For the Birds!

Last minute Christmas shopping is for the birds! Luckily, we got ours done so we made like fish at the aquatic center this afternoon.

Snow!

Linkan woke up and saw the snow outside this morning. With excited wonder in her voice, said "I've been waiting for years to see snow!"

Their dad came home from work just to take the girls out sledding in the driveway.

Palmer lasted less than 5 minutes outside. The bulkiness of her clothes were driving her mad. Linkan came in once, balling because her hands were cold, so we put my waterproof gloves on and off she went. (Although, as I was wrestling with her gloves and trying to get Palmer's snowsuit off (while both are screaming in my ears), my head may have exploded for just one teensy weensy second.)

After the gloves incident, Link went back out and had a blast sledding and building a snow trench. Palmer was perfectly happy to watch her from inside the door. :) Happy Winter!

Not Anymore

Today, we were in the checkout line at the store. I had just dropped by the pharmacy counter to pick up a prescription for Ben. I stopped to talk to my pharmacist that I've gotten to know so well over the past 12 or 13 months. It's been awhile since I've been at the pharmacy so we needed to catch up. Haha

Anyway, as we were checking out, Linkan looked up at me and said, "Mommy, does daddy have kawn-ser anymore?" I looked down at that sweet little face and said, "No, baby, not anymore." I smiled real big at her and she smiled real big right back at me. :)

Stormy

There is a big rain storm rolling through tonight. We heard Linkan whimpering in her room upstairs (through the monitor) so Ben went up to check on her. In her sweet little exasperated and scared voice, she said, "I tried the hide everywhere!" :)

Sandolf?

Palmer put these on all on her own. I have a very confused little Santa-rudolf-baby. ;)

A Weekend Away at the Lake

It didn't suck. It was ah-mazing. Beautiful lake house, beautiful surroundings (so quiet and serene), no agenda, just us. Our first overnighter away from our babies. We missed them dearly. But the relationship recharge was more important. Two consecutive nights of continuous uninterrupted sleep - and lots of it. The road trip to and from was awesome too! This American Life podcasts and time to talk about whatever. We chuckled at ourselves several times over the course of the weekend - the things that get us excited these days - a good night's sleep, cleaning up only after ourselves, uninterrupted adult conversation. Lol

Thank you, Keith, for your amazing generosity for sharing your haven with us. I got a good laugh when I read the framed quote (below) on you desk. The truth is that we fell in love with ya, brother, on the trails to Everest before we ever knew what a loser you were back at home in the States. ;) Werd.

Thank you, grandpa and grandma, for loving on our babies while we were gone. You put our (my) mind at ease and I didn't worry a single bit. No lie!

I missed them so much and we shared silly stories about them all weekend long that made us giggle.

The battery recharge this weekend was good for all of us. ;)

Letters to Santa

New Dog Beds

This is Boss. He is our first "baby". He is our 10 year old Great Dane/mastiff mix pup that we've had since we picked him up from his mama's farm in Oklahoma. I love him so. He's just like a person and he's a great dog. We've had so many wonderful adventures together - the three of us. Things have changed a bit since we added his little sis (Stella, our mastiff) and our two human babies but it doesn't change our history and how much we love our old guy. He got to come to grandma and grandpa's house for Thanksgiving and loved running around the playground while the kids played on the swings. He gets attention wherever he goes and he eats it up.

Some days, I think we don't deserve such a sweet creature.

Anyway, I got completely fed up with our dog bed situation a couple a months ago. He had an orthopedic bed which was feet but it was 5 years old, very worn and very smelly - even though I washed the cover every week. The zipper finally busted and the rest was white trash history. So, we picked up a couple of used mattresses on Craigslist for $10 each and ordered duck canvas covers from Bow Wow Pet Beds. They custom make covers for toddler beds for large breeds. No Zipper. Super durable duck canvas. Brilliant.

Cheap, comfortable and cute. Love.

Linkan's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated sweet Linkan's 3rd birthday. Both sets of grandparents came. We had chili and opened presents followed by the grande finale - unveiling the Little Einstein's themed Rocket Cake. I stayed up until 2:30a the night before, creating it. She loved it and that made it all worth it. It was my second cake ever. I've decided it's kind of fun and am going to make a special cake for my girls for their birthdays. My mom did that for me as a kid and it made me feel special. It was a fun night for us all, celebrating our little spitfire, who has captured our hearts from the very beginning. Happy birthday, little love.

Rock Chalk

There is a first time for everything and yesterday was our first visit to Allen Fieldhouse. We went and watched the Lady Jayhawks take on Alabama A&M. The girls had a great time. Linkan said her favorite part was watching "the girls" (cheerleaders). The whole way home, she was chanting K-----U U.

Thanksgiving 2012