got your running shoes on?

'cause here comes a marathon of happiness. ready.set. see you at the end...

my dad called her "his little red-headed migrant worker". my dad would pick oranges and grapefruits from our trees, place them on the ground then annie would round them up and place them in a bucket. it never got old for her and it never got old for me watching her. she's still waiting for her paycheck.

little miss is sleeping until 6:30! until about a week ago annie was up and ready to go anywhere from 5:00-5:30 in the morning. i tried telling her time and time again that there were still plenty of worms after 6:00 and if it really mattered, she would still be considered early. she finally took my advice and is giving me an extra hour of sleep.

my two loves sippin' on some protein.

catching a braves/astros spring training game over in orlando. i was all braves until my bro-in-law, lance, came in to pitch for the astros in the 5th. i then got my mind right and switched back to the braves.

lazy sunday afternoon walks.

i love that while annie is completely capable of walking independently, she will occasionally reach her little hand up, say "mama" and have me take her hand and follow her on her little adventures... which mainly consist of gathering as many acorns and hickory nuts as her little hands allow and bringing them back to feed to jake (and nibble on a few herself if she manages to catch me off of my game)

these curls make me smile. a lot.

a mother couldn't be more proud. little miss is eating sushi. and not just your run-of-the-mill california roll, folks. we're talking rolls with grouper, salmon, white tail (some of them raw), roe, eel sauce, etc. not only does this girl throw down sushi, she thoroughly enjoys cooked carrots with humus; omelets with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, zucchini, spinach, and whatever else i throw in there; shredded chicken with brown rice and quinoa; any mexican dish; guacamole, etc. basically she eats whatever grub i place before her and whatever anyone else has as well. she is quite the mooch.

this guy was in town visiting last weekend. kev has been up in pensecola for the past month completing his ER rotation. he'll be up there for april as well, so we sure love whatever time we can get with him. this is us at the aquarium. that little finger point works magic on us.

and this is one "just because"

wipe that sweat off your brow, hydrate, and do some cool down stretches...you've made it.