Merry Christmas

Here's hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas. Here's just a little of what our holidays were like:

Mommy and the kids after church on Sunday

Scarlett's new kitchen

cutie pie cousins

Daddy helping Clark open his stocking

the family in our jammies Christmas morning

Sweet kids

Ho Ho Hmmm...

This morning Brody volunteered to take Scarlett to school. I love when he can do that because I get to actually finish my morning coffee and don't have to wake sweet Clark up from his morning nap. As soon as they left this morning Brody calls me. He tells me to go look outside because he thinks someone left something for us on the front porch. Imagine my surprise when I open the door and see this....


What?!!? There really are only two options: 1. someone left it as a gift and didn't include a tag...which is highly unlikely, or 2. it is a prank
I just really hope that if some random teenagers took it out of someone's lawn to put it on our porch, no one thinks we stole it. I guess I am going to put a sign on him saying he is lost, and hopefully the rightful owner will come back to claim him.

Like a weed...

That's how fast I feel like this little guy is growing. He was four months old on the 9th, and I just can't believe how quickly the time is flying by. I am sad that he is not a tiny little bundle anymore, but he is laughing, and rolling, and every day is better than the last, and for that I am truly grateful. I did not do this with Scarlett, but you live and learn, so this time I am taking a monthly picture of him with his blue bear so that I can see how much he's grown.

one month
two months

three months...finally a grin!

four months

and finally one with Mommy

(don't you love the double chin...his. Mine...not so much!)

My Fashionista

Here is Scarlett's favorite "new outfit". These jammies are from Mimi last year. For some reason, every night she requests her "new pink (or yellow...she has both) jammies". She will even ask to put them on for nap. Last night we went to Brody's work party and someone gave her this lovely headband. It has now become a part of the favorite ensemble. Since we don't have anything to do today, I'm just going with it...let's just hope I can get her to take it off in time for school tomorrow!

Small Problem

A while back, Brody and I noticed a few cracks in various places on our ceiling. They weren't that big of a deal to me, but really seemed to bother him, so after a few calls and visits from our home builder, they agreed to come and fix the problems. I honestly did not think it would be that big of a deal because the cracks were small and they were all just cosmetic repairs. Well...I was wrong. The workers were here all day. Talk about the fun of trying to keep the whole family in one room. It ended up that every room in the house had something that needed to be repaired, so thankfully, Brody took the day off to help and keep the workers from walking in on me nursing Clark. Anyway...it all got worked out, but due to some old paint and the fact that painting wasn't the repairman's forte, we have now hired a painter to come and repaint our living room. I will say, though, that there was a lot to be thankful for even in the chaos: 1. the repairs were covered by our home warranty 2. Brody was home to help me 3. The workers completed the job in one day 4. I am going to have a freshly painted living room next week

Birthday Boy!

Today is Brody's 31st birthday. I still feel so lucky that he chose me to be his wife. He is an amazing husband, father, and provider. I think I posted once about things that I love about him. So today I will post 31 little known facts about him:

1. His first name is William (that's pretty well known, but oh well)
2. He spent weekends and summers growing up on his family's ranch in Wimberley, TX.
3. He is good at riding horses
4. When he was young, he and his brother participated in team roping
5. His family used to host rodeos on their ranch
6. He almost drowned as a child in a canoe
7. He can play the saxophone
8. He got in trouble a lot in elementary school, and made his fourth grade teacher cry
9. He has milked a goat
10. He is afraid of spiders
11. He gets motion sickness
12. In high school, he drove an orange Volkswagen "Thing"
13. He falls asleep by rubbing his feet together (drives me crazy!!!)
14. He is a very light sleeper
15. He is a gadget guy
16. He has VERY curly hair
17. He does not like green beans
18. His favorite food is Mexican
19. He is a morning person
20. He learned how to play piano from a nun

21. He always has to have the TV or stereo on

22. He cannot dance to save his life

23. He was in ROTC at Texas Tech

24. He almost joined the Air Force

25. He is not afraid to ask for directions

26. He is not a fan of sweets

27. He uses more hair products than I do

28. He gets squeamish watching any type of surgery

29. However, he watched when both babies were born

30. He always wanted a daughter

31. He cried tears of joy when Clark was born

Happy Birthday Brody...I love you!!

Yes, I am fully aware that we are a week into November, but there was a lot going on in October that I wanted to share and never got around to. So...here's our October in pictures:



Scarlett the cowgirl all ready for the church Fall Festival

This was the first year I gave in and let her try the bouncy house. She had a ball, and we timed it just right...there weren't any big kids in there at the same time.

Here we are at the Pumpkin Patch...Scarlett looks to be having a little more fun than Clark.

Daddy came home early one night to carve a pumpkin with Scarlett. I am so thankful that he was willing to cancel a lesson to make a memory with us!

The finished product

Halloween night. Scarlett really "got it" this year. She was telling all the kids "Happy Halloween guys...come with me!" In fact, she even walked in someones house she was so excited. It was pretty cute :)

It was a crazy but really fun month. Scarlett was pretty hyper for a lot of the activities, but I had to keep reminding myself that I used to act the same way...it really is a fun time for kids, and her excitement was pretty contagious.