Favorite pictures from Christmas 2011

Out take from our Christmas card shoot. Temple wasn't feelin' it!

Family picture with Santa at Crystal's Santa Party!

The girls in their room.

Love the love in this one.

Our first year to make ginger bread houses. It was SO fun!

Teagan feeding her Baby Alive Christmas morning. She couldn't wait for it to poop!

I found Presley enjoying her new karaoke machine while watching herself in the mirror - a favorite past time!

Christmas Eve PJ's at Aunt Shelly's.

Halloween

Halloween was a crazy time of year with Temple just being born. This was when we went to Scare on the Square the weekend before Halloween. I'm so glad we did because Teagan ended up falling asleep on Halloween night and literally did not want to wake up to go trick or treating.








Presley wanted to be Stephanie from Lazy Town. Her costume was pieced together and that wig she HAD to have really pushed my postpartum hormones to the limit (or over the limit, depending on who you ask!). Teagan was Strawberry Shortcake and Madden was batman!


Later that night we went to Aunt Shelly's Halloween party. Kenzie, Manuel, and Batman joined us. Manuel and Price went as a Senior and Senorita. Usually Price and my go to costume. But apparently, I've been replaced! Yikes!



I forgot to take a picture of Temp until I got home. But she was dressed in costume too!




So here's Madden and Presley trick or treating on Halloween. Temple and Teagan were at home asleep! :( But big sister was forced to gladly shared her candy the next day!



Notice how we had more costume issues... We worked together to piece this costume together from the playroom. Next year, I'm going to insist she pick a costume from a bag from the store like Teagan did, even though hers was WAY over priced, it was worth it not to have to go through all the costume issues....



The pumpkin carving contest was fun this year!

From left to right: Price's ET , Jacqueline's 'gun to the head' , Poppa's face , Presley and my face, Heath's witch, and Shelly's baseball player.


And the winner goes to....

It really turned out cool! He got the idea from TMZ, but free handed it himself!

At a glance

We sponge rolled Presley's hair for school. Can't wait to do it again! Pretty much one step away from Toddlers and Tiaras! (Do y'all watch that? Oh my!!!)



Teagan and I took a stroll one morning in our new (to us) stroller. Hand me down from my SIL. I'm not used to strollers that roll that easy. Had to learn the hard way to always use the brake. Sorry Weegie!



Saturday was busy, long but fun! We went to a fair here in town, then to a birthday party, then Octoberfest, and then met Price's fam at Kobe steaks. It was a long day and I thought I was going into labor at one point.



Dad was designated rider. This so got us in the mood for the state fair!!



Warning: if you have claustrophobia, look away. I had to look away! This was some attraction the girls had to ride!








Last but not least, my belly is hanging out of everything! I was JUST hanging around the house in this, but my clothes options are dwindling. I've only bought one Target shirt, borrowed some, and reused a lot! Thank you hoarding gene!



Speaking of hoarding, I've been hard at work washing baby clothes and getting things organized (not my strong suit). For now, we've brought the changing table in our room and are using a chest of drawers that was already in here. Still need to get the baby bed set up or bring the cradle back from storage. I also have a pack and play we could use. We haven't decided. Price installed another clothes rod in the closet. So I have lots to hang and move around. With both the older girls we worked right up to the due date. I wonder if I were to finish early, if she would come early. At this rate she'll be two weeks late!

31 and 32

That's how old Price and I are now. Price being the elder. My birthday took place while I was on my blogging hiatus! So I thought I would fit it in strategically while telling about Price's birthday, which is today. But if I have to spell it all out like that, then that's not very strategic, huh?

Anywho! We went to Lone Star Park with my whole family. While I did not get a big group picture, here's what I did get! My family of four was representin' some independence day being it was July 3rd.








We were right on the glass and the kids spotted a snow cone stand outside right below us by the track. So in an effort to kill some time while we waited for the fireworks which didn't start until after dark, we ventured down there through the crowds and braved the stifling heat to get these munchkins some shaved ice.



That was the best shot I got! Fireworks were awesome! If you're ever looking for a great firework show you can watch from a cool seat, you can't get much better! Oh and to top it off, Price actually won some races and came home with over five hundred dollars!

So today was Price's birthday. He started it off taking his little big girl to preschool. He predicted a category 1 when we dropped her off, but she was such a big girl and walked right in without so much as a slight hesitation! We were so proud!





He then had to work. Boooo, and also thank you! After work, he wanted to take the girls fishing again. Something to do with some country song... Of course the girls were game!











Presley put this skirt on because she wanted to "match the birthday boy". She was very into fishing and really wanted to catch one. But it wasn't in the cards this time.



Teagan preferred throwing rocks, playing with the dirt, sticking her hands in the mud, and making a trip to the bathroom.



We left Mav at home this time, so I could help a little more, but I was like Teagan, and ADD'd out.



I wanted to do a family shadow shot, but could only recruit my fellow ADDer, Teagan.




So after dinner, bath, and bedtime, the highlight of his day was about to start - opening game of football season. And this is what I have to look forward to for 16 more weeks!




Price watching the game, with his laptop open to his fantasy football league so he can quickly pick up players, with his phone nearby so he can talk trash with his fellow leaguers.

Happy birthday, Babe! I love you lots!

My little big girl

Here's some of what me and Weegs have been doing.

Playing. (She carried a full 12pack of diet coke from the kitchen to put under her grocery cart like we do at the grocery store.)




Puzzles.



A little park action. (She picked out her shirt, bow, and shoes this day.)



More puzzles.




Errands. (In Sister's car seat, of course!)




And even more puzzles!




One thing I haven't taken a picture of her doing is watching tv. She's weaning nicely. She gets a fix in the morning and another in the late afternoon.

Both girls have been horrible at getting in our bed in the wee hours every single night. Some nights before I've even fallen asleep. We've been letting them sleep with us on the weekends since P started kindergarten. They love to and I'm sure the reason we let them has to do with all the nostalgia I mentioned a few days ago. That's the only thing that makes good sense. Because four folks (and one big o' pregnancy pillow) in one bed sure the hell doesn't! Anyway, my point is this is how Teagan was sleeping the other morning when I got up.




In a pregnancy pillow cocoon!

She starts back to preschool tomorrow. Hopefully she'll do well with the drop off! That's the hardest part for her. Her teachers were awesome with her on Tuesday so I'm sure she'll be fine!

My babies

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. These two have a close bond. They've slept in the same bed since they were 3.5 and 2 years old and we have no plans of separating them anytime soon. Most nights it takes them a while to stop talking/fighting/playing/requesting things and actually go to sleep. One particular night they were talking and it was taking a while and Price went to go listen at the door and he heard.

T: I'm scared, Sister.
P: I'll hold you, Teags.

My babies!!! I don't know why I'm feeling so nostalgic right now. Maybe because Temple will be here in five weeks (or before), Presley's in big school now, and I've had a lot of one-on-one time with Teagan in the last two weeks and have just marveled at what a big girl she is!

This may be no big deal, but she can do major, 100 piece puzzles like a champ! That's big around our house.



I've missed this sleepy-headed, too-talkative-for-the-morning child over the last two weeks.


I've missed leisure mornings all together! They start off with a bang (or an alarm) and don't stop! All day! On one hand it's nice to start the day early and get going. But it's also nice to have nowhere to go and nothing to do! That's the lazy in me!

So speaking of my babies. This summer we went to the beach with Price's family and we snuck some pictures in one evening. This is just one of me and Price showing the (much smaller) baby bump, aka lil Temp.



I need to still edit the other ones of the girls with their cousins. So cute! Will share soon. There was some really sweet ones!

Texas fall y'all!

It's not fall yet, but today was gorgeous!! Oh my word! We started the day with the labor day parade in Garland. Price and I enjoyed it more than the girls. Then went to lunch at a vegan pho place that had this right outside.



We thought it was ironic.

Then we decided to head back towards home with lawn care in our future. Until!! And thank goodness! We saw some people fishing in the dried up lakes on the way home. So we moseyed over to walmart grabbed some kiddie poles and went to the park. It was like a scene from a movie. People were out flying kites, playing soccer, riding bikes. They were smiling and having fun! It just felt good!





I wasn't much help with the fishing. First, because the stink bait was STAAAANK-KAY! And secondly because I was too busy regretting we brought this fella.



He was a handful as usual. We finally made our way to the dog park and playground. Hit up some snow cones on the way home and called it a day. I had even forgotten it was a school night until it was about 6 o'clock.

Back to the grindstone tomorrow. Presley said, "I think I'm not going to feel good tomorrow." Nothing a little pep talk about her friends and the playground can't cure, I'm sure!

Thank you, Lord for a beautiful day!