Yummy!

Tamieka, Christian, Noah and I went for lunch today at Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles...

I won't lie, at first I was a little skeptical {chicken and waffles together?}, but very excited. Here's my meal before (I got the #13 and you can't see my corn bread):

And after!!
It was SO good and I'm already looking forward to going again!!

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After we got back home from lunch, Noah and I had some play time before I got back to work on Angie's quilt.

I love it when he laughs and smiles at me!

Ben had to get in on the playtime too before Noah went to bed....

Blessed Beyond Measure.

Sometimes I just marvel at the ways that God has truly blessed Ben and I. He's blessed us with amazing family. With a strong marriage (based on Him). With Noah. And, with friends beyond measure. Tonight, Noah and I spent time with some of these friends: the Other Smiths - Greg, Tameika and Christian. I say "Other" because they're not quite just friends, but also family (I mean, they are Smiths too).

And the pictures say it all.

Bunco Babes and Boys

Today was a whirlwind day. Noah and I spent all day getting ready for Bunco at our house. We weren't suppose to host this month, but since the lady who was suppose to host came down sick yesterday, I, as the coordinator, needed to host in her place. Originally, Ben and Greg were going to watch Noah and Christian here at our house so that they could play Wii while the boys slept. Unfortunately, since we only have the one TV (we have a strict "no-TV-in-the-bedroom" policy), that meant no Wii and the boys would be confined to the upstairs. Thankfully, Ben and Greg are good sports and watched Christian and Grant, while Noah slept in the swing downstairs with us ladies playing Bunco (though how he slept with all of our screaming I'll never know!).

And lucky for them, Grant slept most of the time in Noah's crib, so they just played Memory with Christian (it was good practice for both of them).

Needless to say, they were so glad when Bunco was over and they could come back downstairs!

And, as I type, Christian is all snuggled up to Mr. Ben watching Ratatouille.

Cookie, Wii, The Office....

These are just a few of my favorite things! And of course, seeing my husband interact with children tops the list! Add it all together and it makes for a great evening.

Tonight, Ben and I watched Christian for a couple of hours. We played Wii bowling with him (he loved it and would call out how many pins everyone knocked down!), I made the rest of the cookies (I had saved some cookie dough so Ben would have nice, warm cookies... I know, I'm a GREAT wife!), and then we watched The Office ("Line."). Christian ended the show by getting all snuggled up with Ben, and once show was over, he was out! And it wasn't long before Ben was too. I wanted to take a picture of them, but I didn't want to wake either of them up! Needless to say, I can't wait until it is Noah all snuggled up in Ben's arms.

Pumpkins!

Tonight Ben and I are babysitting Christian... he's even staying the night! To help make the evening fun (and to get another taste of what's to come for Ben!), Ben decided to carve his pumpkin with the little guy. It was quite an experience! The end result was a beautifully carved pumpkin, a happy little boy and a moment of awe when we turned out the lights and lit the candle. The silence didn't last long though... especially since Christian's favorite thing to do with "Mr. Ben" is be tickled and attacked.

"It's nasty."

The finished pumpkin!

Post-pumpkin tickle-fest!

The Latest Smile

This afternoon, my dear friend Tamieka and I, along with her little boy, Christian, went to eat lunch at The Green Onion - a great little mexican food restaurant in San Pedro. Christian kept us laughing with his silly antics... here's a picture of his "latest" smile: