Lindsey's 2 year Portrait Pictures

I try to be very faithful in the dates when pictures are taken. Thus, her 2 year picture was taken on her actual 2 year birthday, which was last Tuesday 1-22-08. I finally received the link to download the pictures and I can now share them with you. She did an incredible job and was very cooperative. This made the choosing verrry hard.

My little doll baby has grown up - Where did the baby go? Already a big 2 years old.

To view the entire photo shoot / album - click on the picture below.

The first 13 pictures are the enhanced pics and are duplicates of the ones below them.

The remaining 28 are the original basic pictures.

p.s. - We didn't actually go planning on a family pic, but I thought it would be neat to at least capture the moment. To me, there is nothing like pictures. Love them!

1/22/08 Lindsey's 2 yr JCP pics

Happy 29th Birthday ~ Dear Hubby!

Wow, I am verrry belated in my wishes - sorry, honey! Jonathan's birthday was 2 days ago on Monday 1/28. I hope you have a great last year in your 20's decade before the BIG 30 - haha! Thank you so much for being a great providing husband and father. Lindsey and I appreciate the opportunity of having been able to stay at home for 2 years now. I can't imagine having to leave my "baby". Although, I would and will if I ever have too. I love to spend time with you and don't like it when it's not an option with you unfortunate long hours. I look forward to the weekends when the hours with you are longer. You're the greatest and I could never live without you. I love you sweetheart, I truly do! I hope you have a great year and many more to come. Happy 29th Birthday! Lindsey also wants to say, she loves you bunches and thinks you're an extra special Daddy - a.k.a. dada. Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Baby Update

I failed to let you know, those of you who care, that I did go to MY doctor for the baby "finally". This was almost two weeks ago at 17 weeks. Everything is fine and the doctor wasn't worried about me at all. She said the whole breathing thing is normal and gave me lots of explanations...... The exciting part of the trip was hearing the heart beat "really good" for the first time. The heart rate was 140. My bets are in that it is a boy, but I don't care. I know that you CANNOT go by the heart rate to determine boy or girl, but in general boys are lower and girls are higher. Lindsey never had a heart rate that low. Hers was always in the high 150's to 160's. So, ~~ DRUM ROLL PLEASE ~~ my ultrasound for 20 weeks has been scheduled for 2/4, next Monday, and the guessing game will be over - hopefully! I will drink my Dr. Pepper or Mt. Dew as I did with Lindsey while on the way to the doctors and hopefully the baby will be in the mood to "move"!!!! I will definitely be back to update you all on the news - no secrets here :) I am very excited and anxious. 1 more week to the half way point!

Baby Eviction Letters - Very Cute!

Dear Baby,

Tenant has 56 days in which she can either gather her belongings and vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which she will be physically removed from the property. She is being evicted due to a breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the front of the property, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the property were also made. Remodeling and gutting the property was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both upper and lower levels of the property. Also, late night parties have been discovered on the property and are not greatly appreciated! Any further problems will result in immediate removal!

Sincerely,

Landlady (your momma)

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Dear Landlady,

I'm sorry for any disturbance I have caused. When I originally signed the contract, I was unaware of the enormous task of growing. I will try to control the late night partying, but please know I expect you to join the party come June, per the Feeding Clause in the contract. While destruction of property and leaking seem to be the major cause of complaint, I fear they will only get worse in the weeks to come. I understand that this was not the original intent of my residence, but at this time we may need to revisit the terms of my lease.

I fear that eviction at this time is not advisable as i still have more developing to do.

In the Unconditional Love Clause in the contract, I'm sorry to inform you that you are indeed stuck with me as a resident of your body and home for a long time!

Thank you for your time and your body as housing!

Baby Tenant

P.S. When I originally signed the contract, I was underage and the contract is not legal.

!! Happy 2nd Birthday Lindsey !!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my beautiful "Miracle" ~ Lindsey Ann Morgan Pitcher!

Mommy and Daddy Love You Very Much! And we could never imagine life without you. You are now a BIG "2 YEARS OLD". What a change two years has made in us and in you! I look forward to many, many more birthdays with you! You are sweet, precious, smart, cute, ornery, a "piece of work", a big "mess", loving, caring! You are everything and more that we could have ever asked for in our baby girl! I hope you have a "GREAT" 2nd Birthday!

In this 1st picture she is 0 days old - just born a few hours before! 1-22-06

This was her 1st Birthday party!

Now almost 2 years old in this picture.

I have made a trip down memory lane and came up with a heap of pictures over the last 2 years. I have placed them in the order of date from youngest to oldest. (Enjoy, if you look at them - there's a bunch!) Click on the picture below to view the album - down memory lane.

Lindsey's 2 yr Memory Lane

!! BARGAIN !!

I feel great about my bargain. No wonder everyone tells about their bargains on their blogs. Now I want to do the same. Only one problem, the deal is over. It ended tonight and I would have shared sooner except I didn't get my bargain until 30 minutes before the store was closing for the evening and I wasn't sure how well it would work.

My thankfulness goes out to my dear friend Suzanne and http://www.moneysavingmom.com/.

I went to Target with 8 printed coupons in my pocket for $3 off of any 2 Huggies products. I had my Dad with me in case I needed him to do some purchasing as well, because I wasn't sure how they would handle that many coupons. I ended up not needing my Dad and was able to use 7 at one time and then found the 8th coupon that I didn't realize I had and went back and purchased 2 more. I couldn't believe they let me use them all at once and... in the same transaction.

