Lucky Us

A week after Bonita Rose was born we got a little package in the mail from my brother Stevie. In the package was the smallest pair of Lucky Brand Jeans I have ever seen.
I was SO excited as these are my FAVORITE jeans. I love this brand...

At the time they looked way too big for Little Bonita.

When we were in Nashville this past month I discovered a Lucky Brand OUTLET store at the Opryland Mills Mall.

4 hours of shopping(and trying on every pair in the store), over 50% slashed prices, 2 plane rides and one very tired mommy and baby later...

We are a very happy family :o)

It's the little things

It's the little things in life that make it so wonderful.
Especially when the "little things" are named Bonita Rose.

Last night Bonita made her Mama very happy. She got her first curl!



We took her out of the bath last night and I was drying her hair when I realized that not only had it gotten longer some time when I wasn't paying attention but it also had a slight curl to it!

I was so giddy with excitement. It seems Bonita will have curly hair like her Mama and Daddy.

Of course, even though it was bed time I couldn't resist getting out the bow in celebration of our angel's first little curl.



As you can see she was very serious about the whole thing. After all, a girl's hair is a very serious matter.

"I love my lips"

Bonita Rose discovered her lips!
She started playing with them last week and it's the cutest thing.
I look this video right after she started playing with them because I thought it was so cute and I wanted to share the moment with her daddy.
I wasn't going to post it because it's not a great video but then when I was re-watching it today Bonnie was laughing at it.
So I thought if she thought it was funny you might too.

(sorry for the dizzy beginning)

Needy

We all feel a little needy sometimes . Especially when we are lonely.

Sometimes my baby is needy.
Sometimes if I put her down to go do something around the house she has the saddest little cry that just begs "Mommy hold me"
I can't resist it. And why would I?

We all feel needy sometimes. Babies are no different.

But more often than Bonnie Rose feeling needy *I* feel needy and I just want to hold her.

Today I needed to go to the store. I could have put Bonita in her stroller. But I was feeling needy and I just wanted her close to me.

It's days like this one that I most love my baby carriers.

We all feel needy sometimes. Especially when we are lonely.
Mommies are no different.

In Love

We are a little family now.

We are all so in love with eachother.

Our smiles have grown from sleepless nights and morning cuddles.

our hearts have grown 'ten sizes too big'

We may have gotten older.

it may show on our faces

but we have fallen in love in ways unimaginable.

unbelieveable.

unexplainable.

perfect.

powerful.

peaceful.

We are a family in love.

winter fashion

Yes. Those are shorts she's wearing with her leggings.

our little nerd

William and I are nerds.

We know it.

And we're ok with it.

It looks like we are raising our own little nerd...

She LOVES staring at the computer.
And she loves spending time with her Daddy.

Together they can spend hours playing on Flickr together.

I just live the face she's making in this one!

Baby it's cold out side

Every year I say the same thing.
Every year I say "this might be our last winter here" so I don't buy a winter coat... because I don't want to spend the money.

But this year I decided "Damn it! I'm tired of being cold!"

So THIS year. William took me to a "down expo," which was really just a floor of down coat shops in People's Square.

I tried on alot of coats.
At one ship I got laughed at by not just one but 4 sales people when the coat they gave me try on wouldn't zip up around my boobs. *glower*

But in the end... I found it... my perfect coat.

I wanted something LONG. To keep me really warm. I've learned that if you have a coat that goes down over your butt it keeps you alot warmer than one that just ends at the waist.
So I figured if I could get something that would go past my KNEES then it would keep me (and my knees) REALLY warm.

I was totally right. This coat is awesome! It's almost TOO warm. I feel like I'm walking around in a sleeping bag. When it's Zero degrees outside I'm all warm and toasty inside my great new coat...

except for my shins...

so I guess I have to buy some boots now. :o) hehehe

OH.. and the best part about this coat? (beside being freaking warm)...

That's right. It's got Leopard Print Lining!

Baby turns 3 Months

During my blogging absence our darling baby turned 3 months old.

She has doubled in size in just these 3 months and we are constantly amazed by the new things she can do.
Like hold up her own head...

Or grab things...
Or sit up!

Every day she is more and more fun to play with. She still loves to be sung to and talked to and her little smile is my favorite thing in the whole world.