Easter at Granny and Popo's

Last Sunday, 4/5, we had our Easter celebration at Granny and Popo's house. We had a wonderful lunch, dyed Easter eggs and then hunted for eggs. This was Hope's first real Easter egg hunt. She had fun with her cousins. She picked up a few eggs, but really wasn't all that excited about picking up a bunch. Once she had one egg, she was happy and content!

Pump It Up!

Last Saturday, April 4th, we went to Taylor's 3rd birthday party at a place called Pump It Up! It is a huge room full of air bounces. Hope had so much fun!! Here are some of the photos and video from the party!!

Hope vs. Cranberry Sauce

Keri sent me these photos today entitled "Hope vs. Cranberry Sauce"
Isn't she a big girl sitting at the big kid table!? She started sleeping on her nap mat this week too! She isn't a baby anymore... she is this little person who I am completely in love with!! She is beyond perfect in our eyes and we count our blessings everyday!!

First Haircut

Tuesday Hope went with me to see Krystal and get her first haircut. It was really just trimming her hair out of her eyes and trimming the back a bit. Even though Hope LOVES to comb and brush her hair, she didn't like Krystal messing with it at all. She kept giving her dirty looks the whole time. It didn't take very long and we put the small pieces of hair into a bag for her baby book.











Here is the before, a bit shaggy and in her eyes.









And here is the after. Now you can see those beautiful baby blues. Subtle change, I know, but certainly better!





Yesterday, I took a much needed day off work and Wayne, Hope and I had a family day in Austin and she was an ANGEL all day! We couldn't have planned a more wonderful day! She was in and out of the carseat a good portion of the day, but she did great! We had several errands to run at different stores and then had yummy lunch at a nice restaurant. We got back home around 3 and then went to Granny and Popo's to say Happy Birthday to Granny. Then we went to the local nursury and used a gift card that we have had since Hope's birth. We got Hope a bright yellow (her favorite color) rose bush to plant in the front flowerbed. We left the house at 9am and got home around 5:25- just before the storm blew in. Here are the photos of the storm damage we received with last night's storm. We didn't notice it until this morning. Can you believe we never heard it fall? 1/2 of this tree broke about 3-4 years ago in another storm and the other 1/2 fell last night. We were very lucky as the dogs were in the house and it didn't hit the storage building or the fence. Now it is just a huge mess in the yard! Anyone need any firewood or pecan wood for the bbq pit?? I made Tank sit in front of the tree so you could see how big the tree really is!!

Bluebonnets

Saturday, March 21st~
Hope and I went to a baby shower this past Saturday and took these photos just before we left. I absolutely LOVE the one of she and I together!! I just am not sure if I see a resemblance yet or not?? What do you think??







Sunday, March 22nd~
The bluebonnets are beautiful and of course, we had to take Hope out for her first photo shoot in them. We took these yesterday at Huette's place on the way to Weimar and I think they turned out pretty cute considering we can't get Hope to sit for more than a second! Remember you can click on the photos to see an enlarged version.








Here are Granny and PoPo's little bunnies. They have a bunny for each grandchild and here is Hope with hers. Then the last photo is of Hope as we were leaving to go home. She loves her hat and her telephone!! Too cute!!






Here is the cooler some friends made me as a thank you for selling their property. Isn't it neat? Hope really likes it too!!

March 8th ~ Grandma Judy & Grandma Sherry

Sunday, March 8th ~
We took Hope to meet "Grandma" Judy and "Grandma" Sherry. Sherry is Judy's daughter and also the one who made the beautiful Christmas stockings you saw photos of a few months back. We met Judy many years ago when I sold their farm. We became fast friends and are now like family. Many of you know Baxter, our lab chow mix that we had. He was Judy's dog before she moved. They couldn't take Baxter with them, so we adopted him and so glad we did. He was such a good dog!! We still miss him.
So Sunday, we went to Sherry and Warren's home for a wonderful lunch and visited. I didn't get the camera out and wish now I had so I could have gotten a photo with Hope and Sherry. Then we headed over to the nursing home to see Judy. She looked so beautiful and we all teared up as we got there. I was so excited for her to meet my daughter. This day was long overdue for all of us. When I was pregnant, Judy dreamt I was having a little girl and she was going to have blond curly hair just like Shirley Temple. She was right about the girl part, but Hope has board straight hair... no curls anywhere. Judy took us to her room where we visited for about an hour. At first, Hope didn't want to go to her, but then Judy started feeding her Cheerios and they were fast friends!! It was a wonderful visit. I just wished we all lived closer.
After visiting with Judy and Sherry, we went over to Uncle Mark and Aunt Jennifer's house as they live literally minutes away. We saw their beautiful place and then went out to eat Sushi!! I haven't eaten sushi since before Hope was born and knowing I want to get pregnant soon, I thought I had better get my fill soon before I can't eat it for a while. It was so yummy!! I ate more than my fill and then we headed home. The only downside is that Hope was in a carseat for 2 hours to get there and 2 hours to get home. She only slept about 40 minutes on the way there and none on the way home. She was anxious to get out a good portion of the time, which I don't blame her. I guess we are going to have to invest in a DVD player for the vehicle to keep her occupied. Other than that, it was a truly wonderful day! We are going to have to go back and visit more often!!