Our Weekend!

Oh my goodness, what a weekend we had! I am tired down to my bones, and going to bed early tonight! On Saturday morning, bright and early, we headed to Texarkana for Eden's birthday party! She had it at a cute little horse ranch and all the kids got to ride a horse! Addi was so bashful when we first got there and only would let Granddad hold her.

I was worried about how Addi would do with the horses. I am a little scared of them just because my aunt told me a story once of her friend getting kicked in the head by a horse and I think that stuck with me. Anyways, Addi LOVED them. These pictures are blurry because the camera was on a manual focus setting, but I think Whitney got some good ones!


Addi loved the horses so much she screamed and pinched me when we had to get off. Drama queen! Luckily, it was time for cake anyways!


The birthday girl!

Oh and Josh now has baby fever from holding Cade. Except, he only wants a boy.

Oh! I do have to say that a little boy kissed Addi when we were at the party! He was probably her age, maybe a little older, but he kept eyeing her and they were both standing at a little arcade game and he leaned in and SMOOCHED her!!! Addi hit him!!! Way to go girl! And when I say hit, I mean she patted him several times. But then, seconds later, she had her arm around him. What a flirt!

When we got back to the house, we stripped Addi down to a diaper and let her walk around in the yard.




Addi took a really good nap afterwards, then she was back at it again!







I was plum worn out from chasing her around all afternoon! Josh and Granddad went golfing and after they got back, Mur and I went shopping for a little bit, then we went out for dinner. We tried this place called Timothy's that was SUPER nice, and Mur had a gift card to there. It was one of thsoe fine dining places that takes several hours to eat there. Not ideal for a toddler. Ummm...I just apologize to the people in Timothy's because Addi acted a fool. Between the shrieks of joy because she saw her french fries to the massive pouring out of her goldfish bag, let's just say I hope Granddad left a great tip. On the other hand, the food was excellent!

Sunday morning, Addi looked PRECIOUS in her little dress and bow.



Too bad she wouldn't let me leave the nursery once we got to church! That's okay, I had fun watching her play with the other kids.

When we got back to the house, we were put to work! Scott came with a bed of pea gravel for Addi's new playground! Us, plus Kyle and Carson worked hard on the yard this afternoon. And I actually worked part of the time! I was in charge of trimming the branches and limbs and I don't think I've ever had such a good arm workout!




The sandbox is the first piece we have! The rest should be in later this week and once we get it put together, I will definitely take pictures and post them!

We rewarded the guys for their hardwork, by fixing a good dinner!




Hope y'all had a great weekend!

The Zoo!

Today was a great day! We went to the zoo with our wonderful play group and we all had a blast. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! I just love animals and I hope that Addi will too one day. I'm also a little scared of most of the zoo animals, like I get really really nervous when we go past the gorillas and chimps. I just play out scenarios in my head about what if one of the kids jumps into the enclosure??? I'm just scared to death of gorillas and chimps so I think about what I would do if that happened. I also don't like to get too close to the edge. What a weirdo right? Anyways, here are some pictures from our fun day!

Sweet Lola!

Addi was actually looking at the monkeys! While enjoying a snack. She did love the monkeys though.

Free spirits Rylan and Lily frolic in the grass.


Addi and Lola check out the koi.


Addi and new big sister Harper!

This is no doubt Leslie giving a stern "talking to" to Lola. Haha kidding Leslie! :)

Momma(again) to be Michelle and sweet Lily!


I love this picture of all the kid's looking at the penguins! That's right, the zoo now has penguins!!!

Addi busted a move for us when the penguins were done. Haha.

Watching the elephants.

Hadley and Britton watching the elephants too.

"Let's pick flowers!"


I thought this was neat. This is me at the zoo almost two years ago to the day. Somedays I can't find the words to say just how much I love Addi and how happy I am that I am her mom, so I will just say this, my cup is full. :)


Hope y'all had a great day!

Weekend Recap!

We had the BEST weekend!!! On Friday, me and Addi just stayed at the house most of the day. We did go to the park that afternoon, because the weather was gorgeous!!! I'm so glad it feels like spring again. Here are some pictures at our time at the park. Addi was pulling up the grass and had a blast doing that!



We had a plan of eating Lean Cuisine meals for dinner since they are easy and low calorie, but neither of us wanted them. Josh surprised me by taking me to my absolute favorite place in Little Rock, Capers! Oh my word, go there and get a bowl of their shrimp bisque, it is unbelievable. We sat outside since it was so nice and Addi did great! She literally didn't make hardly a peep until the very end. She was just loving sitting outside and looking at the cars going by and all the people.

Saturday, we got a visit from Janelle, Andrew and Hadley and Rachel and Harper! Addi was thrilled to see her friends!

We took them to our favorite Saturday lunch place, Milford Track. We also sat outside here and it was wonderful, because the girl's just ran around while we ate. Oh I wish it were that simple. At least one of us was always missing from the table to make sure the girl's weren't doing anything they were supposed to!







It makes me so sad that they don't live closer, because the girl's had such a fun time playing!

Addi went down for a nap after lunch which was great because lately if she misses the naptime window, she doesn't take one. But, from the sun and just running around she was worn out and took a good long nap. When she woke up, I put her little hair in a ponytail! So cute!

She was being hilarious and making the funniest faces.

She was also being so sweet to her horsey. She would give it a hug and pet it's little head. So precious.



For dinner, we grilled some shrimp and veggies and just played outside for awhile. I love nights like that!


This morning, Addi was so cute in her little smocked bishop. She was munching some sausage balls on the way to church! One of our Sunday morning traditions is to have sausage balls. I like to freeze them and then pull them out and bake them. So yum!


We went and ate lunch at Cantina Laredo after church and then me and Nichole went shopping for dresses after that. We had NO luck finding dresses so the search continues!

Sorry for the picture overload! Hope y'all had a great weekend!!!