To my momma...

"The Original Five"

(plus Indie, who wouldn't let me set her down)

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

We hope you are having a great day.  

Thank you for being a wonderful mom, a great friend, an amazing example of a wife and a huge help in my sometimes crazy life.  I don't know what I would do without you.

We love you so much!

T, J, I and ?

I was out voted...

Since Indie was a tiny baby Tony has wanted to pierce her ears.  He served his mission in Mexico and thought it was the cutest thing that all the babies had their ears pierced.  I, on the other hand, thought she was much too little and wanted to wait.  I said, "let's wait until she's one," and then when she turned one I said, "let's wait until she's two."  

About 3 weeks before Christmas we were eating dinner at my parents house and my mom said, "why haven't you pierced Indie's ears yet?"  I didn't really have a great reason so we decided to take a vote.  Tony, mom, Leash, Lyd and Chlo all voted in the affirmative while me, dad and Mad (I don't think she knew what she was voting for) voted against it.  So we decided to go for it.

As you will see in the videos she barely made a peep.  The only part she didn't like was when we had to hold her head still.  And, as it turns out, I really love her ears with a little bling in them.  

It has taken me forever to post these videos because blogger was being very tempermental but thanks to Mindi I now know how to post videos via youtube.  

So bring on all the videos.

Long time, no blog...

I haven't been great at blogging lately because we have been dealing with a little of this...

and a lot of this...

Sorry that first picture is so gross but it was too funny not to post.  I found Indie asleep like that one morning, poor little lamb.  Right after she was sick for about a week, Tony and I were both sick for about a week.  Strangely enough it happened at the exact same time so we both laid in bed dying together.  It was the sickest we had been in a long time.

The bottom picture depicts "the hand-full" I have been dealing with lately.  Indie is not happy sitting or standing and sometimes not even happy when I am holding her.  Her newest tantrum includes banging her head on anything...walls, floors, other people, etc.  We call it her "buckin' bronco."  The other day she was sitting on the floor and got so mad she scooted over to the wall to hit her head on it.  I am at a loss as to what to do with her.  Our next step will be to get her a helmet so at least she won't hurt herself.  Hopefully she will grow out of it sooner than later.

So anyway, now if I can just pull myself out of my pregnancy induced coma (I can't get enough sleep, period) then I will be back to blogging and I have got a lot to catch up on.

Now that's one handsome little cowboy...

This is my nephew Cash...

And yes, those are baby Wranglers.

Indie Boo turns 2...

On March 19th our little Indie turned 2 years old.

We had a Princess Party to celebrate.

Make a wish...

I thought Indie would be able to blow out her candle because she is so good at blowing her whistle and flute toys but after a few minutes with no luck Chlo and Mad had to give her a hand.

This year there was no question as to what she was supposed to do with the cake, she dug right in.

It was great to have so many friends and family members there, including her 5 great-grandparents.

Thanks to everyone who came and for all of the wonderful gifts.

We love you Indie.  These past two years have been the best of our lives.

Indie's Birthday, continued...

On Indie's Birthday we headed off to the pool only to find out that it was closed.  So Tony took over the planning and we headed to the Hill Aerospace Museum.

Indie just chilled out...

There was an area for the kids to play which had flight simulators.  Indie and Tony took this F-16 out for a spin.

Fun idea Tony.

It's a...

GIRL!