Nummy!

Papa gave Livy a lemon at longhorn  to watch her make a face but she surprised us all and loved it! In fact she got really upset when I took it away from her.  Stinker!

February, 5 months for Livy Lou, Addie my drama momma, and more!

In January we started Livy on rice cereal and a little "adult" food like mashed potatoes and such because she was so interested in our food!

Right before her first bite of rice cereal!
She was already grabbing food off our plates at dinner at 5 months! By March we so I got the go ahead from our doctor to start real baby food! Here's Livy's first taste of rice cereal on January 23rd, the day after she turned 4 months (I forgot to post this with my January post).


Livy wanted my ice cream sandwich so I gave her a taste... nummy!I also got tired of eating the same ole same ole and looked up some new recipes! Check out the grilled cheese pesto panini's on allrecipes.com, because they were SO good!!!

Livy started working her arms out of the swaddle sack no matter how tightly I swaddled her. It made for some not so fun nights with her waking up several times! She also had a dr checkup on February 9th and weighed in at 14.6 lbs (50th percentile) was 25.75" long (80th percentile) and her head was 16" (25th percentile). Livy continued to become more lively each day and got to where she'd gab every moment she was awake. Little loud mouthed frog!

While we were there we also finally did Addie's 3 year checkup and Addie weighed in at 24.4 lbs (3rd %) and 35.5" tall (10%). Both girls had shots in their legs and bawled their eyes out, but Addie really was dramatic over the shots!!! She said she wanted shots like sissy while we were at the doctor until they gave her shots. Then she wouldn't quit crying and seriously hobbled around the entire day whining. The funny thing is that if you had something fun for her to do she'd run around no problem, but otherwise she was hurting "soooooo bad". Haha! After their immunizations.It snowed again that night some but luckily not too much, but the roads iced over and weren't really safe for driving until the next afternoon.

Addie cheering up sissy while I made up my bed (hence all the pillows thrown in with Livy)

I bought some Valentines for Addie to hand out to her "fwiends" and she had SUCH a fun time picking out which one went to which person and drawing on them. She picked out "princess" cards and we added a little treat to each one and passed them out. It made her SO happy.


We celebrated Valentines Day at Mom and Dad's house with Mom's annual Valentines day the Sunday before Valentines Day. She made a yummy meal as usual and had a blast! Then on Valentines Day Addie and Livy both got a rose and a little foam frame covered in hearts from their "boyfriends" Trevor and Christian, and Trevor also got Addie a little heart balloon on a stick and a box of chocolates! Addie was over the moon and had to then of course bring Trevor a card and some chocolates. Addie spent the day finger painting cards for everyone in the family, then we set the table and picked up some "bubbly juice" (sparkling cider) and a cheesecake and had a delicious dinner!

I had her make the cards in the bathroom so it would make for easy clean up... haha!Messy hands!!One of Addie's pretty cardsWe ordered in Steak Out at home so I didn't have to cook. It was super yummy and relaxing.

The Friday after Valentines Day Jarom and I decided to go on a much needed date. We tried Conner's steak house at Bridge Street for the first time. We had Boursin Filets (filet's with boursin cheese and thin fried onion strips on top), salads, mashed potatoes, and their house made strawberry ice cream. The meal was INSANELY delicious. Seriously amazing (and way expensive). YUM.

Addie decided in February that she wanted to be a baby again. So she started wanting to wear footed jammies again (she's refused them since she started walking at 14 months) and she wants to be held a lot. It's been fun. Most of the time she'll act like a big girl, but it is usually when I have a million things going on that Addie feels the need to be a baby. Oh well, she's only little once right? Or in her case twice??? :)

Random funny: One day the dogs were barking outside and Addie said "I heared a kangaroo!"

My dearest friends... aren't we purdy???We had a surprise 30th birthday party for our dear friend Ron at our house on the 23rd. I love this group of friends SO much!!! The Birthday Boy RonWe heard Addie and Trevor laughing like crazy in the other room and this is how we found them... having a tea party. Apparently it was hilarious!The whole group...

We also celebrated Mom's 54th birthday in February! She and Dad rented a cabin on the mountain and we went up that evening for a cook out and party! We had a great time and can't wait to get back up there when it's warm so we can enjoy the outdoors! Mom got a DSLR as her main present and she's been clicking cute pictures since... maybe she'll start blogging again now... ;)

And here's a couple cute videos from the beginning of February of Addie making Livy laugh. Addie entertained Livy while I took my showers before Livy got old enough to sit up.




That wraps up our February!

January

Life has been so busy the past few months! I can hardly catch my breath at night before another whirlwind day begins. I guess I'd better begin my catch up... starting with after the snow in January.

After all the snow we got cabin fever. I didn't want to get out around all the flu bugs going around so we spent lots of time visiting family and playing with our germaphobic friends. ;) See the apron Mimmie is wearing? I made it for her at my first year of Young Women's Camp at Camp Jackson in 1999. She wears it every time she cooks.
One of Addie's favorite things to do is to help in the kitchen and she LOVES to make tea cakes with Mimmie. So Mimmie and Addie made tea cakes and tea cake dolls during one of our visits in January. So fun! One thing that stands out in my mind from growing up and visiting Mimmie is she always had Red Hots for when we made tea cakes. Addie loved decorating with the Red Hots.



We spent lots of time with our friends too! We enjoyed a dinner out at PF Changs one night and Addie and Trevor were too cute with the horses out front. Addie got scared by the time I pulled out my camera, but they are so fun together!Darn me for not having my good camera with me at all times! They are so sweet together. Today Addie told Grandma on the way home from the library "I'm gonna marry Trevor and Trevor is gonna marry me! We are gonna live in a house tree and we are gonna swim in it and have lots of toys. Then I'm gonna have a baby in my tummy!"... oh dear! LOL!
In other January news... our utility bill was a whopping $790!!! And we kept the thermostat between 70 and 72! That tells you how frigid our winter was because we have new vinyl windows!

Yet another reason...

Why I LOVE my man.

When I do this....

He does this...

Is there anything hotter than a man working with tools??? Yep... when he's helping you to fix your mistake WITHOUT complaining OR being asked to help WHILE using tools, haha. I sure do love my handy man who so graciously helped me fix my novice uh oh.

And let me explain... my table was a wreck... scratches, marks, finish coming off, etc. So I got the bright idea to whitewash it so it'd be all purdy to match my new kitchen. And 4 coats of whitewash later, some sanding and a good wipe and it looked gorgeous. Then I went to seal it. And I used lacquer instead of polyacrylic because that is what the girl in the tutorial online used... And that's when all heck broke a loose. My gorgeous whitewash started coming up and the lacquer acted as a paint remover... GAH. So as I cried in the garage I knew I'd have to sand it down and start over. So I try to sand it once it was dry (it was a fast drying lacquer) and it started goo-ing up on me. More tears happened and I went to bed defeated. I wouldn't normally have been SO stressed except Bunco was at my house the next night... and you have to have a table to play Bunco on!!! Luckily Jarom got it sanded to a gorgeous fresh ready to paint surface, I stained it, sealed it, whitewashed it 4 times, lightly sanded it, and sealed it twice to perfection. (Sorry this is the only pic I have of the finished product.)

(And then last week while making the girls Memorial day dresses I put a nice gouge in my perfection... UGH!)