Donut Date...

Last week on Wednesday before Mother's Morning Out, Myla and I went to eat donuts. On the way there in the car, Myla said, "Mommy, we are going on a donut date." So sweet! We went to Honest Abe's, and the donuts are delicious! It was our second time there, and Myla immediately remembered her favorite thing about the place...not the donuts, but all of the large, mounted animals that the owner evidently killed on some hunting excursions. She likes to converse with them which is hysterical. It was a sweet time for us to spend some fun time together. I am taking advantage of those times since they are about to get slim!

Digging in!!!
Eyeing her donut holes...she ate all of them but 2!
Loving her breakfast!

Going back for more!

Sugar covered lips!

Thinking hard about something!

Here starts the animals. I know that nobody will care about these pictures, but I just want to remember them since Myla loves them so much! Aren't they lovely?? The only thing I didn't get a picture of the ENORMOUS elephant skull and tusks! I know the people in there thought I was crazy taking pictures of all these stuffed animals on the wall. Oh, well!

Fun Night With Friends...

It's been awhile since this night, but I still wanted to document it! This was actually Valentine's weekend. On Saturday night, Michael and I went to Tupelo to see our great friends, Chad and Lenora Grayson. We had a kid free night, which is nice every once in awhile. We went to eat at the Fairpark Grille, which we would highly recommend. It was delicious and had a great atmosphere. Even Michael was impressed!! After dinner, we went to the Casting Crowns concert. It was great!! It was more like a huge worship service versus a concert. They are such an awesome group that gave complete glory to God throughout the whole concert. If you have the chance to see them live, you should go! What is awesome about them is that even though they are "famous", they are all stilled youth leaders and worship leaders at their church in Georgia. They travel on tour on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays so they can be at church each Sunday to lead worship. I thought that was awesome. They definitely have their priorities straight!!

Self portrait...always fun!
Chad and Lenora at dinner.
We love you guys!!

The guys

The girls

My Two Valentine Loves...

Last night was a big night that Michael and Myla have been looking forward to all week. They went on a big "date" to the Father/Daughter Banquet at our church. The anticipation was great when Michael got home and Myla was ready to get "dressed up" and go on her date. I know that alot of the pictures look the same, but I just loved all of them! I love these two so much and am so thankful that God has blessed me with them. Michael is the perfect Daddy for a little girl, and Myla and Selah are both going to be extremely blessed throughout their lives with him.

All dressed up and ready to go!
Myla was very impressed with Michael's tie. She kept saying, "Daddy's wearing a tie", over and over. I guess she doesn't see him wearing one very often!

Another big smile!!

I love this picture! Michael was chewing gum, and Myla was checking it out!

Daddy trying to steal a kiss! I love the look on Myla's face...

Big Kiss!!

Happy girl! She was wired all night...the excitement was almost too much!

Daddy and his favorite little girl!

This kid cracks me up with her expressions!

I know, I know....I got a little picture happy!

Myla loves to put bracelets on Michael, and she wanted him to wear some on their date. See, I told you he is a perfect Daddy for a little girl!

At the banquet! Michael said she did great and was so excited to be there!

Michael knew I would get a kick out of this picture. This was their dessert. Of course, Michael's was untouched!

After they got home, Myla gave Daddy her card she had made him. I meant for her to give it to him before they left, but I forgot (I guess I was too busy taking pictures)!

While they were gone, I worked in the nursery some. I painted canvases to hang above Selah's bed, and I was happy with how they turned out. I will post pictures when I hang them up and get the nursery looking better!

I will updated later with pictures from my diaper shower that is happening tomorrow. It was supposed to be last Saturday, but I came down with the stomach virus on Thursday night and was so sick on Friday, so we postponed it! Hopefully, everything will go tomorrow as planned. Then Michael and I are headed to Tupelo to spend time with our friends, Chad and Lenora Grayson, and go to a Casting Crowns concert. We are going to enjoy our last few weekends before a newborn!!

