Happy Mother's Day

As we know, May is a crazy month for Daddy, so we decided to play Mother's Day low key and do an early dinner after he was done shipping cattle.  I told him all I wanted were cards from him and Little Guy (and I may have mentioned wanting permission to get rid of our beat up leather couches, but there's always Christmas for that!) and my sweet hubby made sure I woke up to garden picked flowers, two sweet cards and little note....which is even more impressive since he left the house at 3 AM!

Happy Early Mother's Day

Today we went to the zoo to celebrate Mother's Day with Gigi, Papa, Auntie, and Peyton.  Daddy had to work, so it was just Little Guy and me.  Little Guy is still under the weather so he preferred the stroller (shocker!!) or to be in Papa's arms.  Being sick didn't stop him from chanting for giraffes or gawking over the reptile room.  It was a great day to celebrate my amazing mom and my sister's first mother's day with her sweet baby girl.  It's crazy to think that all the ladies in my family are now celebrating being mommies ourselves, what a true blessing it is!

Doc's In

I finally took Little Guy in to the doctor's toady.  It seems the gunky eye, runny nose, rash, and sleep debacle, are all signs of a virus :(  There's nothing we can do other than keep him comfy, but in the meantime, it means I have a sick baby and that's no fun for anyone.  I am pretty sure I'll have a sick self soon as well seeing that we've been sharing a pillow and his favorite direction to cough is directly into my mouth while he's sleeping...

60 days and counting....

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't counting down to July 7th! Of course we are all anxiously awaiting this baby and can't wait to meet him/her. I am also looking forward to having half my brain back ( I know I'll just go from pregnancy brain to new mommy brain, but it's got to be a little improvement) and perhaps a few less aches and pains when I am on the move. In the meantime, there's a lot to get done- we have two family weddings coming this summer, showers to host, attend, and be guests of honor at, a second birthday party to plan, a kitchen to finish remodeling, and a nursery that desperately needs to be attended to...wait, did I say only SIXTY more days???? YIKES!!!!

Happy Birthday Party GiGi

My mom's birthday was actually on May 1st, but we celebrated with friends and family today with a BBQ at my parents.  First, Daddy came home from his weekend away and it was SO NICE to have him back with us.  Little Guy was super excited to come home from breakfast and see Dada's truck in the driveway!  Our yummy dinner included prime steaks that Daddy cut up and Uncle Marked seasoned, along with delicious fixins and ice cream sundaes for dessert!  It was a great way to celebrate our amazing mom and a delicious way to kick off our week!

Cabinets are in!

The cabinets were installed today!  Hip Hip Hoorary our kitchen remodel is starting to look like what we had only imagined in our heads!  My dad and uncle came out to help and after recruiting two other strong men, they were able to get all the cabinets inside and set.  My dad is really the most amazingly skilled craftsman I've ever known and today he showed off his skills again- we couldn't be luckier to have him helping us make this kitchen dream a reality.  Here are some shots of the new cabinets!

Missing His Daddy

As I sit here rocking my very sad little boy, I wonder why EVERY time Daddy is gone for bedtime, Little Guy can't seem to go to bed by himself like usual....daddy swears that on the super rare occasion (I think it's been twice) that I've been gone during bedtime, he's gone down no tears, no questions....well, Daddy's gone for bedtime and the sleeping boy I have on my lap is still sniffling/sleep crying as I rock him...hurry home daddy!