Walker Babies

More Water Fun

2010-06-22T23:09:00.004-04:00

"Our" waterpark turned 16 this year and had a birthday party. After several hours of playing at the park we enjoyed the fun treats they had for the party. We were excited to find out that they had a free cup of Dippin' Dots, yum!!! We also got a free slice of pizza and popcorn. The girls got balloon animals and played some games. We had a blast!!!

A week or so later the big girls got to be a part of something pretty neat. They participated in the World's Largest Swim Lesson and they were apart of a World Record. The cool part for us was that they received a free lesson and 2 free tickets to the waterpark. Sorry no fun pictures of this, I forgot my camera. I did take some pics of the girls playing in the backyard in their little pool. They love it and going for the bigger one with a slide was a great choice. Peyton loves it so much. She can slide like 40 times in a row. They have on some cute matching swimsuits, which is actually a funny story. Peyton got hers as a hand me down and it is actually too small. We've already passed it on to another friend. Cameron & Taylor got theirs from Cici this past Christmas and she got a good deal on them. So here's more fun in the sun!!! They have said this is the hottest June we've had in a long time.

The beginning of Summer!!!

2010-06-21T23:55:00.003-04:00

I'm working at our local waterpark again this summer. I got a job in the cash office, so that our family can go play at the park. We wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise. Our city doesn't have a city pool and we don't live in a neighborhood with a pool, plus it will be about 100 most of our summer. What our city has is the 2nd largest waterpark in the DFW metroplex, unfortunately it's pretty pricey. We'd love to buy season passes, but the absolute cheapest that would be is $200. There's just no way we could shell out $200 for play. So in comes my summer gig. For anyone who knows me even just a little bit knows that I love waterparks. I spent a big part of my life working at waterparks. I lifeguarded at Adventure River in Memphis when I was in high school, of course it wasn't actually called that-it was called Wild, Water, & Wheels. I spent 3 summers at Hurricane Harbor here in TX. Well I've hung up my guard suit for now. If I was to be a guard again I would want to be a lead, but they're expected to work about 5 days a week. I have no desire to work 5 days a week. I still wanna be a stay at home mommy and I want to play at this waterpark. So here's a couple of pics of us at the waterpark. I need to take more! I thought about that today as we were playing again at "our" waterpark as the girls call it.

May

2010-06-10T23:10:00.005-04:00

May has been good. I finished Sonshine and started my summer job at the waterpark around the corner from our house. We have had a couple of setbacks. The day before Cameron & Taylor's pre-k graduation Taylor accidentally had a peanut granola bar. She went into anaphylactic shock and it was crazy. I took her to the urgent care and she was transferred to the children's hospital in Ft. Worth. After 2 rounds of Epi and several other meds into her IV she started doing much better. Thank goodness because we had a graduation to go to. I teach pre-k and of course my big girls were graduating. We were so proud of them.

Taylor with her teachers. (Mrs. Laura & Mrs. Liz)

Taylor singing during the program.

Cameron with her teachers. (Mrs. Jennifer & Mrs. Tracy)
Cameron singing during the program.

A few days after graduation the girls had their final gymnastics class at the rec. center. Here are some pics of their last class. They're getting so big!!!! I can't believe they'll be starting Kindergarten in the fall.

Catching Up

2010-06-10T21:58:00.003-04:00

Well it's been a while, sorry! I have become a facebookaholic and it has distracted me from my blog. Oh and we had a pretty tough winter/spring in our house.

A short recap for anyone who might not have known all of our chaos. So in Nov. the girls & I were rear-ended while sitting at a red light on our way home from school. An elderly gentleman just assumed I was driving through a yellow/red light, when reality was I stopped. Then like 3 days later Peyton fell off a kitchen chair and then passed out. She came to pretty quickly, but I couldn't keep her awake. So off to the ER we go.

