Papa's Birthday!

My papa turned 82 this past Sunday! We were thrilled to be able to visit with him on his birthday! Papa has been sick lately and has been doing radiation treatments and didn't feel great but we suprised him with a cake, balloons, and a grill! Of course, Caroline had to help daddy put the grill together!







We hope you had a great birthday, Papa! We love you!

St. Patrick's Day!

I know I'm a day late but here's some cute pictures of my little one on St. Patty's Day! I had to literally bribe her with candy to get her to stand still long enough to take the pictures. You'll see towards the end that she finally got her reward!!! She'll do anything for a piece of chocolate!




Yummy...chocolate!

Determined look..she likes to eat it slowly and savor every bite!

One happy girl!

We went out to eat dinner with my in-law's and then Blake and I went to small group! We had a great St. Patty's day and hope you all did too! I'm SO thankful the weekend is here. It's been a long week and I'm ready to soak up this awesome weather!

Beautiful Weekend!

We had such a FUN weekend spending time as a family outside in the awesome weather we had! On Saturday, Caroline went to a birthday party for a little boy that was turning 2. It was a lot of fun! Then we came home and took naps and Caroline was begging to go to my parents house because my niece and nephew were spending the night. So, Blake and I decided to pack our bags and head to the mountains for the rest of the weekend! Mom had a delicious home cooked meal waiting on us when we got there. It was so nice being home! The kids played and had a blast together. They didn't go to bed till after 11:00!!!

(These pics were actually taken a week or so ago but I'm just now uploading them so thought I would throw them into this post!)

Not happy about something!


Then Sunday morning we woke up, ate waffles, and headed out to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather. Here's some cute pics I got of miss priss enjoying the park!











Then we went to lunch and came home for naps! We went back outside to play before eating dinner! It was such a fun relaxing weekend and it's just what Blake and I needed!

Then....Monday rolled around. Why do Monday's have to be so bad??? I had the busiest day ever at work. Seriously was non-stop all day. After work I picked up Caroline, went to the cleaners and then the grocery store. Not my favorite thing to do on a Monday but it had to be done! I get home and am unloading the groceries and my large jar of applesauce goes through the plastic bag and bust EVERYWHERE. I mean all over the place...including my work clothes/shoes, and all over the area behind my car. I spent almost an hour picking up all of the glass. I just bought new tires for my car last week so I was making sure that there wasn't any glass left that would cause a flat tire! Then I made the bad decision of letting Caroline eat blueberries while watching TV and now our sofa is half green (it's normal color) and half blue! Oh Happy Monday! All I have to say is I can't wait for this day to come to an end!

I'm still here!

I can't believe that I haven't blogged in two weeks...or can I??? One reason is I have nothing fun or exciting to write about...aka blogging funk!!! I swear I feel like we have the most boring life sometimes. We go to work/daycare, come home eat dinner and then get ready for bed. That about sums up 5 days of the week for our family!!! The other reason is I haven't taken a single picture of my little one b/c it's impossible to get a 2 year old to stand still long enough to catch a cute shot. So why even try??? So, that sums up my excuses for my laziness of trying to keep up with a blog!

Within the last 2 weeks, Caroline managed to get another ear infection. She's had her tubes for 15 months and so far was ear infection free with the tubes until now. It was gross too. Her ear was draining so bad. They gave her ear drops and a prescription. It seemed to help her but even though she's finished her medicine she still complains that her ear hurts. I can't decide if it actually does hurt her or if she's just saying that b/c she really likes to take her medicine. Who knows!! She doesn't have a fever, snot or anything that would make me think she's still got an ear infection so I'm leaning more towards that she wants more TLC from it!!!

We are also trying to start the whole "potty training" thing with Caroline. The daycare is working with her a lot on it during the day and then we are trying our best to keep it going at home. I have dreaded the potty training thing for some time now and just can't get excited about it. But knowing the daycare is doing the worst part, makes it a little more enticing to keep it going! I am happy to report that this Monday when I picked her up, she had this wonderful note written on her daily sheet!!!


