my golden birthday: the day

My birthday was awesome. I had a really fun and non-stressful day full of friends and family and lots of love. Everything I could have asked for. Here were the order of events for my golden day: 
-Sleeping in and having a nice leisurely morning. (Thank you Caitlin for being such a dream baby and staying in your crib until after 10)
-Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival! I always want to go every year and usually it slips by. So this year i made a plan. We met up with Whitney, Jenna, Missy and Chelsea (and all the kiddos) and spent a couple hours walking around. So basically the Tulip Festival = every Utah mom's excuse to get out of the house and let their kids run around and use their cameras to take pictures of them with a pretty background. And we were happy to be part of that group. Everything was so beautiful I wish I could have taken tons of super artistic beautiful shots of all the different kinds of tulips, but i didn't. And i wish that Caitlin would have perfectly posed and smiled in front of each kind of said tulips, but she didn't. So we just enjoyed the scenery anyways and had fun walking around. A steady stream of snacks and exploring kept all the kids happy. (hence the reason why Caitlin is holding her pretzels and/or juice in every.single.picture but whatever) We had a little scare when it started misting but luckily there was no downpour and the weather stayed pretty warm! It was so nice to just be outside and be in great company with our little posse. Missy was so cute and brought me cupcakes and gold balloons (which we only lost 2 out of 3 of them!)

-After the tulips i got to go to lunch with Whitney at Paradise bakery. We had such a nice little lunch and chat amidst Caitlin spilling ice etc. all of the place. I'm so grateful to have Whitney as my BFF. I'm going to miss her so much when she moves this summer.
-After lunch i came home and put Caitlin down for a nap. She (kinda) napped while i relaxed and did whatever around the house.
-Then we went and met up with daddy for dinner! We ate at La Jolla Groves in the Riverwoods and it was delicious as always. Then we walked around a little and shopped and got some Blue Bell ice cream!!

-We headed back home after that and put Caitlin to bed and then opened all my presents! Cassie and Mike and Jenna came over. We also enjoyed chocolate covered strawberries and cake bites.

*P.S. Let me just insert here that this is why i love my husband: He is so cute about always trying to make sure that my presents match and look good and are wrapped cute because he knows i love wrapping other people's gifts. Since he's colorblind he goes to great lengths to make sure this happens for me. So this time he took all my presents to work with him and then went by Mike and Jenna's afterward and had Jenna coordinate everything and wrap all my presents "so they looked cute". He was so pleased to come home with my stash of beautiful presents. But there was one present that arrived during that day so he didn't get to take it to Jenna. He announced to me that morning "don't come in the laundry room i'm wrapping your present" and i heard him in there saying "well i just don't know if it matches..." I came out of our room to find my presents... and the latest addition.

I think he thought that the green was red and would go with the plaid and that the brown one was black. I just had to chuckle because he is so cute to try so hard to fluff all those tissue papers and try to make them match and look good. And of course he asked me later how it looked and i told him it LOOKED awesome. matched? no.
Anyways I got lots of amazing presents and was thoroughly spoiled: a new set of scriptures, gift certificates for mani/pedi/facial, shoes, a jacket, a gravy boat, lotions, and my biggest gift from Paul: a weekend getaway consisting of a night's stay up at Sundance and then a HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE over Park City! How perfect! He didn't even know about my birthday post in which i specifically said that was #1 on my bucket list, although he did already know that it was #1. What a good hubby! We are hoping to go next month before the baby comes. So excited.


-25 is going to be an awesome year, i can feel it!

foto friday

after little girls have days like THIS, you may find them asleep like this:

(taken 4.24)

25 golden truths

Today is my "Golden Birthday" (which means I am turning 25 on the 25th). I have been looking forward to this birthday for quite some time, well 25 years to be exact. So in honor of my golden day, I wanted to share a list of "Golden Truths" about me that you may or may not know. It was actually really hard for me to think of all these things so i hope you can make it through them all.

1. I am scared of revolving doors... specifically getting stuck in one. I picture me feeling so claustrophobic being stuck in there, yet being able to see everyone around me still and having them see my reaction to being stuck. I think I would cry. I've gotten a lot better though, i will actually go through them now but i HAVE to go in my own section alone. I used to refuse and look for any alternative normal door.
2. I am always humming or singing. I just get tunes caught in my head really easily and usually just do it completely mindlessly while i am busy doing other things. People have pointed it out before after being around me and one time in class my teacher stopped teaching and asked whoever was humming to please stop... oops it was me.
3. I was born in Washington D.C. My family was actually living in Maryland at the time but the closest hospital was in D.C. so technically I wasn't born in a state!

