an all time HIGH/LOW...or something.

we decided late last night
that the tv watching had reached an all time high.
or low.
whichever.
30 min of george this morning and off the ol' tube went.
it's going AWESOME.
can't you tell?????
it's like an addict at rehab.
do you think it will take 30 days???

7

CLASSY.
it's just how we roll.

...

note: no money from the budget was used to support or fund this photo.

i wish it was not so.

come on paycheck!!!

we can't wait to have you:-)

if pauly shore is there, i'm in.

i'm thinking 3 things about this pink letter i opened today.
1. i'm really hoping breastfeeding gets me out of this one.
2. the money would be nice.
3. grown up civic pride.
weird.
the part about thinking the money being nice.
but true.
but after sitting 8 hrs in the san mateo county court building at 18 only to be told
"thanks, but no thanks,"
i walked away empty handed.
no mula.
and not very excited to serve again.
so that takes care of #2.
8 hrs i volunteered to sit in a room.
a smelly room.
with blinding white walls.
in my blinding white CHICO STATE sweatshirt.
at 18.
again,
i'm really hoping breastfeeding gets me out of this one.
i think this makes me unamerican.
dang it.
ok, if pauly shore is on the jury, i'm in.
my attitude sucks.
this could be fun!
right?
right.
now, back to that breastfeeding thing...

seriously, so BLESSed.

it was chaotic.
it was bliss.
it was crazy.
it was beautiful.
especially max.
as sean was blessing max i thought about all of my hopes and dreams for her.
i hope she knows how perfect she is.
that she will believe in herself.
that she will be good to others.
that she will have joy in life.
that her thoughts will be loving toward herself.
that she will know she can achieve anything she desires.
that she has a heavenly father who loves her.
that we love her.
that she loves her.

both of our kids were exhausted by the end of the day.

we forgot to feed and nap the pork loin.

he survived.

and ate two bowls of oatmeal when we got home.

and 4 "ice U-ses" (a.k.a ice juices/popsicles)

and when it was all said and done i only had one question on my mind.

how much of the dressing was left?

let's just say our family is full of good eaters:-)
and now i think i'll sleep until thursday when we do it all again.
thank you family.
you rock.

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email me if you want the shredded pork and salad dressing recipes.

emilygibson82@yahoo.com

but don't forget,

your kitchen will smell like dinner in the morning.

gross.

heaven by lunch.

glory be,

heaven may be an understatement.

pork loin ROAST.

i massaged a pork loin tonight.
not the one that was in my belly.
he's fast asleep in his crib.
the one i bought at costco this week.
tomorrow i will wake up to the smells of dinner.
gross.
but by lunch i will be glad.
b/c that pork loin will turn into candy shredded pork goodness.
oh boy, i love cooking while i sleep.
i will be adding a can of coke and 1c brown sugar in the morning.
GLORY BE!
thank you max for giving us a reason to celebrate tomorrow:-)
and thank you brennan for letting me give you an extra squeeze before bed tonight.
it made me feel like a million bucks.

sleeping beauty

pinch me.
i must be dreaming.
to get to have this beauty as my daughter.
i am the luckiest mama.
...
BY THE WAY...
he got a J-O-B.
a dream job.
here.
in utah.
see, told you i'm dreaming:-)

food revolution gone bad.

jamie oliver would be so disappointed.
...
he really has changed the way i shop.
jamie, that is.
well, not entirely, seeing as i'm still buying captain crunch.
but the gibson table has seen a variety of fruits and vegetables we've never seen before.
cauliflower
carrots
eggplant
celery
mushrooms
spinach
peppers
broccoli
blueberries
blackberries
oranges
bananas
apples
onions
lettuce
tomatoes
avocados
ok, now it just sounds like i'm bragging.
i kind of am.
i'm proud of my fresh foods!
it's safe to say most of our monthly budget goes to fresh fruits and vegetables.
i used to think only broccoli and green beans existed as dinner vegetables.
it's amazing!
and i love it.
oh good, he just threw his bowl of captain crunch on the floor.
feeling really glad i didn't put the milk in it like he wanted.
go me:-)
maybe this will be the motivation i need to sweep for the first time this month.
nah.
he's eating them off of the floor for me now.
how does THAT fit into the food revolution?!
hahahahahahaha.

STRONG DESIRE

today i have a STRONG DESIRE to strap his arms down with duct tape and make him sit in one place.
i think this means we need an outing.

green-udge

they look beautiful today.
hundreds pooling everywhere.
on the streets.
my doorstep.
my steps.
like a lush garden growing out of the concrete.
i've never noticed them in their bright green state.
b/c in another week i'm going to be cursing them.
dried out and clogging my outside drain.
blowing into my house and tracking their way into every corner.
but for now, they're just really pretty.
like they could never turn into something annoying.

NOT UNTIL YOU'RE MARRIED!!!

i told my cousin audrey not to have sex until she was married.
she's 10.
max was laying on the floor looking extra cute with her darling bow, little pink dress, and bright blue eyes flashing up at us.
i've been watching this show on mtv about teenagers that get pregnant and are thrown into taking care of babies in high school.
audrey watches the show too.
we talked about the twins episode.
frightening.
so we sat there looking at max in all of her cute glory,
and i just blurt out,
"don't have sex until you're married!"
they aren't so cute at 1am and 3am and 5am,
or whatever a.m. they chose to awake.
well max is, but it still doesn't make those times easy to be up at.
she shyly giggled and said, "ok."
thank heavens.
how many times do you think she'll have to hear that to wait?
turns out it was really good advice b/c i'm extra grumpy this morning.
not because max was up.
but b/c max slept 8 hrs straight.
good thing brennan was up screaming from midnight to 3am.
then max woke up to eat at 3am and was so stuffed up from the cold we all have that she didn't go back to bed until 4am.
sean is an awesome nose sucker.
he got her all fixed up.
and then everyone was up at 7:45am again.

i'm grumpy and exhausted.

and

i wouldn't change my life for one minute.

but thank goodness i didn't start this life at 16.

or by myself at any age.

b/c i couldn't do it at any age by myself.

i've got to give it up to the single moms out there.

b/c starting it at 25 with an amazing husband is hard enough.

and it's a lot more fun to take care of them when you are ready to enjoy them.

so 25, 35, 45, whenever.

just not 15.

b/c every girl on that show always has a final interview.

and what do they ALL say?

i wasn't ready for sex.

i wish i would have waited.

it wasn't worth it.

hindsight's 20/20.

i know you can have sex and not get pregnant.

and that lots of people have sex before they're married.

and they're great people.

amazing people!

maybe you!

to each is their own:-)

this is just what i told audrey as we were looking at max yesterday.

i want audrey to be able to soak up her very own max someday.

in all her glory.

b/c i feel so spoiled to get to soak up my max today.

that's all;-)