Dan, Danica, Daniley, & Danslen

Monday, April 02, 2012

This has been one of those weekends where I laid awake Sunday night going through all the fun memories we made. Saturday night I had a Ladies Only party, a pinterest party in fact, where we had margaritas and I demonstrated my Silhouette. We had such a blast! Also I demonstrated my new margarita machine that I bought at a time when I did *not* need to be spending money. :-| Oh well, I'm sorry Habenero's I won't be "needing" you anymore...at least not just to quench my thirst. Haha.

Also Daniley and Danslen got to spend time with ALL their cousins this weekend. Here are the "4 Monkeys."

Then Sunday night the sweet Bentley visited with us and we had a grill out and dance party. I have only video. Why wasn't I thinking to grab my camera? Maybe because I was too busy dancing on one leg! :-) I'll try to post videos, but that's very time consuming....so check back, but give me a couple days!
On top of all this fun, I had lots of good quality time with my babies this weekend. And because I was having a party, the house was completely clean, top to bottom, which helps me relax...until things get out of place again. That's why I don't try to always keep a clean house, because when it starts to get messy again it bothers me. Might as well just keep it messy all the time, then you don't have to worry! :-) Love to everyone!! Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The other morning Dan was out of town. I was getting the girls up by myself and getting ready. I just got off crutches so I walk really slow. I was making great time. Daniley got up with a smile on her face. I left her upstairs to use the bathroom. Then suddenly: trouble. Daniley is upstairs crying, screaming. I can tell something is bad wrong. I ask her 2 or 3 times what the problem was but she was crying so much that I couldn't understand. Finally I went upstairs, and she was standing at the top. Here's the situation: "My washing machine doesn't have any buttons on it!!!" (Pottery Barn play front loader system--KNOBS ONLY. How dare they not put buttons?) She cracks me up sometimes. LOL.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I got up here by myself and I am NOT scared!!! And I don't need any help. And I don't want to get down!

(Click my picture to see my big smile!)

Monday, March 26, 2012

~~LADIES' NIGHT OUT~~
GIRLS GONE WILD!
Don't worry, we hired a designated driver and bodyguard (not shown).

Our first slurps together!

Chillin' out!

PASSED OUT!

Saturday Sarah Katherine, Daniley, Danslen, their mommies, and my great helper Hannah went over to Marissa's house to play. WHAT FUN! This was a lunch time playdate so I packed snacks. Then Marissa's mom, Jennifer, surprised me by cooking lunch! The girls were so cute playing together. Jennifer also has a little boy and thankfully he slept through the playdate. I'm not sure if he could handle that many ladies. ;-) Thank you to Erin for coordinating, Jennifer for hosting, and I don't know what I'm to be thanked for. I'm pretty much worthless these days. ;-)

Friday night my little (not-so-little-anymore) friend Hannah spent the night with us. Daniley LOVED her. She was also a big help to me. She carried the baby around for me a lot. I definitely couldn't have done the play date without her! Love you Biscuit!! We had a great time and hope you come back and stay with us again soon.

Monday, March 19, 2012

It's been a weekend of parties and Sunday was my nephew Eli's. He is turning two today! Happy birthday sweet boy!!

(Picture creds to GPaw on this one.)

John Thomas always has really awesome birthday parties (I'm sorry Lynn, you have really made a name for yourself and have a lot to live up to, HA!!). Saturday was his 4th birthday and he had his party at his late Pawpaw's barn. We had a really great time. Sorry I was so slow getting around...will party harder next year. :-)

