Ouch!

Iris got her first real owie the other day. She made friends with the coffee table. She got a little cut and scrape from it. Wasn't too bad. It's got a good little scar on it now. I'm sure it's the first of many to come. I also got a new haircut about a month ago and wanted everyone to see what it looked like after I came from the salon. I can never get it to look the same as they do it there so here is a picture of what it looked like. We were setting up for the prom and those were the backgrounds we used.

Lots of fun

I have a lot of pictures to post. Some from Houston. Some from Easter. Some from Virginia City. We went there last week and wandered around and got some of the old fashioned pictures done at Garters and Bloomers. It was pretty fun.
The weather is finally starting to get warmer. We had a wedding in Incline Village on Saturday and it was gorgeous. And Sunday was beautiful too. Makes me want to get out and play some softball. Of course the rest of the week, when I had planned to work in the garden, the wind is blowing like 90 miles an hour. Today is supposed to be nice, so maybe I can get outside.
I just have to vent for one minute about the airport. I checked my stroller at the plane in Houston so that it would be waiting for me when I got off the plane. Well...I waited and waited and finally asked if someone was going to bring me my stroller, (this was at midnight, mind you, and Iris was asleep in my arms. They called someone and asked if they were going to bring it up and they said it got put on the truck to take to the baggage claim. So I had to carry Iris all the way through the airport. I wasn't happy. Until I saw Evan. He was waiting with a dozen white roses for me. What a sweetie!! But then we waited at the baggage claim. Got my suitcase and car seat, but no stroller. So we went and asked the lady where it was and she said they had it and would be bringing it right down. We, of course, didn't want to wait since it was almost 1 in the morning so we left our address and told them to deliver it to us. Well...it was over a week and we finally just had to go pick it up. It was just sitting there in the office. Obviously, no one was going to deliver it to us. What a headache.
Anyways, on a lighter note, Evan got some more chicks and two turkey chicks. They are getting big fast. Pretty soon we'll be able to take them out of the garage and slowly introduce them to Hopper our big chicken and Bill the Duck. Hopefully these chicks will make it and we'll be able to get some eggs out of them. Hopper is laying about every other day. So that's nice. It'll be fun to see how it goes with the turkeys. Evan wants to raise one for Thanksgiving, but I don't think he'll be able to kill it. We'll see.
I'll have to take some pictures of them and put them on here.














The picture of Iris screaming and hitting Kade with the basketball, was typical behavior the whole time we were there. Kade knocked her over once and she never forgot it. Any time he would start to come towards her, she would scream and take a swing at him. She is such a bully!

Houston

We are here in Houston and are about to die from the heat and humidity. It was around 80 degrees with 80% humidity. Yikes! I'm gonna go home to Reno and freeze my butt off. But it is nice to feel a little warmth. Just makes me even more excited for the weather to get warm so we can get outside.

Evan told me that while I've been gone he tore out all the dead trees and plants and got some new ones to plant when I get home. I know I keep saying it, but I can't wait to plant my garden. After everything grew so well last year, it got me all excited for this year. I just really have to pay attention to the weather so it doesn't freeze again.

We went to the Children's Museum this morning. Kanigh loved it. Iris and Kade are still a little young to really enjoy it, but they all seemed to have a good time. It's really been fun hanging out with Haley and remembering all the fun times from when we were kids. We got to talking about how scary our house in Alamo was and the scary stories that we were glad Mom never told us while we were living there. I always had a hard time being there by myself.

Well I guess I'll write more later. And I'll put some pictures on when I get home.

Tahoe

We took a little drive up to Tahoe a week or two ago and took Iris to Sand Harbor. There was still snow on the ground but we still played in the sand a little bit.











Evan wanted to dip her feet in the water. It was a little chilly for her. The roses that are in the water were there when we got there. Random. They were really nice roses.











I am getting excited to go to Houston and spend a little time with Haley. The last time I flew with Iris she was only like 2 months and slept most of the time, so it will be interesting to see how she does this time.

Comes in like a lion

That saying about March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb...I hope it's true. It has been a lion of a month. I really hate the wind. That seems to be all that we've had the past couple days. The weather is beautiful, if it weren't for the wind. But wind aside, I am getting some tulips and crocus coming up so I know that warm weather is in sight.

I think Iris is finally getting over the crud that she's been dealing with. Still a bit of a runny nose and cough but not as bad. And she lets me wipe her nose! She even blows a little now. Yeah!!!

Next week I am going to be with Haley whether that is in Houston or Ohio hasn't been determined yet, but I think Houston. Whereever it is, it's always fun to spend time with Haley and the boys. I think it's fun that Iris and Kade are only a month apart. Cousins are fun.

We didn't really do too much for Easter this year. We did color a few eggs but we didn't hunt for any or do any baskets or anything like that. I think next year will be more fun when Iris is old enough to know what's going on. We'll take some pictures of her in her Easter dress and post them on here. Here's a few of the eggs we colored.






Evan is such a sweetie. He made an egg for all the animals. Drawing a little cat on Tina's and a dog on Rowdy's and things like that. He is always surprising me with the things he comes up with.

Spring has Sprung

Iris has been sick for the past week. I feel so helpless. There's nothing we can give her, so she just coughs and has a really runny nose. Poor thing. Thank goodness for humidifiers and aspirators. Her poor little nose is so sore from all the tissue wiping I do. She even sees me coming towards her with a tissue and she starts crying.

She has really become quite the little Daddy's Girl. She really hates it when I take her away from her dad. He seems to be the only one in the world that she wants to hold her. Everyone says not to take it personal, but when she literally starts screaming when I take her from Evan, it's hard not to take it personal. I'm hoping it's just a phase.

We got some new bikes and a little trailer thing that Iris can sit in and took them for a ride yesterday. I love the warm weather. I hope that it stays warm this time. I can't wait to get my garden in. I love playing in the dirt.

Twenty-Seven

That always seemed like such a big number when I was only 20 and 21, but now that I have officially reached the 27 mark, it's not that bad. (As long as I don't think about how close 30 is.) Evan threw me a surprise party and I can't believe that I didn't find out. He had me thinking he was planning a barbeque next week and Mom and Dad came in to town and asked if I wanted to go car shopping with them. Evan also got me to believe that he just really didn't want to go and did I think my parents would care if he didn't. So anyways, we went and looked at cars, and on the way home Dad missed the turn for our road and we ended up driving around and coming in the other way. If we had come in the normal way I would have seen all the cars parked in the back. Also, Dad "accidentally" honked the horn as we parked in the driveway. I of course, still didn't catch on. So I go walking in the house and was completely surprised so see about 12 or so people in my living room all saying "Surprise!". Wow. It was so much fun. Got to see some people I haven't for a while. It was interesting because at my party last year, there were about four of us pregnant. This year there were babies everywhere. We ate and visited and had a good time. I am so thankful for all the wonderful friends and family that I am blessed with. I am grateful for every new year that I get to spend with them. I am most thankful for my parents who brought me into this world and have done so much to make me who I am. I also want to tell everyone how much I love Evan. He truly is one of a kind. He is always surprising me. What a great husband. He puts so much thought into things.
Well this is getting pretty long so I am going to stop, but I just wanted to tell everyone what a good birthday I had.(Beside the fact that Iris didn't go to sleep till almost 1:00 because she was sick.) I am glad to be 27.