Bubbles, Birthday, Bella, and Play!

Hi everyone...it's me...the one with the busy, busy, little girl! So busy that we can't keep up with this blogging...I am REALLY going to try and be better...starting in April! ;~) I am going to try and do a weekly post to keep all of us up to date on the happenings and whereabouts of "The Battens." Stay Tuned...

Well for now, I wanted to give you a a quick glance as to what has been going on with us the last couple of weeks.

First up...Caroline LOVES bubbles...what toddler doesn't right! So, Mommy bought her this little doggie, he's called a bubble belly because you fill his belly with the bubbles and he barks them out...pretty cute! It is difficult sometimes to get a good steady flow of the bubbles...needless to say, Caroline gets impatient with the doggie and says, "GO...GO...GO!"

Here are a few pics of Caroline and all of her BUBBLY fun!

BUBBLES, BUBBLES, all kinds of BUBBLES!!

oooooOOOOOHHH!! She's trying to catch them...

Daddy, Caroline and the Bubble Belly Doggie!

Caroline and her new Bubble Belly Doggie friend!

MORE BUBBLES...but these bubbles are different than my doggie bubbles??

Next...we have Daddy's Birthday, March 22. Daddy turned 34...we're getting old. I do remind him that I am younger than him, even if it is only by 5 months, still I'm younger! ;~) Only one more year and we will be 35!! That's hard to believe. I think we will then be in a different bracket, you know the age brackets that surveys etc...ask you for...we're moving up a bracket next year...oh well, age is just a number, right?!

We had a wonderful day celebrating Brian's Birthday. It started around 3pm that afternoon when we went for our couple's massage! Yes, extravagant...BUT...it was FREE...thanks to my gift card that I had won during a teaching event last year. I had never had the opportunity to use it, so I thought this would be a good time for us to both enjoy some relaxing time together. It was WONDERFUL!! It's amazing how all the stress of your day to day life seems to disappear in the first few minutes of the massage...well worth it!! After the massage we were off to have SUSHI...personally I'm not a big fan at all, BUT it's his Birthday wish, so we went. He LOVED it and I endured it! We then topped off the night going to a movie, which we hadn't done since Caroline had been born, actually this was probably the first REAL DATE we had been on since Caroline was born...sad I know...but true!

The next day, Sunday March 22 the "true" Birthday was celebrated with a cake with candles, ice cream and of course balloons...that's what Caroline had given her daddy...balloons...she LOVES them, so she knew her Daddy would LOVE them too...and he did!

Daddy's Birthday PAARRTAY!!!

Caroline watching as Daddy blows out the candles.

Caroline enjoying Daddy's Birthday cake!

So, needless to say, in order to have this wonderful Saturday night date, we had to have someone to keep our 'lil pumpkin, so who better than her Cousin Bella and Grandma! Caroline was so happy to see them both! She hadn't seen Bella in a while, so it was so exciting playing with her cousin and showing her all of her toys and her new playroom! She was so excited in fact to have them there, that Caroline did not want the day to end...she FINALLY fell asleep close to 10pm that night...but what an exciting day!! Thanks Bella and Grandma for keeping our little girl...

Cousin BELLA and GRANDMA visit...

Grandma with the two girlies!

Daddy, Caroline and Cousin Bella.

All of the girls...Me, Caroline, Grandma and Bella...and of course Bubble Belly Doggie!


Grandma and the Girls.

And finally...Play!

Yes, this is what we like to do best.

Play at home, Play in the Yard, Play at the Park...Play, Play, Play!

We had an actual play date with our friends, Maia Valenti and Ian Valenti, yes Maia Valenti...can you believe it, she was born on November 7, only one day older than Caroline. She even has the same name as her Aunt Maya! Crazy, I know...

We had a lot of fun playing with both Maia and Ian that day. Can't wait to meet up with them and play again soon!

PLAY TIME...

Caroline playing at home.

Caroline playing and exploring the Spring flowers in our backyard.



Mommy and Caroline.




Maia and Caroline swinging at the Park.



Maia's BIG BROTHER Ian giving Caroline a hug at the end of the day...so sweet!



And One Sweet Face!

Again, I hope you enjoyed sharing in our memories...more blogging to come in April...I promise!!

Love,
Caroline's Mommy