Third Best Moment of My Life!

So, what amazing event could have possibly happened at 3:42 a.m.?

Let's just say, I'm a free woman! (and not in the way that Wendy meant it a few months ago!)

My thesis proposal is officially done! After months of research and too many nights of going to bed at 5 a.m., I am now going to rest easy tonight - no random thoughts of "did I include this?" "did I mention that?" "I may never finish this paper..." keeping me up at night.

When I proofread it for the 4th and final time, I hit "save," and jumped up off the couch - the joy was uncontainable! But there was no one to hug or jump around the living room with because the rest of my family goes to bed at a decent hour.
I had to get it out somehow - hence, this blogpost.

Hallelujah!

Have you ever even seen so many exclamation marks?!!

ladies' night - oh what a night

That's right, girls....

The last time we had one was 2 days before Gray was born. *3 1/2 months ago*

This Friday night, put your babies in bed, kiss your man goodbye, and come on!

There will be coffee and hot chocolate so just bring something to munch on and it'll be a party.

Christal Noland's house

9 p.m.

*please note: coffee will be served, martini's will not. : )

silly daddy

Brandon and Brylie playing in her room...

Brandon: (singing) "Brylie Baby, baby girl, sweetest girl in the whole wide world. I love you, oh yes I do, sweet little Brylie............um, Mari!!!"

Me: "What?"

Brandon: "What's Brylie's middle name?"

Caught!

all my bags are packed, i'm ready to go

Is anyone besides me super-stoked about the retreat?
I honestly can't even concentrate on the mountains of homework and incessant waves of emails that I have to deal with.
How wonderfully peaceful it will be to get to spend a weekend with a bunch of amazing women who just want to get to know their Daddy a little better than before.

Ahhh...

the blog with no agenda

Our halloween costumes: Lois, Clark, and Princess Brylie

Relaxing after church.

And this was taken today. We were just playing around and she nearly fell off the bed! Daddy saved her life though. He's very good at that. : )

juice - the ultimate evil

No one warned me.
I had no idea that it could inflict that much damage on sweet, soft, baby booty skin.
She seriously looks like she's got 3rd degree burns on her hiney. Or a disease that should be on a poster at Planned Parenthood.
All this for 3 oz. of watered-down pear juice?

crazy.

I've tried Desitin, Balmex, Nystatin, and Boudreaux's Butt Paste. I've even tried the old "air it out" trick and just ended up with pee all over our rug.

So, please help. Any suggestions?