Circus!

The circus came to town! And I thought it'd be a fantastic way to end our Spring Break week. Adriana and I had a great time!! :)

Ignore me, but the kid's pretty cute! Here we are just before the show began: Beautiful tigers:

This chick was hanging from her neck. She was awesome!

This bear was ridin' a bike! Adriana thought that was hilarious!

Not sure what this was called, but there's a lady at one end doing tricks/flips/twists/whatever and the dude at the other end on a motorcycle.....way up in the air!

The boxing kangaroo:

We LOVED the elephants!

Getting ready for bed after such a busy busy day!
Here's a funny "Adriana-ism" for you:
While we were waiting for the circus to start, Adriana refused to sit in her own seat. At first I thought she was just being shy and clingy (nothing abnormal when we're some place new). Then I asked her why she wouldn't sit in her seat. Her answer?! "cuz I'm not 5 Mama". At first I was explaining that you don't have to be 5yo to sit in your own seat, blah blah. Then I just LOL'd when I realized what she meant. Her seat number....number 5! LOL. She didn't want to sit in #5 because she's only 3, don'tcha know!?!!?! This kid cracks me up. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING she does has to match something about her. If she's taking a bath, she has to have a washrag the same color as her shirt. If she's having a popsicle at Nana's it has to match her shirt. You name it. It usually matches SOMETHING on her or about her. Next time I know to request the seat number of her age! :) Man. I love this kid.

We're off to enjoy our final day of spring break. I think we're just going to lay low today and R.E.L.A.X!!! :)

Happy Spring!
Love,
Shawna & Bean

Hair cut!

Adriana got a hair cut today!! :) This was a HUGE step for Mama! Adriana was "soak excited!!!!". She LOVES her new hair cut! She ended up getting about 3.5-4" or so cut off. It looks SO much better in person than in these silly pictures that I got. I'm sure I'll have more this week.

Here's Adriana BEFORE: Wow!!!! Look how LONG it was!!
And here she is, goofy grin and all, AFTER:

Wow!! Mama LOVES it! :) What a huge change (a nice one tho!)

Here's Adriana with her cousins, Owen (5) and Carter (2)

More pictures to follow of our FUN days, I hope! :)

(We've got some rain heading our way. Yuck!)

Hugs to all!

Shawna & Bean

April already?

Mama has gone CRAZY!

Mama found Daddy & Adriana like this when she got home from work one day.

Wow!! Hard to believe that it's April already. We're very excited to be having temps that don't require long johns, heavy winter coats, hats, mittens, boots, shoveling (sp?) of snow, etc! Have I ever mentioned how much Adriana LOVES to play outside in the snow, yet hates being bundled up?! It can be a battle just to go out and build a snowman! ;) Such a strong willed little lady! Wonder where she gets that from?! (haha!)

Let's see, Update?! Hmm. Not much new to report. This week we're enjoying our days together. I'm off of work for Spring Break....ALL week! Woohoo!! I see some fun days in our future. I'm also doing some spring cleaning and reorganizing. I have only a couple of photos to post for now but will have some to share tomorrow (I didn't realize that I couldn't type and then add the photos. Oops! So, the pics came first!). Anyway, Adriana's going to be getting her first "big" hair cut! We're looking at taking off 3-4 inches (the most she's ever had is about an inch or so taken off). Yes, some will want to kill me, but nobody else has to deal with washing it, combing/brushing it, trying to find something that will stay in it (its SO thin) to keep it out of her eyes and what not. Her Dad refuses to let me give her bangs so that's not an option. Anyway, we'll post those photos tomorrow! :)

HAPPY SPRING to all of you!!

Love,

Shawna & Adriana

Better late than never! (HUGE, combined post!)

For starters, I apologize to my loyal blog readers for not getting on here and posting much lately. It's been a CRAZY month.

First of all, our family suffered a great loss in February. Dustin's Mom passed away unexpectadly Feb. 25th. She will always be remembered for her kindness, loyalty, her gardening skills, knitted slippers (we're all going to have to deal with cold feed now!) and her special baked beans that we all loved so dearly! Holidays won't be the same without them. (amongst MANY other things that she will be remembered for!) I LOVED watching her with my daughter. They cherished one another. She enjoyed showing Adriana all about the outside world. The plants. The trees. The bugs (that Adriana hated, but Grandma was determined to help her get over her fears). The frogs. The dog. The puddles. Picking/eating fresh fruits and veggies from the garden. Running up and down the "mountain" (as Adriana called it) out behind their house. Making homeade apple cider and the blueberry pancakes with Grandma's "special flour" (some gluten free stuff). They really had a great time when they were together. She will forever be missed. She left very impressive marks on all of our hearts and will never be forgotten. RIP Ma! We love you and miss you LOTS! Below is a goofy photo of her, But Adriana took it (all by herself!) so that's enough to make me post it here with all of you. On to other things: My niece Lyllie turned 2 a few weeks ago. This is a picture of Adriana and Lyllie on the horse at Caesarland! :) FUN times! Happy Birthday Lyllie! We love you!

My beautiful blossoming Spring flower!

Time to dye some eggs!!! Adriana was "SOAK excited"

CHEESE! She was SO proud!

The Easter Bunny CAME!

He brought Adriana some bubbles, a "Princess Moon Sand" kit, 2 tshirts, sunglesses, the fishing game, a little bit of candy AND...her PRINCESS UMBRELLA! (That's what she told EVERYONE that she wanted the bunny to bring her.)

Showing off her sweet "prizes" to Daddy

She LOVES her new Princess Umbrella!

...and her cool sunglasses!

Hey LOOK....the Easter Bunny "hided" eggs over here....Let's go find them!

(And P.S. YES, my kid is wearing stained Christmas jammies! LOL) Hey, she picked them out herself, atleast they match! :)

Off on her egg hunt...

She found ALL of them!

So happy with all of these goodies...spoiled rotten!

EGGSTRA CUTE!

She loved her "egg socks" too!

We hope that you all had a blessed Easter.

Love,

Shawna & Adriana

Just a little late...

Here's a couple of photos of Adriana in her Valentine's Day duds! :) Her shirt reads "Mommys little heart breaker"

Proud Moment

Not a real update, just a couple of pictures to share. This is Adriana and Symiah Matison. Symiah was born on 2/8 and is my best friend's new baby girl. Adriana was in complete aww over the baby. She couldn't take her eyes off of her. Secondly...This is my Proud Mama Moment! Adriana wrote her name, all by herself, tonight! I was so proud of my big girl! She did it with some help (of me telling her which letter comes next) and then wrote them out, by herself. :) As she says "Mama...I'm a big girl. I'm soak excited to write my name" (soak excited=SO excited!)
Hugs to you all!
Shawna & AnaBean

A case of the sillies!

She was cracking herself UP! :) Gotta love that laugh and those dimples & smile!

Being really GOOFY!

On the run....again!