Save Lids to Save Lives

Keeping in the spirit of wonderful women, Yoplait has a wonderful promotion going on to support breast cancer research. Here's how it works: Buy any participating yoplait products, collect the pink lids, rinse them, and mail them in! It's as simple as that. For every pink lid sent by December 31st, 2010 Yoplait will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure!

So get to saving those lids from these participating products:

Yoplait: Orginal

Yoplait: Light

Yoplait: Think & Creamy

Yoplait: Light Thick & Creamy

Yoplait: Whips

Yoplait: Four Pack

Yoplait: Delights

Yoplait: Greek

Yoplait: Yoplus

And then send them to:

SAVE LIDS TO SAVE LIVES

P.O. BOX 420704

EL PASO, TX 88542-9418



WonderWoman Wednesday

50!

Do you know what that number is? The number of followers we have on this blog! Just a little of over a year ago, I started this blog as a way to keep my family/friends updated on my pregnancy and my deployed husband. And today I am sitting here with my toddler on my lap, typing up a blog for 50 people that have said "Yes I would like to read your writing." Amazing! You gals are wonderful. Your comments and your own blogs are what inspire me to keep writing. And in honor of that, I'm starting

WonderWoman Wednesday!

Starting one week from today (on a Wednesday, imagine that) I will be featuring an amazing blogger every Wednesday. Each WonderWoman will get the chance to tell us about their blog, about their life, and whatever else they want to share. You will be awarded a button you to put on your blog if you so wish. You will also be featured in my catalog of WonderWomen, in which will list your first name, blog name, blog URL, and a short description of yourself and your blog.

There are only a few qualifications to become a WonderWoman:

-you must have posted a blog in the past week

-you must be a follower of Livin' Our Love Song

-you must be a woman :)

-you must reply to my permission to publish email by at least the Monday before you are scheduled to be featured

That's it! That's all you have to do.

I hope through these WonderWoman Wednesdays, my readers will find it easier to find, follow, and connect with interesting womens' blogs they may not have found otherwise. It's big bloggy world out there, so let's make our mark ladies! I will constantly be searching for blogs to feature, but if you would like to suggest a blog or suggest YOUR blog, just email me at katelynedavis@yahoo.com or leave a comment and I will definitely check it out!

JACK-o-lantern

Yep, that's my son... in a pumpkin. Mind you, he wouldn't even touch the thing until it was fully gutted and no yucky stuff was inside. I think my germophobia has made him scared to get his hands dirty/messy. Luckily, his daddy is about as far from a germophobe as they come so he can do all those yucky, germy things with him.

So how did we get to this point of Jack-filled-pumpkin? Here's the story, in pictures...

Ready to pumpkin pick!

Moooooooooom, let me down.. I see mud! (Don't ask me why he likes mud and not pumpkin guts?)

Searchin' for the PERFECT one..

Found it! But he's fake smiling cause mom's taking too many pictures

"Here, I'll hold the top and YOU stick YOUR hand in there mama"

Yummmm, pumpkin!

SURPRISE!

Overall, Jack's first experience with pumpkins was fun and entertaining for both him and his daddy and I :)

Come back in a couple days for the debut of my newest obsession... couponing! I've been researching, clipping, printing, reading, and organizing. I can't wait to share my first coupon deals with you all. 



Raindrops keep fallin' on my head

Well folks, summer is over :( Definitely... so... over. At least here in the Pacific Northwest it is. Kellee, you shush about your summery weather in Colorado.

Today we braved the rain and went to the Pumpkin Fest in Orting, Washington (Details HERE). Orting is a cute little town. And the Fest was cute too. Definitely doesn't compare to the Pumpkin show in Circleville, Ohio. But it was a nice way to spend the day. Rain boots and jackets in tow, we listened to some local bands, ate at a "hole-in-the-wall" restaurant called Route 66 Pizza, and bought me my first cowgirl hat :) We had planned on picking up some pumpkins from a pumpkin patch on the way home, but Jack had other plans. He was testing us big time today, and we decided that we will wait 'til tomorrow to go pumpkin pickin'. There is a family farm thats on our way home from church, hopefully the weather will be a bit better tomorrow as well.

On Jack's list of new talents, he can say "OWWW". His uncle Jeremy has been working hard to teach him "OW" and "MINE" before he has to move home to Arizona. One down, one to go, Jeremy. Not only does he say "ow" for things that hurt. But he says it when he's mad, when we discipline him, and when he's playing. Anyone else lucky enough to have a 1 year old that knows only the words "daddy", "mama", "nana", "huh?", and "OWWW"? It's a good time, let me tell ya.

