Grins, Giggles & Chaos!

Oh my goodness! Can you believe it's almost Christmas? It feels like just yesterday it was Thanksgiving. It's crazy how fast time flies when you are older. ha! In just a few weeks, a decade will be over and a new one begins. It has been such a rollercoaster ride for me these last 10 years....my mom passed away, I got married, I had a baby, moved to Arkansas and had another baby. Of course, tons of other things in between. ;) There have definitely been a few ups & downs and I am not where I thought I would be at 33 but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. I am so blessed to have such a great family, a handful of good friends and my precious baby girls. I hope the next 10 years are just as great, if not better - here's to another great ride.....just hope it doesn't go by as fast! I hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Talk to y'all in 2010. Until next time..... xoxo

Landry Cate, you are 6 MONTHS old today! I can hardly believe it. You've been in our lives for 6 months but it feels like forever! You are growing everyday.... you wear 6-9 months clothing and size 3 diapers. You roll around everywhere and I think you are trying to crawl. You will get up on your knees and then push backwards.... maybe you will crawl soon? You are definitely teething.... there isn't a minute you don't have your hands in your mouth. :) You amaze us daily and we are blessed to have you. Until next time.... xoxo

My sweet baby girl, you are 5 months old today! Where has time gone? I wish I could keep you little forever. At 5 months, you can roll over {only when YOU want to & you don't seem to want to unless you are mad- ha!} You have started eating rice cereal & bananas every once in a while. While you don't care for rice cereal, you do like the bananas. You are smiling and laughing all the time and you LOVE your momma. You never want momma to put you down. :) Your sister thinks you are pretty special too, she can't wait until you can play with her. Happy 5 months, Landry Cate! We love you!! Until next time..... xoxo

Landry is 4 months old today! Wow! She is getting so big! ~ she is almost rolling over. She gets to her side and just hangs out there! ha! ~ she is wearing 3-6 months clothing and weighs 15lbs. ~ sleeping through the night! yay! ~ Laughs out loud and smiles all the time. ~ Loves to watch big sister, Rylee. I can't believe my baby girl is getting so big.  We love you Landry! Until next time..... xoxo

There are two reasons I love Fall - The State Fair of Texas and Halloween! Last weekend we headed to Texas for a weekend that was sure to be super fun! Friday night we went to my cousin, Justin's football game. Super fun! {the weather was fabulous} They lost but it was fun. He is a senior this year and this will be his last year to play football for the Rockwall Yellowjackets. {hopefully he will play college football} Saturday we woke up to fabulous fair weather...or so we thought. As we headed to the fair, it started to sprinkle, then it started to rain. CRAP! We circled the fair and decided to go eat at El Fenix and then go to the fair. The rain stopped and as we were walking into the fair, the rain came back. We just decided to stay at the fair and that's what we did. True Texans.....walk around in the rain all evening at the fair. {at least it wasn't pouring or thundering - ha!} Unfortunately for Rylee, they closed the rides due to the rain but she loved going into a...

My husband is from New Deal, Texas {a very TINY town around the corner from Lubbock - Ha!}. He went to Tech and is a HUGE Tech football fan. Up until this year, my 4 yr old, Rylee has followed in her daddy's footsteps. She loved the Red Raiders and would always have her "guns up!" Not too long ago, she informed her daddy that she QUIT the Red Raiders and is now a Longhorn! A daddy's heart was broken on that summer night. {yes, she goes around with her horns in the air and yes, her daddy cringes!} Can't wait to see what happens tonight when the Red Raiders play the Longhorns. Will she have her "guns up" or her "horns" up? We shall see.... Until next time...... xoxo

Over the Labor Day weekend, we headed to San Antonio with Michael & Sarah. What fun we had! Our friends, Chris & Julie and their daughter Emma {Rylee's BFF} also joined us. We left Friday morning and had a great car ride. We stopped in West for the best Kolache's ever!! Then we stopped in San Marcos {outlet capitol of Texas} and had lunch at Center Point Station {if you are ever in San Marcos, you should try it. It's an old gas station converted into a boutique & restaurant.} We finally made it to San Antonio and joined Chris, Julie and Emma. We went on the river taxi tour and about 10 min into the tour, it started raining {the tour is 35 min long} Of course, we finished the tour in the rain and we were soaked. We went to Sea World on Saturday and the girls LOVED it. The day was perfect, not too hot or humid. Of course, it rained on us towards the end of the day. We had a blast in San Antonio! Here are a few pics from our weekend! Until next time..... xoxo