DADGUM IT!

As parents, we don't want our precious little angels (yeah, right) to have potty mouths. We try to come up with little sayings that keep our own potty mouths at bay, at least around the kids, right? Well, one of my favorites is DADGUM IT! Pretty acceptable, even out of the mouths of babes, right? Well, that is unless your youngest angel translates that saying to be DA-OM IT! Go ahead, say it out loud. Now picture a 2 year old running around saying it. The committee just called and they are engraving my Mother of the Year plaque as we speak.

My baby is TWO!!

I can not believe that Kortlen Jane is two years old (as of March 28th). What happened? Where have the last two years gone? Two years we were given this little unplanned blessing and I can't imagine life without her. We celebrated this special day with a "Princess Parade Party" at the studio. We had everyone bring their favorite riding toy, decorated everything in pink, and had a great party!

Isn't that a cute princess castle cake? Cynthia Bellar made it! She does a great job!

Here is the birthday princess stealing lick of icing off her cake! Guess she liked it. I think we lost 2 cupcakes due to those little slobbery finger swipes!Here is Miss Kort getting ready to blow out her candles. She was a little unsure of everyone singing to her, however is still singing to herself daily. I love the fact that she gets it this year. After we brought home her gifts she sat in the living room floor saying "this kortwyn's birt-day doll" and "this kortwyn's birt-day dress" etc. She was so excited that it was all for her! I guess being the 3rd child and just over a year behind Kerrigan she is used to getting hand me downs and things that are for "the girls". I guess she really felt like the princess. Love that girl!

Fort Worth Zoo

I love this picture....That is Halli, Kayla, Kortlen, Quinton, Kerrigan and Heidi (aka all of the Benson cousins) enjoying the Fort Worth Zoo. Nana called on the Monday of Spring Break and told us all to get ready and head to Fort Worth. Right then. With no notice. I don't do no notice very well, but I got online and reserved a hotel, grabbed a suitcase, picked up Kristi and Kayla, and drove on up to meet Nana, Charliene, Kelli, Halli, and Heidi for a trip to the zoo on Tuesday. Oh, yeah, I did call Len also to at least let him know that his family was hitting the road! The kids had a blast! That was all of our first trip to that zoo and it was beautiful. Glad I did the "no notice" thing that day.

Leaving you with a picture of the two oldest cousins. This is at IHOP before the zoo. This picture reminds me so much of Shane (my cousin) and Kristi when we were young! (Check out the condiment buildings they worked so diligently on while waiting for pancakes!)