Not Me Monday

I thought that I would try something new! Maybe some of you will want to join in. If not, enjoy my honesty. Haha!

I did not, buy a giant bag of peanut M&Ms yesterday, to enjoy all by myself. No not me!

I did not go to work on Saturday, work for an hour and then go shopping all alone. Nope not me!

I did not interupt my husband at church during prayer to point out an awesome photo opportunity. Never! Not me!

I did not pick Nicholas up last week, buy him lunch, give him M&M's, and a toy Bobcat and then return him to abuse his Daddy. Nope, not me!

For the sake of my sanity, I did not and never will hide in my office pretending to work as my dear husband, takes care of the kids as they are misbehaving. Nope, not me!

Daddy's Girl

This Saturday marks the one year anniversary of our girl coming to live with us. I can hardly believe that it's been an entire year. She has changed so much. She is not the same child that we met. We thought that we loved her when we met her. We had no idea.

I thought that I was the one that wanted the girl. I dreamed of shopping, girls days out, just the two of us having lunch, and all of those Mother/Daughter things that Mom's dream of doing. Little did I know that this girl would be a Daddy's girl and boy, does her Daddy ever love her! I'm sure that eventually, I'll have those Mother/Daughter days but for now, it's all about Dad!

This is what I saw tonight.... Daddy was teaching her to cook.




They were making Chiken Alfredo over linguine and a salad! Yum!

She did a good job of slicing the cucumbers..


Notice the bandaids on her hand and elbow. She fell at school and she must have twenty bandaids from her hand to her knee. The clinic staff allowed her to bandage herself!



Here's the yummy Salad that she made.

Dad had to remind her to keep a close watch on the alfredo because it will scorch. I mentioned that she had ADHD and that is why she walked away. This is the look that I got!

Dinner was yummy! The best part of all is that I didn't have to cook! Dad is the best trainer. Hopefully it won't be long before I won't have to cook at all.

Thanks to everyone that has supported us over this past year. We couldn't have done this without you. Ashley feels so loved and accepted by everyone and that has always been so important to us.

Bunnies and Bullies

I've been having some bunny troubles. It seems that Miss Lacy is a bully. My friend has this sweet little bunny. She hops out of her cage and right over to you, begging for attention. Lacy on the other hand, demands to be out of her cage at all times and really wants nothing to do with me. She's sort of a snob. She just wants to do her thing.

So, ever since I got Lacy (inspired to do so by Penelope, my friend's bunny) we've been planning a bunny playdate. Bunnies are supposed to be very social animals that love the company of other bunnies. Our bunny playdate looked like this:

*Put Lacy on the floor

*Penelope hops over to show some love

*Bunnies snuggle for a moment, everything looks great

* Lacy backs herself into the wall trying to find a place to hide from us

* Penelope is minding her own business as Lacy now invades her cage, sniffing all of her personal space.

* Lacy eventually emerges from the cage and proceeds to violate poor Penelope in the way that bunnies do when they want to show that they are dominate. Not only does Lacy violate her, but she pulls chunks of her hair out in the process. BULLY!

* After trying to redirect the bully, we eventually put poor violated Penelope in her cage.

* Lacy continues to taunt Penelope as they try to attack one another through the wires of the cage. I thought for sure that someone was going to be hurt badly.

* Bunny playdate ends with Lacy in a pet carrier facing Penelope in her cage. We hope that the two of them can somehow talk things out as we chat.

And, as we turn... who enters the room??? None other than the Queen herself! Regal Cleopatra. She has come apparently, to find a way to release Lacy from the confines of the pet carrier. She paws at the zipper for a few minutes before she remembers that it's all about her and rescuing Lacy is not something that she is willing to break a nail over.

Sadly, we realize that we can not have our bunny playdates after all. Penelope was traumatized and Lacy's behavior is worse than ever. As I type, I can hear her ripping her cage apart in protest. How dare I not let her out as soon as my feet hit the floor?! How did I end up with the unruly rabbit?

My buddy

I spent the day with my buddy "N." His Mommy is about two weeks away from having his baby sister. I'm so excited for her!

N and I had a busy day. We started out running some errands and then we had lunch at McDonalds. We sat in the play area but N was more interested in watching all of the big trucks drive by than he was in playing. As soon as we left McDonalds he fell asleep (take that Mommy!). So, I took the opportunity to go to the bank and then we stopped at Walmart. By the look on his face, you would think that we had arrived at Disney. I guess Mommy's bedrest is taking a toll on poor N. I'll have to take him to Toys R Us next time.

We eventually made it back here where we watched Barney. Just as I set up to start taking pictures, Mommy called. She said, "You have to return him. You can't keep him." Well, rats! She sure is a party pooper.

I love this little chef!

Baby B

It's raining babies around here! And, I'm loving every minute of it! Meet Sweet Miss "B." She was such a good little girl for her pictures. She's just ten days old.
Welcome to the World Sweetie!

More CC

Don't say that I didn't warn you! Here are more pictures of my precious baby CC. She is such a good baby. She's truly a piece of Heaven. If you haven't guessed by now, her Mommy is one of my best friends. She allows me to share Little CC and the best part of it all is that I can spoil her, love her and give her back to Mommy for all of the crying, sleepless nights. I've promised to give Mommy a break though. Little CC is welcome to call Aunt Stephie any time she's not getting what she wants at home.

I am absolutely in love..... ahhh!

If I look at one more picture, I'll be on my way back over there. I've seen her almost every day since she was born.

An angelic smile just for me. I love you too, CC.

Bunny bloopers

Lacy had to check out my set up yesterday. I thought that you all might find these funny. They are definitely candid. I was trying to hold the camera, watch Lacy and snap the pictures. They aren't the best but they are pretty funny.

Hmmm? These look yummy....

They don't smell quite right though...

This is a cozy place to play...

Uh oh! Gramma told me something about this! I'm outta here!