Swingin' in the Sunshine

Yesterday we finally had a break in the cold, dreary, weather! It was about 70 degrees and just gorgeous. We spent a bunch of time playing outside and enjoying the weather. EC got to wear one of Daddy's Lacoste polos from when he was a baby, which I thought was beyond precious. I also rolled up her jeans and she wore some cool shades. She was stylin', that's for sure.

 We also explored the pond behind our house and watched all of the ducks and geese float around. Emma Claire LOVES birds right now. She signs "bird" constantly and is always looking for them in the sky. She is actually signing bird with her little right hand, in the picture below. Love that.

The hubs used my zoom lens to get some wildlife shots while we were playing outside. We have a few Canadian geese left in our pond. These two followed us around the entire time we were by the pond.

These ducks are the reason that he grabbed the zoom lens in the first place. They're Hooded Merganser ducks. He was SO excited because these specific ducks hadn't ever visited our pond before. Well, that we had noticed! I think they are neat looking little ducks!

Today the weather is warm again but not nearly as nice, it's overcast and muggy. Yesterday seriously gave me spring fever. BAD. I cannot wait for warmer weather, sunshine, playing outside every day, and I can't forget to mention the best part about springtime...YARD SALE SEASON!

A Girl and Her Dogs

Yesterday was quite a day. One that I hope will not repeat itself anytime soon. Mommy got sick. Yep, that's right. Not even a month after the horrible breast infection I was sick YET again. This time with a sort of mild flu. If there is such a thing. I was nauseous and could barely move off the couch all day. I managed to eat a piece of toast and a waffle. I am thankful I only had one hug the toilet bowl episode. I also had a fever and was pretty pitiful. And if we were a normal family it would work out perfectly that mommy got sick on a Saturday. However, we aren't the norm and daddy headed to work around 1pm, leaving us girls to fend for ourselves. Emma Claire was a trooper and entertained herself pretty well AND took a three hour nap. I was so grateful for that. My fever broke sometime during the night and I managed to get a good nights sleep despite some re-sleep training issues. {That's another post for another day, ha!}. 

Today I snapped some cute pictures of EC and the puppies having fun. I love that they (for the most part) love each other. Brightens my day.

Every time Emma Claire would throw Dixie's toy she would wait for her to bring it back and then would throw her hands up in the air! 

Such joy.

 

Snow Day!

This morning we woke up to a fun sight..SNOW! And Emma Claire just so happened to be wearing her snowy polar bear jammies. She just knew it was going to snow.

Once EC and I were up and  dressed we ate a quick breakfast so we could go play! Sadly the hubs went into work early so he didn't get to enjoy the snow with us. 

We explored the patio first. EC was SO excited! So were the dogs. My three kiddos crack me up.

I love those baby blues. 

The pond in the backyard was semi frozen this morning, and the fountain started to freeze up as well!

When we went to play in the backyard EC insisted on swinging. 

I promise she was much more excited than her face lets on. 

She loved having our street to herself. You can see our car in the background, it was COVERED! Good thing we didn't have to go anywhere!

Sweet baby tracks. 

Ready to go inside. 

Of course I wore snow socks to play outside in the snow!

Aaaaand sadly playing inside is not nearly as fun as playing in the snow. Bless her heart. 

The only type of post I do now...

So as sat here and tried to come up with a cute little title for this random post, I realized that's almost ALL I blog about lately! But that's how our lives are now a days. Random. An assortment of friends, activities, food, and fun. So here you go, another mish mash of pictures and stories.

I've been working on painting our bead board this week. It's looking so much better. Can't wait for all kitchen projects to be done. AKA cabinets.

EC has been using a little bucket to carry snacks around in these days. Pretty funny. And the dogs love following her around waiting her to share the wealth.

So do all husbands just not see laundry hampers? Or is it just mine? ha! I snapped this the other day and it still makes me laugh. Our room was perfectly clean EXCEPT for a certain someone's clothes lying on the floor. 

Today EC threw her first all out toddler tantrum. In the DMV. In front of about 100 people. Complete with going limp in my arms and trying to fall on the floor.  And the husband took pictures. Of course.

Do you ever just NEED fresh baked chocolate chip cookies? And by that I mean cookie dough, obviously.

Aaaaand this is what we were doing right before bedtime tonight. Totally normal, yes?

Our Monday

Yesterday Emma Claire and I had a pretty busy day. We started the day by picking up our friend Bekah to go thrifting. We went to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, and after headed to Chick-fil-A for lunch.

I usually don't let EC out of the buggy at Goodwill but yesterday there was a toy that had just been brought in {aka hadn't been touched by a thousand kiddos already} So I let her play on it. She was too funny! It was only $3 but made really annoying sounds, so we passed!

EC just loves Bekah and was such a ham at lunch!

I now introduce to you Emma Claire's "Cheese" face. If I tell her to smile she will smile sweetly, but if I say "Cheeeese!" she does THIS. It is by far the funniest face she makes now a days. 

After running a few errands {Lowes, UPS, and grocery store} we bundled up and went out for a walk. These days EC loves walking/running around more than anything.

Love this sweet face. 

 My favorite find from yesterday. Hand stitched hearts. Since my mom is a quilter, things like this just call to me. It's perfect for Valentine's day! I plan on putting it in the guest room after Valentine's day. There's just something sweet about having a hand stitched piece of quilting hung up in my house.

The hubs has had a few long days of work this week. He went to work Sunday around noon then worked his usual shift, stayed at work, and then started work again around 3am on Monday. I knew he would be getting home around 8pm so I baked his favorite {chocolate chip muffins} for him before putting EC to bed.

Sure sign that it's bedtime...using Mommy's oven mitt for a pillow. 

After baking muffins it was off to bath time. I took this picture of EC examining her toes. Her expression just makes me laugh, so serious!

I made bread pizza for dinner. It was simple, quick, and DELICIOUS. A winner in my book. I added a special "secret" ingredient that I think made it 10x better. I will have to share soon! 

When the hubs got home we ate and watched the Bachelor together. ;-) Such a good husband. I've got to say it's way more entertaining watching with him. He does a pretty good Sean impression. ha!

After the Bachelor I got to work. Several months ago my Dad installed bead board in our kitchen. Now something you may or may not know about bead board is that you can't just put it up. It requires much more attention, namely caulking and painting. I had caulked and painted part of the bead board but I am tired of looking at a half finished kitchen back splash. So last night I stayed up way too late caulking the remainder of the kitchen so that tonight I can paint it. 

Next up? Painting the cabinets. I'm fairly certain that my kitchen will look much worse than this for the next few weeks.

Well that was our Monday, y'all! Pretty full day. Did I mention that the only nap Emma Claire took was a 45 minute car nap? I'm quite impressed with how well she did sans nap! Although I don't want to make a habit out of it!