Happy 5th Birthday Angel Face!

Cheating

I am going to cheat today and send you over to my Mom's blog, Slim Pickens, so that you can see why I've been too busy to blog. Thanks Mom for letting me cheat (it's not like I gave you a choice).

Happy 3rd Birthday Baby Cakes!

Valentine Fun!

We started our Valentine's Day off with presents and heart shaped French Toast. Yum!


































































Then Grandma came and picked up the girls for a morning at Lowe's the make jewelry boxes and then a quick lunch at White Castle.












After fun with Grandma our special visitors from Columbia arrived! We sent the boys off to do boy stuff while us girls headed to the Galleria to make "Valentine Friends".


















































And look what I got! The perfect ending to a perfect Valentine's Day!

Fancy "Brave" Aly

If you know who Fancy Nancy is you'll appreciate this Fancy story! Yesterday Aly and Ashley had their 5 & 3 year old check-ups. Anyone who has a 5 year old knows what the 5 year check up means...Kindergarten shots.

After dance class yesterday morning I took the girls to Mickey D's for lunch before their doctor appointment. We were sitting down eating and this mom with two girls came and sat down behind us. The older girl (about Aly's age) was a little rowdy and she had an extremely short skirt on with these high heels that looked like dress up shoes. The little girl kept running back and forth from the drink station to her mom, etc. Aly took one look at her and said "Mom...she's trying to be fancier than me, that's not fair, nobody is as fancy as me". I just kind of chuckled and told Aly that she was indeed the fanciest.

So off to the doctor. I told Aly she didn't have to get shots at her appointment because I wanted to talk with the doc about vaccines and all this stuff that's in the media. I've been doing my own research on it as well. After much discussion I relented to letting her have her vaccines yesterday because Aly said "I want to get it over with". She was a real trooper, 5 shots. I felt very bad for but she got alot of special treats. They even gave us coupons for free kids meals at Red Robin...YUM. Red Robin is the girls favorite restaurant so what a bonus deal (thanks Nicole for the great pediatrician recommendation). Her arms a little tender today and she is taking lots of Motrin and I think she's playing the sympathy card...just a smidge!

Hotel For Dogs, Spring Cleaning & Home Improvement

First off I have to start by saying Kim, you were right, I have been busy because I am shopping for boy stuff! Seriously, work has kept me pretty busy as well as trying to keep up on everything. Unfortunately I haven't been able to clean my house the way I would like to, all in one day. I've had to do it bit by bit since I get wiped out so easy these days. It's almost to the point where I am about to say forget it. Corey even asked me if I wanted to hire someone to clean the house. You all probably think I'm crazy for not taking him up on it but I did say "no thank you, I can clean my own house, but you're going to have to help".

I took the girls out on a date this past week to see Hotel For Dogs. Cute movie, during one scene the girls started crying uncontrollably about the movie, fortunately there was only one other family in the theater so I'm sure they understood. Corey and I actually went on a date Friday night. His parents took the kids for the evening and even gave us money to go out. Now those are the kind of dates I like where people pay me to take my kids!

The date is what started the Home Improvement frenzy! After our nice dinner out (with hair in my food, GROSS) we did what any other couple on a date would do, we went to Lowe's. Corey finally got his extra landscaping lighting and spent the majority of Saturday Installing it. Saturday night it was back to Lowe's (but with the girls) to buy paint and bathroom fixtures. We are working on painting the house a little at a time since all you get is builder white when you buy a new home and cheap fixtures. I'm not sure when these improvements will start but I hope soon! I am anxious to get the baby crib out and start getting everything ready for Joel. June will be here before you know it (at least that's what I keep telling myself).

So the whole Home Improvement thing started the Spring Cleaning frenzy. The way I cleaned the kitchen yesterday you would've thought the baby was coming next week and not in June. I think it was a combo of the nice weather and me just wanting everything in order. My mom, my sister and my niece are all coming in from Dallas in two weeks and I feel like I have to get everything ready now (see Mom, it's a good thing you're not surprising me) since it takes me two weeks to clean the house. We are having a family birthday party for the girls that weekend and my dear sweet sister is giving me a baby shower since she knows we have absolutely nothing for a boy. I do have all of the big stuff but I don't think I have one blanket, sleeper or burp cloth that doesn't have pink something all over it!

Well we are at the start of another busy week but this is a special week! I love Valentine's Day! I think it's completely over commercialized for couples but I love to show others how much we love them this time of year. It's always fun to make V-day really special for the girls. Now if I could just get my hands on some Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries from The Candy Factory in Columbia all would be well!

Promise

I'll update soon!