its the little things 4/29

1. relaxing hair cut this afternoon downtown AA

2. going to get my free pasta bowl from dominos, but them running out, but me still getting free bread and a coupon mailed to me for a free bowl later

3. a walk to visit the Lozens for a few

4. getting to give away random freebies at moms group

5. just hanging out watching the Tigers

its the little things 4/28

1. a rainy day to get stuff done around the house without wanted to go outside

2. all my chores being done before Austin went to bed

3. finding a 1.00 kashi pizza at kroger!

4. having my oil changed

5. looking forward to my haircut tomorrow.

its the little things 4/27

1. grilled burgers!  (thanks phil...ok, you too amy :)

2. getting my chest freezer organized

3. a run with my buddy before it got too hot today

4. a whole ream of paper from a dear friend

5. a sweet shirt in the mail for austin from Aunt Chelle!

its the little things 4/26

1. a morning walk while it was still cool to CVS (with a stop to McD's)

2. getting to go to church (feels like its been awhile) and Austin sleeping in my arms the whole time

3. brownie ice cream dessert (yes...again!)

4. ceiling fans

5. a little time to do some yard work 

6. tulips!

its the little things 4/25

1. getting FSN back

2. watching the Tigers tonight

3. getting to go on a walk and visit Amy and fam

4. a sweet boy who stops crying whenever i hold him (hey, its a good feeling)

5. brownie ice cream dessert

green thumb...kinda

This is the first year I have started anything from seed.  here you are looking at my future tomato and squash plants along with my marigolds.

its the little things 4/24

1. a last minute day off!

2. 80 and sun

3. getting to see my college roommate race and a few other college friends

4. a 21 mile bike ride on a great trail we heard about in Jackson

5. getting to show Austin all sorts of new things.

its the little things 4/23

its the little things 4/22

1. Earth Day- its fun to see people getting more into "being green"

2. an afternoon of errands and getting EVERYTHING I set out for!

3. a long walk with little guy

4. austin helping me get all my chores done before bedtime so I could just hang out after he went to sleep

5. a new coupon book

6. a great husband who lets me hang out by myself on Wednesday afternoons.

its the little things 4/21

1. FINALLY reuniting with Amy!!!

2. 50cent iced coffee day at DD's

3. finding organic goodies for cheap at kroger

4. the rain finally stopping

5. bed time!

6. getting my lock and locks in the mail today!!!

its the little things 4/20

1. double coupon days at Kmart

2. Dad "making" dinner for his girls (and his little guy)

3. watching austin eat "adult" food... cheese, chicken and prunes

4. Grandpa babysitting Austin

5. apple pie and ice cream

its the little things 4/19

1. tresemme and aveeno

2. kashi for dinner with mama g

3. a little overtime

4. early bedtime

5. a sweet sleeping baby

its the little things 4/18

1. not getting called in at all!!!

2. enjoying the sunshine and taking many many walks around the block

3. dairy barn

4. my mom staying with us while i was on call!!!

5. yummy meijer pita chips

its the little things 4/17

1. 2.5 hours of overtime (the only positive thing about working until 830pm)
2. austin and drew coming to visit me at lunch at work
3. jamican me crazy coffee at work on fridays
4. getting to eat lunch outside in the summer
5. austin in bed (even though i missed him) and all set for the night when i got home.

its the little things 4/16

1. a run outside in shorts and a T (and being warm!)

2. a great small group with almost everyone there, including our newest addition, sweet baby Liam

3. trail mix cookie at work

4. time for a walk after lunch at work (again, outside, in the warm sun!)

5. drew getting time for a bike ride outside and loving his bike.

its the little things

1. dinner together as a family of 3
2. new bibs for austin from Babies R Us
3. french fries
4. homemade pizza
5. a walk to the library
6. help putting Austins new car seat in. cant wait for the first ride in it :)

its the little things 4/14

1. just finding out that Drew gets to keep his same shift until at least the end of august.  what a true blessing!!!

