gracie's kindergarted graduation

(sniff, sniff)... well, it's official. gracie is a kindergarten grad! i'm not sure i can even make it through typing without crying. it's so hard to believe. how time flies!
it has been so unbelievable to watch gracie grow this year. she has made so many wonderful friends, her leadership qualities are bubbling over (catch that? it's the nice way to put it!), and she is reading so well! in light of just how well she's reading, watch what you text me. i see such my sweet little baby evolving into a fabulous little girl. what a blessing this journey is! ok, enough tears... i'll stop and just show you the pics.

at the beginning of graduation, each kindergartener was introduced.

then it was time to find mom, but only if you could get past all of the camera flashes!

oh, yes... there she is. 2011 kindergarten grad!

look, she seems older already!

mrs. bowers. i'm not sure i have the enough words to tell you how much we love her and what a blessing she has been to have as gracie's teacher this year.
a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

someday, cale... someday it will be your turn. for now, let's enjoy our today.

happy birthday, bug!

wow. how time flies. first you've got an unexpected positive test. the next thing you know...

bam. here she is... perfect. just what i needed and didn't know it. God did.

of course, He did. on the journey goes...

not only was she what i needed, but we all needed her. gracie has a little sister, cale gets to be a big brother, and daddy and i have another blessing.

a silly little look...

or a big 'ol grin. every day i look at her and am reminded that God's plan is so much better than mine.
happy 2nd birthday, my sweet girl.

what a good saturday!

i don't know what a good saturday looks like to others, but i know what a good saturday is to my babies. it starts with a late morning warm enough to break out the bathing suits and the sprinkler...

get ready...

cause it's c-o-l-d!

sweet little lily didn't think the water idea was as much fun as gracie and cale. i think it was a tad too cold. she mostly watched the fun.

when the sprinkler lost it's luster, we broke out the big guns... slip 'n' slide time!

look mom, i can go backwards!

in case you're wondering... it's still cold.

yay for the warm may day!

check out those muscles!

and if that's not enough fun, we've topped off the day our bff and a movie!

thank you jesus for our good day!

excuse me, ms. carpet-lady...

carpet. i'd like some now... and by "now" i actually mean 3 weeks ago. i'm sure bug would be a little more comfy with it between her and the concrete. i'm also pretty sure the echo in there will sound much less like we're at the grand canyon, and more like it's my little living room.

leave it to me to pick the one carpet that's on backorder. really... backorder?!?! how often are there carpet shortages? did a miss some big run on carpet? so, it's the middle of may, or so i'm told. it doesn't sound like it's that big of a deal now, cause it's may 2nd. however, it's been 3 weeks since i ordered it.

any day now. any day. so, i'm just waitin'...