please tell me kids get at least some kind of essential nutrients from licking their veggies.
that's right - licking. because sometimes that's all hudson will do - lick it a few times before he clamps down his mouth in disgust. it happens with blueberries, grapes, apples, asparagus, squash... you name it, we've tried it, & he's licked & been done. it's totally maddening.
we're trying that whole thing where you just keep giving it to them & letting them "try" the food. they say sometimes it takes something crazy like 14 times of trying a food before kids will eat it. i've found nothing on licking, however.
on occasion, he WILL sink a tooth into a carrot before refusing it. i'm hoping a few drops of carrot juice sinks in or something.
he HAS been known to eat an apple piece or two, especially when someone ELSE talks him into it - but not usually for his mother (you know, the woman who carried him for 9 months & nursed him for EIGHT more!!!!!!).
i'm desperately trying to be patient. to keep breathing through lunch time. to not make a huge deal, because i really do think the bigger a deal i make it, the worse he refuses. it's just that it drives me SO GOSH DARN CRAZYYYYYYYYYY!!! he's totally into that "no" thing, too. as in...
"do you want some turkey?"
"no"
"do you want some cheese?"
"no"
"crackers?"
"no"
"raisins?"
"no"
"chex?"
"no"
i think you get the picture. everything is no, & somehow i'm supposed to figure out which "no" actually means "yes". only no one gave me the super human decoder to figure it all out!!!!
the worst part is that sometimes he'll eat some food & sometimes not. it's like this big cosmic game of figuring out what the heck he'll actually eat on even given day @ any given meal! are you kidding me???!
and YES, clint & i were totally the ones before we had kids that thought "oh, our kids will eat whatever we put in front of them! we won't be fixing all of this extra food for them!!". eating words right now.
so back to my question - do ya think they get anything from licking??
***i'm fully aware that this post comes right after i just posted praising him for eating a new food - cereal. oh the irony of life with a two year old :)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
see roll
last week i asked hudson what he wanted for lunch & he promptly answered, "see-roll".
"huh?" i asked
"see-roll." he said, rather matter-of-factly
surely he can't mean cereal? he doesn't even know what that is, but sure enough when i asked, "cereal?", he said, "yeah."
so my big boy now eats cereal for lunch - chex & milk to be precise.
eating cereal reminds me of cartoons & seven year olds. when did my baby get big enough to request "see-roll"??
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
magenta is his color of choice
so it finally happened.
i had heard of this day & thought it was surely way off in the future, but i was oh, so wrong.
today was the day i walked into my studio to find this.
i had heard of this day & thought it was surely way off in the future, but i was oh, so wrong.
today was the day i walked into my studio to find this.
let me just zoom in a little for you...
mmhmm, that's right. hudson chose a sharpie PERMANENT marker to add a little spice to the carpet in my studio. in his creative wisdom, he selected magenta. neat.
i gasped, grabbed the marker, yelled "NO!" & then some still, small voice said "grab the camera!". so i did & snapped a few pictures before trying to explain that we DO NOT color on the floor & especially not with a marker, how ever nice a shade it may be.
i then ran for the oxyclean & started scrubbing. as i crouched down on the floor, hudson thought that surely meant i wanted to play pony. so while i scrubbed, he tried to climb on my back for a ride. that's when i wondered aloud as to whether they have camps you can ship these little people off to for a week or so.
just kidding - i'd probably only let him go for a few days.
Monday, May 18, 2009
now or never. nyc, here we were!
i just want you to know that i'm completely aware that's it's ridiculous to be posting about the nyc trip a month later.
but i want to have a record of the trip & since i gave up scrapbooking years ago, this is IT
besides, we had SO much fun, i have to share.
day ONE -
mission: survive the plane ride with a 2 yr old, catch a cab to johnna's apartment, eat a yummy dinner & prepare for the rest of the week. mission accomplished with no pictures.
oh, & we brought dessert home to eat while we played spades. jonty & mom kidded johnna's & my butts.
day TWO -
mission: visit Treehouse (brooklyn store that carries alacritydesigns).
alas, Treehouse was closed (we went back another day) so we had to eat pie. yes, that's right we ate THE BEST apple pie right there in the big apple. can brooklyn be considered "the big apple"? johnna, please advise.
