The Mardi Gras Booty!

Here is Mailee sportin' ALL the beads!

Mardi Gras 2009

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

We had such a great time! We headed to the Coast with some friends who had friends with a house on the Parade Route. These pictures don't show half of the beads we stashed in a bag. We had to take the beads off Mailee a couple of times to let her re-stock! It was a blast and no nudity necessary!!!
The afternoon Mississippi Parades are "family friendly" so it was a really nice way to spend the day as a family with other families. Of course, Mailee did have to blow a kiss at an old man to "earn" a flower! :) and she learned to Whoop! and yell "Happy Mud Gra!" It was so fun to do this with her. She was in total awe of the "Happy Beads" that kept flying! When we got home, all her dolls and toys got to wear "Happy Beads" too.

Johnny and I agree that we might like to try out a less tame Parade together next year, just to get the experience, but we shall see!
I have done some reading about the history of Mardi Gras and how it has evolved. Such cool history here.

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

All Grown Up... Well, then there is the Paci!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I looked at Mailee all ready to go "bye-bye" and she looked so grown up! Well... then I realized what was right in the middle of her face! Her beloved "bo bo" reminds me that she is still my baby girl! Someday she'll listen to me and keep it in her bed, but at the same time I don't want to force her out of babyhood either!

Hope you had a great "Sweetheart's Day!"

Raking Leaves

OK, so Mailee was trying to help rake the leaves,
but the job got to be too big for both of us!

It became much more fun to watch her play!

Mailee plays Dress-Up

Don't you just want to eat her up!?! Such a little ham sometimes!