 4.  I have very few pairs of plain colored socks. The only plain white socks i have are for athletic purposes only. I almost always have patterned socks or better yet: holiday themed. My mom used to always give us socks on different holidays and we love that tradition so i still have quite the collection of valentines, christmas, etc. socks that i wear on a daily basis.
5. I am scared of big dogs. When I was about 5 we lived in a cul-de-sac in Seattle and our neighbors across from us had a big Lassie dog. Whenever it came around i would get scared and start running away (because it was bigger than me) and it would chase me when i started running. I'm sure it just wanted to play, because i think it was probably a nice dog but I would scream and run around the cul-de-sac... through trees, yards, whatever i had to do to get back to my house safely. Ever since then i get nervous around big dogs.
6. Bunnies are my favorite animal. I love them. But i will never have one as a pet because they are stinky. Regardless.. when i was little my Grandpa Goulding said that i reminded him of a floppy-eared bunny. I don't know exactly why but it has stuck and bunnies have always kind of been "my" animal.

7. I really wanted to be a high school teacher for a long time while I was growing up and part of me still wishes that I had stuck with it. I love interior design but i think i could have had a lot of fun with those high school kids. My main problem was that I mostly just wanted to hang out with the kids and didn't know what subject i would want to teach.
8. I spell my first name without a U. This is because when i was born, "Courtney" was still a fairly popular name for boys. My Grandma Pelton was there in the hospital and convinced my dad to spell it differently and said it would look less masculine without the U. So the two of them went to go sign the birth certificate without my mom's knowledge and she wasn't very happy when she found out. And that's why i spell my name that way. For the most part i like being different (there are so many different ways to spell it now anyway) but I do get a little nervous still when i am about to get a certificate or when someone is writing down my name and I know they are going to spell it wrong. 

9. The biggest item on my bucket list is going on a hot air balloon ride. I will do it someday. A close #2 is going to the Atlantis resort.

 10. Right now i'm really into going to Greece and Australia. I love to travel and those are my dream places at the moment.

11. My favorite movie is Miss Congeniality. I could watch that movie anytime. Also it's not the only reason why i love this movie but seems appropriate to mention that they do say in the movie that my birthday, April 25th, is "the perfect date: not too hot and not too cold, all you need is a light jacket!"

12. If given the choice, I would have to say that I would rather go on a sightseeing type trip than a beach-relax type trip, although there is definitely a time and place for both.
13. I love quotes and sayings. I love collecting them and i never have anything to really do with them and I don't always remember them but i like how other people can say what i'm thinking or what I need to hear better than I can. 
14. I'm horrible at math. I've never liked it as a subject and I'm really quite bad at it. My worst grade in college was in Calculus and i refused to re-take the class and spent the rest of my college career trying to bring back up my GPA after that. Somehow in my elementary career through switching schools and moving and what not i missed the whole section on fractions and quarts and liters and stuff so it's a wonder i can cook anything and I also can't do mental math AT ALL, it's embarrassing.
15. However, I am usually really good with dates. I remember people's birthdays and anniversaries and stuff pretty easily and that's probably the only thing I'm good at with numbers.
15. I'm scared of big waves. Mostly scared of one crashing over me and me getting stuck underneath the water in the undertow. It's really a pretty legitimate fear so anything involving body surfing, real surfing, scuba diving, etc. would take a lot of mental preparation for me.
16. I am horrible with saving money. I have actually improved DRASTICALLY since Paul and I have been married because he has been so patient and taught me so much and because quite frankly sometimes we just HAD to save to make it through the month! But, one example of how bad I am with savings is right before Paul and I got married we went into my bank to close my personal bank account because we were planning on opening a new joint account. I told Paul i thought i probably had a couple hundred dollars in my account and he said ok. We started talking to the teller and told hm we wanted to pull everything out and close the account. As he looked up my account he said there is actually no money left to pull out, and i had just over-drafted so.. in fact WE OWED THEM to close the account. Wow that's embarrassing. I'm lucky Paul still married me! haha
17. I tried out for the "Design Star" show on HGTV a couple years ago. I sent in a video and got a call from one of the casting directors and had a lengthy phone interview with them but it never went further... obviously i was never on the show but it was kinda fun to get close!
18. I love the fact that Paul and I have known each other since we were little. I love our story of my unrequited love from a young age. Once when we were little at our family Christmas party we were acting out the play of the nativity story and the couple helping all the kids knew about my huge crush on Paul so they had us be Mary & Joseph. I was in heaven and we still have the picture hanging in our room to prove it:

