Christmas at Disney

We had a great Christmas! This is a pic of me and the girls on our 4th and last day at Disney. We were all so tired!! I'll post more pics as I have time, but this is a favorite that I wanted to post. And yes, the blond IS my daughter too! If someone would've showed me this pic 10 yrs ago and told me she was my child, I would've said there's no way b/c she is soooo blond! My little blond ambition!!

Brooklyn Grace

She's beautiful if I do say so myself!!! Here are some new pics of the girls... these were taken when Bebe Grace (as we call her) was 2 1/2 wks old. The labor was incredibly easy... I went in, hopped in bed, got the epidural, and then they broke my water, etc... so that meant I felt no pain ever!!! The guy giving me the epidural asked, after it was in, "How's your comfort level?" And I said, "Well, see, I was good before you gave it to me, and I"m still good!" I don't think he knew we were being induced quickly before my doctor got off his rounds!! haha!! In fact, if I could skip the actual 9 or 10 months of the being pregnant part, I'd have a house full of kids!! I love the hospital part, being waited on hand and foot, etc!! haha! But she's doing great. She's sleeping really well which helps! And spoiled already... she already has David wrapped!! We are soooo enjoying this newborn. (if you know us well, we didn't enjoy A-N's baby phase even though she was incredibly easy too. Speaking of A-N, we're potty-training! Pray for us!! It's going pretty well... but when will it be over?!!! Enjoy the pics...oh, Bebe Grace weighed 7 lbs 9 oz, and was about 19 in long.

Here comes baby!

Sunday is the day! They're set to induce me then so everyone please pray for me! I'll be nervous! A-N's delivery was soooo easy, so I'm hoping for the same, but I know you never know! But in thinking about this weekend's activities, it just makes me laugh... GA's opening day is Saturday so party at our house, then Sunday- have a baby!!! We'll keep you posted... Billie, I'll post a pic of me soon... don't have it downloaded yet!! That's all for tonight =)

Quick Update...

Hi! Sorry, no pics tonight to post, but just a fast blog to say 2 weeks from today we should have baby #2!! That's when I'm scheduled to be induced, and I am soooo ready!! Although I'm not looking forward to 8 weeks of no sleep!! But we'll survive!! I'll keep you posted! Sorry that's all for now, but Miss Universe is on..................

Naptime... Solved!!

We are back to normal here... PTL!! After about 1 week of Ashes sliding out of the bed on her own and coming to our room to watch Barney (and did I mention each morning was getting progressively earlier?!) David found a couple of cedar boards from the basement that we fixed up complete with purple pillow cases (to match her bedding) ... and now she's pinned in!! Let me tell you how happier she's been this week which makes us happier too! She's back to her normal daily nap, and life is good again!! And in a month from now, we should be home with Baby Brooke... all my friends who were due before me have now had all their babies, so we're next... and I'm ready! Lastly, for now, David had a mini-facelift this week! He actually had a skin cancer removed from the top of his head, but they pulled his head so tight as they were putting in the stitches, that his forehead is completely tight and wrinkle-free!!! Crazy enough, he says it's much more painful than his neck/spine surgery. They cut a hole out of his head about like a quarter and about a qt. of an inch deep. Thankfully, though, they got all the "C word", and now he's healing! We'll have to be extra careful with our girls... A-N is like him with fine,light hair... and if you know me, I don't love sunscreen... but he grew up always outside without wearing a hat, and the dr. said, he's 98% sure that the cancer came from the sun. So next summer, I'll be sure to put sunscreen on her (and Brooke) and on her part in her hair. That's all for now!! I'll keep you posted on baby news!

Naptime... Help!!

