So I always love trying out new things especially when you get to be creative. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not perfect at any of my hobbies but I love to at least try. For our visiting teacher this month, my partner and I decided it'd be fun to make bows while we talked and checked in our gal. These are my amazing creations!!!
Loved the fact that they are so easy to make and not expensive in the least, though hopefully that's not obvious.
For most of mine I just used colored brads in the center of the flowers. I love the simplicity it brought!
Sadly, I'm not a ribbon bow maker. I tried as you can see. Most of my bows turn out to be way to large for LaNea's small head or incredibly lopsided. I don't think the "practice makes perfect" theory is really applicable for me here, especially with these being the best of the best I've made! Still have had lots of fun trying though.
I know I do a lot of posts that are just about LaNea but really, who wouldn't when they have a kid this cute. She is talking so much more. Lately she's been calling everything "daddy" which I'll admit, I hate. She's still working on the Potty Training and we tend to always have at least one mistake but she's trying and we can't get mad at that! I believe she has most her teeth in for a while so hopefully I'll be finding fewer teeth marks on things. She enjoys keeping things clean. She's really good at putting things away. Just this afternoon, she started randomly picking things up and putting them away. No idea how she got that gene but it'll definitely be a motivator for me to keep up on the house. She loves to laugh and be happy. She rarely stays mad for long. I feel so lucky to have her and despite our major disagreements, I love her to death!
Like most out here in Texas, we've been really enjoying the warm weather. LaNea has a love/hate relationship with her pool. She always has to slowly realize that it won't hurt her and that its okay to play in it!
We also took advantage of a great deal at Big Lots and got this little picnic table. Its fun because LaNea always knows when we buy something that's for her. She's only a touch possessive. 
Did I mention she has a passion for shoes. Apparently it runs in the family as both Grandma Shauna and Peyton would tell you! 
So this last month Eric and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Yep, 5 years already. We actually got a babysitter and went out on a real date, something we don't get to do very often. Our date started with going to Chuy's, a new mexican restaurant here in College Station. Since its only been open a month there was a 45 minute wait. After eating we rushed to go see the new movie, Red Riding Hood. We enjoyed it, as it wasn't too scary for me but still had some suspense for Eric. It reminded us a lot of The Village. Once we got out of the movie, it was getting pretty late. So instead of heading out for ice cream, a must on any of our date nights, we bought some and made sundaes after I took the babysitter home. It was a really fun night and made it easy to know why we're still happy after 5 years!
A couple weeks ago, we had the chance to go to the Houston Zoo. This was exciting as it was first time LaNea had ever been to a zoo and Eric and I never been to one together.
Of all the different animals that LaNea saw, she was the most fascinated with the fish. Eric thinks that we should get a couple fish in the future because of how much she loves looking at them.
There were two baby giraffes when we were there which was fun to see. They were so small!
LaNea loved the playground of course and is ever fearless when it comes to going down the slides.
Eric and the girls hiding out in the little huts!
They had a small petting zoo there. There were probably 20 goats that kids were allowed to go pet or brush their hair. LaNea loved getting up close with the animals.
Wait, does it look like this guy could bite her ear? Hmmm, I guess its because this was taken just seconds before he actually did. LaNea wasn't too thrilled about that.
Several times though she would go up to one goat, only to reach over it and pet the one next to it. Prime example of the goat is always better on the other side!
Halli was such a daredevil too. She had no problem petting all the snakes. Pretty cool albino Alligator in the background too. I don' think that guy moved the whole time we were in there.
They had a small little alligator for us to touch. This guy was 2 years old. They grow about a foot each year. LaNea kept wanting to pet his face like she does with Izzie. The keeper had to keep moving its head away from her reach.
They had a really cool tunnel through the aquatic area. LaNea had fun looking at all the fish surrounding her and cried when we had to get her out.
It was really fun going to the zoo and I think we'll have to try it again as she gets older. She loved getting to see all the different animals and had a hard time realizing that we were only leaving this animal so we could go see another animal.
Eating can be so tiring!
Not really wanting to take a nap but was stuck in her room...
If you look closely, her eyes aren't fully closed. She was so tired as we drove to pick up daddy but she didn't really want to fall asleep.
Our Sunday activity is to go to the dog park and play with all the dogs. She loves to see all the dogs and get them to lick her hands.
Still fearless on the slides.
She just saw another little boy doing this and had to try it on his own.
Half the fun of going to the park is just getting to watch the other kids play and have fun!
I just had to post this picture. She was having a rough time getting to sleep and after she had slept for a good two hours, I went to check on her. She was the one who wrapped herself up in the blanket and I thought it was so sweet!
Also, while LaNea was at our neighbors house, she was introduced to the potty. It was a very simple introduction but since I've been home, I've tried to get her a lot more comfortable with it. We are so far having great success! She has already gone 3 times today! Who knew I could be so excited that my daughter could use the restroom!
Yes, my little girl loves her books and has already discovered the restroom to be a great place to read her favorites!!
Lately we've been working on breaking some very bad habits.
Surprisingly, LaNea is totally okay with this. Each time we ask her to take her thumb out, she does and will fold her arms to keep it out. But a few minutes later it'll creep back up. 
We had some snow in College Station again. LaNea was all bundled up and loved brushing it off the cars. She didn't want to come back inside when we had to leave either.
I was very happy that I had gotten her mittens for Christmas. 
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