ahhh relax now.

FINALLY my life is back to normal. fireworks is over. we went on our vacation. and now i'm back to my daily boring routine... i never thought i would be ready for boringness to return to my life. go figure.
so fireworks went well, this was our first time as being part-owners of the company, and it went really smoothly. then our trip to houston to see the Cardinals @ the Astros was unbelievable! we won 3 of the 4 games in the series which was a HUGE upset, mostly because we (the Cardinals) have been in a major slump for the past few weeks, and the Astros have been doing pretty well. but yeah, we totally kicked ass and cleaned up there. the first game we went to, we lost. and it really sucks to be the losing team when you're sitting in the stands, wearing Cardinals shirts and hats, and surrounded by about 40,000 Astros fans. but oh well, we came back. and it's a lot of fun to be the small fish in the big pond when we win, it's nice to hear their stadium get totally quiet, like when their team is getting their ass kicked. LOVED IT!
i think that was the longest amount of alone time i've gotten with my husband since our honeymoon. seriously. no parents, no child, no work, nobody but us and thousands and thousands of strangers. it was so nice to spend some time alone with him. we had a GREAT time.
it was nice to get home to Lincoln. we had missed him a lot the past few weeks, with fireworks and vacation and everything else.

all of you parents out there will appreciate this story.... this morning, i was writing out checks for bills, you know, addressing envelopes, stamping, etc... and Lincoln wanted to draw. so i gave him a blue crayon and a piece of paper and he was totally cool with that. he sat down on the floor and was drawing his usual little circles on this piece of paper... so i went about paying bills. and once i was through, i put everything back in its place, and got up from the couch, look over, and Lincoln is no longer drawing on paper... ohhhhh no, of course not! the door separating our living room and dining room was closed, to keep the air conditioning in the living room... and now, one side of the door, from the knob DOWN, is almost solid blue. OH I WAS SOOOO MAD. but i guess i had it coming, trusting a 22 1/2 month old with a crayon. i got some nice pics of Lincoln with his artwork, i'm sure i will have them posted before too long.

my boy will be 2 years old in 44 days. i can't even believe it. he is so big. he's currently in the 95th percentile for weight, and the 75th percentile for height. so basically, he's just a freaking BEAST! but he's such a nice beast :)