Coffia

This poem goes out to all the nursing moms and major coffee lovers of the world. I dedicate it to my son Teo who likes to party at the tap all night long.

Coffee makes the world go round

Waking up feeling not quite you?
Drink some coffia!
Exhaustion got you a little blue?
Drink some coffia!

Coffee, I love it.
Coffee, can't get enough of it.
I like it dark, don't you?

Need an afternoon boost to brighten your day?
Drink some coffia!
Need a kick in the pants in a major way?
Drink some coffia!

Coffee, I love it.
Coffee, can't get enough of it.
I like it dark, don't you?

Feeling totally desperate, and you can't go on?
Drink some coffia!
So tired you just can't face the dawn?
Drink some coffia!

Coffee, I love it.
Coffee, can't get enough of it.
I like it dark, don't you?

Too tired to make your own?
Send your husband out for some coffia!
Sit on the couch and wait
For your coffia!

Coffee, I love it.
Coffee, can't get enough of it.
I like it dark, don't you?

Beauty Queen

No darling, I'm not blushing. It's Dior.

Emma's Birthday Blog

Today is Emma Hull Wall's Birthday 7/6/1978 she was born by Sally Wall and her husband Larry Wall. Emma is the middle "Wall Sisters" as they are sometimes referred to.

You can also call Emma: Emi, Emi-Lou, M, Dr. Wall, Mrs. Kouri or even Allestine (her cabaret name).

I call her sweetie or love or Emi. She is very special to me in so many ways. My list of reasons why are endless.

How do you honor someone on their birthday? You can give them a gift, a cake, flowers, chocolates, dinner, breakfast in bed. Tell them you love them. We all have our special ways.

I wanted to post my feelings online so everyone could see who and what she means to me day to day.

This is not a David Letterman "Top Ten List" but more of a baring of my soul of what comes to mind when I see Emma and think about who she is to me.

• My Beautiful Wife which I adore
• The same woman I saw walk through the door at class when I was a junior at UVM and told myself I am going to marry that woman some day.
• My Best Friend which has been through thick and thin with me
• The mother to Sapphire and Teo, the best mother they could ask for
• Smart, intelligent with inner and outer beauty.
• Multi-talented woman: Wife, Mother, Researcher (PhD), singer and dancer (Allestine), Chef and solver of all problems.
• Fun
• Exciting
• Caring
• Strong beliefs and high standards
• Religious and spiritual
• Athletic
• A great sister and daughter
• Embodies everything I want to be and strive to be in my life
• Trustworthy and honest
• She makes me feel loved, secured and wanted
• Want to grow old with this person
• Want to do right by her
• A guiding light when I have lost my course

I have had recent doubts personally where I am heading in my life and if I am doing the right things for Emma, Sapphire and Teo. Do I make enough money, do I love my kids the right way, do I provide the needed love and support to Emma. Why do I feel that there are days or weeks that I can not do any right personally and professionally.

I ponder my exist on this plant and ask myself and ask God for help to give me clues and signs of what to do now, tomorrow and next week. During these times I can look to a few pictures, memories and events in my life and realize that I am a good person I do care I do love and I am doing this in service to Emma. I have faltered and as humans we will falter and it is a judge of character when that person falters and picks up the pieces and moves forward with their head high as true judge of character.

So look at your soul mate and tell them "I love you", "you are everything to me", "I can't do this without you" and set out everyday to put your best foot forward and don't look back at the things you would have done differently because they are in the past and there is no changing those now.

What you can change is how you walk through life with your partner. One of my gifts to "us" for Emma's Birthday is to make that change in my life and to take a different path.

Emma Happy 33rd Birthday. You are the true love of my life. I can't wait to celebrate more birthdays together, to see our family grow up and experience more things together.

Love Kevin

Some of my favorite pictures below

More guess who!

The last game of guess who was too easy. Can you guess who each of these are?

Answers: 1 - Sapphie; 2- Sapphie; 3 - Sapphie!

Don't they look like Teo? Crazy!

Sister Love

Rolling

Teo rolled over on Father's Day! And it wasn't just a fluke - he's been rolling all over the place since. When he first did it, I realized that Sapphie's first roll was on Mother's Day, when we were visiting Ree and Dick. Pretty cool!
I don't have a video of him rolling yet, but I did get one of him giggling when I talked to him in a very low voice. He loves it when you make low, deep-voiced noises

Papa

I don't know about you, but as long as I can remember, I was always a papa's girl. Well, not during my teen years of course, when I hated both my parents and everyone in my family, but when I was little. I loved my papa. Maybe it's because we're so much alike? I don't know. Of course, now that I'm a mummy, I have a whole new appreciation for my mummy. I now have strong relationships with both!

Recently, Papa has really started to bond with Sapphie. I don't know what it is about men and babies, but in my experience it seems like the man-baby bond doesn't really start - or doesn't become visibile - until the baby can talk. Now, Papa and Sapphie have a blast together. He brings her cookies from the truckstop. Model airplanes. They sing together, and horse around. She loves him so much. Now, she's learning to count in Spanish and she is so excited to show him! I recently witnessed a play date, and it was the coolest thing ever.

I'm gonna get you!

The bumble bee goes around the tree goes around the tree...

Fly like an airplane!

Again!!!!

I think she's a Papa's girl...although she does love her LaLa!! xo