Did you know people can eat far more than what your Momma told you? Danslen is our little garbage disposal. She will eat anything. There is no telling what she has eaten that I don't even know (or want to know) about. Some of it I'm too scared to write on the blog. But here is one of her latest adventures. This is not the first time this has happened. We took all the chalk away from the chalkboard downstairs but when we were upstairs I forgot about this problem. Keep in mind these pictures were taken after about 2 minutes of really getting the chalk away from her. (The big piece was just a snack, it was a little piece that she had for a meal.) When I found her, her mouth was seriously like a bowl of Plaster of Paris. YAK!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Daniley is funny in things she says. We're always cracking up about something. Sometimes things she says I believe, and sometimes not. It's hard to know or tell when she is telling the truth. We've really been working hard on not lying lately. I didn't say we were in compliance, I just said we've been working on it. She sees the time out chair frequently.
Last night I noticed some scrathy streaks across her chest. I inquired, "What happened to your chest? It's all scratched. Did you fall down?" She said, "Paisley, my mean cat, did that to me. She scratched me. She is not nice." I pulled her over closely. I began to feel the marks....it was unusual. I inspected her closer. Then I said, "OH REALLLLLY????" Then I said, "Have you been in Mom's lipstick?" "Nope." "I'm gonna give you one chance to tell Mommy the truth. Don't tell Mommy any stories." Finally, she confessed, "It was only just a little bit of lipstick Mom." How she got it to streak out like that (very thin lines, I swear it looked just like scratches) I have no idea.
Okay, here's another one. We let her watch movies upstairs in the bar/playroom by herself. There is a candy machine in there. It stays locked and the keys stay up on a high glass shelf. Dan walked in to check on her one morning and she had her kid grand piano over there at the candy machine standing on top of it. That means she had pulled it from one end of the room to the other. Dan said, "What are you doing?" "Oh hey Dad, I was just trying to see all the different colors of the MMs." (She was going for the keys.) He asked her again. Same answer. So he gave her the line, "I'm going to give you one final chance to tell Dad the truth. Tell me what you were doing." Get her final answer: "I was just looking for a new experience, that's all!!" Sometimes it's hard to stay serious!! :-)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Well I don't have any exciting pictures....unless you want to see my knee split open and me drugged up in the hospital. I'll spare you. I am about a week and a half post-surgery. Physical therapy is doing me loads of good. I really wish I could just bend my leg and run like I used to but I know that will take time. My tibia was also fractured so I will be on crutches for at least 2 more weeks. It is difficult dealing with Lil' Darlin', because I can't pick her up and carry her. I have to rely on Dan a lot. I still do "half" the work, it's just a different half. For example, I can fix the dinner and fix the plates, but Dan has to carry the plates to the table for me. Because my hands are on the crutches, I can't carry anything. It's a drag. With that said, I've been shopping a few times to places that have those electric shopping buggies, and I am SO thankful for them because without them I couldn't buy anything if I couldn't sling it over my shoulder. Saturday evening Daniley and I went to Joann Fabrics and we got a scooter and shopped for THREE HOURS. (I'm still not over the fact that Daniley was content for that long!) Speaking of Daniley, she has been helping me out a LOT. If Lil' Darlin' is getting into trouble Daniley can move her into another room for me. Daniley also packed the car for me this morning including a car seat, laptop bag, work bag, diaper bag...everything but the baby. Getting up and getting both girls ready and into the car by myself is a huge challenge, especially when I am doing it by myself. That, however, is rare thanks to the wonderful family support that I have. My husband, grandmother, Dan's parents, and my mom have been a Godsend! I have come across a couple of awesome things through this: sitting in a chair in the shower is like heaven on earth! That hot water coming down over me for sure is sending up the gas bill, because I sit in there extra long. It's like a spa! Ooooh, I want to go in there right now. Also, I've had some quiet time and time to sew, and I've came up with some cute stuff. I was glad to go back to work today. I love working. I love my job, which is why I love working!! Hopefully this coming weekend we'll have more pictures to share. Thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, March 03, 2012

So the Dr. said I tore my ACL, had a bone bruise, and fractured one of my bones. I was getting a lot of information at the moment so I can't be more specific. I just couldn't absorb it all. Thursday I went in for surgery and now it's Saturday night and I'm laid up on the couch. Dan is taking pretty good care of me. The family is helping out with the girls but they'll be back tomorrow. I pray Daniley doesn't get wild around my leg. One jump and life could be over. I'm in a decent amount of pain, but it's manageable. I'm nervous about upcoming therapy and also, at some point, Dan's gonna have to go back to work and I'm gonna be all alone. I can't wait to be back to my old self again. Each day I should feel a little bit better. Please pray for a speedy recovery!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

This is teamwork. One holds the camera and the other presses the button. Only engineers would think of that. ;-)

We went to New Hampshire for our anniversary. Dan and I traveled two nights alone for our first anniversary after Daniley was born, and haven't traveled without the girls since. Honey & Gpaw offered us a sneak-away, so we went for it. Monday night, we sat in the room like "What do we do without the kids?" By Tuesday we had come to our senses, and we were on the slopes.

We had a GREAT time. Dan skis like a Grandpa. Check out this video. That's me behind the camera...ski a little, look and wait. Ski a little, look and wait. Then I got this:

Don't worry, I won't be laughing much longer.
Here we are at dinner on our anniversary. Happy eight. Hopefully we'll have eight more, then eight more, then eight more....

Wednesday we went over the mountains into Conway and shopped on main street. Picked up souvenirs and ate. We watched for mouse, bears, and even birds, but came up short. Here we are at the creek, yes, walking on the ice.

It's nice to be able to run!

Here's my snow angel. Worry about having a wet a$$ later...have a little adventure!

Thursday we were back on the slopes. We moved from green trails to blue. We both took it slow. On the last run on the way back to the car, tragedy struck. I don't know what happened, but here I am finishing the descent.

Then to first aid. I tried to make light of the situation, so I was cutting up with my first responders.

But seriously, I was hurt. I haven't extended my leg since the accident. (Dr. appt. Monday morning.)
Here's a cute picture of us before boarding our final flight home.

Dan would like to make SURE you get the full picture.

Happy anniversary James Daniel! This was one of the best, despite the injury.

This brings "we got our baby a walker" to a whole new level.

I'm not scared!!

I'm really busy!!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Saturday we went to Marissa's birthday party, were in a cowboy parade, and had ballet pictures made. It was the 3 events in 3 cities in 3 hours tour. Haha. The party was a lot of fun but we had to leave early in order to make it to the parade. My mother gets very excited about parades and so she made it so that all we had to do was show up and put our costumes on. I don't care squat about being in parades but she said we were, so we were. :-)
I had not seen Little Darlin's ride until I arrived. We strapped her in with a dog leash and when we got on our way, she really got to giggling. She giggled all the way down main street. I can assure, the rain ONLY bothered the adults. The kids had a GREAT time. I have to give it to my mom, she did a great job getting everything prepared.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

2 hours after a trip to Urgent Care. Do you think she's okay?

Monday, February 13, 2012

What do we do on a Saturday night when we have nowhere to be?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

You think the picture is funny? Should have been at the party!

This was a Western themed birthday party and one of the most fun we've been to. Thank you Laura for the invitation. We had a blast!