Happy Easter

What a beautiful day! Kirk had to work so Holland and I went to church with Mom. It was a beautiful Easter service. Holland's newest book is "The Story of Easter" and it's really written on a child's level. It has beautiful illustrations and child like writing for the story. We read it to Holland and she really enjoyed it.

I used to have a wind up toy record player I loved to play with. Over Spring Break, Mom and Kate found that old wind up record player. Mom ordered another one for us to have at home for Holland and some extra records to play on them. Holland loved it! Probably as much as I used to.

We had Easter dinner and an egg hunt over at Mom's. Holland had so much fun! She had her first egg hunt and really did good. She even got the prize egg!

Holland's first homemade strawberry shortcake and she did not want to share! :) lol

Spring Break is over

During Spring Break we wanted to get a lot of things done. Our agenda consisted of Easter sugar eggs which are just about done. We didn't get to have the garage sale yet, but it is all set up and ready to go. The spare bedroom is cleaned out, baseboards removed, and we have painted edges of everything. We all got to see doctors this week. The garage was completely cleaned out and we got a new roof on the patio. And, Billy's current residence is the backyard. We got a ton of stuff done and it feels great to have such an accomplishing week. Now we just need good weather for a garage sale and finish painting. Woohoo!!!!!

We all watched Twilight Saga: New Moon today. Loved it!!! Kirk is still on Team Edward, but I have now switched to Team Jacob! We will have to break down and buy the Twilight Saga series on Blu-ray.

Spring Break 2010: Thurs-Sat

Thursday - Kirk worked in the garage cleaning and organizing while I went through the house pulling out stuff for the garage sale. It's so awesome to have clean shelves and closets..... to store more stuff! :) Just the way life is. Holland and I went over to Mom's to work more on the Easter sugar eggs. Kate came in so all 4 of us girls decorated the inside of the eggs. So much fun! Holland began to get a little fussy so we came home and I took Holland's temperature. She was running 102.3 fever! She didn't have any other symptoms other than the fever. She was a little cranky but that was it. We gave her medicine and a cool bath to get her fever down. After the bath, she felt a lot better and played hard all evening. Holland's fever never got below 100 before bedtime.

Friday - we got up and took Holland in to sick time at the doctor's office. She has no drainage. Her ears, throat, and nose were all clear. Doctor didn't know what was really wrong other than it might be some simple virus with just a fever. After we left the clinic we went to Walmart and came home. Kirk and I finished up the garage and started setting up for the garage sale. We have all the little things already placed on a table, stuff labeled and packaged, and bedroom furniture ready to go! Kate came over for supper and hung out with us while we relaxed.

Saturday - well......................... no garage sale. It's snowing!!!! I don't mind giving up a garage sale to hang out in the house watching it snow! How fabulous! We have everything ready so all we have to do is have some good weather, open the garage, and move the tables out. So, since we are staying in, Kirk and I cleaned out the rest of the stuff in the spare bedroom and I started painting the walls. Tonight we went to Mommer's house to celebrate Mom's birthday. We ate and had fun just enjoying each other's company.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

St. Patty's Day

Today was a busy day for us. Kate came in for the remainder of Spring Break. She came over and we played a little Wii Just Dance. So much fun!! Kirk worked on the patio roof and finished it. I cleaned the living room, dining room, pruned the shrubs, and put out new solar lights. Precious, the Chihuahua, is happy Billy is outside. However, Billy isn't adjusting as well as we had hoped. He is still getting his anti-depressants and he should be okay in another day or two. Right now, he is exploring and hopefully he is getting used to his new space.

Since we didn't get to go out to celebrate St. Patrick's day, I made sure I had plenty of Guinness for Kirk. Holland loved her new shamrock t-shirt and new hair bows for St. Patty's. She loves dressing up!

Spring Break 2010: Sat-Tues

We did our normal chores over the weekend. Laundry, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, etc. Monday, I had my dentist and eye appointments. They went great! Teeth were very clean and eyes are getting better over age! I'm sure that will change the older I get. Holland and Kirk played Just Dance on the Wii. They loved it! Holland had a blast trying to make the same movements. So funny!

Monday morning I saw that Sesame Street was on. I turned the channel to PBS and Holland saw Elmo and was immediately hooked. I'm rarely at home during weekdays to see Sesame Street on so I have no idea if Holland watches it at her sitter's house, but she loves it!

I'm a bad mom since I haven't given Holland fresh fruit yet. I know, I know! It's not that I didn't want to, it's just that I never got around to it. She eats fruit cups and fruit yogurt every day, but I've not bought fresh fruit for her to eat. So today, Tuesday, Holland had fresh strawberries, blueberries, and grapes! She loved them all! It was so awesome to see her enjoy fresh fruit since I don't eat any of it. :)


Holland and I went over to Mom's to help start the Easter sugar eggs. We are making light green ones this year. So far, so good. I'm learning more and more each year. I helped mix the sugar and molded several of the eggs. It's so much fun!

