Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Oh My!

After a completely fabulous trip to San Antonio, we had a busy next day. Sophie was looking forward to another petting zoo birthday party honoring her daycare friend, Sanju! The two girls always play together, so it was cute to see how happy Sophie was to go to her friend's house. This time, the zoo party had pony rides as well! The last time Sophie had been on a pony was October.

She has gotten to be such a big girl - she just couldn't get enough of the pony and kept getting back in line to ride it again and again. Of course, this was all without assistance from either David or me!

Wade's 40th Surprise

What a fun weekend! We drove to San Antonio to celebrate David's cousin, Wade's 40th birthday! Jenn planned the best day -- from the 100 black balloons in the house to the personalized gift baskets for all the guys to play golf to the preprinted cups for the event to the delicious food. I was completely impressed, but wouldn't expect anything less from Jenn. We had a wonderful time surprising the "old man". We loved being a part of this monumental time in Wade's life! And, it was nice to spend time with Jenn, Wade & the kids as it doesn't happen nearly enough! Thank you, Jenn!

Sophie & Ethan having a blast in the jump house in the backyard:















Gigi getting a big, special hug from her granddaughter!



















A memory of the night with Jenn, Wade, Holden & Hannah and our family of 3 1/2:

Happy Valentine's Day

I am lucky to have David as my valentine - on the evening of this big Hallmark holiday, we celebrated as a family. David picked out some beautiful jewelry for me (scored big points with this one!) and he also gave Sophie her own special gifts, which I thought was so sweet! She got some "sparkly" (as she calls them) jeans and princess shirt with rhinestones and an adorable stuffed animal toy I had never heard of! Sophie got a little Pawparrazi Purse Dog named Roxy. Roxy came with a tiny little dog bowl, leash, blanket as well as a faux pearl collar and a matching faux pearl necklace for the dog owner. Sophie was in heaven! We both got jewelry, we had chocolate covered strawberries and couldn't have asked for a better February 14th spending it all together!

Sophie enjoying the gift box just as much as her presents:

Baby Cramer Baby Shower

I'm so blessed to have such generous, thoughtful and sweet friends! My good friends, Deb, Kim and Shannon so kindly threw me a beautiful baby shower at Chez Zee. The baby shower brunch was perfect as the party favors were sweet, the food was delicious, the gifts generous, and I had a wonderful turnout with both friends & family coming. I couldn't have ask for anything more complete than this!

The grandmothers, who can't wait for Baby C to arrive... my mother-in-law, Gayle (on the left) and mom, Margo (on the right).

Shannon, Deb and Kim - I'm lucky to have you in my life! Thank you again for honoring me during this special time! Plus, I look forward to your little babies being friends with Baby C! I can't wait to meet all of them!

The Daredevil at Pump It Up

Today we celebrated a very special birthday! Sophie's cousin, Ethan, turned three! We got to go back to Sophie's favorite jump house... Pump It Up! I'm not sure if the parents or kids like the place more -- after a day of jumping in the awesome bounce houses for two hours straight and then eating yummy pizza and delicious cake, there is never a problem getting Sophie to sleep at night! I don't know if it was having all her aunts & uncles at the party, but Sophie went extra crazy. My two year was going down head first a 25 foot slide with no one forcing her to! After exerting all her energy, she got to sit next to Ethan in his birthday throne and refuel!

Happy Birthday, Ethan! We loved your party and were so happy we celebrated with you! Thank you for turning three! I can't wait to host Sophie's three year old birthday party there, too!

Austin Zoo Visit

With only two months before Baby C arrives, I have been wanting to spend as much time as possible with Sophie before she's no longer my "little baby" and only child. Sophie and I went to check out the Austin Zoo. It isn't the nicest/cleanest zoo I've visited, but for a little 2 year old it's perfect. Sophie was able to walk the majority of it and we got to ride a cool train all in few hours one beautiful February Saturday afternoon. An added treat was getting to feed the baby deer. Since we see wild deer all the time in our yard, she loved being able to get "up close and personal" with them!