Just because...

Let's start you off with pics of ...

...who is getting so strong! Moving on...the "nakee" pics are due to me finding our little Lover in his bed like this...
...and no, he is getting stronger but is not yet coordinated enough to pull that off! Well, by the time I got my camera to document this occasion and ask his sissy what on earth she was thinking (I won't even share her response)...I snapped one shot and up it came...yes, like a waterfall. So, we shed his clothes (which he loves) and laid him in the chair for a quick sec...then I saw this!

...and could not resist catching it for you all! Then I moved him so I could sit and put some clean clothes on him and he decided to roll over...again, I thought the perfect shot!
I particularly think it is so sweet he loves his momma enough to tat her name on that perfect toosh!
All dressed and we decided to go outside to play!
...and because I promised

...a shot of his teeth! Yes, I said it...TEETH! The other broke through yesterday and let me tell you those little suckers are sharp!

A couple quick convo's with sweet Love:

Momma: come feel brothers teeth

sweet Love: (smiles that cheesy grin) wait till daddy sees this!

momma: love, what are you doing?

sweet Love: working.

momma: how long are you going to be?

sweet Love: Ri Ri will be finished when daddy gets home from his work!

momma: daddy just called and is on his way

sweet Love: Ri Ri don't hear the garage!

momma: alright, I hope they are paying you overtime! (momma then exits to find her camera!)

Finally...this happened today and if I don't write it down, I am sure to forget it!

Setting the stage: A friend is leaving, sweet Love is throwing a fit and I tell her to settle down...she screams no and slams her door. I walk to the front of our house under the landing that leads to her room and tell her to come here now...she exits her room...looks at me and says..."NO!" I let her know she will be getting a spanking with the spoon after our guest leaves. She leaves...sweet Love meets me on the steps crying and telling me her ankle hurts. Great excuse, but I tell her to get upstairs to her room...now following her with the spoon in hand.

momma: R you know better than to tell mommy no and you are too old to be throwing a fit like that

sweet Love: I know momma, I settle down (she is now swallowing her tears and breath and is in the middle of what I call finding her "woo sah")

momma: R I need you to put your hands on the bed

sweet Love: (still settling herself down) momma you love me

momma: yes R, momma loves you a lot but you were very disrespectful and you know better than that

sweet Love: momma, I promise not to be respecful all day

momma: R it is called being DIS-respectful and here is the deal...if you back talk momma, tell me no or throw another fit today...momma will spank you with the spoon

sweet Love: ok momma...Ri Ri sorry...you love me!

momma: (I grab her and squeeze her in my arms) yes, R, momma loves you but you are a big girl now and I will not put up with the way you acted this morning

sweet Love: I love chu momma!

so no...I did not spank that sweet girl of mine. She had a break down...we had a good discussion...and being 100% honest, when she said "momma you love me" I knew at that moment I was not going to spank her. Call me a sucker, but every now and then...even that ornery girl of mine needs a break!