Early Spring Update

We had both sides of the fam over for Easter lunch and it was great :)

The kids had a blast hunting Easter eggs in the backyard and especially loved the bubble machine & its endless suppy of bubbles = squeeling joy from a 4, almost 2, and a 15 month old!!

Here are a few shots of Ash and her Easter basket - The Easter Bunny left her some mini M&Ms, spring colored playdough & some egg shaped playing cards --- all of which she loves! We have a little chocolate monster on our hands....she is constantly pointing at the counter (where we keep the M&Ms) saying baby MMs baby MMs - pease baby MMs --- oh dear, what have we done!



The Thursday before Easter, Ashley and I spent the day at the Arboretum w/ Gigi, Memaw & Papaw, and Bonnie & John. We had a great time - Ashley didn't want much to do with sitting still for pictures - but we got a few good ones ;) My favorite is the one of her peeking out the little cottage window!!!! ADORABLE (or at least I think so!)

Day at park w/ Daddy :) Hanging out, swinging, sliding, running, jumping, kicking a ball, flying a kite - oh, what fun!

Happy Easter!

I LOVE DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING! So fun ~ Here's the Easter card I made to send out to family.

Road Trip Baby!

Eric was working on a client in Houston this week - so Ashley and I decided to make the trek down there with him. We stayed at the Westin Galleria - so Ash and I enjoyed some shopping and watching the ice skaters. We also got to spend a few days with our good friends Ashley, Luke & Halle. Halle and Ashley are only one month apart and had a blast playing together and even had a little slumber party on Wednesday night. The weather was so nice in Houston. Here are some pics of our week - and the snow that we came home to today! I'm sad that we missed the actual flakes and snow storm - but I guess the left over ice mush was good enough for Ashley to play in today. Oh and on a side note...I put Ashley in Pigtails one day last week - and she thinks they are hilarious! She has requested them everyday since! What a cutie!

PIGTAILS!!!!!
For some reason I've always wanted to stop at this statue of Sam Houston on the way from Dallas to Houston - I love it....I guess just because it's so big! Anyways...I made Eric pull over on the way down this time and we got out to stretch our legs for awhile and some nice man snapped this awesome pic of us! I love how small we are!
Here is Ashley reading a book to her baby before bed.
And enjoying room service the next morning. YUM!
Ashley and Halle jumping at the park.

It was SOOO hard to get a pic of both girls looking at the camera!

Tagged

I've been taged...so here goes...

10 years ago: I was 2 months away from meeting the guy that I would fall in love with and marry.

Things on my to do list today:
Go to Church
Do some laundry
Pack
Get Prescriptions Refilled
RSVP for a Baby Shower
Call My Friend Ashley
Find Shoes to Match My Bridesmaid Dress for Katy's Wedding
Clean the Whole House {ok...so this one is permanently on my list - b/c I HATE to do it}

What would I do if I suddenly became a Billionaire:
I would call a Kitchen Makeover Crew out to my house immediately - I hate our kitchen! and while they were fixing it all up nice and pretty - I would start researching how to set up a foundation to help bring joy to children who are sick.

Three of my bad habits:
1. I'm WAY to shy! Seriously, not sure what is wrong w/ me!
2. I get all excited about my little "side businesses" and then get bored with them within a months time - so all the work is kind of a waste.
3. I hate to clean - but I already mentioned that above.

Five jobs I have had:
Cosemetics Girl @ Drug Emporium
Tom Thumb Cashier
T.A. (Teacher's Assistant) for one of the Accounting Dept. Professors @ BU
External Auditor @ PricewaterhouseCoopers
Senior Auditor @ FedEx

Five things people don't know about me:
1. I have a weird "itch" every 4 years to cut my hair...and I mean cut it short. I'm fighting it right now b/c I want to get through Katy's wedding and possibly our high school reunion before cutting it all off....we'll see if I can make it.
2. I drink TONS of milk...WHOLE milk :) YUM!
3. Supposedly I'm related to Michelle Phieffer and Sean Connery
4. I hate talking on the phone.
5. I've never been able to figure out if I dream in color or black and white.

I tag: Ashley, Tiffani, Kristen, Jerica, & Lisa {have fun girls!}

ELMO

Ashley went to see Elmo Live this past weekend and LOVED it! She thought she was such a big girl with her Elmo penant flag and sitting in the auditorium watching all the characters from Sesame Street sing and dance around. We all had a blast!

Here is a video that I took w/ our regular camera - so excuse the poor quality - and I wasn't thinking and shot half of it sideways (which now I can't change...oh well).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7BE3iQvwdc

In Need of a BLOG MAKEOVER?

It's finally here ~ The Trendy Mommy Blog Design! HIP HIP HOORAY! I'm pleased to announce my new little venture, a place where you can get that oh so desired blog makeover.

And to kick things off --- I'm giving away 5 (YES, FIVE) freebies! See my premade headers and get the details on how to enter the contest at the BLOG MAKEVER FREEBIE CONTEST!
Here's a little taste of what I've cooked up...

Will You Be Mine?

Happy Valentine's Day <3,>

Ashley & Mommy were busy in the kitchen today making Valentine Cookies for all the sweethearts in Ash's life...we had soooooo much fun! and got soooo messy! It was great! Here are some cute pics of our Little Miss Muffet :) (ok..so there are a lot of pic...but we had soooo much fun!)

Notice how the entire shaker was emptied on this one cookie :) Ashley said this one was for Granken...

Where are you going with that icing little miss?
Around to the other side of the table to lick it of course ;)Look at that face & those hands! FUN!

Cherish These Times

Last weekend the weather was so beautiful! We decided to pack a picnic lunch and enjoy being outside together. We had a great lunch and then Ashley did her favorite things - swing and slide!
I love how tiny she looks in this picture...even though she can eat a sandwich and pasta with a fork like a big girl...she's still my little girl ;)

Little Miss Priss

Here is a pic of Ashley a few Sunday's ago before church. What a cutie!

Ashley likes to put curlers in her hair while mommy gets ready in the mornings. I think we have one little girly girl on our hands here :)
This past weekend we opened up a savings account in Ashley's name - here is a pic of her after we had taken out all the money in her little piggy bank. We put it in bags for her and she carried it to the bank. She doesn't look very happy in this picture...must have wanted to keep all the money in her own little piggy bank...JK!