As Christmas came the girls and I headed to TN and spent the 1st week there sick. I was miserable. Then we found out Dustin's MeeMaw fell and broke her hip. She went in for surgery the next day and that evening she passed away. We were so thankful to be have all the family together for her funeral. On our way home on Christmas Eve we drove through floods in Arkansas. Then we were shocked to find out that it was snowing in TX. And oh my by the time we crossed over the lake entering into the metroplex of DFW the ice was pretty bad. It took us like 4 or 5 hours to drive what should have been 1 hour. It was scary and crazy. We left Memohis around 9am. and got home at 11pm. Oh and Santa still had to come see 3 little girls in the morning. Yikes!

As far as I can remember January was semi uneventful. Then February came and oh my! Taylor had an asthma attack. So off to the ER we went. I was actually thinking we might not have to stay this trip, but shortly after getting to the ER she went downhill. They admitted her and she proceeded to get worse. At her worst she was on 12 Liters of oxygen and it was kind of scary. After 6 days in the hospital we were discharged and so ready to go home. Unfortunately I went home with a nasty stomach bug. No fun! Then we started trading out sickness from one family member to another. In April, Taylor had another nights stay in the hospital.

So it's been quite crazy around here!

Happy Birthday Peyton

2010-04-19T00:58:00.004-04:00

April/May 2008

April 2010

2 years ago on April 18th we welcomed our sweet little Peyton. The funny thing is this year you've totally become crazy Peyton. You've grown so much this year. You've finally started talking in a way that we can understand. Let me tell you some of the fun things you say: I think our favorite is to hear you say Frosty, you actually say Saucy. It's really cute. You're loving to play with Bahbee (Barbie). Cameron & Taylor both go by Tay-yer and are happy that you're talking to them. They both love to play with you! Taylor loves to help you with everything and Cameron loves to make you laugh. You will watch some shows now but we are happy to say that you've followed in your sisters footsteps and you love Dora (Dordah). You can say some things really well, like mommy, daddy, night-night, bye, Cici, Papa, Nannie, eat and I'm sure there are more. Some other funny things you say are bah (like breakfast bar), mook (milk), ah-men (amen), doo-doo (Zhu-Zhu) as in Zhu-Zhu pets. You still lean on your signing for several words. You sign eat, more, please, thank you, sorry, read, amen, and milk.

You learned to walk shortly after turning 1. Now you're running, climbing and jumping. You love to climb. You climb up on top of tables often. During the 2009 summer we spent a lot of time in the water and you loved every bit of it. You even went tubing with mommy!! When fall came around we started our 2nd year at Sonshine academy. You're in the gorillas class. The class is mostly boys and you play just like a little boy. You're rough and crazy!!! November was a crazy month for you b/c you were in your first car accident when we were rear-ended on our way home from school. It scared you a lot! Then a few days later you fell off of a kitchen chair and had a head injury. You passed out for a few seconds and couldn't stay awake. It scared mommy & Papa and I rushed you to the ER. You threw up a few times, but everything looked good on your CT scan. When December came around you got to see Santa and you didn't want anything to do with him. You waved your hands at him and said uh-uh. As the Christmas season went on you began to really like the idea of Ho-Ho!! As 2010 started we were excited to see your vocabulary begin to grow. You also got to go visit your big sister Taylor at the hospital several times. You loved going for walks around the hallways of the hospital. You are very independent and I always joke that you pretty much think you're 5. It is funny to sit back and watch you. You also love to dance and begin to sway/bop whenever you here music. We are so blessed to have you in our lives and cant' wait to see what this 3rd year with you in our lives brings us.

Easter

2010-04-05T01:23:00.004-04:00

We had a great Easter weekend!! Of course it was a bit crazy, but come on what weekend isn't crazy in our house. The pics are kind fo posted backwards, but it was easier for me that way. And since I haven't posted in so long (sorry about that by the way), I figured y'all wouldn't mind.

Peyton after a fun Easter

My big girls

Cameron & Taylor

Not really the pic of all 3 of them I was hoping for,

but hey you get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

Cameron came out of the bathroom 5 min. prior to taking pics and had just put a tattoo on her cheek. When she saw how frustrated I was she went in and washed it right off.

