its the little things 7/4

1. austin sleeping in until 8am

2. driving with my parents up north so i didnt have to drive

3. spending the whole day up north with the Garavaglia's

4. watching Austin enjoy his first 4th parade

5. uncle D (and EVERYONE else) spoiling Austin with love and attention.

5. grandma's BBQ

its the little things 7/3

1. the Orsers blessing the Holts with a family photo session HERE

2. watching sweet Austin sleep in his carseat (car not on or moving) out of pure exhaustion

3. seeing all the Holt boys together

4. the laughs that we had after mom re gifted a candle to us that we gave her

5. Birthday picnic for Dad's 6-0!

its the little things 7/2

1. getting off work early at 3.30pm to head to Oxford

2. seeing some of the new york Holt gang

3. watching Austin and his cousin Gabe together

4. a long walk with all 6 Holt grandsons

5. All 6 of those Boys managing not to totally destroy Grammy and Up up House.

its the little things 7/1

1. POT LUCK at work!

2. austins smile when i went to get him today

3. finding my fav. pair of plaid shorts i forgot about

4. those plaid shorts fitting

5. michelle not leaving me out of her joys!

its the little things 6/30

1. finding free after coupons lemonade/cereal and granola bars at kroger!

2. talking to michelle finally today!

3. watching austin's smile light up a room and make others smile

4. getting a chance to catch up on my recycling job at church

5. getting to see friends today!

6. the house being back "in order"

its the little things 6/29

1. a wonderful day spent with my mom, its fun that she has the summer off

2. all this for 11cents: 5 boxes of pasta, juice and a loaf of brownberry bread!

3. drew being so sweet and helping a friend out today

4. lots of good food and treats

5. a long walk on a finally not so hot day.

its the little things 6/28

even though the days isnt over yet I thought I would do my little things now

1. going to church as a family

2. drew going "to the bathroom" at church, but really going to be with austin because he missed him

3. having lunch on the grill again with tracy and elizabeth

4. fans!  we dont have AC so fans help SO much.

5. no real plans so just getting to hang out the rest of the day.

its the little things 6/27

1. austin taking a 4 hour nap!  we were able to get so much done!

2. finishing all the laundry from our trip

3. drew fixing the grill, stroller and hose for me!

4. having steak for lunch together on the grill

5. new toys for austin from the garage sale

6. getting to catch up on all the mail from our week away

PALM

You can see pictures of our bike trip HERE!

Road trip here we come.

Most of you reading this already know, but Andrew and I are leaving in the morning (Saturday) for our "road trip." Now this is a bit of a unique road trip as we will be the one's pedaling, not driving across Michigan. We start in Whitehall on Sunday and finish in Lexington on Friday.
Austin is staying with Grandma and Grandpa G so please keep everyone in your prayers as this is a big change for all involved! I have scheduled posts on Chunky Monkey so you faithful readers won't have to go a whole week without your Austin fix.

its the little things 6/19

1. andrew getting out of work early and being able to take off before most of rush hour
2. dinner at American pie (pizza!)
3. 2 important things coming in the mail today!!!
4. remembering to take back my library books before we left
5. austin being SO good today and helping me get all packed up

its the little things 6/18

1. getting the cvs moneymaker to work

2. having time to get andrews fathers day gift

3. a great night with austin not nursing, waking up at 5.45a and putting him self back to sleep until  almost 8.30am

4. austin having so much fun playing with us when we were packing

5. getting most of the packing done for our trip and being almost ready to go!

its the little things 6/17

1. sleeping 9.30p-6.30a

2. hanging out with elizabeth and doing lots of little surprises

3. picking out a new outfit for her...she was so excited

4. hungry howies for lunch

5. making a dent in my cleaning/putting things away/packing project

its the little things 6/12

1. getting out of work on time

2. safe travels to warren

3. homemade brownies (thanks mom)

4. time to get ready for the garage sale

5. watching the wings win (oh wait, they lost...)

its the little things 6/13

1. getting to help with a very profitable garage sale!

2. standing our ground and not getting ripped off during the sale

3. austin making visitors smile

4. pizza for dinner!

5. jimmy johns for lunch!

its the little things 6/14

1. garage sale day part 2

2. seeing people smile when we gave away tons of stuff for free at the end

3. helping one lady who had NOTHING after a recent divorce

4. grandpa g helping out with austin so much during the sale

4. b dubs for dinner!

5. ice cream snicker bars for dessert

its the little things 6/15

1. marlene taking my call so i could be with austin (esp. since they worked late and got called in at midnight)

2. austin doing great at kelsey's house while drew and i both worked

3. a nice walk after work

4. austin being so excited to see me and in such a great mood

5. a gorgeous lunch hour walk

its the little things 6/16

1. meeting up with amy and tracy imprompto on the street corner

2. work picnic and austin getting to see all of moms friends

3. getting to talk to michelle on skype

4. mom selling 3 craigslist items

5. getting a sweet sample in the mail

Flowers!

