Easter 2010

We had a great, great Easter 2010! It was busy but we had the best time!

We started off by getting Lily's pictures made by a friend of mine with live bunnies! Lily fell in love with the bunnies and wanted to keep one, but we decided her kittens may not like them.

Here are a few of the pictures. (I did something crazy with Photobucket, so click on each pic to see them larger.) They turned out great. I cannot wait to put them all over our house.










Next up, we had our annual egg hunt at our house with all of Lily's friends. We had around 15 kids and lots of parents. It was so much fun! Here are a few pics:

We had our Easter party at church this past Saturday! It rained that morning and was yucky outside so we hunted eggs in our church's empty parsonage. It was different hunting eggs inside but the kids didn't seem to mind. That evening, we did Easter with my parents. The Easter bunny came by their house and left Lily's Easter basket (one of them.) Then we hunted and dyed eggs at their house.









On Easter Sunday, the bunny came to our house bright and early with Lily's basket. Lily got two new movies, a Hannah Montana towel, and lots of candy and goodies. We went to sunrise services at church at 7 am and we were done there by 9:15 so we took some pictures and headed to BJ's parents for lunch and egg hunting with his family. His sisters, parents, uncles, and grandpa were all there and we had a great lunch.

We came home and got a much needed nap, and our Easter was over. I love Easter and so thankful for Jesus who died for us. The most important part is that He is Risen and he done that for all of us who are so undeserving.



I hope your holiday was as special as ours.

What an imagination! and Hannah Montana, too!

What an imagination Lily has! She loves, loves, loves to pretend!

She has a "make-believe" sister lately. She calls her on her pretend cell phone and they talk.. They even play together. Lily told me that this sister is older and her name is Sonya. She's so funny...

Lily loves to pretend objects are babies. The other night she carried a gatorade around in Lowe's as her baby in her arms while she fed it a cardboard strip (its bottle.) She refused to answer to Lily because her name was mama. So here I am, calling Lily, mama while she feeds her gatorade a piece of cardboard..Too funny!

Lily also loves role-play. She loves for me to pretend I am the baby and she is the mama. She does a great job of it, too. I think it's interesting because I see Lily's perception of how she views me in a way. One day, we were playing and she was the mama, I the baby, and she left me at daycare and she said "mama has to go to work, cause I have to buy you things and take care of you." I'm just glad she understands why I work. It made me feel better. She also loves to be "Hannah Montana" and her daddy and I have to be other "Hannah" characters.

Speaking of Hannah, I don't think I have mentioned Lily's love of Hannah Montana or well, obsession. I have never been pro-Hannah because I didn't really love Miley Cyrus, but Lily got the movie from her nanny for Christmas and she is hooked. After watching the movies, and season 1 (we purchased it after watching the movie one too many times..), I've learned the shows aren't bad at all. Lily loves to sing and she loves how Miley puts on that wig and dresses up and becomes Hannah. She is so fascinated with her. She tells everyone that's her "Hannah Montana" and no one elses. Before Hannah, Lily was not really into tv, but she will sit down and watch tv now and she understand what happens on shows or movies. I am really amazed how smart she is and how grown up she is! Since turning 3, she really is growing into a little girl and it makes me sad, but also happy what a wonderful little girl we have!

This post has really turned into a miscellaneous post, but I cannot not mention what we are so excited about! We are going to Disney World in May and we are so excited! It's a business trip for BJ but we are going early and spending two days at the Magic Kingdom. It's going to be so much fun!

I guess that's all for now! We are excited about this weekend and our annual egg hunt! Easter is a special holiday and one of my favorites! I look forward to posting lots of egg hunt pictures!

A Glimpse of Springtime!

"Kits"

We have had Lily's kittens since November...one a bit longer than the other (we had to do a quick replacement with the black one after a fatal accident.)

Until a couple of weeks ago, Lily's "kits" as she calls them, they ran from her and did not like her at all...but now, her "kits" have turned over a new leaf.

"Gray-baby" and "Blacky" have fell in love with their "mama," especially "Gray-baby."

Lily would always chase them and they would run and hide from her. She would get so upset because she couldn't catch them, but now, things have changed and she is loving it.

