Welcome to Erin Putnam's blog!

My husband, Todd, and I have been married for 5 years. We have a 2 perfect children named Presley and Nate...and Lucy the chihuahua is still around, as well. We live in Memphis on Mud Island and really enjoy it! We have a great group of friends and you'll almost always find us together cooking out in someone's yard or at Movie and a Pizza...leaving the island is a rarity! I hope you enjoy my blog, as I try to keep everyone updated on our lives.

About Me

I like the pool, the beach, and any water - warm weather combo. I like shopping for Presley and Nate...way more fun than shopping for myself. I like cooking when I don't have to, running when the weather is perfect, the day the maid comes and my house is clean (even if for a little while), grocery shopping, minivans, pregnant women (just not me), a bubble bath and a sudoku puzzle, baby pictures of my husband, my hair the day after it was washed, reality TV, Oprah, when Todd takes the trash out without me asking, half-baked ice cream (I could seriously eat the stuff every day!), watching my babies sleep, talking about memories of my mom and grandmom, someone else choosing the restaurant, when the car beside me has spinners, strawberries and melted milk chocolate, and funny songs on your ring tone. I don't like feeling I need to exercise, folding itsy bitsy clothes, computer problems, hot leather seats, bugs, sun glasses that are too tight on your head, alarms, annoying girl drama, paying for daycare when it's closed, long fingernails, hugging people I barely know, people who use the word 'love' too liberally, and tacky children's clothes. All and all, I think I'm pretty normal.

Monday, September 29, 2008

She has a lot to say...

Lately, Presley has A LOT to say...some of it makes sense...some of it, not so much.  But, either way, she is mighty cute!





The Mini - Petting Zoo






The mini-petting zoo came to Presley's school on Friday...so, that was a lot of fun....mostly playing with the dropped food on the ground, but also seeing the animals.  Of course, in typical first-time-mom fashion, I dressed Presley up in one of her cute smocked dresses that morning, because I knew I'd be taking pictures of her that afternoon.  Uh...note to self...put the child in cute clothes right before you want the picture.  I showed up that afternoon to find her in her too-tight extra outfit.  Yes, my dear child decided to smear her lunch all over her dress...and on her socks...let's not miss one inch.  So, please excuse the tackyness of these pics ;)


Monday, September 22, 2008

too cute not to share



so my child is OBSESSED with shoes...really.  no matter what she's into, she'll come running if you mention putting on her socks and shoes.  she has gotten pretty good at putting them on herself.  i thought she was so smart that she has never put them on the wrong feet...i just figured she realized the difference.  well, obviously she was just getting lucky all those times, because she proved me wrong tonight.  i took a few pics, but then noticed how absolutely funny her legs were in the pic...had to share...


yawn!






i still haven't recovered from the weekend, so hopefully i'll be hitting the sheets soon...but, figured i'd download and post some pics.  todd, presley, and i headed to chattanooga this weekend and stayed with seth and his family.  the adults headed to knoxville saturday morning to see the gators chomp upside that volunteer head (i'm still a tad excited from the game...todd would be so excited that i just said that ;)   anyway, we had a great time, but quite a long journey for just a weekend.  not much else going on.  monday is down, just 4 more days to go to the weekend!  enjoy the pics.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

gator girl


vacation






Well, we went through Gustav with no problems.  Actually, we didn't even see much of it.  We arrived in Destin on Sunday afternoon and the waves were big...that was great, because we watched some guys surfing.  The next morning, Gustav was nearing, so it rained on and off.  Luckily, a friend of mine lives in Panama City, about 50 miles east, and she said it wasn't even raining there and they were heading to the pool...so, we headed to Panama City.  We lounged by the pool all day and watched football that evening.  Tuesday through Friday were beautiful...absolutely perfect, not a drop of rain and sunny.  We beached it, shopped a tad, ate a lot of seafood, and slept at least 10h a night...did I mention we decided not to take Presley!  Ha!  Really, it was a true vacation and we got a lot of much needed sleep.  We also had some Memphis friends in Destin, too...so, we had plenty of folks to play with and had so much fun!  Our trip home was not quite as fun, as we had a 2h delay in Magee MS with a dead battery.  It could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse...so, I won't complain too much.  It is nice to have to 2 days to recover and rest from the travel...and get some quality time with my girl.