Spring Time

We have had the most beautiful weather! Hooray for springtime. I wish it would last forever. Here are some shots from the weekend playing outside and celebrating BB's birthday.

Helping Daddy blow the leaves in the backyard.

Doing it all by myself

Isabel and I made this strawberry cake for BB.

Enjoying every bite

And making a mess

All done....can I have more.....pease.

Update

At 2 years and 2 1/2 months I wish I could freeze time. Isabel is absolutely adorable, independent, head strong, sweet, happy, and soooo funny. Although she does spend some time in time out....she is so precious. I want to remember her this way forever.

Funny sayings
"(counts) 1,2,3....mama i said go to time out....right now."
"I want 2 more." (of everything...she has to have two)
"you promise?"
"i no like it."
"(counts) 1,2.....you BOTH have one."
"only only elmo diaper.....elmo kicking the ball."
"no take a bath....no hair tonight."
"lay down in isabel's bed....no leave."
"i wanna go swing super high."
"I wanna do it...isabel do it."
"i help."
"I have bugger stuck...i need wipe."
"mama you make a mess."
"Ohhh gross."
"no doctor today."
"look what I made....i colored dat at school."
"i need it."(so funny that she NEEDS everything)
"i not in trouble...i a big big girl...no timeout."
" I wear dis....never likes to change clothes."
"daddy has blue eyes and mommy has brown eyes like isabel."
"daddy go to work with palmer." (Dr. Palmer picked daddy up one day about 4 months ago and she hasn't forgotten)


Songs (she can sing the whole song through)
"Twinkle Twinkle"
"im bringing home my baby bumble bee"
"ABCs"
"Baa baa black sheep"
"Itsy bitsy spider"


Prayers
Our Father (can say the whole thing with someone else....slowly)


Precious moments
randomly kisses
walked all the way up the aisle and back to get communion with hands in prayer
loves Jesus and church (always asks to go to church and then does not want to leave once its over)
loves all snacks in a cup
wants to be exactly like mama
started asking to watch DORA
still loves Mickey and Minnie, Nemo, and Mermaid
picked out white heart salt water sandals at store and wants to wear them ever day
owns her first pair of real tennis shoes
ate her first bowl of cereal and milk with help from mama
thinks chap stick is the greatest thing ever
loves to color and favorite color is purple
sleeps with cat and boppy (her paci) in big girl bedcan
count to 10...skip a few then 17,18, 19, 20


Favorite food
bananas
grapes
yogurt
cinnamin rolls
bisquits
spaghetti-os with meat balls
noodles of any kind
carrots
corn
peas
chicken nuggets
cheese
pizza
pepporoni by itself
taco meat
fruit snacks
wheat thins
Ritz crackers

Mobile OOM Mardi Gras

We had such a blast in Mobile this past Sunday for the OOM Ball. Thank you Kim and Sellors for yet another amazing year!!!

Happy Mardi Gras

I took Isabel on Friday to watch Daddy ride in the Hermes parade. We had so much fun with the Dugan girls....thanks guys for yet an amazing year. We had tickets to the Bienville club with food, drinks, and a bathroom.....the best way to watch a parade! Isabel had so much fun catching beads and watching bands. We stayed up waaaaay past our bedtime. Happy Mardi Gras!!!

A Recipe for Life

Let me start by saying that this has been one the most challenging weeks of our lives. We were so excited and waiting to announce that we would be expecting a baby in September only to find out last week that God has a different plan. I went in for my normal check up last Thursday February 24 (suppost to be 10 weeks 5 days) with only positive signs of a healthy pregnancy (feeling tired, nauseous, and even threw up the morning of my check up). I was so devastated to find that our little baby stopped in development with no heart beat. My world was rocked and head was spinning. If any of you have shared in a similar experience I'm sure you can relate to my emotions. What did I do to cause this? Is there something wrong with me? Why did God do this....etc????? My plan for my new family of four had ended. It was such a loss of life and love and to make things more difficult, Phillips was out of town skiing with friends in Steamboat. I had to endure this news alone. I cried more that day than probably in my life. My mom drove in from Lake Charles that evening to stay with me so that I would not be alone. I don't know what I would have done without my friends and family by my side and really don't know what I would have done without precious Isabel helping me to see the GOOD in life.....the blessing God has already bestowed....the gift and miracle of a child. My dear friends (Cori and Liz) kept me busy/walking me through the motions of my afternoon/evening until my mom arrived.

I spoke to Phillips a million times and know that this news was just as hard for him to endure especially so far away from us. He had great support from his friends who kept him busy. It was impossible for him to fly home in time for me to schedule a DNC....so I told him to stay until his normal flight on Sunday. I spent the weekend in Lake Charles with love and support from my family. And on Monday February 28 I went in for my surgery with Phillips and my mom by my side.

By Monday I had come to peace with the fact that God is in TOTAL control. I have to TRUST in our Lord. So I want to share with you the Homily to Sunday's mass. It was a beautiful depiction of how God has a recipe for each of our lives. Just like any recipe if you take an ingredient out by itself.....such as oil in a cake....it would not taste good alone....representing tragedy or hardship. But all the ingredients combined is a beautiful thing.

I am ready for God to show me His will. I have been given the grace to understand that He has a certain plan for us as a family. Until then I am just gathering up the recipe for my life.