The Hunt Was On

Yesterday, Lovebug and her boyfriend Marcus got to have yet another Easter egg hunt.  This time it was at Hy-ya's house :).  Here are some super cute pics that I just got from her.  Can't say it enough... we LOVE Holly!!!

Wanna know why?  Because she did this for the crabby girl with the ear infection, and for the boy that just became a big brother!!!!!  Yes folks... Lovebug has herself a sister-in-law now :). 


{they're ready...}




{tricky hiding spot!}




{What.  You don't hide for Easter eggs without pants on?}







{look at all those egg!!!}

 

It Let Me Know

That explains the crabbyness of yesterday and the sleepless night of last night.

You know when people say "Oh you'll know.  Your motherly instinct will let you know." ??

It let me know.  Fluid in the right ear and an infection in the left.  Again.

You see, this is the exact same way that Lovebug acted last time {albeit, 3 weeks ago} when she had her last ear infection.  A bad day {or 2... or 3} at Hy-ya's, followed by several sleepless nights, and lots of nose wiping.  Rewind to then... I thought it was allergies.  Fast forward to now, I'm so glad we went to urgent care before the days and days of nose wiping and *hopefully* only one sleepless night.

My other clue?  The grandparent curse. 

Yes.  Those two words are together in a sentence.  You see, we've got a running joke around here that when Lovebug gets to see Mama Sy-ya and Papi Deel {Grandma Sally & Grandpa Dale}, she gets sick.  What, you don't believe me?

* ER visit last February with them after staying in a hotel

* the last 3 ear infections in the last 3 months have been within 3 days of their arrival.  'Nough said.

Pretty sure she plans it that way because she thinks she'll get more attention and be spoiled more.  

Lil' stinker.

Here's hoping that this magic bottle of potion works its wonders.  And let's hope that my call to the pediatrician's office tomorrow ends with an appointment to talk tubes.  I hate that my poor baby girl has to go through this...again!!!

Every Mommy's Nightmare!!!

This is the 2nd picture I got from Holly today...

:(

Every Daddy's Nightmare!!!

This is a picture that Holly sent Coach and I this morning...





EVERY DADDY'S NIGHTMARE!!!!!

Lovebug... in bed... kissing a boy!!!  Holly told me that she woke him up with a big ol' kiss.  Coach's words:

DONE!  THAT'S IT!!  I'M GETTING THE BAT OUT TONIGHT!!!

Run, Marcus, run!

Favorite Time of the Day

We all made a quick trip to Menards last night for a new furnance filter.  It was exciting.  Lovebug chose to act horribly different for me than she does for her beloved, favorite person of all time Daddy, but that's to be expected, I guess.  I think we're starting to get one of those classic, 1950's "wait 'til your father gets home" things going on, which personally, I hate.  As the person in charge at school, my students all know my look and they don't want to cross it.  At home, I give Lovebug the look and she cracks up.  Nice.  But I digress...

On our drive home, Coach whips out his iPod and turns on Lovebug's favorite song... Back in Black.  You should have seen these two!!  They both start nodding their head, clapping and tapping their hands to the beat.  Then Coach says, "I'm so glad I have a daughter.  I didn't think it would be this much fun."  :)  I could've said "I told you so", but I didn't.  Well, at least I don't think I did. 

You see, Coach and Lovebug have all of this special things together.  It's so cute to see them loving each other more and more every day.  I will not post all of these special things, because I want to keep them just what they are... special between a Daddy and his daughter.

I will, however, post a family special thing.  It happens every morning at the east mixmaster on southbound I-35.  Picture it... Lovebug & Coach in their truck in the left-hand lane, and me in my van in the rght-hand lane.  We're neck and neck... sometimes for 1/4 mile, sometimes for 1/2 mile, and sometimes, if traffic is just right, we do it for a mile or more!  I start waving fanatically lovingly over at Lovebug, who is always prompted by Daddy to "wave to Mama."  Some mornings she waves more than others.  I'm sure other people on the road have to see me and think that woman should not be driving, but I look at it as my favorite time of the day.  I gaze across at two of my favorite people in the world and think about how lucky I am.  Of course, this is always followed by a low point in my day... when I watch them continue to drive off, together, while I get off on my exit :(.  However, I always get a little grin thinking that maybe, just maybe, Coach turns Back in Black on again and they get to have the rest of their special Daddy-Daughter on our way to daycare time.

Easter Festivities Continue... Plus 21

This afternoon, the Easter festivities continued for us.  Lovebug and I went to church where, I felt, we were "that family".  Ya know... the one with the loud kid yelling "Mickey Mouse!!!" when she sees it on her backpack?  Yep.  That was us.  I was so worried about it so we snuck out to the entryway for the remainder of the service.  Unfortunately, Lovebug kept on being, well, Lovebug :).  I couldn't bring myself to leave church early though, ya know? 

{playing some ball with Daddy before church.  What, don't you do that?}

Next, we were off to Coach's aunt & uncle's house not too far away. 



{well I KNOW I'm cute, why do you keep telling me?}

Tidbit of Knowledge:   I would also like to point out that I did her hair all by myself today, thankyouverymuch :)

Lovebug played with her cousin Marshall, we all ate some great food, then the kids got to go on an Easter egg hunt in the front yard {note... Lovebug has got to be wondering what's going on.  3 egg hunts in 2 days = happiness for her, for sure!}.

 

{ready....set.....GO!!!  Plus, another could be GAP ad}

Notice how her hair pretties kinda look like bunny ears.  No, it was not planned, but yes, I will still take the credit.

{on the hunt}



{Daddy helping get the loot out}



 


All in all, it was a great day.

In other news...  Lovebug turned 21 months today!  As I've said to a few people, she's one going on 21.  Now she really is :o).  See... she's already learning the "whatever" face :)



{I love her more than words can say}



On the Hunt... Home Edition

Well, Lovebug and I have been up for an hour now and she's already done her Easter Egg hunt here at home!  You see, the Easter Bunny seemed to have forgotten that when a certain 4-legged dog gets up and smells things inside eggs, he would in turn want to grab them.  So, as luck would have it, Lovebug was wide awake at 5:30, so a huntin' we went!

That clever Easter Bunny hid eggs all over the main floor.  Lovebug was quite excited to find them, and unlike Christmas of this year, she stopped to open each.and.every.single.egg... which meant that Mama had a lot of candy clean-up duty!! 

{eggs}

{what's in here Mama?}





The Easter Bunny also left a plethora of BB&D toys {baseball, books, & ducks} for Lovebug.  Wow!  What a smart bunny, huh? :o)

Nothing could stand in Lovebug's way of getting into all her presents...

not even her jammie pants!! :)



{making sure I have everything out}



Now, Lovebug is cuddled up on the couch with blankie & bobo watching her favorite Mickey Mouse.  Soon, we will whip up something for breakfast.  After that, Lovebug and I are headed to church to celebrate the real reason for today.  Then we're off to Easter lunch with Coach's family.

Happy Easter everyone!!!