. {not so} fun friday .

this is our day so far ...

 

doesn't look so bad, eh?  it's when you come inside that all chaos begins.  you see, it's that time.  here's what sweet baby looks like this morning (and has for the last 2 days).

 

it's sad folks.  it truly is sad.  she's teething.  and so the opposite of how karsyn went through this stage of infanthood.  karsyn was perfect.  she actually slept more when she was getting a tooth.  and the angels sang sweet melodies.

mykah.  no angels.  snot flying.  puddles of drool.  fussing.  screaming.  fussing.  screaming.  oh, and should i mention she does NOT want to sleep?  not a fun time, but what can you do.  there's lots of hugging and holding.  lots of tylenol and teething tablets.  speaking of, what a perfect time to be completely out of both necessities and who wants to take this child to the store?

. thankful thursday .

you see this guy ...

 

he's the reason i am thankful today.  you see, he got a new job today.  he'll be teaching and coaching right here in bryan.  five minutes from our house.  what a praise!  we've been diligently praying about a new job for months now.  we've passed up jobs that just didn't seem right and jobs we wanted didn't work out.  all it took was a little faith.

"blessed are those who trust in the Lord."  psalm 2:12

. confessions .

. i love cottage cheese and peaches.

. i don't watch anything live on tv.  we record everything.

. i always forget to floss my teeth.

. sometimes i eat more than one bowl of cereal.

. whining kids drive me crazy.

. i hate the heat, but i love texas.

. i don't have any pictures of mykah up on the walls yet.

. i tend to forget to read my scriptures.

. bell peppers are the grossest.

. i drink dr. pepper right before bed. 

. i'm not sentimental. at all.

. i love the movie "while you were sleeping".

. i slam doors when i'm angry.

. i truly am happier when my hair is washed.

. i don't like talking on the phone.

. when the girls are napping, i sit.  and do absolutely nothing.

. i take long showers.

. most of the time i stay in my jammies until noon.

. i hate to wear socks and shoes.

. swearing in movies drives me crazy.

. i don't answer the phone if i don't know the number.

. sometimes i wish i didn't have a computer.

. i only eat pepperoni pizza.

. i procrastinate.  but you probably knew that.

. probably so .

 

where do i even begin?  my karsyn amazes me every single day.  her mind is always going 90 miles an hour.  always thinking of what to say or ask next.  always remembering things we've previously said or talked about.  and always trying to put me in timeout.  her smile melts my heart and she knows it. 

we're going through the favorite-to-every-parent stage right now.  terrible two's.  i've always said that the special phrase refers to the two years between 1 and 3.  so, we're still there.  i see the light though, but i feel like we're still at the peek. 

and she knows how to get to me.  that picture is the very look she gives me when she knows i'm about to rip her little head off.  (not really, but you know what i mean). 

my favorite karsyn quote right now is ... 

karsyn - (at 6pm)  "i want a sno cone"

me - (thinking she's insane) "the sno cone place is closed"

karsyn - (duh) "pobably it will be open tomayo (tomorrow)"

and this ...

 

that is one of my favorite mykah faces.  it says "oh you have got to be kidding me.  another picture."  i have taken a trillion and one pictures of sweet mykah in the past 6 months.  second child syndrome as i call it.  you see, i was the second child.  and my parents have very few pictures of me and i like to remind them of that often. 

so, here's to my second born.  may every moment of your life be captured on film.  or digital. or computer.  whatever you want to call it.  there will be a picture. 

thankyouverymuch.

. peek-a-boo .

no ... peek-a-RU! 

so creepy.

can you imagine being behind someone with one of these?  you think they are just wearing a fleece vest and when they turn around, suddenly you scream ... "AAAHHHH!"  there's another face looking at you.  like a two-headed monster.

freaks.  me.  out.