Sunday, February 9, 2014

Happy 90th, GG!

Louisa and GG! Louisa Pauline is named after GG Madea, so we're thrilled they finally got to meet in person :) 
Accepting a kiss from cousin Jack
4 generation picture

Sunday without daddy and Lou

We weren't sure what to do without them, so we decided to do things we wouldn't otherwise do…

After church we decided to go inside our donut shop to enjoy the Sunday tradition

Next we went to Build-A-Bear with friend Caroline (this was our first time to experience this place)
Animal selection -- the big girls got simple teddy bears and Emi got a pink penguin
Running the stuffing machine

Kissing the hearts before they are inserted
Stuffing the penguin with her heart
Giving a quick bath
Take-home boxes
Peso-nina the penguin and Chloe the roller-skating bear

Our next special event? Breakfast for Dinner at IHOP!

Emi preferred the strawberry syrup :) 

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Our new roof

Conveniently enough, today we got our new roof installed and the workers were thrilled to have such beautiful weather… it's been FRIGID and DAMP all winter long… the morning snow quickly melted and it got all the way to 40 degrees. Some workers were even in short sleeves.
Pre-demolition

You'dve thought Santa was up on the roof, the girls were fascinated!
 Getting closer…

Around this part of the day I had a neighbor text me and ask if we are on "extreme house makeover" due to the number of men working on our roof! I think since it's been unbearably cold these guys haven't worked in a long time and they were eager… kudos to a job well done -- it was an excellent crew!
 ta-dah!

Snow!

I know ALL of you have had crippling winters with tons of snow, so please don't laugh… we were stoked to awaken today to .7 inches on the ground! The girls eagerly wanted to get out the sled and make a snowman. The dogs wanted in immediately!

Louisa and Greg's big adventure

Brave Daddy took Louisa on her first airplanes and away from Mom for the first time. They flew to New Jersey to surprise the family for GG Madea's birthday tomorrow. No one knew about this and it went over perfectly. Thank goodness there weren't any delays and they made their 38 minute connection in Atlanta's airport! 
on the plane
Go NJ!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Priceless Louisa

Fascinated with doll eyes
 We are attending Babygarten at the Collierville library…. Louisa's one of the youngest there and right now she pretty much enjoys watching others :)
 We hope she's absorbing something other than book fiber!
 Playing around the house --- she pulls herself up and walks along with support… 

First time trying avocado!