2. time to clean out some drawers and cupboards while austin "helped"

3. finding the almond extract that i needed clearanced down to 75% off

4. hearing how much fun my parents are having in vegas

5. having a roof over my head in this awful weather.

its the little things 4/13

1. red robin lunch with a birthday gift card for Drew bday
2. a helper to go grocery shopping
3. movie night with Drew (who is sleeping in the recliner after accusing me of not watching the movie)
4. blackberry walnut pancakes for dinner
5. austin getting better and hopefully not getting whatever Papa has.

its the little things 4/12

1. austin sleeping well away from home
2. austin being well enough to go in the nursery so i could go to church
3. JESUS is ALIVE!!! (corny, but true :)
4. family easter dinner (minus drew :( - at my Aunts house
5. coming home to a hubby who did all the dishes and ran the dishwasher for me

its the little things 4/11

1. meeting uncle al, aunt nancy and my parents in fowlerville for lunch
2. an all day shopping trip with Grandma Jo to the Howell outlets, target, walmart and meijer
3. lots of Easter candy
4. austin getting spoiled from his aunt and uncle
5. lots of coupons (thanks mom and grandma!)

its the little things 4/10

1. GIRLS Night in with work friends
2. lots and lots of junk food (see above)
3. Austin getting taken care of so well by his Papa (taking him to the doctor and taking care of his cold.)
4. Uncle Ry coming to hang out all day with Austin and SPOILING him with gifts!!!
5. Uncle Ry loving Austin so much.

its the little things 4/9

1. Austin having a good day besides his cold
2. our dear friend Carrie taking care of Austin ALL day!!! She saved us!!!
3. 4. 5. should all say carrie is the best!!!
4. a fun trip to best buy after work
5. watching new Southland with Drew

its the little things 4/8

Happy Birthday Michelle!

1. The best lunch at Mongolian BBQ!

2. the sunshine all day

3. mongolian leftovers for lunch at work tomorrow

4. finding austins snack cup in the nursery at church!

5. Amy running an errand for me :)

its the little things 4/7

1. finding one of our favorite diapers (clean) in an extra diaper bag

2. a whole load of clean diapers (see a theme here?)

3. a sweet boy whose cold got better today

4. time to run errands solo

5. french fries for lunch!

its the little things 4/6

1. getting to talk to michelle on skype and her getting to see austin for a few

2. easter egg dying!

3. a quick catch up with Amy

4. meijer having EVERYTHING I wanted to buy for once.

5. time to sweep and wash the floors even though I hate doing it.

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its the little things 4/5

1. time going by really fast as I worked in the nursery at church with 6 crazy babies!

2. homemade tortillas by Ada...oh my, they are my FAVORITE!

3. quality time with kristin, tony, steph and anthony.  miss you guys :)

4. brownies!

5.  going to take a nice, hot, relaxing shower and early bed time...

Austin Jams on the piano

its the little things 4/4

1. sunshine!
2. fresh peppers from Gram
3. homemade pizza on our favorite pita from Sam's
4. lots of time tonight to catch up on things
5. listening to Austin laugh tonight

Mama's helper

I was inspired to do a little cooking tonight...thanks for the fresh peppers Gram!
Here's my little helper!

its the little things 4/3

1. Carrie taking such great care of our little guy while drew had court
2. a dark chocolate pecan turtle
3. Austin going to bed like a champ
4. an easy day at work
5. Austin taking a 3 hour nap for Papa

its the little things 4/2

1. Drew's BIRTHDAY!

2. dinner at red robin with friends from college

3. the fudgie wudgie goodie sale at work :)

4. 3 hours of ER last night

5. seeing Drew so happy

its the little things 4/1

1. no one playing an april fools joke on me

2. a great birthday party for drew put on by our 'rents

3. seeing the garavaglia fam all together with a treat and guest visitor via skype!

4. seeing michelle get to talk to austin tonight

5. feeling so blessed to have such a loving, normal family!