The "Rubinator"...

That's one of the newest nicknames I have come up with recently..because she is just killin' it!  Everyday she just shows me what she is made of and it amazes me. I love going to the grocery store (or anywhere really)with her, I usually wear her in the moby wrap where she is looking outward...just the sheer joy on the peoples faces as they walk by and see her sweet face, her smiling sweet face. I know she is bringing joy to thier hearts as she does to ours every minute!  Luv to the peeps!!

A charmed life.....

We just go back from a vacation (yes...we went on TWO vaca's this summer)....we went to the beach in San Diego and drove up to Long Beach to see an old (not in years old) friend get hitched.  It was everything in a wedding I would have imagined Ms Margie Lavender to have...stylish and creative, but my favorite part was getting to see the homey's once again...and my more favorite part..showin' off my girls.  They are such bright lights in any room.  Ella Mae just makes you chuckle with the things that come out of her mouth, and Ruby Doobs...oh that sweet Ruby Doobs...there is nothin' quite like that flash of a smile or that lil' laugh, or just hearing her in the morning wake up so sweetly and start chatting away.  I imagine she is trying to tell us of her dreams she had the night before...dreaming of pulling herself up to stand alone, picking up her finger foods and stuffing them into her mouth with precision..playing barbies with her sister (or maybe that is what Ella Mae is dreaming :))...these things that I know she will acomplish in her own time. 

I have been trying to do a little running on my "mommy walks" recently.  Let me get one thing straight..I HATE to run...with every fiber of my being..I HATE IT!  But one day I was thinking about my girls on my walk...thinkin' that I hope one day they are proud of me..thinkin' that I want to be in shape and healthy so I can be in their lives as long as possible....and sure enough..next thing you know...I was running (ok..lets be honest..jogging..slowly).  It's not like I ran(jogged) for very long...but each time I run (jog slowly) for a little bit longer.  All I have to do is start thinking about my ladies..and sure enough..I stand taller, my shoulders straighten, I breath deeper...and I am inspired to move a little faster(which really isn't that fast).  Thinking of them is like putting on "Billy  Jean" by Micheal Jackson...my head starts to bob....my motivation rises...and next thing you know...I'm doin' it...I am puttin' one foot in front of the other a little faster with each step. Literally the thought of Ruby Doobs makes my confidence level shoot up.. like Ella Mae shooting the paper cover off a straw that has been opened only on one end by blowing on it (the hubby taught her that one at breakfast at Maudies...kinda annoying to all the people sitting around us...but a skill all must learn)..or at the "Rocket" exhibit at the Denver Children's Museum.  Ella got to build her own rocket and then put it on this thing that she pumped it up and shot it into the air..

Ella pumpin' it up..

Ella releasing her rocket creation..

                                       

pretty cool.....

                                              


I have realized that most people notice a difference in Ruby even though I don't see it any more..and I will talk about it with ANYONE who wants to listen and know more.  I want people to see what I see when I look at her...beauty, hope...inspiration.  Some people may peek in on my life and not feel the way I feel about it...that it is pretty darn perfect...a charmed life indeed...........

It is impossible to look at this pic and not crack a smile...just try!