just thought you should know...

My son

has an all natural,

bright white streak

in his hair.

and I love it.

that is all.

Chicken bone... and a well trained funny bone.

The hubs: "Woah babe, look at how he polished that off!"

Lola: "Good Job bud! You're gonna grow really big and tall

if you keep eating like that! Hold it up and I'll take a picture.

Smile!"

This is all I got.

(...and after much coaxing,

he still wouldn't smile, so I set the camera

down and went to work.)

Cheese!

(Nope.)

Lola: "Don't smile... don't you dare smi-le... not even a li----ttle bit!"

(Still nothing.)

Lola: "I mean it. Don't laugh. Doooon't laugh! Don't you do it!"
(He's setting a new world record! He never lasts this long!)

"No smiling!

No smiling at this table!

None I tell ya!

I'll have none of it!"

Ohp, starting to crack!

There it is!

the no doubt concert. in salt lake city.

was amazing.

and we didn't have cameras.

we didn't think we could bring them in.

then we found out that we could,

but that we couldn't leave the venue and come back in.

so we couldn't.

really couldn't.

so, no pics of beautiful gwen.

no amazing pics of their amazing set.

no pics of adrianne playing a drum in a tutu

or of the killer "james bond" themed video that played as they sang "xgirlfriend"

and, worst of all,

no pics of darling mr. kingston

(delightfully clad in sound-blocking headphones, comfy jammies, and a binki)

who came on stage and gave all of us the pleasure of singing

"happy birthday" to his cute little self

and then gave everyone an ever so gracious wave of appreciation,

and a beaming, genuine, "binki smile" to boot.

but don't worry.

when we got back to the car,

we totally made up for it.

some of my absolute favorites from the night:

can you even stand how pretty she is? and how cool is it that she can totally get down with making goofy, ugly, hilarious, faces at the camera? ugly is sooo the new pretty, don't you think?

i cannot stop laughing at this one!!! celeste looks like the killer girl from "the ring" and i look like her cross-eyed, hill-billy victim! too delicious. i think i'll frame this one and give it to kyle for christmas...you know, having a picture of your freakin' hot wife on your desk is all the rage.

rawrrr