Girly Girl

This is too fun not to share.  We all know that I've been blessed with a girly girl.  I'm so thankful and pray that she always is!

My Everly would rather wear a dress than anything else.  So, she has way too many dresses.  In preparation for spring, I've bought her some precious dresses.  So has her Bunny.  

Today she put on a fashion show of all her cute new dresses:

Told you it was too cute not to share!  Did I mention she has too many dresses????

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is very different than is used to be!  Not sure if this a bad thing or not, but it's more for our kids these days than it is for Clark and me.  But, hey, that's okay!  They love it.

They both had parties at school.  I'm very proud of my boy.  He addressed and signed 12 cards for his friends!  I loved watching him get excited to pick out each little card and ask me how to spell every name.  He did a fantastic job.

This year was very special because they got lots of mail!  Nanna and Bubba and Pepaw and Maggie sent Valentines in the mail.  They both thought it was so special!

These packages from the farm came on the 13th.  They couldn't wait to open!

They loved their candy and cards.

I think this picture is too fun:

The kids like "selflies", because they can see themselves.  I just decided I wanted to be in with them.  Precious smiles!

Then we were off to Crossroads for a fun SNOW day.

They had a ball playing in the snow.

But, I've got to tell you…. it had been awhile since Walker had been to one of the preschool events.  It totally freaked me out that he was the biggest kid out there!!!!  He's the bigger and older one now.  Wow, time has gone fast!

Walker had his first Tball practice that night:

He did great!  It's going to be a really fun season.  He actually knows a couple of the boys on his team, so he's super excited to get out there!!!!

And, when we got home from practice, Daddy had a special surprise for his little girl:

I love that she felt sooooo special and couldn't wait to get that flower in her room!!!!

Like I said, things are a bit different these days.  But, I wouldn't change it.  It was a great V day!

Chuck E. Cheese Party

Walker's best friend had a CEC party in December and that's all Walker has wanted since then.  He got his wish!

It was a fantastic party.... good games, good food, good friends.  This mama was pretty excited at how it turned out!

Here are some fun photos of the big day!

Walker is FIVE!

How in the world did this happen?  We have a FIVE year old boy.

Wow, could he be any more handsome?!?!

This was party number one.  (Yes, he's having three!)  We decided to spare the grandparents.  His "kid" party is tomorrow at Chuck E. Cheese.  So, the "family" party was first!

Walker got lots of presents and got to spend time with all the people who love him most!

With Nanna and Bubba:

Bunny and RayRay:

Pepaw and Maggie:

And, his girlfriend, Debra:

No offense to the grandparents, but how cute is that picture!?  Walker loves him some Debra!

And, we even got a family shot!

And, of course, we had cake!

Walker says that Spider-Man is his "favorite" guy, so we had the perfect cake.

It really was a fun day and a great way to celebrate our sweet, five year old boy.  Did I mention sweet? I've gotten rsvps from parents about his party this week.  Several of them have told me how much their child likes Walker.  One mom said, "Kate says Walker is her best friend.  He's the only boy who's always nice and never mean."  And, another mom said her son was so excited to give Walker a present because "he's the nicest boy." 

We are so blessed and so proud of our precious boy!

Happy Birthday Walker!

I'm Here

In the two-plus years since Googie's been gone I've dreamt of him a handful of times.  In all but one, he was very sick.

I had a sweet dream over the weekend.  Here's how it went....

I was in a park or zoo (lots of trees and paths) with Clark, Walker and Everly.  At some point, the three of them got ahead and me and rounded a curve.  When I caught up and looked around the corner I saw Walker in Googie's arms.  Five-year old Walker in HEALTHY Googie's arms.  They were smiling and laughing.  Totally carefree and adorable.  I walked up to him and said, "you're here."  He put Walker down, hugged me and said, "I'm here."

That was it.   I don't know if I woke up or I forgot the rest, but how precious.  Yes, it was only a dream, but it felt so real.  I got to see a healthy Googie again, with my tenderhearted son, who reminds me so much of him.  It was a gift.

Sweetest. dream. ever.

Upstairs Campout

With all the craziness of the holidays and the lack of routine, we decided to try something different while the kids were out of school.

We had a little campout upstairs!  I made some cookies and hot chocolate and we watched a movie.  I think they thought it was really fun!

But, when the movie was over, Everly wanted to sleep in her own bed!  I don't blame her.  So, she and I went back downstairs and left the men up there.

They lasted until about three in the morning.  Then they came down looking for mommy and Everly.

So, it didn't last, but it was fun!

Baby Lula

Anyone who has a little girl knows one of the most exciting things about having a little girl is the dolls! I've been very excited about Everly getting into babies.

Bunny helped us out.  She bought Everly an American Girl Bitty Baby for Christmas.  Everly was very excited about it and named her Lula.  But, of course, with all the excitement of Christmas, Lula wasn't played with much....  until now!

Now, she plays with her all the time!  Dresses her, feeds her, sings to her, reads her books and puts her night night.  It is so adorable!

Don't look at Everly's hair.... quite a mess.  But, I had to share the pictures of the little mommy. (and daddy, ha!)