February... lotta girl time!

One would assume that with all this girl time in the month of February (aka: the tundra from hell) that Chris would be making great strides with his job... and it's the truth! He has been one crazy, busy man... and we're so proud of him for it. February started with a trip to the Nodaway, working the Iowa Beef Expo in Des Moines, and (dun, dun, dun...) finishing our commitment with pigs (hallelujah!). I found these quotes and sent them to him.

I loved them both...

But he especially loved this one. So much so, I had it made into a plaque of sorts to sit on his desk in Winthrop. I looked on pinterest to see if there was another 'verion' of this quote... but none of them did it justice. I think the finality of the black/white and how simple it is, plus what it actually says, seals the deal. It's perfect... we're not going back. And he is so determined... more so than I've ever seen him in my 13-years of knowing him...

Thursday, February 6th... He was not home yet from Nodaway, I was finishing up Lindsay in the shower, and Lauren started reading to the little girls... melt. my. heart.

Much like this post (Who would have thought...) and these pictures. 1/16/12 - Look at this little Wiam!!! She was 10-months, Lydia was 2-2months and Lauren 6-9months?!? Wow...

I was trying to get the picture with a non-glaring flash, but it's so hard to keep it still and not fuzzy...

So in the end I used the flash ;)

love...

still love... 1/16/12

Friday, February 7th... who is this kid??? She decided she loved the jacket. I pointed out that it had matching jeans and a shirt to go with it too..AND that her sister Lauren wore the exact same outfit years ago. She contemplated for a minute... then quickly put the outfit on. Score! ;) She looked so stinking cute!

I just so happened to find those pics ;) From the Ryan Easter Egg hunt, March 22, 2008! Lauren was 2-11mo & Lindsay 19-months. And Frankie Clare! Exact same age that LeaAnn is right now :)

Cuties!!!

Back to the present... I think they're sisters, don't you?!?

Not to forget Lydia... she also picked out her own outfit. We were heading out to grab a few things at McElroys and to Craig & Sharon's so mom could go on a run! LeaAnn 2-11mo & Lydia 3-2months.

It was cold... to say the least. You can't see our lashes, but they were white!

Came home... and what did they want to do? Put on swimsuits b/c they were so 'hot' and they wanted to play 'beach'... I was so happy I took those pics to prove to Chris that they actually did have on clothes at some point during the day ;)

I mean... can they get any cuter?!?

Ummm... I had to keep this :D  I sent this picture to Craig & Kris... just in case they were worried that LeaAnn had completely forgotten about her favorite Christmas present... b/c she hasn't! Half the time she still takes it to bed with her.

Saturday, 2/8/14
Snow-storm, check. Thought I was going to beat it, check. But we made it to the big town of Waterloo... and we ended up having a fabulous time shopping! They even  tried on clothes for me in Justice, shopped in Bath & Body Works, ate at Subway, a trip to Target, and ended with Kohls...

complete with new sunglasses from the clearance rack and all! Great day and the girls did great... I see lots more of these days in the near future :)

That night, watching the Olympics. This is the a perfect description of LeaAnn at age 3. Taking care of babies ;) it's the only thing she really 'plays' with.

Tuesday, 2/11/14
Dad left again today for the Iowa Beef Expo in Des Moines. The girls love to be trolls :) I love it too.. so Lauren helped me get a picture of it.

Also on  this day, a dumpster showed up?? The girls called me when they got home from school and I was not yet. They were a little worried... i told them not to be but that I had  no idea where it came from? To take a picture and email it to Dad... with their Ipods :) And this was the picture they took. So cute! Chris loved it, and sent it to me. It stayed here for a week, and ended up it was a mis-delivery, was supposed to go to Ed Saldon, one house down ;)

Wednesday, 2/13/14
I could eat. her. up! Oh she can be so cute sometimes... other times, not so much ;) Notice the swimsuit again...

Decided to use up the last of the Pizza Hut gift card after a trip to the library. "Jealous Dad?" was our tag line.. b/c we of course we ordered stuffed-crust pizza... only Chris Beyer's girls... ;)

Came home, and yes, still snowing. We had, oh... about 4 inches I guess.

Thursday, 2/13/14... went to work, came home from work, did the supper/bath thing... and guess who showed up? :D Whew! The girls did great, but it's really nice when he comes home...

Side note: And I feel super fortunate that he does come home... and that he's not gone for weeks at a time (Jill & Eric) or a year at a time (Laura, my cousin & Matt Day)... I can not imagine. Matt just happened to leave the same day that Chris did (deployed to Afghanistan)... only she's on a 365-day countdown, and we were on a 3-day... really puts things into perspective.