We were blessed the other day with a FREE flat of flowers so I added in to what I had already planted with lots of help from Mom and Dad.  Thanks Kelsey!

its the little things 6/11

1. leftover ruby tuesdays for lunch

2. getting an hour lunch and time for coffee

3. getting to see austin for a second before bed, getting to snuggle and give him his cup of milk

4. not having to water the flowers/veggies today

5. going to bed early

its the little things 6/10

1. sleeping until 7am without interuption

2. date night with drew and no austin for our anniversary

3. ribs and steak for dinner yum!

4. austin being safe and sound at the sitters

5. a sweet gift from drew (snickers, an aloe plant and a card that said-"i know i can be a prick sometimes..." get it? the aloe plant, prick..haha!)

6. finally getting to go to original gravity

In the beginning

Happy Anniversary Drew!

its the little things 6/9

1. getting excited for a date tomorrow

2. getting a run in

3. a very sweet friend giving me a pepper and eggplant plant for the garden

4. delicious lunch at panera via a gift card and leftovers for dinner

5. catch up time hanging out on the lawn at amys

its the little things 6/4

1. an always enjoyable moms group
2. the parade!!!!
3. walking to the fair
again, i got too far behind and cant remember!

its the little things 6/5

1. walking downtown and checking out the fair
2. not getting call in
3. listening to music at the fair and austin having fun
thats all i can remember right now...sorry!

its the little things 6/5

1. watching fireworks on our rooftop with Drew
2. Finally meeting Baby Jaidyn!
3. Grilling for dinner (actually the grill wasnt working, so we used the George)
4. having a glass of wine (on the roof!)
5. seeing austin's smile after basically not seeing him for 2 days.

its the little things 6/6

1. getting to see lots of family
2. lots of hard workers so all the garage sale prep got done
3. awesome chicken and ribs at moms for dinner!
4. dad going to get even more delicious apple pie!
5. already selling some stuff on craigslist

its the little things 6/7

1. getting to see old friends at Heather's baby shower
2. Drew staying home with austin so he could nap while i volunteered at church
3. finding a lady to swap some diapers with for our favorite kind
4. super cheap dipes at CVS
5. getting back from warren in time for church

its the little things 6/8

1. getting to see Kristins new pad!
2. a 30 minute walk that included complete silence
3. getting grocery shopping done nice and early
4. 4 pairs of kitchen gloves, 2 boxes of cheerios, one package of baby q-tips and 3 packages of wipes for 56 cents plus tax. (thank you kmart!(
5. austin finally sweetly asleep after a LOOOONNNNGGGG day

its the little things 6/3

1. hanging out with friends at the parade tonight

2. being treated to lunch at B Dubs by uncle D

3. more new friends at moms group

4. selling 3 more diapers, the last of the ones i wanted to sell

5. an overall great day.

its the little things 6/2

1. having fun with Austin at his first bar experience for Aunt Steph's bday 

2. finding a perfect spot downtown AA

3. buying 12 cloth dipes for only $60 (this is a STEAL for you non clothers)

4. managing to say NO to the extra pics they try and sell to you at Sears

5. some alone time this afternoon and a pizza buffet for lunch (and then burger night for dinner...man, what am i doing to myself?)

flower day

Flower day at the Holts!

its the little things 6/1

1. finding a perfect outdoor umbrella for our table (in the trash!)  see pics below

2. coupon in the mail for free m & m's and hot dogs

3. rebate check in the mail

4. errand running with the fam this afternoon

5. a nice, smooth, stress free day

a day and night out.

I already talked about it, but here are some pics from our day/night on the town.

The bride and groom

Check out Drew's new earring.

proud to be a garbage picker

Look at this find that Austin and I stumbled upon on our night walk.  The lady lives just down the street and was just putting this out when we walked by.  She kept referring to the umbrella as "he" as if it was a person in her thick German-ish accent.  I felt bad taking "him" from her, but "he" worked great and she was the one putting "him" in the trash.  Finders keepers!

PS. the table and chairs were ours and know "they" have a new friend.

its the little things 5.31

1. Mom and Dad not only treating us to flowers but helping (ok, doing almost all the work) us put them all in.
2. Mom and Dad driving to us to bring Austin back.
3. Hearing that things went great with AUstin's first big solo sleepover
4. sun all day long and great burgers on the grill- thx drew
5. time to catch up with lots of stuff (some fun, some not so fun- ex. laundry, dishes, messes...)

its the little things 5.30

There are lots of things that we got to do today since Grandma Jo and Grandpa G had Austin. I thought I would just bullet everything we crammed in one day.

