Dallas + february

around january/february prim started to get fussy around 6pm until she went to bed. she would cry if anyone but me would hold her. my theory is that from birth until then so many people had held her for me that she just wanted to be with her mommy. at either her 2 or 4 month appointment we talked to her doctor about it and she recommended we start putting her to bed earlier because maybe that's all she wanted. we started putting her down at 8 instead of 9 and it really did help!

we went to dallas the first week of february to visit john and kat before they moved to arizona for the summer.

 this is a no judgement zone everybody. prim loves to fall asleep like this. she will fuss and fuss until we put a blanket over her face and she'll go right to sleep.

aw two bald babies. while kat stayed home and watched the babe, the three of us went to hot yoga. it was so hard....and hot :)

 stephanie and thad had a ball to attend so they stayed in a hotel and we (kat mostly) watched their kids. steph kept her eyes peeled for a bloom highchair for sale and found us one! much to our delight, she gifted it to us!!!!!! she is so sweet.

 i can't remember why i took this photo, i think it was chuy's? whatever it was, it was yummy. steph and thad live in downtown dallas so they're in walking distance to everything.

 we were up there over Super Bowl weekend. we had been inside all day and i finally talked them into going geocaching for fresh air! jon, thad and i with primmy went along this little walkway to find some caches which we actually never found. it was lined with bamboo! it was so cool, we could hear it growing.......

 i rarely ever offer to people "do you want to hold the baby", usually because i don't think about it and i guess i figure they'll ask if they want to. thad asked to hold her so many times on sunday and was sooo cute with her. she was still in her fussy state but she was really happy with him. i love when men love babies.
the weekend as a whole was tons of fun! we love spending time with john and kat and our recent reuniting with stephanie+thad+babies has been awesome.

 

 this is prim's new thing. yowtch!!!

 doesn't this look like a professional photo? i worked with cassidy at pure posh and she was actually the first friend i told that we were expecting. she totally guessed it "you're eating AGAIN?? why are you so hungry..???" prim loves miss keke!

 life on the farm. john and kathy killing our roosters for sunday lunch.

 prim and i went to a baby shower for THREE pure posh ladies. she was so fussy most of the night but loved miss andrea so much (can't you tell? haha)

 such a cuddly little baby. she would fall asleep on me like this almost every night.

 little neck!!!!!!!

i took this photo for my sisters and when i looked at it, it was clear she had a receding hairline and a bob.

 we walked along the river walk and found these beautiful art pieces! who knew!

 our neighbors cowwies had three babies!!!!! she invited me over the night one was born so i could just take it in, and i did. i really did.

 

 we promote independence and fresh air. ;)

 our valentines day baby in the shirt from papa! we went out to dinner and took the babe and each took turns standing and holding her while the other ate. true romance.

so much mail!!!!

 this sick thing always finds the worst places to lay, poor neglected kitty.

 this is the first time i wore her facing out and i think she dug it. look at her little ears. the weather was starting to get nice, so we were spending more and more time outside.

 my favorite jammies.

 we took primrose to the san antonio rodeo in her little cowgirl outfit from mike and kim! people couldn't help but stare at her with those headphones on, haha. the vibrating of the speakers put her right to sleep and she slept through most of it.

 this is the only time she liked this swing. waste of money.

 our pretty water baby.

and the piece de resistance of the month, her passport came in the mail! i can't!! she is such a doll.
we have no international travel plans yet, but my passport was expiring so jon and i both got new ones and we got the baby one just. in. case.

rodeo time!

guess what we didddd! we went to the rodeo on saturday! i have been wanting to attend one all summer, and we finally got the chance. our roommate (yeah...we took in a roommate) informed us about the Poway Rodeo and we all decided to go. more good news: we looked online and (thought) we read that it started at 6 but turns out it opened and 6 and started and opened are apparently two very different things. so anyway, we got there at ten to six and got really awesome parking spots! 

the rodeo queens were handing out the cutest little cowboy candies at the gate. see, if we would have gotten there later the candy would have been gone.  

 look how empty it was. we really thought that people just weren't interested in coming. the real deal was that the rodeo started at 7:30. that gave us an hour and a half to walk around....eat....look at the schedule...get some good seats....talk....etc. 

 when it started though, it was just as good as i thought it would be! except the parts when they abused adorable baby cows. i was expecting it...but not expecting it. one of the saddest things i've seen. steer wrestling and tie down roping...i was very happy for the steers that made it out without getting roped! when everyone was booing, i was cheering! you go little tiny cows! 

 the drill team was fun to watch! i knew i would like it because i loved watching amanda and her drill team so much. it was basically the same with the make up and the bedazzled outfits, these girls were just on horses. 

 my favorite part of the whole night was barrel racing. roomie told us that barrel racing was just for girls. that obviously made me like it more. it was so cool to watch! some of the girls were really, really good. they made it look so easy. some where going so fast that they and their horse disappeared. 

this was the only photo i got of the two of us. 

it was such a fun night!