I think Santa has been here!

Yep he ate the cookies and milk and the reindeer ate the carrots

Woody made it on Santa's Sleigh

Look at the excitment!!! Santa did a good job it even has a pull string and it was unwrapped-which was a request!!Love at first

Yep the pull string is there and it works!!Trains, Trains, Trains

I think we might need a bigger room for all the train stuff he got!

Laying down to enjoy the track!

Caroline with all of her gifts

Posing with all her goods!

Watch out here she comes!!!

Checking out her new seat!

i hope you like it sweetie, cause you will spend a lot of time in it!!

Checking out the goods....

A morning romp in the snow! Followed by some puffy pancakes!! It was a great day and he was in bed for the night at 5:30!!!

Gearing up to go out in the snow.....Pure JOY!Caroline catching snowflakes with her tongue

Trying out his new "playground" that Santa brought-aka Gramps found on the curb the other day.

Snowy bum!

He hit his limit, his hands were cold but his heart was willing, how about we go inside for some hot chocolate.Snowy boots and Cricket is trying to eat the snow right off of them.A nice warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows
Enjoying the warm chocolatyness!

Reading Christmas stories with dad before Santa comes......

Now off to bed so Santa can come!

'Twas the night before Christmas

and a lot of threats were made....if you don't take a nap right now Santa won't come, if you don't get in your carseat right away Santa wont come, if you don't stop yelling...well you know the drill. It has seemed to work pretty well and has even brought tears on, in one occasion. What am I going threaten after tomorrow, I guess I will have to go back to my Strong Willed Childed plan, good thing I highlighted the important parts of the book!

The CRAZY thing is, we might have a white christmas!! It has snowed all day and it is starting to stick!! I'm so glad I don't live in the snow anymore, getting two kids out in the snow is a pain in my(insert your own word)!!! I did let Ry play in it for a couple minutes on our way out the door!

Look at those snowflakes and the pure joy in his eyes!

Here is our tree, I like the way it turned out!


My sweet 10 month old little girl! I can't believe that she is 10 months old today! She is just starting to cut one tooth!

Who needs presents when you have a bag of diaper wipes, a bikie and a neck full of necklaces!!

The stockings are hung

Caroline's-I love Pottery Barn!

One of our ornaments from one of our trips, I have loved collecting an ornament from each of our trips instead of some useless souvenir! It has been fun to get them all out and remember the different trips!

Merry Christmas to Me!!!

Jared got me a brand new Laptop! I'm so excited I can't hardly stand it!

It is so tiny and perfect!!

Cookie Exchange

I love me a cookie exchange!!! Tuesday I was having cookie exchange so I busted my B.U.T.T. cleaning the house but things just weren't going my way. First my brand new vacuum decided to stop sucking, which is never a good thing for a vacuum to do. It took me over an hour to diagnose the problem and then take the entire thing apart and put it back together-but I'm happy to report it is sucking perfectly now! Then while in my vacuuming splendor I failed to hear my darling two year old flush the toilet maybe a hundred times. Ryan came into the living room sheepishly and said," ut oh mom, toilet wet, floor wet!" Immediately panic alarms were ringing in my head! I ran into the bathroom to find about an inch of water covering the entire bathroom floor! L.O.V.E.L.Y.!!!!!! Of course on the day when I need to get EVERYTHING done, everything goes wrong, oh and Caroline was super whiny and clingy.

I was in the home stretch, I just needed to shower, put on makeup and finish making my 6 dozen cookies. At about 5 there was a loud knock on the door, I looked out the window in the door and didn't see anything but I was sure I had heard a knock so I opened the door. On the ground there was a baby in a basket with a bag of marshmallows!!! I was shocked it looked like Reese but it couldn't be her they weren't coming until Sunday and I had just talked to Katie last night, this couldn't be Reese, but who else could it be? I think it is Reese.....just then Delaney and Katie jumped out from behind the bushes!!! I was shocked, beyond shocked I had NO clue they were coming early! It was the best surprise ever! She got here just in time for the party! I was so excited that she was able to come early to hang out with me for a few days before all the Christmas festivities begin. On Wednesday we had a blast at the new Fort Worth Children's and Science Museum. We got there at 11 and left at 5-it was a fun filled day and everyone was happy! Today we just hung low and had great time. All 3 nights all 4 kids were in bed by 6:30, it has been perfect!! I miss my sister so much, so it is so nice to have a the space for everyone to come and stay at my house.

one of the best days

We went with some friends to the Fort Worth Club for a pancake breakfast with Santa. Ryan was so excited and Jared and I were so excited for him. He has been saying for months that he wants a Woody doll(from Toy Story), I thought for sure his little mind would change a thousand time in the last couple of months but he has held true to Woody.

They had Elves there make all kinds of cool balloon art (fishing poles with fish on the end, mermaids,dinosaurs, the list goes on and on) and Ry wanted a sword so he could fight with the big boys!

They also had a petting zoo set up with goats, ducks, chickens, baby pigs, bunnies, which Ry loved.

Here is Caroline in all her Christmas glory!! I was so excited about her outfit, I didn't want to go to the club in an outfit from Target(well Ryans was and part of hers was), but I wanted her to be different. Soooo, I made her this skirt for a whooping $4 and her headband out of faux leather strap and a picked apart flower, oh and her matching bracelet! She was SO stinking cute it was ridiculous!!


Family picture and of course both kids wanted ME to hold them-it's so fun to be popular!

Ryan was dieing to see Santa, we had been waiting in the line for quite awhile and Jared need to step away for something so I had both kids. I was talking to Ry and I looked away for a second and then looked back and he sawing his opening and made a be-line for Santa yelling the whole way up there,"Santa I want a Woody!" Lovely, of course I don't have the kid who is shy and bashful, it only make sense, right? Everyone in line was cracking up.

Caroline was in awe!

Finally, it was his turn for real!

I just think she is so darn cute I had to throw in another pic!

She was so well behaved especially since she had been up since 6 and she was running a little fever(I keep thinking that she is going to get teeth any day now but to no avail)

i should be in bed but instead i'm blogging!

I moved to Texas to get away from the snow and look what I woke up to the other morning! I was so annoyed by it that I didn't even let Ry go out and play in it! Mean Mom! I know, I know! But in case you didn't know I hate the cold, unless I am skiing! Mac and Cheese face playing with his new Thomas the Train set he got from my grandma his GG. Little did I realize what an investment this little train track is, and this boy has no flies on him once he opened it, he turned to me and asked," mom where's the tunnel and the bridge?" Well out come the blocks and a dandy bridge we had!! He LOVES his train thank you GG for the early Christmas present.

This little girl can SERIOUSLY CHOW with her toothless little mouth!!

I think this is one of the best pictures he has taken in a very long time, he's getting so big, slow down my little man~

We had PILES AND PILES AND PILES of leaves in our yard. Did I mention that we had PILES of leaves. Ryan and Delaney had a great time playing, throwing, jumping and running in the leaves!