• Put Austin down for a nap and left him in the loving hands of Sweet Grandma Jo
• Drew and I went to the mall since it was raining
• Lunch at Olgas without a high chair, bib or finger food (well we did have fries)
• Cinnabon
• Dollar movie
• XL popcorn and soda with a refill!
• Heading home to get ready in 30 minutes for the wedding we were going to (this included pumping, ironing (dress, pants for drew and my hair!), makeup, jewelry, finding shoes, getting camera...and out the door
• Went to a wonderful outdoor ceremony that was dry and full of sun
• Reception in Ann Arbor with an awesome, unique Mexican themed menu. Delicious!
• Sitting with some really nice couples and making some new "friends" for the night.
• Going home and not worrying about putting Austin to bed or him waking up

Thanks so much Mom and Dad for making such a fun night possible

its the little things 5/29

1. a last minute day off work for me
2. getting to meet our sweet nephew, Miles
3. spending the day in Oxford with family
4. a change to bike 20 miles in ritzy Oakland county subs
5. garage sale find of a hat and toy for Austin

its the little things 5.28

1. fun at small group
2. eggplant and banana pepper plant from a friend
3. people not making fun of my "melted" cupcakes
4. austin and drew having a good day hanging out
5. going to small group as a family

its the little things 5/27

1. the diaper study finally calling me and I'm in!

2. a surprise visit from my friends Carol and Ellen

3. selling 4 of my cloth diapers

4. lots of people at moms group

5. meeting a really nice mom at group and getting to talk to her later in the afternoon.

its the little things 5/24

1. going up north to surprise Grandma Elsie on her 80th birthday

2. kabobs on the grill up north

3. austin loving his first trip to the trailor

4. austin FINALLY going to sleep (at almost 11pm!)

5. me not being the one having to drive to warren, sterling heights, port sanilac and then back to sterling heights and warren.

its the little things 5/26

1. a sweet lady who picked up Austin's blanket that we dropped on our walk and returned it to us.

2. TONS of mail today (i love when we dont get mail for a couple of days)

3. good coupons in the mail resulting in freebies at kroger

4. talk to aunt chelle on skype today and Austin loving it

5. a nap for me during austins nap time

its the little things 5/25

1. grandpa putting austin down for his nap and changing his poopy diaper!

2. "bread and meat" for dinner, plus lots of veggies and delicious grilled items!

3. more good deals at CVS

4. grandpa putting up a crib for austin at their house (the crib from when i was a baby)

5. drew humoring me and watching jon and kate with me

its the little things 5/23

1. fun at Bella's birthday party (and AWESOME cooked food- Thanks Jason)

2. watching austin chow down on ribs and baked beans

3. Austin laughing when Jack bounced him on his first trampoline experience

4. $1 flips at Old Navy

5. lunch at Sam's club.

its the little things 5/22

1. an awesome night hanging out with Drew

2. watching the Tigers win (on TV)

3. a little overtime pay at work

4. getting to see Andrea finally at work and catch up over lunch

5. Austin not getting up too early on my work day.

its the little things 5/21

1. getting off work at 2p and it being 80 degrees and sunny

2. going to small group without being rushed and fun there as usual

3. the surprise potluck at work going great and staying a surprise

thats all for today, i hate when i get more than 2 days behind...i just cant seem to remember what happened...thats sad, huh?

its the little things 5/20

1. my time out, always fun

2. lots of people at moms group and lots of catching up

3. perfect weather!

4. time to do some gardening and plant some veggies

5. a last minute reminder about our work pot luck tomorrow.

its the little things 5/19

1. getting a family pic taken and a cute one of austin at Sears
2. sun all day!
3. hangin out with amy and the kiddos today
4. my stuffy nose not getting worse
5. watching austin start crawling more and more on his knees
6. little guy being so tuckered after a long day that he basically passed out at bedtime.

its the little things 5/18

1. austins doctor check up going great and him barely crying after one quick shot
2. andrew getting his bike tuned up and finding the perfect stem
3. a fun day of shopping and treats with mom and in canton
4. austin taking almost a 3 hour nap after being tortured by his mom and grandma doing #3
5. having a "no hitter" for the weekend. aka, not having to go into work ALL weekend!

its the little things 5/17

1. getting to go to church and not get called into work
2. hanging out with mom all day without working (theme here...)
3. figuring out how to mow the lawn for the first time in my life
4. laughing while "touching up" the spots i missed with the lawnmower with giant sheers
5. a brownie melts meets hot fudge sundae dessert from McD's (hey, i shared it with mom)

its the little things 5/16

1. not getting called in AT ALL!

