Happily Ever After!!!

You don't marry the person you can live with- you marry the person who you cannot live without!!! -unknown

Griffin and I got home from a morning with friends and this is what was waiting for us.
....and this is what was waiting for Q when he got home....an anniversary cake! Pink margarita...yum! Looks so much like our wedding cake! I just didn't get to cream Q with it this time! HA!
My Dad surprised us and treated us to dinner as he watched Griffin at home! ...Our one and only anniversary picture after we got home!...didn't turn out too great, but you get the idea!

...and I think these boys had a little too much fun while we were out!!!

....and we will live Happily Ever After!!!

to my husband on our 5th anniversary

wow! I can't how fast 5 years have come and gone!!! Five years ago, I made you.... I mean you made me (ha!) the happiest girl when we tied the knot!

You have shown me so much love, made me laugh until I cried, and been there by my side through harder times when that is all I wanted to do! You are my very best friend, the best daddy to our little boy, and such an amazing husband! I love you!

Look how far we've come!!!

I love us,

I love the couple that we have become,

I love who we are together,

how we've grown

...into a family!

look how far we've come-in 5 years...and hard to believe that I am even happier now than WAY back then!!! ;) Love you Mr. Ellis!

5:30 is TOO early!!!

whew, I sure do get ALOT done when I get up at 5:30, but not as much as if my son hadn't decided to get up with me...yes, he was my alarm clock today!!! pretty sure we are going through a little teething at our house! G took 2, 3 hour (much needed)naps today!! wow!!!

had to add a little picture of g and his bud eli! had such a fun time splashing around in eli's new pool

3 new projects in the making....stay tuned, they will be showing up in blogland soon!

project #1 teaser...any ideas what this might be for???

sleepover

I am FINALLY back to blogging! After a crazy busy weekend: Saturday: to the gym to swim laps and bike, grocery store & hanging with Griffin's cousins. Sunday, to the park with the 3 kiddos, attempt at shopping, ride on the boat, hanging on the beach with friends & neighbors and then a birthday party... and a ton of fun I finally have a second to breathe! And.....Q and I got into a little water fight and a few droplets landed onto the computer and I wasn't able to click on anything....but after being fed up with not having my computer today....and a few good BANGS, it is now back in working order!!! Yes, I can be tough when I want to be! ;)

here are a few pics of G with his cousins Rylee and Kolton! They had sooo much fun!

sweet cousins! i love love love that these 3 love each other so much!
The two were quite the duo, they were jammin' out together on the boat with lots of little giggles and big smiles!
watch out....the little wakeboarder!
Yayyy! G went out on his ski with cousin Rylee...totally loved it, would stand up, sit down, feel the water, then shake the handle! So proud of our little skier!
Yum! Gotta have an after-boat snack!


...and the park!
and...have to add...q and i were chatting in the living room today, as little stinker was in his crib, in timeout. All of a sudden we hear the jiggling of the doorknob....yep, little stinker was peeking out from around the door and had climbed out of the crib. ahhhh! had to laugh!

deep thoughts ;)

soooo, it's very late and I don't quite feel like going to sleep yet! anyways...such a fun day! Great morning at the gym, picked up my anniversery 'present' (more to come on that), Grandma Kathy kidnapped Griffin for a few hours, wow..such a different experience going to the store without the g man! Booked a little anniversary getaway for Q and I. Yay!!! and just got home from seeing the new movie 'Bridesmaids' with a couple of girlfriends! By the way...best movie ever..so funny! Kim, this movie totally reminded me of us...without the crazy fighting..lol!

and....just a few thoughts.....

I mean really....does it get much better than this...cupcakes and wine all wrapped up into one! LOVE!

My new saying (because I totally need to get in the sun): Tan fat looks better than white fat! ;) Been sharing this thought with friends lately...they totally agree!

So, just like the Jersey shore kids, my day started out with GTL (gym, tanning, laundry)...but also includes, cooking for griffin, changing diapers, cleaning my house, paying bills, working on my business...you get the point anyways, ...maybe I should call my day GTLCCCPW.... those jersey shore kids have got it pretty easy

found this online: cinderella and dorothy agree...the right shoes can change your life! (so true ;)

ok...so Q sometimes wonders where I come up with this stuff and sometimes tells me (jokingly....i hope ;) That he would like to live in my world! (Let me tell you Q, it is a pretty fun place to be...HA!)

dude

a few new ones...some funny, of dude

so much like daddy...

waits outside for daddy to get home some days and helps him drive in the garage
loves to swing...and just giggles when I grab his legs on his way up!
speechless
who would have thought he would like a little starbucks!
chillin...walked all over the store with his hands in his pockets...made me laugh...then leaned against the wall just like daddy and grandpa terry do... these genes make me worried ;)
omg, i walked into the laundry room with him stepping on a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend (she has super great taste and dresses her little man so cute), with the drawer pulled out for him to hang on to, while he reached for the bubbles!

got ahold of my makeup and twisted the cap off of the mascara....didn't think there was anyway he could get that lid off!

19

19 months old

well, i am a few days late getting this up! crazy to think in just a few months I will be planning g's 2nd birthday party! Ahhhhh!

griffin's measurements and percentiles from his 18 month checkup! The dr. was pretty impressed when g started jumping for her! :)

Here is what dude is up to:

• little chatter box
• repeats EVERYTHING we say...q and i are going to have to start editing ourselves...the other day Q let one slip, and G repeated him "chit...daddy" yes, we did get a good laugh after that one!
• wants to push EVERY button, turn every knob and play with every latch
• gives you the tongue, when you give him kisses...and no, we didn't teach him this ;)
• daddy taught him to spit. fabulous ;)
• favorite thing in the world is to drive the boat, and gets little upset when daddy sits in the drivers seat (without him)
• omg, g can now do somersaults, and loves to do them...the other day on the trampoline, I thought q and I were about to lose it when we saw him trying to do a front flip (somersalt from standing up)
• he is a jumping bean...now loves to jump over and over on the floor
• talks so well!
• loves the boat!-many times during the day will bring over his life jacket for me to put on...and will stand at the door, point and say "boat"
• does NOT like to get his hands dirty! when he goes down slides, he will hold them up when he lands, and if he gets dirt on them, will bring them over for me to dust off...Q is trying to teach him to rub them on his clothes....so funny!
• LOVES his clothes...other day while mommy was cleaning out his closet, he found his green puffy winter jacket, thought it would be fun to wear (for an hour...when q took it off, he was sweaty lol) and then came back to me so upset because he didn't have a hat on...when i put one on his head, he just beamed from ear to ear! love him!

a couple pictures of dude

animal house

Griffin's friends Carter(5) and Maddox(3) celebrated at their birthday party this past weekend with a petting zoo! Boy did griffin love it...but only after taking a ride on all of the 'cars'!

griffin LOVED the baby ducks! so so much that I looked over to see a duck flapping wildly in the air as griffin was holding the little thing by the wing...makes me laugh as I am typing this, but boy did I rush to the little duckling's aid when I saw this happen!
the birthday boy carter (an animal LOVER) was so sweet with griffin, he kept bringing animals up for griffin to pet, so sweet!

how sweet is this! we are working on gentle ;)
Great party Camie! And thank you for the ring pop! Griffin obviously LOVED it! ha!