They let her carry them around now and she doesn't have to chase them. She has even loaded "Gray" in her baby stroller and rolled her around. Gray also loves to snuggle with her on the couch and her bean bag. Neither kitten stays inside but we let them inside for a little while every evening when we get home so Lily can play with them since its usually dark and chilly outside.






I am so not a cat person, but I am loving that they love Lily because she is completely in love with them. I just pray that they stay safe and healthy so she can have a long friendship with her "kits."

Seems I am always apologizing for not posting on here, but wow! what a February, it was and March has started out busy too. Between being short at work (Shannon had a beautiful baby girl and will be back in a couple of months), Relay for Life, 10 year class reunion, Junior Auxiliary and not too mention a busy 3 year old with a dance recital coming up, and all of her activities, and wanting to just have family time at night... unfortunately my blog has been suffering..but maybe not for long.
I promise to do better..

Snow Day

We have snow! Lots of snow! More than I can barely remember us ever getting in southern Mississippi and we are more than loving it. As long as we have power, it's lots of fun to play and Lily has been having the best time..making snowmen, having snowball fights and just rolling in the snow...I'm sure we will be ready for it to move on in a couple of days but for now, it's nice and we are loving it...

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Is your Marriage Fireproof?

We finally sat down last week, and watched the movie, Fireproof. Ok, yeah, I admit we are really, really behind on watching movies, but Lily is a very attention-demanding child and we like it that way so usually all of our spare time is spent playing with her. She is just getting to like to watch tv, a good thing and a bad thing, really.., but back to Fireproof.

I knew it was going to be a good movie, and I guess I had been putting it off because I knew I was probably going to see parts of myself in it.

I really enjoyed it and it made me so emotional. I definitely saw plenty of myself. BJ and I are very happily married, don't get me wrong at all, but we are not perfect.

I tend to not say thank-you enough or let him know how much I appreciate the things he does for us. He is a great husband and sometimes, I tend to be the normal wife and nag him or complain about things, and he rarely, rarely ever does this to me.

We are both Christians and that helps us through a lot of times. I think that this helps us daily in our marriage to be stronger.

Watching this movie helped me to realize how blessed I am that I have him, and it re-affirmed the fact that we are in this til death do us part and maybe sometimes I do need to show him more how special he is. We only have one life to live and we need to make this one special.

I definitely recommend watching it (if you haven't already, since we are so behind) with your spouse or significant other and taking more time for each other.

I hope that everyone has a great weekend. :)

Our Forever Princess!

My boss' son always picks with me about Lily and says, "what will she do when she finds out she's not a real princess?"

We always laugh about this question because Lily is treated like a Princess and probably does think she is a Princess. She loves to dress up like one, and the funniest thing is she calls headbands - "Crowns."

I saw these books in our local Christian bookstore and I got to thinking about this one day, and you know what, Lily will never find out she's not a Princess because she is a REAL princess. She is the daughter of the greatest King of all.

Isn't that the greatest gift ever? I can't wait to buy Lily some of these books and teach Lily more about being a child of Christ.



Speaking of our Princess, this is how her daddy dressed her after her bath for supper the other night. "A true Princess must wear her crown at all times"



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Jump! for your love!

Lily got her much requested "jump" from Santa this past year, and she is loving it. It was finally warmer weather so we were able to get outside this past week, and do some jumping!

Mommy is definitely feeling her age and Lily is so full of energy. She could jump for hours and never get tired. I am excited to finally her a "jump." I never had one as a child mostly because I was so clumsy and they didn't come with huge nets back, but we are really enjoying it if the weather will cooperate with us.

Here are some pics from our jumping adventure.

What? No Pictures?

My last couple of posts have been missing something very important! Pictures of Lily!

I have been taking pics, but forgetting to upload them, so here are some to catch you up on our growing girl!

Our girl of many questions

Since turning three, Lily has became more mature and very inquisitive lately. She wants to know "why" about everything, and we better have a good explanation because she has questions about our explanation. Here are couple of examples of the good questions we have been asked by our smart girl:

While she and I were watching TLC one night, she asks..

"Mommy, what's wrong with that lady?"

"She's going to have a baby."

