Aw.......she does love me!

Ok, so some of you may know how Isabella has been with me lately, but if you don't, this picture is a rare moment right now. For the past several weeks my little Isabella has wanted NOTHING to do with me! She just wants her daddy. :( It hurt my feelings so bad at first, but then I thought, ok she really needs to bond with her daddy so I'm ok with it. Well, it's been like 3 weeks and I'm so desperately wanting her to love me again like she used to! Of course she loves me, but I mean I want her to want to be around me and play with me. She's not wanted me to hold her, put her to bed, give her a bath, feed her dinner, play with her, much less look at her! I know it's just a phase, but I hope it passes quickly. So tonight she was pretty happy considering she's still not feeling well and she even let me hold her after her bath! I couldn't believe it! I kept saying to Peter, "look, she's letting me hold her!" She fell asleep in my lap. Oh, the Lord must have known I needed that tonight. So, Peter hopped up and grabbed the camera. I guess she really does love me after all! :) I'm definitely cherishing this moment for as long as I can. I'm not sure how long it will last this week. :)

Good Times.....

My husband is the best! Last weekend he decided to take me on a surprise date! Since having Isabella in our life we became major home bodies. We have maybe went on a handful of dates alone. So we decided to take turns once a month and surprise the other with a date. So, he started it off this month and he way outdid himself! Not only did he clean the house a few days before our date, and I mean major cleaned, but he also took me out to eat on Saturday night to J. Alexanders. I had never been there before and it was really good food. Then he had purchased tickets to TPAC to see Jersey Boys! What an awesome, fantastic show! We loved it. I didn't realize how much talent some people have. They were absolutely talented and unforgettable. The only picture I took was this one holding up the program. Then we got in trouble for taking pictures in the auditorium! What? Anyway, it was so much fun and I really appreciated all he did for me that week and taking me out on the date. I guess next time I'll have to think of something cheap! :)

That same weekend we had family in town from Illinois. My sister-in-law, Stephanie and her girls, Maddie and Mary came in and stayed with us. We all took a trip to the zoo. It was so pretty the first half of the day and then turned cold the last half. Very cold. I ended up started getting sick that night actually and I'm still not completely over it, 9 days later. But we had a great time with the fam! Isabella loved playing in the Jungle Gym. She ran everywhere! Her favorite thing to do is swing on the swings. She loves it! I remember loving it the most over everything else when I was little.

This past weekend was spent pretty much at home. With me being sick with a sinus infection and Isabella getting sick we weren't able to go to church or do anything for that matter for Easter. My dad and mom both saved us dinner and brought it to us. Thank you!! for the food. We really appreciated it. I wished we could have done something on Easter Sunday, but Isabella started throwing up and there was no way we could go anywhere. She's still got a terrible cough and we're taking her to see the doctor tomorrow about it. I really hope they give her something to help it. It just doesn't sound right. I'll let you know how it goes. Here are a few pics of Easter Sunday. Isabella opened up her things from the Easter Bunny at home.