Please Pray for Alli

Alli is a friend of the family.

She is a 4 year old precious little girl

with Stage 4 neuroblastoma.

It started a few weeks ago with a

bruise on her leg that concerned

her parents and ended up landing her

at St. Judes within days.

If you have it in your heart

please visit Alli's

CaringBridge page

and pray for her!

Girl's Day & Lots of Shopping

Friday night Aleigha spent the night with

my mom (my dad was at work) but that didn't

mean date night for Henry & I.

His nephew came to spend the weekend with us.

On Saturday the guys worked in the yard all day

so my Mom, Granny & Aleigha picked me up

& we met my aunt & cousin to shop, shop, shop!

Victoria (my cousin) has prom next month

& was trying to find a dress. She found 3!

It was fun watching her try on dresses

and watching Aleigha put on jewelry in the

dress shops. I kept thinking "this will be

Aleigha & I in about 14 or 15 years"!

Talk about Scary.....

I don't even want to think that far

ahead right now. Let's focus on the

2nd birthday for now!
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So after we found her dresses we headed

to a few more stores & then to the mall.

We were waiting on my Granny to finish up

in Dillard's at Aleigha realized she could

get her leg out of the stroller. We thought

it was funny so I grabbed my camera.

It was such a fun day with all of us girls and

Mom & I got lots of cute spring/summer

clothes for Aleigha.

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On Sunday my mom cooked spaghetti for lunch

and invited us over. We spent the day being

lazy and watching movies.

Baby Not Feeling So Good

On Sunday Aleigha had a runny nose & her gland

was swollen but she didn't act like she felt bad & wasn't

running fever. Well she couged all night long & had us up

until 4 a.m. so Monday morning I figured I should get her to

the doctor. I was upset because her Valentine's Day party at

daycare was Monday. It was originally supposed to be Friday

but since we live in a state that rarely see's "bad" weather

everything closes at the first sign of snow. I had

already made cookies for the party so we went ahead

and took them up there & in return they went ahead &

gave Aleigha her goodie bag. When we got back home

I let her go through it & she kept making ewwww's

and ahhhh's. It was so cute. She knew she had

received some good stuff :)

Here she is going through her bag

On the way to the doctor I put my sunglasses

on so she wanted hers, so I gave them to her.

When I looked back to see her this is what I saw

Ha! I just love her.

And this is what she does everytime we go

to the doctors office....tears all the paper up

off the table

She kept looking in the mirror saying

"dat leigha"

I thought it was cute because she

normally refers to herself as baby

Come to find out she was getting a sinus infection. After some antibiotics & some prescribed antihistamine
she is feeling much much better.

Boba Baby Carrier Giveaway

Mrs. G.I. Joe over at

ACU's, Stiletto Shoes, and Pretty Pink Tutus

is hosting a great giveaway for a

Boba Baby Carrier.

Go check it out & enter to win.

Valentine's Day

So much can change in a year.

This was Aleigha last Valentine's Day.

She was so tiny & dependent.

And down right cute!

And this was today.
Such a big girl & some what independent.

And still down right cute!

Snowy Day

It doesn't snow here often, actually I think the

last time we seen anything even remotely like

this was close to 10 years ago. On the way to

daycare yesterday morning Aleigha was quite

scared of it. I was trying to get her to touch it

and she was not having it. She ran to the car

trying to get in her carseat. But when she got home

yesterday afternoon all she wanted to do

was play in the "smow".

These pictures were taken yesterday afternoon,

by last night it was a little thicker and this morning

it is so pretty outside.

So my favorite girl and I are done drinking our
coffee & were off to play in the snow.

Oh yeah, it's still snowing also. Not real hard

but it's still snowing {grin} and we are loving it!

It is so rare around here that the schools and

daycares are closed. ha! But I'm not complaining

because that means we can stay home & enjoy the

snow before it starts melting away. It's also a

nice way to start off the weekend.

Friend Makin Monday - Superbowl Edition

Welcome back for another week of...

Wanna join in? Just head on over to {aefilkins}

and link up. Today's topic is Super bowl.

Did you watch the Super bowl?

Absolutely!

If so, who were you rooting for?

Well the Saints of course

Where did you watch it?

At home!

What did you eat?

We ordered pizza, my parents picked it

up and came over for the game but then my

dad got called out to work.

Favorite Super bowl commercial?

Probably the Doritos Play nice commercial

where the guy comes over for a date & the little

boy gets in his face! But I liked the T-pain Budweiser

one as well.

Least favorite?

I would have to say the Boost Mobile Shuffle.

What did you think of the half time show?

Boring...I dont even think we really watched it.

Who do you wish would of been in the half time show?

Anyone besides The Who. Would of like to see

someone more current.

What about you?

Proud to be a Louisianian

Super Bowl XLIV Champions

Dats Us!

Even though Miss Priss was rocking

her Saints gear she was far from into

the game, just her Mardi Gras beads.

But we did have her chanting

Who Dat!

I have always been a Saints fan... even when they

weren't that great, but I've never been as happy to be a

Saints fan as I was last night. It was a good feeling

and a great win for us.

31-17

Geaux Saints!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Yesterday was my dad's birthday so we had

my parents & Pop over for dinner &

birthday brownies.

Papaw & Aleigha playing with play doh.

It was so cute, she was 'helping' Papaw open

his presents but kept telling him

"help me Papaw".

(my mom in the background deeply into desperate housewives)

We love spending time with our family.

Henry's brother & his family are hopefully

coming down this weekend for the Mardi Gras

parade Saturday. I don't think they have ever been

so it will be exciting for them.
We went every year growing up & I plan on

making that a tradition with Aleigha as well.

Sunday is a big day for us also. We plan on

watching our boys take down the

COLTS

Count On Losing The Superbowl!

Who Dat!

Geaux Saints!

Birthday Party & Globetrotter Fun

On Sunday we went to a special little girls 2nd birthday party.

We had lots of fun hanging out with friends and the babies

played so well. Addison had a great birthday & her

cake was to die for.

Growing up our parents took us to see the

Harlem Globetrotters. They normally come

here every February and I was excited that

Henry & Aleigha got a chance to see them this year.

Aleigha was kind of interested in the ballgame but

more interested in the people walking around

selling cotton candy & sno cones. I only wish I

had a picture of the look on her face when

she put the cotton candy in her mouth. I'll

just say that was a waste of money so we settled

for some dippin dots. Papaw bought her a

Globetrotter basketball so afterwards we went

down & got some autographs. We also got a really

good picture of her & I with one of the Globetrotters

but it's on Henry's iphone & he still hasn't sent it to me.

My Little Valentine

She's so cute I could eat her up!

Oh how I LOVE her!