We visit Uncle B

My long long long term friend (like 17 Years) and Harper's Godfather Brian, has been quite sick since October 2010! We had her Baptism in August and by October he was very ill. He has had a really horrible battle with his health and I have tried to be by his side as much as I can. I occasionally take Harper to see him and the first couple times were a little rough. I think she didn't understand the whole hospital thing and was a bit terrified. But this day, we had a nice day in the park and we didn't have to be cramped up in an icky old hospital room!

Unfortunately our weekly visits will be coming to an end fairly soon. Brian has decided it is in his best interest to go to Chicago to his parents for awhile. At least he will be in the comfort of home and can recieve some TLC from his family.

Stuck in the Middle with You!

This has always been our favorite song and now we have another in the middle with us.

Clearly they have snacking in common.

They bond!

And of course, Brian's best side shows through. His humor cannot compare to most....he has ALWAYS made me laugh and thoughout this time he has still managed to keep my spirits up! He says he is going to write a book and I can't wait. I do think it would be a hit, I just have to make sure any parts that include me will have to be edited by my eyes first;0)

May Highlights

Keeping a blog is sometimes a love hate relationship for me. I probably think of at least 7 post per week and it is a month later until I get it to the page. Seeing my life change on a daily basis makes me want to record every moment but having an almost 2 year old causes you to have to lock it in memory and give up this crazy expectation of journaling every move. Due to the fact I don't have any fancy advertisers and probably a handful a people as hectic as I am reading this...no stress for me.

Here are a few highlights and clips from May!

When Mommy's away, Grandma and Aunt Mo will play.....with Harp! I had to go to Chicago and they flew in from New York for the week to spoil our little doll. They LOVE playing with Harper and she loves them. They cooked and shopped and cooked and shopped! I had so much food when I came home, I didn't know where to start. I am soo soo spoiled. Thanks again and again for coming down!

HARP AND DADDY

MOTHER'S DAY

Mother's Day flowers.....I had the most special time with Harper on Mother's Day. We sat in her playroom and played restaurant. I have been waiting and waiting to do this with her, although a short remedial attempt...I loved every moment:)

SAVANNAH WELCOMES BACK BOB AND JESS

5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

We discovered a few new things and totally indulged in all the things we love about Savannah. For those of you who didn't know, we got married here 5 years ago, May 13, 2006!

The drink featured above is the John Daly. It is an Arnold Palmer (1/2 Sweet Tea 1/2 Lemonade) kicked up with Sweet Tea Vodka....yes darlin.....everythang in the South comes with Sweet Tea(you know, Paula Deen accent style).

So this was our first stop and what a view of the river. We sat out on the upstairs patio and just kicked with a few of these.....it was much needed.

After a few John Daly's, we went exploring on the huge old ship!!! It was absolutely breathtaking!

CITY MARKET

My breakfast with Iced coffee

If I ever own a store, this is what I want it to look like

Bob and I adore PediCabs. In fact, when we are in Savannah or Charleston, we refuse to take normal cabs if we are not walking. Our sweet Pedi Cab driver took our pictures! Love this city...

ARCHITECTURAL TOUR of SAVANNAH

the other great thing about pedicabs

The McNeil Metts Mansion, where we celebrated our reception!

and

Forsythe Park, where we married 5 years ago!

MEMORIAL DAY

We celebrated a beautiful weekend with Kelly, Cashen and Madeline! We had a picnic, Cashen played cornhole, Madeline put on lipstick and way to much sunscreen, and Harper kept eating and eating and eating! We had a blast and are definitely ready for Summer!

Franklin Festival

The Franklin Festival is held the last weekend of April every year and it is chocked full of food, arts and crafts, singing, drinking, and usually hot weather for some reason. This year was our first year to make it over to the "carni" side of the festival for the kids! Lots of bouncy towers and slides, pony rides, pet zoos (so sad and disgusting), and plenty of sweet treats to munch on.

These chips were served by the Red Pony's food cart and they are called Junk Chips! Homemade chips with a blue cheese cream, hot sauce, bacon, and green onions! Oh Dear (one of my new sensored sayings and yes Harper repeats it everytime) were they delicious. Bob doesn't like blue cheese (which I forgot;) so that meant Harper and I would have to indulge. WE DID!

I tried to help Harp see her shadow but she didn't think much about it.

Chips make us thirsty....AHHHHH (one of her favorite ways to polish off a big SIP)

All girl!

Can you see us coming down the slide? She loved this slide and I did until 3 kids slammed into my very old person back with their grubby feet at the end of the slide. Ughh, I guess I am not as quick as I used to be or do they not have jumpy thingy sliding etiquette? I believe the later.

Daddy was firing away trying to get a few good shots of Harp bouncing around. She clearly loves this thing but as you can see she is always shy at first. She sort of checks out her surroundings and then commits to a plan!

We met up with our buddy's Jackie and Ryan Harry. Their little one Will is 4 and Ethan is 2 weeks older than Harper. They had a blast.

Well, she was having a blast until we had to leave!

And like clock work, she passes out blissfully on the way home!

The latest on Moss and Harper

It looks as though Moss has torn her ACL (ligament in knee) and "should" have surgery. We took her up to a Doggie Physical Therapist and he recommended surgery with rehab following.

It's not so much the surgery we are concerned about...it's the rehab. VERY controlled and CONSTANT attention....we may have to way until Fall/Winter when we are a lot less busy around here! She is doing ok though, she limps quite a bit but we are pumping her with lots of nutrition and supplements to keep swelling and inflammation at a minimum.

Harps liked hanging at the Vet....she took her best buddy these days (Olivia the Pig) with her.

These sweet shots were barely captured. This girl is so quick these days I have to have everything at arms length or forget it:)

Harper tries to balance on anything. She walks around constantly on her toes or in Mommy's shoes, especially my heels.

Two of her 20 best buddies, Minnie and Olivia! Although in Harper's lingo it is:

"Min me" and "Olibia"

Other favorites in Harper lingo

Beeooo....Video (she loves to watch her own videos)

Mommy hodee... Mommy hold me (of course this comes at anytime she wants anything)

Smoomee.... Smoothie (hilarious to hear and I make her say it at least 10 times a morning)

Locean....Lotion (the kid is obsessed with this after bath...or anytime really)

These are just some of the sweet sounds I hear on a daily basis or makes me crack up continuously. It is really amazing how funny a 21 month old can really be!