Party People!

Colin, Carlee and Birthday Boy Joshua!
Carlee went to 2 birthday parties in 1 day. The 1st one was for Joshua. It seems like yesterday he was just born and now he is 1. I look forward to watching Carlee and Brianna bossing all you boys around!

Getting 3 kiddos to look at the camera all at once - impossible, so I posted multiple pics

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!

The 2nd party was for Cade - isn't that cake AMAZING!!! It was also his 1st birthday and I still remember every thing about the day he was born and was lucky enough to be at the hospital to meet him minutes after entering this world. I still laugh when I think about Cade's mom, Chelsey, calling me and having a 5 minute conversation before telling me, "I think my water broke a little while ago" My reaction, "And WHY are you JUST NOW telling me this?!?!"

Chelsey and her mom are so creative!

Cade's own special cake!

Happy 1st birthday Cade!!! I've enjoyed watching you grow up!

Party People!!!!

Carlee and Peyton - BFF

What Cuties!!!!

Halloween!

Our little bumblebee

Austin and Carlee at the daycare Fall Festival - so serious!

More of Carlee's friends from her class - trying to get one 2 year old to look at the camera is a challenge, but multiple 2 year olds is impossible!

Playing games

Digging for spiders

Joseph and Carlee - SO CUTE!

Meme and Carlee on a hayride

Batman Cousin Cayden and Carlee

At the pumpkin patch

The bouncy house and slide were definitely the best part of the pumpkin patch

The slide was a huge hit!!!

Gutting the pumpkin before carving it.

All carved!

Trick or Treating with our neighbor friend, Lily!

Carlee was so excited about Trick or Treating and woke up halloween morning yelling, "I LOVE HALLOWEEN, I LOVE CANDY, I LOVE TRICK OR TREATING...WAHOOOOO!" It was hilarious.

Oct 2011

I made this Rangers shirt for Carlee. I'm not a crafty person, so I was pretty proud of myself. She loved it and when I was putting it on her, she said, "Thank you Mommy!" Of course, we are super excited about the Rangers being in the World Series (again), but they are definitely making it an intense and stressful series.

Lovin' on Maddy. We just had a major scare with Maddy and ended up having to take her to the Animal Emergency Hospital because she accidently ate rat poisoning and lost 1/2 of her blood count and required a blood transfusion. She is actually in the process of getting it right now (prayers!). The vet said we are really luckily we didn't wait any longer to bring her in. Poor thing!!!

And hugs for Molly

Cici and Carlee reading books

The pumpkin I decorated for our office pumpkin decorating contest.

Picture day at daycare - what a cutie!!!!!

Big Girl Bed!!

Carlee is officially out of a nursery and into big girl furniture. We bought this pottery barn bed, dresser and nightstand from one of my good friends, Brynn. It was B's furniture in high school and college and a few years ago she bought nice new fancy furniture and has been storing this unsure what to do with it. The second she suggested she might sell it I jumped on it and said I would buy it. It is perfect for Carlee! We painted the room about a month ago since the walls were previously white and needed a color with white furniture. She has slept a full week on her big girl bed and has done a great job. She loves it. Her favorite part (besides jumping on it) is for me to lay down with her about an hour before she goes to bed and read LOTS of books. I'm going to have to start putting a limit on the # of books we read at night.

Uncle Cody chasing Carlee at Cousin Cayden's 5th birthday party at Jump Extreme Bounce House. Carlee was a little unsure about it at 1st but once I got in there with her for a little bit she got the hang of it and loved it.

Happy 5th Birthday Cayden!!!!

Carlee and Daddy after church at Highland Park UMC. Carlee got to see her friend Presley get baptized. What a special day!