Happy Birthday Uncle Bob

Today we want to wish our Uncle Bob a happy birthday!

Lina enjoyed school today. Me and Cassidy did a little shopping and got my hair cut. She was sooo good. Everyone loved her and she would just smile and laugh for them. She brightened our day. Last night, Lina had her first "I'm scared of thunder" night. It started not long after she went to bed and she woke up crying for Mommy, saying "I don't like that Funder". So we were up a little late, but not too bad. Thanks for your prayers by the way, I've slept better the past couple of nights!

More snow pics

Cassidy didn't get out in the snow, she was busy dreaming about it though.

Sliding, even in the snow.

look close and you can see how big the flakes were!

Throwing a snowball at Daddy

We had a great time this weekend. Lance was home, even most of Friday, so we had a lot of good family time. I do have a request for some personal prayers. I have been having trouble getting to sleep at night, my mind just starts racing and it really defeats me. The girls are sleeping so good,they both slept until 8:00 a.m. this morning, so I get so frustrated at myself for not taking advantage of the time. Anyway, I did get a good nap this morning. We're going to venture out in a little while, most of the snow is quickly melting. We've had a great weekend, hope you did too.

Snow Much Fun!

Well, we had a nice little Spring snow storm today! It was fun, we have probably 6 inches of snow in our back yard. Carolina had a blast, we had to make her come in.

Silly Glasses

Cassidy is making strides each day. This video is her starting to try to turn over. She is very close to turning over from her back to her belly. Just today she has grabbed a toy and tried putting it in her mouth. We had her 4 month check-up this morning. We went to a new doc, named Dr. Henley. All of my friends haved raved about the whole office there, so we decided to try him out. They were nice, no one was in the waiting room and we went back in less than 5 minutes! She got her shots and cried of course but not for long. I had prayed over her this morning that the pain would be quick and it was.

We've had a lazy afternoon, Lance got off early and picked us up some supper. We are now waiting for a few inches of snow, that's right, SNOW! I thought Alabama had crazy weather.

For the Grands

Hey, I know there was already a short post today, but I'm posting some more pics and a video for anyone, but especially the grandparents.

First Playgroup

Cassidy had her first playgroup yesterday, there was a baby boom this winter in our MOMS Club. They are all girls between 2 and 6 months. It was so cute. Cassidy's bow was a hot commodity for the little one next to her, it was so funny to try to keep her from getting it. It will be fun to watch them change over the coming months.

Weekend Report

We've had a nice weekend. We had some new friends over on Saturday. Dan and Sara with their little ones. Dan will start work with Lance this summer. They were really nice and we have a lot in common, and Lina LOVED having their kids to play with. Speaking of Carolina, she got her first bad nursery report this morning at church. It seems that she dropped her drawers, not once,not twice, but 3 times during nursery. We'll have to work on that. Cassidy however was "perfect" according to her teachers. Enjoy the video of her we made while Pops was in.

Leopard Pecans

Pops and Uncle Bob got back on the road to Bama this morning. We had a lot of fun. Yesterday we went to Woolaroc. It was really neat. We filled each day with something trying to stay out of the house while Lance slept. He had to do nights again this week. You'll see the air mattress Pop's slept on. It was a big hit with Lina, she had her own "jumper". They put up a new swing on the back porch for the girls too. Of course schedules went out the window and we are paying for it today. Carolina is crying at her door as I type. After 4 trips back into her room to get her down for a nap, it's time to let her cry it out. Sorry Lance. I'm attaching some pics of our good times this week.

I was going to do a St Patty's Day post, but we were too busy, but I'll share what Lina said yesterday. She was looking at the clovers and leprechaun clings we have on our back window and she told her Uncle Bob that she had fixed the leopard pecans!

Aquarium

Carolina got to visit the Oklahoma Aquarium on Saturday. She liked it better than I thought she would. She really loved the big shark tank. She stood right at the glass and every once-in-a-while she would say "Wowww". Then she would try to tell whoever would listen how big they were. It was cute.

We've had a big time today with Pops and Uncle Bob, we'll blog on that later.