I was so happy for her and she was thrilled too. She was telling me about the prizes she got for going pee-pee in the potty and the fun songs they sing when they go potty! Of course, she hasn't done it since then but hey...it's a start!!!

Oh, and Caroline is into making different faces. Such as a sad face, happy face, and crazy face...


So funny! Not sure where she learned that one!

Last weekend while I was at the car shop spending our tax refund on new tires for my car (not my idea of fun!) Caroline was at grandma's house getting a pedicure! I love her little feet when her toenails are painted...so sweet!


Bring on spring and flip flops!!!

Fun Family Day!

Yesterday, Blake and I took Caroline to the GA Aquarium for the first time. I had this big expectation that she would be in awe over all of the big fish. She did like seeing the different fish but she was more scared than anything. It was super crowded too so I think that made her even more timid and shy. None-the-less, we enjoyed a family day together!

The best family picture we could get!

Mommy and Caroline!

This picture shows how scared Caroline was. In this particular tank, they had a scuba diver cleaning the tank and she was freaked out by it.

Daddy and Caroline...you can tell she's still not buying it!

Cool jelly fish picture!

Walking through the tunnel...she liked looking at the fish above her!

Daddy and his look alike!

Daddy and Caroline going through the penguin tunnel. She loved it...that was probably her favorite part!

There's that sweet smile!

Love,love,love this picture!

I took this picture with my phone so the quality isn't great but I thought it was cool how big that fish looks compared to them standing there!


After the aquarium, we decided to go for an all time Atlanta treat and eat at the Varsity. Caroline loved it! She ate every bite...and so did Blake and I. It was super greasy but so yummy! We even decided that since we ate so bad that we would keep it going and get some ice cream. Here's Caroline enjoying her treat!



I'm thankful for days like yesterday to be able to take time out of our busy lives and focus on our family! We had an awesome day and made memories that I'll never forget!

Organization is key!

I am a very detailed and organized person. I love love love when things are clean, neat, and organized. Recently Caroline's toys/baby clothes have taken over our garage and it was starting to kill me how un-organized our garage looked. So, when my father-in-law bought us a garage organizing kit I was beyond thrilled. My in-laws came over a couple of weeks ago and we went out to dinner and came home to put up the shelving units. It didn't take Chris and Blake long to put it together and the after product is amazing. I LOVE it! I so wish I had taken a before picture to compare the two. Here are some pictures of the after product. They aren't the best pictures since I was trying to take them with my car in the garage so you can't really see just HOW great and organized our garage looks but you get the idea! I mean I don't have to bang my car door on the tricycle or the doll house or our coffee table (that we had to break down) when getting out of the car!...you get my gist???



And we have so much more room to grow in our garage...which is nice to know seeing how quickly kids can add things to your house!


So I want to give a big thank you to my in-laws for bringing organization back to my life!!! Now if I could just get a backsplash in my kitchen...ummm??!!!

Birthday and Valentines Day!

Saturday was my mom's birthday! Caroline and I called her early Saturday morning to sing "Happy Birthday" to her. I wasn't sure that Caroline would actually sing but she did and she didn't miss a word! It was precious and I know it made my mom's day! We celebrated her birthday last night at my parents house. We had a yummy dinner and Caroline and I had picked out a yummy cake for her!


Grandma with her wonderful grandkids!

Caroline was a little excited about eating cake and ate the entire thing! She is serious about her sweets!


Caroline had a fun Valentines day today! She woke up to find a Valentine Minnie Mouse that mommy and daddy had bought her! I had told Blake to take pictures of her this morning since I leave for work before she gets up. Here she is posing with her goodies!!! I could just eat her up...I love her so much!




She also celebrated at her school and came home with this card holder that she had painted and it was full of Valentines and other goodies!


Eating her Valentine sucker!

Playing with her PlayDoh that she got from a friend at school!


We hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!!