Showing posts with label firsts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firsts. Show all posts

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Busy April

This month is f.l.y.i.n.g. by so fast! I can't believe in another two weeks it will be May. Seriously. Ok, I'm sorry. Sometimes I think I start every blog post by discussing how fast time is flying. I'm just consistently surprised when I sit down and reflect! Our time on earth is truly a breath.

We're having such a busy Spring around here! Adam has run in 2 races in the past few weeks, & Allie and I are enjoying days at the zoo with friends in the beautiful spring weather. I had a big sale at Freckled Pink to help my brother raise money for a mission trip, & I've been working daily on filling orders placed during the sale. So busy - but all fun things!

One of the most fun events lately was Allie's first Easter Egg Hunt. We were invited to our sweet friends', the Carey's, for an egg hunt and a visit with the Easter Bunny himself. It's so fun to watch Allie in these new situations. To see how she interacts with other kids, and to see how she's learning to follow our instructions for simple little things like picking up Easter eggs and putting them into her little white basket. My Memaw hid Easter eggs for me and my brother until we were well into our 20's. (By then, they were always "money eggs", which were awesome!) I can't wait for Allie to get to have her first Easter egg hunt at Memaw's next weekend on Easter Sunday. It means so much to see her enjoying so many things I got to do as a child. It melts my heart, and makes me so thankful for the very few things in my life that have remained the same all these years.

She wasn't a big fan of the Easter Bunny.

My little pink bunny!

Her ADORABLE ruffled bloomers. These were a baby shower gift, and I
was so excited to finally get to use them after waiting so long!

Picking up eggs like a pro!

Adam, being such a sweet daddy to hold Allie's
little white basket and pink eggs. Love it.

Happy family after the egg hunt!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Trip to the Park

A couple of weeks ago, we took Allie on her first ride (a whopping 2 minutes away) to Castle Park here in Benbrook. Our beautiful girl seemed to enjoy being outside! She loved picking up leaves, attempting to eat grass, and sliding down the slide!














Mommy & Allie having fun on the slide :)








Beautiful girl laying in the grass.













Daddy taking Allie down the slide for the first time - so fun!



I'm hoping the weather stays nice enough for us to do this a few more times before it's too cold. I can't imagine how fun and different it will be to take her to the park by the Spring, when she's 15-16 months old! We've got lots of "first holidays" to look forward to before then, though! I can't wait!
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Go Rangers!

The last week of September, we took Allie Joy to her first Texas Rangers baseball game. All decked out in her Josh Hamilton Rangers shirt, she was a little trooper! She stayed up past her bed time, and looooved cheering with all of the fans! I guess she did a pretty good job since the Rangers won their first playoff series in ball club history this week!

She wasn't a huge fan of sitting still to watch the game...

We got to move down to some great seats with great friends when we realized they were at the game, too! Allie got to sit in the front row for her first game! (She didn't care, I don't think. Notice that she isn't really looking at the field, haha.)

Our little family at the ballpark before heading home to put the little one to bed. We made it through just a few innings, but were just glad to get to go! So fun!

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