Feeling Bold

Today I was feeling a little ambitious, so I decided to take the girls (by myself) to Hobby Lobby! I was just needing to get a few little things to complete a project I wanted to do. Now, this project could have waited until tomorrow night when Ryan is home to watch the girls (he is working on his sermon for Saturday night's youth event at Lurton) but nooooooo, I had to do this project TONIGHT!!!! That's just me and my impatience! So....I decided that the girls and I would take a little trip! They were fed, changed, and happy...so I thought, why not? They did GREAT!

Why does this cart seem so much smaller all of a sudden?

They both fit just fine, but I had to carry the diaper bag and hold the items in my hand that I was going to buy...but hey, it worked!

(I would NOT go grocery shopping with these two just yet...just so ya know!)

Lucy got to sit up top and the sun was pretty bright for her!

Lily stuck her tongue out at me because I made her sit in the bottom!

My project were these two bracelets! I wanted the girls to have some bracelets to wear for their dedication on Sunday and decided to make some myself! They don't exactly match their dresses, but I only had a limited amount of time before the girls threw a fit, so I got some cute crystal beads and a heart-shaped charm with small little diamond like jewels. I made it using elastic instead of a clasp...I just thought that would be easier to get on and off of them. They turned out really cute and they can go with just about anything!

I finished them in less than and hour, so don't you think I could have waited on this project? Sure, but we had fun on our little outing! Of course, I got all my favorite questions/comments...

• Are they twins? (my favorite)
• Are they both girls? (2nd favorite b/c they were in pink car seats and dressed in pink...granted they didn't have bows on, but I get asked this question even when they are wearing dresses and big bows!)
• Are they identical? (no)
• Boy! You sure do have your hands full! (ya think?)
• I'm glad they're yours and not mine! (ME TOO!!!)
• You sure are brave going out in public! (I know..let's see you try it!)
• And of course...."AWWWWWWWWWW....THEY ARE SO CUTE!"
  (I KNOW! THANK YOU!) :-)

So...I'm really trying to refrain from posting some pictures of the girls in their dedication dresses! I just took some snapshots to e-mail my parents (since they sent the dresses to me and wanted to see how they were gonna work!) Even though they don't have bows and aren't the best picture quality, they still look so stinkin' cute! But I'm going to try and hold off showing the dresses until after the dedication on Sunday! But speaking of bows, the girls and I also went to my bow lady today to take the dresses to her so she can make a bow to match! I think they will turn out cute!

The girls were WORN OUT when we got back from our outings, so they conked out! They are sleeping so hard that I measured their wrists with a tape measure to make the bracelets and then tried them on when I was finished, and they didn't even wake up! Poor babies...I've put them through alot today!

It was a good day...we ate, we laughed, we played....

and this is what I have to show for it!

Can you spot my "beer" on the end table?

(Don't worry, it's just my soda...I MUST have a coke to get through the day!)

I told my husband earlier today...

ONE messy house is worth TWO wonderful babies!

So at the end of the day when I'm cleaning this up, I know it was all worth it!

(Maybe one day I will put up a picture of my living room when it's clean!)