***here's hudson busy charming the place :) we loved how she mixed old furniture, dishes, silverware. everything was mix-match & just darling.
the blue stove. really, it was so cute. this girl just loves pies, so she opened up a store & that's what she does - pies. i love it. there seems to be a lot of that type of thing in brooklyn - new little shops (we also liked brooklynski) mixed with old.
we experienced the old before our pies when we ate @ a little italian deli. while the food was really good, the best part was hearing a couple of nyc firemen talking. one ordered a "meat ball saaaaandwich" & the other started in with a story, "so i toll huh..." (so i told her.) classic. another fun part was that we sat out in the courtyard (aka the italian family's backyard, since they live on the top 2 floors) & ate our delicious italian fare while watching their laundry dry in the breeze.
after such a great lunch, hudson fell asleep in the stroller, so mom & i strolled along the streets, letting him snooze & just enjoying the beautiful weather. i'm so glad we got to spend so much time in brooklyn - it's not really touristy at all & we got a really good feel for what normal life is like for people there. we strolled through parks & up to a church & finally caught the bus back. & that really was a fun experience, too. so MANY different kinds of people both on the bus & off. we went through several neighborhoods including an old orthodox jewish neighborhood. that was totally fascinating - seeing basically every single male dressed all in black (suit to hat) w/ beards & long, curly forelocks. women all had some type of hat/turban/head covering w/ long black skirts. & almost every sign was in hebrew. i had just finished reading the chosen, set in that very area of brooklyn, so it was especially interesting to see!
back in johnna's brooklyn neighborhood, we met up with clint's sister, suzanne & her boyfriend, mitch for some playground action @ park slope.
hudson loved getting to swing & slide with aunt suzy :) afterwards we ate at a yum greek place. i loooooved the hummus & pita bread, but i could have done w/o the falafal. i had been feeling all adventurous & wanted to try it. um, not my fav. hudson really enjoyed the greek restaurant though. they had something called... oh, what was it??! something really ethnic... oh yeah, they called it "chicken nuggets"!!
day THREE -
mission: take the subway to work with johnna in the financial district & lunch @ madison square park
it was fun to see what johnna's normal commute into manhattan was like. she took us to a fun little coffee shop close to the water & then skipped off to work for the morning. mom, hudson, & i drank a little coffee with a muffin & we were off. with a couple of stops on the way, we made our way to the world trade center site. there's not really much to see, but a HUGE, massive hole in the ground (both deep & wide) with crazy amounts of construction going on. you can peer into the fire station that is right there (& was a part of the first responders). mom & i were surprised @ how emotional we got looking @ pictures in memorial of the 5 or so firefighters that gave their lives in the tragedy. whew, i could get emotional now :)
so if you're feeling kind of emotional, you should probably shop, which is what we did next. i had to get an fdny shirt for clint & then we headed to century 21. have you ever heard of that store? because we hadn't. we just happened upon this huge department store full of discount designer clothes, shoes, appliances, bags... everything you'd find @ saks or dillard's. it was a crazy shopping experience & we could have done some major damage without a certain little 2 year old who wasn't too keen on the whole shopping thing. i'm just saying i WILL go back one day :)
next on the agenda was that lunch w/ johnna & her boyfriend, jonty (whom we all love!). one of jonty's favorite places is a super yummilicous hamburger place in madison square park, called shake shack. the place is soooo good that the line to order is constantly super, super long. so, i let the others enjoy that long wait with i strolled the sleeping toddler around the beautiful park! it was just what you'd expect of a springtime stroll in a park in nyc - crisp weather, pigeons, cherry blossum trees, big buildings all around...
the burgers were great.
and by the way, we know johnna's pretty crazy about jonty solely on the fact that she wanted to go to this burger joint because it's jonty's favorite. she's a vegetarian :)
walking around the upper west side (or the lower east - i can't keep them straight.)
pit stop for hudson...
on to a pit stop for us!!!
tonnie's minis
what kind of name is "tonnie"? i'm really not sure, but he/she can make on mean cupcake.
