As Promised...

Here is the debut of the newest recruit at

Fort This Proud Mama's Gotta Brag

:)

(Yes, I realize I may have gone a teensy bit too far with the whole "army" thing, but hey... I guess Lovebug's gotta have something to look back on and think 'ugh, my Mom is so embarrassing!', right?  Right.)

Army Bound!

Yeppers, stalkers followers...

Lovebug has joined the Army!  How you ask?   Well, duh!  She's started their famous Army crawl :) :)

I witnessed it this morning when I dropped her off at Holly's house.  I'm hoping I'll be able to get a video of it tonight to share with all of you!!! 

Lovebug's Present to Daddy

I was once on a good streak with this posting stuff, but then this week came along.  Shot it all down.

As you all know, Monday was Coach's birthday.  Not only did we go out and celebrate, but Lovebug thought that she needed to get the best daddy in the whole wide world an extra present. 

Here it is!

What... can't see it?

Let's try this shot...

Ahh.  Much better.  Yeppers!  Lovebug got her 3rd tooth on her Daddy's 37th birthday (Sorry Coach, had to get it in there again.  HA!)

She had been quite the pill with this tooth coming in.  Kinda looks like she's getting the one next to it, doesn't it?  Well, that's what I'm hoping is the cause for this...

Do you SEE all the nastiness coming out of her nose?  It's like someone turned on the snot spout in her nose and then left for an extended lunch break.  Seriously.  It won't stop running.

So, now Lovebug and I are off running to the doc.  This Mama can never be too cautious.  Of course, the temp of 101.2 this morning somewhat solidified the need for the doctor trip.

I'll let you know what we find out, but in the meantime, here's another pic of the most beautiful lil' Lovebug there ever was.

Happy Birthday Daddy/Coach!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy/Coach!!!

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We hope you have a great day!!!

Love, Lovebug & Mama

Weekend Wrap-up!

Friday night was full of work for me, some grocery shopping for a big shindig, and the start of a deep clean. Ahhh, nothing like a deep clean weekend to get a girl excited. That's how you feel, too, right?




Saturday was full of, well, the deep clean! Laundry, scrubbing counters, laundry, edging the carpet & linolium, laundry, some organizing, laundry, disinfecting bathrooms, laundry, sprucing up the deck, laundry, organizing Lovebug's toys, and wait for it... more laundry! It also included me making this...

Can you guess why? That's right! It was Coach's birthday weekend. I say weekend because the real day isn't until tomorrow, but when you are 3 tens and 7 ones, you need a weekend because you can't handle all the excitement in just one day (BAHAAA!!! Sorry, that's my running joke with Coach).





Back to it. Yeppers, Coach's birthday weekend extravaganza. We had his family over to celebrate which meant Mama was in party planning mode. Food prep, cleaning, and baking the hubs his new favorite goodies & cream cake, courtesy of Caked Goods (don't ya wish YOU had a baker in the family like me).

Lovebug enjoying her puffs... ya know, since she couldn't eat the cake yet :)

The party was super fun! Even when I was 3/4 of the way finished grilling the burgers and whoops, the tank ran out of gas. Nobody seemed to mind too much... at least, not that they told me :). 

While I was giving Lovebug her Saturday night bath, the camera was brought out and some family pics were taken.

Coach's siblings

Once Lovebug was done with her bath, she just HAD to have her picture taken, too. Thanks to Grandpa Larry for posing with her :)

As far as today goes, Coach hit the links while Lovebug and I relaxed. I should have finished a few more things that I missed yesterday, but I decided that being the A.D. (you guessed 'er peeps....my new blogging nickname is the A.D. Athletic Director to those of you who don't speak sports lingo), I had the authority to sit back and do nothing.



And here we are. 9:53pm and I'm ready to go to bed. Hope you all had a great weekend, too.

Splish Splash

Lovebug's takin' a bath!!!

What safer thing for a Mommy to do than to sit back and take pictures of her child while she takes a bath, right?  But who could blame me for doing it... she's so stinkin' CUTE!!!

We're working on learning to say "uh-oh".  Notice she's saying "oh".

Deer in headlights much?

Ooo... a toy!

Are your eyes veering straight for her flippy curls, too?  Or is it just me??

What a cheeseball... a rolly poly cheeseball.

In case you didn't know, she's saying "I love you Mommy and Daddy!!"

Meal Planning Monday... on a Tuesday :(

Yikes!!  It's Tuesday and I'm just getting to this.  At least I actually blogged yesterday, though.

Well let's see.   Last week's menu = total DISASTER!!!  I only followed 2 of the menu selections!  Eeewww.  Not gonna lie, this week may not be much better.  BUT, I will try to get back on it!  ONLY with some help though... comment me some suggestions P.R.O.N.T.O.!!!  So, here goes:

Monday:  McDonalds (I'm weak.  I'm pathetic.  I'm wishing they didn't take debit again.)

Tuesday:  spaghetti and garlic bread

Wednesday:  I got nothin'.  Help me please!!! 

Thursday:  Roast, carrots & potatoes

Friday:  eat out (this is what happens when you work on Friday night's)

Saturday:  breakfast ~ eggs
                lunch ~ ??
                supper ~ hamburgers, salads, and cake (it's Coach's birthday party with his family!!)

Sunday:  breakfast ~ cinnamon rolls
              lunch ~ ???
              supper ~ ????

See... I need help!  I am in need of super easy, super fast, super cheap meals to make! 

Lovebug's First Easter

Lovebug has had quite a few firsts this year, obviously.  Here she is in her oh-so-beautiful Easter dress.

 Being a smidge bit silly here.

Posing in her own way.

Coach is NOT very happy when she lifts her skirt up!

S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G for the camera!

Say what?!??!  You got me puffs!!

Our ball player in the making.  Notice the hand she is using.

Her first softball pose.

The cutest girl in the whole.entire.world!!!