Gearing UP!!!

For a 3 day weekend! (Keeping my fingers crossed for a 3 and half day weekend....hoping we get sent home early today.) Woooo Hoooo!!!! I'm looking foward to spending all weekend with this SWEET face!

[sharing popcorn with mommy]

We have another pretty busy agenda this weekend. Which is a-ok with me. :) Tomorrow morning we have plans to go out to my Aunt Melissa's new house! She's bought a new house and is pretty stoked about it. I'm excited to see it! Most of all, I'm excited for her!

Sunday we have a birthday party to attend. I mentioned Easton's first birthday in my last post. I'm excited we get to see Easton Sunday and share such a special celebration with him. Tuff and I haven't seen him since Christmas. Lana just posted a blog about Easton starting to walk. Check it out here.... He seems to be SO proud! And he's such a sweetie. Always smiling, no matter what! His official birthday is TODAY so I'd like to wish a big ole HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, Easton!!!!! :) Enjoy your day sweet boy!!!

Monday we plan to get together with family and celebrate Memorial Day!!! Hopefully with some tasty hamburgers/hot dogs/pot salad/and baked beans!!! YUM! We've been trying to talk my mother in law into opening her pool in this weekend so we're all keeping our fingers crossed(xxx) that we have some water to swim in before/after our tasty meal. Especially since their calling for 90+ degrees on Monday!!!

I know everyone is just as excited about their 3 day weekend too! What are your plans???

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!

WILW

Happy Wednesday Ya'll!!!

I decided to link up with Jamie today for a "What I'm Loving Wednesday" post! If you'd like to link up too, just click here.

So what am I loving this Wednesday???

I'm loving that we're half way to the weekend!!! Best of all, a 3 day weekend! Thank goodness for a little holiday time off.

MostEST of all, Praise God for any and all of our fallen soldiers who who have fought for our Freedom!!!

They mean so much to us and MORE :)

I'm also loving this sweeeeet boy.

[who had to wear his boots to MeMe's this morning]

And... if you're wondering why he's looking a little drained, it's probably because he was up running around the house at 4:45 this morning. Thanks to his MeMe who let him have a 4 hour nap yesterday afternoon. The nap ending at 5 o'clock in the afternoon!!! :)

I'm also loving the birthday planning I've been working on for the big boy above. I know a posted a few weeks ago about a Blue's Clue's theme. Well, plans have changed. I'll give ya'll a hint who's included in the new theme...

Any guesses?

I'm glad that our sweet boys mind changed before it was too late. One because I didn't want it to be too late. (I plan on making some of my first purchases this week) And two because I like this theme mucho better. :)

I'm also loving that Tuff and I get to see this sweet face on Sunday for his very first birthday!!!

Time sure does fly!!! Happy 1st Birthday Easton!

And of course, I'm especially loving the reassuring kicks/punches I'm getting from this little one...

SOOO..... What are ya'll loving on this beautiful Wednesday?

27 weeks & Ada's big Day

I AM

27 weeks

How Far Along: 27 weeks

Size of baby: The website I googled said baby boy is currently the size of a head of cauliflower. He is also weighing in around 2 pounds and is 14 1/2 inches long.

 Total Weight Gain/Loss: My scale at home shows +7. We will follow up with my doctor next Friday to find out for sure.

Maternity Clothes: Almost everything is maternity except a few things.

Gender: It's a BOY!!!

Movement: Moving, Moving, Moving. Thats all this sweet boy wants to do.

What I miss: Sleep & energy and being able to bend over without dreading it. Haha.

Cravings: Half sweet/half unsweet tea!

Symptoms: Physical exhaustion and no sleep.

Best Moment this week: Being able to feel Gunner more and more. This past weekend we got to feel his sweet little foot or hand pushing out the side of my belly.

 And here are a few pictures from Ada's first Birthday party!!!

MeMe and PaPa interrupting her cake time.

mmmm... Yum!

PRESENTS... Tuff was a helper ;)

Ridind her new lion.

