Mother's Day 2013

My Mother's Day got started with a bang...in the form of a stomach bug. Blech! I was up most of the night with a terrible stomach bug. Thankfully, it only lasted most of the night and no one else got sick.

 

My little blessings

 

 

Hubby took the girls to church while I recovered from my yucky night. I started feeling better around noon so we went to my aunt and uncle's for lunch with the rest of my family.

 

It was gorgeous day, so we spent the afternoon outside. EJ spent her time putting magnolia leaves in a cooler. AG spent her time playing in the cooler and throwing the leaves out of the cooler :)

 

 

It was too nice to be indoors!

 

 

My 91-year-old Grandma played soccer with EJ

 

So big!

 

 

Surprise!

 

 

It is basically impossible to get them both to look at the camera. :)

 

Life Doings

We've been busy with normal life over here. Just everyday things.

 

Such as watching the fish at wa1-mart. Please notice AG's curls. She does not get them from me! My hair is straight as a stick -- same as EJ's.

 

I got this helmet for EJ from a neighbor. She wore it for three days straight. The best part? She calls it her "telmet". Oh, how I love to hear her ask for it everyday!! 

 

 

I discovered the other day that AG's hair is long enough for pigtails. This doesn't show them very well, but she will not hold still for me to get a good pic. I know she looks mad-as-all-get-out. I promise she wasn't.

 

 

This little one also started walking about 3 weeks ago. Gotta have a pink tutu to show off her new moves :) 

 

EJ was thrilled to get her first mani 

 

 

AG has become obsessed with baby dolls. She carries this one around and feeds her a bottle constantly. 

 

Finally, I have a document this story:

 

Hubby and I rarely call each other by our names. Mostly, we call each other "babe".

 

Well, little ears definitely listen.

 

Hubby brought EJ to our bed the other morning when she woke up. I was still half asleep when I felt a little body lean over me and then say, "Babe. Hey Babe, wake up!"

 

hahaha!

 

Hubby and I cracked up!!

 

She is such a stinker!

 

I don't even want to mention the fact that she has decided she wants to call us "mom" and "dad" instead of "mommy" and "daddy". Thankfully, she forgets and the majority of the time we are still mommy and daddy.

 

Where is my little two year old going??

Beach Weekend

We had our first beach weekend of 2013 last weekend. We headed down to Hubby's family's house at Ocean Isle Beach on Wednesday evening. My in-laws came down on Thursday night and got to enjoy a day with the girls before we headed home Saturday.

 

 

Side note: my MIL is doing great on her chemo treatment. She said she hasn't felt this good in a long time!! What a blessing!

 

Our little family of 4 enjoyed playing on the beach Thursday. EJ actually liked the sand this year...last year she couldn't stand it. I thought AG would follow in her footsteps, but no way!!! That girl LOVED the sand!!!

 

 

While I love the beach, I can't stand the sand. I kept telling myself to let the girls enjoy themselves. There isn't anything that soap and water can't clean off :) I had to take some deep breaths when AG started covering herself in the sand. Gross!! Thankfully, they have a daddy who doesn't mind the sand!

 

Both girls didn't like the waves or the water. It ended up being ok because the water was freezing!

 

The weather was chilly on Friday so we didn't go on the beach. We stayed at the house and watched a lot of the coverage of the manhunt for the Boston terrorist. We did head out for some seafood at lunch, so it was a nice relaxing day.

 

EJ had fun fishing with Pappaw's fishing pole off the dock. She definitely takes after her Daddy in that area. She would yell, "Cast it out, Pappaw!!!!" Once he casted out she would yell, "Now I need to fish and reel it in!!"

 

 

It was a fun few days away and we can't wait to head back down soon!

 

Catch Up

Ugh!! Once again I've slacked off on blogging. Honestly, though, we have been sick around here :( I've had two bouts of brochitis in one month. It was exhausting and I'm sick of being sick!!!! Thankfully I am feeling much better now.

The weather is finally cooperating and acting like Spring :) We've already spent most of our day playing outside today. The girls had a picnic in their fort which they LOVED! AG loves when the wind blows through her hair. It makes her laugh so hard.

