So close!

Happy Father's Day

I know, I know...Father's day really isn't until June something, but today Ollie and I gave Matt the gift of quality time at Hanging Rock. Matt loves to spend his Sundays out in the woods somewhere and today we decided to join him. Now, you may or may not know this about me but I am actually kinda a wimp about this kind of stuff. I'm not really one for the outdoors unless it involves a pool, sailboat or a good book on a blanket in the sun. In fact Matt and I have tried to go hiking many times together over the years , but I almost always end up complaining more than enjoying...I know, wimp! But I think I realized this morning that this is the beginning of so many fun outdoor adventures that Matt and Ollie will take together and I can either sit at home and pout about not enjoying hiking or I can bundle up, strap on my pack and go be with the two men I love more than anything in this world. Ollie is underneath his blue hoodie, burr!

We (all three of us) had a great time and I'm not even sore, yet! There's just something magical about the mountains for us. I've always dreamed of living on the side of one, one day...letting our kids run barefoot through the fields...but that's another post for another day.

41 cents

This blog post is brought to you by Jesus....yahoo for snow days!

So I am taking a short break in my posting about Ollie to let you hear a ramble that's been happening in my crazy little brain lately. I was just reflecting the other day that I miss Christmas...not the hustle and bustle, whew, that was a lot to handle this year, but I miss the mail...Christmas cards people! It's one of my favorite parts of Christmas coming home every afternoon sorting through the mail and opening all of our friends sweet Christmas cards. I love seeing how our friends, their babies, their dogs, have grown over the year. After Christmas is over I change all the pictures on our fridge from old to new, so we can enjoy the cards or the photos all year long.

I guess what I'm saying is I like getting old fashioned mail, it seems like all the mail we get other than the month of December is junk, bills and the occasional YL support letter. I have this one friend who writes the best thank you notes, I even thought about giving her a gift, just so I could receive a real letter in the mail. I want my friends and family to know that today, well everyday, I think you are worth 41 cents, it's just a matter of sitting down and doing it, so maybe I'm making this a new years resolution 17 days late, to reflect, to appreciate and to write.

The haps, people!

We had a pretty chill weekend in the 'Boro. It all started with the little pirate storming around the house with his Jolly Roger doo rag on. Seriously, he left this thing on for about an hour.Where's my motorcycle??

Later on, Ollie decided to clean out my purse, he's getting really good at this. Just this morning he found two Hershey kisses and ate half of one of them and some of the foil all before 7 am.
Introducing Isabella LeChat, the cat lady, and Rev. Rightman...we were part of a murder mystery dinner Saturday night for my friend Melissa's 30th b-day. It was fun! We survived the night without being murder or being accused of doing such.
Then on Sunday our small group went out to Julian to hang out with the Nobles. Here's Josiah (10 weeks I think) and Ollie in their matching red footy p.j's and raccoon hats.

Oh, those little ears

We were back at the doctor today, Dr. Keiffer loves to see us by now. We started going to see her on November 17 for a possible ear infection and since then we've been back 5 times. Today was just an ear check, but Ollie's left ear is still infected. We've exhausted all of the anti-biotic options, so today we started 3 days of anti-biotic shots... bringing out the big guns. We also received a referral to an ENT, which Matt and I are relieved about because hopefully they will be able to tell us what is going on with those darn estation tubes.

I've learned some things about Ollie in the midst of 4 ear infections...he is still so sweet and fun even when he doesn't feel good. He also has thrown up at night every time before being diagnosed with another infection. He likes to snuggle when his ears hurt real bad. He is learning perseverance as early as 10 months. Today I am thankful for my job which provides me great insurance and thankful that it will get better.

Baltimore and back...

Matt and I gave each other a gift of presence this Christmas. On Wednesday we went to Baltimore for three days, we wanted to go to New York, but it just didn't work out, so we thought this would be a good compromise. We had a great time being together, don't get me wrong we missed our little honey bunches of oats, but getting away with my sweetie was just what Santa ordered.

I like to call this "Lunch in Black and White!"

We actually stayed in Fells Point which is one of the little sections within Baltimore. It was so cute and quaint and the hotel we stayed in "Admiral Fell Inn" was just delightful. We parked the car on Wednesday when we got there and didn't take it out of the parking garage until we were ready to go.
So we came back on Friday night really late and on Saturday I cashed in on my other favorite present....the gift of ease. I've always wanted to try one of those places where you go and fix the food and have meals ready and waiting for you in the freezer, but I was skeptical. Two weeks ago a new place Entree Vous came and brought the whole staff at Hunter lunch. They brought three different selections and everything was delicious. So on Saturday I went and picked up 6 meals for what I think is a steal, call me if you want to talk details. Last night and tonight we have been enjoying the greek meatloaf, YUM, which is a marriage of one of Matt's favorite things meatloaf and one of my favorite things...feta cheese! I'll update you on how we've enjoyed the rest of our meals...why didn't I do this a long time ago?! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas Friends!

This is how I feel about Christmas...wahooo!

Here's the Hannam Trio after the Christmas eve service at our church, Olls looks a little worn out. This was our first Christmas in Greensboro, we're glad to be at home.

Ollie got a cool John Deere shirt and a radio flyer push cart and a million other things for Christmas.

This is a look of sheer delight, we hope that you are enjoying your family and friends today, I know we are. Matt and I are headed off to Baltimore tomorrow for a little R an R, grandma and grandaddy are in charge!