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besides the fabuloucity cupcakes, this neighborhood also has loads of fun shopping. johnna found a great dress @ one of the stores. she & i shopped while mom had to go back for another minicupcake for hudson. i had thought one would be enough for him, but apparently while we stepped into the shop, hudson shoved the cupcake in his mouth & stretched his arm up to mimi shouting, "cake!" with his mouth full! being the good mimi she is, she went back & bought that child more cake.
here he is choosing his flavor...
that night we ate cupcakes & talked politics & everyone walked away WITH their heads intact! it was a good convo :)
day FOUR -
mission: eat pizza
i really can't remember what we did first. all i remember is the pizza. all mom remembers is ted dansen. yep, we saw him on the way there, fufilling mom's one nyc wish - to see a celebrity.
on to the pizza
oh my gosh, it was good. cheesy, hot, greasy - mmmmmmmmm.
we had the waiter take about 17 pictures & none of them were good! we laughed so hard about it! so i just chose the one that was best of me. sorry guys, it's my blog!!!
if you're wondering where in the world is hudson san diego (get it?). that's when we left him in the cab. just kidding! he's in the stroller taking another snooze. boy, did that child miss out on the good food.
a little more walking & then back to brooklyn to see treehouse again. we sure did go back to the blue stove for more pie, too :) of course being the awesome business owner i am, i got NO pictures of treehouse! bummer! i was actually waaaaay too busy meeting wonderful Siri & searching through their awesome selection of vintage + new stuff. i got a super cool vintage necklace & some cool handmade cards. johnna got a dress & mimi bought hudson a really cool owl tshirt for his birthday
that was when we thought we needed to head back to get the airport. long story short, our flight was canceled, so we were back to the city that night for another round of fun.
this time we stayed in midtown @ the helmsley...
we don't know if the hotel has a connection to the infamous leona helmsley, but we really hope so because that makes for a better story!
while having your flight canceled & all that entails is really not fun, the extra day ended up being a total blast!
day FIVE -
mission: central park
we headed up 5th avenue where we spotted all the fun stuff like trump towers, rockefellar center, & f.a.o. swartz...
and after a street fare where i bought impossibly cheap tshirts (what clint, yours already has a hole in it??!) & some street food, we made it to the carousel in central park...
the stuff of boyhood dreams.
he was in love.
and shockingly enough, that concludes our nyc tour.
i could tell you about the plane ride home & how we ran out of diapers & how hudson went commando for the last 2 hrs home. but i'll save that for another day.
i think i've said quite enough.
oh, except THANK YOU, MOM for one of my ALL TIME favorite birthday presents ever :)
but i want to have a record of the trip & since i gave up scrapbooking years ago, this is IT
besides, we had SO much fun, i have to share.
day ONE -
mission: survive the plane ride with a 2 yr old, catch a cab to johnna's apartment, eat a yummy dinner & prepare for the rest of the week. mission accomplished with no pictures.
oh, & we brought dessert home to eat while we played spades. jonty & mom kidded johnna's & my butts.
day TWO -
mission: visit Treehouse (brooklyn store that carries alacritydesigns).
alas, Treehouse was closed (we went back another day) so we had to eat pie. yes, that's right we ate THE BEST apple pie right there in the big apple. can brooklyn be considered "the big apple"? johnna, please advise.
***here's hudson busy charming the place :) we loved how she mixed old furniture, dishes, silverware. everything was mix-match & just darling.the blue stove. really, it was so cute. this girl just loves pies, so she opened up a store & that's what she does - pies. i love it. there seems to be a lot of that type of thing in brooklyn - new little shops (we also liked brooklynski) mixed with old.
we experienced the old before our pies when we ate @ a little italian deli. while the food was really good, the best part was hearing a couple of nyc firemen talking. one ordered a "meat ball saaaaandwich" & the other started in with a story, "so i toll huh..." (so i told her.) classic. another fun part was that we sat out in the courtyard (aka the italian family's backyard, since they live on the top 2 floors) & ate our delicious italian fare while watching their laundry dry in the breeze.
after such a great lunch, hudson fell asleep in the stroller, so mom & i strolled along the streets, letting him snooze & just enjoying the beautiful weather. i'm so glad we got to spend so much time in brooklyn - it's not really touristy at all & we got a really good feel for what normal life is like for people there. we strolled through parks & up to a church & finally caught the bus back. & that really was a fun experience, too. so MANY different kinds of people both on the bus & off. we went through several neighborhoods including an old orthodox jewish neighborhood. that was totally fascinating - seeing basically every single male dressed all in black (suit to hat) w/ beards & long, curly forelocks. women all had some type of hat/turban/head covering w/ long black skirts. & almost every sign was in hebrew. i had just finished reading the chosen, set in that very area of brooklyn, so it was especially interesting to see!
