Monday, October 29, 2007

Ode to Sunny!


Sunshine Elizabeth Garner
Died of natural injection today after suffering from a tumor in her mouth. She had just been miraculously rescued by Dad the night before in a crazy escape gone bad. Typical Sunny had darted out of the shutting garage door and slipped down into a bunch of cold mud when dad and Mike found her buried so far that only her head could be seen. Here is the last picture of poor Sunner Bunner! We shared a special bond sunner and I. First....She was born on my birthday. Top that. Second...my personal favorite. She would growl at anyone who she thought was going to hurt me. AND she would also growl at them if I tried to hurt them! What a loyal little pup. Sunny the cat finally went to heaven. Goodbye old friend.

Classic


Classic Alec with cousin Sam going for a vintage ride in this sweet metal fleck painted carnival ride car. This was also the day of the perma-scowl I posted a few weeks ago. They had so much fun riding the rides, the ponies and even holding hands for a minute until they realized that was the best way to slow each other down. Thanks to Kristy, we actually have pictures of the post camera-battery-loss-tragedy afternoon at Sonny Acres. I owe you Kristy!

PS I just have to add, that the hat......was all Alec. I can't believe he actually fit it over his head. It was too small last summer and he insists on wearing it every time he finds the place I've hidden it. "It's my fishin' hat mom!" How can I say NO to that.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Ella 4 Months


I have to Laugh!

I just have to laugh. Last night Brady asks me. "Can you just take like that picture on the desktop and take off all my hair just to see how it looks?" "Um, I guess so. Why?" I reply. "Can't you just do it? It'll take you like 5 seconds right? Now that sounds like a challenge. Since he was up for the change, I thought I'd take liberty to morph in a little x-men while I was at it.

Monday, October 15, 2007

"Little Miss"

Brady calls her "little Miss". Something about it that I love. She is the little miss. She kicks it all day perched on my arm out to the side watching intently trying not to miss a thing Alec does. And every so often she turns and catches me off guard with the hugest grin you've ever seen. But all the while sucking on that sweet soggy hand of hers. MMmmmmm!
Oh.....isn't he so cute! Oh wait. Look a little closer and you'll see the fierce growl I get everytime i yell...."Hey Alec.....look at the camera." It's like he has this horrible vengence against the idea that the camera, if given into, will have control over him. And Alec is not controlled by anyone! Except for maybe a good sucker. So....maybe halloween is the miracle we have been looking for!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Chicago Botanic Gardens

Dragging the kids out sometimes seems futile. But Megan, Matt and Courtney were so much fun. The botanic gardens have orchards, vegetable gardens, gigantic carp and a ton of greedy geese. The day ended at the fountain for the last day of summer weather.


Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Baby Legs!


Okay so I'm in love with these new leggings for kids 0-4 yrs called Baby Legs. You stick on a cute onsie, add baby legs and presto - you've got an outfit. They come in a million different colors and styles. When the legs are little the baby legs are big. When the legs get big....the baby legs get a bit littler.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Cupcakes!!!

So I guess cupcakes are all the rage these days and of course I had to try out Chicago's finest while we were downtown this weekend. We stopped by Cupcakes which was a little on the "I gotta get used to these freaky combinations" sort of bakery with really stylishly decorated cupcakes. I loved the pear and pistachio flavors.




Ella and I hopped out to check out Angel Food Bakery and it's vintage collect-all atmosphere. They are known for their Boston Cream Pie cupcake (shown with red sprinkles). I now know why. YUM!


We happened to drive by a bakery on our way home and I bought Alec a Blue Fishy cupcake. He seems to be loving it here.

Love...true love...



I just had to share this dang funny e-mail poem Brady wrote me today. He called in the middle of poopville celebrating screamfest. He is such a smart little keister.

Brady:
"I'm sorry that you are sad today. I will write you a poem about my true love...

Marriage...
Marriage is what brings us... together... today...
Kids...
Kids are what bring us... together... today...
Work...
Work is what seperates us... today
Fun...
Fun is what brought us... together... 3 years ago...
Future...
Future is what will be so fun...later
Love...
Love is what... I have today.. for you...
Smile...
Smile.. is a word you hate...
Smirk...
Smirk is what you have on your face... right now...
Bad Day...
Bad Day is what you were having... before this email...
Love...
Love is what.. I have yesterday... today... and always... for you.

Little Sweetheart.




Even though she is pretty fussy for a few hours a night, she really is a sweetheart. She is totally cool with just hanging out, but she LOVES when you'll talk to her.

Monday, October 1, 2007

SHHHH!!!

Alec seems to have only one volume. So he knows exaclty what this means. Only this time.... it was to keep me on the stairs while he went to wake up Ella! This picture is probably the third day in a row he wore that Spiderman shirt. He'd wait by the dryer every morning for it so he could put it back on. Heaven help us.