Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!

I got a special delivery at work today. Nick sent a dozen pink roses to school! How sweet! Our kindergartners really got a kick out of it too! ;)



I couldn't wait to get home to my little Valentine today! I had a couple of goodies for Miss Addy when I picked her up from Gran's including a teddy bear and balloon (aka boon).

Her favorite thing of all was daddy's box of chocolates. That girl is a chocolate lover if there ever was one. We had to hide it after she gobbled a few pieces because she hadn't eaten dinner yet! She searched for a couple of minutes before giving up.



I am so thankful for my two Valentines! :)

little hands

Adalynn was recently watching Barney and saw the kids on TV tracing their hands. A few minutes later, she was playing with her magnadoodle. She stuck her hand on it, and handed me the pen with a huge grin. She wanted me to trace her hand! She thought that was the greatest thing!

This girl can't get enough of hand tracin'! We do it quite often. :)

Here is a picture that I thought was so sweet. Nick was playing with Addy, and traced his hand, and then hers inside of it.




precious :)

I came across this poem, and thought it was so sweet.

My Little Hands

My little hands play pat-a-cake
They Peek-a-boo and wave

They catch me as I learn to walk
And splash me as I bathe

My little hands reach up to you
For hugs before I sleep

And fold together when I pray
My Lord my soul to keep

My little hands are tiny now
But yours will serve to guide me

And when I'm grown, I'll still reach out
And know you're right beside me.


*tear*

We are cherishing the time we have with Adalynn while her hands are still little! :)

dress up trunk

Nana got Adalynn the sweetest little dress up trunk for Christmas. It's filled with dresses, tutus, dress up shoes, a wand, a purse, and jewelry. What more could a gal want? ;)

We stuck it in the corner of her playroom (spare bedroom), and thought we would bust it out here in a few months when she was more into that sort of thing.




There it is. So cute!

Well, Little Miss Addy has been lovin' that dress up trunk lately. She has a ball rummaging through all of its goodies!



Here she is modeling one of her tutus.



Tutu back shot! Love it! She was showing it off to daddy and Uncle Corey.



Check out those tootsies in the heels!



Lovin' the princess nightgown with the heels! lol





She likes to use her little trunk for a seat too. It's multi-purpose!

It's true... we have a girly girl on her hands. I am loving.every.minute!!!

a girl and her dog

Adalynn and Brinklee have been the best of buds lately. This is a good change because Brinklee actually went into a deep depression after Adalynn was born. It sounds kinda funny, but it was actually pretty sad watching her mope around all the time. Luckily, she snapped out of it before I had to go to the vet and request puppy Prozac! :)


Everywhere Adalynn goes, Brinklee is right there. If she isn't, Adalynn will call, "Buppy!" Her mixture of Brinklee and puppy!





Here's Brinks getting a good belly rub from Addy!





She stays in close proximity.





Tried to get the two to pose. Brinklee was looking at the camera!



Speaking of Brinklee, she turns 7 tomorrow! Can't believe she's already 7! She is such a good dog and we love her to pieces. Is it weird that I know that my dog's exact birthday is January 21st? Hmmm... possibly, but nonetheless, she was our first baby!



And just for fun... here's a pic of Addy taking a picture of me while I was taking a picture of her! :)




Lovin' the snow boots in the house! That girl loves her shoes!





Who doesn't give their camera a big hug after taking a picture? :)

please pray

Hi everyone!

My grandpa is in great need of prayers. He was diagnosed with cancer in and around his left kidney several days ago. He is in ICU at Floyd Memorial Hospital. His doctors think that the cancer is treatable and curable, if they remove his kidney. However, he is much too weak for any type of operation like that at this time. He spends most of the time sleeping, but when he is awake, it is impossible to understand his speech. We are told that this has to do with some type of imbalance that his kidney problems are causing. He is unable to eat, and they are expecting that they will need to put a feeding tube in soon. If at all possible, please remember my grandpa, grandma, and dad in your prayers during this very difficult time for our family. I know that God is watching over them, and has it all under control, but a few extra prayers are greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much!

Cara

daddy's work

Friday night, we had to run up to Nick's work to use the fax machine. There were still some people there working, and Addy was kind of running around like a crazy lady! :) So... we sat her up in Nick's desk chair and put some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (via Youtube) on the computer for her to watch. This kept her occupied, and she thought she was big stuff "working on" the computer.








Future CEO one day? :)

going night night

Yesterday morning, Nick was painting our living room (which made a big difference)! So, Adalynn and I were spending some quality time upstairs playing. Her room is probably her favorite part of the house anyway so it didn't bother her.

I was doing something in the other room for a second, and glanced into check on her. This is what I saw! She decided to take a night night with her baby doll!




This is a pic taken on a cell phone, so not the best quality.

Don't those two look comfy? She didn't really fall asleep, but laid there like that for a long time. I turned the lights out, and she got mad when I turned them back on! Our gal has been really into baby dolls lately!