Donkey basketball.

Eugene was asked to play in a fundraiser for his high school. This wasn’t just any fundraiser, it was a game of basketball…while riding donkeys. Yes, that’s right – donkeys.

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I’ll be really honest, watching the donkey basketball game made me really uncomfortable. I didn’t like watching the animals in a gym being used as entertainment {maybe I’m being too sensitive}, and I didn’t like watching my husband ride bareback on a donkey while praying he didn’t get sent to the ER. ;)

This is not Eugene, but it gives you an idea of the evening…

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Eugene’s team didn’t win; however, he did score one of the few baskets by his team. I just so happened to capture the uncanny event on video {aren’t you lucky!}

Go hubby!

I have all I need.

My Valentine and I chatted a few times throughout the day on the computer while we were at work. He called me at 7 while I was feeding the little one sweet potatoes, just to make sure I made it home okay. Then around 7:45 pm we saw and spoke directly to each other for the first time on Valentine’s day, and most of our talk was about getting the little one bathed and in bed. He had parent-teacher conferences after teaching, I was at work, and that’s how our lives go some days. I left him a note in the morning, and he left me a note and homemade flower in the afternoon. And we spent Valentine’s night with a crying and super unhappy baby between us in our bed. 

No, it wasn’t a romantic, special night for us – far from it. We rarely have those. But you know what? I don’t need them. I have all I need.

I have a husband who loves God, who loves me, who is humble, who admits he isn’t perfect, who is selfless, who makes sacrifices for me, who leads my family for God, who shows me grace when I fall short {which is often.}

And to top it off, I have a beautiful baby girl, one whom I’ve prayed for years.

I’ve learned more than ever lately, that I’m beyond blessed to have this man as my gift. It’s not something I take for granted. So we may not have had a romantic Valentine’s Day, and we might not have a romantic Valentine’s Day for a handful of years. But that’s not what I need.

I have all I need. {And I am so blessed.}

Eight months.

And somehow we’re already at 8 months old. The little one is quite a character now. She’s a snuggle bug, she’s stubborn, she’s loud, she’s sensitive, she’s happy, she’s oh so loveable.

The second any music comes on she begins her little bob ‘n sway dance move. She says mama & dada, and she is waving hello too. Oh, and just lately she’s obsessed with standing. She’ll even cry and scream until someone stands her up. Silly girl.

She does not like to wear shoes. Or, maybe she just likes kicking them off and playing with them more…

I also get this {below} a lot lately. I don’t know if she’s teething now, or just fighting some kind of sickness {or both}, but she wants to be held constantly…

She loves pat-a-cake and clapping.

She’s such a cute little Valentine!

Pup.

I haven't given the pup much blog-time lately. Guess the little one trumps the pup on the cuteness and blog-worthiness scale {yes, I'm aware those aren't words.}

Here's a shout out to my crazy, affectionate, excitable pup. He has been so amazingly good with the little one; it's truly an answered prayer. I love this silly pup!

DIY crunchy baby toy.

The little one loves to crunch plastic cereal bags, her diaper wipe packages, and her red foil balloon {while being supervised carefully, of course.} More recently, she also loves using her index finger to find little screw holes in her toys, point my nostrils {cute, I know}, or loop my necklace on her finger. So I had a few minutes the other morning, and I decided sew her a quick toy in hopes that she’d like it, and being that it was covered in fabric, it’s much safer than the alternatives!

Simple enough – fabric, ribbon, balloon or cereal bag…

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I made my fabric into two hearts. Right sides together, and pin on some pieces of ribbon (mine were around 2.5” long, folded in half.}

I made sure that my pins were on the outside so I didn’t sew over them by accident.

Then I pinned the two heart pieces together…

…sewed them together and left a gap for stuffing…

Flip it right side out, and stuff it. And here’s my stuffing – cereal bag and a foil balloon….

I stuffed my heart full {aww}, and sewed it shut…

And she liked it!

To be honest though, she really liked throwing more than crunching it. {Silly girl!}

Video Friday.

I have some funny videos {or at least they’re funny to me} to share for some Friday laughs.

This one was back around Christmas time. Eugene was reading bedtime stories, and for some reason, the little one just kept making fart noises!

This one’s from just this week. I was making the shocked noise when you breathe in quickly, almost like a backwards sigh, like when a car cuts in front of you {or is that just the noise I make?} I sound really weird on video, but oh well; her laughs are awesome, especially around 10 seconds when she just gets stuck on one sound  and 44 seconds where she does her infamous squeel…

This one is also older, and kind of long, and not very funny,but I want to save it in case she plays volleyball someday. Every time I give the little one her volleyball to play with, she just yells aggressively at it….

This girl’s so much fun!

Lunch date.

The little one and I headed to Eugene's school to meet him for lunch today. Judging by his face, I'd say it was his wondrous thing. {Seeing his smile was my wondrous thing.}