Friday Fun

I took the girls to Chick-fil-A this morning. They were very good, I had to change Cassidy's clothes and everything after a diaper failure! I'll have to learn that those cheapies are not always the best. Carolina had a great time and finally found the courage to go down the slide there. She made 2 new friends and the little girl went down with her. Of course she was hooked then. The little boy and girl started fighting over who got to take Lina down the slide. Then we went to Target and got some Easter shoes. They have tons of cute shoes in right now, I just had to walk away. We are looking forward to a few days with Pops, he is coming up this weekend! Everyone have a good weekend.

World's Best Daddy

Yesterday Carolina told me, out of the blue, that she wanted to go to "credible pizza". For those outside of Tulsa, that's Incredible Pizza, where there are games galore and lots of pizza. I just said we'll go sometime. She was fine with that and said, "maybe later". When her Daddy called she wanted to talk to him and she told him she wanted to go. Well, he just happened to have the rare slow clinic day and we all met in Tulsa and went to credible pizza and played games. Carolina had a great time. He is a good Daddy. I love you baby!

Ridiculous

I had to share this quick story. I may have told part of it before. A couple of weeks ago I was having a big fight with the trash bag. It would not fit around the mouth of the garbage can, even Lance tried to help. I got so frustrated and I just walked off and said "this is ridiculous". Well, you know little miss sponge was soaking the whole scene in. Fast forward to this afternoon. We were in Cassidy's room changing a diaper and Carolina said we needed a bag in the can. I handed her the Wal-mart bag to line the can and she tries to stretch the handles over the sides. Of course she was having some trouble. Then she starts saying "ridiculous, ridiculous" over and over. I laughed so hard. She even had that frustrated look on her face.

Artist

Here are some pictures of my budding artist. Carolina loves to paint, draw and color. She especially loves to use my good markers and is pretty good with them most of the time. She even knows to put the tops back on (although that doesn't mean she always will). Her favorite is probably her water colors. Oh, and she has her mother's habit of sticking her tounge out during deep concentration. This technique produces better work!

Yes, she does wear that hat everywhere incase you were wondering why it's on in most of her pictures.

Cassidy

Some pics of Cassidy and a video of her sending kisses to her grandparents

Spring has Sprung

Today we have been outside, it is in the 80's! I was going to go to the MOMS club meeting this morning ,I havn't been in quite some time, but now they have let a "Dad" join. I would have had to nurse Cassidy during the meeting and I am not comfortable doing that now. So, instead we went to Chic-fil-a and Wal-mart. Carolina had a great time on their playground, she had it to herself. We were going to go to the park too, but it was so windy and by the time we went by, it was time to feed Cassidy, so we headed on home. I've attached a video of us playing in our own park out back!

Oh, and I changed my background again, the other one was just too "wintery" on a day like this.

Tuesday

We went this morning and signed up Carolina for preschool at our church! It's a 2-day program and they learn the Bible and basic academics, like the alphabet and colors and such. They have music too. I know she will love it, plus several of her playgroup friends will be in her class. I didn't want the drive to Owasso twice a day, but it will be worth it I think.

Cassidy and I went to our new JC Penny this morning. It's soooo nice and big. It has everything, the salon, photo studio, make-up at Sephora....

When we picked up Lina from school she had used a marker as "make-up" and had an extra set of eyebrows, and a streak of purple "blush". The teachers thought it was so funny that they left it on her for me to see. She is such a mess! On the way home I asked her what she did at school, she said"we didn't do anything". I thought that was a teenagers answer?

American Idol- Potty Edition

Yes, she's going to kill me years down the road, but it's just sooo cute right now. Here is a video of Carolina singing her own made-up song into her pen (microphone). I think she's got talent!

She is always saying something so funny to us, maybe not to those who aren't there to actually hear come from her, but you can read on if you want. Earlier this week, she wanted to put her crayon behind her ear so she could "look like PawPaw". I guess he was sticking his pen behind his ear while working his Soduko puzzles during their visit. My, what little minds observe. And this morning I told her we were going to eat a biscuit for breakfast, she said "MawMaw and PawPaw are coming to make biscuits?" Can you tell the child doesn't get biscuits cooked for her otherwise? I told her yesterday she really needed a NAP because she was so cranky, she whined all evening, her reply was "no, I'm happy". I could go on and bore everyone, but I won't. Everyone have a great week!