With Love For Lucy

This is Lucy Bell Latta, our niece.  She is pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen but unfortunately her health is not that good.  She was diagnosed with SCID, or "the boy in the bubble" disease, which is a disease in which she has absolutely no immune system and she is in need of a bone marrow transplant.  Fortunately  her older sister, 4 year old Lilly is a 100% match, which is hear is rare.  So they are keeping Lucy in isolation so she won't get sick so the transplant can do it's job.

You need to check out this website that was made for her (i believe it is still under construction) but it has pictures and more information about the disease.  I do warn you though, these pictures are hard to look at.  But please, do read it and pass it on to any one, or everyone you know.  

http://www.withloveforlucy.com

Rain Man

Since the summers up here in alaska have been pretty rainy, and Vincent is forever wanting to go outside and play, yesturday i said to heck with it. He's got a rain coat and rain boots.  He loved it, where ever there was a puddle he was stepping in it.  Unfortuenalty, at the end, we came inside and i found out the rain boots don't work so well.  Poor vincent was walking around with soaking wet feet.  Opps, but i guess that's what to expect when they are meant for baby's and have velcro running up the sides.  Who would have guessed?  (anyone with a brain?)

to be a garbage man

So every thursday, vin wakes up in excitement to see the garbage men come to our house and pick up our trash.  I know, exciting.  so i thought it would be cute to take pictures of this weekly event and this picture was a classic moment.  He just stands there and waits to see them.  And now it's cute, there is a lady who drives the garbage truck and now she knows to look up at our window and wave to the little boy that is usually waving to her.  It reminds me of my brother Shawn when he was little. Every time you asked him what he wanted to be, he would say "A garbage man!"

so i thought i'd end with a quote my dad gave to me the other day:

"So when I was young my mom would always tell me I could be anything I wanted to be.  I would ask her, what do you mean ANYTHING I want to be?  She said, you sure ask a lot of questions for a garbage man!"

(hopefully not to offend any garbage men or women out there)

I'm Too Sexy For my SHIrt

So this is the new trend at the Darling residence, you only get to see it with a personal viewing at the home.  He picked it up from Dad. Okay, i kid.  I went in to get vincent from his nap and this is what i found.  Don't ask me how it's possible, but kids surprise me everyday.  He does that same with his seat-belts.  Crazy kid.  

So I got tagged....

OUr LIviNg RoOM:  okay, check out our sweet  carpet!  well, this just happend to be the day i decided to air this drop cloth out and fix some rips. alittle embarrassing, but you can look past that right? I love our front room though.  The light comes in all day and it faces east so in the morning it just lights up.  I also have a spiffy fireplace which just so happens to be my first fireplace to hand stockings on for 9 years!  That is , christmas stockings of course.  
SToraGE:  This is our storage unit we finally organized a while back.  Grand huh?  well, we think so.  But don't look to the right of it, we got some stuff there that wasn't meant to be in the picture (recycling and wood shelves)  Anyone need some wood shelves?  
NaP TIMe:  Awww.. Precious.  This is my favorite time of the day, too bad it's usually less than an hour.  
SeLF poRtrait: I thought i throw in some of what i am usually doing which is... hanging out with the V man.  
                                    
FriDGe:   So here's my lovely fridge.  I read somewhere not to put stuff on your fridge because it makes it look way cluttered (obviously) and small.  So i had the bright idea, hey, why not just put them on the side, out of the way, so the front doesn't look cluttered and small?! However, what I soon came to realize, this is the ONLY view you pretty much see if you are walking in our house.  opps.  But i still like it.  Fun pictures.
PlAy RoOM:   call him spoiled. he loves balls, obsesses over them! i took him to the pet store the other day to look at animals and all he wanted to do was to find the dogs balls and throw them. go figure! so i made him a play-land down stairs with a plethora of balls.  He loves it! and i love that he loves it!
gARage:   steve's domain.  what can i say about it?  I like that i can fit my car into it!.....barely...
MEssy kItChen tABle: And yes, those are daisies Steve bought for me.  Oh so sweet! and yes, that is my half eaten lunch. opps.
LAundRy roOm:  oh so organized.  Steve once again put his tools to the test and made this little contraption of wonder and joy.  I love it! i can fold my clothes on it (when ever that happens :) and i can store all my soap and cleaners underneath.  He's so handy.  and yes, i know, my washer and dryer are  extremly outdated.  But you know what i say? Atleast it bets coin op.
CrAFt ROoM:  So here is where my magic happens.  it normally doesn't look like this AT ALL, it just so happens i caught it after i had cleaned up a few days before.  I had my show and when i got home i about had a heart attack after i saw how messy it was.  So it looks much better now, plus I normaly have a big table in the middle.  Used that for the show too. 
BAthrOOm:  Here's are lovely bathroom. Since Steve spent so much time on it i try and keep it as clean as i can, make it look nice you know ?  yeah, doesn't always happen.
BeDroOm:  Ah! you actually get to see our bedroom.  OKay okay, before you say anything, NO we did not put up the border, that was there when we moved in.  It just so happens we are a little lazy and haven't painted yet, okay? Shesh  
More KItchEn: Ah, the kitchen with dishes forever in the pan.  I'm pretty good about washing dishes, especialy pots and pans when I'm done using them. But what i'm NOT good at is putting them away! They continually sit there in the draining pan until their next use.  Is that wrong?

And don't forget to say hi to fishy, he likes people

So i'm sure i bored some of you and knocked off the socks of the rest (which i am known too) jk, im glad i just finally got this on here.  Mostly so Brandi wouldn't give me crap.  So i guess this is where i'm supposed to tag someone else, so i tag you Aubrie!