Goof balls

Lately I haven't been feeling very well due to some issues I'm having with my kidneys and it's been tough on us as a family... "when mom's not happy, nobodys happy." Today we decided to get out our costume prop's box and be silly. It made for some good laughs...

Mullet + aviator sunglasses = one sexy dude! *wink, wink*

All "goofed up" and still adorable! Man, I love this little girl!

I've never looked so good before!

Even Parker participated... what a stud. Sort of looks like a vanilla 'Snoop dog'.

Happy Mother's Day

Yes... I have cracked your security system and infiltrated your blog my sweet. Now it's time to blog about you, wifey. What can I say about you Anne? What can I say about the woman who gave birth to my daughter, only to have me leave for work 4 days later. What can I say about a Mother who's husband was home only on the weekends for the first 6 months of her child's life? What can I say about a Mother who, after just having given birth, had to wake up during all the multiple morning-hour feedings, alone? What can I say about a Mother who suffered postpartum depression without ever telling me, because she didn't want to burden me while I was training? What can I say about a Mother who sacrificed her job and her personal life so that she could raise my daughter? What can I say about a Mother who has raised the most intense, but at the same time sweetest little girl?

I knew when I met you that you would be a great Mother. I thought, as we both did, that we would be able to have more than one child. Time will tell if we will be able to bring another intense/sweet child into this world. But no matter what happens, you are still a great Mother. I look forward to the future as you continue to be a Mother for Gracie and as we try to make another child to call you Mother. No matter what happens I love you. Grace loves you.

Sometimes in the early morning hours when I am driving around at work, I think about what would happen to our family if you weren't in it; I can't picture anything, because you are everything to us. I love you and Happy Mother's day.

My 'famous twin'

Over the past few years I've been told a couple dozen times that I look like Kelly Ripa. When a stranger stares at me with a puzzled look on their face, I can feel the question brewing... "Do you know who you look like?" I chuckle and think to myself, 'Kelly Ripa?'. They of course proceed to tell me exactly that. Kelly Ripa, huh? ... I guess I can see a few similarities - blonde hair, big smiles, and hubbies named 'Mark', but the similarities end there. She has green eyes and I have blue (although she wears blue contacts), she has a pointed nose and I was blessed with my father's 'pig nose', she weighs in at 112 lbs and I last weighed that much in the 9th grade! I guess if she ever needed a 30lb overweight stunt double, I'm available. I didn't really think much of my "famous twin" until a few weeks ago when my sweet daughter thought she recognized me on the television...
I was flipping through the channels when Gracie said, "Stop mom!" I stopped flipping and said, "What is it?" She then said, "Go back!!" I said, "Okay..." and I began slowly flipping back the channels one by one. She then hollered, "STOP!!" A little confused I said, "Gracie, what is it?" She pointed to the t.v. and said, " That's you momma!" I looked up at the screen and lo and behold there was Kelly Ripa sitting next to Regis! I called Mark at work and told him the funny story and then I got to thinking... If my own child thinks I look like Miss Ripa, maybe there is some resemblance? So I went online and found a picture of Kelly, I pinned my hair like hers and snapped a few shots. I still don't see the resemblance...



All in all, I guess I'm flattered that people think I look like someone as pretty as Kelly Rippa. It could definitely be worse... "Hey! Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Courtney Love?"