What I got:

16 tubs of 72 ct. Huggies Wipes. They are originally $2.39 a piece at Target. Paying the original amount would have been $38.24. Then I saved $24 with my 8 - $3 coupons and only paid $14.24. Wow!

Now if you know me at all I did my math before I purchased. I wasn't concerned about what I paid out of pocket, but I wanted the most for money. So, I did the per wipe division with the large packets of 208 ct and then travel size of 34 ct and came up with the difference that the tubs were the actual better deal per wipe - costing $0.012361 per wipe :)

(p.s. I think I have enough wipes for a while :)

Christmas Posting

Here it is - Finally! My posting for all of our Christmas celebrations! There are LOTS of pics, so hope you enjoy. I broke it down into albums for each event, so hope it's not too cumbersome of a posting.

The celebrations started when we travelled to Indiana to be with Jonathan's family the Saturday before Christmas. That evening there was about 37 of us that got together from my MIL Brinda's side of the family. There were lots of aunts and uncles and cousins and we had a great time.

Cheatham Family Christmas 12-22-07

The following few pictures were taken on Sunday, the 23rd, while we were in Indiana at Jonathan's parents as well. I thought it was cute of the two cousins by the tree. They are exactly 4 months apart, with Lindsey's birthday in January and Noah's in May.

Christmas Sunday 12-23-07 Indiana

We had our immediate Pitcher side of the family Christmas on Christmas Eve morning with Jonathan's parents and his sister and family. I failed to take pictures but we had a very lovely, holiday meal in the afternoon before we headed to Grandma Pitcher's house. We had a great time and all the kids loved their gifts as well as us big kids. Fun was had by all! Thanks for the great time in-laws! :)

Christmas w/ Jonathan's family 12-24-07

Christmas Eve evening we travelled to Grandma Pitcher's - my FIL Jay's, Mom. There we had Jay's siblings as well and had a great get together with cousins and aunts and uncles. We had another meal and everything was great. Thanks for the fun time Grandma - We Love You!

Christmas w/ Grandma Cheatham 12-24-07

We travelled back to Ohio on Christmas Eve night after leaving Grandma Pitcher's and got home a little after midnight. We then had our little family Christmas on Christmas morning before going to my parents for the day. This was a first for us because last year we were at Jonathan's parents for Christmas morning. Lindsey loved all of her gifts, with the biggest being her baby doll Graco stroller and car seat.

Our Family Christmas Morning 12-25-07

We arrived at my parents a little after 2 and had a great meal around 3. It was a feast and Mom put on an excellent holiday meal as always. She SURPRISED me with noodles in the turkey gravy. I felt like my Grandma Zimmerman was back with us. That has to be a must in the line of traditions. They were great. She also made another Grandma Z. tradition of homemade cinnamon rolls and we ALL scarfed them up very quickly. We stayed up into the wee hours and around 2:30 a.m. Lindsey did something she's NEVER done before. I guess she saw that most of the other kids had conked out somewhere around the house and she went and picked out her own couch and crawled up on it and went to sleep - all by herself. WOW! Is all I could say. Since then her sleeping routine has changed and what a big girl she is becoming. You might have also noticed in all the pictures that she got MANY dolls for Christmas. And it's none to many for this girl. She LOVES them ALL! She is a baby doll girl just like her Aunt Belinda was, because she sure didn't get it from me. I had some, but was never into them as much as she is. I think she got a total of 6 and then lots of paraphernalia that goes with them. And, she has no favorites. Each time we leavethe house she seems to always pick a different one to take with her.

Snelling Family Christmas 12-25-07

The following pics were taken on the 27th and 28th. The first pic I just thought was cute! The rest were taken when Katrin and Jenn E. came over for the evening to lounge around at Mom and Dad's. The kids had a lot of fun playing together and the big boys had fun giving the girls piggy back rides.

12 27 & 28 2007

We spent New Year's Eve with my side of the family. It was a little family party with no one else there. We had a good time and went and yelled and screamed on the back porch at midnight. It startled Lindsey quite a bit because she didn't understand what was going on and... she was tired. We snapped a family pic of the three of us right after midnight. It was another late night and we left around 3 or 4 a.m. We all had a good sleep in and then we all got back together and went out to eat on New Year's Day evening. We always eat Mexican food on New Year's Day, so we went to Abuelo's, which is an incredible restaurant. They definitely have the best chips and salsa.

New Years at M&D's 2007-2008

Wow, I do believe that actually completes the holiday festivities. What a BUSY time. Hope this wasn't too long, but I didn't see the reason in breaking it all up into different posts since I was finally taking the time to actually sit down and post all of the events. One BIG posting is what you get!

Have a Great 2008! I think we sure will - with lots of exciting events planned for our house.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The Pitchers

~ Jonathan, Leanna, Lindsey, & Baby ~

Happy New Year!

I have a lot of blog posting to do of our Christmas with both sides of the family. In the meantime, I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year from the Pitchers!

I am really looking forward to the new year with lots of exciting things to happen. Not only will our 1 year old become 2 in a few short days, but we will also have another member join our family in June and how exciting all of it will be!

This is the Christmas Card that we had made!