Happy Easter...

Hi friends! Happy belated Easter!...

We had a busy day yesterday, but it was SUCH A GREAT ONE!... It was another wonderful holiday with our sweet baby girl!

We got up and went to Easter service...


Then when we got home, we gave Anniston her Easter basket!... :)

Let me tell ya, this baby girl definitely has her mother's genes when it comes to presents! She couldn't wait to tear into in! LOL ;)...

Since she can't eat chocolate or candy yet, I got a little creative with her Easter "treats"... One of my favorite finds for her Easter basket were these gold, Laura Ashley gladiator sandals!...

In true girl fashion, she loved her new shoes! :) LOL...

And I can't wait to put her in these precious little duck jammies!...

We got out of our church clothes and went over to my brother & sister-in-law's house for a pot-luck brunch...

After we ate, Melissa hid eggs all over the back yard for the kids to hunt!! (It was also the first time Anniston's little feet touched grass!)...

She didn't really know what was going on of course, but Jeremy and I had fun sharing that experience with her!
We couldn't have asked for a better Easter Sunday! The weather was PERFECT, we got to spend time with family & friends and we made some wonderful memories! GOD IS GOOD!...

Anniston's first trip to the zoo...

On Friday, Jeremy was off work for Good Friday and it was another sunny and 80 degree day in Nashville, so we planned a family trip to the zoo! I was SUPER excited!! I love the zoo and hadn't been there in years!... and Jeremy had never been to the Nashville Zoo so we were all looking forward to a fun family adventure!

We got Anniston dressed in her new little giraffe top for the BIG occasion! ;) ...

When we got to the zoo, it seemed like EVERYONE in Nashville went to the zoo that day! It was PACKED!!! Little Anniston didn't know what to make of it all at first... :)

But after awhile, I think she really enjoyed herself!... We got her out of her stroller so she could see the animals a lot better...

Jeremy carried her in her baby carrier for most of the trip and that worked out really well! I'm so glad we remembered to bring it!...

One thing I was really surprised about was how HUGE that place was!! I don't remember it being so big the last time I went... plus, I wasn't pushing a baby stroller either, so it seemed a lot bigger I'm sure! ;) ...

We stopped by one of the gift shops, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend so much money on one of those over-priced stuffed animals!... Even though this little monkey was really cute! {Looking back on this picture now, I wish I would have gotten it!... Guess I'll have to get it for her on our 2nd trip to the zoo...}

Sweet baby girl also got to ride on her first merry-go-round and she LOVED it!!...

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect first trip to the zoo! While we were leaving, we even signed up for a membership so I can take baby girl all summer long! :)

Baby pool...

We have had such beautiful weather here in Nashville lately!!! Last week we had 80 degree weather, so we went out and got Anniston a baby pool! I was SO excited to get her in one of her cute little swimsuits! (I'm a little obsessed with buying her baby swimsuits!)

On Thursday morning, I filled up her baby pool in the backyard so the water would have time to warm up a little bit before we got in later in the day...

After lunch, I got dressed then got her ready... Let me just say, THAT WAS AN ORDEAL!!... First off, Anniston has never really been out in the sun for a long period of time because it had been cold so I made sure I had all my bases covered for our BIG adventure in the backyard baby pool. I had sunscreen, bug spray, and a big hat all ready for her outing! :) It probably took us at least 30 minutes to get her covered in sunscreen, into a swim diaper, then into her bathing suit... I was just ready for a nap by the time we were ready!!!... But I was determined!!! (it was the first time I had put on a swimsuit since I gave birth so I was ready to get some sun too!!)


We get outside and the water was still too cold for her to sit in it! :( So I let her just put her sweet little feet inside while she sat on the side on the pool... It was SOOOOOO pretty outside that day & we had went through so such just to get her ready!...
After about 20 minutes she starts playing with the grass and I was afraid she was gonna try to eat it, so we went inside...

I filled up our big master bathroom tub and put a bunch of toys in there and we both just sat in there and played in our swimsuits til we were ready to get out...

It was definitely a memorable first trip to the baby pool!!!... ;)

We got a date night & a new car all in one weekend!!...

Hi friends! Hope you all had a nice weekend!... Ours was kind of a whirlwind that I'm having trouble remembering everything that happened!... Do you guys ever get that way?

On Saturday morning, I went to one of my favorite places, Whole Foods, and stocked up on a bunch of goodies to make baby food...

