Signs of SUMMER!

Nothing says SUMMER more than a wedge of watermelon...dripping all over your arms, clothes and especially all over the kitchen counter. YUMMY-its the best!!!!!!!

Baby You Can Drive My Car

"Beep Beep Beep Beep, yeah! Baby you can drive my car and Baby I LOVE YOU!

Okay don't laugh too hard but I was listening to the radio and heard this song come on and thought I was going to hear Elmo singing...not the Beatles. Seriously, I thought it was going to be an advertisement of some sort. I didn't know it was a Beatles song, I thought it was a Sesame Street song. Pretty classic, huh?"

An exerpt from an email from Daddy to Mommy. Guess we are oblivious to music outside of children's songs these days!

Just Between Friends

Just Between Friends, or JBF for short. What is that you may ask? Well it is the biggest baby, kid and maternity consignment sale you have ever seen. A huge swap meet is more like it! Check it out http://www.jbfsale.com/.
My sister Traci turned me on to JBF many years before I had kids and now I am in the thick of things. We have purchased gear from JBF and now a days we sell out gear there. You simply go online to enter your items, you choose the price that you want to sell them at and then voila, you print your tags for items and safety pin them on.

Karsten had to get in the middle of the action. She still loves the bouncer-that was her favorite baby toy!

And the room full of gear before the drop off day.

I have to say, I am a fan of JBF. At least I feel like I am getting something back for what I paid up front. We made over $190 this year-not bad! And the items that we did not sell, we give permission for JBF to donate to area charities. Now I actually feel like someone else will get good use out of our items. A WIN-WIN in my book!

Now onto the fall/winter sale...

Mother's Day Evening

Nothing says HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY better than, "You are headed to the spa for a massage"! YA HOO!!!!!!!! I was blessed with a massage and a pedicure (which was much needed). What a great surprise. Then home for an awesome dinner.

Now this picture does not do this meal any justice. Pork chops, roasted baby fingerling potatoes, artichoke and baked mushrooms...YUMMY!

Daddy, thanks for being such an amazing partner, friend and husband. I am so very blessed to be on this parenting journey with you. Every new day brings joys, laughter and some funny smirks when we don't quite know what to do with our daughter. I cannot imagine life without you. Thank you for making me feel so special on a very special day!

I LOVE YOU more than you will ever know~

xoxoxoxo-Mommy

Happy Mother's Day Morning

Karsten was so excited to have me open my Mother's Day present that she made as school. She had brought it home on Friday and the anticipation was killing her to wait until Sunday to open it! She was such a helper in opening it, and the finished product was a beautiful potted flower picture frame with a picture of Karsten in it. I cannot think of anything better to receive on Mother's Day.

Karsten, you never cease to amaze me with your sweet spirit and zest for life! You are such a joy and blessing to me. I had imagined what life would be like as a mother, but you have FAR surpassed my dreams. You are my everything! You make me laugh, smile and do funny things that make me feel like a child again. God knew the longing in my heart to have a child, and the long wait for you was SO VERY WORTH IT! Thank you for making my day so very special. I love you with all my heart, baby!

Love, Mommy

Surprise for Mommy!

Karsten and Daddy had a surprise up their sleeve and went to Super 1 to make mommy a special Mother's Day cake. It was even more special as the bottom of the cake had two finger marks from where Karsten had taken a snitcheroo!

Big Girl Cups

We are branching out and Karsten is SO excited to use cups without a lid. As she puts it "Karsten use a big girl cup"! So true.

Student of the Month

Karsten was chosen as student of the month at school. We had to bring in pictures of her and then the school made a collage poster to hang in the entry way of school. What fun and how exciting for Karsten to be highlighted!

Sunday fun with the Cushmans

Sunday morning we got a text from Nicci telling us that they were walking to the school playground to let Dawson play...and they had warm blueberry muffins in tow. Karsten and I were snuggling in bed watching cartoons and Daddy was working on his homework, but we decided to quickly get dressed and join the Cushmans. It was a beautiful sunny day, albeit breezy and a tad bit chilly, but we could not resist the urge to get outside for some fresh air!

Dawson was a bit chilly so we lent him Karsten's fleece-

purple and a size too small, but hey, 2 year olds don't discriminate!

Sweet Millie Lou snuggled in keeping Mommy warm!

Dawson and Karsten contemplating their next move.

And the Daddys solving the problems of the world!

A great morning had by all!

Karsten's "Usic"

This is a typicaly sight in the Towery household lately. Karsten up on ANYTHING that she can climb on and turning on her "usic". She has not gotten the "m" part of the word music down yet, but boy does she know how to turn the music on and crank up the volume-she does not like it playing softly! She dances around and sings like crazy-with the correct words I might add! She loves to sing her praises to Jesus or along with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Pooh.