As if our shopping excursion wasn’t fun enough we had the pleasure of visiting with some of our favorite people in the world, but let me back up. My good friend, Amye was pregnant late last week when I talked to her and it is rare for us to go more than a few days with speaking, whether in person, on the phone or via email. Since I worked all weekend and was out of town all week, it had been awhile since we talked. I decided on the 3.5 hour drive home last Friday to call and check on her. Her due date had been the day before and I knew she had to be getting close. Can you believe that when I called she was holding her baby? Macklin Asher Carle was born on Sunday, March 29th while I was driving to work. She’d tried to get in touch with me, but my travels prevented that. She’d had that ...
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{the weekend, part 2}
**When I posted the prayer request yesterday, I didn't expect to generate so much chatter. For each of you who commented or emailed me I AM NOT PREGNANT :). The matter is much simpler and you'll probably laugh at me later. I only asked for your prayers because I'm a worrier by nature. Thank you for your response, though, I appreciate your friendship so much!** Even though we were very excited about spending the day together, SD had to go to work. Ella & I slept late and took our time eating breakfast, cleaning house and getting ready. Since this was my only weekend home between now and Easter/wedding festivities I had many errands to run. Final wedding details to take care of, groceries to buy, and Easter baskets to coordinate. Fortunately for me, Ella is already a fan of the ...
Thursday
You know what I got today? These precious pictures a sweet telephone call from a little girl who said, "I want you to come home right now!" Yes, ma'am. I'll be home in almost exactly 24 hours and I cannot wait. ...
The effects of chocolate
Before After She got a chocolate surprise for having a great potty day. Excited doesn't even begin to describe it. ...
Baking Cookies
This post is why you shouldn't bake cookies with a two year old. Let me start over. My mom actually baked the cookies, but I did have the monumental task of icing 40 pairs of undies and with a two year old, that is some serious work! Not only did she cough and have to be redirected and instructed to cover her mouth*, she put her foot in one cookie and her hand in another. Seriously? The cookies turned out perfect. It's a good thing, too, because my day was going downhill fast. My yellow necklace was broken when it arrived today and they are currently sold out. Thank goodness for wire-cutters and ingenuity, because I put it back together. Then I opened the pretty eggplant dress. First of all, it isn't eggplant it's purple. Second of all, the medium is more like an extra small and ...
Bunny Love
Because Ella loves her so much, she makes these kinds of faces when SD tortures them. ...
A Cinderella Thank You
We received a care package from Aunt Lane this week and Ella couldn't have been happier. There was a vintage high-chair for Jaz, Mickey Christmas ornaments and stickers, lavender scented lotion, bath wash and diaper cream and most importantly a Cinderella bank. ...
Spring fever
We are ready for spring at the rock house. We are ready to plant flowers and play outside, barbeque on our gazebo and watch fireflies light up our back porch. We're ready for sandals and capri pants and new spring wardrobes. In fact, today I picked up some sandals, a few dresses and a windbreaker for our resident princess and it sparked a spring cleaning frenzy. Her closet was atrocious. It was spilling over and clothes were piling up around her room. I'm embarrassed to show you the pictures. I'm even more embarrassed that Josh has been such a good husband and has really been keeping the laundry rolling around here and I, unfortunately, haven't been putting it away. Here we are before. And here we are in the middle... And finally, a very pleasant after. She probably tried on 20 ...