Well we've finally arrived at A-N figuring out how to get out of her "big bed" all on her own! So as cute as it is, and as sweet as it is in the mornings when she comes in our room calling, Mommy, Daddy..." naptime ain't as cute!!!!!!!! At night (so far since she's discovered this new fun thing for her to do) she goes right to bed still with no problems. Also, so far I don't mind her getting up on her own in the mornings because she still sleeps til about 10:30 or so (of course it has only been 3 mornings!). But naptime... whole 'nuther story!!! Even though she can hardly hold her eyes open, of course it's more fun to get out of bed than go to sleep! So yesterday, there was no nap. But because I got up way too early myself this morning and I'm sleepy, I took 2 of David's golf plaques (they're big) and blocked in her little "slide" that she's created and then put pillows in front of them. Today, that worked!!! She didn't move the plaques, and she's still asleep... yay!!! So guess what David's priority "honey-do" is... yep, to board up the space between her bed rails!! She's too young (and I'm too tired) for her to give up her afternoon naps!! Now to more fun news... she's picking out her own clothes these days... most days, her dresses do NOT match the shoes that she chooses!! The ONLY shoes she wants to wear were her hot pink and white tie-dyed crocs. Lovely!! So yesterday, I got her some more neutral crocs complete with a Tinkerbell on one and a flower on the other!!! These are now her new favorites. She almost slept in them last night!! (which would have been fine if that's what it would have taken for her to go to sleep!!!) I'll get some pics of her with her new shoes to post. That's is for now!!

TPC Sawgrass... and Ashes' Birthday

Here are some pics from A-N's birthday in no particular order, not because I did them randomly... I didn't! I posted them all in order, but our computer has a mind of it's own!

I just like this pic of her... it's at Chuck E. Cheese... with her purse that Nana gave her... look how tall she is!

This is Billie and David... Billie was my roommate at Liberty. They're now missionaries to Guinea, West Africa. They are back in the states on furlow, and she found out she's pregnant with AT LEAST twins... possibly triplets!!!!!!!! Wow... can you imagine?!!! They spent a week with us. Ashes has a golf club that her daddy gave her for her bday!

She loves her some cake!!

Here is Miss Priss on the carousel at Chuck E. Cheese... I don't know what she was more excited about: riding the horsey or having her makeup and purse!!

Here she is the night before her birthday at a small little party for her at our house... with her new makeup bag and lip gloss!

And here she is blowing out her candles on her crown cake!

A-N with her hoola hoop and bag of books! (Billie, thanks esp. for that counting book... it has taught her to count... she's up to 6 now!)

Corn-on-the-cob and pizza party! Those are her favorites!!!

This is Courtney and Jon (although Ashes calls her Cory!!). "Cory" has been b-sitting her 1 day a week this summer for me, and A-N LOVES Cory!! So do we... Courtney and Jon b-sat Bentley this weekend for us to go to Florida... Well, he found the tomato tree on our deck before we left town. He only got about 1/2 of one before I saw him snacking, and well, let's just say... we had to have Courtney's carpet cleaned for them because the tomato didn't sit well on BB's tummy!! Sorry, y'all... I'm just thankful it all came up!!
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We just got back from TPC Sawgrass... David had his semi-finals there... Can I tell you how nice it was? It was honestly the nicest resort that I've seen in the US. It actually compared to the all-inclusives that we love so much. And my honey did really well... He played Saturday and Sunday... On Saturday, he played the Stadium course (that's the famous one with hole #17 for those of you who aren't up on your golf knowledge). He won 2 skins that day which (again for you golf challenged friends!) means he got his ball closest to the hole on 2 different holes. On Sunday he won the whole tournament along with winning 5 skins. So he's in first place overall...which means if they clear me and Brooke to fly in September... California, here we come! Ashley-Noelle had a big time too at TPC. The Golf Channel was there filming them as they golfed and interviewing the golfers. So at the awards ceremony, they asked if she would draw the winning ticket for a trip to Mexico that they were giving away. Of course she did, and she did it so perfectly!! We were so proud!!! She got right up there in front of about 150 men, plus some with wives, and the Golf Channel people (I cannot believe I didn't have my camera with me.) Well,that's all for tonight.