dear pratt.

dear pratt,

today you are at the horse races with your daddy. just you and him. well, and poppy and uncle jeff and lindsey. and many others...but you and your daddy rode together.

this was all his idea. he said early this morning, "pratt...would you like to go with me to see the horses?!". you shook your head yes, and looked at me. like, "is that okay? you think that's okay, right mom? because i want to go. see, i'm smiling. i can't wait to go see the horses!"

your daddy is so good.

so good to me. so good to you. just so, so good.

never forget that. and when you're 16 and you want to go somewhere that we know you don't need to go, and we tell you "no", please remember that it's only because we love you. promise. it's not because we are trying to ruin your life.

it's actually the opposite. one day you'll realize this.

until then, know we love you. so, so much.

love, mom.

meet fish.

we had such a wonderful friday.

clint was off and so it always feels like a free day. like it doesn't count as part of the weekend, but it feels like it. like an extra saturday or something. heaven. it's really heaven.

we started by eating breakfast at ihop. pratt loved dipping his egg into ketchup. and his bacon. and his hashbrowns. and every piece of fruit in his fruit bowl. and for dessert, he dipped his toast into grape jelly.

after a long morning, pratt took a nap. dad finished up his outdoor work, and we headed to the zoo. after a small detour due to us not knowing when the front gate closed....we made a stop at petco instead.

we've been wanting to get pratt a fish. clint had several fish/tanks when he was a kid...and he secretly still wants a big aquarium. so, we thought pratt might like one too. but not a big one, just a small glass bowl.

uh, he loves the fish. when i asked him what he wanted to call him he said, "tt". i don't know. i don't know what that means. but i think we'll just go with "fish" because that's all pratt can say.

oh, and pratt discovered his sippy cup labels while we were waiting on dad to get some spring water at harps. he thought it was hilarious to put it on his forehead, eyes, fingers, etc.

oh, one more thing. pratt has figured out how to eat edamame. like, holding the pod and pulling out the bean. he was so proud of himself.





clint, thanks for spending your days off with us. those are for sure our favorite days. we love you.

our morning.

i may never return to facebook.

today, i got 3 loads of laundry done. pratt's bathroom AND our bathroom are clean. like bleached clean. like used a toothbrush on the sink clean. i'm about to tackle the refrigerator...i'm just wanting to upload pictures first. and this was all while MY CHILD WAS AWAKE.

i had forgotten how productive i can be.

i must credit the portable dvd played too, though. because i totally brought it up to his room and let him watch veggie tales while i cleaned. and we even drug in the baby swing and he rocked in it while learning about jonah. and how he refused to go to ninevah.

here are some pictures from this morning. he has so many faces. he found this pacifier which he has never used, and every once in a while, he thinks it's funny to use it. and he never has both houseshoes on. i think he takes one off intentionally when i'm not looking.

nana!?

pratt and i just ran something out to a friend of mine. she lives in the same neighborhood as nana.

when i got back in the car, i turned to pratt and said, "ok. all done."

he threw his hands up and said, "nana!?"

i told him that she wasn't home, but we'd see her soon.

and again, "uh. nana!? nana!"

so, nana...watch out. pratt can now find his way to your house :)

and pratt, nana said this made her day. :)

dear pratt.

dear pratt,

time goes by way too fast these days. with every day that passes, you seem to grow up a little bit more...right in front of me.

we've been busy playing outside with bubbles. digging in the dirt. picking up rocks. and walking down to the mailbox and back up the driveway. we've been to the park a few times, too. daddy will be off this friday so i'm hoping we can enjoy the outside together. you pretty much love to do anything, as long as it's outside.

your hair is what i'd call strawberry blonde. with the most wonderful curls i've ever seen. and your eyes are gigantic. brown. very much like your daddys.

you have the sweetest smile. and when you grin, your eyes smile too.

cookie took this picture of you tuesday night and it's exactly what i see when i close my eyes.

i love you so much. you make me and your daddy so incredibly happy.

love, mommy.

ipod.

pratt discovered his daddy's ipod last night.



he loved it.

he kept trying to flip to the next song like you would on an iphone. so funny.

ps. grandma teddy bear, YES, that is clint's blanket that you gave pratt. but this is probably one of the first times that pratt has had it. because clint won't let anyone else have it. he says we don't appreciate it. and when he gets it, he goes on and on and on about how great it is. :)

hiatus.

i'm off facebook for a week.

why? well. i saw where a friend was doing it last week, and i thought about it then. thought about how much time i waste looking at people's comments/updates/pictures. basically being nosey without them knowing.

and more than ever before, pratt really requires my attention. as does my house.

yesterday we were getting ready for church and clint was ironing his shirt and pants. and it hit me. i never iron his clothes for him.

i'm at home all day, with the exception of mondays/wednesdays and i don't iron the mans clothes. i mean, come on. what do i do around here?

oh, that's right. i nose around on fbook. and read gossip about celebrities on superficial.

i should have given this up for lent. but i didn't. so i'm doing it now.

i just want this house to be clean and in order. i'm tired of baskets of clean clothes sitting around needing to be folded and put up. i'm tired of the kitchen constantly looking like it needs to be clean. i'm tired of looking at the old toothpaste in my sink that every single morning i think, "i'll clean this today", yet i never get around to it.

will i be perfect and always keep a clean house? no.

but in the end, what's more important...facebook or my family.

i've toyed with leaving fbook forever, but i just can't do it. all things in moderation. i just have to figure out what that moderation is.

until then...i'm off. wish me luck. it will pretty much be like that time i tried to stop eating candy. i seriously almost died the first two days.

have wonderful mondays.

i'll post much more later.