Chloe's First Day of Kindergarten

My sweet, not so little anymore, Chloe started her first day of kindergarten today...she absolutely LOVED it! (No surprise there). All four of us piled in and took Chloe to school this morning - each of us excited and anxious. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Peacock, and Chloe so enjoys her room. I didn't cry (woo-hoo), and I only peeked in on her once (Mrs. Peacock totally busted me, too)! Chloe and I are thrilled to finally go to school together!

SURPRISE!!!!!

Yesterday, I went to a "luncheon" with my sweet friends only to find they had thrown me a surprise baby shower!!! After the realization of what was going on finally sunk in, I had to fight off tears! It was such a complete surprise! The decorations were so precious - using the nursery colors: purple and lime green. The food was DIVINE!!! And they even got a cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes (Southlake - TO DIE FOR)!! I did what every good mother would do w/ gestational diabetes - I cheated a little! Thankfully I had changed out of my denim shorts (for fear of being a bit too casual). I was actually being lazy and opted for a cute black skirt instead of ironing (God forbid) my khaki shorts. It turned out that I was dressed just right - even put on a necklace (phew)!! Maggie had been in communicado w/ Mark (many times) and the girls had successfully passed lots of emails back and forth without me finding out! My mom was in town and got to be there, which was so special. Congratulations, girls! You totally pulled it off! Thank you, sweet BAMS, for such a precious shower! I love you guys!

Watch out, Mia Hamm, here comes Chloe!

Here are some pictures of Chloe's soccer debut. (Okay - so maybe I am the overzealous mom who went a little camera happy at the first practice)... Her team name is the Grasshoppers. She looked so darn cute with her little shin guards, soccer shorts, cleats, and pony tail swishing about!!! Her cheeks get so red - just like Mark's! Check out her prepractice hair-do, too - done all by Chloe!

Wiggle, Wiggle!

When I was scrapbooking my little heart out in Bowie, TX, Mark was home playing Mr. Mom. He took the girls on a special date to the to Wiggles concert - which is, by far, one of Grace's ALL TIME favorites! She wiggled her little booty off throughout the ENTIRE event. Chloe even put on a happy face for the concert, even though she thinks she is a little old for the Wiggles. Notice the big, I am having so much fun, grin on her face!! She sang and danced her heart out with all the "little kids".

My Handy Man

I SO love that Mark can take my nutty ideas and create them! Check out this stuffed animal storage contrapment he built! (I must admit - it is not an original idea on my part - thank you, internet)!! LOVE IT!!!!! Now I don't have to throw out/donate all of the girls' stuffed animals in my current nesting phase! Oh, and on that note - thanks for rearranging the game room furniture, Babe - and you, too, Uncle Brian!! (Only a month and a half until Lexie arrives)!!!

Scrapbookers' Paradise

I went with some girlfriends to an amazing little piece of scrapbooking heaven in Bowie, Texas...Hobby House Hill . It's a bed & breakfast that caters to scrapbookers. There are 2 crop houses complete with individual stations set up. Each station has a long table w/a cushy chair, shelving, a rolly cart, lamp, trash can, etc...there's even a pool, hot tub, and massage therapist on site. It was awesome & I can't wait to go back! I got a bunch of pages scrapped (if that's even a word) - despite swollen ankles and sleep deprivation. It's like being in Vegas - you completely loose track of time. (Which explains the 2:00 & 4:30 am bed times...hee-hee)!! All very well worth it! Check out their website:
http://www.hobbyhousehill.com/