I took Billy Bob to his vet appointment today. It was the first time he had actually behaved like a somewhat normal cat. He got all of his vaccinations and is ready to move outside. When we got home, we took him straight to the back porch where his new bed and house were awaiting him. He has a new reflective collar on and is ready to be a wild kitty. I'm really going to enjoy not having to deal with all of his cat hair everywhere. Here is Billy checking out his new house and bed.
While preparing for Billy to move outdoors, we realized we have to have a roof on the patio that doesn't leak. The current one leaks some when it rains since it's not a real roof. Just something we had to throw together years ago. Kirk bought all new supplies and we anticipate this roof being much more protective and waterproof then before. That will be good with Billy living outdoors now.

Spring Break begins!!!

Finally.... Spring Break! I have so much planned for our little family. They will be so happy when I go back to work after Spring Break. Our current agenda is to make Easter sugar eggs, clean out the spare bedroom, paint the spare bedroom, move Billy Bob (the crazy cat) outside, and have a garage sale. That's all. Nothing big. :) In our spare time we will play the new Wii game I bought today, Just Dance. I've only played for a couple of seconds but I loved it! I also bought some digital scrapbooking software and it's absolutely awesome! I've already made some really cute baby shower invitations. And, I can't wait to catch up on Holland's scrapbooks. Wish me luck with all the plans!

He's home!

Kirk was gone this past week for training and it was insane not having him home. He typically has Holland duty in the am, since I'm gone before either of them get up. I fed cattle and took care of Piwi while he was gone, too. One good thing is Piwi minds me very well now. I'm doing much better at giving commands in czech. I don't do great at staying home alone or with Holland. I feel much safer when Kirk is home with us. This week there was a rash of break ins in our area and of course, I went nuts trying to protect our house. Needlesstosay, I'm so grateful Kirk is back home and we all feel so much safer now.

20 months old

Holland turned 20 months old yesterday. WOW!!! She is learning and doing so much these days. She knows every particle of clothing, takes off her own clothes, and is repeating everything we say. Holland even said spaghetti today. She says "I love you" to us, and when we ask her "can I have a hug or kiss?" she will hug/kiss us. Too cute!!! Holland has been showing affection for a few months now, but I keep forgetting to post it. When I come home from work, I take off my shoes and she will put them in my closet and shut the closet door. Then, she will go get my hair brush and hair clip for me to put my hair up. Holland has my routine down as good as I do! She loves my Blackberry smartphone. As soon as she sees it, she hollers out "baby!" I have her picture as my background and she loves to see it and kiss the screen. She has figured out what all the rollerball does and pretends to be texting and scrolling through stuff. It's hilarious! Holland is much better at self feeding and is now using the sippy cups for 2 year olds that don't have the spout or straw in them. Since she knows her shapes and a few numbers, we have been working more on counting and colors. She can pick out red, blue, purple, yellow, and of course pink! She can say all the colors. Holland knows 1 through 3, so we've been working on 4 and 5. She's almost got them down. As for potty training, we didn't want to push her. We figure it will click sometime for her. A couple of weeks ago, she said she needed to go potty so we went and she did her business on the potty. I was so proud! I'm hoping over Spring Break when I'm home all week, we can really work hard on potty training.

During Spring Break we are going to set up Holland's new bedroom. We are going to buy a full size bed sometime soon. I've already bought the paint and the bedding. I can't wait to get it all set up! We haven't decided if we will move her to the new bedroom during Spring Break or wait until she's 2 this June. Only 4 months left until she's 2! I better start working on Holland's birthday party!!! :)

We took Holland to Parkway Grill for supper tonight and then shopping for Spring/Summer clothes. She had fun! Here is Holland at Parkway Grill.

Holland had so much fun shopping! She picked out clothes, shoes, and her Easter dress. I think we created a monster!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Over a week ago, we dog sat for my Mom. Her dog, Pru, got sick and was put in hospital. A few days later, our Chihuahua, Precious, was put in the hospital with the infection. Then, after 4 more days, our K9 dog, Piwi, was put in the hospital. Precious ended up being in the hospital for 7 days and Piwi for 3 days with a nasty GI infection. We finally got them home yesterday. They both seem to be doing much better and are very happy to be home. A big thank you to Dr. Gibson for taking such good care of our doggies!

Last night, Kirk and I finally had a date night. I think the last time we went out was our anniversary over 2 years ago. Gaga babysat for us and we met up with JB, Josh, and Suzie to go watch the movie, Valentine's Day. We all had a great time and really enjoyed the movie. It was so funny!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Super Bowl Weekend

We really only go to the Super Bowl party for the friends and food. This year, Holland had a good time since she could run around with the other little girls. The girls were teaching Holland colors and animals, and she loved all the attention. Unfortunately.............. I just deleted all the Super Bowl party pictures off of my camera after I had thought they had downloaded to the computer. Apparently, this camera is smarter than me.

Friday night we went to dinner at Applebee's with some good friends, Josh and JB. Holland behaved pretty good and actually ate the food we ordered her. Here is Holland stylin' in my sunglasses before we got to town.