Spring Break

My parents came in town for their spring break & stayed with us for 3 days. I was so happy to see them. Elliot was spoiled rotten. She was constantly entertained. We filled up our days with lots of shopping! Poor E probably only got 2 naps in her bed & the rest were in her carseat.

Here she is with Poppy.

My parents bought me these flowers & we planted them today. Now my apartment has some curb appeal. :)

We went to the rode0 yesterday and Elliot got her first up close look at farm animals. I think she liked them ok. She was smiling when the sheep started sniffing her toes.

3 Years Together

Yesterday was our 3 year anniversary. I'm glad we got married on a holiday because it makes it easy to remember. In fact, thanks to all the people who texted/called. I was so surprised that yall remembered since I hadn't even posted anything! We kept things low key this year. My parents are in town so we were able to leave Elliot with them & go to dinner & a movie. We saw The Green Zone & it was really good. As I was telling Lane, it keeps getting better each year.

I'm So Lucky

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Country Cookin'

Our church had a chili cook off today & it was so much fun. There were tons of entries. I ate 4 bowls! I couldn't stop myself.

Lane decided to enter the pie eating contest. Whoever finishes their pie first wins.

Here he is at the beginning.

He was in the lead at this point. He had to do a stretch in the middle.

Unfortunately he didn't win. Once he got to the crust, he couldn't get it down fast enough.

I entered the cornbread contest & got 2nd place! Thank you Jiffy.

Here's a little family photo. I don't know what Lane is doing with his head.

Zoo

We were invited to go to the zoo today with our neighbor & were so excited. This was E's 1st time. I had a great time looking at all the animals & Elliot had a great time looking at all the people. Just as I expected. She's not quite into the animals yet. But she still loved being outside.

Ms. Happy Pants

Here's how she sat most of the time. Feet propped up.

I had a brief panic attack right before this picture was taken. I was getting my camera out & when I reached to get Elliot, she was gone. Not in her seat. I immediately start sweating, tearing up & am turning around everywhere practically yelling, "Someone took Elliot!" I didn't even think to look on the ground. Luckily, and this sounds bad, she was at the foot of her stroller on her side. Poor thing had fallen out! How is that possible? Well I didn't have her buckled in at this point because I feel like it restricts her & she can't sit up straight like she wants. I also had the foot rest open where her feet could hang out because otherwise she can't stretch her legs out. Well apparently she had slid right through that hole & onto the ground. I can't even describe the feeling I had & she was so upset. I felt horrible! Good thing she bounces back fast & was all smiles afterward.

6 1/2 Month Stats

Last Tuesday we finally had E's 6 month check up. Here are her stats:

• Height 26.5 inches (65%)
• Weight 15# 2oz (25%)
• Head 16.25 inches (10%)

As you can see, she's really into eating paper. And she LOVES it when I sing the song from Sleeping Beauty & dance around with her. It's weird because she's never seen the movie but as soon as I start up she gets the biggest grin & lets out delighted squeals. Too cute.

This past week we were in Arlington. Lane was on Spring Break. We were going to stay in Houston but we wouldn't have been able to do anything with Elliot, so we went where the babysitters were. Of course our parents were thrilled. Lane & I were able to go to a Mavs game. We had such a good time & I got my monies worth of my bottomless drink. Good idea they had there. Lane also bought a gun. This one is great because it's small enough for him to carry on him. And it seems we got it just in time. As we were driving into our complex today, there was a note about a serial rapist in the area. Lovely.