Santa Photo

Here is the Santa Photo we purchased from the Santa place.
SO CUTE!!!

Party!!!, Lillie, Thanksgiving and Santa

First I will update on Emma's 3rd birthday party!
It was a blast! We had a total of 14 kids at her Gymnastics party! They had so much fun playing and jumping around. It was fun to see the kids try new things and the coaches were so awesome in working with the kids!!!
Emma had so much fun being the center of attention (ok she is always the center of attention, but this day it was ok to be it!)
We had chicken nuggets and cookie cake. 2 of Emma's favorite foods! I think the Cookie Company did a wonderful job on the cake! They always amaze me with the cakes! (emma is not a fan of regular cake so we always go with the cookie cake)






Lillie is growing (slowly). She is just going to be a petite little thing! She is 7 pounds and STILL wearing newborn diapers, and newborn clothes. We have SO many 0-3 month clothes just waiting for her. Maybe 2 more pounds ans she will be ready to move up!! She is still such a good, easy going baby. She LOVES her mommy! We love her more and more each day! Emma LOVES being her big sister. This morning Lillie was crying and Emma went up to her and gave her a hug and said, "It's ok Lillie, Big Sister is here. You can stop crying now!" I about died. It was so sweet. I am so glad we waited a little longer to have Lillie so Emma could totally enjoy being a Big Sister!!!

(this first of many MATCHING outfits for Thanksgiving)




Thanksgiving was wonderful! We celebrated with my family Wednesday night. The kids were so cute sitting at their little table. Emma LOVED the turkey so much she wanted more for dessert! (so much for the home made cheesecake GaGa made- just left more for the rest of us!) Thursday morning we began getting our house ready for Christmas decorations. Who knew a tiny little baby could have so much stuff that it took most of the day getting all her things and Emma's things organized before we could bring in the decorations?!?! Thanksgiving night we celebrated with James' family. We all met up at his Uncle and Aunt's house in Magnolia. Emma loves to see their horses. (last year she was so scared of them. But told us this year since she is 3, she is not scared any more!) She fed the horses carrots and was so proud of herself. I think the kids (Emma, Hayden and Brighton- Emma's cousins) had the most fun playing with James' cousin Laura. She would do anything they asked her to do! It was so nice for us to get a little break!!!

Friday mom and I headed out at 5:00am for our annual BLACK FRIDAY shopping. We hit the stores and shopped fast and got almost all of our shopping done!!! I got some of the DOOR BUSTER deals and was so proud of myself! (we were all done shopping and home by 9:30!)

Here is Emma helping decorate the tree!

Saturday mom and I took Emma with us to the mall (while Daddy took on baby duty) to do a little more shopping. Emma saw Santa and wanted to go see him NOW. We told her she had to wait till she could come back with Lillie. So, when we got home, she was like, ok, let's go back. We had her nap and then dressed the girls in their matching Christmas dresses and off we went! (Last year she was TERRIFIED of Santa but told us that only 2 year olds are scared and now that she is 3, she is not scared) She was right. We got there, she climbed right up in his lap and began telling him all that she wanted for Christmas. Lillie did so good. We actually got a picture with Lillie's eyes open and Emma looking at the camera! (Great day!) (these were taken on our camera. I have not scanned in the one they took)



I hope to get Christmas card photos printed this week and cards out soon! I will be sure to post THE photo I use for the card on here as well!

Well, I hope this update was great (very long) and I hope to post more this week with our new home all decorated for Christmas!

New 3 year old!

Hello! Emma is now 3 and knows it! This morning she came downstairs and said, "Mommy, the 3 year old is awake." It was precious. I took her for her 3 year appointment at the doctor and she was so brave! She was working on Jesse before her doctor came in. Maybe she wants to be a doctor when she grows up?!



This is her and her doctor. She just loves him!!!



I took these pictures in the waiting room. It is a brand new office and she loved all the animals!!!



Little Lillie is growing! This picture was taken exactly when she turned 4 weeks! I had her weighed today and she is now 7 pounds 1 oz!!! She is getting big!!!



Well more photos to come after party weekend!!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Emma is 3 today!

She woke up so excited that it was her birthday! I took her for donuts then off to school. I will then go up to her school at afternoon snack time to bring snack and balloons for her friends.

Her BIG party is on Saturday! Look for photos to come soon!

It's been a Long time- SORRY

Hello All. I am sorry it has taken me so long to post. You would not believe how busy I have been! (ok some of you would believe it but the others, let me fill you in)

Halloween was a blast! Our church had a "Trunk or Treat". This is where families decorate the trunk of their cars and pass out candy to the kids as they go car to car. They also provided free dinner and games for the kids. It was a HUGE success. Emma had so much fun up there with all of her church friends. After we left church she had 2 requests, Trick or Treat at GaGa and KK's house and Mr. Earl's house. (Mr. Earl is my parents neighbor. She just LOVES going to his house and see him. He always pays special attention to her and they have the best parties at their house (all the block parties etc). So we headed over there and GaGa and KK got to see the girls all dressed up!

After Halloween brought the week of James going back to work. So I was then on my own in the mornings with the 2 girls!! It took a few days to get used to it, but we now have the routine down!

Emma got a cold so I rushed her to the doctor for medicine so she would not get Lillie sick. Talk about interesting, taking a sick child to the doctor with a newborn that you are protecting from germs. We sat in the sick kids waiting room but had Lillie all covered up.

This past weekend my grandmother (Mumby) and Aunt Lari came into town for the Nutcracker Market and to spend time with all the kids. Lillie got to go to her first Nutcracker Market! She was a trooper! She slept in her baby sling that I wore around me the WHOLE time! She was so good!!! It was so nice to have them here! Mumby stayed with us and Emma was in HEAVEN! She loved having her Mumby here! She played with her so much! On Saturday we took a photo at the Picture People of the 4 generations. It was so neat to have all of us together for the photo!! (I will get it scanned and posted soon). While we were at the mall, Aunt Lari treated Emma (and Tyler and Ashy) to a build a Bear. Emma had so much fun naming all of the animals for her cousins and for her! In one of the photos you will see her Monkey- Sallie. I asked her if she wanted to spell it with a Y or an IE. She IMMEDIATELY said IE like Lillie!!! She is so smart!!!!




This Monday at church we had our annual Ladies Banquet and I was a table hostess. This means that you decorate a table all they way to the dishes and have 8 women sit with you for dinner and entertainment. Luckily Lillie slept through the decoration part and let me get all that done. (here is a pic of my table from last night)



Then this week is Emma's 3rd birthday. Can you believe our (not so little) Emma is already 3??? We are having her party at her gymnastics gym with about 12 kids. It should be fun! (so in the middle of all of this I have been making invitations, birth announcements, and goodie bags for the party too) Here is a picture we used of her for the invitation. She LOVES gymnastics!!!


Lillie is so sweet. She LOVES her mommy and wants me all the time. She is a great eater and also wants to eat all the time! She is sleeping about 4-5 hours at night! I can't complain! She only wakes up once then we get up around 6:00 and start getting ready for the day.
She is about 6 1/2 pounds now and growing slow and steady. We are getting LOTS of wear out of her newborn clothes. I think she will be in them for about another month. We do have some preemie clothes that she wears and they fit perfectly! She is a tiny baby! I am attaching some photos of her doing what she does best, SLEEP!!!


We are so blessed to have these 2 precious girls who keep us busy but also give us so much happiness.