Day 4 - Beach Hat

Princess got a cute Hawaiian-flower print hat from cousin Morgan.  But Princess takes after her mommy and has a big head, so I'm sad to say, it fits NOW - and definitely will not by the time spring/summer comes around again.  =S  But she looks super cute in it today!!

~XOXO~

Day 3 - Ah, Christmas

So... Christmas is over, but our tree is still up - partly because we're too lazy/busy to take it down (b/c then we'll have to rearrange the living room shelves 'n' stuff), and partly because Princess likes (I like) to look at it!

Here's our tree - one pic showing the pretty lights, and one so you can see the new decorations we got this year - all BRIGHT, fun colors!  Hot pink, lime green, deep purple, bright blue... so pretty!

It's been tradition in my family that Hammaw gets us grandkids new Christmas ornaments each year - since we have a kid now, we're cut off and she gets an ornament each year.  I thought I'd use the opportunity to get new ornaments (keep mine packed away) and do something fun/theme-ish, since she'll only have two ornaments - a pretty little lamb that says "Granddaughter's 1st Christmas" from Gma/Gpa, and a sparkly gold angel from Hammaw.

 

Can't forget the Powercat - Gooooo, State, Go!!!

A favorite from a few years ago - maybe someday soon (11 1/2 months?) we'll decorate a palm tree for Christmas...

Kula had a good Christmas, too. Santa left her a chew in her tiny stocking, she and Grandma got to play with bubble wrap, and she helped everyone discover what their Christmas presents were (she tried to help eat Christmas goodies, but Mommy said she was not allowed).

She tried to see what present Uncle Waide got, and enjoyed looking at the pretty bubbles from Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Waide's stockings. 

Sweet baby Princess with Daddy and Mommy...

Mommy and her girls...

Hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas!

~XOXO~

Day 2 - Snow Angel

Baby Princess made her first snow angel a few days ago - here's her perfect little mark, left to document her first big snow!  Great job, sweetums!  It looks soooo cute!

(Second pic taken New Year's Eve)

~XOXO~

Day 1 - 365 Day Project, the beginning

So - I'm finally starting my own little 365-day Project! My wonderful Hollsberry-friend has been an inspiration for... (lemme look) 3 years and 79 days! I haven't been following hers that long (I had to play catch-up when I first learned about it), but always wanted to do my own. Now that we have a baby (and a furry baby), what great subjects to use! =)

So, speaking of my furry baby... She'll be a year old in a few days - and still likes to grab our baby Princess's stuffed animals, rattles, teething toys, you name it. Not that you can blame her, because they squeak, rattle, crinkle and look OH-SO-CUTE! So here's the latest victim: I was stopping at the back door to check the ice/snow outside and saw an extra-large white blob on the back deck. Walked outside to see this little white Prayer Bear, frozen solid with about a half-centimeter of ice frozen over his poor little body. But he was still praying! =)

Ran him under the water to thaw him out, then put him in the laundry. One trip through the washer/dryer and he's back to normal, good as new! Kula... leave the baby's babies alone!

~XOXO~

~ New Year, New Project ~

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Check back tomorrow for some exciting news!

~XOXO~

My friend and former choir/classmate Brooke is having a little giveaway on her blog - SHE'S actually really good about keeping up on her blog (unlike some of us...) So check out what she has to say!



~XOXO~

Our furry baby

I've been waiting almost 10 years for this...

The beginning weekend of Spring Break, we finally got our Furry Baby!!! She was 9 weeks old, and came from some breeders that live out in the country near Turon, KS. She is so cute - a tiny baby Great Dane - with coloring I've never seen in my 10 years of Great Dane research! They call her a "golden blue merle" - she has the fawn/golden base, with brindle striping (her butt totally looks like a tiger!) - but the catch is that half of her brindles are actually blue (grayish blue color)! The breeders had named her Goldie, but we just couldn't "grab onto" that name. So James did a little research - found out the Hawaiian word for gold is kula, so we named her Kula! It's a perfect name - it's unique and sounds like a fab dog name!

My poor little baby was SO scared on the two-hour trip home. It didn't help that her doggie mommy and doggie daddy live about a mile and a half down a dirt road that felt like it hadn't been grated in 17 years... It was so bumpy and rough, she wouldn't stop shaking so I just held her close to me, telling her it was OK. She slept 3/4 of the way back to Dodge City. We stopped twice to potty, and she shifted a few times to attempt to get more comfy, but she stayed like this on the way home - most of the time with her little paws up on my shoulders, her little claws digging into my neck.

When we got home, we thought we'd let her walk around the house to see what's what, but she was very timid and shy. My poor baby - when we finished bringing the rest of her newly-purchased stuff inside, I found her... She had hidden between the couch and the loveseat! Only her little butt was hanging out! I pulled her out and cuddled her close. After a few minutes (without the ruckus of us bringing bags and suitcases and whatnot inside) she got the investigative bug... but made sure to stay in the same room as us!

She and Daddy cuddled up on the couch and took a nap together - she's so tiny! So sweet... Daddy's using the "preggo blankie" that Grandma made for me - I think Kula likes it, too!

~XOXO~