Date night

It's amazing how rarely we get to get off by ourselves at this point in our life. I always swore I'd never be one of those parents who didn't ever go out on dates but it's so incredibly easy to allow months upon months to go by. Before you know it you're looking back and a year has passed and you've maybe gone out twice. It's not for lack of baby sitters, our sweet family is always willing. Part of the problem is I work weekends, Bri works Monday through Friday. Hopefully it won't be forever that we're broke and always working or too tired to play. It also helps to have a little girls who's just not a pill at 3 yrs old, never has been. We just enjoy her too much to always be screaming for a break. You know what though, once we do get a date on the calendars Brian and I both look forward to it so much. We need to make more effort. I do love getting off as adults together. With out an adorable little distraction to take our focus off of each other. He is such a wonderful hubby and I like having all his attention. :) We had a blast this week hitting up Buffalo Wild Wings on 45 cent wing night with some dear friends of ours, Chris and Natalie, then off to a much anticipated viewing of our beloved Harry Potter. Those movies are never long enough even at 2 hrs and like 40 minutes. It flies by and I always want an extended version. Such a great story and it's great to hang out with other people who allow their inner 8 year old self to enjoy the magical world. :) We had a wonderful night. I stuffed myself sick on movie popcorn and I made Brian promise we wouldn't wait 6 more months before we head out again. He is after all such a hot date to hold arms with. :)

Go Team!

Well Mi-Mi does it again. Mom and Dad came over this week to surprise the Bit with a few more birthday presents. And it was a Bit sized cheerleader doll, who incidentally cheers when you squeeze her hand. Abigail loved the new outfit we just had to look on the internet to show her what a cheerleader actually was. She was thrilled to learn and afterward took off screaming and rolling all over the den. She's learning the cheers at a rapid rate and Brian and I are....thrilled....to hear her chanting away w/ her doll. :) She was very happy with it and has had a ball running around in the outfit on and has a great time w/ her life sized doll to dance and cheer with. Thanks Mom and Dad!!

It's a Bit's birthday!!!!!!!

the traditional ribbon /button pinning first thing in the morning, this year she wasn't as shocked

Helping me make her dary special princess cake per her request

all dressed and ready post nap waiting for the party

She wanted so badly to help w/ the candles on the cake we wound up w/ a bit more then 3!

My reflexes weren't fast enough to catch Greg w/ his tiara on, he was pretty adamant "no pictures" :) Deana was still proud, so were we

She loved her Tinkerbell card from Grampa Mike

And the tea set was pretty darn special too

Daddy refusing to look at directions, Deana sweetly offering to peek anyway

the helmet was bigger then she was

Her legs aren't quite long enough for the peddles but in another month or so they will, she had a blast trying anyway

such a 'butterton' all she wanted to eat was the butter frosting off the top then she was done. Not even a nibble of the cake part.

Aunti D made her give mommy a big smile by smearing some icing on her nose

Deana gave her 4 new tutu's, .....yeah! One complete w/ wings and a wand. Abigail is thoroughly enjoying all of her new frills and ruffles.

the wings were a little big for her, we had to double strap them

That night I couldn't stand it anymore, I brought out the dollhouse mom found her up for one last surprise for the day. She loved it!

Brian finally left us both and went to bed, we were having too much fun playing in this doll house together.

It was so cute, she actually put all the dolls in their beds when it was time for us to stop playing and go up to bed.

Then she waved to them and said "night night everyone, see you in de mowrnin"

One last ride of the day





Such a sweet birthday this year. We had a great day celebrating 3 years of Abigail. We met Daddy for lunch at the mall then headed home to make a cake together. She picked it this year, a pink princess cake per her request. Remarkably she took a good long nap so I could finish getting ready then she was up with a bang and ready for our party. Christine and D and Greg came over for a lazy spaghetti casserole dinner and princess party. Abigail was so appreciative and thrilled to get her very first bike , a traditional balloon that was bigger then her (thank you Grammie) and a beautiful new "dog house" (doll house) to play with. She loved the fru fru tea set from her Grampa Mike and Miss Lynn. Aunti D hooked her up w/ 4 new tutus and she had tried them all on twice by bedtime. It was a special family time and we haven't stopped batting the balloons around the boxes and mess yet. Thanks everyone for helping to make it great!

Vacation Bible School time

She's front and center in the red shirt and white shorts

her and "Gawison"

the little one's filed in a lot neater on the rope, it was pretty cute.

she kept meeting Bri's and my eye line to make sure we were watching her, and when she'd catch eyes she just beamed she was so proud to be up front singing. :)

Yeah, Grammie got to come to her big very first musical performance!

Abigail and her darling 2 teachers from the week, the one in the green is Garrison's mom

walking in for the processional she was so excited

The pizza and popcorn party before it all got started

Abigail and her new buddy Garrison, they were too cute chasing each other around for the parents to care that he was chomping watermelon and her pizza while running .

she was so thrilled they had a "bouncy castle"

showing the camera what she made me earlier that week

all dressed in red to represent her red team tonight

Absolutely could not get out the door fast enough to get to the last day party and concert




Abigail had a great time this past week participating in her very first VBS. She went every day from 9-12 (hello, I had an awesome time too. Nice little taste of freedom) each day and by the end of the week she was exhausted but still begging to go back. They did a 'Studio Go' theme which was kind of game show centered and she learned all different kinds of Bible stories and songs. She met some friends that will be in her class of preschool this fall, one in particular was Garrison. Each day I'd pick her up a couple new volunteers would tell me what a sweet girl she is and ....did I know she had a boyfriend?? Of course at 2 yrs almost 3 now, she barely knew that Garrison was a boy just a really cool playmate. But the teachers got a kick out of the quick bond she formed w/ this little guy. They were quite the item for everyone else to enjoy all week. One lady told me in the gym one morning their 2 classes merged and across the gym floor they hollered each others names and ran into an adorable embrace that made everyone crack up! Luckily his mom was one of her teachers so she got to enjoy first hand the new friendship. One day I picked her up and Garrison screamed and cried in an all out toddler tantrum just because I was taking "dat girl" away for the day. We assured the two they can play together all next year in school. I explained to his mom when she looked a little embarassed that Abigail's used to wild little boys w/ her crazy cousins. They keep up w/ her energy so well she's just used to boys. She's still singing the darlin songs from the week and she made lots of cute crafts to brag to her Daddy as soon as he'd get home each night. Great experience and we can't wait to get into the preschool world in a couple months to let her enjoy more.