Jake is loving his job at CSFD and is almost done with his probation time. He has had several fires and is very well respected among the senior firefighters. I couldn't be more proud of him! I love him so much. He was a sweet Valentine this year getting me some delicious chocolate covered strawberries and a beautiful miniature rose plant.
Ella and I made her valentines this year the theme was "Valentine you make me Jolly!"
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| We added a Jolly Rancher Lollipop, Super cute! |
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| This is her beautiful valentine holder! She worked hard on it. |
I did both the girls hair that morning. Braided hearts of course.
That night Cora went to her first school dance. She went with 4 of her girl friends. Afterwards, they all went to one of the girl's houses for a sleepover. She looked beautiful, so mature. She was a brave girl and asked a boy to dance with them because he was all alone and looked sad. She is a sweet girl! While Cora was at the dance her bff Kayla came over and "heart attacked" her room! She decorated with streamers, balloons, notes, hearts, candy and a banner! Before I took Cora to the sleepover I brought her home to see it. That night the girls that went to the dance stayed up until 2am!!! She was exhausted the next day. Hahaha! I love that she is getting older and becoming more mature but then again I HATE IT!!!
This is my favorite!
Hung out with Ronda and Sarah the Saturday after Valentines day. I love these ladies!
Working out again and its been good. My goal is not in pounds lost. I really want to be in a single digit pant size and be more tone. I don't want to be winded after running after the girls or "racing" them. I want my sexy back! I know setting weight goals can be so depressing and upsetting so I think its healthier and more fun to set realistic, tangible goals. Being sexy is tangible! :-)
We quit Life Time Fitness and I joined Planet Fitness.
The girls are great swimmers now so we are going to Donna's Dolphins for a 1hr. stroke clinic each week. Cora loves to swim and has a beautiful back stroke! Ella loves swimming too. It is also so good for her little flexi body. She still has to wear earplugs but I'm not sure she'll ever stop. The pools and room air are great for Ella's temperature issues. I love that the whole family is enjoying being healthy!
As for Ella's art piece I sure wish I had a picture of it, but I don't even know what it is. She gets an award on March 18 at 5pm so I will post a pic after that.
Now this whole business about her pulling her own teeth... well her teeth take forever to grow back in so I was going to wait with these two, till they were super ready hoping the new tooth would be there, but noooo... she showed me and pulled them herself. Hahaha! Oh well, she is so adorable and super excited about it! I love that little toothless wonder.
Her play was called A Race To The Finish, about the tortoise and the hare. She played the part of a bird. She was soooooo nervous! She said to me the night before the play "mom, don't worry if I don't get up tomorrow." I asked why wouldn't she wake up. She responded with "my play duh!!!"
The day of the play they performed for the first graders during the day as a dress rehersal and I was there for part of it but had to leave before they finished, to pick Cora up. She screamed and cried right in the middle of the play! When I got over to her, she was trembling! I had to leave and felt horrible. She sucked it up and finished with many teachers supporting her. Poor little thing. That night for the performance to the families, she did amazing! I'll post a few pics now that I took with my phone but I'll post more when I get the ones off Cora's camera.
Now for the big news!!!! THE BUNNY!!!!!
So after the hamster died we knew we'd be getting something else but didn't know what. Ella began her pleading for a bunny again and of course Cora wants one too and okay yes so do I. Well Jake actually said yes!!! Gasp!! We were so happy! I began searching for breeders and found one. The ladies name is Marlo from www.lowmarlionsrabbitry.com . We are getting a little male Netherland Dwarf. He is two years old and so cute! My dad, Aaron, and Jake are going to build his hutch this weekend and next weekend we will go get him. He will be an indoor bunny. I plan to litter train him. Yep, it is possible and actually a normal thing. Here is a picture of him from the webpage more to come I'm sure. Oh, and his name is Lewis Fluffybum Bartlett!
Wooohooow!! That was a busy month! Here are just a few more pics from the month and a few quotes that I just love!
My kind of huggin'!
Kayla and Cora they are such sweet friends! If Cora had Cassie here I know the three of them would be the best little friend trio ever!
Haha! Crazy Cora and sweet Kayla!
Ella and daddy making cookies.
A.J. my friend Manny's youngest son. He is such a cute little boy!
Cora and A.J.
Cora's selfie. She is such an amazing photographer.
EllaLou's tortilla facial...monster...facial uhhhh...that is Ella right?!
Me
Yep, that's me! Without the bulging pecks and arms and more hair!
Toothless girl
I kind of love this!
Sweet Josi girl.
Ella trying to convinces me that she should take the bunny to school. Hahaha!
Well kisses are great too! I love waking the girls up every morning and kissing their little necks and smelling their little girl smells... it only happens first thing in the morning... they smell like big girls after that. Boo!
Oh, one more thing before I finish. Ashley Brooks the driver in the accident that killed Kate had her sentencing. I wasn't going to go but she asked if we could. Jake was working so I went. I have always been conflicted about this as Ash is our friend too, but she made a really bad choice and killed somebody. There had to be a price. Kate's family was there and seemed to be divided about how they felt about Ash's sentence. They spoke about Kate and her life that is lost to us. Some forgave Ash others were so bitter. In the end Ash got 28 months in prison and 180 days at county. She is able to apply for parole immediately. My heart breaks because she too lost a lot. She can never be a firefighter again and has a felony that will follow her forever because of one bad choice! She is only 27. Please friends and family Please...
NEVER ever DRINK and DRIVE!!!
