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February Recap, Part II: The Bighams!

Before we sold our house, we had received a couple comments that our house was beautiful, but that the handle and hardware for the front door looked incongruously shabby. So I decided on a whim to head up to Austin and replace it myself. I figured it wouldn't take long, so I called Laura to see if she & Makinley wanted some visitors for the next day. She said sure and we headed to Austin after a brief Home Depot stop.
We had a blast hanging out all day...watching the girls play, eating lunch, catching up, and laughing a lot. And around 4pm we headed over to my old house for what I thought would be a quick job...turns out replacing a door handle and deadbolt is a little more involved than one might think. :) But Laura entertained the girls, Noelle napped, and I stared at the schematics until they finally made sense. I also buried a St. Joseph statue in the yard, b/c so many people had been telling me that he would help sell my house. Within two weeks we had two offers (after 8 months of nothing), so I am now a firm believer in St. Joseph & new door handles!!!!
Laura's husband, Scott, was out of town so it was a girls' night. And since Laura will be adding her own 2nd baby girl to the mix in June, I look forward to many more girls' nights with the six of us!

P.S.-Funny story about bath time: I was downstairs feeding Noelle, M & Red were upstairs playing, and Laura was upstairs getting ready to give M a bath. I told Red that she didn't need a bath b/c she had showered with me that morning. Laura went to grab M's pjs & when she walked back into the bathroom, she found both girls completely naked waiting by the tub. :) Delilah was not going to miss out on any water fun!!!

February Recap, Part I

I am extremely behind on my blogging...finally selling your house and having an emergency appendectomy will do that.
So, yay! House is sold. Barring anything crazy happening, we close on March 25th and will be done...hooray!!
As for the appendectomy...woke up last Monday feeling sick & crampy, and by 10:30am it was so bad that I texted Chris and said he needed to come home. He drove me to the hospital my brother works at, & my brother was my anesthesiologist while his favorite general surgeon removed an appendix about 4 times the normal size. It was about an hour or two away from rupturing, which would have been a MUCH worse scenario, so everything went as well as possible. My parents were ANGELS and took the girls most of the week so I could rest & recover as much as possible. Chris was an excellent nurse & I'm now pretty much back to normal. Not exactly how I planned to spend last week, but that's just how things go sometimes!
So...getting back to February...
One of the best nights of the month was spent with my dear friend, Allison. I've talked about her on the blog before, and hopefully she will be reappearing much more often b/c she & her precious family are finally moving back to Texas this summer!!! She was in town to house hunt, visit friends, and escape the Minnesota weather (but all she did was bring it with her). We decided to be rebels and met for dinner on a night that the weathermen swore was going to bring the worst ice storm in years. Glad we did b/c it was a WONDERFUL reunion...we shared secrets and perfected our dreams as only the best of friends can do. We had dinner for three hours, closed the restaurant down, and still weren't close to being done. We also had a cryogenically frozen mix of Captain Crunch and cilantro for dessert, but that's a story for another time.
February also brought a visit from Jewel, Delilah's Austin baby sitter. She made the round trip in one day just to spend a few hours with Red. How fabulous is she?!?! We spent the afternoon at the park and Delilah was in heaven. We already have plans for another visit in April. We love and miss you, Miss Jewel!!!

And we'll end with a random Feb pic of the girls snuggling on the couch. Delilah woke up from her nap and wandered sleepily into the living room; as soon as she saw Noelle, she wanted to climb on the couch and snuggle with her. :)
That's it for now...Part II is on the way!

4 Months Old!

4 months old and we're on the move!! Rolling over like a champ, and starting to scoot!!! She gets on her belly, and then uses her legs to kind of push forward and slide along her belly. It's all happening way too fast for my taste...stay little, baby girl!

Her 4 month check up revealed that she is still very long...but a quick look back at Delilah's 4 month shows that she was quite long at this age, too...and she has since become a shrimp. :)

Weight: 14 pounds, 8 ounces ( 72%)

Length: 26 inches ( 97%)

Head: 16.25 inches (62%)

Noelle is super ticklish and saves her best smiles for her daddy. I got the first smiles and giggles, but he gets them more often. I had dreams when I was pregnant that she would be a daddy's girl, and I think they may have been prophetic. She also gives Delilah huge smiles...I think Red is Noelle's favorite entertainment. Can't blame her...Red is pretty entertaining.

She is still a very easy-going baby: cries when she's hungry or tired and that's about it. Still wakes once in the night to eat (between 3 and 5am), but goes right back to bed after she eats.

Loves to be rocked, loves her swing, loves her bouncer...guess she just likes to move.

Happy 4 months old, Noelle. We love you!

Homemade Fashion Fridays: I'm Back!

After a long hiatus of moving and having Noelle, I've decided to pick up my needles once again. Because my dear friend Allison told me that crochet is much faster than knitting, I decided to teach myself to crochet. This pink bonnet was my first project...finished it just in time for the cold snap to leave Houston and for the temps to reach 75. :) But b/c it's Houston, I know we will be having cold fronts all the way through April...it will get some use!

Look at me sitting in my Bumbo!

Finding her toes.

And speaking of Allison, I never posted the elephant I knitted for her sweet baby girl. Amelia was born last July and I think I mailed this out in September. What's a two month delay among friends?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Chris and I aren't much for celebrating V-day...we're kind of gooey, flower-buying, card-writing people all year round, so the holiday has always seemed a bit superfluous. But using the day as an excuse to dress up my girls in red & pink, and make cute, sparkly cards?...Sign me up!

Here's Delilah hard at work, making valentines for her classmates. I cut out construction paper hearts & wrote the words; she used a glue stick to add red & silver glitter.

I have to say I was a little disappointed that we were the only ones to hand make our valentines...I thought that was the point? But then again, I was the only parent half an hour late to the party b/c I had the start time wrong...we can't all be good at everything. :) (I add the smiley face to make it look like I don't care, but the truth is that when Red & I were walking into school and I saw some families walking out, I realized I must have gotten the time wrong and I wanted to cry b/c I felt so bad. Mommy guilt is the worst!!)

Side note: I was telling Delilah all day that we were going to a party later. I guess I never mentioned that the party was at school b/c when we pulled into the parking lot, she adamantly declared, "This not a party, Mommy. This is school!!!!!" Poor thing thought I was trying to trick her.

The kiddos all enjoyed the sugary treats.

As usual, Delilah stayed at the table long after everyone else got up to play

Miss Bertha.

Miss Tommie.

It was a beautiful day, so we played at the park after the party.

Delilah is a climbing machine.

"I did it!"

Running to play in the sand.

Grammy Di sent cute outfits for the girls, and I wanted to get a pic of them together. Since Delilah always wants to change into her princess dress or her p.j.'s the second we walk in the house, I had to throw lighting & setting to the wind and snap a pic wherever I could.

Noelle does not look like she trusts Red...but Red looks very proud! :)

And I threw in this last pic b/c of the color. When Noelle's pink curtains are closed during the day, the whole room glows with a beautiful rose color. I didn't alter the tint of this pic at all...just thought a pink picture of my littlest valentine was the perfect way to end.

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