19. I have moved 7 times in my life. This includes my move up here to Utah from Texas when I came to college. Doesn't include moves within states. Moving as a kid is both awful and amazing. We mostly always moved because of my dad's jobs and at the time, it was always hard but looking bad I am so glad that i was able to have all the experiences i did and meet all the people that i have. I know I would be a very different person without that.
20. I really liked to perform when I was little. Chelsea and I would set up all our stuffed animals on the stairs and park our "star stage" microphone at the bottom and dress up and put on shows. I did dance classes for like 6 years and love being in my recitals, Whitney and I used to dress up and rock out to the Go Go's almost daily and I loved doing cheer in high school and being in the pep rallies. Now unfortunately I'm too nervous to sing or dance in front of anyone.  
21. When I was little I did NOT like men. I even preferred my mom over my dad and I would freak out if I ever had a man teacher for anything. I don't think I have ever sat on Santa's lap. When i was probably about 4 i had a boy swimming teacher and he wore a speedo and it freaked me out and kind of scarred me for life. Although I obviously got over it eventually and probably even made up for it with how boy-crazy I was as a teenager.
22. My least favorite household chore is doing the dishes. I don't really ave a particular reason I have just never liked it. My favorite thing to do is probably vacuuming and i used to like ironing but getting married and having to now iron Paul's shirts has ruined that for me. But my very least favorite of all would definitely be pulling weeds.
23. My feet totally regulate my body temp. If my feet are cold, the rest of me is cold. If my feet are hot, i'm burning up everywhere. Paul always laughs at me because whenever i get hot sleeping at night i just stick my feet out of the covers to cool off. Then the other night we noticed that Caitlin likes to have her feet out of her blanket too!
24. Orange tic tacs are my favorite food. Yes, food. Not candy or mint. They are a legitimate snack in my book and they are my fave. They are tied with chocolate though.
25. I'm not afraid of getting older (unlike other people in our household, but we'll reserve those comments for next month). I think 25 will be an awesome year, and i still feel super young. True, I've been married almost five years and have 2 kids, but i'm still feeling fresh! I'm happy to be entering my "mid-twenties" And i LOVE my life. I know it will only get better.

wordy wednesday

 Especially since today is my B-Day!! I hope it is not only good but GREAT for everyone!!

I love this! I want to put it in my house somewhere to see it everyday.

4.24.12: a day in the life

today's saga of events deserved a full post. I'm sure one day i will look back on today and laugh, just as my mom did when i told her all of this. Probably tomorrow. And I'm not saying this to complain, and please, no judgement needed. I'm saying this because my child is 100% crazy and I want to remember that about her. So here it goes:

-Wake up this morning and took my dad to the airport. It was sad saying goodbye to Papa. We will miss having him around.
-Caitlin starts throwing mini fits on the way home but i decide to run a couple errands anyway. My 3 stops ranged anywhere from a 4-6 in behavior out of 10. (including spilling yogurt raisins everywhere on the floor multiple times, taking clothes off of every shelf, throwing a fit at the cash register, completely running out of the store and almost into the street when i had my back turned, and eating snacks being a good girl).
 

She just HAD to wear this hat she saw in Hobby Lobby.

-After our last stop at Hobby Lobby she decides that she wants to walk to the car. I'm trying to teach her that when we walk in the parking lot she HAS to hold my hand no matter what. She wasn't having it and started throwing a fit and squirming and sitting down because she wanted to walk by herself. So she decides to run away down the sidewalk strip in front of the store. She stops about 6 feet away and gives me her 'tude. I try to get her to come back by me, blah blah blah she's refusing. She finds a shopping cart that someone had parked on the sidewalk and pushes it into the parking lot. She really got a kick out of that one. I have to run and grab the cart before it hits someone's car while praying that she doesn't follow me out into the street. She stayed on the sidewalk and laughed at me instead. Then I picked her up and carried her kicking and screaming to her carseat.
-You can imagine how enjoyable that car ride was home but we made it. Then she wanted to go in the backyard so we went. She started running around and doing whatever so I watered the plants. Then she decides to play in the puddles and start making mud pies out of the freshly watered dirt. She grabs scoops of mud and begins to slather it on every.single.thing.possible. And me? I just let it happen. I thought as long as it keeps her busy and happy i can hose everything down. I was in my lounge chair and not about to get up.
 
