Nine & Ten

#9 Music

Music is a wonderful thing. A simple song can put you back a decade to a specific place in time and evoke a feeling that you had at that time. It can make you feel sad, happy, giddy, compassionate and a slew of other feelings. It is a great thing. I tried to make a list of my absolute favorite songs of all time but it was a complete fail. So instead... I'm going to do that thing when you are stumped in creative writing class where whatever idea comes to your head you write down. So my "brain dump" of favorite songs are below... in no apparent order.

1. Love Shack by B52s
2. ALMOST any song by George Strait
3. Old Alan Jackson - definitely not the new
4. KISS by Prince
5. Rollin with the Flow - Mark Chestnutt
6. We Believe in God - Amy Grant
7. The River by Garth Brooks
8. Old Reba
9. Most anything by The Judd's
10. Journey songs - (Faithfully, Don't Stop Believing)

If you notice a trend... I tend to like 80's and 90's and a lot of old country. I know... kinda uncool. :)

#10 Friends

I'm a lucky girl. I had the chance to hang out with two of my very best girl friends on Friday. Molly and Rachel. I'm always surprised and glad that we can spend the day or evening together and not do a lot but still be so completely happy to have the time together.

I met my sister in Lawrence on Friday and took her to lunch, then met up with Rachel, who was having lunch with her brother. Rachel and I walked down Mass Street for about 20 minutes then headed to Kansas City to meet up with Molly. When we got there, we played with her almost 6 month old, Olivia and discussed what we were going to to that evening. We ended up wandering the Plaza for a bit, grabbing dinner at BRGR (which was amazing if you are ever around Prairie Village), and watching a movie. We were in bed by midnight. It was perfect. There is something to be said about being able to say and do whatever you want around the people who you love the most. It was a great night. Too bad it won't happen again for another couple of months!

Two

Just a quick update on the exciting news of the day... My friend Lyndse had her twins today. I drove over to the hospital this morning and saw her, Brandon and the boys. How sweet and precious! I realize that Dillon is 2 months old now and not a big baby by any means BUT he feels like a huge, mature baby compared to those newborns. They were so sweet! I could have held either one of them forever... and newborns have this innocence to them that just melts your heart...

The boys, Bradyn and Brody, were doing great, as was Lyndse. I'm not posting a picture as I'm not sure Lyndse wants her boys all over the World Wide Web... even though there can't be THAT many people that are reading this! :) Apparently, the nurses were discussing if they were identical or not. At first they didn't think they were but after looking into it - they may be! They certainly looked alike! But I guess it all has to do with how many placentas or sacs there are?

I've come to the decision that I either need to be a professional baby maker or a O.B. nurse. I just have this wonderful feeling being on the 2nd floor of Mercy Regional Hospital. It's a peaceful feeling that maybe that's just where I belong. Jeremy... if you are reading this - please don't freak out on me!

I'm glad Lyndse let me share a bit of her very special day with her and her family. I'm sending lots of loving prayers their way for a few good nights of sleep at the hospital before the craziness sets in!

Much Needed Catch Up

Life has been pretty crazy lately... I've been meaning to catch everyone up on our lives but I just haven't taken the time to actually sit down and post. So - over an episode of GLEE on a Friday night and with Bella Boo sitting by my side and Dave "supposed" to be in bed but yelling "Bella" over and over I start my post... BTW - Glee might be one of the best shows on television right now. I'm sure everyone has at least watched or heard of the show a few times but I have really loved it from the beginning. I didn't even like Lady Gaga's "Born this Way" until the Glee cast sang it!

So let the update begin...

We've been doing a lot of this...

Dave likes to dress up in our laundry as we are folding it - apparently his favorite is Daddy's underware!

As the weather continued to get warmer outside - we started playing outside. Dave likes to play with daddy more now than mommy. Unfortunately, I can't pick him up and run around with him like daddy right now!

We've been boating - In the garage!

A few weeks ago Rachel came to Alta Vista and the next day we went to our friend Molly's shower. The shower was in Kansas City and was so very nice! We were in the car for forever - Rachel even longer than me as she had to drive back to Wichita that night but it was worth it. I can't believe how lucky I am to have such wonderful girlfriends!