back in johnna's brooklyn neighborhood, we met up with clint's sister, suzanne & her boyfriend, mitch for some playground action @ park slope.
hudson loved getting to swing & slide with aunt suzy :) afterwards we ate at a yum greek place. i loooooved the hummus & pita bread, but i could have done w/o the falafal. i had been feeling all adventurous & wanted to try it. um, not my fav. hudson really enjoyed the greek restaurant though. they had something called... oh, what was it??! something really ethnic... oh yeah, they called it "chicken nuggets"!!
day THREE -
mission: take the subway to work with johnna in the financial district & lunch @ madison square park
it was fun to see what johnna's normal commute into manhattan was like. she took us to a fun little coffee shop close to the water & then skipped off to work for the morning. mom, hudson, & i drank a little coffee with a muffin & we were off. with a couple of stops on the way, we made our way to the world trade center site. there's not really much to see, but a HUGE, massive hole in the ground (both deep & wide) with crazy amounts of construction going on. you can peer into the fire station that is right there (& was a part of the first responders). mom & i were surprised @ how emotional we got looking @ pictures in memorial of the 5 or so firefighters that gave their lives in the tragedy. whew, i could get emotional now :)
so if you're feeling kind of emotional, you should probably shop, which is what we did next. i had to get an fdny shirt for clint & then we headed to century 21. have you ever heard of that store? because we hadn't. we just happened upon this huge department store full of discount designer clothes, shoes, appliances, bags... everything you'd find @ saks or dillard's. it was a crazy shopping experience & we could have done some major damage without a certain little 2 year old who wasn't too keen on the whole shopping thing. i'm just saying i WILL go back one day :)
next on the agenda was that lunch w/ johnna & her boyfriend, jonty (whom we all love!). one of jonty's favorite places is a super yummilicous hamburger place in madison square park, called shake shack. the place is soooo good that the line to order is constantly super, super long. so, i let the others enjoy that long wait with i strolled the sleeping toddler around the beautiful park! it was just what you'd expect of a springtime stroll in a park in nyc - crisp weather, pigeons, cherry blossum trees, big buildings all around...
the burgers were great.
and by the way, we know johnna's pretty crazy about jonty solely on the fact that she wanted to go to this burger joint because it's jonty's favorite. she's a vegetarian :)
walking around the upper west side (or the lower east - i can't keep them straight.)
pit stop for hudson...
on to a pit stop for us!!!
tonnie's minis
what kind of name is "tonnie"? i'm really not sure, but he/she can make on mean cupcake.
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besides the fabuloucity cupcakes, this neighborhood also has loads of fun shopping. johnna found a great dress @ one of the stores. she & i shopped while mom had to go back for another minicupcake for hudson. i had thought one would be enough for him, but apparently while we stepped into the shop, hudson shoved the cupcake in his mouth & stretched his arm up to mimi shouting, "cake!" with his mouth full! being the good mimi she is, she went back & bought that child more cake.
here he is choosing his flavor...
that night we ate cupcakes & talked politics & everyone walked away WITH their heads intact! it was a good convo :)
day FOUR -
mission: eat pizza
i really can't remember what we did first. all i remember is the pizza. all mom remembers is ted dansen. yep, we saw him on the way there, fufilling mom's one nyc wish - to see a celebrity.
on to the pizza
oh my gosh, it was good. cheesy, hot, greasy - mmmmmmmmm.
we had the waiter take about 17 pictures & none of them were good! we laughed so hard about it! so i just chose the one that was best of me. sorry guys, it's my blog!!!
if you're wondering where in the world is hudson san diego (get it?). that's when we left him in the cab. just kidding! he's in the stroller taking another snooze. boy, did that child miss out on the good food.
a little more walking & then back to brooklyn to see treehouse again. we sure did go back to the blue stove for more pie, too :) of course being the awesome business owner i am, i got NO pictures of treehouse! bummer! i was actually waaaaay too busy meeting wonderful Siri & searching through their awesome selection of vintage + new stuff. i got a super cool vintage necklace & some cool handmade cards. johnna got a dress & mimi bought hudson a really cool owl tshirt for his birthday
that was when we thought we needed to head back to get the airport. long story short, our flight was canceled, so we were back to the city that night for another round of fun.
this time we stayed in midtown @ the helmsley...