-So this continued for a little while and then when everything was sufficiently muddy i decided it was time to go back in. So I stripped her down and sprayed her off with the hose. She HAD to have her diaper off so she was 100% naked in our backyard and then as soon as i put the hose away and turned around to go inside, she was back in the mud. So i carried her in and put her in the laundry room sink to finish cleaning her off.
- After i got her out of the sink she took off running to the bathroom. She went in the bathroom and wanted to go potty so i let her sit on the toilet and wipe and then tried to get her to come to her room to get a diaper on. She wouldn't. She was climbing in and out of the tub, running around, etc. So i tried to pull the "ok bye" and left her in there hoping she would get bored without an audience. But no. I got a phone call i had to take and from the other room i could hear her splashing in the toilet bowl. Great. So then i got off the phone and walked in to see this:

Enough is enough. Got her out of the toilet and wiped her down. Then took her in her room and closed the door and finally at least got a diaper on her. The she started running around her room and climbing on and off her chair and jumping from her chair to her ottoman and emptying her closet and doing all manner of mischief that you can get into in a small room with the door closed and a tired and slow mom.
-Finally we tried to have lunch. Didn't go very well since she kept yelling and pitching fits, etc. Got a few bites down and then went back to the room to put her down for a nap. That didn't go very well either (surprise surprise). I think maybe there was a period of 20 minutes of sleep in there somewhere.
- I left her in her room awake for as long as i felt i needed to rest for just a few minutes and get something to eat and get ready to face her again. (not gonna say how long that was) Walked in to find her ready to go, jumping around her crib. Literally jumping and running around.
-Luckily the rest of the day went a little smoother, no toilet climbing or mud pies. I took her to a friend's house for about an hour and she played with some kids there (the Young Women were doing a babysitting activity so they asked me to bring her). That SAVED me. I got to go to Walmart all by myself and it reminded me of this:
 
-Apparently she did great playing with the other kids and then i brought her home and was ready to put her to bed!
-After i dropped her off at the friend's i realized i had lost my phone. It was completely lost for about 2 hours and i had no recollections of where it could be. I tried to retrace all my steps and looked everywhere to eventually find it (through the "find my iphone app.. it works) IN MY PURSE. I had it with me all along. Ok so maybe Caitlin isn't the only crazy one.

I love my little girl. I really do love her so much and it is amazing how she can be such a little hooligan and then flip a switch and be so sweet the next second. She just has so much energy inside that little body it really does amaze me. She makes me laugh and keeps life interesting. She is wild but she's mine. And yes i think i will laugh about all her shenanigans.

adventures in yardwork

Paul and I have a list of things we've been wanting to do in our backyard. I guess with the warm weather and re-stocked nurseries it gave Paul just the push he needed to decide to start on the list. And once Paul decides to do something there is no stopping him. So on Saturday it was: trees. We have no trees in our backyard at all so we've been wanting to plant some. Mike and Jenna came up and helped as well as Jordan and everyone was so kind to help in the hot sun. We were digging up huge chunks of granite in our backyard it was crazy! We ended up getting 6 different trees and now have a nice little grove going on. I know it will take sway too much much patience to get these trees to a decent size but i'm trying to just keep the vision and remember the promise of cherry blossoms to come. We are going to put in some bushes and flowers and a planter area around all of them but at least the first steps (and chunk of money) is done! We also planted a few things in the garden so that's exciting to get that started up again after our luscious crops from last year!

visitors

Thought i should mention that my grandparents have been in town for the last little while and also my dad! My grandma stayed with us for a few days and then my dad drove up with my grandpa and he has now been staying with us. I haven't taken enough pictures and i feel bad about that. Caitlin warmed right up to her great grandma but is still giving great grandpa a run for his money. We've had lots of chances to meet up with extended family members and get everyone together and it's been fun. I tried to get a picture of Caitlin with her great grandparents but all i could get was this:
However she LOVES my cousin's new little baby Norah. She was giving her kisses and singing her songs and even held her for awhile. Luckily Norah was so sweet and patient with her and let this all happen:

We've also loved having "Papa" here. Of course he's been helping Paul and I with our never ending list of projects and has been so helpful. And Caitlin has been really cute with him too. My dad is awesome.