"Mommy, how does that baby come out?"

Mommy thinks for what seemed like forever, because mommy didn't realize it was time for this question and hadn't prepared a proper answer and responds,

"at the hospital, the doctors help the mommy get the baby out and a stork bring the baby to the mommy" - HA! Definitely not the best answer, but I've been thinking about what to say next time she asks and hoping we can revise this. (What have you told your kids about this?)


Next question...while eating at a local restaurant..

"Daddy, why is that man in that chair with wheels?" (loudly)

"Shhh, Lily! Don't talk to loud." "He hurt his legs."

"What's wrong with his legs, daddy?"

"He hurt them and can't walk so he has to be pushed around in that chair like we push you in your stroller"

She thinks for a while and seems to accept this answer...

While at church during the sermon one day a couple of weeks ago, Lily decided not to go to children's church..referring to the preacher, Lily asks me,

"Mommy, is he mad at us? " (loudly)

"Shh, Lily, whisper.."

"He's yellings at us, mommy"

"No, he's not mad, he's just talking loud so we all can hear."

a few minutes later..

"mommy, why does he keep talking about Jesus?"

"because he's supposed to tell us about Jesus, Lily"


There's many more where that came from, and I'm loving every minute but also learning I need to be much more prepared for these questions because they aren't getting easier and I know my answers are going to stick in her head so I don't want them to sound crazy.

Not Me! Monday - It's been a while!

As I was reading, MckMama's "Not Me! Monday" post this morning, I realized it's been quite a while since I done one myself.

I figure it's about time I remind myself of the things I would never ever do!

The past week was a challenging one for me and BJ. We started our new diet plan, attempting to follow Weight Watchers. Five pounds later, I am trying to be more motived this week after a successful week last week. I did so great all week with no candy or sweets, but this weekend, being at home, stuck inside from the frigid cold temps, I would never sneak in a couple of flavored Tootsie Rolls in, and not count them in my points. That's totally against the rules!

We were so lazy this weekend..and I would never admit that I am starting to get used to it and I'm afraid I'm getting spoiled. This is not good, because it definitely won't be cold for too much longer, then it's time to get outside and work on our yard.

Speaking of being lazy, Lily didn't feel good this weekend. Poor baby is sick with a cough and cold. She and I would never stay in our "jammies" until 1 pm on Saturday, and I would never watch the Hannah Montana movie twice with her on Saturday. I'm not sure why she has suddenly discovered a love for movies, but she loves them lately.

I could go on and on, but I better not reveal all of those things I would never do. I hope everyone has a great week. I'm already working on a post for tomorrow about Lily's new in-depth questions she's been asking lately.

Chilly nights..

Just finally got my Christmas look off of here and now trying out something new! Hope you like it and hope it looks ok, since yours truly designed it..It's probably upside down or something, hehe..

The year so far for us is going great. I am still feeling yucky some days with my sinus problems, but it's ok. It is really cold here right now...It's been a colder week than we have had in over 10 years. Tonight's low is in the low teens so it's gonna be chilly. All of my plants even though covered and protected are freezing and we are just not used to this in the deep South. We are used to lows in the 30's at the most.

Next week is looking warmer and I'm already planning for Springtime and Easter. It's gonna be a great year.

(Oh, and I started a diet this week. So far so good, haven't weighed yet but tomorrow is my big day so pray for me. It's really hard!)

A Whole New Year!

Happy New Year! I am excited about 2010.

My family and I were blessed in 2009. We had a great year. We did have some sad things and disappointments, but most of all, we are healthy and have everything that we could ever need. God has blessed us, and in 2010, I want to be closer to Him, most of all.

I have my resolutions, as usual, the main one being to eat healthier and exercise. I really need to focus on this. We stay so busy running that we eat quickly and I eat quickly and sometimes whatever is easiest. I am definitely a person that easily gains weight. I can look at a cookie and gain two pounds, lol..I want to stick to this, this year..

I also want to be a better wife and mother. By doing this, I want to try and be more slow paced. A couple of things that have kept me busy in the past are coming to end, so I want to devote more time to church and my family.


I pray that 2010 is year full of changes for us, all for the better.

May all of your resolutions come true this year!