Mary’s Visit, Part 2: Go Rangers!!!

How in the world can summer manage to fly by even fast than the rest of the year?? Um, its nearly August, you say?? Preposterous!

Regardless, I’m already behind on blogging again due to all the fun my Bridgey has been enjoying lately. Upon our return from Austin the weekend before the 4th of July, we made it home in time for a good, long nap and then headed out to Arlington for SNOW MONKEY NIGHT (aka a regular Rangers game – plus special shout out to all Ticket P1s). My family is an original 1310 The Ticket listening crew since the beginning, so my mom snatched up tickets for all of us to Snow Monkey Night as soon as it was announced at the start of the Spring. We were all so excited for the first pitch! I won’t detour down the story road as to why we actually missed the first pitch, but are any of you really surprised? I live my life 30 minutes late!

Of course I brought PB&J for my picky girl!

We’ve also discovered a love of pistachios recently. She likes something natural! I’ll take it! Plus, who doesn’t LOVE pistachios??

These new sweet potato fries at the Ballpark were AMAZING!

In order to accommodate Mary and Matt, my mom was about to nab two more seats in the row in front of us once we knew they were coming. Made it so nice for B to be able to rotate seats when needed! And HALLELUJAH for aisle seats!

Yu Darvish!!

Gimme some of those, Daddy!

This girl sure does love Pop!!! Who’s surprised?

Strolling the park with Aunt Mary:

Mary really wanted a Napoli jersey shirt, but they were no where to be found . Grr. At least she had B as a consolation prize!

Sharing baseball cap ice cream…nummy!

 

Playing with Uncle Cory (who also had tickets to the game, so he road with us) on our way home. She didn’t act tired at all! What a trooper…

Some adorableness to close:

Love Pop!

Blog, How I Love Thee

I just spent rare quiet time by myself sitting at the computer, watching old Bridget videos. Though we lost quite a few when my hard drive (and subsequently, my back up, too) crashed, thankfully I'd put up a lot on Facebook and the blog so I feel like I still have a good amount of memories saved to cherish.

Although I rarely have time to write a post or organize photos and such, I'm so glad I've forced myself to keep up with this blog. The memories, thoughts, emotions, and events captured here are priceless and I'm already so thankful that I started it over 3 years ago. Here's to keeping it up for more years to come!

And thanks to all of you who do the same and allow me to enjoy your journey, as well. We learn so much from each other, even though we rarely have enough time to see each other face to face. The blessings of the age of technology that we live in today.

Cheers!

Rapunzel, Let’s Cut Your Hair!

Bridget’s first haircut. Gulp. Something I’ve been anxious about since I gave birth to a sweet angel blessed with a full head of hair.

Sure, technically she had locks shorn when she was just over a year old. Her wild mane was out of control (bangs especially), and combined with her refusal to wear a ponytail of any sort, we were at an impasse. So I allowed the babysitter’s assistant to trim her bangs (of course I saved those little locks!). Through no fault of her own (instead, a wiggly toddler is to blame), that event was not 100% successful. Thankfully, hair grows. Nevertheless, it left me a little nervous about the next haircut.

However, I’d told myself my Spring Break she’d have a REAL HAIRCUT. She even told me one day this Spring that she wanted a haircut and wanted me to cut it. Um, no. I responded that she could only get a haircut in a REAL salon with a REAL hairstylist. A Bridget dream was born.

When I mentioned it to Julie, she was totally game for doing the same with Miss Abby. Both girls were over due, so we made appointments at Sweet & Sassy. B and I had visited a few weeks prior to get a pricing guide and to check out the place, as I’d never actually looked inside. Impressive! The girls there were fawning over Bridget (good sales skills, ladies), let her pick out a lollipop, and put beautiful pink sparkles on her cheek. She was smitten. I was relieved.

Here we finally were at the start of the summer. Isn’t Abby’s smock perfect for her?? Hahaha!

Miss Taylor was GREAT with the girls. I’m excited to go back and see her again. Did I mention the haircut was only $10???? Bless you, Toddler Tuesdays. So cheap, but so fun. My favorite combination!

The closest we got to smile during Abby’s turn:

Getting her princess twist:

Happy Mommy #1!

OK – here’s where I started to get nervous:

But my B was happy as a clam. She had a great time!

She especially liked looking at herself in the mirror. Woe was Miss Taylor anytime she requested B look elsewhere. Not happening, lady. Someone I know is a little bit vain these days! Who wouldn’t be if one was that adorable??

Making faces at herself:

Getting her princess twist perfected AND her beautiful sparkles on her cheek:

Happy Mommy #2!

Afterwards, both girls got to pick out a lollipop and then head to the RUNWAY (that’s right, I said RUNWAY):

Bridget didn’t hesitate for a moment, and ran right back behind that curtain and stepped on that stage to strut her stuff:

Abby needed a little coaxing from her BFF, which B was happy to comply:

Let the fun begin! Tunes blastin’, we all were having a great time:

Who wouldn’t have a great time in a place that looks like this?

Then they were off to find some mischief dinner. Hand in hand, of course.

 

Sweet princesses. What fun memories we made together!