what is love?

last night sarah kate wore a nightgown to bed that is pink with red hearts all over it. this morning while i was eating my cereal she came over to me, described her gown and then she said, "hearts mean love. love means that we are happy and comfy cozy." thought that was so funny and sweet at the same time. so to sarah kate love means happiness and being comfy cozy. i like that! i also guess i use "comfy cozy" alot.

this morning i put sarah kate in her easter dress. she was so thrilled to put it on...she just loves it! we had an appointment at 10:30 at one of our local children's boutiques for an artist to draw a pastel portrait of sarah kate. she did an amazing job and so did sarah kate! she had to sit still on a stool for 25 minutes. they had a little tv for the clients to enjoy while sitting there so she watched peter pan while the lady drew=)

i can't wait to have it framed. it looks just like my sweet girl!

it's supposed to be cool here this weekend but it's still nice and warm today. we played outside for a while before lunch.

bella was excited when sk brought the sidewalk chalk out. she likes to paw the pieces around the driveway. such a kitten-like thing to do and yet, she turned 9 on march 3rd.

mr. handsome.

mr. handsome and sk before school one morning a couple of weeks ago.

sk has really enjoyed wearing her rain gear on these wet march days.

love this little goofy girl!

we have ordered the bedding for hayes's nursery. we have already bought sk's big girl bed bedding so that transition will be made in about 2 weeks. hope that goes well. she is excited about it at least and i have decided NOT to make her sleep without a sleep sack when she moves into her big bed. that may be too much at one time, plus her toddler sacks have feet holes so she's not all cramped in there or anything. it's a comfort to her - she rubs the zipper on her hands and face while she gets herself to sleep.

she started potty training again last friday so today marks one week since we started. she has done great and is no longer afraid to use the big-people potty. she'll use a big potty anywhere we go & will gladly do any of the business that she needs to do while on it! i'm so glad i gave her a couple of months before trying again on the big potty because she's just not scared of it anymore at all. she still uses her frog potty some too here at home and she has a frog potty in the back of my car that she uses when we need to. she is not without accidents. yesterday she was playing hard at the park with her friend foard and she didn't stop to tell me that she needed to go. i had her in a pull-up luckily, but until yesterday she had been keeping her pull-ups dry while we are out so i was a little discouraged, but i'm proud of all the success she has had.

this is hayes's bedding. her colors will be blue/grey and "punch pink" and coral. something different from sk's pale pink/green.

i have pom-poms picked out from etsy in several shades of pink for above the crib and some art picked out for the walls. the bead-board will go up next weekend and then we'll get it painted. i want it all completely done by the end of may. the first week in june we will be on amelia for our kriner family beach trip and then the rest of the summer (before july 20th) i want to just enjoy spending time with sarah kate. i took my 'big as a whale self' to the beach or pool every day for 5 weeks up until the day before sk was born so i'll be doing the same with this one especially so sk doesn't miss out on her usual summer fun. praying i don't get put on bed-rest for any reason! our one on one time that we've enjoyed for two and a half years is going to end before i know it! she's my little constant side-kick and she tells me all the time that i'm her best friend. she'll have to share me soon enough, but hopefully she'll just love her sister and will continue to feel happy & comfy cozy;)

"hearts mean love. love means that we are happy and comfy cozy." ~sarah kate lucy