Sugar High

Saylor had a week full of firsts last week.
First she got her very first snow cone. She had a bite or two of mine last summer, but she got her very own this time!! She loved it, but was VERY SLOW at eating it. Thankfully, she dropped about half of it in her lap, because it would have taken her two hours to eat it! ;)

Then she enjoyed...and I mean thoroughly enjoyed...her first donut!! Isn't her ladybug donut just precious!! She ate this little beauty in about 2.5 seconds and then started crying because she wanted another one!


And on a less sweet note....Saylor FINALLY ate some mashed potatoes! I know, I know, what kid doesn't eat mashed potatoes--or any kind of white potato for that matter? Mine! But she helped her daddy make some the other day so she thought it only fitting to take the plunge and try some and she actually liked them! Imagine THAT! She's a weird kid. She also doesn't eat any kind of pasta. Not even mac and cheese. It makes her gag. Poor girl doesn't know what she's missing by not eating pasta! But at least she eats lots of fruits and veggies, so I'll give her a break for now!

Oh How He Loves Us

Saylor often tells me that she wants to be held by someone that isn't around us at the moment. For the most part, it's her daddy. She also tells me the same thing pretty often about her grandparents. For example, she will say "Mommy, I want Daddy to hold Sayer". I usually follow up with a "baby, when Daddy gets home from work, he would love to hold you" or "next time we see Yonna, she will hold you, okay", etc.

Last week we were driving and listening to some praise music. Saylor wasn't feeling it and wanted to me to play her VeggieTales CD that we got from a Chick-Fil-A kids meal, which we had listened to a BAJILLION times. I told her that we were just going to sing to Jesus for a little while. She listened to the music intently for a few minutes and then responded "Mommy, I want Jesus to hold Sayer".

Melt. My. Heart. But, how do you explain to a two year old that Jesus can't hold her in the way her little toddler mind literally defines 'hold'? How do you explain to her just how often He will hold her throughout her years?

This has been on my mind a lot lately. I love how my Savior ministers to me through the innocent thoughts of my sweet girl. I love how He holds me through my joys, dissappointments, and everything in between!

"Saylor, Jesus would LOVE to hold you! And I pray that you ALWAYS let Him!"

The Great Wolf Lodge

Well.....I guess I'm gonna average about 1 blog post a month. I've written several posts in my head in the past few weeks, but have never actually gotten them typed out. So, instead of backtracking, I'm just going to post about our last few days.

This last weekend we headed to Grapevine to try out the Great Wolf Lodge--a hotel with a huge indoor water park, and tons of activities geared toward kids. Mas has been on vacation for the last week, but I worked a day in the middle of his days off so we couldn't really got on a very long trip. So we decided to head down the road a few hours. (I've actually wanted to go there for a long time because when we spent months in Fort Worth and Kansas City (they have one in Kansas City as well as several other locations)--I always saw commercials for The Great Wolf Lodge and I loved their little jingle on the commercials. I would get it stuck in my head and sing it for days. I was so excited when we got there and they were playing that song! I'm a geek!)

We had a wonderful time there--other than my poor hubby developing an abcessed tooth the second day we were there. He got to celebrate his last few days of his vacation with a root canal and swollen face. Saylor loved the "Great Woof Yodge"! She swam her little heart out and we will definitely be back!

Since I've been gone...

I haven't blogged in a while so I thought I would just share a few 'catch-up' thoughts and pics. (Most of the pics are just from my phone--my apologies)


~We colored Easter eggs!

~Saylor and I went to Amarillo for Easter while Mas stayed here in OKC and worked :(
Saylor had a ball seeing grandparents, great-grandparents, and a few friends. And I got to eat at all of my fave Amarillo eateries!! Yum!

Saylor's first experience (that she was old enough to be out of her carseat) at Kabuki!

Swinging with Papa

~Saylor has been a champ with potty training! PTL! I would venture to say that she is completely potty trained during the day, but we still have a ways to go at night. However, she did wake up absolutely dry yesterday morning. (And if mommy would get up as SOON as Saylor starts to stir in the mornings, we might have more dry days, but instead I let her sit in there and jabber while I slowly coax myself out of bed! I am SO lazy in the mornings.)

~Saylor decided to TP her bathroom. She wanted to potty and do the toilet paper "all by SELF" so I went and started a load of laundry real fast and came back to this! Lovely!

~I got some of my flowers in the ground before the rain hit this week. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year and being able to plant flowers! It's very therapeutic for me. I think I get that from my mom...she loves to be outside doing yardwork. Someday, hopefully I can actually be good at it like her!

~Cookie Monster came to church last weekend. Saylor couldn't get enough!

Papa got Saylor this shirt. Unfortunately the poor kid can't read yet and has no idea the crazy clothes I'm making her wear! Ha!

~I am just absolutely, positively loving my child at this age--not that I don't love her at every age, but REALLY!! I was somewhat dreading the "terrible twos" and I know we are still far from out of the woods, but at 2 1/4, Saylor is such a JOY! We have so much fun together and Mas and I are constantly laughing at the things she says and thinks up! Not that she doesn't throw her share of fits and somedays spends quite a bit of time in time out--but overall I start and end my days thankful and amazed that every single day she becomes more fun, bright, entertaining, and perfectly sweet! (I had to be sure and document this so in 6 months when she's testing every ounce of me--I can remember much fun we were having at this time!)

Birds of a Feather...

Yesterday we braved the crazy wind and headed to our favorite Oklahoma City attraction--the zoo. They recently opened up a Children's Zoo area there and we really enjoyed all the new exhibits. They have a cool area for lorakeets that you can walk into and hold the birds. Saylor thought it was awesome but the little birds just wouldn't sit on her arm long enough.

The lorakeets were very fond of Mas, though!

So much that one of them decided to leave a little present on his shoulder! HA!

Doesn't she look big in this picture?

These boots were made for walkin'....

This is what a 2 year old who tee-teed in the potty SIX times today looks like....and I think it is just about the most adorable thing ever. She's totally rockin' those Elmo big girl panties and rain boots!

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fabulous Mom today! We love you and appreciate you so much! Big hugs from all of us in Oklahoma!

My birthday weekend

My mom is awesome, I'll just put that out there!

She came on Thursday night to stay for the weekend. On Friday we all took the girls to a Children's Natural History Museum. It was fun, although Saylor was very stuck to my leg for some reason.

For my birthday, she gave Mas and I a night at a Bed and Breakfast. First, we had a quiet, intimate meal at The Melting Pot. YUM! I stuffed myself to the brim--so much so that I had to hold my purse in front of me when we left because I was looking about 5 months pregnant with FOOD! It was well worth it though!

Then we headed out the Whispering Pines B&B a little outside of Norman. What a wonderful RELAXING little getaway! We got to spend some quality time together, got to sleep in, got served breakfast right to our little cottage, and then got to go BACK to bed for a little while after breakfast! How great is that! This is the very first night we have ever both stayed away from Saylor. Mom, we are SO, SO, SO thankful for you--thank you for watching our little monster and giving us some quiet time away! We had such a great time.

Then Saturday night, Kellen and Mas grilled kabobs for us all! We had a great night of fun, family, and laughing.

My mom left this morning and now its back to reality, but I am so grateful for my great birthday weekend with my family, especially my husband.....lots of yummy food....and a mom that knows exactly what I need! Love you all, thanks for making my birthday special!