One of the greatest sounds on earth…

My daughter laughing!

It’s intoxicating & I can’t get enough of it.  The crying however, I would give that up in a second!

Happy Thursday 🙂

Happy Thursday 🙂

I do love my little munchkin!  She gives the best kisses!

Now…for all the Mommies out there that are readers and not faint of heart…go out and get (an electronic copy) of Fifty Shades of Grey.  Make sure you have lots of things to entertain your kids with, for you will need about 3-4 days to get through the series.  If you’re like me…or my friends…or any woman I know really…

Be ready to blush.  A lot.  But the story is addictive…

If you are a relative of mine…don’t read the book…please.

Have a wonderful Thursday!  We are off to see our wonderful friends the R’s today…can’t wait to come back with pictures!

Happy Birthday to our BFF PD!!!!!!

We hope you like your cake…I know A can’t wait to eat it with you later!!!  Thanks for playing with us yesterday!!!

And here Mommy & A are embracing the camera.  This was taken during last week when A was sick…ALL WEEK.  She looks ridiculously happy here because her Dr. prescribed a diet of animal crackers and cheerios…the only thing better would have been if she had prescribed cake and ice cream!

Happy Thursday everyone!  We are finally all better & will be going to dance class!  Wish us luck and cross your fingers that she isn’t crying the whole time!!!

This Thursday we have a sick baby in the house…it is so sad when she tells me “Mommy check fever…A’s fever”  Doctor’s office…here we come!

Last week we celebrated Cousin S’s birthday with a party!  A was too busy running around to take a picture with her Mommy, but Cousin S was happy to jump into a photo with me!

Princess Cousin S … I can’t believe you’re 3!  We had the best time at your party & A still thinks we are celebrating S’s birthday!

We love you pretty girl!

Happy Thursday from beautiful Winston-Salem, NC!

Does it look like we are excited to get there?!?!

The trip started out really nicely in the airport…we had a lovely and relaxing lunch in a sit down restaurant, courtesy of our super early arrival at the terminal.  No grab & go meal for us!  A requested “salad” for lunch & that is what she got!  The perfect way to travel…in my opinion!

Then it got rocky…and it was much confusion until US Airways combined our flight and the one after it!  We made it onto the plane & a very lovely woman was kind enough to give up her seat so that A could have her own seat.  This was a tiny plane and I’m not sure that we could have made it, even the 90 minute flight, with her on my lap!

A had a really great flight, and was being her silly self the whole time!  I think she knew that I needed a ETC photo  because she asked “Mommy I want picture Ava” & so we took some!  Here are some more!

and my favorite…

She’s been covering her whole face lately to emphasize her laughter and it is really the cutest thing!

Happy Thursday 🙂

Thank you to the G family for being awesome hosts!  We’re having the most fun hanging out with you guys 🙂  Looking forward to getting Daddy here tomorrow night!!

This week has FLOWN by!  I have been so busy, and stuck in the house.  Quite the conundrum!  We are getting closer to being done with the bathroom and I can’t wait to share photos of the before & after!  It is quite a change!!!!

Tomorrow I am meeting Kelly Clarkson.  Yup.  I have so much to talk to this girl about, mainly to thank her for getting me a night off from A with Auntie E in Boston (thanks Auntie E), and then to thank her (sarcasm) for taking my SIL away for like…years at a time…and finally to discuss her wardrobe.  She can get it right, but when it’s a miss….its a BIG MESS MISS!

Last Thursday was another big show…Disney on Ice!  We got last minute tickets and sat right next to the ice!  It’s no meet and greet with Mickey…but it was pretty close!  A and cousin S thought it was awesome!  They didn’t take their eyes off the ice for a second!

They look so serious right?! A is looking for Goofy, and S is waiting for a princess to pop up!

Today is going to be a great day!  Today is going to be a great day!  Today is going to be a great day!

If I say it enough, hopefully it will come true!

We are mid-construction on our bathroom renovation, and the men will be here in 5 minutes to start work.  That means that they will be waking Miss A up and she does NOT do well with being woken up before she is ready!  Hopefully she will be in a decent mood.  We have to get to dance class this morning, and then we have a big surprise or her…we’re going to see Disney on Ice with Cousin S, Auntie H & Gramma!

Bring it on Thursday!!!

There’s something so sweet about Daddy-Daughter moments!  If only he didn’t have to work and could stay at home with us all day to keep her happy!

Although, there are 2 things that make me crazy happy about this photo…1. is the 2 loves of my life (obviously), 2. is that A is bringing the 80’s back in a sweater that MY Grandma (and her namesake) made for ME back in 1980! (or 81).

She’s rockin’ the puffy sleeves & the angora wool like only I could at age 1!  My Grandma was super talented…I think I’m going to try to learn to knit…