She's definitely ours.

If Ry and I could only pick one type of food to eat for the rest of our lives, candy would definitely be it. We LOVE candy! It has cost our parents hundreds of dollars in dental work with a mouthful of fillings, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Just give us our Swedish Fish and Sour Cherries (anything gummy will do) and we'll be smiling. So yesterday morning when we were getting ready, each of us thought the other was watching Hads. I come downstairs to this little one with both hands in our bulk candy bag (yep, I said bulk, 5lbs to be exact) and chomping so hard I'm surprised she's not suffering from TMJ. It didn't even deter her when I showed up, she politely offered me a Mike & Ike. Now I can totally sympathize when a two year old comes in CHRMC with some sort of overdose, and the parents say....'we must have left it out on the counter'. I get it.

Here's when I reached for the Mike & Ike. We're really into teasing right now. She thinks she's pretty funny. Although in this picture, she looks pretty serious. So maybe she's not.
Oh Hads, the world is your oyster.

The Tour De Laziness.

This is the view I see of my hubs all of July. Even when it's 90 degrees and there's yardwork to be done. He'd rather watch some skinny bikers race up the Alps. Luckily it's only 21 days of this.

Getting closer...

Should be done by Wednesday. WOOHOO!

Tickle Me Hadley.

Why is baby torture so much fun?

Cannot wait.

We're having a new deck built and we are so over the top excited. Should be done by the end of the week. Here are some pics after the first day.
Ryan standing where our old, little, pathtic porch/deck used to be.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And here are some left over watermelon slices and lemonade I brought to the workers. I know, I know, I'm definitely going to heaven.

I have no shame.

Just a few of my self pics, if you only knew how many there really were...

Because everything is cuter naked.

' What, you want me to do the Y.M.C.A? Okay, but just this one last time.'
'It's fun to stay at the Y...'
'M.C.A.'
'You want me to do it AGAIN?'
'Oh you people. I've had enough of your shenenigans.'

My Oh My...Loved the 4th of July.

Prepare yourselves...photo overload.

Couldn't wait to dig into all her long lost toys at the cabin.
Zaide and Hads giving each other the silent treatment.

So big in her chair.
Even Baba took time to relax.
Channeling Heidi.
She was freaked out by this doormat and cried every time she had to crawl on it. Of course, if no one was looking, she managed just fine.
Breakfast with Baba.
Went on the most beautiful hike to Rachel Lake. And then my mom told a story about some gal named Rachel Lake who was a murderer. Who tells stories like that to people deep in the woods?
Christmas card photo?
Hadley's pack mule.
So unfortunately this snow stopped us from actually seeing Rachel Lake, but it was a beauty hike nonetheless.
Hads having fun with Hopester.

Singing Kum-ba-ya.
Cute little Ryan.
Um, Dad, what happened?
Hope and my Dad at the parade, that we missed in Cle Elum. But we did make it in time for the exhilarating street fair. All 4 booths.
Chowing the melon.

Ry took this pic and I thought it was cute.
Snacking on some licorice. And no Grandmas, this does not give permission for her to eat this at your houses.
Oh Zaide, you're too much!
Thanks for all the fun at the cabin everyone...we had a blast!

Thank you with cherries on top!

Maddie gave Hads these beyond adorable shoes for V-day this year and they finally fit! So unbelievably cute! Thanks guys we love them.

I was tagged.

A little game called A to Z:

a- available?
Nope. Found someone irreplaceable.

b- best friend:
JB, SA, & JS. Same BF's since 1987. And RP of course. And two more that are probably never going to talk to me again...TR & HC.

c- cake or pie?
PIE!!

d- drink of choice
Anything with alcohol. Kidding...diet Pepsi/Coke and beer.

e- essential thing used everyday:
Mascara and body lotion

f- favorite color
Red and Kelly green...not together.

g- gummy bears or worms
Bears...the staler the better. And only Haribo Gold Bears.

h- hometown
Bothell WA

i- indulgence
spending money.

j- January or February
February.

k- kids and names
Hadley Jane.

l- life
...is so, so fragile.

m- marriage date
1/10/04...maybe I should have picked January as my favorite month?

n- number of siblings
Uno.

o- oranges or apples
Apples. Oranges give me canker sores.

p- phobias
Flying. Flying. Flying. Flying. Flying. I have a dream at least once a month about a plane crash. Public speaking. Wow, I'm getting all sweaty just thinking about all of this.

q-quotes
"Keep on keepin' on"

r- reason to smile
Can't think of a reason not to smile

s- season
Summer and winter.

t- tag three people
Katy Lou, Lis, and Traudi.

u- unknown fact about me
I am very, very shy.

v- vegetables you do not like
Water chestnuts

w- worst habits
Smelling my fingers

x- x-rays you have had
Clavicle, wrist, and ankle.

y- your favorite food
Burritos and french fries...not necessarily together.

z- Zodiac sign
Pisces's.

Peek-a-boo.

It's glass Hads...we see you. Won't have to worry about competing to get this one into the gifted classes.

Feels brand spankin' new.

A few weeks ago I went to the UVillage sidewalk sale...and boy, I could have done some damage. But instead of being frivelous, I decided to only look for things we really needed. For example, a new duvet cover, since we've had our for 5+ years and it was boring old khaki. Low and behold, the duvet of my dreams...and price range.

It's orange, matches the lamps perfectly, and was a steal from Pottery Barn. I'm still in shock that Ryan likes it...or in his words 'doesn't hate it.' But that's good enough for me.
Got some cute little frames as well.
So cute, from Fireworks. Joc, I can just see you thinking how easy these would be to make. But for $6.50, I'd rather buy.
And photos on Ryan's side. Look real close and you can see a cobweb in the corner of the dresser...we're gross. Usually Ryan's side is riddled with magazines and I always close them up and put them away in his drawer. Finally he says to me one day, can you make sure you save the page that I was on when you close my magazine. Save the page??? How hard could the page on 'best road biking tires' be to find, or whatever dorky article he's reading in Velo News? Isn't the magazine only like 60 pages long? And who in the world doesn't finish a magazine in one sitting? I guess that'd be Ry and this is the reason there are always four mags sitting on the table, he gets the new before he's finished the old. But he asked nicely, so I do it.
Loving our new little room.

Holy blogging batman...

...I've been busy, hope it doesn't make your headspin too much.