we don't know if the hotel has a connection to the infamous leona helmsley, but we really hope so because that makes for a better story!
while having your flight canceled & all that entails is really not fun, the extra day ended up being a total blast!
day FIVE -
mission: central park
we headed up 5th avenue where we spotted all the fun stuff like trump towers, rockefellar center, & f.a.o. swartz...
and after a street fare where i bought impossibly cheap tshirts (what clint, yours already has a hole in it??!) & some street food, we made it to the carousel in central park...
the stuff of boyhood dreams.
he was in love.
and shockingly enough, that concludes our nyc tour.
i could tell you about the plane ride home & how we ran out of diapers & how hudson went commando for the last 2 hrs home. but i'll save that for another day.
i think i've said quite enough.
oh, except THANK YOU, MOM for one of my ALL TIME favorite birthday presents ever :)
Friday, May 15, 2009
see roll
last week i asked hudson what he wanted for lunch & he promptly answered, "see-roll".
"huh?" i asked
"see-roll." he said, rather matter-of-factly
surely he can't mean cereal? he doesn't even know what that is, but sure enough when i asked, "cereal?", he said, "yeah
so my big boy now eats cereal for lunch - chex & milk to be precise.
eating cereal reminds me of cartoons & seven year olds. when did my baby get big enough to request "see-roll"??
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
night owls
clint & i just seem to come alive late at night.
we pretty much grudgingly go to bed every night. we just like sitting on the couch, chatting. me checking blogs, clint checking scores. we do laundry, we talk LOST (oh my gosh!), i find recipes for hudson's bday cupcakes, clint twitters, i find a new swimsuit (please fit!)... dave's on, sometimes seinfeld. i email, he facebooks.
it's like the one time of the day that we feel like we have unlimited time.
i've often fanticized about having one night a month to stay up all night & not be sleepy the next day. wouldn't that be awesome?? just one night a month you could have all 8 hrs to do whatever you wanted - just extra time!
i'd like to think we'd do something "productive" if we had those 8 hrs to spend (paint a room, finish baseboards, clean the kitchen sink!), but i'm pretty sure we'd spend it like this. on the couch, chatting here & there, laughing @ kramer, sharing thoughts on whether you really CAN change the past/future or not (lost reference), maybe a little laundry... and i guess that's actually pretty productive ;)
how would you spend your 8 hrs???
ps - i'm getting to the nyc trip, i promise!
we pretty much grudgingly go to bed every night. we just like sitting on the couch, chatting. me checking blogs, clint checking scores. we do laundry, we talk LOST (oh my gosh!), i find recipes for hudson's bday cupcakes, clint twitters, i find a new swimsuit (please fit!)... dave's on, sometimes seinfeld. i email, he facebooks.
it's like the one time of the day that we feel like we have unlimited time.
i've often fanticized about having one night a month to stay up all night & not be sleepy the next day. wouldn't that be awesome?? just one night a month you could have all 8 hrs to do whatever you wanted - just extra time!
i'd like to think we'd do something "productive" if we had those 8 hrs to spend (paint a room, finish baseboards, clean the kitchen sink!), but i'm pretty sure we'd spend it like this. on the couch, chatting here & there, laughing @ kramer, sharing thoughts on whether you really CAN change the past/future or not (lost reference), maybe a little laundry... and i guess that's actually pretty productive ;)
how would you spend your 8 hrs???
ps - i'm getting to the nyc trip, i promise!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
finally
how long have i been complaining about that old background?? i finally set down to change it.
i know it's not exactly the season for tights, but aren't those cute?? and as far as i'm concerned, it's always coffee season, so i think that part works. and i'm not loving the whispy flower things up there, but whatever - i can't be too picky if it's free, huh?
so i AM going to get to blogging about nyc, etc. but i just couldn't go on with that pukey peach background.
it just wasn't right.
this feels much better :)
i know it's not exactly the season for tights, but aren't those cute?? and as far as i'm concerned, it's always coffee season, so i think that part works. and i'm not loving the whispy flower things up there, but whatever - i can't be too picky if it's free, huh?
so i AM going to get to blogging about nyc, etc. but i just couldn't go on with that pukey peach background.
it just wasn't right.
this feels much better :)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
back again
miss me???
whew, have we been on a whirl wind of traveling for these past few weeks. i've had so much fun, but i'm really happy to be starting a new week of "normalcy" (whatever that is).
