instagram {love}.

these instagrams describe me to a T.  a little travel, a lot of lil bit, brad and peggy, total instagram snapshot into my life. everything i see is a photograph, so it's no secret or surprise that i love instagram.  when i lost my phone a few months ago, i had major IG withdrawals.  

well, let's just say i've caught up big time.  

i can't say enough about her love for brad.  it was so organic, he's known her since she was born and is an extension of me, and she sees my love him and just mimics my love for him.  he might be her favorite person, the squeals of delight when she knows she will see him thrills my heart and gives me a  small glimpse to what a sweet dad he will be to our children one day.  be still my little soft nanny heart. i love anyone who loves on my kids that i love.  and he loves so well.

sick day thursday.  and girl friend whined all day.  and was needy.  and was whiney.  did i mention needy?  

and i kinda loved that she needed me so.  we eventually ended the day with a dance party with christmas music and halloween cookies.  because, why not.

this just happened.  she's in huge trouble.  huge meaning, she is curled up beside me as i write this sound asleep, clearly the fear of god is in her...

clearly.

instagram, what did i ever do without you?  i'd love to have you follow me on my little life on IG, i'm morrisonlane on there, i like to keep it simple.  

instagrams and a near escape ugly cry.

 food pictures are the best.  can i get an amen?

 we were on our way to swim lessons and she said, "here caca, take my pi'ture by des elephants."  usually she says, "i dont wike elephants."

 we went to mexican for the fellas seventh birthday.  and everyone was so so good.
like it was fun eating out with three kids.  who knew?

 i blew her hair dry straight and then curled the ends, "oh i wook just wike belle!"  

girl was feel go-od about herself.

i am pet sitting for a friend.  two dogs and two bunnies.  

i have asthma, but thought i had really grown out of it.  

meet bunnies and their dander, can we say asthma attack?  

yeah...coffee (caffiene) cures an asthma attack.  did you know that?  totally works.

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can i tell you what happened to me last night?  brad, little bit and myself went to clarksville (morrison lane, in fact) because mom had made brad a birthday dinner.  henry and his mom came too.  if you remember, i have talked about henry here, not that long ago.  long story short, i was henry and his siblings nanny when he was born and lived there for five years while he was a sick sick little boy.  going through more than most go through in a life time.  he is non verbal and he just might hold the key to my heart (you too, brad).  so last night, when we walked in the door...henry came running to me as fast as his legs could carry him and embraced me in a henry hug and said "ca-ca!" (that's my nick name)

i looked at brad, brad looked at me and said, "did he say caca?"  i said "yes."  and tried to not go into the ugly cry.

it was a moment.  and i hugged him back and said, "did you say caca?"  it was more than awesome.
i fell in love with that boy seventeen years ago, and its moment like that when i am reminded what love really is.  what a moment.

happy friday, friends.

insta.grams {addict}. you?

i'm not the only one addicted to this here app.  because i follow the lot of you.

but since i can't seem to get it together lately i have neglected to dump my photos on 

friday for you to see.

{and i know your life is lacking for that FOR which i am sorry}

i'm making up for it this week.  for real.

hey caca, i need yo' gwasses.  da sun es in my ewes.

 doesn't get much cuter than that...

 just call me martha.  no really.  do it.

lil bit terrorized me and chased me around the house and made me wear these for at least an hour the other day.  i took them off about one hundred times and one hundred times, 

"hey caca, you gwasses fell off? here you go."  

bless it.

 real purty.  green esssss my favorite color.

oh wook, caca! dere it is!  i wuv target!

 white linen pants + sweatshirt+swimshoes=what not to wear 

 red robin!

 nothing makes a bad day better like a good quilt.

 ballet class picture hilarity.  i eventually had to hide because lil bit kept coming to the curtain and waving at me.  after the ballet photographer called me mama one to many times, 

lil bit said, "SHE NOT MY MAMA!  she my caca."  

and i said, "she's right."

 whip cream with a few strawberries.  amen.

 oh lord.  recital outfits are here.

 this hottie made me dinner.  and it was delicious.

disney called.  they want this to be there new ad.  

no they didn't.

but they should.

disney...disney?

 when the dog barks and wakes you up...well,

 we like to keep it classy and eat hotdogs on sushi plates.  uh huh.  that's right.

 picnic preparations.  yummm.

wanna be instagram buddies? follow me at morrisonlane.

