Paige-isms

Heard from the mouth of Paige recently:


"I took a looong nap." Referring to sleeping all night.

"I want to be so big I can touch the ceiling!" Referring to how her Dad can touch the ceiling and that means you are BIG.

"I went as high as the clouds!" Referring to how high Papa can push people on the swings.

"Do you love it?" Referring to anything that's great at the time. These items can range from shoes to toys. They are also "magical" and "wonderful." I am starting to wonder who gave her the thesaurus.

"How you doing today Mommy (or other name)?" Imagine Joey from Friends saying this and you can imagine how she is saying it.


"Dad--Mommys the boss." Completely unprompted and unscripted. I loved it.


"Mommy, its daytime out. Get up" Whispered to me at 5:55am the other morning. Not cool.

Pony+Swing=Fun

So in the mind of a 3 year old this simple equation is all it takes for some spring time fun. In between our freakish spring snow falls; she has gotten to ride Matt with Daddy on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and play on Aunt Bobbi's swing set when we visited this last weekend. Despite the lack of sleep that makes Miss P and Mom both a little testy when we travel, we had a lot of fun with the blonde ones this last weekend. And Aunt Bobbi, did you know the horse you gave us is almost the same as 'Spirit'--I bet you didn't even realize that!

A restful day

It's been a busy week so here is our week in review.

Miss Paige hunted eggs with Gramma Shelly last Saturday and found lots of candy in the eggs.

Paige got to hunt more eggs at the ranch with her cousins on Sunday morning. Dani helped Paige find tons of eggs. That Easter Bunny knew where to find us even in MT.Aunt Bobbi sent a few dress up outfits home for Paige. She had to try them on as soon as we were home. She loves them.
Friday was dress up day at Kim's, so Paige got to wear her Easter dress (finally) and even cooperated for Mom to take her picture.
Gramma Shelly & Paige sent Mom these really pretty flowers for her birthday. See Mom, they are pretty. I wasn't lying.

We spent yesterday out at the big bull sale fighting the drizzle and mud. I didn't get any heifers for my birthday, but everything there went well. Paige and I came home and took a long nap. Paige woke up and started vomitting so that was my birthday fun. However, this morning she is just fine. Starving and playing just like normal. Here is hoping for a good day and that she's overcame whatever bug got her. I'm hoping for a restful day!

I saw the cheeks!

I don't have all of my Easter pictures uploaded yet; so I am going to share a fun little spring story instead of that. I will hopefully post them soon.

Anyway, my dear Cowboy is working very hard this week as the ranch he works on is having their annual sale this week. For those who are not familiar with what that entails; I will probably have a full update over the weekend since I am obligated to attend. Its also my birthday that day (hint, hint) and I will get to spend it watching extremely expensive bulls and heifers be sold. I think my husband is buying me about 20 heifers for my birthday--how lucky am I?!?

He's been running ragged and is very sick of the mud and muck we are still plagued with. It's a mess at the ranch and they feel they are running behind. However, the last few nice days have melted quite a bit of snow so that is a plus for them. I know its spring and the sale is approaching because. . .I saw my husband's cheeks after 7+months. Monday night the beard was shaved off! Most of it at least. If you know my Cowboy you know he has a goatee and his chin was last seen on Halloween 1999. But for most of the cold season he grows a beard to keep warm. Good for him; bad for the wife. He keeps it trimmed short so he doesn't resemble anyone too scary. But its amazing how young and skinny he looks today. I wonder if I stopped shaving my legs if that would have same effect on them . . .probably not.

So long dear Fords

I remember watching a Disney cartoon when I was little that had this teenager shopping for a used car and all the little cars were sad remembering when they were new and zipping around. Their headlights were eyes and you could see how they had feelings. He fixed up a little red coupe and they were both happy. I still feel a little bad for the old vehicles that sit on the car lots and always think of that cartoon. Apparently I am a little sentimental.

So I had a little bit of a hard time tonight when we had to drive our old Fords into town so we could replace them with a shinier newer one. We bought the '99 pickup the week Paige was born and brought her home in the hospital in it; the '96 was Cowboy's first official adult purchase out of college. It was also the vehicle we drove through the blizzard on our honeymoon.

So I thought the old '96 & '99 deserved a little bit of a goodbye and I'll admit it; I told them goodbye!

The Aftermath

Princesses. Barbie. Glitter. More Glitter.

That pretty much sums up our birthday extravaganza on Sunday for Miss Paige. We had a nice turnout of friends and family; thanks to all who braved our muddy roads to come celebrate with us. The birthday girl tended to shy away from the camera; but we managed to get a few good ones. I think my stalking her with a camera for 3 years has maybe started to irritate her.

A Pooh themed party

She blew out the candles like a champ--3 times!


The aftermath--part of it.
Paige and her Daddy spent some time opening up boxes and getting coated with glitter. A fun time was had by all.

Happy Birthday Paige

Today my little girl is 3. I didn't believe everyone when they

said it goes by so fast. They were right.

We have cake, balloons, presents and some Easter eggs to dye on the agenda today. Paige just woke up and the dozen helium balloons we have are going to provide entertainment for days--as they were the first thing she grabbed when her eyes opened up. She is walking around with as many as she can grab just thrilled there are balloons in her house.

So happy birthday to our little girl--you are our everything and we love you.