{It wasn't until I got home & was looking in one of my baby cookbooks that I found out you shouldn't give them pineapple cause it might upset their tummies}... But hubs loves pineapple so that ended up being his... :)

I had planned on spending the afternoon making baby food and doing laundry, but for some reason it didn't quite work out that way?!... I did eventually put one load of laundry in but the rest of the afternoon is kind of a blur?? I do know a Saturday afternoon BLT made it into the mix, I stopped by Tuesday Morning and found this adorable hula outfit for baby girl & I did my nails, but that's really all I can remember of that afternoon!...

Saturday evening was BIG though {well for us anyway}!... Since tomorrow is Jeremy's birthday, I surprised him and lined up a babysitter so we could go out to dinner- baby free! This was the 1st time we have ever left sweet baby girl with someone other than my mother-in-law!... I was a nervous wreck since I had never met this girl before (she is the babysitter my sister-in-law Melissa uses) and also because Anniston has been going through separation anxiety with me a little and hadn't napped ALL DAY!... We were only gone for 2 1/2 hours because Anniston has not been taking her bottles well at all the last few times I have been gone so we needed to be back in time for her nigh time feeding but it all worked out great! Hubs and I went to our favorite Mexican restaurant with his brother Chris & his wife Melissa. We had a great time & definitely need to plan more date nights like that in the future!

Sunday morning, we weren't able to go to church because the car we have painstakingly been searching for was being delivered to us sometime between 7:00am-12:00pm... We got the call around 9:30 that the shipper was here & we had to meet her by the interstate because she wouldn't be able to get her tractor trailer in our neighborhood... {those that have been reading my blog, I mentioned that hubs & I have been searching for a new SUV... It has been an excruciating journey because my husband is THE PICKIEST person when it comes to cars! God love 'em! ;)... So much so, that when we FINALLY found a make & model that he was happy with, there were none for sale close to where we live so we had it shipped from Chicago & bought it without even seeing it in person! CRAZY!?}... But here's our new grocery & kid carrier ;) {It's an '06 BMW X5... Sorry for such a bad picture, I took it quickly with my iPhone when we picked it up}...

Then after we all went for a drive, Hubs spent most of the afternoon tinkering & adjusting all the settings... While he was trying to figure out how to set our garage door opener, he left the car on so long that it killed the battery! So he had to jump it off & take it to Auto Zone & ended up buying a new one! Since this car has a lot of bells & whistles to it, the guy at Auto Zone didn't know how to reset everything after he changed the battery so now there are a bunch of indicator lights on! {Geez!}... So we have an appointment tomorrow morning to take it into the BMW dealership to look it over. Hopefully it's just a few things that need resetting & nothing too serious is wrong with it! But until then, she's just sitting in our garage... Hubs doesn't want me & baby girl driving it until we get everything checked out :(

Then later Sunday evening, I FINALLY got around to doing more laundry & making some baby food... I made some applesauce & cantaloupe...

So that was our exciting weekend in a nutshell... well everything I could remember anyway! ;)

Anniston's 6 month portraits (Part 2)...

Here are a few of our favorites we took the other day... Can you tell I have a slight obsession with tutus & naked baby shots! LOL ;)...

Valentine's Day...

Goodness!! I have really been neglecting this blog, haven't I!?

I thought I would post some pictures of Anniston's first Valentine's Day celebration!... What a wonderful Valentine's Day it was too with my sweet husband and sweet baby girl- my two Valentine's!...

A few days before, I helped Anniston make a Valentine's card for her daddy! We just used pink & red markers & crayons & Valentine's stickers and let her go crazy! It was a lot of fun & I think she had a good time too!! ;)

Then on the day of, we got her dressed in her "my heart belongs to dad" t-shirt for church...

Then after we came back from church & the mall, we exchanged gifts!...

A shirt & tie for dad...

and yummy chocolate covered raspberries & a new purse for mom! ;)...

and we couldn't forget sweet baby girl on Valentine's!! She got kissing birds that pull apart & come back together for a kiss & a Hello Kitty Valentine's card...

Then we gave daddy his homemade card... He LOVED it- of course!!!... ;)

Then later in the afternoon, Melissa came over to finish Anniston's 6 month portraits... I will post some of those pics in a separate post...

For those that haven't seen Anniston's adorable Valentine's card, Here's it is!... Melissa designed it for us & used one of the pics she took... {so precious!! Anniston is going to be so mad at me when she's older for sending naked baby pictures out!} LOL :)