Can You Feel the Love Tonite...

Ooohhh...I so know you were singing the Lion King song!

It's okay because I was, too. It'll be our secret, okay?

Have I ever told you how much I love reading meme's on other people?

Oh, my friends, I do. I really do! And guess what?

One of my favorite bloggers Kelli over at Writing the Waves of Motherhood tagged me. I have to tell you 7 very interesting and unknown facts about me that I know you are dying to know.

There's just something about telling my bloggy friends these random facts that you know you would never go up to people in real life and tell them.

Because let's be honest with one another. Nobody wants to know:

1) I want my nose pierced. I have always wanted a tiny little diamond on (in?) my nose. My mom (hi, mom!) would probably die. She already hates my tattoos. But how I see it? I only live once and I want to do this before I'm too old.

2) I change my mind. A lot. I am probably the worst decision maker when it comes to myself and what I want. For instance, remember how I wanted to chop off all of my hair into a cute really short style? Yeah, not so much anymore. I still want bangs, so maybe I'll just get bangs and see how that goes first.

3) My second toe is longer than my big toe. I get a lot of my features from my dad. My beautiful green eyes, the dark eyebrows and the abnormally long second toe. Growing up I hated it. But I soon got over that hatred because of my love for flip flops and pedicures. Why get a pedi if I'm not going to show it off, right?

4) I was in the Air Force for seven years. I met my husband while in the Air Force and I am so grateful to the military for bringing us together. I was in Iraq in 2004--a month after Leo and I got married. A month. It was the hardest thing ever and we had many struggles, but in the end I believe that that separation brought us even closer together. It also made me realize I am a lot tougher and stronger (mentally and physically) than I ever gave myself credit for.

5) I love baking. It's one of my passions. Cakes, cookies, brownies, muffins--you name it I love to bake it. The downfall to this passion is that everything is so good that it gets eaten pretty quickly. I have an enormous sweet tooth so I am beginning to wonder if I should get a new passion.

6) I have never had to mow a lawn. Ever. I have never even started a lawn mower. I'm not sure why, but that's just the way it's been. The men in my family and now my husband takes care of that. I do, however, pull weeds from our flower beds. I am the weed puller, Leo is the lawn mower.

7) And for my final fact....I have never seen a Star Wars movie. Ever. Please don't tell me, omg, you have to see Star Wars! It's amazing, it's great, blah blah blah. Because I have absolutely. no. desire. to see it.

And because I love breaking rules, I'm not going to tag anyone. If you want to do it, go at it and have fun with it! And remember to let me know because I love reading meme's!

Rubber Ducky, You're My Only One

Let me tell you a secret...this little girl here? She likes LOVES bathtime.

Look how happy she is...splishing and splashing...laughing....playing....

Uh-oh...she knows bathtime has now turned into bedtime....not a good thing she has realized this before I have taken her out of the tub...

And now it's bedtime. Which someone is so obviously not excited about...

Hm. Maybe this Momma needs to stop having giggle fests and start having more naptimes.

I Hate to Tell You This....

Okay, what I'm about to tell you may hurt.

It may hurt a little.

Or it may hurt you a lot. Like it does me.

Oh, how it hurts me. It hurts me to maybe have to hurt you.

Take a deep breath....

We. Have. No. Target. Store.

Ahhh....it feels good to finally say this out loud...this sad, sad truth.

The nearest Target is an hour away. An hour. And with gas prices as high as they are, we don't get to go as often as I would like.

Which, in a perfect world, would be every other day.

I have written them requesting a store closer to my house (did you know you can write to Target to request a store?!). They wrote back that it all depends on how many other losers Target addicts write to them requesting a store.

I read other blogs that I stalk visit daily and I am constantly reading about Target.

I feel like Jan Brady. Target. Target. Target.

I know you can shop there online, but their website does not do the store justice, people. It simply does not.

I ask of you one thing. That next time you are wandering down those Target isles, sipping on your Starbucks or munching on your popcorn and soda, finding the cutest stuff at the best prices....think of me. Think of me sitting here thinking when I will be able to go to Target next.

Because chances are it won't be for a very, very long time.

Little Giggles

Oh, how I love baby giggles.

I'm not talking about the hearty belly laughs (although I do love those, too), but the sweet giggles.

The kind that makes my heart melt when I am rocking her to sleep.

The kind that makes everything that has been a little crazy and frazzled suddenly be okay again.

The kind that gives me the giggles and the kind that sometimes causes a missed nap. Or two.

The kind that causes us to both end up laughing hysterically, playing on the floor with silly toys and making things up as we go.

The kind that makes my life complete, happy and whole.

The kind that will eventually lead to this:

A tired, happy, loved little girl....the little girl with the sweetest giggles.