Another Installment of the Cutest Nephew Ever....

Isn't he just adorable? I can't get enough of my Nephew. Looks like he's learning how to put his thumb over the end of the hose to spray it further, lol.







These pictures make me reflect on all the skills that seem so simple, almost  second-nature; they all started off like this!









~ A challenge is an opportunity to prove your ability to yourself, and others ~

 Joe Brown

Robbery and a Few Tips for the Aftermath

I've spent the last few hours photographing and recording the serial numbers of all my electronics. This is out of fear, basically. My sister's house was robbed this weekend. The thief stole over $5,000 worth of electronics!

I was there with them when the police came and started the investigation. The first thing they asked for was a list of serial numbers. I've since learned, this is the key to filing a home owner's insurance claim and to identifying your items if the end up at a pawn shop or on craig's list.


I know items can be replaced but the worst part is ALL of the videos of my nephew since his birth were on the video camera that was stolen. The police have informed us that it may take up to five days to get a detective assigned to the case. arrgghh, this is frustrating. Especially, since we think we know who did it! Tip: if you are trying to hire a contractor to remodel your home, you may want to check their criminal background on the county website. Last weekend they had a contractor there who was "taking videos" and looking all through the house. He even asked about the inactive alarm system! We looked the contractor up and he has numerous grand larceny felonies on his record!

Anyway, I felt like venting and passing along the helpful tip of recording your serial numbers and taking pictures of your items.

(picture above: Thief of Hearts by PaperMichelle)

Another Installment of The Cutest Nephew Ever Series

You know me, I had to share this video of my adorable Nephew. This really cheered me up today. I have been home in bed since Wednesday with H1N1. It has been horrible. I am feeling a little better but too fatigued to do anything more than an hour. I just need to continue to lie here until I get better, hrmmpphhh.

Enjoy!

Had To Share!! Cutest Nephew Ever....

My Nephew just started walking a few weeks ago. Check him out now =)

Birthday Celebration

I had such a wonderful weekend. My nephew turned one! He was born on July 4th and now we have a wonderful reason to all get together for the 4th of July weekend. He was given what seemed like a hundred presents. Of course, he was more interested in the big bags and wrapping paper.

My sister is married to a man that was born in Nicaragua and they are trying to teach Kian (nephew) Spanish and English. I think it's so wonderful that he will grow up bilingual. With the Spanish theme in mind, four of us bought him the same present! haha. A leap frog toy that says items and phrases in English and Spanish. It was really funny because we kept giving him the wrapped toy and after the third one.... he looked at us like, "What the heck??" haha.

My sister decided to have the party at my father's house in Williamsburg, VA. We are all spread out around VA and Williamsburg is half way between Richmond and VA Beach. It made it easier for everyone to get there. When we go to dad's house he always wants to take us for a boat ride. It is ALWAYS a disaster. My poor father tries so hard to make the day nice but inevitably something always goes wrong. On this day, he had the pontoon boat in the water, cleaned up and ready to go. We got about 10 partygoers ready to go on the boat and headed down to the dock. About two miles down the Chickahominy river we noticed the the back of the boat was sinking!! Panic ensued and eventually we were able to make it back to the dock! After disembarking and getting the boat out of the water we realized that one of the pontoons was full of water! My dad was so disappointed, it was really sad. I guess some people just have no luck with these things?

Cute ETSY Purchase

I just bought the cutest thing on ETSY. I was in the chat room today and saw a panda bear pass by. Here he is. I think she just relisted it too if anyone else wants one =)

I bought him because my nephew Kian loves pandas. He is only 10 months old but for some reason he loves pandas. I think it's because babies respond to black and white color pallets. He has a book with animals and always goes to the panda page. He also has one of those toys that the animals pop up when you push the button. If we put the panda up he will crawl from across the room to push it down. It's sooo cute.




The seller was really nice. She's mailing right to my sister and she's sending a little card too =)