Beauty is never just skin deep

On a daily basis, I now can find Ainsley fixing her own hair.  Please remember, there isn't too much hair to fix!

But she's getting better and better.  :)

She has also taken to fixing my hair....Joe's hair....Nana's hair....

Anyone who will let her!

I don't always get a picture-but she this past Friday she smiled pretty for me!

I usually have MANY more bows/barrettes, but on this particular day, she thought a headband and 2 bows would be enough!

Let's BOWL...

Every year there is a bowling tournament in Wichita, KS.  This would be our 2nd year to attend. (the first year we went I was pregnant with Ainsley, so it's only fitting that the next time I would be pregnant again!)

It's pretty fun...and you get to meet lots of fun people.

The first day is Team Bowling.  Noah and Brian bowled with our team and with another team, so they began at 2pm.  Our team didn't start until 6pm.

They are both incredible bowlers and did VERY WELL.

Our last game Noah had 9 strikes in a row!  He opened in the 10th. 

(if bowling isn't for you, here is what that means: if would have finished the game with strikes he would have bowled a 300/perfect game!) SO CLOSE!!

While waiting to bowl we stopped by Gordman's and shopped around. Ainsley took my camera and got some "great" pics of all of us!

And Brian ordered us a pizza...I'm not sure why, but he ordered the BIGGEST PIZZA EVER!

Check this thing out!

Do you see how big the pan is?!?!  It's almost 2 people wide!! LOL

Needless to say, he got some to go boxes.

And when you bowl so many games...you get kind of silly!

Somehow we got to the point when anyone marked we gave them the "wiggles"

(aka  Moose ears that wiggled)

Now...I promised Evva I would NOT put this picture on Facebook, so the blog will just have to do!

Wouldn't this make you want to mark every time?!?!  hahahahaha

The teams bowling next to us even got in on it...well, between their backflips (yes, actual backflips) and the ESPN theme song!

On the second day...with some VERY TIRED friends, we bowled doubles/singles.

Brother/Sister against Brother/Sister....Noah/Me vs. Buddy/Susie

By the 5th game, I felt lucky to even get the ball to the pins!  :)

But all in all, I think we did well.  Noah bowled the best I've seen him bowl! 

For the most part, I bowled over my average.  I think maybe just 2 games I was below. (one game just one pin below!)

It was a fun weekend.  But I can't say I look forward to bowling that much in 2 days for awhile!

Ainsley's First Skate!

Tucker's 4th Birthday party was Sat March 19th at the Skating Rink!

Ainsley had never been skating before, so I was a little nervous if she would try.

I had to work that day, so Joe took her and she did great.

She was a little nervous at first, but really liked it after a little while!

Getting her skates on!

She told me all about it!  So I know she really enjoyed herself!

13 weeks

With this pregnancy, many things are different.  All pregnancies are different-but ONE thing I could've waited for was the BELLY!

I didn't show with Ainsley until almost 18 weeks, and here I am at 13 weeks.  My boobs are of course 2 sizes bigger already...and they make my shirts look bad!  :)

But the belly is there, I can no longer suck it in!

It was also my monthly OB visit this week...I forgot how much I hate for them to take my blood.

I had only gained 2lbs-and I promise it's 2lbs of Reeces peanut butter egss!

And I got to hear the sweet sound of my baby's heartbeat...159bpm.

Ainsley is so excited about being a big sister.  She cannot wait to clean and paint the baby's room.

We are too!  But I'm not excited about getting fat again...but here goes nothing!

MY BIG 3-0!

On Friday March 11th...I turned 30.  (big sigh...)

That day Ainsley had to do her "test" at pre-school, and if you don't Ainsley, this took some serious talking.  She isn't really interested in showing off her learning abilities.  She would rather just watch.

But I bribed her good...and gave the teacher some pointers...and she did GREAT!

So for my birthday, I took her shopping!  We had a great day!

And then in the evening, a few friends gathered at Red Pin for some fun bowling!

This pregnant lady couldn't do much (and I had to work the next day) so we kept it light.

It was a blast!

Red Pin is a really cool place...big TV's and 10 lanes and a personal waitress.  Although our waitress probably shouldn't be one (WORST EVER!) the food was good...the drinks were good (so I'm told) and we had a couple good games

We had the two lanes in the left of the picture.

Here are the scores for our first game.  When you are a regular bowler and you try..these lanes are not for you!  LOL

You have to use house balls and you can't see the marks at all!  So if you throw it straight-you're a winner!

 Lisa is the "non bowler" on this team...can you tell??

(Dear Lisa, watching you bowl was the best gift ever!  You are such a good sport!)

Now on to the second game...

I think we got the hang of it....

maybe...

And notice that Lisa DID IN FACT get better!

And, just like usual, Evva is crazy and did something that made us all fall over with laughter!

All of a sudden I hear Noah yell, "NO!"  We all turn to find Evva had thrown a ball and the little lever was still down blocking the pins!  So her ball hit the lever and rolled ALL THE WAY BACK!

I don't think she was looking very closely!  LOL  (I enjoy your company, EVVA!)

I had such a good time...and I appreciate all my friends who came!

Good times...good times!!

And then as I got to my car, my phone rang!

It seems Noah didn't want to pay to park, so in the ghetto alley they were in, Noah got a flat tire.  And it WASN'T an accident.  Someone apparently messed with it.  Scary, right?

But watching these four fixing a tire in an alley with no lights was worth the 45 minute wait to leave!

Evva got the manual out and made sure they were doing it right!  You know she was the "supervisor"!

Good times....