the jetsons

do you ever imagine what it would be like to be yourself at age ten, looking over your shoulder into your life today? maybe i'm the only one, but i think i would be AMAZED. and no, not at the fact that i was married, living in a great house with two dogs and a beautiful son. nope, because those are things i was definitely dreaming of doing someday when i was ten years old. (although admittedly, it would be pretty trippy! but that's a lot deeper than i was thinking...) :)

at the risk of sounding old, here's where i am going with this thought...

what would amaze me are little things, things we take for granted now. like cell phones. the cell phones i remember were in a few of my friends parents' cars, mounted in the front console and were roughly the size of a microwave oven (something our parents would have never have envisioned as kids, btw - a microwave or a phone in their cars!). but now, we have these tiny, thin, phones. and for a lot of us, the phone portion of the phone isn't even the part we use most! haha. jay and i were talking about the fact that our first few years of dating were also about the time we both first started texting. and not many of our friends were texting yet because their phones WEREN'T CAPABLE. i mean, now we text videos, pics, and everyone is participating (even the grandparents!), just a few years later. what will what will happen in the next ten?!?

and this morning, i was driving to the gym. link was in the backseat, and a really fun song came on the radio. link's eyes lit up, he started clapping and head bobbing, so i did what any mom would do, i pulled out my phone (at a stoplight, of course :)), pulled up my shazam app, found the song, and downloaded it from itunes. SERIOUSLY. think about your ten-year-old-self seeing that! BAM! age-ten-katy used to sit for hours with a blank tape loaded, listening to Y95 (radio station) waiting for THE song to come on so i could tape it. and really, REALLY, that was just twenty years ago?

there are clearly SO many more examples, but the above is what had me laughing. in the span of about 20 seconds, an unknown song came on the radio, was discovered by my phone, purchased and downloaded, all at a stoplight.

what will they come up with next??

fun with a REAL camera

jay's company, the wolf group, does lots of fancy schmancy media stuff. soooo, they also have lots of cool cameras. and this weekend, we got to play with one! i LOVE photography. it was probably my favorite class in college, but unfortunately the technology has quickly surpassed the nice camera i got as a graduation gift. but, the love hasn't died, and what a fun subject i had for my first time with a REAL camera. i can't believe a lens can cost 10 grand, by the way. wow. anyway, we CAREFULLY took turns snapping some photos today and had so much fun! here are some non-iphone pics for ya for once!! :)

doesn't he look like he just found out he won a new car on a game show?! haha.

sweet boy.

our little explorer

one of his favorites, opening and closing the front door

mother and son. :)

my funny valentine

this was a fun valentine's 24-hours. last night the hubs took me out for sushi - kenichi sushi, which is sushi on a whole 'nother level!! this is good, good grub, peeps. it's always nice to get a date night, not to mention time with my valentine, whatever the occasion, right??!?

today was link's day at school, so he had a big valentine party with his little friends and teachers. normally when i come to pick him up there is a moment of nervous cry and laughter while running for the door, desperate to be reunited with his mommy. WELL, for the first time EVER he didn't come running to the door when he saw me appear. instead, he waved and shoved another cookie in his mouth, all the while running to the teacher to beg for more. i was laughing right out loud. can you blame him? the boy has his priorities!

this afternoon we went to a neighbor's house for a cookie party and time in the bounce house. he had so much fun, got so dirty, and declared his love for all things bounce house. he was hurling himself in and out of that thing, with sticky face and fingers covered in dirt and grass and an adoring mom watching on from afar.

spring weather is upon us and we have been outside NON-STOP for the last few days. it's made me realize how much my boy has grown up since fall (when we were also outside non-stop with the great temps!). and considering in texas "winter weather" is typically only a couple of months, that was a lot of maturing pretty quick. but he is so much more independent and capable. so fun to see him growing into a confident, self-assured little boy.

what a day! i think valentine's day is a hit with this kid. and so are cookies. :)