30DOM:2

Favorite Movie? Do I have one of those anymore? Hmmmm....it used to be The 5th Element with Bruce Willis, but I guess I've moved on. I love the original Karate Kid and the 3 Ninjas, various musicals (Rent anyone?), and the occasional chick flick. "Its Complicated" was cute, but I wouldn't classify any of those as my favorite. Guess I don't watch enough TV anymore.

To days of inspiration,

Playing hookey, making something

Out of nothing, the need

To express-

To communicate,

To going against the grain,

Going insane,

Going mad

To loving tension, no pension

To more than one dimension,

To starving for attention,

Hating convention, hating pretension,

Not to mention of course,

Hating dear old mom and dad

To riding your bike

Midday past the three piece suits-

To fruits- To no absolutes-

To Absolut- To choice-

To the Village Voice-

To any passing fad

To being an us- For once-

Instead of a them-

La Vie Boheme

La Vie Boheme

It goes by too quickly!

Time flies and it needs to slow down. Now. I insist!

Seriously though, where has the last two years gone? I remember that night in the hospital, hooked up to all those silly machines like it was yesterday. I remember the smell of the hospital, of brand new baby (something that was noticeably missing when B was born - I have no idea why). And now my tiny baby is no longer :( He's a big boy (literally and figuratively) who is learning how to count and say his alphabet. He's a big boy who feeds himself, undresses himself (we're working on getting dressed, but he'd much rather be naked), and uses the potty. He's a big boy who's learning how to use Daddy's tools and catches bugs to bring to mommy. I'm afraid if I blink he's going to be the big boy who is driving away to college. The big boy who is at the altar waiting for his bride, the future mother of my grandkids.

Holy wow I've gotten ahead of myself. Here's some pictures of my big boy. I'm going to go enjoy watching him color on Handy Manny and try to forget the images of him being all grown up.

blog prompts and blackberry wine

I figured doing the 30 Days of Me would trigger my creative side. Toss in some blackberry wine and you're probably not going to get me to shut up!
Anyways, I just wanted to talk about how proud I am of our little boy. Liam will be 2 on Tuesday (09NOV), and we recently started really focusing on potty training. I never wanted to push him because I believe that its one of those things that you just don't rush. About 2 weeks ago, I asked Liam if he wanted to go use the potty. I was just putting the feelers out there, wasn't going to make him do it, except his response was "no potty" followed quickly by "diaper?"
Oh boy. If he can ask for a diaper, bring me his diapers when he wants/needs to be changed, and even try to wipe himself... I think its time. I answered his request with a very solid "no more diapers" and since we ran out of them we've stuck to it. We started being completely diaper free the middle of this past week. We went out to the mall on Thursday, I had plastic pants on him over his underwear and I took him to the restroom every 15-20 minutes. He never actually peed on the toilet there, but stayed dry for 6 hours! I rewarded him with a happy meal. Since then we've only had a handful of accidents (and its now Sunday, woohoo!), and he will get himself into the bathroom when he has to go. He may not always make it into the toilet (sometimes its on the bathroom rug) but you know what, he's trying.
We started off by having him sit on the toilet for 5 minutes every 15 minutes, he moved up to 5 minutes every 20 minutes by Friday, and Saturday we weren't really using the timer at all. We'd ask him when we remembered (maybe every half hour? 40 minutes?) and he had no accidents at all! Last night and today he's been sick so we haven't pushed him a bit, so he's been in cloth diapers since he first got sick. I still won't buy diapers.

30DOM:1

Favorite song I believe it is?

I posted the video in another post, but my all time favorite is Toby Keith's "Huckleberry". It is hands down my song for my husband. There's many many reasons for it, its just sweet and simple like we are. Ok, like our relationship is. Here's the lyrics:

Just off of the two-lane where the school bus used to stop 
Was a little wooden A-frame with a yellow tin roof top 
One day it was raining on this world 
She said ‘have you ever really, really ever kissed a girl?’ 

Baby I’ll be your Huckleberry, you don’t have to double dare me 
If the storm gets wild and scary count on me to be right there 
You’re so extra ordinary sweet like maraschino cherries 
We’ll grow up and we’ll get married 
I’m gonna be your Huckleberry 

Later on that summer we went to the county fair 
They had a brand new roller coaster and everyone was scared 
It was two bucks to experience the thrill 
She said ‘come on boy let’s get in line I’ll ride it if you will’ 

Baby I’ll be your Huckleberry, you don’t have to double dare me 
If the ride gets wild and scary count on me to be right there 
You’re so extra ordinary sweet like maraschino cherries 
We’ll grow up and we’ll get married 
I’m gonna be your Huckleberry 

Snuck off on a slow dance at the junior/senior prom 
Went lookin’ for some romance before I had to get her home 
Steamin’ up the windows of my car 
She said ‘until I get my wedding ring boy we can’t go that far’ 

Baby I’ll be your Huckleberry, you don’t have to double dare me 
If the world gets wild and scary count on me to be right there 
You’re so extra ordinary sweet like maraschino cherries 
We grew up and we got married 
Now look at those three little Huckleberries 

Toby Keith - Huckleberry

30 Days of Me

Since I lack the creativity to come up with interesting posts on my own, I figured I'd follow the herd and use these for blog prompts =) Stay tuned.....

Day 01 - your favorite song
Day 02 - your favorite movie
Day 03 - your favorite television program
Day 04 - your favorite book
Day 05 - your favorite quote
Day 06 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 - a photo that makes you happy
Day 08 - a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 - a photo you took
Day 10 - a photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 - a photo of you taken recently
Day 12 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - a fictional book
Day 14 - a non-fictional book
Day 15 - a fanfic
Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - an art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - a talent of yours
Day 20 - a hobby of yours
Day 21 - a recipe
Day 22 - a website
Day 23 - a YouTube video
Day 24 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - your day, in great detail
Day 26 - your week, in great detail
Day 27 - this month, in great detail
Day 28 - this year, in great detail
Day 29 - hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - whatever tickles your fancy

I promise I didn't forget you!

Its been a while eh? I've been meaning to jump back on here, but laziness and procrastination are my forte =D
I'll finish this one later when I can actually think of something worth blogging about.
PS: Photina, if you read this, I really need help making this thing look spiffy. Pweasssseee =)