Huber's and a Hudson visit

We had an eventful weekend. On Friday night, we got into a bad car wreck.

It was so scary but we feel very fortunate. We were stopped, turning into our neighborhood when a lady slammed into us at full speed. She never braked. She was taken to the hospital so we are not sure why she hit us. They are still investigating so I'll guess we will find out more later when the police report comes out. Chris took the brunt of the pain and is left with black eyes and cuts on his head. The girls were snug in their car seats and got perfect checks from Kosair.  Now we're dealing with a lot of soreness and insurance agencies, but it could have been a lot worse so we just praise God for keeping an eye on us.

    

Moving on...

We had a special visitor last week. This mama deer gave birth in our next door neighbors yard so the sweetest baby deer was sleeping behind their rock for awhile. Maddie and I walked over and saw the little baby. The mama and baby hung around for a couple of days but then left for the woods. 

I didn't get a pic of the baby...this was taken from my kitchen and baby was too little.

Thursday night, Tia came over to play.

On Friday, we took Sydney to Huber's for her first visit!!

Maddie is an old pro at Huber's.

If you feed them, they will flock to you!!

Heading out to the patch!

Grabbing her box to go strawberry pick!

The yummy loot!

Baby wearing. I am a poster child for it. Love the bjorn!

We had a great lunch at Chuy's! (Yes, we're obsessed.)

Chillin in the car after dropping everyone off.

After a rest, we had some dress up and play time!

I mean seriously...she is SO CUTE.

Maddie talked daddy into Graeter's. 

After Graeter's we got into the wreck.

On Saturday, we had plans with Kyle and Danielle to go to the Wings for Kids Air Show. We ended up just having them over for lunch and letting the kids play at our house. We were still exhausted from the wreck and really sore. 

Maddie and Hudson sprayed each other with water bottles and played in the pool for a long time.

Sharing a snack on the chair.

It was a busy and exhausting (and scary) weekend. We are ready for a calm week!

Random Wednesday

Yesterday, we had no plans. Not one single thing we had to do, no play dates arranged, no nothing!

Sydney took a long morning nap so Madeline and I painted outside and played with glitter and sidewalk chalk. Maddie loves to wear costumes outside. I think because our neighbors make such a big deal of it. (They are home all day so we visit with them a lot.)

Then we went to the Paddock to wander around.

Sydney got to play for the first time and loved banging on the lady bug.

This big girl is moving up to the transition room at school!  

Yep, I can eat my food by myself. Yep, I'm a big girl. Yep, my nickname is "no hair, don't care." 

Say something, I dare you.

We did some reading and playing at Barnes and Noble and then we had some afternoon playroom time during the storms.

Madeline got to watch one show while I was preparing dinner. She chose Little Einsteins.

 Chris cleared out an area of our yard that's always been a little funky. He was so afraid of getting more poison ivy that he wore this outside. He looked hysterical!

And, a new recipe for you all! I made this super easy crock pot chicken for dinner and it was delicious!

Fun for the girls and Poison Ivy for Chris!

On Friday, we went to the mall. Madeline had an Auntie Anne craving. 

Saturday, Chris went biking with his buddies. This is his new obsession. He used his work wellness money (and some of my wellness money!) to buy a new Mountain bike. He and a few friends have been hitting the trails and are really enjoying it. So far he's brought home more than a few scratches/cuts and a wicked case of poison ivy.  

Have you ever seen poison ivy? It is GROSS. I'll spare you here but trust me, it's just EEEEE. 

I couldn't understand why he was so battered until he showed me this picture.

One of the guys had fallen off the bike. Notice the stream below. I said, "Goodness, weren't you scared when he wiped out?" And he replied, "Not really. I mean I stopped to take a picture."

So....there you have it. I will never understand the male species.

He also usually brings home muddy clothes for me and then drinks out of the lemonade carton. It's like living with a teenage boy. 

Sydney is just being Sydney. She is SO fast and doesn't really want to be held anymore unless it's before bed. Otherwise, she wants to be everywhere.

She loves playing with the princess castle.

My debutante. I wish the shadow wasn't on her face in this pic. 

We had dinner at Chuy's with my family.

 Madeline could live off queso and guacamole. OK, I could to. 

 Tia is smiling because this is her favorite restaurant in town. She begs us to go EVERY time we want to go grab dinner somewhere.

Then we had yummy gelato for dessert!

 Can't smile now, mama. I'm about to DEVOUR this bowl.

We also had Soley and Mya's birthday party! Soley turned 4 and May turned 1.

In line for the piñata!

Maddie had to get a boost up. My petite sweet girl.

We had a great time celebrating with the girls. Madeline got her face painted (Hello Kitty!) and loved running around with Soley.

On Sunday we had an impromptu cook-out with both sets of grandparents. Sydney and I ran up to Costco real quick to grab some food. 

No. She didn't eat another baby. She's just a growing girl--almost 9 months old!! (I know. I can hardly believe it myself.)

Happy Monday! 

Memorial Day Weekend!

What a great long weekend! Chris took off Friday so we had four fun days together!

We had dinner at Old Chicago on Friday.

On Saturday, the girls went to nana and grandpa's house for the afternoon. Chris went biking with his friends and I had the whole afternoon by myself. I had a long list of things I'd been needing to get done and was able to accomplish it all. Whew!

On Sunday, we took the girls to the splash park for a picnic and water fun.

Sunday night we had a cook out at nana and grandpas!

Sweet Sydney playing with a new toy aunt Laura sent home.

On Sunday night, Chris took Stella to the animal hospital because we noticed a really irritated spot on her neck. She came home like this.

She's still mad at us and walks around VERY grumpy. We've got pills and a spray for her but have to go back to our regular vet for a follow-up.

On Monday, Maddie and I did a little shopping. She really wanted this bad boy, but I had to decline. 

We got our water table out and the girls played, played, played!

Do these hearts make my arms look fat?

Maddie was so happy that Sydney got in with her!

Sweet, sweet sisters!

Poor Stella dog.

Finally, we took a walk to grandma and grandpa's house.

What a wonderful weekend!