How Courtney C's It (Game 4-28)

Pre-game Photoshoot

Cheering on our team! 

Halftime Performance

Hana doing her jump after being introduced.

Hana & My Phone

I have this app on my phone that allows you to take silly pictures of ordinary things. The other day I found these little treasures on my phone after a drive to Dallas when Hana was supposed to be playing games on my phone. There were also lots of videos taken of random things we passed out the window.

How Courtney C's It...

Hana hadn't been very in to the whole cheerleading thing, making it difficult for me to get excited about coaching. But as soon as she put on her uniform and grabbed her pom poms, her mood changed, but mine didn't. I was still hesitant and nervous about the impending game. Sure practices are fun, but what was I supposed to do with these girls for an hour-long game?

I didn't know what to expect at out first game, which was this past Saturday, but I know I didn't expect to have as much fun as I did! Yes, it was like herding cats at times, but it was a blast nonetheless. 

We even put on a halftime performance.

The girls received more cheers than the football players did! But that's not saying much. It wasn't a very lively crowd. As always, I was the loud mom on the sidelines, but this time I had seven loud little girls cheering with me.

I can definitely see how this could become addicitng...

Easter 2012: School Egg Hunt

Hana's preschool even celebrated Easter with an egg hunt. Parents were invited to hide the eggs, watch the hunt and then have lunch with the kids. It was a blast!

We seemed to hide hundreds of eggs and within 5-10 minutes every single one had been found!

Easter 2012

Coloring eggs with Ninny

They turned out great!

(1st dozen)

(2nd dozen)

I have to share this story. Hana scribbled on the eggs with the "magic crayon," which was really just a clear crayon. You write on the eggs before you color them and the spots where the crayon is don't get dyed. It was difficult to see where or what you were doing, but Hana scribbled away on all the eggs.  Mom and I snuck behind her and wrote and drew things on the eggs like names, flowers and faces. Hana's reaction every time was priceless. "That really is a magic crayon! How did I put all that on those eggs?" she said.

Hana's Easter basket:

The Easter Bunny left it right out the back door, after all, bunnies don't come in the house.

He brought Hana a sand and water table! He must have really been paying attention because she has been asking for one for quite some time now.

Hana decorated a bag for daddy and filled it full of his favorite Easter treats.

It didn't take long for Hana to spot the goodies outside that the Easter Bunny left for her.

There were eggs EVERYWHERE!

Daddy got cascaroned. Is that even a word? I might have just made it up!

I had to get a picture of Hana enjoying her very first pixie stick.

The loot:

What a wonderful Easter, even thought we didn't get to see much of our family.

Easter 2012: HOA Egg Hunt (Better Late than Never!)

Things Hana says...

"Is today Christmas? It's not? Well, it's snowing fuzz from the sky!"

The Dentist Appointment

Hana & I had dentist appointments this morning & Hana was as excited as always. She did great, her teeth were fantastic & they were amazed at how well her injured tooth is doing. You know, her front tooth that was hit when she got stitches that time & then again on the side of the swimming pool last summer. The hygienist told me that Hana is her favorite patient. She said she gets excited when she sees her on the schedule. She told me she loves talking to her because she's super intelligent, she's so well behaved, extra sweet & asks lots of great questions about what everything is & why it's being done/used. Talk about making a momma proud!

Go Team!

Flowers by Flower

A Picnic with Belinda

Update:

I just purcahsed more space for my photos, but it could take up to 24 hours to complete my order. I'll be back in business soon!

Rambling

No, I haven't even attempted to deal with the picture problem I'm having, I've been a little busy. With what? Well, Hana was incredibly sick this weekend. Sicker than she's ever been, or at least acted. Her only symptoms were a headache, leg aches and a very high fever that medicine did little for. We're talking about a fever that crept all the way up to 104.3 Saturday night. She was delusional to say the least. We tried everything to get her temp down, but a cold wash cloth & popsicles worked best for us. The lukewarm bath was nothing but torturous. She shivered, cried and was covered in goodebumps for the duration. She was much better yesterday, but the fever snuck back in at bed time last night. Couple that with Joe's neck and I've had my hands full! It hasn't been too bad, really, I've just had more important things on my mind. ;-)

Sorry if there are typos, I'm writing this on my phone at McDonald's while Hana plays. We took Joe to his doctor's appointment this morning and then to work for just a bit so he can attempt to get some stuff done. On three antibiotics & Vicodon, I'm sure he'll get lots done, or probably not. Poor Joe. Hana and I came here to have breakfast, then it's off to the store and the pharmacy for more wound-packing supplies. The gauze we have is now too big to use, making yesterday's packing incredibly difficult. Yes, I've managed to pack his wound! It's not bad at all. I really impressed myself and then doctor gave me kudos on my work today, so now I'm full of confidence and will be even more once I get the correct size gauze. It's amazing how fast it's healing up. I mean, Saturday the larger gauze worked fine but by Sunday it was too big. Remarkable!

Okay, we'll I better tell Hana to come out of the tunnel and get her shoes on so we can get our errands ran before Joe calls to be picked up from work. TTYL!

Quota

I tried to post some more pictures, but apparently I have filled 100% of my quota. Now I need to figure out what to do...

Shopping Spree

Hana was in need of some new clothes, so went we on a little shopping spree. She had some very specific rules: no shorts, no pants, the prettier the better. Here's a handful of her favorites: