Cheetos happen to be Grandma Nancy's favorite snack. They are found in her house at all times (as many of you know). Obviously she has passed this on to her grandchildren.
This is Joie and her cousin Summer. Last weekend we were at a basketball tournament for most of a saturday and of course cheetos were there as a snack. We realized Joie and Summer had stopped playing and were being very quite. We turned around and found that they had each found a bag of cheetos and had found a quite place to enjoy them for about a half an hour. Grandma was so proud!
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced this, but I feel like since I have had Joie I am always the one behind the camera and I have only been in a handful of pictures in the past couple of years. Now, this doesn't really bother me because I don't really enjoy being in pictures that much, but it did make me sad that I have almost no pictures of me with my baby girl. So over my birthday this weekend I made Andrew take a few pictures of me and my Joie. I may be the least photogenic person on earth and these pictures make me cringe but every mommy needs pictures with her babies!
We all went to Dippidee, my favorite cupcake place, for my birthday. It was so fun and Yummy
I have been feeling a little under the weather all week so this afternoon Joie and I went out to run some errands. I had a list of things I needed and a small list of things I would like if I came across a good deal. We spend a couple hours out and about and Joie was getting a little antsy but she was still being a good girl. Our last stop before we went home was TJ Max. I normally don't shop much at TJ but once in a while they will have a cute pair of shoes for a good price or cute home decor...its just very hit or miss. I had found some new sheets there that I really liked and I decided to get them because 1. they were a really high thread count and felt amazing and 2. they were a really good deal. I put them in the cart and continued to browse a bit. We walked by the toy section and I saw a cute little spill proof bubble container and I picked it up to look at it and see how much it was. As soon as I picked it up Joie went crazy yelling "BUBBLES BUBBLES". The Bubbles were only 5 dollars (quite a bit less than my sheets might I add) but I'm still on a budget and really didn't want to buy both. As I stood there watching my daughter clutch to those bubbles like she had just struck gold I knew I couldn't say no. So, grudgingly, I put back my sheets, paid for the bubbles, and left. At first I was regretting my decision because Joie cried the entire way home. She wanted to blow bubbles in the car and I would not allow that. We arrived at home, I brought everything from the car into the house, and finally sat down and opened Joie's bubbles for her. As I sat there and watched my daughter on cloud nine because of a little 5 dollar bucket of bubbles I knew that watching her smile like that would bring me more happiness than any sheets...or anything else I could buy for that matter. Sometimes motherhood is really hard and really trying but its small moments like these that I realize that every sacrifice I make to make my daughter happier or to give her a better life ends up making me happier as well. Sometimes its something small like letting her buy what she wants instead of me buying what I want, but sometimes its something bigger like sacrificing having a career so I can raise her. Whatever the sacrifice, big or small, if it will bring a smile to that girls face and make her giggle than it was completely worth it.
Last week we went to the Aquarium and the Zoo. Joie loved the Aquarium and probably would have loved the Zoo except all the animals were either sleeping or moved to another zoo...so Joie got a little antsy. Her current obsession is Finding Nemo, so the aquarium made her so excited. We went around and saw all of the exhibits about 3 times. She got to touch a sting ray and she thought that was so cool. I'm sure we will go back soon.
The Jelly fish were one of her favorites...I'm sure its because they are also in Finding Nemo. Every time she saw them she would yell "BALLOON", which is what she thinks jelly fish are.
I'm not kidding you, this girl was in Heaven.
She loved the Elephant at the Zoo. It was so cool, the Elephant just had a baby and it was so adorable.
Joie also wants to be just like Daddy. She loves Basketball. She loves to play basketball, she loves to watch basketball on TV, and she loves to watch Daddy play Basketball...I don't think he could be more proud of his little girl.
This week my sister in law Liz came for a visit with her baby Vivien. We had so much fun! We are best friends and every where we go people think we are sisters and since I never had a sister close to my age. We had the best time ever and I'm so sad she isn't here anymore.
Spring is here and everything just seems a little brighter. I'm sure a big part of why I haven't taken a lot of pictures lately is because I think the winter is ugly. So hopefully now that its pretty outside again we will have a lot more pictures!
What a fun weekend!! We had the awesome opportunity of having Pop Pops come see us (thats my daddy). It was such a blast and Joie just loved him up! He is just the cutest Grandpa ever.
I also learned this weekend what little girls do with little boy toys. Andrew and I have some Power Ranger walkie talkies and Joie found them the other day and thought they were so fun. This morning when she woke up I put her down in her room because she wanted to play with her toys and a moment later she came out with both of her Power Rangers in her stroller. She took them for a walk all around the house and then pretended to feed them...it was so adorable.
This week Joie also had her first SONIC! It was a small lemon slush and she loved it!
Thats about all thats going on in the Low household these days!
Well I never ever thought I would see the day, but my little Joie is going through a camera shy phase, so I've had a hard time getting her to even look at me when I have the camera out. So I apologize for the lack of pictures!
Even if she won't look right at me or smile for the camera, I still think she is pretty darn cute!