NYC

Sometimes Paul gets to go cool places for work. Like the time last week when he went to New York City, New Jersey and Boston. He got to stay at a hotel overlooking ground zero in the financial district and ate at yummy and expensive restaurants and went to meetings in swanky offices and talked to people who make more money in one year than we will ever make in our whole lives. He also did a little sightseeing and brought back the cutest little I <3 NY shirt for caitlin. He had a lot of fun and also a very successful trip. I told him he had to take pictures and he actually did! What a good hubby:

I also sent him a few pictures of what we were up to back here at home:

(don't worry that last one of me is from the "fatify" app.. i was just trying to scare him).

Of course daddy was very missed while he was away. And if this doesn't melt your heart, nothing will:

foto friday

(taken 4.14)

We spent last weekend celebrating Cassie's 20th birthday. Saturday night we hit up the big party at her place. It was Caitlin's first college party and we were happy to be there for at least a little while... until the older-than-everyone-pregnant-with-a-baby made an early escape around 9 PM-- and everyone was just getting started! We love Cassie! (or sza-sza as Caitlin calls her)

wordy wednesday

I'm always saying how much i love quotes, so i thought maybe it's time to take it to the next level. I'm instating: wordy wednesday. I'll share a quote that I have liked from recently or from long ago. (true: most of them will most likely come from pinterest. i'm still gonna do it.) So here goes:

This one spoke to me the other day because i feel like everyday is a guessing game trying to figure out what Caitlin is trying to say to me. But i love that she tries. And i love that she is learning and we are communicating. So i will keep listening. I think having an open relationship with your kids and letting them feel like they can talk to you about anything is one of the most important things you can do as a parent.

32 weeks

8 months along.
-Can i just say that one of my greatest disappointments about being pregnant right now is that i don't get to partake in the colored skinny jean trend. They are so cute and i am DIEING to have some mint colored ones but i'm afraid they wont be in style by the time i can actually wear them. That and i also am still working out my justification argument to my hubby when i do come home with them. (goal weight pants?... couldn't pass up the great deal?)
-This time my belly feels way more claustrophobic. He moves really differently than Caitlin: she kicked a lot and he just kind of squirms and stretches so I feel like he pushes out on me a lot and I feel a lot of pressure in different spots. I'm constantly pushing him back in. I think also the claustrophobic feeling comes from the fact that this time i don't have the extra amniotic fluid, so even though i was huge with the fluid, there was that extra cushion between my stomach and the baby.
-Sleeping is over. sadly. About every 3 days I get a good night's sleep. the other nights are either tossing and turning or just wide awake. I'm choosing to look at it as a secret blessing to get me ready for nights when i really do have to wake up because there is a baby needing me. 
-I feel like the overall novelty of this pregnancy has worn off and now i'm on the downhill slope and feeling like i don't want to be pregnant anymore. I'm ready to just have him out and have a baby and get back in shape. It's been fun, but I'm ready. My mom always used to say that right after she had her kids some of her first thoughts were "I'm so glad I'm not pregnant anymore." I always thought it was a little dramatic but now i get it.
-I've started having sciatic nerve pain in my lower back/hip/leg on my right leg. It comes and goes but when it hits i have to walk with a limp to get anywhere. Which is pretty embarrassing when it hits as I'm holding Caitlin leaving Target and i have to hobble to my car.
-I salted my bowl of strawberries the other night. Enough said.
-Went to the Dr. on the 17th and things are moving right along. My weight gain is still in a good place (NO thanks to me or anything i have been doing/eating so i'm just thanking my lucky stars for that one) and Dr. Judd says it feels like i have a totally average amount of fluid inside of me (which i figured but was worried about after my off-the-charts amniotic fluid with Caitlin). He said the baby is head down now and things are looking good! I'll go back in 2 weeks.  
 -Otherwise i really do feel pretty good considering. I feel like i can still get around ok and be happy about life. There are rough days but overall i'm fine and just getting really excited. A lot of people have been asking how i think Caitlin will do with the baby. Of course you never really know until the time comes, but i feel like she will do great! She LOVES babies... whenever she sees one she gets excited and says "bay bee!!" and wants to look at it and say hi and she likes to sleep with her baby doll and give her a bottle and stuff so i think she will think it's so fun having one around all the time. So that's my prediction. we'll see how it turns out.

foto friday

 The two greatest loves of my life.

