conGRADulations!

Our Graduate!

Harper absolutely loved the tassel

It was so fun to have Kenny's parents in town for his grad. Plus, his brother and sister-in-law and two sisters.

I love Harper's ballerina arm in this picture... She is stinkin' adorable!

Yee-haw!

Kenny,

Harper and I are so proud of you! What a great accomplishment! We love you SO SO SO much! You are an amazing husband, fabulous father, and a college graduate... we are the luckiest girls!

We LOVE you!

What animal are you?

I am currently a Zebra, with a strong feeling that I will forever more be a Zebra.

The reason for my Zebraness... absolutely zero skin elasticity. I have stretch marks on probably 70% of my body (that is just a guess, I don't feel like it is an exaggeration but I am horrible at estimation type things... it has never been my forte). They cover my stomach, upper back, bum, all around my upper legs, other parts that used used to be smaller, and weirdly my left calve. I have to admit, that one is the most intriguing... I mean really, my calve muscle?!?! How exactly did that get stretched from pregnancy?

And some of you maybe asking, well didn't you lotion during pregnancy? The answer: yes. I lotioned. Several times a week to be exact. I hoped it wouldn't happen, I hoped really, really hard. But I really shouldn't be surprised, I had stretch marks in high school... on my upper legs, that is what happens when you grow to fast. 9 inches between my freshmen and sophomore year is just crazy, I know! Out grew all my clothes, but that is a story for another day.

Anyways, back to the current stretch marks covering most of my body. Sometimes I am okay with my Zebraness and other times I am not. My stretch marks and I have a love/hate relationship. I hate them because they are fleshy, dark pink, and ugly. But I love them because they are a mark of my motherhood. I got them when my body was making my daughter which was/is absolutely amazing so I love them. I would choose Harper over a stretch mark free body any day! So, I guess a Zebra it is! (but if I am going to be a Zebra, I should at least be a skinny Zebra... so today I am going to make myself a workout schedule, I loved working out... I need to get back to doing it. And eating healthier, with pregnancy came a sweet craving that has not yet subsided... I should kick that! Wish me luck, I am going to need it because brownies are so good!) :)

*sidenote- I am not sure why I felt the need to capitalize Zebra. It is not a proper noun, I know. Maybe because I was referring to myself and I like to think of myself as proper. Hmmmm, something to ponder...

*another sidenote- I am not sure why I chose to post this. It is a personal matter, my Zebraness. I was reading it after I posted and wondered, why would I choose to let other people know about my Zebraness. Maybe it just needed to get out. Another thing to ponder I guess...

Visitors

My mom and Riley came into town last week for some sister/mother/daughter time! It was FABULOUS!! We had such a blast. The week was filled with shopping, playing cards, eating J-Dawgs and Zupas (so stinking yummy), checking out animals at the Bean Museum and just hanging out with each other! It was so good to see them!
Mom and Riley- thanks so much! We had so much fun with you guys... Harper misses you both. Thanks for driving up and for everything while you were here! We love you guys!

Harper absolutely adored Riley! She would lounge for her if she was any where near!

Thanks for the messages! They made us smile... we love them! Hope to see you guys soon!