i want to be the kind of person that remembers!!

okay, so i fail miserably on a constant basis when it comes to remembering birthdays. seriously. i know i just missed felicia's and stacie's is like today, and i am certain that i have missed several other birthdays already this year, i HATE being that person. so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, leave a your birthday date in the comments. PLEASE. that means you. everyone, anyone. i am truly trying to be a better person and this is one of the ways that i want to do. so help me be better. comment your birthday (and better leave your address too, so that i can send the bday card that makes me the good friend that i want to be)(but if the address is too much, just the bday day will do). THANKS. (do it now, or you will forget. your crying child, or hungry spouse, or tv show will wait!!!) thanks

some recent photos and (much needed) happy thoughts

skyler LOVES to hike and be outside, so the minute that it got kinda warm he took us. i was excited, a little skeptical given my current state of being (ie: extra poundage). but we went and it was SOO fun. poor, fabulous skyler had to carry zoia all the way up, but he didn't complain and she LOVED it!!! this is us at the top. little did we know that it was the way down, through the snow and water, that would be the toughest!! zoia literally laughed so hard at me as i gracefully slide (or fell whatever) down the mountain that she couldn't breath!! for a city girl i actually had a great time!


just a photo of z. i can't get her to smile into the camera for the life of me. so don't be fooled my the blank stares that she shows in the pics. she is really very happy and smiley and not retarded!


on May 10th me, my mom, carianne (brit's bff), sky's mom erin, sky's aunt jodi, and erin's friend ran (or walked) the race for the cure. it was SOO much fun. seriously. i loved it. there were 17000 people running the race that day. can you image? and think of all the other races going on around the country as well. there are a lot of supporters of breast cancer research!!! and a lot of loving families as well!


so for my mother's day, skyler taught my YW's lesson (thank you sky) and we had hannah and my mother over for lunch, and then we went to erin's for dinner. we ate in the yard out back and during dinner zoia decided to take a fall from two steps up onto concrete. so her gift to me was this wonderful scabby face of hers!! she cried for about 5 minutes, i cried for about 20. poor little thing. she doesn't seem to mind now though!


z has decided that her baby stroller is actually for her. she points to herself and says "baby" then climbs in. it seems to me that i would probably look the same if i tried to climb into her stroller. gotta love the roles!

just to clarify...

i just want to apologize... i think that sometimes i see my blog as a sort of journal and when i need to just let it out, i tend to do it there, not really thinking about how people might react or respond to what i say. so, please know that what i said was not directly related to anyone, or said to make anyone feel guilty or sorry for me. we ALL have low points, and high points, good days and bad. and that day was, obviously, not such a great one. so, PLEASE everyone know that i am really fine, just trying to get my head on straight and figure out how to be happy in this new place. also, i get really tired of the "my life is so perfect" blogs that i read everyday and feel like sometimes it is nice to hear about how people are really feeling, so that we all can relate to each other on more levels than one. so again, i am sorry if i made anyone feel bad. my intention was to simply get it out of my head so that i could move on. i love you all very much and am thankful for you all in my life.