So, what have we been up to?

Anniversary-ing.  (Isn't this what everyone's anniversary dinner looks like??)

 Kissing.

 Pooping/Reading.

 Hugging.

 Shooting.

 Playing.

Aging and celebrating.
(What's that?  You don't like the pink shoes I bought for myself?  Join the club known as my family.)

 Finger painting.

 Wagoning.

 

(Making up my own words.  What of it?)

 

Oh, WAIT, there's more.  A little bit of crawling.

 And finally, some dancing.

 

 

{three}

Happy anniversary, Love!

P.S. My lack of computer skills is pretty evident from this video... It's the thought that counts though, right?

Christmas "Birth Stories"

Hey, all.  I probably linked to this post last year, but it is a favorite of mine.  Maybe it's just that I have had a new baby the last two Christmases.  Maybe it's that God is showing me more and more how good He is. 

Enjoy, and be blessed!

http://itsalmostnaptime.blogspot.com/2009/12/birth-stories.html

Merry Christmas!

Myla's 2nd Birthday Party

     I am so not the awesome party-throwing mom.  I kept going back and forth on whether to have a big family party for Myla since her birthday is smack-dab between Christmas and Thanksgiving (i.e. we already have big gatherings, and it's just a busy season).
     My brilliant mom informed me, "Katy, her birthday is going to be on December 8th every year."  Oh, right.  Deal with it.
     We threw around a couple of ideas and ended up with the perfect little low-key event: a trip to the park and some presents/grub at Kris and Al's house.  I felt a little twinge of mama guilt when we walked in and Kristen had put up cute Minnie Mouse decorations everywhere!  Myles loved it.  Naturally, I stole all these photos from PawPaw.

 Piper, riding in style.

 Aunt Kristen was recruited for some team sliding.

 I guess it was more tiring than she remembered. :)

 Myla has never seen the world from quite this high.

 Sitting up is hard!

 A brief moment of sharing the birthday girl's chair...

 The menu included the birthday girl's favorite things: Mac-n-cheese and bread.

 She now wants to blow out every candle everywhere.

I would say she had a good time, and she's pretty obsessed with that Minnie Mouse chair.  See?

The Guardian

Someone around here watches the baby even more closely than I do...

The Graduate

     Today, my family is driving to Fort Worth to watch my cousin's graduation and nurse pinning at TCU.  I assume the pinning will look something like this:

 

     Have I mentioned I'm super excited?  There are only 5 first cousins on my mom's side of the family.  Erin is the baby.  She is the 5th and final graduate of our generation.  I bet you can identify at least two of these kids!

     Erin is an only child who was never alone.  She was the baby whose parents drove her around for hours to get her to sleep at night.  She ran around stark naked until the age of 3.  She was tearing up the ski slopes at the age of 4.  She was the little girl who opened Santa's presents at her house on Christmas morning then brought them to the family gathering to open them again in front of a larger audience.  She is the girl who went through a lot to get where she is today.  She turned into one of the most beautiful, caring young ladies the world has ever seen right before our eyes.
     We love you BIG, Erin.  Can't wait to see you graduate!  Any little kid would be lucky to have you as a nurse.  Your mama would be so proud.

 

 

 

One is Never Enough

All I did was ask Myla to bring Piper a toy...