Updates Coming Soon...

I promise I will have LOTS AND LOTS of updates of all kinds { :) :) :)} VERY soon for you all.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy seeing the {HUGE} picture of Lovebug next to her birthday cake made by her Aunt Ann!

A Year of Lovebug :)

As most of you know, today is Lovebug's 1st Birthday!!  I thought it would be fun to take a trip back and look at pictures of her on (or almost on) her monthly "birthday".  Oh my... how this girl has changed!  Hope you enjoy looking as much as I do :)

Just Born

I had no idea what I was in store for...

One Month

Was she seriously that little?!??!?!

Two Months

Look at those bug eyes.  Could that be where she got the Lovebug name from!?! :)

Three Months

Aaaand enter chubby cheeks.

Four Months

Holy COW she was one fat {and bald} baby!!!

Five Months

Awww... her first Christmas.

Six Months

Sitting up by herself and such a cheesy smile :)

Seven Months

The hair is starting to creep back into the picture here...

Eight Months

So stinkin' proud of herself!

Nine Months

Those EYELASHES!!!  To die for!

Ten Months

Aaaand enter curls :)

Eleven Months

I am in L.O.V.E. with those eyes!!!

Twelve Months... a.k.a... One Year Old!!!!

That is one happy Lovebug :^)

Happy Birthday Lovebug!!  Can't wait to see what the next 12 months bring us!!

Dear Lovebug

Dear Lovebug,

In a few short hours, you will celebrate your first birthday.  My, oh my, I can't believe this time is upon us.

This first year of yours has brought joy, laughter, {humility}, exhaustion, frenzy, excitement, love, admiration, worry, and so many more feelings I can't even begin to describe.  The love... oh, the love... that you have brought your Daddy and I can never be matched.  Nor can the love that we have for you.

As I watch you sleep {peacefully} in your crib, I think back to some of my favorite memories of your first year.  I remember when...

... you got your first tooth at 3 months!
... you made your Daddy proud wearing your Iowa onesie every.single.Saturday during football season
... you slept through the night for the first time
... your first cold and how I wished I could take it away from you
... your pooh face :)
... you had TONS of hair, lost it all, then it grew back curly!!
... you smiled at me for the first time
... you gave me sloppy kisses
... you "watched TV" with your Daddy nearly every.single.night
... you finally rolled over
... you were the cutest ladybug for Halloween
... you became intent on watching Bogart and Edgar
... you crawled for the first time
... you got more excited about seeing the remote than me :)
... you giggled when your Daddy and I would give you "the look"
... you began taking your first steps
... you decided it would be fun to wake up in the middle of the night... after you'd slept through the night for 7 months straight!!
... you pretended to talk on our cell phones

Lovebug, you are the cutest, most curious, fiesty, loving, caring, mover-and-shaker and I am the proudest Mama this world has!  Your Daddy's pretty proud, too :).

We love you Lovebug!!

Love, Mama & Dada

All Smiles

Lovebug

has been

getting pumped

for her 1st birthday.

Can you tell?

Wordless Wednesday--1st Birthday Invite :)

First Steps!!!

Yes folks, you read it right.  Lovebug has just taken her first steps within the last hour!  AND guess what else?  I got it on video for you to see :) :) :) 

Quite the feat for me, huh? 

I will apologize in advance for the video near the end.  You will get a nice shot of my super clean ceiling fan and freshly painted ceilings {hey, a seller's gotta plug their place when they can, right?}

With no further ado, I introduce you to the newest walker!!!

Ahhh, weddings

Last night, Coach, Lovebug and I traveled back to Coach's hometown for a wedding.  It's hard to believe that it's been 6 years since our wedding.  But I digress...

The wedding was wonderful, the bride {breath-taking}, and the sunset on the lake... beautiful.  Coach was excited to take Lovebug out onto the dock by the reception.  How cute are they????

They stood out there and posed for a few more pictures which I will show you in a minute.  I also got this one as they were coming back up from the dock.

We came back in and the restaurant was SCORCHING {we're good friends with the manager, who also happened to be a groomsman and he said they've never had that large of an amount of people in the place at once} so we decided to head out.  BUT... not before Lovebug had a picture taken with yours truly :).   Those type of photos happen rarely, ya know?

Even though she wasn't looking, I was pretty happy {as you can probably tell}.  Not only was I happy I was getting my picture taken with Lovebug, I was also happy to be in that dress.  Don't wanna toot my own horn but toot toot!  Down a size!!!!!

Anyway, back to the event itself.  I'm so sad that I didn't get a picture of Liz in her stunning glory, but here are probably the best pictures of the night.

Coaches favorite

My favorite

Breath-taking.