(taken 4.8.12)

Easter

I love Easter. It is without a doubt one of my favorite holidays. I love it for a variety of reasons and this year was no exception. We had a great Easter.
-First we got up, made muffins and then went to church. Caitlin had her new little Easter dress outfit on and of course she looked cute as can be. Paul and I both taught our classes a special Easter message and shared cupcakes with them.





-Through preparing my lesson for my class and really thinking about what I wanted to share about Easter and its significance I had a really good experience learning more about Easter myself. My testimony of the atonement and crucifixion and Christ's victory over death for us really increased and I'm very thankful that I had the opportunity to think and learn more about it this year.
-After church we came home and got ready for dinner. After Caitlin took her nap she got to find her Easter basket! I tied a piece of string to her door so when she opened it she had to hold onto the string around our house and it led her to her basket (which was hidden in the laundry room in the dryer). She was cute following Paul around the house. She got a new swimsuit, goldfish crackers and a Mickey Mouse DVD in her basket. Her favorite thing was probably the Reeses' pieces candies. She ate every single one for the next hour or so.

-We had Cassie and (her roommate) Whitney, Chelsea and Tyler and Morgan Taylor for dinner. Jordan Zamora and Mike and Je We had our traditional Easter dinner: ham, potato casserole, salad and rolls. For dessert I decided to change it up a little: instead of doing our traditional "bunny cake" I did bunny cupcakes. I had been seeing all these cute cupcake ideas on Pinterest so i wanted to try them out. I did three different varieties: bunny faces, tails and easter eggs nests and in doing so i further proved to myself that #1: i'm not very skilled at making pretty desserts and #2: i always way over estimate my cupcake making abilities. At least they tasted good. The weather was so beautiful that we ate outside and ended up sitting and talking outside for a while after.

-We also sent Caitlin out on her own personal egg hunt around the yard while we were out there. She was good at finding the eggs but when she came to each one she would shake it to be sure there was candy inside and then want to open it right then. Pretty much every time she opened it the jellybeans would spill onto the grass and then she would pick them up one by one and either eat them (real sanitary i know) or just put them in her basket. She cracked me up. She was happy to continue her search while all the grownups talked.

-We got some darling Easter things from our family too and then later that night Paul and I exchanged baskets. It was a lovely day and a perfect beginning to spring and to remember and celebrate the better life that Jesus gave to all of us.

easter events

First of all, here are some pictures of my Easter decorations: I've had them up for awhile but never got around to taking pictures. I love Springtime.

Also, this doesn't have to do with Easter but it happened this weekend: we finally got to go to the new City Creek Mall! It's just as amazing as everyone has said. We went Friday night with Mike and Jenna and walked around for a few hours. The architecture and buildings are so nice and well done, it was fun to just to walk through and see everything. It's so huge too! I loved it and I look forward to lots of future trips.

Saturday morning we went to the Cedar Hills city Easter Egg Hunt at the park. We got there right before the siren sounded to start and so i ran with Caitlin over to the 3 and under group. There were SO many kids there, and even in the youngest age group things got intense! The whole thing lasted for about 45 seconds and we couldn't get ahead of the rush so Caitlin got a total of: 1 egg. And it was one that someone had stepped on and broken so technically it was like 3/4 of an egg. Good thing she's too little to know what she was missing out on. And she also got some candy from volunteers and friends some of her little friends so she was happy anyways. They had the Easter Bunny there to take pictures with and it went pretty much as I expected: good from far but far from good. We waited to take our picture and as we got close she started saying "no no no!" and definitely didn't want to touch it. Although she was happy to wave and say "bye bye". After that we ran some errands and played outside and then that night we went to Cabelas. She loved looking at all the animals and the big waterfall and then we took her in the tunnel with the fish and at first she just wanted to look at the "beebee sheeshees" with daddy but after awhile she was running around and slamming her little body up against the glass to see every single fish she could.

foto friday

 

(taken 4.5.12)

swing life away.

Tucano's

Thursday night we went to Tucano's with Cassie and some of her friends. Cassie and I wanted to take advantage of our birthday free meals, and everyone else just wanted to eat. We had a fun dinner talking and laughing and getting the meat servers to ask Cassie out. Words cannot even describe how full I was afterwards (especially considering my stomach is already mostly taken up). We had a little bit of a wait so we played outside with Caitlin, and i took pictures. Caitlin could seriously live outside if we let her. But after awhile she was happy to come back in and enjoy her own buffet of grapes and cheesy rolls.

 Open-mouth kisses only from her. It's just the way she does it. She goes for it.