Date Day with Mommy:

i've been a study-widow and sutton has been a study-orphan lately with schmoopy studying for his pmp certification exam (i'm sure you can think of the jokes we toss around with that one!). saturday, me and my little buddy had a full day of fun, just the two of us. such special times :)

we started our day with a breakfast date at panera (yum-yum). too me, there's something incredibly indulgent about going out for breakfast...you know? i mean, i have eggs, cheese, grits and all sorts of breakfast ingredients on hand - but to start the day off sitting outside by the fountain with my little love chowing down on a delicious grilled egg and cheese sandwich for me and a blueberry muffin for sutton (close enough i thought to what he requested...birthday cake!) was just pure sunshine.

we then walked over to davis-kidd to play with the "choo-choo's" and "oofraffes". sutton said that life doesn't get any better than this, especially since we HAD to walk by dinstuhll's to pick out some candy for daddy on the way back (oh, and you have to tast it to make sure it's okay!).

with a heat advisory in effect for memphis, we headed to the mall to play at the inside children's area and since we were there we had to go say hi to "memo" and lunch at our fave, chick-fil-a!

a nap together at home and snuggle time during "finding nemo" before taking daddy out to father's day dinner at bosco's was the perfect way to wrap up a perfect day!

Adventures in Sewing:

outfit by mommy, morning attitude all his own!!
thanks to my good friend trish, who is busy enough without having to stay up past midnight teaching me how to follow a pattern, i was able to make this little seersucker cutie for my cutie :) i've had a sewing machine for a couple years now, but mainly just played with it, making a few things that didn't need a pattern...and for my first try at a pattern, i was pretty pleased. i fudged a bit on the hem, but no one but me and you will know. thanks also to leigh ann, who gave me a personal demo on button holes!


(so, know idea why blogger decided to post my clearly landscape pictures this direction!!)


this past weekend i was inspired to make another one, this time in linen, for my little guy's upcoming beach pictures. thanks, again, to leigh ann for the monogram (so jealous of that machine!).


here's the pattern info with McCALL'S ideal image of how the pattern should be carried out...

don't cha just love little ones in jon-jons for the summer? something about those precious bare arms and legs is just too adorable!

A Month of Milestones:

it's been a big month for my little guy. here's an update for sutton's biggest fans:



- b.b. bear became sutton's bedtime buddy. since he was born, i've been dying for sutton to be attached to a stuffed animal. i think it's so adorable for little one's to have their special toy. try as i did to get him to love a stuffed animal, he usually just wanted to go to bed with a train or ball. that was until he met my old "beer belly bear" (aka. b.b.bear) that chris gave me when he came to visit me after i moved to memphis during our engagement. how sweet that something that had a special meaning to me now means so much to our boy!


- bye bye passy! it just kinda happened! this from my child - and i sucked my thumb for longer than i care to admit. he dropped taking his passy from school naps when he moved up to the 18 - 24 mo old class at school (they just forget to move it to the new class) and then i forgot to give it to him one night when i was tucking him into bed. he never complained! i was even going to give it back to him on a particuallarly fussy evening, but he refused...such a big boy!


- 1-10 - sutton can now count to ten! amazing how that little sponge-brain of his works - just soaking it all in :)


- sutton did his first 5k! okay - so i pushed him in a stroller and we just walked...but he did really awesome in the gibson guitar 5k this weekend (pictures to come - if aunt sara and uncle casey will share!). all those police cars and motorcycles, tractors and boats kept him super entertained for the long walk...wish he were always so amused on long walks!


- a, b, c - well, sorta. he loves to sing it along with me :) most of the letters are pretty much mumbling, but the ones he knows he shouts loud and clear!!


here are a few fun pictures that i can find at this late hour:

when life presents its many challenges, i am eternally thankful for my precious son - my little reminder of God's loving kindness and grace! i can understand a bit more every day what an awesome sacrifice it was that God loved us so much he gave his one and only Son to have a relationship with us!