After Jeff and the boys are done watching some boy movie.. I think it's called Last Man Standing? And after we put Jack to sleep... My wonderfull hubby is taking me to see Life As We Know It.

I've been excited about this movie since I saw the trailer the first time. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel star as two single people that are named in a mutual friend's will as guardians for the baby. Should be funny. I'm all about humor, and this film looks promising!

One last question, does anyone else have a 1 year old human garbage disposal?

Photo Shoot

Here's a treat for you today, a few pictures to brighten your day!

Jack can finally fit his skinny booty into his awesome Welsh shirt. Meggan and Cynog got for him quite a while ago. It's super cute! And my fav. thing about it is that it's sort of heavy-weight.. like a sweatshirt maybe. So it's perfect for the weather we have out here.

I think Jack and his uncle DanDan could play together all day and not get bored with each other. Dan recently bought a ukulele and has been teaching himself to play. Jack is learning too :) They are singing "Soooomewheeeerrre over the rainbow, way up hiiiighhh" SO ADORABLE :)

Grocery shoppin' with mama in his new Old Navy jacket.

HAPPY Girl with Bob Evans mashed potatoes and mac&cheese. Hey, if I can't actually GO to Bob's, might as well treat myself to the next best thing, right?

One of my FAVORITE pictures of him taken lately. He loves to swing!

So rotten! I left the room for two minutes and...

ENJOY!!!!



I can cosmically feel the mean faces

Somehow all of you have managed to get inside my head and nag me until my clicking and typing magically delivered me to my blog. All I can say, is EPIC FAIL on my part. I know I said (I'm BACK!) once before, but I lied that time and my nose grew too long so I have some making up to do. 'Cause I just don't look right with a Pinocchio nose...

You know what I love? I love when I come back from a 3 month hiatus to find that one of my bloggy friends has awarded me not only one, but TWO blog awards. Katelyn (yes, we are name twins) over at Life Is a Beautiful Mess I heart you :) I promise I won't let you down again

Katelyn awarded me the:

Versatile Blogger Award

And the:

One Lovely Blog Award:

Lately things have been pretty chill around the Davis house. We have two of Jack's "uncles" staying with us right now. Uncle Dan Dan and uncle Jeremy. It's been an adjustment getting used to adding two more people to our family but I will be sad when they are gone. Oh, and no they are not the gay kind of uncles :) One is happily married to a dear friend of mine, Marcy. And the other is happily straight. hehe.

Jack is one! O-N-E, one! It's crazy. And let me tell you that kid is walking all over the place. He is 1 going on 15. He can effectively and adorably say "huh?" when we say his name. He waves hi, and occasionally says "hi" He knows Da da, and ma ma, and dog dog. He loves to eat anything and everything, as long as it doesn't have a weird texture (like jello, or green beans, or cottage cheese). Aside from getting into everything, he loves to be outdoors, playing xbox with daddy (daddy gives him the unplugged controller), and dances and cleans with mommy.

Daddy is back on a somewhat regular work schedule, he is squadleader now, which comes with a little more work and responsibility, but he's handling it well. He is still trying to pull some strings and jump through some hoops to get us stationed closer to Ohio, but no word yet. Stay tuned for more info on that later. Good news! Things are starting to align that have lead us to suspect Jeff might be promoted sometime in November. This would be great for him and great for our family, so, fingers crossed everybody!

I've come to the point in my life where I feel I can be honest about my ongoing fight with depression. And I'm just going to say it, I've been having a hard time lately. Everyone has good days and bad, but lordy, I've had my fair share of bad days and then some lately. I can't say enough about how great my husband has been. Thanks hunny :) For a change of subject, I've began job hunting! Yep, after two years being unemployed, I am getting the feeling it's time to at least start looking. I have found a couple daycares as well that I really like. If I get a call about a job, I will tour them and interview the provider. Nothing is set in stone yet, and we are not so desperate for money that I need to work right now. But something part time would be beneficial to my self-health I think.

One more piece of news before I head out to try and fix the crazy background mess that has been goin' on here.

VOTE FOR JACK! in the Baby Gap Casting Call 2010

YOU CAN VOTE ONCE EVERY DAY

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Sigh, it's good to be back

I think I'll end by sharing this super cute picture of my two favorite men

CIAO!

I'm baaaaaaack!

That's right ladies and gentlemen, I've returned from my unannounced two month hiatus. Sorry you've all been deprived of my entries! Hope you've missed me because I've missed you!