Finally, on a sad note of catch up, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma two weeks ago. It was a complete surprise to everyone. We are working through the shock, and she began chemo last week. Thankfully, this chemo shouldn't make her too sick. Her doctor seems optimistic about her treatment, so hopefully a few months of chemo and then a stem cell transplant should put her into remission.

EJ's 2.5 Year Old Interview

EJ turned 2.5 years old yesterday. Just for fun (well, at least the first minute was fun until she began to lose interest and every answer was "I don't know!!!"), I wanted to give her a little interview.

Here are her answers:

1. What is something that Mommy says all the time? Hey! I've got an idea! (I didn't know I said that at all)

2. What makes you happy? when I talk on the phone to Daddy

3. What makes you sad? when I say "wahhhhhh" (fake cries)

4. What makes you laugh? I don't know

5. How old are you? I'm 2!

6. How old is Mommy? 1

7. How old is Daddy? 1

8. What is your favorite toy? ball

9. Who is your best friend? AG (I had to prompt her on this one because I was tired of hearing "I don't know!!!")

10. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't know, Mommy! I don't know!! (well, I guess that's OK. She is only 2.5) :)

11. What are you really good at? Saying "who who whooooo" like an owl

12. What are not very good at? "This"...and she starts fake laughing (ha! actually she is pretty good at fake laughing)

13. What is your favorite food? pretzels (although she has refused to eat them for 2 days)

14. What is your favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle little star

15. What is your favorite animal? cow MOOOOOOOO!!!!!

16. What is love? I don't know. I love you sooooooooooo much!!! (awww!)

17. Where is your favorite place to go? um, this way! {she points left}

18. What would you like for your birthday this year? I'd like GREEN!! (maybe she means money??)

19. What is your favorite color? I like green cake (I don't think she's ever had green cake)

20. Do you like to take naps? NOOOOOO!!! (this isn't entirely true, she sometimes begs me to put her in bed) :)

Wedding Weekend

Wow! We had a very busy, fun weekend; plus last week was just crazy!

 

My brother got married on Saturday afternoon. It was definitely a family affair for our house as I was a bridesmaid and EJ was the flower girl.

 

I worked with EJ for weeks and weeks on walking S-L-O-W. We would walk back and forth down our "aisle" (aka hallway). When we practiced dropping petals, she would drop one and then pick it up :) In the end, the bride decided to surprise my brother by having EJ carry a sign that read "Uncle Kurt, here comes your bride"

 

EJ could not have done better while walking down the aisle!! I hope to have pictures soon of her cute little self coming down the aisle with her sign. She followed the bride and groom out of the sanctuary with the sign reversed. It read, "The Pi...(last name), est. February 23, 2013". Just precious!

 

The Newlyweds...

 

 

 

Anyway, since I was a part of the bridal party and had to keep up with EJ and AG, I barely got any pictures.

 

Here are the few I took before the ceremony...

 

MK's gorgeous dress

 

 

Getting the bride ready. All the bridesmaids choose their own dress -- in solid navy. I loved that MK let us choose our own, now I have a dress that I LOVE and will wear again.

 

The flower girl (sign holder) -- we were running a little behind schedule, so I kept her occupied with crackers :) Plus, I woke up that morning without a voice...it was just gone! That made it interesting trying to keep a two year old out of trouble!

 

Even though it was rainy and dreary on Saturday, the wedding itself was wonderful! Such a fun time for our family!!

SNOW!

I am WAY behind on blogging, so here we go....

 

Three weeks ago we woke up to a very rare, snowy Saturday. It snowed ALL morning but nothing stuck to the ground.

 

AG watching her first snow...

 

By late afternoon, it really started snowing and finally started sticking. We took the girls outside for a quick picture...

 

The next morning, it started melting quickly so we let EJ run around for a few minutes before breakfast...

 

Bless her heart! She doesn't have any mittens or gloves and after picking up the snow she was in tears from how cold it was.

 

I took her inside and warmed up her hands while Hubby made her the smallest snowman ever...

 

We rolled the car to the door so she could see her snowman while she ate breakfast :) He and all the snow were completely gone within a few hours, but it was fun while it lasted!!!