Our little Staycation

My mom came last weekend to stay with Saylor while Mas and I went out on the town to do things we wouldn't or couldn't normally do with Miss Priss. It was SO.ABSOLUTELY.WONDERFUL!! We went and saw a movie, had fabulous dinners with friends, spent an evening down in Bricktown, etc. It was like we had our own personal nanny and we could just go and do as we pleased all weekend. (Although I don't know that nannies spoil kids like Yonnas do!) It's Wednesday, Yonna left on Sunday, and Saylor is still asking for her!

Mom--we can't thank you enough! We had a wonderful weekend and loved getting to reconnect with each other during our little time away! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! You are the BEST!
(And I was too busy selfishly having fun to even get my camera out. I'm disappointed now that I didn't take any of Mas and I or of Yonna and Saylor.)

Also, Friday I finally had an interview and got a PRN labor and delivery job at a brand new hospital that opened this week! So, I basically get to choose my schedule, and I am planning to work a day or so a week on Mas' days off! I am so excited to be back doing what I love!! And I think a day a week will give Saylor and I just enough of a break from one another--I think she gets pretty tired of my sometimes. It's quite obvious because as soon as daddy comes home--she doesn't leave his side and wants nothing to do with me. I think this will be great for all of us. I'm pumped!

Farm and Family Fun

Last week Mas, Kellen, Tana, the girls, and I went to a place here in OKC called the Orr Family Farm. They had a train ride, a hayride out to a pumpkin patch, a small petting zoo, a playground, etc. They also had LOTS and LOTS of really yummy food. I would have been completely content to just stay in the warm building with all the cider, fudge, kettle corn, and so on! It was pretty darn chilly, but I will speak for everyone else and say that we had a really great time! I am so, so thankful that we are all here together and get to share these experiences--especially for the girls!

Tana and Saylor riding some kind of rubber horse thing. Tana's the expert at the horses, so I let her handle all that! :)

The Smith's (Ave is saying "choo-choo")
I just love this picture of Averey!

Sweet Saylor

It's just about impossible to get a real smile from this kid!

Daddy and Saylor on the train

The girls

What a sucker!

I took Saylor to the doctor's office today because she developed a terrible cough and runny nose all the sudden yesterday afternoon. H1N1 is going around here like crazy (as I'm sure it is many other places) and I wasn't going to take any chances. She definitely didn't feel well but that didn't keep her from insisting that she wear her boots and then modeling a little for momma!

And after a flu nose swab and strep throat swab (which both came back negative) and a few tears, she got her VERY FIRST sucker which made everything better as you can see!!

What a little cutie! So we are now treating croup, which is definitely the lesser of the three evils, and on the road to recovery!

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!

Daddy went with us to story time yesterday at the Moore Public Library and there just happened to be a photographer there from The Oklahoman (the newspaper). He got a few cute shots of Saylor and Mas doing motions to some of the songs. Check them out here: http://newsok.com/multimedia/photos/gallery/501721

What?!?

Today Saylor is twenty-one months old. That means in a mere three months, my baby will be TWO YEARS OLD!! I'm amazed at that fact!!
And here is Saylor's amazed face, when I told her how old she was....

And her 'putting on chapstick' face
And her 'putting chapstick on daddy' face (excuse Mas' obvious enthusiasm)

And her 'big brown-eyed angelic' face
...back to my point--I'm just amazed at how big my little princess is getting! Love my growing girl so much!