she keeps me safe

It's nice to know that someone's got my back. someone's watching out for me. keeping me safe. And I am lucky enough to have that someone be Anna. (I think Dave sometimes does too)



Lately I can tell that there are moments that she actually does listen to me. When she's scared I tell her, "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe." And when she's doing something dangerous and I tell her to stop and she gets mad, I remind her, "It's my job to keep you safe Anna!"



So for the past month or so, I've also been watched over.



When I'm out in the yard weeding..."Make sure the bees don't get you Mom! Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."



In the parking lot walking to the store..."Hold my hand mom. I'll keep you safe."



And at bedtime, I get a big hug and "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe." with a little pat on my back.



And it melts my heart.



But then tonight, she had a serious case of the sillies and we were having some bedtime drama. For the past few weeks she drags bedtime out as looooong as possible by acting silly and not cooperating with ANY part of the bedtime routine. So I told her it was bedtime and not playtime and left the room. Then came the floodgate of tears and screaming. I waited for a few minutes for her to get the picture (although I do hate those cries!) and went back in the room. She gave me a big hug and then looked at me and said, very seriously, "Mommy, you can't leave! It's my job to keep you!"



Well. She wins. She can keep me forever.



And I'm glad to report bedtime went much smoother after that.


I left the room happy to know that after all the mistakes I've made so far as a mother, she still wants to keep me.

A Visit from Grandma G

I know I am so incredibly behind on blogging! I really wish I didn't have to sleep so I could just stay up one night and get it all done at once, but I don't think I would be a very good mommy the next day. So I'll keep trying to get caught up little by little. And then catch up on the life that was happening while I was catching up. haha. It never slows down, but I guess that's a good thing. What's that quote?..."Life is what happens while we're making other plans" or something like that...Anyway here's a few fun pictures of a post that I started a month ago about my mom's visit in March. We're so lucky that she has airline benefits to pop in for visits frequently. One thing is for sure Anna really loves her grandmas!

Mom got here the weekend after the "big" snowstorm and by the end of the week it was 80 degrees. We headed to Pilot Mountain first where Anna had fun finding puddles from the melting snow. This mountain is much different than the ones we're used to, but it's still beautiful.

I miss Mayberry

I bet you didn't know that the real Mayberry is just a few miles from us. Yup. Andy Griffith's real hometown with Aunt Bea, Opie and whistlin and fishin. The real name of the city is Mt. Airy. And it was quite charming. We strolled down main street, talked to the nice old men sittin on the street, and stopped in for a shake at the malt shop. Anna had to let every know she wasn't a small town girl, so she wore her red heart sunglasses around and everyone called her Hollywood.

And we couldn't miss out on this photo op. Wally's Service Station. These are for you Dad...

I really think that my dad would buy this truck if it were for sale.

The next day we went to Tanglewood Park and let Anna run around the playground and watch the ducks on the lake. We were all excited to be out in the sunshine on a beautiful day.

Anna loved having Grandma G here to play with and have somebody else to push her on the swing. Still her favorite outside activity.

Another good thing about Grandma G coming is that she always takes a lot of pictures. And then I get some cute ones like this of Anna just doing her regular silly stuff that I always forget to take pictures of.

Thanks for coming to visit Grandma G! We love you!