Happy Birthday Sister!

We had a wonderful Birthday celebration with my sister, Allison, yesterday. We gathered at my Mom's house for lunch, cake and presents. The day was made even more fun with our sweet Brock running around! He's getting so big and FUNNIER with each new day! He LOVES to celebrate Birthdays because they mean he'll get to have one of his favorite things on earth..."Take"...or "Cake" as some call it.
We played Memory and Chinese checkers with him, which was so much fun. Then, we brought out Allie's baby book for a look at her first days in the world. Brock loved seeing Mommy when she was a baby.
Allie, we love you so much!!! Looking forward to many more celebrations to come!

We didn't get many pictures, and the ones we did get aren't amazing, but I just wanted to at least document our sweet time together. Please excuse this awful, melty cake! It looked so cute when I first made it. Then, well, it melted...oops!

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Silliness

This is a funny little name game I've seen on a couple of blogs. Thought I'd give it a try...

YOUR FULL NAME:
Holly Elizabeth Steffensrud

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of your first name plus “izzle”)
Holizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal)
Red Orangutan

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and the name of one of your pets)
Elizabeth Risky

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name and the first 2 Letters of your first name)
Steho

6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color and your favorite drink)
Blue Coke

7. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents’ middle names)
Kay William

Monkeying Around

A couple of Saturdays ago, we took a trip to the zoo. My favorite creatures to watch at the zoo are the orangutans and the apes. We must have watched them for an hour! After that we met my family for dinner at La Hacienda Ranch in Grapevine, where we got to see my favorite little monkey of all, my sweet nephew, Brock.
 
 
 
 

Wise Words

It was a very wise person who once said, "Leaves of three...LET THEM BE!". Another wise person once said, "No good deed goes unpunished." Well, I'm afraid that I had to learn both of these lessons the hard way last Saturday. I got the bright idea for us to get out in the yard and do some yardwork. Is this our responsibility? No. Our landlord supposedly "takes care of the yard". His version of that task and our version are two very different things! So, there we were pulling "weeds", trimming hedges, and replanting our flower bed when I got another bright idea to do the same thing on our neighbor's side of the yard (we live in a townhome and share a yard). This is where the good deed came in. Well who knew those "weeds" weren't weeds afterall...but instead.......POISON IVY!!!
 
By Saturday night, I had some little spots that I thought were just mosquito bites. By Sunday, I had more. By Monday, morning...MANY more! It was time to head to the doctor. Here I am one week later, THREE trips to the doctor later, TWO shots in the butt later and a myriad of itch relief potions later. And let me just tell you, this picture does not do my condition justice! This was taken early on. What you should know is that it has now traveled ALL THE WAY up and down both legs, onto my feet, up my back and stomach, and now onto the palm of my hand. SICK. I do not recall the last time I was so miserable.
 
Along with my "pox", I do have a pretty flowerbed. A flower bed that has now cost me$120 in doctors copays!! :( Lessons learned!
 

Big babies!

My good friend, LynnAnn, emailed me the link to this excellent slide show of baby animals. Doug and I call them "babanimals". We both are crazy in love with animals (although we do not own any? Yet.) After looking at this slideshow, I'm starting to think that a puppy or a kitten isn't going to cut it. Perhaps a panda bear or a baby giraffe OR a British piglet named Cinderella!! If you're an animal lover, you'll love this!