Pierced Ears

My mom wanted to take her 3 granddaughters to get their ears pierced so one day we finally went and did it. We were worried about the 2 younger ones so decided to start with Kambri

And then Haddie

And saved Hollie for last, since she's the oldest and would do the best.

Yep sure looks like she did the best! She put up the biggest fight of them all. We nearly ended up leaving without getting hers done but finally FINALLY got her to go through with it. (We won't mention that she's had them pierced twice previously)

All three girls look so cute with their pretty earrings! Haddie hates to have hers turned & cleaned. She likes to show them off - to the neighbors, her other Grandma, the checker at the grocery store - whoever will give her the reaction she desires! She's very proud to now have pretty ears like Mommy. 

No skinned knees - yet!

Haddie and Mark bought Haddie her very first bike together. He let her pick out which one she wanted. She's finally getting the pedaling part figured out but is still working on steering it by herself. She is super proud of herself! (So is Mom & Dad!)

Haddie's been a bubble-blowing machine lately! I think we've gone through 6 bottles of bubbles in the last 2 weeks. Good thing they are cheap entertainment for her :)

Haddie's Baby Cousin

Haddie is so proud of her cousin, Lillie Anne Phenes. She was born on April 6, about 2 weeks early. She has her very own picture of Lillie that she carries her around. She always refers to her as 'My baby cousin.' We really had to encourage Haddie at first to have much to do with Lillie.

Haddie's first time meeting Lillie. Uncle Cory helped her hold her for about 1.5 seconds until she lost interest :)

Auntie Lindsay and Haddie had the privilege of being the first to babysit Miss Lillie. This is the first time that Haddie held her for 'real'

She was fussy so Haddie shared one of her favorite baby toys with Lillie...She seemed to like the butterfly's lights and songs.

Haddie's 1st Haircut

At nearly 2.5 years old, I decided it was time for Haddie to finally have a haircut. Well, okay just a trim. Really, just the bangs.
I have a friend (Megan O) who is going to school at Beaux Cheveux School of Cosmetology. So I made an appointment and took Haddie in.

Pardon the terrible pictures - This was just before we bought our new camera :)

Megan and Haddie with her cute new 'do!

And In Other News...

I've been pretty darn boring lately, to be honest. I'm very much reclusive these days and I've narrowed it down to a few reasons

• I am excited for warmer weather. It is improving, thank goodness. But the end of winter is always really hard for me with my depression.
• Haddie is a lot of work lately - constantly into things and generally causing havoc around our house
• I'm poor. It's no fun to go places when you're poor. LOL Okay so we're not destitute but things are becoming tighter in preparation for this second baby.
• Which brings us to my pregnancy. I've been sick until the beginning of my 2nd trimester. I'm 14.5 weeks, so I'm just now feeling better. But I'm still exhausted
• I'm a home-body. Always have been, but hopefully can break out of it eventually
• I'm lazy. I shamefully admit it. Ex: it's 12:30 pm and I've still not gotten dressed. I did work on some housework when I got up so that's today's excuse :) I didn't wanna get today's clothes all nasty with sweat right?! Mmm-hmm.

So there you have it. Nothing exciting. Boring ole me.

My Birthday

Quite belated (Feb 11th) but here are some pictures from my 25th birthday :)

My new sewing machine case (from my sister-in-law) to house my new sewing machine the hubby gave me for Christmas. Hooray!

Reading the candy card my mother-in-law, Ronda, gives each of us on our birthday.

Haddie's a good present-opening-helper!

She tries to help blow out candles too, silly girl.

I haven't quite been able to figure out why I feel younger at 25 than I did at 22. Perhaps I'm already digressing? Who knows :) But I love my life.

Easter Wreath

Last year I came across this blog post right after Easter. I saved it so that I could make it this year. Haddie helped me with half of it - I'd ask her to hand me each color of egg. She lost interest quickly, but she likes to show it off to people who come to our house. It cost just under $4 to make it, and I think it's super duper cute!
Thanks to Stephanie V. from Alpine TRC for making my bow :) I'm quite challenged in that area.
Happy Easter!