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definition...
BLISS
pronunciation: \ˈblis\
function: noun
1 : complete happiness
2 : total joy
3 : 4 years of marriage


wedding day: so much love!

first anniversary: kansas city get-a-way

second anniversary: took the weekend off and slept in late

third anniversary: eat way too much, sure that "little baby" would come may 1st

fourth anniversary: family date. just as much love as april 30, 2005

how lucky am i to get TWO dates?


love and love.

monday madness.

lane loves to play with the drain plug for the kitchen sink. all the toys he has yet he finds this to be the most entertaining.

surprise.

this past sunday we were trying to beat the sunday evening blues so we loaded lane up in the backpack to go on a walk but when we opened up the garage door my parents car was in the driveway! what?! here? in colorado? i squealed with happiness. what a special surprise. needless to say, our sunday blues were instantly gone. we didn't do too much(none) sight-seeing but i think their goal was accomplished...playing with lane. that's pretty much all we did and we LOVED it!

every evening lane choosing one toy and plays with it for a good 30 minutes. this particular night he chose his shirt, such entertainment!



pictures...





we were letting lane play with a piece of candy in the wrapper. when we looked back, this is what we found. hah:)

lane thought he'd get in good with the dogs and throw cheerios throughout the family room.

"the mess"

"the ginger"

pajama day.

last week we went through another spring snow storm. not so sure we were really feeling the winter-like weather in april, two-plus feet of snow isn't what comes to mind when we think of spring. lane and i had took advantage of being snowed in had spent the day in our pj's. it was f.u.n.

had to put this in because this is one of his cheesy fake smiles. such a goof!


lane wasn't too fond of the wet cold snow...

so he smashed it in dada's face.

vance's hard work of shoveling the driveway three times in 24hours. the snow pile next to the driveway was over 5 feet tall. thank you vance!

trim.

lane got his first haircut. it was time to cut off the back. it blew in the wind, hung over his shirts, and looked like a mullet.

yes...we're in the bathtub. it seemed like a logical place at the time.

slide.

thanks to the timmer on the camera, we were able to capture our fun afternoon at the park. he l-o-v-e the slide.



red head.

easter.

we woke up (way too early) this morning to snow and upset stomachs. not the way i would have imgained lane's first easter. i had it all planned in my head to have his easter basket ready when we came downstairs to play with...that didn't happen...actually still hasn't. planned to have festive table decorations...that didn't happen either. but one thing i did realize on lane's first easter is just how important it is as being a parent...i truely can't imagine giving up my one and only for other people shortcomings, my shortcomings. what an amazing sacrafice! what an amazing day-that Christ DID rise again! he LIVES!

....the Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice. psalm 97:1....

playing with 'peep' lights. lane's easter outfit was destroyed by a diaper. poor guy...

we eat carrot cake (and sprite) and he gets carrot mush. mmmm!