Easter 2014

Welp, the Easter Bunny made his way to the Tracy house and left lots of goodies for miss Norah. 

Hint: Play-doh is really for children 3 and up

 

She had quite a fun time discovering her basket and pulling out all the fun treats

Especially the eggs filled with jelly beans because they sounded fun when you shook them. I showed her how to open them up so she could eat them but she didn't like the taste one bit and just wanted me to close the egg so she could shake them again lol. That girl....

Norah wanted Sadie to have a turn with the bunny ears on too. Good girl Sadie.

We got all dressed in our new Easter dress and shoes and headed off to church. I didn't get any pics of her in her dress until after church and post nap so her pig tails are a bit out of control lol. But the weather was absolutely beautiful and we spent the day as a family, mostly outside playing. 

We enjoyed taking the day to reflect on the meaning of Easter that because of our Savior, death is not the end, we celebrate life and we can live with God again. 

Hope you enjoyed Easter with your families as well!

Someone had a Birthday...

So someone had a birthday! She has soft ears, loves to snuggle, has stinky farts and drools. 

No, not Norah.

SADIE!

Our very own Sadie Sue turned 3, can't you see the excitement in her face?

So this is the first year we've made her a "cake." I keep seeing these doggy friendly cakes floating around pinterest so I thought I'd give it a try. 

After the first lick, we quickly moved the party outside so she could have her cake and eat it too! 

I think she liked it:)

Happy Birthday Sadie, we love you!!!

Chicago - No boys allowed

So this last weekend marked a first in my life. My first time being away from Norah!!! I spent the weekend in Chicago with some dear girlfriends and we were kid free, say it with me now "HORRAY!" 

I left Norah in great care with daddy Dan. Don't laugh, but I did make a "list" for him. A daily schedule of sorts accompanied with foods she likes to eat and things to do...Yeah I was that mom. I was just nervous leaving my baby for the first time. But now I might do it more often because they had a blast together! She didn't even want me when I came home, crying for daddy and all this nonsense. We have gotten back to normal since then, thank goodness. He even had the entire house spot clean upon my return...careful Mr. Mom, I may just go away again:)

Chicago is a great city, lots of fun things to see and do. Not AS MUCH when it's still winter (why is it still winter?) But the main thing was spending time with these lovely ladies. It was some much needed girl time.  Myself and two friends here in Grand Rapids took the train down to Chicago and met our other friend who recently moved away from GR. There we all reunited and we got to meet our friends sweet new baby, Mason was a champ!

We ate ourselves silly, shopped until we had blisters on our feet (wait, that was just me), and of course shared lots of laughs. Here is Me, Kristen and Katie waiting for the train.

Made it to Chi-town! 

So like a year ago we all read the Divergent series together and looooved it, so naturally we planned on seeing the movie together in the theater. First thing after we check in to our hotel, Katie pulls out these Divergent posters. Are my friends awesome or what? LOL

Next on the agenda was some deep dish pizza. We ate at a place not far from our hotel called Lou Malnarties...it was HEAVEN! Better than the last deep dish pizza I had a while back. 

Here's the four of us...Kristen, Katie, me and Lori (Masons feet are in the corner lol)

The next day was our site-seeing day. We made our way to Navy Pier and then Michigan Ave for some shopping. FYI...nothing to do at Navy Pier in the winter.

For you Divergent fans, here is the famous ferris wheel that Tris and Four climb! We're nerds.

Our last day (the coldest) we only had a few hours before we caught the train back to Grand Rapids so we grabbed lunch and made our way to Millennium park to see the bean! I'm not sure if it has another name, we just call it "the bean." But it was definitely worth the pit stop.

So there you have it, my girls weekend in a nutshell! Going on girls trips are dangerous because it just makes you want to do more of them! The wheels in my head are already turning... Watch out daddy Dan!