The 5 Love Languages

I just finished reading The Five Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman. This book has been around for awhile, so perhaps many of you have read it. It was such a good, fun book and I highly recommend it to anyone who is married, has been married, dreams of marriage, wishes they weren't married, etc. It was definitely worth my time.





Other things I'm reading:

• The Bernstein Bears and the Old Spooky Tree
  
• The Cat in the Hat
• Yertle the Turtle
• C is for Clown
• Farley Uses His Nose
  
• I Love Colors
• Frog and Toad
• Come back, Amelia Bedilia!
  

Actually, its a GIRL...

Poor Libby. Today at the grocery store she got called a boy not once, not twice, but three times. One of the incidences was especially painful...
Kroger Patron: "What a handsome little dude you got there! Look at him in that shopping cart...are you protectin' mommy? I know how it is, I got a little boy myself...."
Natalie: "Uh, ha ha ha, yeah, ha ha..." Drop dead...this is my sweet little princess....
Folks, take a closer look at the pink and purple pants! I am not so fashion forward as to put pink on a baby boy! Okay, so she doesn't have a bow in her hair...she rips them out....sniff, sniff.
I've decided that anytime I exit the house from here on out, I am putting that girl in ruffles, frills, bows, nylons, lipstick....whatever it takes!!!!

Cowgirl

For Christmas, Libby got this cute little rocking horse from her grammy. The girl loves her horsey. She sit and rocks, she stands and rocks, she falls off, over, rides sidesaddle, you name it. One of the few commands she understands is: "Libby, go ride your horsey!"
I love this little cowgirl.

Uncle Spencer in NC

Eric's brother Spencer just returned from a mission in Italy a few weeks ago. Since we couldn't all go out to Seattle to see him, we got him a ticket to come see us in Durham. Events included chowing at the Q Shack (where we take anyone who comes to see us), touring Duke campus, a Duke BB game in Cameron, gelato, Chuck E. Cheese's, and an extremely delicious Italian meal whipped up for us by Spencer.
The fam had a great time with Spence, and we hope he had a good time with us. Thanks for visiting!

Thank You Note

Dear High Fructose Corn Syrup,
Thank you for making food taste good.
Love,
Natalie

Welcome Home, Uncle Spencer!

Welcome home from Italy, Spencer!
Wish we could be there to see you get off the plane!
Instead, we send our love via this video.
Hope to see you soon!

Near Death Experience

The fruit/veggies diet I attempted to go on this week to cleanse myself after the holidays was the closest thing I've had to a near death experience in my life. I originally set out to eat nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables from Mondays morning through Fridays night. I was starving the entire time, had sugar withdrawls (headaches included), cheated once on Tuesday and finally ran screaming to the Cheesecake Factory on Thursday night. I think I was cleansed enough.