The grass! It's growing!

This year Chris is bound and determined to grow some grass in both the front and back yard. Bound and determined!! He put down some manure and then some grass seed and covered it all up with more manure. Then we weren't to walk on the grass - except the mail person walks across it every single day and every single day he gets so frustrated. It's really cute to watch.

He and Elianna have been keeping their eye on the grass growth and lo and behold! it is growing!! Elianna is funny because she'll come running in the house yelling at him to come look and then she'll show him a new spot of growth. Then they get down right close to it and check it all out. It's the little things that excite and bring them together - I love that!

The BEST big sister!

Elianna is going to be the BEST big sister! I am very sure of that!! She loves to talk to Selah, to hug and kiss her, and to sing to her. It's so sweet to watch!

In this picture - Elianna wanted some "alone" time with Selah so she put a blanket over her head and "talked" with Selah. It's so sweet to watch!

I know she's a little nervous about becoming a big sister and the pressure she believes comes along with it. We've been trying to reassure her that we will love her just the same and although, at first, Selah will take a lot of my time, she is still important. Praying we can keep that balance. 

We've made a chain to count down the days until school is done (wahoo!! we can't wait!) and then the days until Selah's due date. The plan is to spend that last month to spend with just the 3 of us and enjoy our last days as a little family of 3 together. 

May Day

May Day is a tradition we adapted when we moved into this neighborhood. Apparently, not a lot of people know about or celebrate May Day. We don't do the whole ribbon twirling and such. The only part we do is delivering gifts to our neighbors. It's a drop off with no name gift but 95% of people on our street know it's us even when Elianna tries to run away without anyone seeing her.

This year we made popcorn covered in white chocolate with spring-y sprinkles and chopped Jordan almonds. I had meant to get some spring colored chocolates after Easter but my pregnant brain kicked in and I totally forgot so Jordan almonds it is since they are spring colored. 

We love having another opportunity to show our neighbors love in a different and fun way.

Easter Sunday

We began Easter by eating breakfast at Snooze - their eggs Benedict options are so delicious! Their Bella! Bella! Benny is one of my favorites - thin slices of prosciutto, Taleggio cheese, poached eggs on toasted ciabatta, topped with cream cheese hollandaise, balsamic glaze and arugula. Yeah... it tasted just as good, if not better, than it sounds. We are hoping to replicate that option here at home. Can not wait!!!

Coloring with the Papi Man

Reading the Easter story

Mother's Day

Oh goodness! So much for keeping up-to-date on here, huh? It's hard to get back in the bloogy groove after you've been out so long! I need to figure it out now before Miss Selah arrives.

The days leading up to Mother's Day was filled with lots and lots of whispering and plotting between Elianna and my Chris and even my own dear mother got pulled into it. The morning began with me waking up with an extreme charlie horse while my husband and daughter sat waiting for it to subside so they could properly wish me a Happy Mother's Day. Nice, huh? After I could see straight again and was no longer in pain, I saw flowers, a gift, cards, a chocolate covered strawberry, and breakfast which consisted of a filled donut with bacon on top. Yes, pretty much the best way to wake up in the morning (minus the charlie horse of course). 

Chris spoke at a church in Sedalia (Plum Creek Chapel) and then we spent the day with my cousin and his family. I did end up doing my Walmart grocery shopping which is nice to have crossed off my list already. Then we left Elianna and Grace with Tyler and us parents headed off to a crawfish county boil. 

We did have to watch a video or 2 until we got the hang of how to peel them so they could be devoured. We (read Chris) then decided that all the heads would make a wonderful stock so we brought home all those eyeballs and pinchers and legs. 

Then we decided that we couldn't go home quite yet so we went to an ice cream/gelato store that had the most delicious banana pudding ice cream. It tasted just like banana pudding - it was just a little colder because it was, of course, ice cream. So good! May even be worth a daily drive. Ha! Just kidding - every other day.