First sign of spring. . .its not a robin!

In our household I do get excited to see the first robin, and I loved the dozens in the yard yesterday. However, the big event happened that really signifies spring in our household has occurred for the year--Cowboy mucked off his beard. That might sound like such a sad statement, but he grows a beard every fall to help keep his face warm since he's outside. He keeps it short and trimmed, thank goodness--so he doesn't look too much like a moutain man. There is a moment each spring when it just hits him and boom, I have my 'normal' looking hubby back. He still has a goatee, which is fine. I asked him about the last time he was clean shaven and he remembered a Halloween in college. I told him I probably wouldn't recognize him if he was clean shaven and in a baseball hat--that long lost boy in high school! He sort of smirked. I hope there isn't a prank coming. . .

Otherwise, its going to be a lovely day and Paige and I will be hunting Easter eggs at the city wide hunt in a few hours. Here is hoping we win a bike this year! We hope you have a lovely spring day and enjoy your signs of spring :)

April Fools!

Were you pranked today? I was, at work none the less--by my boss and his boss doing a tag team. So not even funny. I can't get into too much detail other than they had me thinking a check for more than several hundred thousand dollars was being returned. Not funny if you don't work at a bank, but soooo not funny today. I told my boss today the war has begun. He messed with the pregnant girl and has no idea how nasty we can get. (Insert evil laugh here!) The war is on and his office will have something horrible done to it. I am trying to decide what to do and am tempted to contact our tech department to enlist their help. Evil geeky genius may be necessary!

Easter Prep

Paige and I went to my parent's on Saturday to enjoy the nice weather and dye some Easter eggs. Miss Paige is finally big enough to do a lot of it unassisted; especially with her handy egg grabber.

We also made a new bunny to replace the one that was 'retired' last year. He was 27 years old and had seen better days. He's been spruced up a few times; but needed to go. So we made this new fellow out of a milk carton, a bit too large styrofoam ball and a gazillion cotton balls. He needs some minor ear adjustments but looks good.

Gramma also has an 'Easter tree' that gets decorated with the little bunnies, birds, etc. Everyone should have one--why limit yourself to one tree to decorate at Christmas?

16 weeks

I had a doctor appt today and all is well with version 2.0. That's the name I chose today; since its baby #2 and I am sure it will another clone of Cowboy--regardless of its a boy or girl. Speaking of names, Cowboy just asked me about a name. That's good--however I was questioning the spelling since it could be a boy or a girl. He goes and grabs the Maxim magazine and shows me the girl whose name it is. Nice. For the record, Peyton is not an option.

But the appt went well and the heartbeat was 150--so girl range. That's pretty much means nothing too me since that's not always accurate. We scheduled my ultrasound for April 21st; so we'll know in less than a month!

Cooperation? Not.

Don't you just see this and know she's thinking "Mom, get the *&% camera out of my face."

I was merely trying to get a picture of her cute dress that she was super excited about. She even said I could take the picture, then 2 seconds later, that thought was over before I could even get the lens cover off.

Signs of Spring

It was a gorgeous day today and if you ignore the weather forcast for the weekend; its possible to believe its spring! The picture below was taken 3-6-2010 of a robin, I think, taking a bath in the ice cold puddles. It gave me hope spring might be coming!

We had a busy weekend and attended a small portion of the state class A girls BB tournament. Paige and I went and watched her hero play some basketball--they unfortunately lost, but it was awesome they made it as far as they did. Plus, Paige got to see Dani and that is always worth a trip.

On the way home from Bismarck, we acquired a fish. Its attempt number 2 at a fish; so here is hoping this one lives for more than a week. So far, its day 4 and we are doing good. Someone discovered tonight she could make 'fishy faces at the fish.'

Think spring--bunny ears! Another source of enjoyment was the bunny ears we purchased for $1--gotta love Target. Anything that makes us smile for the camera is worth it! She likes to stand in front of the window; so its hard to get a good picture, but its still fun!

From the mouth of future big sister

May I begin with almost every sentence this week has started out with, "You know what would be a good (or great) idea?" Then she expands on her thought. If you reply back, you get that same sentence before her next though. I think her word quota has quadrupled this week.

" I think the baby's crib should go right next to my bed." I guess it doesn't matter that her room is the size of a shoebox, she wants to share!

"Is the baby still in your tummy?" She asks this every day.

"The baby can't be a boy--you and I are girls." No arguing with this one.

"Do we have food for the baby? Do we have milk for the baby? Do we have. . ." The list gets bigger and I am amazed at what she thinks of.

These are just a few that I have actually remembered in this crazy week. Its been a busy one and Paige and I are off tomorrow to go watch basketball in Bismarck for a day or two and see Dani. They made it to state and its very exciting. The excitement today was the new box of clothes that the UPS man finally delivered. I am so happy I have a girl, and happy I have a girl who dove into that box with all the gusto that I did. She has tried on all 3 pairs of shoes and oohed and ahhed over everything. Its so much fun shopping for girls!