2. finding "oh, the places you'll go" dr. suess book for 10cents at a garage sale

3. talking to aunt chelle on skype

4. having lunch together at home with mom and drew

5. my mom staying all day and night since i was on call.

its the little things 5/15

1. getting to sleep through the night without having to go to work

2. getting out of work on time

3. going to bed early with Drew

4. time for a coffee break at the end of the day

5. a surprise gift from Aunt Rose and Uncle Greg in the mail for Austin!

6. Drew fixing my tire for me

its the little things 5/14

1. surprise Qdoba for lunch at work

2. getting out of work in enough time to make it to small group

3. new friends at small group and leading going well

4. Drew being happy and getting to hang out with his college buddy

5. Grey's finale!

its the little things 5/13

1. lots of fun at moms group

2. 9 bottles of bbq sauce that Kroger paid ME to take...ok, i know 9 is excessive, but you know me.

3. surprise organic salsa that i found marked down AND i got to use my expiring soon coupons.

4. the strubles coming to visit this afternoon

5. my bulging tire not exploding on my trip to Kroger

its the little things 5/12

1. sun, sun, sun ALL day
2. time for a training ride for our bike trip
3. austin liking the bike trailer a little more than last time
4. CVS trip with a surprise deal on the ONLY body wash Drew likes
5. watching Austin have fun with his finger foods today (waffles and cheese)

its the little things 5/11

1. a really successful trip to meijer with help from Drew in the entertaining Austin department

2. family time before Drew went to work

3. a laid back run

4. hanging out with Amy for awhile this afternoon

5. fun dinner time letting Austin play in his food and make a mess

its the little things 5/10

1. my first mother's day

2. a sweet locket with my baby's pic in it

3. feeling austins first tooth poking through

4. michelle walking in honor of the heart walk

5. getting together with the garavaglia's...always good for a laugh

6. grandpa buying austin a really cute outfit and trying to blame grandma for it.

its the little things 5/9

1. running a 5k with drew and austin this morning

2. then walking a 5k with drew, austin, my mom and work pals

3. it not raining for the heart walk

4. a fun afternoon with mom including qdoba and coldstone!

5. freshly painted toe nails

its the little things 5/8

1. crazy busy, fast day at work

2. a nice relaxing walk after work with the boys

3. delicious pillsbury homemade pizza for dinner

4. time to pick the house up a little

5. getting the BEST mothers day card in the mail with a little treat inside.

its the little things 5/7

1. getting to watch grey's
2. drew helping me with a secret project
3. a visit from my boys at lunch today
4. a busy, went by quick kinda day
5. tomorrow is friday!

its the little things 5/6

1. FINALLY getting a new battery for my watch

2. lots of errand running with a little guy who was on his best behavior

3. sun this morning

4. sam's and the mall after work with Drew working days today

5. austin looking so cute in his little shorts and new sandals today

its the little things 5/5

1. austin being ok after his first big crash

2. a fun walk to kfc for free chicken dinner with amy and jack (and austin of course)

3. a peaceful grocery shopping trip before 8am with austin (its so nice there in the morning)

4. the hiker from Ann Arbor being found safe and alive after being missing for a week

5. many good nights of sleep lately

its the little things 5/3

I messed up again...see the entry over here please!

its the little things 5/4

Opps... I posted on the wrong blog...  check it out over here

its the little things 5/2

1. austin sleeping in past 9am so i could take a shower, get ready and have breakfast before he even got up.

2. lunch with the girls at olive garden

3. leftover time after lunch for a trip to target and cvs with "amy's".

4. getting to teach amy La a little more about coupons and even having two on hand that she could use for her baby food.

5. Discover milan days!

its the little things 5/1

1. the boys hanging out in oxford and me getting an evening ALL to myself at the last minute

2. a nice evening including a stress free trip to target, dots (yes, random but i got a cute dress for 1.59), borders (pretzel (not really that good) and a free coffee drink (very good), reading smut magazines and finding pants for austin at toys R us for 1.59 (magic price of the night)

3. getting caught up on blogs and email when i got home.

4. a good nights sleep

5. not having to go to work for 5 days!

its the little things 4/30

1. a great small group, seeing everyone, and enjoying time together

2. seeing austin get so excited when i get home from work

3. drew being such a good Papa to austin

4. being really busy at work so no one had to go home early

5. awesome leftover pita bread from a work lunch.

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.

Vote for Austin

Vote for Austin here!  He is on the first page, left hand side, 3rd baby down.  You can vote 10 times per day and voting for round 1 ends april 15th...so get voting!  Hint:  just click 10 times in a row, it only takes a second!!!

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!