**SpLiSh sPLaSh**

well if anyone knows how to post pictures with this new layout that blogger is using please let me know cuz i cant figure out how to get my pictures how i want them.

and..... if you cant tell i'm a little obsessed with bath time pics. :)

cleaning debt...

you know that feeling when you have enough money for your bills but thats it and you just wish that some one would plant a money tree in your back yard so you could get rid of the debt that your not touching.

well thats how i feel about cleaning right now.

ive got enough in me to clean my house, keep it presentable in case an unexpected visitor shows up. i even have enough in me to shine the mirrors and dust the 6 inches of dust off the fans, ive cleaned the bugs out of light fixtures and scrubbed toilets. but that goop in the corners of the shower that i cant get to go away with out a good dose of elbow grease is not going anywhere (i was even taken in by the Kaboom commercials and went out and bought a bottle, but have yet to try it out). or the blinds!!! where to begin? ive wanted to get the dust off of those since before i was preggers and now my little dude is 7 months old, but lets be honest, i've lived in this house for 5 years now, and NEVER, i repeat never cleaned my blinds. (you may want to reconsider coming over if you have a bad dust allergy)...and the floor boards... the shower glass. all these things that i keep hoping will magically go away....dont. I even really do love to deep clean, that feeling when your house is all sparkly and happy and smells like pine sol.

but you see,

i've gotten into cleaning debt and i cant seem to get out, so if i could just get back "zero" and start with a "clean" slate, i swear i would keep up.

**family pics**

ready or not...

...its a new year!

gabes first christmas was...well.. like every other day of the year except with toys! of course he had no clue what was going on so he only had one present under our tree, but before you go thinking the poor kid got gypped, just know that both sets of grandparents took care of him and although he loves playing with all of his new toys he would be content to lay underneath the tree and stare at the lights for hours but i think that might be considered bad parenting if i left him there all day. (as you can tell by the quality of pictures, mom didn't get a new camera for christmas) :(

on new years eve we hosted our 4th annual new years eve bash, with bunco, prizes, wii dance party, food, friends and more food and as always it was a blast. the little guy rang in the new year with china, then turned in, while me and daddy-o rang in the new year in style!!!

2010- you've been good to us, you brought us the most perfectly round little chubbawabba of love and he makes us smile every day. you've brought us health & happiness and we are very grateful, however i think you accidentally dropped off some some extra weight that i'm sure was not meant for us. so i will try to return it as soon as i can. please take us off that particular mailing list, you seem to make the same mistake every year. thanks in advance.

Love the Echols. :)

what a difference 6 months can make!

For most everyone else in the world today its christmas eve. and yes we too are celebrating the birth of our savior, but for our little family it marks the 1/2 birthday of this "little" man. i cant believe that he has been around for 6 whole months. i cant and never want to imagine my life with out him. he makes every day better then the one before. i love love love him and the new life we now enjoy as a family of 3 (plus the dog) :)

and because anyone who has a little munchkin reserves the right to spread a little cheese across the cyber world i am invoking my right to do so. so hopefully nobody loses their christmas cookies. ;)

When you were just a little boy you laid against my chest

your head tipped to one side, i could feel your every breath.

i lived to watch you sleep,

i loved to hold you close.

i knew one day the time would come and i would miss that most.

you'd grow up way to fast and then you'd move away

and rocking you to sleep at night would feel like yesterday.

each tear, each smile, each little yawn would melt my heart away,

the smallest things would make me smile every single day.

but, right now i get to hold you.

right now you're still so small.

right now i get to find your hand prints on the wall.

growing up. it comes to fast,

i know its not that far.

so ill slow down and breath you in exactly as you are.

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so for now merry christmas to all and to all a good night!

the REAL santa!!

Gabe could not get enough of the big jolly man. he just kept staring at him. no tears, no smile, just complete awe!

and for all of those who may not be a "believer" you have obviously never met the real santa, he and mrs. clause are currently taking christmas orders at the dickens festival. so if you haven't got around to mailing your letters off to the north pole you might want to stop bye. besides, this way you get a free candy cane, i mean what more could you possibly want. plus you save on postage!

all i want for christmas.....

....... i got 6 months ago. So Santa if you find your sleigh is a little full this year and you cant possibly fit one more thing {even for someone on the very tip top of the nice list} you can leave my presents behind.

how could i want anything else under my tree. this bruiser is the best gift i could ever get, and he just keeps on giving!

he wasn't to sure about cereal at first.

but add some prune juice to the mix and he is ALL smiles.

this picture is just random and very unflattering, but that's how we do it around here, some days we stay in our jammies and some days we just leave the pants behind all together.

but every day feels like christmas with this little dude around!!

love & hate

right now its a love hate relationship, but i'm only 2 weeks in, so its going to take some time to get to know each other, "work out the kinks" if you will. but i've made my decision and i'm not turning back.

good bye PC, you were good to me over the years but its time we part ways.

Hi my name is Lisa and i'm a MAC

November

gabe turned 5 months old!


I'm gonna eat you (or store you in my cheeks for the winter)

Santa baby!!

so maybe we cant let grandma babysit anymore if she is going to play dress up with my son. :-) except secretly (well not so secretly since i'm throwing it out to the blogging world) i love the pictures. Let the HoLiDaYs begin!!!!

don'cha wish your girlfriend.....

....was hot like me? hahahaha!! i was having way to much fun on this website! Yearbookyourself.com try it out. Disclaimer** you might pee your pants a little by laughing so hard (if you've had a baby you will for sure) :)


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