and laughing every time someone got hit.
the "rules" were, you weren't supposed to shoot on automatic, and you were supposed to stop shooting the person when they ran out of the woods.
both rules were broken.
of course i was there taking pictures... and i have to admit, i was laughing pretty hard too.
i'm getting bigger... and it's getting hotter... in case you were wondering, this is a bad combination.
i knew full well that this summer was going to be tough. i knew that i would be in my last two months of pregnancy just as the summer was at its hottest.
but i didn't really know how that would feel.
and then it happened.
and tim put in the air conditioners.
i might sit here in the living room all summer long.
one of the biggest disagreements we have is about orange juice.
tim likes oj with no pulp. can you believe it?!
i, on the other hand, like lots of pulp.
how do we solve this problem, you wonder? well, we buy two kinds of orange juice. a his and hers, so to speak.
but this morning... this morning i was out of mine, so i thought i would just have one glass of his.
i took one sip and dumped the rest down the drain.
it was like orange medicine or something. i like my juice to seem fresh squeezed. i want to drink my oj and close my eyes and imagine that i am drinking it straight from the juicer.
i am a dog person. (like i really had to say that)
but this is a little ridiculous.
as i was driving to a friend's, i realized that there is paper everywhere in my car.
you see, griffey likes to tear paper up. so while i'm driving, and paying attention to the road, she will find anything she can... a pay stub, a receipt, a post-it... anything, and she will tear it to shreds.
as i was shaking my head at the paper, i then notices all the nose marks on my windshield.
griffey insists on pressing her wet snout all over my window.
and the sad part is, even if/when i clean, she just does it all over again.
i remember the days when i didn't even like one little thing out of place in my car. i used to keep air fresheners fresh, and the leather polished.
they were the cutest bunch of kids i have ever seen.
and their singing and dancing was awesome.
they are all from the watoto orphanage in uganda.
they travel around singing and sharing the message that God loves us all. they share their heartbreaking stories, but explain that there is hope! that with God they they have found happiness.
they were so inspiring. their love of God despite their suffering was so moving and their happiness was evident in their smiles.
he sits right outside our backdoor, so every time i bring the dog out she gets all upset.
you see... griffey is a hunting dog. a bird dog to be specific. and even though we have never taken her hunting, she still loves to chase birds in the yard. it's just ingrained in her.
but this little bird. he just sits there on the gutter. she can't chase him, so she gets ticked and usually sits and barks at him until i drag her away.
a few of us went shoe shopping for julia's wedding.
but as my blog showed yesterday, i will not be able to wear the same shoes as everyone. which stinks because the shoes we picked are super cute.
as were most of the shoes in the macy's shoe department.
it was torture walking around there. not just because my feet hurt, but because my heart hurt. my little heart hurt knowing that i couldn't wear any of the cute shoes in that store.
this morning i saw tina's status update on facebook: "ok, i don't want to brag(yesido) but this cupcake frosting i just made... you should probably just come here and try it. uh-may-zing".
so it only made sense to ask her to bring me one when we met for coffee tonight.
now, i'm not one to judge, but...
i'm sure it will taste "uh-may-zing", but it doesn't look "um-may-zing"... it doesn't even look good.
she said that the sun melted the frosting. likely story.
but like i said, i'm not one to judge... so i will eat it anyway. and i am sure i will love it!
today is mother's day. it was neat getting mother's day wishes from all of my friends and family. although, i don't feel exactly like a mom yet, i know i am one.
this afternoon we went to my parents house for lunch. while there, my mother gave me two chairs she got at a tag sale.
at first i wasn't so sure about these chairs... they are... well, they are pretty ugly. but then i sat in them... and i completely changed my mind. they are so comfortable. and they glide too!
now i love my porch. i can't wait to sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffee.
tim and i went to run an errand at the west farms mall and then ended up exploring west hartford.
we have lived in CT for some time now, but always head north when we go out.
i suggested trying this restaurant "the elbow room". i read about it in a magazine a while back and thought it sounded really good.
it was.
then after dinner, we walked all around the center. i never knew how cute it is there! i had heard of "blue back square" before, and even asked friends to go check it out, but no one seemed to think that it was anything worth driving to.
tonight i went to the webster underground with the amazing carla ten eyck (www.carlateneyck.com) and her awesome husband dave, to see the band "the awakening" play in a battle of the bands.
this is the band i got to shoot at carla's photography workshop, so it was really neat to see them play.
they were really great, and although we were a little old for the crowd the appeal to, we hung in there with the best of them.
but now i'm ready to crash. so here are a few shots i got while there.
i don't really know how to describe it. i mean i could describe what it feels like, pop corn popping, but i can't describe how i feel when i feel it... if that makes sense.
my pregnancy has changed since i have been able to feel the baby kick too... i actually feel pregnant.
before, i knew i was, but didn't really feel any different, but now, i feel the baby all the time. i love it.
however, it's kind of strange seeing the baby kick. if i watch my belly, i can actually see it move when the baby kicks. and that i haven't gotten used to just yet.
i'm all for saving the environment, but seriously, this bag is just ridiculous.
i don't know if you have had sun chips in their new 100% compostable bags, but if you have then everyone within a 10 mile radius of you heard you.
the bag is so loud that when we drove to florida last april, we had a rule that no one was allowed to eat the chips in the car if someone else in the car was sleeping.
the bag is so loud that the sun chip company actually redesigned their bags because people complained about them.
although, i have a sinus infection (which i'm sure is unrelated to the pregnancy).