WOW!

I just looked at my sidebar pregnancy ticker, and it says 29 days left.

OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mother's Morning Out Valentine's Party...

Yesterday Myla celebrated Valentine's Day with her Mother's Morning Out class. I went to the party for a little while and got a couple of pictures. I love children at this age. They just get so excited about everything, and they love each other so much. Most of the children in her class are also in her Sunday School class and AWANA group, so they are all close. It is so sweet to watch them interact with each other.

Jack and Myla....truth be known, I think they might have a little crush on each other. They love to hug and give each other kisses!
Sweet Grace....Myla's bestest friend!

Caroline (Jack's twin sister). I asked her if she could smile, and this is what I got! She is a poser for pictures!!!

Little Robbie Man...he was thoroughly enjoying all of his snacks at the party!

Caroline and Myla

Is this not the sweetest picture? I love how they are hugging!

Pharis, Myla and Caroline

Can't you tell they all love each other?

Myla and Grace

Myla and Robbie. Poor Robbie....I don't think he could breathe at this point because Myla was squeezing him so tight!

Caroline and Jack

Mrs. Robyn, Myla and Mrs. Lacey (her teachers)

After Myla got up from her nap, she immediately wanted to look through her Valentines from her friends. She was so excited with every one of them.

She would get this excited everytime she pulled out a new one!

Carefully looking at all the different ones. She wanted to know who gave her what, and now she remembers who each one is from.

Myla with her craft they made. I'm a sucker for homemade crafts. I think they are just the sweetest things. Funny story about this one. Myla is not a fan of having something, i.e. paint, on her hands, so she would not let Robyn do this at school. We had to make the heart with the handprint on it at home and send it to school. Funny kid!

Up close....I love it!

Tonight Myla and Michael are headed out on a date to the Father/Daughter Banquet at church. I can't wait to update with pictures from it. Myla is so excited about getting dressed up to go. Michael told her he was going to wear a suit, and I guess the only kind of "suit" she knows about is a swimming suit. So, when you ask her what Daddy is going to wear on their date, she says "a swimming suit!" She might be dissappointed when he actually gets dressed!

35 Weeks and Counting...

(I was hoping the pictures would be at the bottom of the post, but they didn't work like that! Sorry the post seems out of order.)

Myla practicing putting her baby doll in Selah's car seat. She actually did pretty good, I must say!
When you ask Myla how big Selah is going to be, she holds her hands like this and says "teeny tiny".

Myla posing with her baby doll safely secured in the carrier!

Then she thought she would see if she still fits in it. It is just crazy to me how time flies. I can remember when this car seat swallowed Myla and she looked so tiny in it!

Well, time is still flying by with this pregnancy! Tomorrow I will be 35 weeks, and I know the time will now only get faster! I had an appointment yesterday, and Selah looks great. She already weighs 6 lbs, which is crazy to me since Myla only weighed 6.3 lbs at birth. Dr. Williams keeps saying that this baby is definitely going to be bigger than Myla. I asked him yesterday if we were looking at another induction, and he said that we most likely would induce at 39 weeks. He gave me two dates, March 4th or 8th. We will see! I actually would rather wait until the 11th, so we may talk about that next time.

Anyway, just wanted to share that everything is looking good and moving on schedule! I am so thankful that God is blessing us with another precious gift. I know having two is going to be hard work, but it will be so worth it! Myla is getting more inquistive as we have started getting down more baby stuff like the car seat, swing, etc. I can't wait to see how what she thinks about her new baby sister. She keeps telling me that Selah is going to be "teeny, tiny" because that is how I have tried to explain it to her. I know she is going to be a great big sister!

My sweet friends, Katie and Robyn, are hosting a diaper shower for me this weekend, and I am so excited about it! I will try to do good and take pictures so I can put them on here. Selah is already so loved, and I know she will be one blessed little girl when she enters the world!