Happy Mother's Day To Me!

This year for Mother's Day, I got a pool. No, nothing spectacular, but it's still a pool. It's a 12 ft pop-up pool and it will make me being hugely pregnant this summer much more bearable. We are still trying to figure out all the chemicals stuff (we know nothing and the instructions are confusing!) but I'm sure we will get it figured out. I picked up a little inflatable boat for AnnaBeth that happens to have leg holes in it so she's able to motor herself around in the water :)

 The pool is almost full!

Fingerpainting

AnnaBeth tried her hand, er finger, at finger painting today. She was really good about letting me clean her fingers in the bowl of water after each color and from what I can tell, only a teensy bit of red ended up in her hair (which I didn't notice until hours later when she was eating dinner). I will post a picture of her creations after Mother's Day celebrations with both families are over.

16 weeks and Easter

 AnnaBeth loves her little brother or sister SOOO much!!

This year we celebrated Easter with the Wright side of the family at Aunt Kathy and Uncle Archie's house. We had games, good food and a great egg hunt!! Everyone had a blast! One of my favorite parts of the afternoon was listening to the little kids tell us what Easter is all about (Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and rising from the grave so they we may live).  Here are the abundance of Easter pictures . Enjoy!!

2 year check up

AnnaBeth had her 2 year check up today. She is 34 inches (50%), 25 pounds (25%) and her head circumference is 18.75 inches (50%). She can count to 12 (sometimes closer to 16), knows about 9 colors and is apparently way ahead of the game because she can draw circles (her doctor said that's a 4 year old thing). She is speaking well and is a typical 2 year old when it comes to eating (picky, picky!) but her doctor is super pleased that pretty much all she eats are very healthy foods. I have the child who shoves the french fry out of the way so she can eat cucumber and cantaloupe and then never eats the fry :) She also received her last shot until she is 4 and that was quickly cured by a dum-dum sucker. After the doctor we headed over to Kohl's to spend the Kohl's cash I got yesterday and she picked out a pair of monkey sunglasses as well as a baseball glove that came with a ball. She was one happy girl! She is already starting to get the hang of putting her hand in the glove and understands that the ball goes in the glove. It's a bit big since it's for ages 3 and up and the only problem she may have with it is that it's for a righty. She typically throws with her left hand so this glove will probably really only work to teach her the basics and then we will have to find her a glove designed for a lefty. But for now, she really doesn't care and is happy :)

6th Anniversary

It has been a few years since we have really done anything for our anniversary (other than just going to dinner) so this year we decided to stay at a bed and breakfast in Williams AZ. It was our first time at a B&B and after this wonderful experience, we never want to stay at a hotel again! We stayed at the Firelight and we have nothing but good things to say about it! We happened to be the only guests on Friday night and on Saturday morning, our host made us a wonderful breakfast of french toast croissants, hash browns, chicken apple sausage (or something like that and it was GOOD), fresh strawberries, coffee and juice. We couldn't have asked for a more delicious anniversary breakfast!! We will definitely go back again and maybe next time we can stay two nights like we wished we had been able to do this time. Here are the pictures from our trip.

This bear (along with another one) were rescued from a place where they had been kept in cement block enclosures and so far, they sadly spend most of their days pacing back and forth. We were told that eventually they will probably outgrow this behavior but it will take a long time for them to learn that they aren't cooped up anymore and are in a natural environment.

These cubs are 12 weeks old. Two of them are rescues and one was born at the park.  

This is Itty Bitty. He is also 12 weeks and was rescued shortly after birth with his mother. He will be moving in with the other 3 cubs next week now that he is strong enough to be with them. The lady holding him in the pictures is essentially his mama and he gives her kisses and everything. She has been bottle feeding him since he was rescued.

Trampoline

A few weeks ago we acquired the Steketees old trampoline as they had gotten a bigger one. It needed a new jumping surface and pad that goes around the outside but once we got those and got the thing set up, AnnaBeth just LOVES to go out and jump. Often times, it's the first thing on her mind when she gets up in the morning. She will say "put on shoes go outside and jump?" She's becoming quite the pro and it helps burn off a bunch of her energy!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Nana taught AnnaBeth how to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star a couple of days ago and she has been singing it quite a bit since then!! It's the CUTEST thing in the world! And I absolutely love how she rushes through "up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky" nearly every single time.