Monica & Little Ricky

A couple of weeks ago my sweet friend Monica & her little boy, Ricky came into town for a visit....(her hubby didn't get to come). They moved from El Paso about a year ago and we all miss them terribly. We were able to get together at Lee & Charlotte's house a couple of times throughout the week for some fun playdates. The kiddos had a blast playing together & of course us girls had fun chatting!! It was great to see them & hopefully we'll see them again soon!

Potty Trained & Paci Free!

Yes, I'm proud to say that Mallory is now potty trained after a long weekend of hard work & has now been paci free for almost a month! We are so proud of our little girl....she is getting so big!

Easter Sunday

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We enjoyed a wonderful Easter as a family. We had been invited to a couple of lunches on Sunday but decided to make it a family day and enjoy the day together. So Sunday morning we enjoyed a great Easter service at church and got to praise Jesus for what the true meaning of Easter. Mallory knew we celebrated Jesus on this special day because we had been talking to her about it all week. Anytime time we would ask her who we were celebrating, her sweet answer was "Jesus"! But of course, we also had to enjoy treats from the Easter Bunny. So when we got home from church, we took some family pictures then Mallory got to go hunt for her 2 Easter baskets (my parents always hid our Easter baskets & I loved it so I'm carrying on the tradition), then we braved the wind & had our own Easter Egg Hunt over & over. The rest of the day, we enjoyed just hanging out & Mallory enjoyed playing with her new goodies & eating lots of sugar but somehow still took a great nap.
It was great day and we had a lot of fun celebrating & spending time together.
Sorry for posting so many pics but I couldn't decide!

Sesame Street Live:Elmo's Green Thumb!

On Saturday Kevin & I took Mallory to Sesame Street Live. It was awesome & Mallory absolutely loved it! She was waving her hands in the air & dancing as if we were at a rock star concert. The 3 of us had a wonderful time! They didn't allow cameras in theater or in the lobby which if you know me at all, that was a bit of a bummer. But we got to enjoy the show & we took pics at home before & after. Mallory was decked out in her Elmo attire. If you know my child at all, you know she is obsessed with Sesame Street so this was a dream come true.
That morning Kevin ran upstairs & called Mallory from his cell phone pretending to be Cookie Monster. She was in awe! He told her to bring him some cookies so after she got off the phone she was so excited to get together some cookies for "Nummy" aka Cookie Monster. Kevin & Mallory even wrote Nummy a note. Kevin pretended to go back stage during intermission and bring them to him. I had bought a book & pencils to give Mallory after the show instead of wasting money at the show....the prices were crazy...example: a $10 balloon. Well Kevin gave her the pencils from "Nummy". She was thrilled!
It was an all around wonderful experience! She did bust her lip open after intermission. She was dancing and hit her chin on the railing in front of us. She cried for a minute & was back to watching. She has a slight cut now on her lip to remind her of her wonderful day! (As you can tell, Mallory wasn't in the mood to smile for pictures before we left the house but you take what you can get....of course she was all smiles at the show!)

Beautiful Mallory!

Just a sweet picture of my beautiful Mallory!

Our Weekend with the Gibbs!

Last Friday Kevin, Mallory, & I made a trip to Sierra Vista, Arizona to visit the Gibbs family. If you are a follower of our blog then you know that these are our really good friends that we met here over 2 years ago. They moved to Arizona in August & luckily we have been able to see them a few times since they moved. Well they will be moving again to Kileen, Texas in just a couple of weeks (that's Army life) and we weren't sure when we would see them again so we went to visit them for the weekend. Another big reason for our visit was to meet their new son, Mack. He was born on March 2nd and we had to meet that little guy before they moved.
We had such a great time. It was so bitter sweet because we knew the whole time that it was the last time we would all be together for a while. Jeremy will be deployed to Afghanistan in June & Julia will be moving back to Alabama so we'll be spread apart.
We enjoyed a nice, relaxing weekend. Mallory & Mattox had a blast together like they always do. They play so well together and have so much fun. We always enjoy watching those two play & listen to their laughs & giggles. We of course, had fun talking & laughing with Julia & Jeremy while holding & loving on sweet baby Mack.
On Friday night, they treated us to dinner at Texas Roadhouse which was so yummy & then we watched the new James Bond movie after the kiddos were in bed. Saturday, we started the day at the Aquatic Center. It is inside & perfect for the little ones. Mack even got to get in the water. He slept the whole time but you could tell he was enjoying the warm water. The girls had a blast splashing & going down the slide. The adults had fun watching the kiddos, talking, & enjoying the hot tub (it was perfect....not too hot). The rest of Saturday included a yummy lunch, hanging out, and a bbq with some their friends. Sunday morning was nice & relaxing and then we headed to brunch around 11. We enjoyed some delicious food & then it was time to say our good-byes which made us all sad.
We are going to miss them terribly but we will definitely be seeing eachother again! We see reunions in our future!