A Glimpse of Spring

If you are tired of the frigid temperatures, say "aye". "AYE!" "AYE!" "AYE!" Now I really don't like to complain about the seasons, because it kind of annoys me when that seems to be the topic of everyone's conversations. And I know that just a few days after we complain about the cold, we'll be complaining about the heat. We can never seem to be content. But if I have to be honest, I am a little tired of the temperature not getting out of the 40's. Mainly because I'm running out of warm maternity clothes, and I haven't been able to take Landry out to play.

But this weekend, we got a sneak preview of Spring. The temperature made it into the 60's!!! So what do you suppose we did? The same thing our whole community did, apparently. We took her to the park. I have NEVER seen so many people there at one time. Everyone must have been just as stir-crazy as we were.

And, oh goodness, Landry was giddy when we pulled up. She just couldn't stop running around giggling. Seeing her happy made us melt. The little things bring such joy :)

Two Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Ok, so one of them is actually a big monkey.

Here are some moments I captured today of Daddy and Landry enjoying one of their favorite pastimes together....jumping on the bed.

Big Sister Cut

Landry was born with a head full of hair, which quickly developed into a baby mullet. We had to break down and cut her hair when she was 8 months old. Here is a blog we posted about her first haircut. After that, the mullet kept coming back so we had to cut it about 6 more times before it actually started growing evenly.

Since then we haven't touched it, but started to notice it was looking a little stringy. So we decided to take her to get a "big sister haircut" before Eli gets here. Not a drastic change, just a little clean-up.

You can see here, she was not too sure about what was happening to her. She was trying so hard to be strong, but that little lip poked out, (A trait she's had since seconds out of the womb) and her eyes began to tear up. Once she realized they were not going to hurt her, she was fine.

Here's the final product.

The lollipop at the end made it all worth it for her!

Baby Babble - Week 36

Sorry the pic is such bad quality. I just used my photobooth to take a quick one. However, you can tell that I am very large and in charge.

Anyway, just wanted to give you a quick update on Baby Eli. 2 weeks ago, I went to the doctor for an ultrasound and my amnionic fluid was on the low side. The doctor was a little concerned and scheduled another ultrasound for today to see if the fluid had remainrd low or had gone back up. If it did remain low, he was planning on inducing the baby early.

So at my ultrasound today, thankfully, the fluid was back to normal. Don't get me wrong, we were kind of excited about the idea of getting to meet our little boy this week, but we are thankful that he will have a couple more weeks to develop so there are less chances of any complications.

Doctor also said the head was low, and I have began to progress slightly. However, no dilation yet.

I know, I know...Valentine's is Over

If you have not been able to tell, I really love Valentine's Day. I think it is because I never seemed to have a boyfriend on Valentine's Day when I was younger. So since Cory and I have been together, I try to put forth a lot of effort to make Valentine's Day special each year. Also, our Anniversary is right smack in the middle of Summer, and of the 7 1/2 years we've been married, about 5 of those anniversaries have been spent at Summer Camp. Make a note of that if you plan on marrying a student minister. Valentine's is kind of a celebration in place of our anniversary, I guess.

Anyway, I didn't go ALL OUT this year, but I did make Cory and Landry heart-shaped toast for breakfast. And I did grab an idea from this website, that I thought you might like. The website gives detailed instructions on how to make it. I really had to rush through mine, so it's not anything fancy, but guys don't tend to care about the fancy stuff anyway. I know V-day is over, so you may want to do something like this for another special occasion or save it for next year. Oh, and the reason I have blank cards is because Dollar Tree only had a trick deck of cards that had blanks on one side. It ended up working out for the best.

While we're at it, here is the Valentine Landry made for Cory. Landry used markers to color all over a coffee filter. Then we folded it so the center was a point and dipped it into water to make it "tye dyed". We then cut a stem, a center, and heart-shaped leaves and glued everything to paper to make a flower. Landry stuck some heart stickers on and voila!

Princess Night "After Party"

After parties are known for being wild and crazy.

You can usually count on seeing undergarments on someone's head.

People are dancing like there's no tomorrow.

Women are shamelessly chasing after men.

(Poor Saban)

And you may even catch someone "streaking".

It was pretty much a one-man show for Landry tonight!

Princess Night at Chick fil a

Tonight, Daddy's little Princess got to go out as, well, "Daddy's little Princess"

Our local Chick Fil A had it's first ever Princess Night, and it was a major success. All the little girls came dressed up in their "princess best". I assure you, every Disney Princess made her appearance at least 10 times. Of course, I think Landry was the cutest princess there, but I'm not partial at all.

The tables were dressed in white table cloths, pink ribbon, and pink carnations.

Each little princess got a free kids meal.

Landry was so much in the spirit of things, she even ate her chicke, a VERY rare occasion for my child.

Landry also received her first manicure. She chose pink, of course.

We even got to take a horse and carriage ride.

Thanks Chick Fil A for a wonderful night!