Taylor was mad and decided she wasn't going to take any pictures.

We got 2 together and smiling.

Peyton before church.

On Saturday our church had a big event, a helicopter Easter egg drop, I didn't do a good job taking pics there. Here are the girls when we got home.

On Friday the big girls and I dyed Easter eggs.

Here are the girls showing off all their eggs.

Trip to TN

2010-04-05T00:57:00.003-04:00

We went to TN about a month ago for my little brother Aaron's wedding. He and Cara asked Cameron & Taylor to be their flower girls. They were pretty cute. I put their hair in sponge rollers, so their hair is pretty cute/crazy. The girls did a pretty good job I think and they were so proud to be flower girls.

The second thing we were able to do is meet our new cousin baby Owenn. We met up with Dustin's family at O'Charley's for dinner. Baby O did an awesome job and was adorable. We got to hold him and then he took a short nap.

Christmas Day

2010-01-03T23:52:00.002-05:00

Our trip back to TN was crazy. It rained most of the way with flooding really bad in Little Rock, AR. Then we got about an hour outside of Dallas and it started snowing. Well once we got closer to Dallas we hit major traffic. We were rerouted by our friends through downtown Dallas, b/c of the horrible traffic. Then the ice got pretty bad. We saw many cars off the side of the road or sliding all over the road. The good news was we made it home safely. It was a hard drive, but the other good news was that we then had a white Christmas. We went outside immediately after opening presents and all 3 girls had a blast. Bad Mom that I am I didn't take a single picture of the girls opening their Christmas presents.

Trip to TN part2

2010-01-03T23:47:00.003-05:00

The next stop was Nannie's house. I didn't do a good job of taking pics on the days we opened gifts and visited with family. While at Nannie's we were so sad that MeeMaw passed away. Like I said I didn't do so good with the pics, so here are the few that I took.

Trip to TN part 1

2010-01-03T23:39:00.003-05:00

First stop was Cici & Papa's house. Unfortunately all 3 girls + myself were sick. So it was a tough visit. It was also cold, so we were happy when it warmed up. The girls started feeling a little better too, so we went out for a bit to fish and swing.

Christmas time

2010-01-03T23:28:00.002-05:00

When we went to see Santa the girls wrote letters and gave them to Santa. If you cant read them I'll help you out.

This one is Taylor's. It says, "Dear Santa, May I please have a buzz lightyear? love Taylor

Here's Cameron's. It says, "Dear Santa, May I please have moon shoes? (heart) Cameron

Here are the girlies with their rudolph antlers & noses! So cute!!!

We were so excited to get to see Santa at our friend Armani's Santa birthday party. Our family pic with Santa is below. It was so nice to not have to go to the mall and wait in line.

Merry Christmas a little late

2009-12-28T23:37:00.002-05:00

Well Christmas cards never made it out this year either. I think I've decided that me 3 kids and cards just don't seem to work. Next year I'm determined to actually mail out cards. I loved every card we got from our friends and family. We got some really cool cards. Unfortunately with us going out of town before Christmas it just didn't get done. We did take a really cute family pic that I planned on sending out for Christmas. We hope your family had a wonderful Christmas and enjoys 2010.

Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year

The Walker's

Cool bug and Silly Stuff

2009-11-26T21:15:00.002-05:00

The girls & I spotted this cool bug, I guess it's a grasshopper. It was huge and so fun to watch. We watched him for quite a while as he crawled up a tree.

Here are some of the funny things the girls have said recently. I'm not so good about writing these things down. So here goes:

*One night it was bedtime and Cameron had run to our room to go to the bathroom. She had already been told several times that it was time for bed. We were all waiting for her in their room, to read a story. Dustin finally went to check on her and when he walked in our room he couldn't help but laugh. We had gotten the Easter eggs out that day to have an egg hunt in the backyard for fun and she had found the eggs. He asked her what she was doing and she said, "I'm putting the little eggs in the big eggs." - bless her heart she is so easily distracted, I do the same thing when I'm cleaning.

