Live Every Moment~ Tree

This little dude & I had a pretty grand time today.

We went on a walk down our long country road,

& discovered/explored this little gem..

Christmas Tree Farm

Can't wait to share some more cute shots from our walk.

Though most of them are of this lil monkeys bum,

running in the opposite direction!

Linking up with Live Every Moment!

Wordless Wednesday~ The shadow man, green Chucks, & the quarterback

I Never knew the shadow man was so dang cute!

Lol... kids are fantastic!

Daddy will be LUVN this one.

Finally playing with our Easter egg chalk!

Linking up with and then, she {snapped}, 

The Paper Mama, & La La's Home Day Care!

Black & White Wednesday w/ Heidi~ (#1!!!)

~Our official good-bye, to our friend Summer.

SUPA STAR style.

We had so many fun days out on our new deck.

In Supa Star style you always had to be wearing mama's shades.

Hours of fun playing in the pool, & w/ your favorite thing ever, the hose!

You thought is was the bees knees of funny,

to get mama & poor Mr Falkor w/ your favorite thing.

I loved hearing you giggle as you played with your water table,

& this pitter patter of your feet running around  & around.

You always managed to come back inside w/ the most wrinkly toes,

& you smelled like sunshine...

It might be my favorite smell ever.

You know how a certain cent

 can take you back to a moment in time,

just like that?

Sunshine=

Warm sunscreen lotioned skin,

Johnson's baby shampoo wet hair,

cherry popsicle that was still stained on your cheeks,

and of course sticky red fingers.

+

 Cute little you all wrapped up in a yummy freshly laundered towel.

 Sunshine.

 A lovely summer spent with my guy.

My sunshiny boy.

I am so thrilled to be linking up w/ the LOVELIEST Miss Heidi!

This is her first Black & White link up, & ya'll have to check this girl out.

She is just the best!

(plus her ADORABLE girls have magic hair) Seriously.

Linking up with Black & White Wednesday!

Big Boy Bed

So we finally did it.

Took down our little baby's crib,

& transformed it into a big boy bed.

Awww.

My baby is growing up.

Bye-bye sweet crib. (sadface)

Hello my big big baby boy.

The second I saw how proud & excited he was about his new bed,

So was I.

(though he still is & always will be mama's baby,

just for the record)

In true monkey-man fashion...

It passed the "monkey jumping on the bed test!"

It was just the cutest thing.

He was SOOO proud.

  Mama & Daddy were too!

Oh.... how you are loved Jaxy boy.

Time to get tucked in...

Note: Notice the all the cars on the Cars pillow.

Silver Delorean  (Back to the Future style)

Yellow Hot Wheels (he thinks they are Bumblebee from Transformers)

Optimise Prime truck (Kinda hard to see)

Yep. He have these exact cars on his pillow, every night.

But. Teddy is the most important element by far.

HaaaaHa. Look at that smiley face!

That's my Happy Jax.

Good night my baby boy

 LOVE you....

Soooo SO much.

Yah....

We (Jax) got out of bed 8 times last night!

Even though he could climb out of his crib in a jiffy,

he didnt.

Now he comes to visit us all night long!

I really hope mommy get's to do that thing she LOVES (called sleep),

in the near future. lol.

Any tips would be lovely my lovelies!!

ABC's & me!

My name Melanie &...

A. Age: 30 (OMGosh. That's even hard to type)

B. Bed size: King~ Thank goodness, cause I'm an animal in bed! (I will fall asleep like a normal person w/ my head at the top of the bed & wake up in the opposite direction)

C. Chore that you hate:  toilets. Ew.

D. Dogs: Mr Falkor.~ Yep, my honey named him after the Never Ending Story flying dragon/doggy/ thingeee)

E. Essential start to your day: Very STRONG coffee, or tea. AND loves from my boy.

F. Favorite color: mellow yellow

G. Gold or Silver: Yes please.

H. Height: I'm (5'5) But my true height, my waring heals height... Hello 5'7!

I. Instruments you play: Family band style~ Mama plays the Fisher Price piano, Daddy~ a mean Toy Story guitar, & Jaxy on the Elmo drums!! We so rock.

K. Kids: my love

L. Live: Beautiful Oregon & I love it!

M. Mother’s name: Lisa
N. Nicknames: mommmmm (by Jax), Mel, Melly, Boo-Botsy, & Milly-Moo (By my dad. Don't ask.) 
O. Overnight hospital stays: Yep. Giving birth, & saying good-bye to my mean Gallbladder.

P. Pet Peeves: Mean people, & bad customer service.

Q. Quote from a movie: This quote is so dear to me, I had to give it special love below 
R. Right or left handed: Right. Lefties kinda scare me, no offense.
S. Siblings: I have three. My brother Matt who is 24. From my dad's 2nd marriage I have an awesome little brother Jake 13, & my lovely little sis Kenzie 10!
T. Time you wake up: When ever my Jax alarm wakes me up. It's the best sounds ever... Mommm UP!
U. Underwear: Sometimes. Hahahaa... just kidding. OR am I?
Vegetable you hate: Squash. It even sound gross.
W. What makes you run late: Again, his name is Jax. I love being able to use Luv-bug as an excuse for that one!
X. X-Rays you’ve had: Name it. (Had it done, with the whole gallbladder drama)
Y. Yummy food that you make: Lasagna, even Garfield would be proud of!
 Zoo animal: Monkeys, & elephants oh my!

(from the best chickie flick ever.)

The Note Book.

I know.
 I'm such a girl.

 Noah: Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
Allie: So what?
Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day.

(if  Jax didn't already have a little cousin named Noah, I would have wanted to have a little boy named Noah, & a sweet little girl & name her Allie. But I'm so glad cause my little man is all Jax!
But that's how much I LOVE this darn movie)

Put a fork in me,

 I'm done.

i heart faces~ People's Choice

Favorite face pic~ summer 2011

This was tough trying to find a favorite pic of my favorite little face.

BUT...

i THINK i did!??

I did.

My monkey has a million "Jaxy smiles."

Some are infamous, we get to see them quite often.

Then there are those few rare precious gems.

That are one of a kind, only to be seen once.

I am so glad I was a lucky monkey,

& got to capture this face, with THIS smile.

Have I ever mentioned I am head over heals for this guy?!!

Yep. It's been (almost) 3 years,

& I still kinda love him!

 lol.

Linking up with  i heart faces!

Scavenger Hunt~ {week 8}

~Scavenger Hunt Sunday~

1. Low Key

One very tired boy...

2 minutes later, my sleeping boy.

2. Monochromatic & Analogous Color

3. Circle (selfie)

My Grandma Darlene's pearls.

I heart them,

AND I hope I have a little girl to hand them down to one day.

4. Scarf

Dancing in the kitchen in new jammies & mama's favorite scarf.

5. Phone (cracker)

We have magical cracker phones at our house.

heeeewooohOH?!

Linking up with Ashley's Scavenger Hunt Sunday,

& The Paper Heart Camera!