One Happy Girl...

My mom called a couple of weeks ago to see if Harper could come visit her for a week. So I took her to Texarkana today to meet my mom and brother-in-law, Mike. She was absolutely beside herself when they pulled up! We ate dinner, and then they were off! I did get a kiss and a "bye mom"... but that's about it! And yes, she calls me "mom" now and sounds like she's 10 when she says it!

She's going to have such a fun week! She'll be in Little Rock for a few days and then will go to Nashville for her cousin's birthday party! Because we are driving to Destin soon, I couldn't drive to both places... so I'm so thankful Harper gets to go now! I'm pretty sure she will not be happy about coming home next week! The one good thing is that just a few days after her being home, we'll be going to Destin for her to spend more time with the fam! So hopefully she won't be too unhappy to see us!

Yay for having an awesome and thoughtful mom! I am definitely so thankful for her, and I do not take one minute of my time alone for granted! I have a few things planned, and I'm hoping to be productive in Henley's room too... but we'll see. I very well could end up on the couch each day, watching movies every day.

Family Outing Weekend

On Saturday night, Harper went to her first Ranger's game. Now, if you ask her about it, she'll only mention the food she ate. I don't even think she knew a game was going in, and that's because we were on the very top row of the stadium. So the players looked about an inch big, and she didn't even notice them. I think next time we'll splurge and spend a little more money on better seats so she can actually see the game! But as far as she's concerned, she had some fabulous cotton candy and enjoyed at least half of my strawberry chill!



Looking nice and sweaty!



Our view of the game!

Yesterday, we went up to the pool but they had closed because it was sprinkling. If you ask me, it was pretty crumby of the lifeguards because it wasn't storming at all. If you know Harper well, you know she cried her cry of devastation. It's the one where it's extreme sadness! I quickly looked at movie times as our back up! We went to see Madagascar 3, and she loved it. We didn't do 3D because she has a hard time keeping the glasses on over hers. But I don't think that made us miss out on anything! We all really enjoyed it! Yay for family outings!




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Fighting Fancy...

One of my friends from high school and college was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Yes, we are entirely too young!!! I'm thankful that she has her hope in Jesus and is choosing to trust him. She is such a fighter, and I'm so proud to call her my friend! I also love supporting her in tangible ways! So I've been sporting some bracelets to remind me to pray for her throughout the day. Harper is quite interested in them too...so if I'm not wearing them, she is! We love you, Heather!!!






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Insomnia

Pregnancy insomnia has set in due to my back hurting...getting comfortable is a thing of the past. I spend most of my time in the middle of the night on the Craigslist app, looking for baby gear to replace all of the things we gave to Taylor...basically every thing! I also enjoy perusing pinterest. If you've ever seen our bathtub, you know it's old and that I can scrub and scrub and it just doesn't look clean. Well, I saw a pin about combining vinegar and dawn to clean your tub. The pin said you just spray it on, leave it for an hour or 2 and wipe and rinse off- no scrubbing necessary. Oh my word...I am now in bathtub cleanliness heaven! Even Corby noticed when he got home from the gym, and that's a big deal! It is sparkly white, without a single hint of dirtiness. Sure the vinegar smell isn't pleasant, but it sure beats toxic fumes! I just turned on the vent and let it do it's magic. So I guess insomnia isn't all that bad...at least I have a really clean bathtub now.

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We have a name...

Our precious baby girl will be named Henley Kay! There isn't any significance to Henley except that we just like it. Our goal wasn't all H names...it just so happens that's the only name we liked this time around! Kay is obviously after my mom, the most selfless, Christ-like woman I will ever know. Our prayer for Henley is that she grows up to love the Lord with the same passion that my mom has. We pray that she endures challenges with grace and trust in the Lord, just like my mom has. If you know her at all, you aren't surprised at all that Corby and I wanted to use her name! We are do excited that baby sister has a name! When we asked Harper what she thought, she said, "oh, that's beautiful."


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Happy Father's Day!

I surprised Corby with a night at the Great Wolf Lodge for father's day. You're able to go way before check-in and stay the whole day that you check out, so we had so much time at the water park! There were several different areas, and they were all so much fun! Harper's favorite area was the kiddie area with small slides. She did the same slide at least 30 times today! It was fascinating! Corby rode all of the adult slides multiple times as well. Pregnant women were advised to stay off of them, but I had to break that rule. Not showing very much really payed off! I carries the tube in front of me, and then had a blast on the slide! I only broke the rule twice. We went to a story time last night and thought we'd have a great night of sleep. Unfortunately, Harper got sick in the night. We still aren't sure what happened because it only happened once. The especially unfortunate part is that she had a red snow cone that afternoon.... poor housekeeping staff! She woke up in good spirits, so we went ahead and enjoyed our scheduled breakfast. You got to meet the characters of the lodge while eating... Harper loved it! We had a full day at the water park and ended with a nice dinner as a family!

I hope that Corby truly felt celebrated.... He really is such a great dad! Harper and I are extremely thankful for his dedication to our family!!!


I didn't get pictures of each section... but this was at the front of the park


She insisted on getting her picture with anything in the lodge... I have about 10 different posed shots!


Enjoying story time


Meeting Oliver after story time


Breakfast with Oliver, Wiley, and Violet


Sporting her new wolf ears at breakfast



I tried to keep her awake on our way to dinner by letting her watch something on my phone... Obviously that didn't work!

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Summer Days...

Summer is in full swing, and Harper and I are having a blast! This week she is enjoying VBS in the mornings at a nearby church. She has several friends in her class, and she wakes up each morning asking if it's time to go yet. She loves it! Last week, she took swim lessons. She did really well. We will do more than one week next summer, because I don't think she's ready yet this summer. She wears her puddle jumper vest and has the time of her life! We've gone to the pool almost every day since it opened! Because she isn't napping any more, we're able to go for longer stretches of time...which is awesome!  

Other than the pool, we're (hopefully) about to begin remodeling the bathrooms. If you've been to our house, you know they need it in a desperate way! We had our first bid consultation today, and I'm really hoping we're able to go with him! His son is in Harper's class at school, and they are great friends. He has done several projects for other friends, and I've seen his work...it's amazing! If you know about our previous remodeling contractor, then you know I'm leery of using someone we don't know. It would be really great to have someone trustworthy working in our home this time around! But  the Corbster wants us to get several bids...which I completely understand... I just wish I knew more people to call instead of choosing someone random from our neighborhood magazine! I can't wait for this to get started!!! The yellow tile has GOT TO GO!!! 

 Practicing her kicking

 Floating on her back

Going around the pool on the kickboard