oh blah dee, oh bla da...

...life goes on.

and my sweet Elyott turned 7 yesterday!

despite the crazy week and hospital drama, for a little girl...the show must continue.

It was a surprise party at a local birthday hotspot

and were even able to Skype in daddy to "be there" for the surprise.

It was all very "lifetime original movie"-ish

...and Elyott was in heaven.

Happy Birthday my to my best girl!!

(and no, you can't have a cell phone when you turn 8)

Adam should be out of the hospo by Monday!!!!!

(fingers crossed)

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go humans go.

This is Sheamus.

he isn't sick.

he is super "...thept he can't fly"

however...

His daddy IS sick

 in the "hos-ti-bal"

if sheamus were superman he'd "kill all the dragon buggies that are making daddy sick"

I am SO thankful for all the teamBoo friends and family who have stepped up to help with the kids 

I LOVE YOU!!!

....and those prayers on his behalf. 

They are working!

...and mostly thankful for Heavenly father for putting the right doctor miraculously in our path.

Things are looking up (finally) and soon (??) we can have our daddy back home.

...only he might be living in a plastic bubble ;)

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there's a she wolf in my closet.

...but mine isn't nearly as flexible as Shakira's .

Although she still breathes really heavy, does that count?

either way...it was the soundtrack to our new year's eve

my kids and i can't get enough.

(and no they will not be watching that video...geeez)

{34 weeks}

Here are our friends pretending we didn't just play scrabble for two hours and nearly forget it was almost midnight.

So what did i learn in 2009, you ask?

...a #10 can of nacho cheese and the most freaking boring game ever you really can't call a New Year's Eve party. But that doesn't mean we didn't have fun (see above) Thanks Summer for messing up your house instead of mine ;)

Ah-oooooo!

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children's books....in hopes that my kids will be at least a little smarter than me ;)

Since this is Baby #3, this time around, I have asked only for hardcover books for our library stash [yes, I'm a bit of a paperback snob] In this economy, i'd feel like a total jackhole if I were to indulge in buying all the books i covet [and i would be] but here are a few authors always on the tippy top of my wishlist...plus a few others I think your should have ;)

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

also Little Pea (which i have), and Little Oink.

Audrey Wood

...author of napping house (have it) and King Bedgood (want it)

Judi Barrett

...another classic my library has failed to accumulate is Alexander and the Very Bad no Good Horrible Day (by the same author)

Lauren Child

...cause we all need a good british accent in our reading

Jamie Lee Curtis

all of her books are so good, but oddly illustrated for too young of an audience.

Crockett Johnson

(plus you are automatically awesome if your first name is "crockett")

These ones we have, and I absolutely love.

...a childhood favorite that is extremely hard to find in good condition...my book is on its last leg

(i maybe don't even let my kids hold it :)

Mo Willems

...about being a friend.

Dallas Clayton

...about hopes and dreams!!

(Mo? Dallas?...again with the cute names.)

Besides the obvious classics...what are some of your uncommon finds?

and as always....team boo ♥'s you

elephant in the room

{Banksy’s “Elephant,” 2006}

I can't hide it anymore.

I now walk like i've been in a saddle all day.

but in my defense...it feels like i got hit in the crotch with a bat.

this post is mostly cause i know how sick you are of seeing my christmas tree when my page loads. I have lost that blogging feeling lately. But maybe I'm doing you a favor by resisting to post all my heartburn and sleeping woes....and profile shots where you may or may not feel obligated to say how non-enormous you think i look, so i just look like a big douche who's fishing for compliments ;)

If i were really sassy, i'd have painted a picture of my own self camouflaged into a pink room.

...but then i would have had to change out of my sweatpants.

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