Tuff's favorite part, the balloons!

I'd say it was a successful first for Ada! :)

Good Ole Days filled weekend

For starters, I AM still alive after our looong and crazy weekend. Barely, but I am. :)

Both pageants were a success. Neither Tori or Ada placed but that's not really what they entered for either. They entered for fun and fun is what they had. We worked hard all afternoon on Friday to prep Tori for her pageant Friday night. Everything turned out beautifully. Here are some pictures to prove it...

I was one proud sista! :)

Here are a few other pictures from our night at the Good Ole Days!

Having a bite to eat

And a mini photo shoot of my sweet boy, who's starting to look all grown up :(

Trying out mommys sunglasses

LOVE those kisses! :)

And he LOVES his mommy!

Ada was also a little sweetie in her pageant.

It was a long but fun weekend. Sunday we celebrated Ada's birthday at the park but that will be a later post! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!!

Wouldn't you love...

To win a cute monogrammed tee for your sweet miss or mister.

Hop on over to Megan's blog and check out the details to enter for a chance to win!

http://www.inthiswonderfullife.com/2011/05/giveaway-discount-monday_23.html



TGIF

First off, I'd like to wish my beautiful niece a Happy 1st Birthday!!!

[enjoying a delicious cupcake for breakfast this morning]



HAPPY FRIDAY!

HAPPY WEEKEND!

Bring on the festivities!!!

Only Thursday?

Is it really only Thursday? I know ya'll are probably thinking "You're crazy, tomorrow is Friday!" But this week has just drrruuuuuggg by for me. And this sweet baby...

[picture taken last night before bed time]

Must have been feeling the same way this morning. I knew it was going to be a long day for him when I went in to wake him up this morning. As soon as I touched him, I got a long, loud "eeehhhhhhh!" Followed by a mini fit when I started to dress him. Once we got to MeMe & PaPa's house it continued with a grip tight hold onto mama. He wasn't letting go of me, that's for sure!! Mom said that was his way of telling me he wanted to stay home today. Poor Bud! Sometimes I wish I could stay home with him every day! I know I would most definitely enjoy the all day lovin'. But for now, this mama is a workin mama!

We have a long eventful weekend ahead of us and every time I start to think of all the plans we have, I have to stop and inhale/exhale. Our small town is hosting it's annual "Good Ole Days" event this weekend and 2 members of our family are attending pageants/parade. I'm not sure how much I've mentioned my younger sister on my blog but she is 13 years young (going on 25) and she's entered herself in the "Miss Teen" pageant tomorrow night. Now, for most girls this may sound like something in the norm. But for my sister, this is taking a big step outside of her box. She's always been the quiet/stand offish type. So we were all shocked to hear that she was interested in something like this. Shocked, but happy! I'm excited to see her try something out of her "norm." Anyways, my weekend officially starts tomorrow at 2. I am taking off work a little early to be there for the preparation process and I am excited to be apart of it! :)

Here is a picture of me with my 3 sisters...

Pageant queenie is on the left of me.

Isn't she puuurdy?!?!

Good luck tomorrow night sista!!!!

Love you! :)

The other member of our family attending a pageant is attending one a wee bit younger. I'd like to introduce you all to a current runner up for the Baby Miss pageant....

Now if that's not enough cuteness for a possible 1st place, I'm not sure what the heck else is ;)

Good luck sweet baby Ada!

We'll be there cheerin you on.

Love you!!!

Following all the Friday and Saturday shenanigans, Sunday we will be celebrating the sweet girl above's very 1st Birthday party in the park! It should be a fun time for Ada and everyone else attending. It's so hard to believe this sweet girl is already turning one. I know I keep talking about how fast they grow but it really is unbelievable at times. It seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital awaiting her arrival. We've gone from

THIS:



to

THIS:

in NO time at all!

Happy 1st Birthday sweet girl!!!

I'll let ya'll know if I'm still kickin after Sunday. :)

Oh and I almost forgot....