I'm Thankful for Warm Fuzzies...

"Would it spoil some vast eternal plan, if I were a wealthy man?"

"Yes, Tevye. It might."

Emptying Daddy's Phone

Every once in a while, when my camera goes completely MIA, I scream at David to get a picture with his phone. Just after dinner last night, I took these little gems...


...using his phone, and decided to send myself some others he had on file after browsing through his "gallery" (as I let Cecily marinate in tomato sauce).

I share these with you now...

You're welcome.

I LOVE finding new pictures like those of Cecily from when she was itty-bitty! I've looked over the ones I have of her so many millions of times, and so these new ones broke my aging heart just a little bit as I realized she's going to be one next month! SLOW DOWN!!!!


I don't know why Dave took the above picture of me. But I was amused by it. Mostly because this is how he usually found me during the first few months after Cecily was born. She'd be down for her evening nap, and I'd be collapsed on Malia's bed as she played with her toys.


Cecily likes walks. She especially likes walks when she turns to see I am preparing to give her a snack. Two seconds after this, I recall her bursting into a sobbing, impatient tantrum.... yes. She is that dramatic).


These were taken while Malia was playing outside at a neighbor's birthday party. Cecily had (has) a huge obsession with eating toes.... didn't (doesn't) matter who's they were (are). And isn't that second picture of her gorgeous?! *pride*


Look at my cute and fearless little Lilibug! (Those swings were faaaaaast)! Did you forget I had another daughter for a minute there? She's there.... she just moves too fast for Daddy's cell phone camera. (Seriously. The majority of pictures of her on his phone were just a literal blur. Hilarious, actually).
Thought I'd leave you with that picture. Ain't she a doll? LOL.

Malia Moments

Philosophy of a Boy to a Man
by Malia Nutter

*as I was doing her hair in the bathroom*

Me: How do you want your hair today, Lili? Do you want me to do it like Fawn?

Malia: Yeah. Like Fawn. She has a braid. But Fairy Gary doesn't have a braid. What does Fairy Gary have?

Me: Oh, well. Fairy Gary has a mustache.

Malia: Why doesn't Fawn have a mustache?

Me: Because Fawn is a girl. And Fairy Gary is a man. And, generally speaking, girls don't have mustaches. But boys do. Boys like Daddy.

Malia: But Daddy doesn't have a mustache. But that's because he's not a boy. He's a Dad.

Me: Daddy is a boy & a Dad.

Malia: Because a boy becomes a Dad when he has a happy family.

Ah, yes. She is wise beyond her years.

Holiday Kick-Off

So... I kind of got... distracted.... which is why this post is a little bit (*cough* a LOT *cough*) late. But better late than never, I always say. Actually, I don't say. Anyone who knows me well knows how irritated I get with people who are late. Who came up with that stupid saying anyway? Sometimes late is more offensive than never, because maybe "never" means someone got injured or something really important came up, whereas "late" means that it just wasn't important enough for the person to make an effort to be on time.

Moving on....

I LOVE Halloween! Maybe it's the actress in me & the dressing up... but mostly it's because I know that after Halloween comes the "Holiday Season." TRANSLATION: CHRISTMAS! (I'm so giddy).

Because I have about 50 million pictures to post (mostly for Grandma's sake), I'll just put them all up and then add explanations whenever I feel necessary). So, don't anticipate anything to make sense or to be chronological. (Hey, after my Twilight binge, you're lucky I'm even here right now).

This first set of pictures is from a month ago. It was a visit to the Pumpkin Patch for our first October FHE. It's becoming a tradition. Let me tell you - when you have a toddler who likes to jump on stuff, these places cost you a fortune. Fortunately, Cecily was just content to be out & about at night. She was more excited about the lights lining the area than anything else.


Don't you thing my kids are so freaking cute?! Look at the photo below! They should be in a magazine or something! Just sayin'...


For another FHE, Malia and I made "Witch's Bones" (Chinese noodles and butterscotch chips in melted choco. chips). She was VERY happy about the messy-chocolate-all-over-her-hands aspect.


Here's my pumpkin. Dave got overly-ambitious and never finished his. So, it was 1/2 of a Darth Vader. Malia's got moldy really fast. Thus? All you get is mine. *shrug* Sorry.


The ward Halloween Party was on Halloween night, before we went trick-or-treating. As we were heading out the door, I couldn't find my camera ANYWHERE! I was livid! (P.S. I found it when we got home, just sitting on the couch... so. freaking. lame). Fortunately, we asked a friend if we could use her's, but obviously, I wasn't familiar with it, and our pictures came out somewhat blurry. But if you look close enough and cross your eyes, you'll see my little family of bugs (Malia chose everyone's identity). I bought the girls' dresses (bumblebee & ladybug), pieced mine together (butterfly), and made Dave's (caterpillar). Yeah - we're cute. :)




So there's the brief version (which you rarely get with me). Enjoy it while you can...

A Preview

We had a fun October.

I'm about 1/3 of the way through the 4th and final book (I think I'm in need of an intervention). I will post about the month when I'm done with this darn thing and I'm functioning again.

For now... here's a teaser: