Ok, so for our five year anniversary, Brian and I got matching tattoos. Brian had been talking about getting a tattoo since we had Piper, but the whole deathly afraid of needle thing got in the way. In planning the festivities for out anniversary, I mentioned getting tattoos and he actually agreed! We initially were planning on getting the girls names as well, but last minute decided against it. We chose a darling little bird with a daisy on it's head. A bird for our spunky girl Piper and a daisy for our sweet little Maysie. Brian did great, only almost losing consciousness once. No, really he did amazing. I think the giant glass of OJ and the cupcake helped tremendously. He even mentioned maybe getting another one some day!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Happy Birthday Brian!
This picture was taken on our honeymoon. One of our stops was at Wrigley Field in Chicago for a Cubs game. Brian is turing 33 tomorrow! We have quite a few fun things planned, including cupcakes from a cool little cupcake only bakery I found in our neighborhood. Piper has been saying Happy Birthday Grampy since we celebrated Grampy's birthday a couple weeks ago. She is pretty good with the song, but once we have to switch the names, she get's a bit confused! :) Happy Birthday Ploops!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Time goes by too quick!
This Saturday is Brian's 33rd birthday and our 5 year Anniversary! Who would have thought on our wedding day that 5 years later we would have 2 GIRLS! Yikes! What an amazing life we have. I am so grateful that I am on this journey with my best friend! We have a fun (although there is a little pain involved):) day planned on Saturday!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Doctor Visit today!
Trips to the doctor don't happen too much, but when they do, they usually involve a shot or two for Piper. This was her 2 year check up, and she is doing pretty darn good! She is 26.6 pounds and 2 feet 10 inches long. She got one shot and had to get some blood drawn. What a brave little one she was. I told her that she ws braver than her daddy would have been. :)
She ended up with 2 new bandaids (her new favorite thing) and a Scooby Doo sticker, which made her forget about the boo boo's.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Our First Trip to Disney
We got back last Saturday from our first family trip to Disney and it was great. I had to go to a conference for work (Microsoft TechEd) and since I had the plane ticket, hotel room, and rental car, it made sense to bring the crew along.
On the flight down, Maysie got sick and threw up next to the window seat. About ten minutes later, a woman in back of us called out "why is my computer bag WET?!" So we handed her our bottle of water and a bunch of napkins...and gave a quick apology. We got off the plane before she could complain directly to us (but we also said we'd give her money if she was really really mad). I didn't want to tell her that her computer will probably stink like rotten milk for awhile.
We got our rental mini-van (Dodge makes a nice car these days - we got one for Julie/Kevin's wedding too) and drove to the Peabody... a real nice hotel. Every day at 11am and 5pm they did a duck walk through the lobby - I was there twice and Liz and the little ladies went almost every day.
Monday night was fun, Liz's brother and I went out to do this thing called TechEd Jam Sessions where a bunch of techies at the conference play music together in a rented out music club. I played drums for two songs (Dont Give Me No Lies and Mustang Sally) and Chris sang Proud Mary, which was received very well by the crowd.
Tuesday night we hit the town - Walmart and Sonic! and got lost a bit because there are two International Drives within the same city.
Liz was psyched to have a Sonic nearby in order to get her favorite slushie in the world - Lime with fresh lime chunks - and she quickly turned me into a Sonic fan. I liked the Coney Dog with Chili - yum yum. I thought it was weird how they put sugar on their onion rings. We ate there twice.
Wednesday - I had a work event/dinner/party thing to go to. Fun stuff. I had a drink or two.
Thursday dinner - Went out with Liz's brother Chris and stopped at a Indoor Bounce House. Basically a bunch of those giant inflatable bouncy houses/slides all combined into one place. Piper had a blast. So did I! Later we went back to Chris and Vics house and made pizzas with the kids.
Friday was our day at Disney. We got there right when it opened, and grabbed the kids and hopped on the people mover, to the Monorail, and then arrived at the Magic Kingdom. We had a lot of fun walking around, seeing Winnie the Poo, Tigger, Goofy, PLuto, and some of other characters. Piper had the most fun chasing around some ducks outside a small lunch spot. I couldn't believe how little had changed since the last time I was there.
One story I keep telling people is when I tried to get Piper comfortable enough to go on the Dumbo ride. I wanted to warm her up by going on something small and simple, so in FantasyLand we found a Snow White ride... I figured "this looks easy." Not quite! It slammed through the doors hard and dropped a few feet and the darkness all around got Piper real warmed up - to scream for Mommy! So the ride got worse - the creepy mirror on the wall, the freaky Queen, lots of dark woods... the one pleasant scene with the Dwarfs sitting around drinking didn't cheer her up all all. When we finally made it out, I looked up at the name of the ride - Snow White's SCARY ADVENTURES. Oops. Other parents shook their heads at me... oh well.
As a sidenote, I'm glad Piper is not yet aware of Ariel or the Princess or Cinderella, because lines to see those people were hours long!
Saturday was our flight back - pretty uneventful, but the end of Maysie's first trip on the plane, out of state, and a good little adventure - our first trip to the Magical Kingdom.
Got some videos up in our YouTube page... check em out!
On the flight down, Maysie got sick and threw up next to the window seat. About ten minutes later, a woman in back of us called out "why is my computer bag WET?!" So we handed her our bottle of water and a bunch of napkins...and gave a quick apology. We got off the plane before she could complain directly to us (but we also said we'd give her money if she was really really mad). I didn't want to tell her that her computer will probably stink like rotten milk for awhile.
We got our rental mini-van (Dodge makes a nice car these days - we got one for Julie/Kevin's wedding too) and drove to the Peabody... a real nice hotel. Every day at 11am and 5pm they did a duck walk through the lobby - I was there twice and Liz and the little ladies went almost every day.
Monday night was fun, Liz's brother and I went out to do this thing called TechEd Jam Sessions where a bunch of techies at the conference play music together in a rented out music club. I played drums for two songs (Dont Give Me No Lies and Mustang Sally) and Chris sang Proud Mary, which was received very well by the crowd.
Tuesday night we hit the town - Walmart and Sonic! and got lost a bit because there are two International Drives within the same city.
Liz was psyched to have a Sonic nearby in order to get her favorite slushie in the world - Lime with fresh lime chunks - and she quickly turned me into a Sonic fan. I liked the Coney Dog with Chili - yum yum. I thought it was weird how they put sugar on their onion rings. We ate there twice.
Wednesday - I had a work event/dinner/party thing to go to. Fun stuff. I had a drink or two.
Thursday dinner - Went out with Liz's brother Chris and stopped at a Indoor Bounce House. Basically a bunch of those giant inflatable bouncy houses/slides all combined into one place. Piper had a blast. So did I! Later we went back to Chris and Vics house and made pizzas with the kids.
Friday was our day at Disney. We got there right when it opened, and grabbed the kids and hopped on the people mover, to the Monorail, and then arrived at the Magic Kingdom. We had a lot of fun walking around, seeing Winnie the Poo, Tigger, Goofy, PLuto, and some of other characters. Piper had the most fun chasing around some ducks outside a small lunch spot. I couldn't believe how little had changed since the last time I was there.
One story I keep telling people is when I tried to get Piper comfortable enough to go on the Dumbo ride. I wanted to warm her up by going on something small and simple, so in FantasyLand we found a Snow White ride... I figured "this looks easy." Not quite! It slammed through the doors hard and dropped a few feet and the darkness all around got Piper real warmed up - to scream for Mommy! So the ride got worse - the creepy mirror on the wall, the freaky Queen, lots of dark woods... the one pleasant scene with the Dwarfs sitting around drinking didn't cheer her up all all. When we finally made it out, I looked up at the name of the ride - Snow White's SCARY ADVENTURES. Oops. Other parents shook their heads at me... oh well.
As a sidenote, I'm glad Piper is not yet aware of Ariel or the Princess or Cinderella, because lines to see those people were hours long!
Saturday was our flight back - pretty uneventful, but the end of Maysie's first trip on the plane, out of state, and a good little adventure - our first trip to the Magical Kingdom.
Got some videos up in our YouTube page... check em out!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Henderson Family conquers Disney
Yea! We survived our first trip to Disney, as parents anyway. What an adventure. Piper had a blast, but was a wee bit overwhelmed. Actually, I was a bit overwhelmed at times. She refused to ride on Dumbo, which was a favorite of both Brian and mine. Maybe next time..........
We ate tons and bought tons. My favorite was the mickey mouse ears with our names on the back. I am such a child. You only live once though, and only have one first trip to Disney. We can't wait for the second! See you around Mickey!
We ate tons and bought tons. My favorite was the mickey mouse ears with our names on the back. I am such a child. You only live once though, and only have one first trip to Disney. We can't wait for the second! See you around Mickey!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Happy Father's Day Daddy!
This is Brian's 3rd Father's Day as a daddy (to non-furry kids). What a wonderful daddy he is!
Happy Day!
We love you Jacky!
Love, me, Piper, and Maysie
Happy Day!
We love you Jacky!
Love, me, Piper, and Maysie
Thursday, June 5, 2008
No surgery for Miss Piper
After tons of thought.......we have decided to cancel Piper's eye surgery. She was scheduled to have surgery to open up her blocked tear duct in 2 weeks and I couldn't get past the fact they had to give her general anesthesia! Her eye seems to be ok, so for us the risks weren't worth it. Hope she agrees! Boy, it's tough being a mom.
Monday, June 2, 2008
And the little lady rolled over!
Maysie is such a sweet pea. I cannot get enough of her. She has the most infectious smile. Piper loves to rub her head and rock her to sleep. Yesterday she rolled over for the first time. She had been so intent on sleeping on her side and tummy and she can now do it on her own. The doctors always said that babies should sleep on their backs, but Miss Maysie is like her dad.....a tummy sleeper. I should have known this since everytime I put her on her tummy for tummy time, she would just fall asleep. She can't lift her head too high, but she can roll over. My sweet little Maysie.
The Most Expensive BBQ Ever
Yesterday we invited my parents and Liz's parents over for a BBQ / Birthday party for Dad. He has one more year to go before being 60!
Liz and I prepared well in advance - Liz made some great salads, sangria, a carrot cake for the birthday boy, and got everything else ready in the house. I focused on BBQ. I had a nice assortment of stuff including steak with Bone Suckin Seasoning, and Bone Suckin Yaki (nice) as well as some pork and chicken each marinated in their own concoctions.
But right before the party, I realized how low my propane was. So I had to run out and get some. On the way home, I was driving a little faster than usual and BAMMM a state trooper caught me doing 57 in a 35. That was $220 I wasn't prepared to spend that day.
In the end it didn't ruin the day, because we had great company, great food, and great weather!
B
here's piper chasing birds
Liz and I prepared well in advance - Liz made some great salads, sangria, a carrot cake for the birthday boy, and got everything else ready in the house. I focused on BBQ. I had a nice assortment of stuff including steak with Bone Suckin Seasoning, and Bone Suckin Yaki (nice) as well as some pork and chicken each marinated in their own concoctions.
But right before the party, I realized how low my propane was. So I had to run out and get some. On the way home, I was driving a little faster than usual and BAMMM a state trooper caught me doing 57 in a 35. That was $220 I wasn't prepared to spend that day.
In the end it didn't ruin the day, because we had great company, great food, and great weather!
B
here's piper chasing birds
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