Sunday, July 31, 2011

good weekend

On Friday Marquita, Lisa and I got a 'Presley day'.  We had lunch at Print Works Bistro.  Minnde took Miley out for a while so we could enjoy lunch without picking up sippy cups, flying food ect. and Presley would feel like she had the spotlight. Initially the plan backfired because as Miley was getting in Minndes car and I was packing up Presley, Presley began to cry huge crocodile tears.  "I'm gonna miss Miley...I just feel like I don't even have a sister...whaaaaaa  whaaaa  whaaaa." I said to Presley, "but you leave Miley all time and you don't get upset" to which she explained "that's different, I don't care if I leave but Miley needs to be at home where she is safe...whaaaaaaaa."  So I told Presley that she was gonna have mommy, Nana and Lisa all to herself and so on and eventually she cheered up. 
Print Works is a "green" restaurant.  We explained that didn't mean the color; don't think Presley really understood or just didn't care, but I think that's pretty cool.


crispy vegetable filled brick dough cigars

Presley feeding Lisa Brussels sprouts, which she loves second to broccoli, but doesnt like chocolate...very strange


thanks for the treat Nana, we had fun

As soon as we got in the car Presley asked if we were going to get Miley.  Minnde had safely returned Miley and her and daddy were waiting for us so we could head to the lake.

reunited at last

This turned out to be a monumental lake trip for one reason; Presley went off the high dive!  She stood up there holding her nose and inching to the edge then backing up and changing her mind for a long time.  We didn't really think she would do it.  I think Lucas and I both peed our swimsuits when she jumped.  But she survived! We all clapped and made a scene and told her how brave she was but when she got out of the water she got in my lap and cried for about 5 minutes.  She may have peed her swimsuit too.

thinking about it...


if daddy is around and she is in my lap instead of his, she is either sick or hurt.  I guess the sting you get in your nose after lake water goes up it qualifies as hurt.

I love riding on the boat at night.  Very scary picture of me but look at Miley.  She LOVED it. Her daddy was literally sweating like a cow because she was even on the boat, I think Brandon brought us back just before he had a full blown panic attack.

Lucas' favorite part of every lake trip is fixing breakfast in the mornings

Anthony and Pam Price joined us this trip with their 3 month old baby Kylie


how cute is she?


Presley telling the lake goodbye.  Reminds me of when she was like 2, she would wave goodbye to the water in the bathtub as  it went down the drain when her bath was over.

                                                                  the ride home
 

Friday, July 29, 2011

playdates




breakfast with Miley

Playdate at Laura's
Had lots of fun with the exception of #1 being forced to taste watermelon, which by the way didn't change my mind.  It still taste like a jar of rain water with an old cucumber in it. Disgusting, just like the previous times I was forced to taste it.
And #2 being threatened with a butcher knife and having a seed spit at my forehead after taking Laura's picture.



Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tuesday

I work on Tuesdays.  I have learned to brace myself when I get home because apparently the rules are not really the same when mommy is not home.  This Tuesday when I got home Presley told me (with a very proud voice) "I gave Bernice a haircut"  I glanced at Bernice and thought, oh ok I see she trimmed the top of her head. I had to try really hard not to laugh out loud, but then I looked closer and realized she cut all the hair off her back also.

poor Bernice

hello sunshine

sunny toes :)

Miley got a bikini from my sweet friend Karen from a baby shower before she was born.  I don't let my girls wear bikinis. Not because I think they are from the devil or any of that non-sense, its just a personal preference.  But this tiny bikini was too cute not to at least put it on her for a photo...

almost anything is cute when its tiny
(almost)
but this is for sure

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

ordinary days

ordinary days are the best


Presley served ice cream for hours
they played in the pool
we made Cornish Hens for dinner
she followed me around

Minnde stopped by and brought these to the girls

she took a bath in scuba gear

 
nothing extraordinary
yet perfect


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Gungor - Beautiful Things

can't get this song out of my head...love it






All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

Thursday, July 21, 2011

instagrams

they probably will not remember these days...but i will




they make me happy

skinned knees

Lucas called me at work on Tuesday to "warn me so I didn't panic when I got home".  He said Presley had a cut on her foot and Miley had a skinned knee.  I expected much worse than what I found when I got home.  I should be used to his extreme over exaggerations when it comes to our children by now.

                 Miley's 1st skinned knee - 1yr old
              Presley's 1st skinned knees - 2 1/2yrs old
                        (yep we took a picture)

                       ~First of many I'm sure~

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Miley's 1st birthday party

Miley is one! So hard to believe! We celebrated with brunch.  We did brunch one year for Presley and it works well because it doesn't consume the entire Saturday for everyone and you avoid the afternoon melt down time.  Miley had a fever a couple of nights ago and has been very clingy the past several days so I was a little worried about what her attitude would be like, but she was in a great mood and had a blast!  Sometimes pictures tell the story best so here we go (there is a lot!)













 she hugged her cake






thanks for coming oreo pops 

A year is a long time to go without one single night of 8 hours of sleep, a long time to get daily visits twice a week in the ER from a nursing baby who refuses to take a bottle, and a long time to kick your husband out of the bed because the baby demands to sleep with mommy.  But a year seems so short to smell that sweet baby smell, to snuggle with a sleeping baby in your arms, to watch them grow and learn, and way too short to fall completely and madly in love with a whopping 17 pound little person.  I pray for her future everyday.  I thank God for letting me borrow her everyday. 

Thanks to everyone who helped make her party special!