Exhibitionist

This morning I was feeling domestic and decided to make Beau and myself some bacon, eggs, and monkey bread for breakfast. That's the funny thing about Leo being out of town. I always go on these cooking or cleaning or decorating or crafting kicks when he's gone. I swear, I must need to bake or re-arrange or decoupage something to cope with being lonely.

Anyway, I have Beau tuned in to Sesame Street, so he's is thoroughly entertained. I busy myself in the kitchen making our yummy breakfast.

I guess a few minutes pass before I look up at him, because when I do, my eyes are greeted with the full moon of my son's hiney standing in front of the TV. Somehow, in mere moments, he had wriggled out of his pj pants and freed himself of his diaper without me knowing. And once freed... he'd peed. On the carpet. Standing there, watching Elmo. He's stealthy, that one.

*sigh*

Yellow River

Yesterday we went to the aptly named "Yellow River Game Ranch". If there is one place in the world that could have more poo mines than my very own back yard, it would be here. If I learned one thing it would be to bring a squirt bottle or something to rinse said poo from shoes and stroller wheels before reloading the car. Live and learn.

Dispite such dirty issues, and being violated by a few forward deer, we had a good time. We went with Amanda and Hannah. We always have fun with those gals!

I did most of the feeding for the Furlongs. Beau's method was to just chuck the entire carrot at the poor animal. That, and he couldn't understand why I kept handing him food and not letting him put it in his mouth. These kids are having a great time!... Right Amanda? I mean, can't you tell from their faces?This was Beau's favorite part of the day, I think. After we finished smelling, er, I mean, looking at all the animals we went to play on the playground.

If you would like to view all of the photos I took, please help yourself and click here!

Half ***

I often get onto Leo for doing things "half ass". Many times I have requested him to use his entire ass, or whole ass, when completing my suggested tasks.

Too bad. I'm going halvesies today.

It's been a busy week here, as we just got back from Montreat Thursday, and it takes me a couple days to adjust. I had a baby shower for a wonderful, sweet, highschool friend on Saturday. I spent practically an entire day at the doctor's office yesterday (don't cha love seeing the doc at 2:45 for a 1:30 appointment? Seriously, they should send texts or twitter something, like, "appointments running an hour behind today!" that wouldn't be so miserable.) And also, yesterday my girl Katie had her precious baby! I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Molly Hogan Abel and am so happy for her parents and can hardly wait to get my arms around that girl.

So, I'm taking the lazy way and instead of sorting and editing all the Montreat pictures, I'm just posting the link for ALL of them! Browse at your leisure!

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I know...I know...

To the four people that read my blog: Well kids, you are just going to have to find a hobby and forgive me, because I have feeling summer posts are gonna be pretty sparse. It is just so hard to find motivation to sit down at the computer and bang out a hilarious post. Plus we haven't been doing all that much except being pool bums and running the streets.

Hey, and to my fellow bloggers, if anyone wants a boost on number of visitors to their blog, just include the words "naked" and "men" in a title of a post like my last one. I have a tracker on my site so I can see how people find my page, like what they googled or if they clicked on my link from a friends site or my facebook page, etc... I think I've disappointed some creepers this week with the amount of "naked men" googleing going on. Other variations include: "naked married muscle men", "naked muscle men", and "naked men poolside". (Oh, and randomly, this reminds me to tell EVERYONE that if you are looking for Dick's Sporting Goods online, the address is www.dickssportinggoods.com, not the short version. I learned the hard way.)

Some other things people have googled that have led them here:

• "off all my hair"
• "furlong fish cakes"
• "her sweaty gym"
• "hospital wearing a diaper"
• "furlong dog basket"
• "who made the furlong hip"

You guess, my friends, is as good as mine.

Anyway, we are leaving tomorrow for Montreat. Another July 4th in the mountains and I can't wait. So the point is...no posts until I get home, in EIGHT whole days. Or until Beau's prom...whatever I find more inspiring to write about first. Meanwhile, here are some pics from Beau playing in our backyard. Aunt Jamie gave him this hippo pool and he just loves it. I know the pictures are very similar to the last post, but its summer, and my man lives in swim diapers.

Three Half-Naked-Muscle-Men Poolside: Eat Your Hearts Out Ladies!

No membership necessary. If you can rock a swimmy diaper and enjoy drinking pool water, you can hang. These are the photos from an evening in the Rearden's back yard. Beau loved being with the twins, Luke and Cade. Maybe as much as he enjoyed playing with their toy vacuum...

I couldn't choose between the many of the pictures, so I just posted a bunch of them!

The dads, Leo and Joe, lifeguarding and refereeing

The men:

Action shots!

Beau and the toy vacuum he played with FOR HOURS. He is such a weirdo.

Those not on kiddo duty: Don't worry guys, ya'll just relax. The Furlongs have the under 3 crowd under control. :)

Beau's First Date

Sorry, ladies. Beau is officially smitten. Beau and I met my friend from high school, Amanda, and her daughter, Hannah, at Stone Mountain Park Monday morning. Hannah and Beau are about a month apart and it was so much fun seeing them together. I didn't get that many pictures because corralling 2 one year olds in a huge park with other obstacles/kids/snacks/trash to get into was quite difficult. Plus I looked like a super creeper on the playground with my camera.

It is soooo hard to photograph two very active kiddos.

Beau eating all Hannah's snacks.

Hugs :)

A Song for Nan

Nanny, I just want to let you, and the world, know how much I am enjoying the Elmo keyboard you gave Beau. I know it was really a gift for Beau, but truly, it is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only did it make the 6 hour drive for North Carolina just fly by, it just fills my day with beautiful, soul touching music.

My son has been given a gift. It would really be selfish of me to keep it all to myself. So this one goes out to Nanny.

Aunt Jackie's Graduation

AAgggh. It is so hard to get motivated to post recently. I just don't know why. But looking at my other blogger friends, it seems like I'm not the only one. Maybe it's the weather? Maybe I'm so upset about Jon and Kate I just need some time...?

I mean, I don't even have a lack of material... I have yet to post pics of Jackie's graduation (done...see below!), Beau had his 15 month doctor visit, Memorial Day, and the endless material my husband and dog provide me with... I guess I will try a little harder.

Anyway, I have these great picture of Jackie's big day. She looked beautiful, as usual. I spent the entire ceremony outside with Beau, who preferred running around in the lobby with all the other crazy kids. Leo is a very talented man, but taking pictures is not one his strong suits. All the pictures were blurry/not of Jackie/awkward/completely dark/you get the idea.

He did get this one good one. Yay Leo. And yay Jackie!Beau and his granddad.Such a good picture of these three! Leo, Jackie, and Ben.

Candid moment. Love it. Mostly because Leo is smiling "for real" and not the "Leo" smile.Which I am so graciously demonstrating here... One "for real".

The Furlongs.

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