tagged...

i was tagged by doris who is coming to visit this weekend! yay!!!

so here are the rules -
(1) The winner can put the logo on their blog.
(2) Link the person you received your award from.
(3) Nominate at least 6 other blogs. (I'm cheating on that one.)
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated.

my nominees are . . .
miley because she is the BEST writer and i miss hearing her stories so much.
denise because she's such an amazing artist and friend.
gabby because we need MORE ev pictures and stories! i can't get enough of that adorable little baby boy!!!
and aunt tall because we need MORE chubby, adorable baby noah pictures. he's doing so great!!!

now for the blog post part - we are doing ok. we're still adjusting, especially to our new school. i should say of course i am the one who's having the hardest time adjusting. although wilson does go through his list of everyone he misses before he goes to sleep. the girls like school, but there seems to be a LOT more pressure to memorize things for a test they are taking in a few weeks. anna is worried about memorizing her math facts. ella isn't too worried about that i don't think, but she had a rough morning this morning. well i should say yesterday there were tornado warnings here almost non-stop from 7-9. we weren't sure what to do, but we knew the storm was on the other side of the county and that we were safe. also the montgomery schools superintendant was on tv saying that they weren't calling off schools and that the kids would be safe. so we took the girls - it's only a 5 minute car ride. but they ended up sitting in the hall for 2 hours. we had no way of knowing that the warnings would last sooo long, but next time we'll for sure wait it out. the girls both handled it all with flying colors! but i think it really wore them out. and then anna had a really loose tooth last night and she was awake late worrying about it and she kept poor ella awake too. so we were all really tired.

i have to post a few wilson stories so i have them down to scrap later. in addition to saying the names of people he misses i always have to sing to him before bed. he sternly demands the song he wants. "twinkle star," "wiggles," and "wuwwaby" are his favorites. sometimes i also have to do "lollipop" which is really "circle and a dot" on his back like his aunt "wewa" taught him in florida. i almost always have to hold his hands to make the "diamond in the sky" shape during "twinkle star" even though he figured out how to do it long ago. he usually reaches out and gives me high fives or pats too. but today he reached out and grabbed my nose, so i had to sing everything plugged up. lol!!! sometimes he sticks two binkies in his mouth at once and gives me this look that just cracks me up. he's so funny! he's got such a personality! funny and spunky like ella but yet really sweet like anna. i miss the girls a lot while they're at school, but wilson and i are really having a lot of fun just the two of us too.

here's one more random thing before i go to bed (it's late!). we were watching the cubs tonight (woohoo!) and i saw a commercial for a marathon of the show coach. remember that show? it brought back so many memories! it was filmed on the u of i campus while we were there. i can remember seeing the film crews around. my friends would all get together to watch it and point out people we knew. i think griz and maybe sherm were in the background a few times too. those times seem like so long ago!

ok - well that was quite the random rambling post after not posting for so long. as usual, huh? lol! i shouldn't post when i only have two minutes or at midnight. :) hope everyone's having a great week!