A Little Bit of Everything

Well I got the first ticket I couldn't talk my way out of, now my late nights are spent sitting at the computer and taking a Defensive Drivers Course made for dummies. You have to spend a required amount of time on each page usually about 5 min some more and some less. Every page contains about 30 seconds worth of information....the rest of the time I just watch the clock tick away....Mandatory 6 hours....that's crazy...But it gives me Blog time.

Haven't done this in a while, so here's a little from Brianna's Big Day, our trip to Disneyland, California and just hanging around the house!

Papa and I took the kids to Tom's Farm, this was the hit of the day. A crane that you can operate for about 1 min at $0.50....Good thing I brought my quarters!! Andrew loved it, Brianna just sat back and watched.

Disneyland was a BLAST!!! Andrew was a little scared on the kiddie rides, but loved the petting zoo, race cars and the big boat. That's all he talks about anymore. Brianna loved looking at everyone, she just laughed and screamed at everything.

Brianna's birthday went great, she ate her cake like such a little girl, we had to get Andrew in there to show her how it was done. And then she was a mess!! She loved every minute of it!! Then came the presents....she had more fun with the the cards and ribbon than what was actually inside! Thanks again to everyone

tired after opening all those presents!

I had planned on putting more pictures, but time has taken over, so til next time....

I do have to thank Aunt Assie for ALL the great pictures!!

Brianna is ONE!!!

I learned to laugh and squeal,

then sit and stand,

Now I can walk if you hold my hand!

Look out world I turned ONE!!!

The real fun has only just begun....

Here are just a few of Brianna's birthday pictures....Hope to get the rest out before the end of the week. Brianna was the sweetest little princess on her big day! Surprisingly she loved being the center of attention, and went with who ever was willing to lend her a finger. We had a great time in California, Thank you to everybody who celebrated Brianna's first birthday with us! It was a very memorable day, one that we will never forget.

Another Week with Our Sweet Babies

Poor little one's had a rough week....It started off with colds that wouldn't quit. Then one night Andrew woke up telling me he had "bugs in his ears"....So we went to the Dr's and sure enough two ear infections. First one in 2.5 years so I'm not complaining. Two days into the antibiotics and he's good to go. About 3 days later Brianna wakes up in the middle of the night shoving her finger into her ear....So we go to Dr's and just like before, two ear infections. She's off the antibiotics and getting into everything!! She loves toilet paper and cabinets. And since the kitchen has about 20 she's into all of them....and she's literally IN them, she crawls completely inside all you see are her two beautiful brown eyes looking back at you.

Andrew at 2.5 has grown into quite the handful. He knows exactly what he wants and has developed quite the imagination. He now sees monsters and mostly at night during bed time. I have no clue where he learned this word, so I told him to tell the monsters to "go away leave me alone". So that is exactly what I hear at night from his room...Seems to work! He also made me play the role of a true white trash Texan....It all started one morning I realized I was out of formula, and as much as I HATE wal-mart they do have the cheapest formula by far. So off to wal-mart it was, kids were up and fed and now it's time to get dressed. Well it turns out Andrew was in his favorite PJ's (tractors) and he absolutely refused to take them off. So we went to wal-mart in our PJ's. The worst part is that no one looked at us funny, I guess we finally fit in. Lesson learned: no tractor PJs the night before a big trip!

This photo makes him look like a line backer....watch out Longhorns!!
Some more photos from the week:

see that scratch on her chin....she actually got that at the pediatricians office. Walking around she fell on a table.....Bad Mom!!

Snow Update!!

Well the snow is gone....but not the memories!! Probably one of the few chances to have snow your in our own backyard...well at least that's what I keep telling myself. The kids loved it and I'm not complaining either. It definitely made for a great birthday weekend. Granted we couldn't go anywhere, but I got breakfast in bed, didn't have to change a single poopy diaper and got to keep Brent home for 4.5 straight days. What else could I ask for?? The kids got chocolate cake and I got to clean up the HUGE mess they made!! And I'm happy to report that the weather has topped out to the 60's this week.

Some of the snow pictures that I bravely took from inside the house!

These were huge...over a foot long...at least.

Snow....Snow....and more snow. They said we got 1/10 of an inch, but they never measure our lawn...Blue tarp is how we Southern Californians keep our palm trees from freezing. They also had little towels wrapped around their bases...too cold couldn't get that on photo.

This is how we So Cal's defrost our cars...blow dryer and a broom...

Andrew eating Texan snow!

Just a few from our snowed in days...Sorry took more pictures of the snow than I did of the kids

Brianna is 11months and we're SNOW'D in

Well Brianna is eleven months old today and last night she started WALKING!!! She would take about 5-6 steps and then get all excited. She looked like a little zombie....her arms were straight out in front. Wont be long before my baby takes off, don't think I'm ready for that!

Our Igloo....all back windows have a good layer of ice

I guess you have to read all the fine print when you move to a new state....because NOBODY mentioned anything about snow in Texas!!

Tried to get him to match but after about the fifth layer we were running out of options.

After this blizzard passes I'll take more!

Happy HUMP DAY!

Just wanted to share some photos from the week!!

WWF in Brianna's Crib....She sure puts up a good fight

Andrew lounging after a long days work

Brianna's first Lemon!! She wasnt too happy

New Year, New Look...Same Babies

The new year inspired me to change to look of the blog....Babies are growing super fast. Everyday Andrew comes up with something new to say. He now says I do it, when you ask him his name he'll say Andrew Michael, (it's cuter to hear him say it), the trash is now "trash man" and his relating objects by their size. Everything big is daddy, smaller is mama and smallest is baby. So he has all his toys grouped by their size. And he'll ask for baby airplane or mama trash, it's a very detailed form of classification...well at least I think so. He had a great Christmas and continues to talk about Santa. There was an older gentlemen with a long white beard at the grocery store and Andrew was calling him Santa. The man seemed offended but I thought it was pretty funny. His growing up and maturing so much everyday....
Brianna is on her way to walking. If it was up to my parents they would have had her walking before they left. The most we got was standing and then three steps all alone. She would just get too excited and then sit. But I'm in no hurry. I like just being able to cuddle and her not knowing she can have that independence. She's turned into the little dancing machine. Andrew likes to play everything that has a music button at the same time and Brianna just sits there with her hands in the air dancing. Again cuter to see her do it.

Well Happy New Year hope every ones new year is all they expect and more!

Trail of Lights on 12/18....They both loved it

Cookie Decorating 12/21. Andrew had a blast and made a HUGE mess. Brianna sat there with a cookie in her mouth and a bottle of sprinkles in her hand.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning Brianna looked soo cute in her new dress. Andrew loved all the new toys!!