11.11.11, instagram, friday...finally.

this week we've had some...

highs...

this week we've had some...

lows...

but through it all...

we've tried to sit back and ponder

the highs...

like...

making pretty invites by hand for my parents 50th anniversary.  and i actually like them!  now time for the printers...


new tall boots.  in camel.  for thirty five dollars.  and they are cute.  i'm excited about these pretties.


a new camera.  well...it's not new.  at all.  but it's vintage, and new to me and pretty.  i have ordered some film for this fella, i can't wait to see the beauties that it produces.  or the uglies if it doesn't work that well...and then it will just be a decoration which still is perfection.  cross your fingers!


buds.  i mean i could not have styled this picture better.  he is paying her NO attention at all and she could care less.  she is happy to be tucked under his arm.

happy friday.

happy 11.11.11.

happy instagrams.

and most importantly...

happy veterans day.

insta. insta. insta....gramsssssss. woo hoo!

you may only make it through half of these pictures or a third.  it's instagram overload over here on morrison lane.  that only means there is WAAAAAY to much going on currently.  because of the overdose of pretty instagrams we have been divided into categories because i like for you to think i am that organized.  

and you know i am.  

{please don't come over and look in my closet.  or any other room with a closed door.  you'll be crushed figuratively and literally. don't say i didn't warn ya.}

hold up...this is not confession hour, there i go getting distracted again...back to the pictures and their categories.  

organized.  remember?

-KIDS-

whole lotta cuteness going here.  follow me on instagram [morrisonlane] and you'll get all the scoop by the minute.  picture.  instagram.  yes, you can be THAT lucky.

-BEACH-

my best friends wedding happened last weekend.  really it did.  like my real best friend and not the movie.  although if rupert everett showed up i wouldn't mind a sing a long.  


distracted.  a.  gain.  


i would like to take full credit for the loveliness in the pictures above but when you have the fingerprints of god in action which seem so much more visible when there are crashing waves, calm water and sandy beaches...all you have to do is point and shoot and you get perfection.  anyone could have captured it really, i just happened to be in the right place at the right time.  

-RANDOMNESS-

a.  breakfast with brad.  outside.  and bagels.  (theres a whole lotta b's in that sentence)

b.  speaking of brad, he got me this external flash and she want to the beach for the first time.

c.  local florida pub for lunch in the bathing suit.  doesn't get much better than that.

d.  the wine shop next door.  i don't really drink at all.  

(couldn't tell by the last two pictures...)

e.  bicycles at seaside.  serene.  we were in a large marge black SUV.  not serene.

f.  pedicures after a busy week.

amen.

instagram friday.

i'm teaming up with life rearranged for instagram friday, its a good good day.  

1.  i had to be at work at 4:50 am the other morning, and let me just tell you...the only thing good about being at work at 4:50 am is...well, nothing.  but i was awake enough to see the pretty moon smiling at me, so i leaned out the car window with my phone and got this.  okay, maybe i wasn't awake if i was hanging out my car window taking pictures.  i can't win.

2.  i have had a loooong week at work this week, and it only affected...me.  because lil bit is as free as a bird apparently without a care in the world.  i love that girl.

3.  so how much do love summertime?  yes, me too.

4.  this was my bed partner all week, while i was working.  and before you say..."oh he's so sweet..."  just so you know...HE SNORES.

5.  i made tuna steaks for brad one night for dinner, and i was all excited about our yummy steaks, veggies and rice...well, he was having rice.  (i am crying a little inside as i write this...) i can't have rice because i am on the first phase of the 17 day diet so i was excited about the protein and veggies.  i really was, okay? but then the electricity went out for two hours. so brad had a tuna steak and a peanut butter sandwich.  i had a tuna steak and a game of candy land outside in the 3,000,000,000 degree tennessee weather.  it was bliss i tell ya.  oh happy day.

6.  bird watching.  really its just lil bit trying to put the moves on mr. bwad because she loves him to death.  "birt birt bwad!"

7.  does it get cuter than this???  i mean, COME ON!

8.  wednesday i took some pictures of my good friend, kara's, precious baby girl.  and instagram had to make an appearance too.  i just can't help myself.

9.  this is what a week of camp does to a six year old boy.

hope everyone has had a great week!  

what was the BEST thing you did this week, that made your day?

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