2 wks ago, hudson & i went to nyc with my mom. it was my birthday gift from mom - to get to visit my sister. neither of us had been to the city & it was really soooo much fun. it was a blast to get to do fun nyc things & that combined with getting to be with johnna & see her life in brooklyn, plus meeting her "significant other" jonty, AND carting a certain little guy around - well, it was just the makings of a TON of fun. i can't wait to go back with clint!
then hudson & i hitched a ride with clint to be with mom & memaw for the week in kerrville. clint had business meetings in san antonio, so we spent the week in the hill country. the highlights? doing a little gardening for memaw, & spending a couple of hours in fredericksburg. if you haven't been there, it's AWESOME & so much fun and i landed another account with THE most fun/mod children's shop i've seen (& i'm starting to see quite a few!). more on that later.
well, more on everything later! when i get the time anyway :)
but before i go, i should mention that today was hudson's 2nd birthday. i can't believe my baby is 2. i've read/heard a million moms say this & it bounced off of me like a tennis ball, but for the rest of my life, i'll understand every SINGLE time i hear someone say "i can't believe my baby is 2... 4... 18months... 14..."
his party is next week, so more on THAT later, too :)
another item worth mentioning is that today is mother's day & while it kind of stunk to have to share it with hudson's birthday (i mean, i'm just being honest here. everyone kept saying - oh how neat that his bday will be on mother's day, but really i wasn't thrilled. i'm working on becoming more mature!), clint did a great job of fitting in some fun mother's day stuff - like a handmade card from he & hudson (complete with scribbles!), flowers (arranged by the two), & tom's (actually a gift i forgot to order from valentine's day & so glad c remembered b/c i kept forgetting), & those SUPER fun stamps/embossers. you know - the one with the circle with you're name/address/whatever you like. you can find them here. i've wanted one for awhile & he REMEMBERED!!! lots of gold stars to clint :)
okay, it's getting laaaaate. oh, how i need to go to bed. for someone who loves to sleep as much as i do, i have such a hard time getting to bed nearly every night. something else to work on...
talk soon...
whew, have we been on a whirl wind of traveling for these past few weeks. i've had so much fun, but i'm really happy to be starting a new week of "normalcy" (whatever that is).
2 wks ago, hudson & i went to nyc with my mom. it was my birthday gift from mom - to get to visit my sister. neither of us had been to the city & it was really soooo much fun. it was a blast to get to do fun nyc things & that combined with getting to be with johnna & see her life in brooklyn, plus meeting her "significant other" jonty, AND carting a certain little guy around - well, it was just the makings of a TON of fun. i can't wait to go back with clint!
then hudson & i hitched a ride with clint to be with mom & memaw for the week in kerrville. clint had business meetings in san antonio, so we spent the week in the hill country. the highlights? doing a little gardening for memaw, & spending a couple of hours in fredericksburg. if you haven't been there, it's AWESOME & so much fun and i landed another account with THE most fun/mod children's shop i've seen (& i'm starting to see quite a few!). more on that later.
well, more on everything later! when i get the time anyway :)
but before i go, i should mention that today was hudson's 2nd birthday. i can't believe my baby is 2. i've read/heard a million moms say this & it bounced off of me like a tennis ball, but for the rest of my life, i'll understand every SINGLE time i hear someone say "i can't believe my baby is 2... 4... 18months... 14..."
his party is next week, so more on THAT later, too :)
another item worth mentioning is that today is mother's day & while it kind of stunk to have to share it with hudson's birthday (i mean, i'm just being honest here. everyone kept saying - oh how neat that his bday will be on mother's day, but really i wasn't thrilled. i'm working on becoming more mature!), clint did a great job of fitting in some fun mother's day stuff - like a handmade card from he & hudson (complete with scribbles!), flowers (arranged by the two), & tom's (actually a gift i forgot to order from valentine's day & so glad c remembered b/c i kept forgetting), & those SUPER fun stamps/embossers. you know - the one with the circle with you're name/address/whatever you like. you can find them here. i've wanted one for awhile & he REMEMBERED!!! lots of gold stars to clint :)
okay, it's getting laaaaate. oh, how i need to go to bed. for someone who loves to sleep as much as i do, i have such a hard time getting to bed nearly every night. something else to work on...
talk soon...
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