20K, Birthdays, Syd the SWIMMER & Cegg!

Wwwwow.
Logged on to do today's entry and found this:

tweeeeeeeeenty thousand whaaaat?!

So uhmmm.. THANK YOU!! I don't write my blogs for the purpose of counting pageviews, so I'm just as surprised as you should be... haha. Thanks, if you're one of the eye-pairs who's visited, read, loved or hated, or found something to take away from any of my particular journey through this life, then just know it means a lot.

Something I remembered receiving, while I was in the process of physically relocating back to Ohio.. from a childhood friend of mine:

Like I said, I wasn't looking for sympathy, or really even an audience; I write a lot of my entries for my own recall later on.. but it meant a lot then and it still kinda floors me that this thing has been seen 20k times [& not by me!]. Thank you ♥

Anyway, on to some more important news: Today's birthdays include two amazing people I wouldn't DARE forget!

1 || RINIIIIIIIII
I met this girl when I was in 8th grade, at the ever-faithful Skyview Ranch camp, and we've been friends ever since. We clicked immediately through our similar tastes and affinity for hobbies that were, well.. lacking of glitter, glam & all that other crap that the majority of girls that year were after. I will find the pictures, but until I do, I'll just keep laughing at her and I sneaking off into the woods one year and seeing how many times we could shoot each other at a 6-foot point blank range with paintball guns before the other cried mercy. We were interrupted, so there wasn't a winner. I vote re-do!

then & now.. ♥ her!

& s'more:

3 of my favorite moments ever..

2 || JORDAN!
This guy has an insane amount of talent! I first met him sometime in 07? or 08? when his old band [Thoroughfare] was playing through and happened to be at Molly Malone's in Covington. After that, I made it a point to connect with this guy and his crew every time they came through Cincinnati.. and after all these years, he's still just as talented if not more than he was then! Happy BIRTHDAY!

2007 > 2009 > 2013! keep at it my talented friend.. happy birthday!

Birthdays are the best (:
Except.... in the case of toddler swim lessons.. Those.. might be the best today:

blowing bubbles

floating!

my little goggled mermaid ♥ ♥

Gosh.. it's insane how much I love this little girl (:
I am so proud of you, monster.

... And as if swim lessons weren't enough excitement for the night, Catie stopped out for dinner after we got home! Sydni made it a point to make her play doctor's office, which in spite of Andy's medical background, has apparently not transferred to Catie.. haha. ["Okayyy, now you get a shot in your forehead" - we were roooolling... hahaha]

oh yes. that's us.

All in good fun. I love her, and I love that we were able to hang out for some homecooked dinner & catching up. Win!

And on that note, I'll leave you with what I found just moments ago after I was finished doing dishes and went to find out why it was so quiet [you toddler parents know that's not usually a good sign, hah]:


my heart. my soul. my love. my daughter.

So to her, goodnight..

♥ ♥ ♥ ♡ ♥ ♥ ♥

&& to the rest of you, we'll pick this back up tomorrow (:

xo | cmd