Not Much....

...to report from the weekend. It was, for the most part, uneventful. Saturday we had a girls' afternoon and met Mandy(my brother's girlfriend) in Monroe for lunch. I won't go into great detail, but my brother deserves the best and I feel the same about Mandy. We love her so much and it was great catching up with her for a couple of hours. I was impressed at how well Landry Grace handled the long lunch.

But she caught up on her sleep during the ride home. She was exhausted!
I think everyone is thankful for the wonderful weather that we had this weekend! We had some fun outside in the front yard. It was also nice to run in shorts rather than my full winter running attire. Have a great week!

One Year Ago....

This picture of Landry Grace was taken this time last year. I haven't mentioned the hair pulling incident because she hasn't pulled her hair since we shaved it in October '09.
It was definitely the right thing to do and grew back pretty fast. Thought I would share. Happy Friday!!

Fun Weekend!

Whew! We have spent the last 2 weekends in Bossier parish and I am tired. This past weekend we headed over to Shreveport for Sadie and Bennett's birthday party at Jill's Gymnastics. As we were leaving the party, Jake said the party "was awesome". Fun times catching up with our Bossier friends. We miss them dearly and it is fun to see them at parties. I thought by now we might be done traveling to and fro for each others parties, but no. We love to see each other and catch up, even if it's only every couple of months.

Katye chose the Supergirl/boy theme. Cute!

Sadie turns 5!
Sweet Jake having a great time.
Landry Grace gets excited about birthday parties for one reason only: CAKE! Got a quick pic of her before the cupcakes were passed out.
She was totally smitten with 7 month old Ella. She played with her a majority of the party. I thought it was so cute!! I know she would L-O-V-E to be a big sister. LG is the youngest in all that she does right now(dance, school, etc.) but Ella made me realize that my little girl is no longer a baby at all. Landry Grace played and played with her.
Sweet Bennett getting his birthday cake. This time 2 years ago, he was on the ECMO machine at Arkansas Children's' in LR. Now he is a healthy and vibrant baby boy. A walking miracle indeed!
Hailey and Thomas with his new "cheese" face.
The Super Hamby crew: Katye, Sadie, Bennett, and Ben
After the party we headed out to Aunt Lou's to spend the night. We let them play with Lou's change as this might be the closest they ever some to "rolling in the dough"! Matt had a guy's night with his friends in Shreveport and we hung out at Louie's house last night. For lunch today she cooked up a great home cooked meal. I think I'm done eating for a couple of days. Thank you Aunt Lou!!
We got back home around 2 this afternoon and finally opened up Jake's new golf set that he received for Christmas. The balls are foam(semi-good for indoor play) and the ball floats in the air...he loved it! Next we will work at standing on the correct side of the tee.
Looking forward to staying in town next weekend and doing nothing. It's always good to be back home. Getting ready for another work week. So long for now.

House for Sale

Our friends, Jennifer and Patrick Sexton, are selling their house and I am just putting this on my blog in case you are interested. It is in the Hillcrest school district, 1950 sq. ft., 3 bedroom/2 bath with a formal dining room. It also has a picket fence around the backyard. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Patrick: doc@sahc.com.

Girl's Day

Today is MLK day and for teachers such as myself, that means a day off! My dad kept Jake so that Landry Grace and I could take a quick trip to Shreveport for a Beaux et Belles show. It is a children's clothing company out of New Orleans and my current favorite. LG is wearing one of her B and B outfits from the winter in this picture below. The show runs through Thursday(10-2) at Imelda's on Line Ave in the Uptown Shopping center if you are interested. They have some really cute new styles for spring and summer. We ran into one of our friends, Analeigh Turner while we were there. She is just precious! Analeigh's daddy and Landry Grace's daddy have been best friends since elementary school.

We then stopped at another favorite: Jason's Deli. All she was worried about: the ice cream of course.
And last but not least, LG's big girl room is slowly but surely coming together. Her panels and pillows are now complete and I am contemplating on NOT painting it green and keeping her room pink. SUGGESTIONS pretty please. Stay pink. Or paint green.
I had her coming home dress put in a shadow box, so that that will more than likely go above her bed when it is ready.
All in all, I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Sweetness

This picture was taken at Jake's request. We definitely have our challenges with him, but he is also the absolute sweetest and lovable child.

The other night he brought Matt a birthday picture he'd drawn for Papaw. He asked to put the picture in his "yard"(aka cemetery). Of course Matt told him yes. Stories such as this are God's reassurance that we are doing a good job at raising Jake. I fear often of messing up, but God reminds me daily in small doses of "sweetness" from my baby boy.

Typo

I try to proofread as much as I can but of course there are always typos!! Not able to get to my computer right now so I'm e-mailing in this blog post. Please note that I meant exhibition in the first paragraph below. Sometimes I'll read typos and let them slide. This one I could not!

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