So let's talk DRESS. I'm a procrastinator. I'm working to get better, but it's a work in progress...
S L O W work some days!! I had in mind that I was going to wear a certain dress for this Mardi Gras Ball that my mother-in-law had invited us to attend on Valentine's Day but I never bothered to get the dress out of the bag since I knew it had been dry cleaned the last time I wore it.
Well, lo and behold, 4 DAYS before the Ball, I decided I better get it out and it.had.a.hole!! Aaaaaah! So in a mad rush I dashed from store to store looking for something suitable. Lucky for me I found this lovely dress just before I lost all hope that I would find something ready to go.
And so while the littles had a super fun valentine sleepover date of their own with Noonie (1st time too!)...
...Lance and I got to play dress-up for a change!
We had a great time and it was so fun to see some of our friends and Lance's cousins that we don't get to see often enough.
Shane & Amanda...
Thomas & Julie...
{I borrowed this pic from Julie's page because they looked so cute!!}
I didn't get a pic of Lindsey & Jeremy but we loved seeing them too!
Lance's mom looking all sassy and passing out mardi gras beads!
cRaZY glasses!
Fun times!!
Thank you Noonie for keeping the littles so we could have this fun night!!
XOXO,
These buckets have brought so many smiles to the littles over the years! I love bringing them out year after year.
Time sort of snuck up on me and I didn't have a chance to find sweet vintage valentine note cards to write the littles' love notes. I found these at Target and they were a fun alternative. Sweet colors too!
Waiting...
So excited!
Hudson doesn't care much about clothes, but he got a kick out of these pj's!!
Oh yes, the little pumpkin has FINALLY decided skinny jeans are A-OK!! Woo hoo!
Pete the Cat! Hudson's a big fan!!
And a tiny fairy for Grace...dainty and sweet. LOVE!
Happy Valentine's Day to these two little monkeys!! Mama and Daddy love you!
And Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!
In case you didn't know this by now, I'm the world's worst at writing up a blog post in a hurry when those pockets of time come my way and then getting interrupted and forgetting to press "publish" so I'm catching up on my valentine week posts. And because I'm OCD, I'm publishing them back to the day I wrote them - ha!
So a couple of weeks ago, the littles were having a not-so-nice day to each other, so out came the craft supplies! Distraction at its finest!
Noonie was due back from Puerto Rico the next day so it was the perfect time to make a few heart paper chains to show her how much we missed her. Win-Win! Grace helped me fold the paper accordion style and then I traced the hearts, making sure to leave the sides of each heart off the paper. I then handed them each a pair of scissors and voila! Sweet paper chains.
Because creativity is messy...
AND beautiful!!
Waiting with anticipation...
I.SEE.HER!!!
No matter how many times we go through this routine, it never fails...I get tears in my eyes EVERY.SINGLE.TIME.
I love my mom dearly...and so do the littles!
My heart flutters every time I think of this sweet moment in time!! On Sunday, Lance and Grace went on their first Daddy-Daughter Dance. We shopped for this dress "pink...I really want it to be pink"...and "grown-up girly shoes"...and "a hair flower, not a bow". Oh my!
I even let her borrow one of my strands of pearls. She was over the moon excited about that! There was even a tiny little corsage!!
And LOTS of pictures!! Phone pics so they could be sent out to the grandmas right away...
And big camera pics so we could remember this sweet moment down the road...
This was my favorite pic. I'm sure it'll make an appearance at her wedding someday...
Her BFF Savannah also went to the dance with her daddy and when Grace and Savannah saw each other, you would have thought they hadn't seen each other in years! Girly squeals and "sassy" poses, I tell ya!
I told Lance to send me pics from the dance and even though I didn't get them until they were back home {hahahaha - men!}, I absolutely LOVE this one! You could tell they were having a blast!!
Looooove!
And then there is this one photo. Oh, heavens! If this is any indication of what we are in for, we are IN TROUBLE!!!
What a fun day!! Sweet, sweet memories - made my mama heart swell with love even more than usual!
First things first...I am overwhelmed with emotion reading your sweet comments to my last post - thank you for lifting my spirits!
I've let it go and moved on. There's too much good in this world waiting to be revealed to us to be caught in a net of negativity. To each and every one of you who took the time to drop me a line...my life is richer for having you in it. THANK YOU doesn't seem quite adequate, but I hope you will be able to somehow feel my heart behind those two little words.
I never intended to be gone for this long, but life has a way of getting in the way, you know?? I knew you could relate!
Right after my last post, we had two back to back crazy things happen and well, you know the rest!! First, Grace had a rainbow loom incident. She begged me to take the rainbow loom bracelet kit in the car to pass the time and even though I hesitated, I said yes. Well, lo and behold, that was NOT a good idea!!
As we were rushing to get out the door on time one morning, I heard blood-curling screams coming from the garage. In full Olympic sprint mode, I raced to see what was going on, only to find the little pumpkin mouth agape, with the rainbow loom needle sticking STRAIGHT OUT!! She said she didn't have it in her mouth as she was getting in the car, but my mama intuition says otherwise. Seems she lost her balance somehow and the needle went straight in her mouth and pierced the inside of the roof of her mouth, at the very back of the soft palate. IT.WAS.STUCK!
{This is when 10 minutes seem to go on forever.} It was buried in a way that I couldn't see which way the hook was facing to be able to pull it out in the opposite direction. I called Lance, who had already left for work, and couldn't get him. Finally, called my mom and luckily she was in town and was able to come over to assist me. I just knew there was no way I could drive her to the ER like that. I needed another adult to drive so I could hold her.
She was being so brave. I had to leave her alone in our room to go dig for a flashlight {figures!}. I was simultaneously trying to calm her down and saying a prayer. I decided to try one more time after asking her to swallow all the yucky blood and spit {she was a trooper, I tell ya!}. When she did that, I was able to gently tug and see a tiny point of the hook, so I twisted and pulled in the opposite direction and voila, the darn needle came out...yes, along with lots more blood and saliva!! YUCK!
Pic has nothing to do with that morning...but it does have 3 of my favorite people in it!! :)
Noonie examined her and said it would heal on its own - that she didn't need other emergency medical care - that was a huge relief! So after some mama cuddles and ibuprofen, we managed to make it to both schools on time. Talk about a crAzY morning!!
And if that wasn't enough, the next day, one of our bathrooms flooded...while we were gone to ballet and dinner...luckily it was CLEAN water!! {count your blessings!}. Water got into our hall {wood floors}, living room, and Grace's room. We spent the next 4 days with 8 industrial size fans and some crazy looking machine the water damage crew brought in. The damage was minimal, thank goodness, and I can't tell you enough how HAPPY I was when they came to get the last of the fans out. Living in an "airport runway" is NOT for me - ha!
So as you can see, blogging took a step back...waaaaay back! But stay tuned for some fun pics from the little pumpkin's first Daddy-Daughter Dance!! A couple of days before the dance, I asked her what she thought about the whole thing and she struck this little pose. Soooooo sweet! I made her recreate it just so I could grab my phone and take a pic - ha!
She stole my heart. As did this little fella when he gave me the valentine he made me at school. I am one lucky mama to be able to call these two little people mine.
