Grandpa S. this is for you!!

Here you go dad, you have taught her well.

She picked this up pretty easy. I guess we will have to see what else we can teach her!!!

Butterfly House!

Brian and I figured that since Kaylee loves butterflies we should take her to the butterfly house. Ok, Brian and I love butterflies and Kaylee was along for the ride. We introduced her to real ones and not just the ones that are "flying" in her room.

Brian seemed to have one that was very attracted to him. It landed on the back of his neck, fingers, forehead, nose, and in his hair a lot. I think that was the deciding factor that he needed a hair cut. As soon as we got home, we cut his hair:)

The butterfly is still on Brian's finger as he is taking the pictures.

I was sitting on a bench with Kaylee and taking some pictures. It is not the greatest picture, but when we got home and were looking at them, we noticed that Brian is in the background, doing what he does best, and so we have all three of us in the picture.

I also had a butterfly that liked me. As you can see in the picture below, it is sitting on my head. I was trying my hardest to not swat it away, they say it can harm them, and still smile for the camera.

I think Kaylee liked the insects the best and was ready to eat them, or be eaten by them, we are not sure.

T.G.I.Fridays

Here is a coupon I received in an email for buy one entree' get one free. It expires this Sunday, but you can use it as many times as you would like. Print it off and go out to dinner. Print an extra one and give it to someone else at the restaurant to make their day also.

Shared Recipe!!!

I LOVE to try new recipes. When Brian and I were first dating and I would cook for him, I would always make the comment "I am not sure how this is going to taste, so if you don't like it, we can eat something else." He always thought I was just very insecure about my cooking. It was not until we had been married for some time that he realized just how many new recipes I was trying.

So, I had this idea a little while back and have been working on it ever since. Above our oven, in the cupboard, is a stack of recipe books and papers from relatives or friends giving me recipes to try. Well I have been tired of the mess and wanted to put them all into the computer. So the task of typing all of these recipes into the computer began, and what a task it has been!!!

As I was typing the recipes in, I came up with another idea. Why am I just doing this for myself? Why not share these recipes with my friends? So here is my idea. I loaded all of the recipes into Allrecipes. com. Ok, not all of them, but about 50 or so of them so far!! I came up with a generic log in and am going to share it with you. My goal is that if you need a recipe to make something new for dinner, dessert, or anything, you can go onto this site and get one that you know someone else has tried. Also, if you have a recipe to add to the collection, you can type it in and save it under this login so that everyone will have it also.

Now, I know, you can just go to the allrecipes site and look up recipes and find something that way. But, I wanted something different. I wanted to share recipes that I have actually tried and get more recipes that other people I know have tried and liked.

So here is what I am proposing. If you are interested in the username and password to do a "recipeswap" let me know. I will give you the username and password. You can get on anytime you want and either get recipes that I have added on or add some on yourself. Then we can get a huge recipe box and never have to guess what is for dinner again. This way you will be making meals that you know someone has tried and really liked, or be able to ask questions about the recipe to make sure you will like it.

I did realize that if you choose already downloaded recipes that you can create shopping lists but you can not if they are private recipes. I am going to try to get all of these submitted onto their site so that it will be able to recognize them and create shopping lists also, but that might take some time.

I hope this helps everyone answer the question "What is for dinner?"

I hope you like this idea. I am fine with you sharing the username and password to other friends and relatives also. The more the merrier. Leave me a comment and I will give you the username and password to get started.

Good thing I will have YEARS of practice!!

Kaylee and I decided to have a little fun (ok, Kaylee didn't have much say in it but I think she still had fun).
Maybe now she won't get called a boy when we are out, but she might be called Pebbles Flinstone!!!

Short hair versus Long Hair

What do you think, should I cut my hair? Just kidding, I am letting it grow out some but not sure how this will work. Kaylee loves to pull my hair now. She is really trying hard to get a hold of it while we were at the Botanical garden.

She is eyeing it here, trying to come up with her game plan.

I can reach it, just a little further.

I have almost got it.

If she gets any taller we will not be able to carry her this way. Also, do you notice the bib? Even with flowers and writing on it that says little girl, I still had people calling her a boy. I really hate that, it is so annoying.

By the way, we are making progress. Out of the 609 pictures Brian took while at the Botanical Garden, Kaylee and I made it into 10 of them:)

I think I need to take a hint!!

Do you think she is giving me a hint? I was doing my hair in the bathroom with her laying next to me. I look down to find this.

