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So this year my birthday  (I'm 27!) wasn't much different than others....people weren't here...ha! My birthday is July 29th and it always seems to be the only week people can find time to have a vacation...right before school starts. So, Mom and the girls (along with Nana, Aunt Kari and Hannah) were on vaca in MO at some place. Dad was home for my birthday.(He was out of town but came back the day before!) And my I had my boys..and that was all just fine with me! :)
I was telling my dad, it is so weird once you have kids, how insignificant your birthday becomes. I think I was more excited for Eli's first birthday than I have been for any of my birthdays (minus 21, probably! haha!)
We started out the day at my friend Tonyas house with her little one, our friend Kim and her daughter Nellie, and Steph and Carter. Tonya ordered pizza for everyone and made cupcakes for me!!  Steph got me a dozen roses and an awesome card from Eli and Izaak, for me (and please don't forget my favorite Spinach dip and Hawaiian bread!!). I'm so lucky to have such wonderful friends.
Then we came home and played (me and Eli...and Izaak watched. ha!) Then dad came home with my FAVORITE dish from my favorite restauarant! It has crab and shrimp in it, and considering the fact that I was basically pregnant for 2 years, I haven't been able to eat it. So it was wonderful! Then Eli and Dad "sang" (Dad sang, Eli stared at the candles and whispered "hottt, hottt hottt" over and over again) Happy Birthday and gave me a mini cheesecake. (my favorite. )
All in all it was a good birthday. I was sad Mom and the girls weren't here, but life goes on. Not a big deal!

Here are the few (decent) pictures from my bday. Dad had the camera and he doesn't know the "face only" rule! hahaha! Then there are some pictures of our day at the "park." I actually took both boys to a surrounding elementary school playground, and we were the only ones there, and it was PERFECT. Izaak slept the majority of the time and Eli had a blast running around! We even had a picnic. It was a great time, just the 3 of us!


When Eli has the time to settle down and be still, he loves to "hold" his brother.



can you tell eli is tired?! hehe

You should have seen us digging into that thing at 9pm. "Mother of the Year" right here! :)




picnic with my first born. love this kid more than I ever thought I could.


excuse the cleavage:) but i love this picture


Iggy taking a snooze!


Just a year ago, he was a "rash face" who still couldn't sit up. . .now look at him. At 18 months old-he's been through quite a lot. Proud of my little man!






Yes I am the mom that lets her kid go down the slide the wrong way! :)




This picture means (or says) so much to me.....I just love it.




















Hold my hand :)


xoxo
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in a [[perfect]] world

So in an realistic perfect world I would have thousands of dollars (I would take millions, but lets be honest, thousands would do me juuuuust fine)and start my own photography business. I am not as good as some...but I need lots of dollars to really get things going....or donations. I giggle and ask people to sponser me, but I am serious.... :). I need lenses, lighting, location (which isn't a total must) photoshop...an amazing nice (preferably a MAC) computer. But for now I will settle with what I do now, and my babies are my guinea pigs. If you want to be my guinea pig, I would love to! :) I'm pretty serious about this. I would love to do this. In the end all you have are pictures :)






My Izaak "Iggy" Gregory. Such a perfect little baby.










I love the slobber :)


one of my favorites of either one of the boys. love it.




so funny!




my cup runneth over.






I keep telling Eli that in a few short months, Izzak is probably going to be able to beat him up, so he probably shouldn't try to pick him up.....haha.




paci and tigger :) izaaks best friends




xoxo
*us*


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fair time

So..there are tons of....not so good things....going on. And don't worry I will be blogging very soon about it, I just need to gather my thoughts about it all. And I don't plan on holding back. So THAT is your warning. I'm tired of keeping my tongue tied because of peoples feelings, but guess what?! I. DO. NOT. CARE. ANYMORE. Period. Thanks!!

SO here are some pictures from Eli's trip to the County Fair! He had an absolute blast. It was going to be just me and Eli. . .and I was *literally* pulling out of the driveway, and my dad came outside waving his arms, asking if he could go. So my Dad took the trip with us. :) We had a really fun time. Eli absolutely loved it...it was so fun to see how excited he got about the animals! His favorite animals were the sheep/lambs. Weird...but oh so true!





He LOVED the sheep! I love the expression on his face.




Petting the cows! :)




checking out the LOUDEST Goose EVER!


We also went back to the fair on Sunday, just me and Eli. It was fun, but hotter than hell. Like I felt like I was dying. Somewhere between the car and the entrance of the fair Eli lost (or probably threw) his juice cup, leaving him with no cup! I had a water bottle full of juice for him, but no cup, and have you ever tried to have a 17 month old drink out of a water bottle?! Yeah...not so fun. So I had to stop by a food booth and ask for a cup with a lid and a straw. So that worked. Then I decided I was too damn hot, so we left!! Here are just a few pictures from that day. You can tell how hot it was by his little red cheeks!
I canNOT wait to take him to the State Fair!! :) I just LOVE doing all of these fun things with the boys! Too bad Izaak won't enjoy it until next summer...but we can tell him all about what he saw and stuff later! haha! :)











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