If my mom won't give me a bath, I will just have to climb in here myself and take a bath:)

I am not doing anything

Playtime with Daddy

Just a few pictures of some daddy time!!

And YES, I really need to cut Brian's hair. Notice the two curls hanging down in front. It is way too long.

First Valentine

On Saturday, Kaylee got her first little Valentines card(like the ones you get in schools)!! It was from Brian's parents and was very cute.



I also got my first Valentines card from my husband. The only thing is, he didn't know he was giving it to me:) Brian's mom, Mary, keeps everything. I usually laugh at this fact but this time it was very sweet and made my night. She found a Valentinescard that Brian had signed to give to classmates, I am assuming. He had already signed the back so she just put it in an envelope and mailed it to me. It was very cute and we were both laughing how funny this was with all of our discussions of spending money on Valentines day or not. It was the best Valentines present from him (before we even met)!!!

Thanks Brian, and thanks Mary for keeping little things like this. I know I laugh about it but this was great!!!

Happy Valentines Day

Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!!!

Playdate with Logan

On wednesday, Kaylee had a playdate with a very handsome guy:) It was a great day for all. We hung out at the mall for a little while looking at clearance items and then came back to our house. The whole time walking in the mall, Kaylee and Logan were staring at eachother from their strollers. It was pretty cute. Once home, they both took about an hour nap while moms got to talk, yeah for adult time!!!! Then the playing began.

They are not quite sure of eachother yet and having to share toys.

They both kept putting their hands on eachother. It was pretty cute. Logan is looking at his mom wondering why she keeps touching me.

Now he is ok with it.

They have warmed up to eachother and enjoying playing together.

Holding hands already. I don't think I will show this picture to Brian.

Logan James Higgins

7 Months Old!!!

Kaylee reading......

Or so we thought:)

The baby on the book looks a little like her!!!!

Indy Weekend

This weekend was full of events. We left for Indiana on friday night to hang out with Kaylee's Uncle Kevin and Aunt Laura.

On saturday, we went into Indianapolis to see my brother and sister-in-law's new baby. He was a cutie. We also met up with Brian's parents and went to Red Lobster for lunch. Kaylee really wanted some of the flounder that was on my plate.

Then it was to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.

Ok, so seriously, I am not skinny enough, but I feel like I am modeling on the hood of a car:)

Funny Face Friday

It is a little close but you can see her front teeth coming in. She has 6 teeth now, mom is soooo happy. Ok, that might be a little sarcastic:)
By the way, this is supposed to be her "tummy time." She doesn't really like tummy time so now she has figured out she can just lay down her head instead of holding it up. I don't think crawling is in her future anytime soon. She does love to sit though so I think we will have a scooter.
Have a good weekend everyone!!

Watch This!!

Thanks Catherine for showing this to me. It is a little long, but it is hilarious.



I don't think I have laughed so hard.

Circle Time!!

Kaylee loves to do circles around her exersaucer. I think she has done three laps already. When the camera comes out she stops though. I got a little bit of it but will have to get a better one sometime.

Night Light

I posted earlier about Brian and I reading through the Chronological Bible in a year as our nightly devotions. Some people have asked us how we do a devotion every night. Brian and I have been married for almost 2 years now, and in those two years, there are only a handful of times that we have not gone to bed at the same time. We have always made it a priority to do a nightly devotion together, and to keep eachother accountable, we go to bed at the same time and do it then.

We started out in our marriage with a few "couples devotions" and then decided to read through the Bible in a year. Well now that we have finished that and I wanted to do something else. We started a book called night light.

This book has been great. It only takes about five minutes to read the short little stories, about a page long, and then it asks about three questions. These questions get you talking to eachother and maybe even find something out about eachother that you don't know. Last nights devotion was on how a wife wants to talk a lot more than the husband. I think it said the woman has 50,000 words and the husband has 25,000. The husband uses theirs all up at work though.

Of course I had to ask Brian if this was true and he kindly asked if I still had any of those play dates set up to get out of the house and then I could "use up" my words before he gets home also. I did not laugh:) We have discussed prayer, our marriage, and much more. We are only on the fourth week of the book, but I have really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. If you follow through the weeks, it will take you 6 months to go through the book, but they are bery short readings. You decide how long you want to have the discussion time last!! That is my favorite part.

One of my favorite things to do is to get ready for bed and then talk before falling asleep. This book was made for me!! I encourage you, that if you do not do a Nightly devotion with your husband/wife to consider starting one. It can really change your marriage.