*A couple of weeks ago we were out in the backyard and I decided to rake all the leaves in to a big pile to play in. The girls loved it the ran and jumped in them, they threw the leaves in the air, and they laid down in them. Taylor asked me, "Why are we playing in the leaves?" and me being the cocky cool mom said, "Because I'm a fun mommy!" Then Taylor said, "and sometimes your an angry mommy!" Touche' my dear!

*This isn't really silly, I'm just very proud of how smart my girls are. While still 4 years old Taylor told me the other day that she can count backwards from 20 now. Then she counted from 20 to 1 & skipped 13, but fixes it. Then I asked her how she learned that and she said from the wall in my classroom. She is so observant. She also learned to spell one from the wall in her classroom. She truly observes the room to find more things to learn. One day at lunch at school she noticed that the wall in our play area said one. I was shocked she new how to read one and she told me she learned in her room.

*The last funny thing is about the peace sign. While Mimi and Papa were here, Mimi was wearing a shirt with a peace sign on it. The girls noticed it and said it was a birds foot with a circle around it. And I mean come on if you think about it that is exactly what it is. So ironically Mimi had already bought them shirts with a birds foot and circles. Then Taylor wanted the bear at Build-a-bear with a birds foot and a circle around it.

Happy 5th Birthday!!!

2009-11-23T23:51:00.004-05:00

***Warning-this is long and full of lots of pics!!***
I can't believe it but Cameron and Taylor are 5 years old today. I mean that's one whole hand. They have grown and matured so much. This has been a fun year filled with lots of fits. I keep hoping the fits will lesson, but we still get to experience them. On a good note they have grown like crazy and have long hair again. They are both reading very well. There are several books that they can read independently. Last spring they ended school in the 3 year old class as 4 year olds that could read several sight words and blend most 3 letter words. During summer they learned how to swim all over again. They started swimming summer of 08, but summer of 09 they spent the whole summer in the pool. Since I worked at the water park we were there a lot. Cameron and Taylor have both fallen in love with Peyton. They love her in different ways though. Taylor loves her with an aggressive love. She is always wanting to hug and touch her, (don't tell Taylor, but it drives Peyton crazy.) Cameron on the other hand loves Peyton at random times, which is so Cameron. She will just randomly start running at her making faces and silly noises. Then Peyton laughs and that just feeds Cameron to keep doing it. This fall Cameron and Taylor were both given the oppertunity to do their first extra curricular activites. Cameron picked soccer and Taylor picked dance. They both loved going to their activity and loved showing off to our friends what they could do. The funniest thing to me was that Cameron smiled the entire time she was on the soccer field and Taylor stuck her tongue out the whole time she was performing her dance. This fall they also started pre-k. I teach prek at our school so I get to see them all day. The girls are really doing great. ***bragging time*** My girls are some of the smartest kids in pre-k. They love learning. I have been so impressed by their coloring also. They are both coloring in the lines and it looks so good. They are both adding and counting really well. Taylor has now perfected the skill of counting to 100. She got pretty good a few days before turning 5, so she was still 4 and counting to 100. As I think you can see we are so proud of our girls. They are growing and maturing. It is scary to think that 5 more years can pass as fast as these 5 years have gone. Here are some pics from all of their birthday festivities.

Here's a group pic from their party!

Cam with her cookie cake from school.

Taylor with her cookie cake at school during the feast.

Today we went to eat at The Rainforest Cafe.

Eating right by the fish tank, so cool!! They loved eating here.
It was priceless to see them experience this!!

After eating we headed over to build a bear.

Cameron picked a unicorn and named her Uni and
Taylor picked a blue bear with peace signs on it and named it Cupcake.

*I have a new post with some funny things the girls have said recently.
Hopefully I can post it soon.

Picky Eater!

2009-10-04T23:26:00.002-04:00

Ok, so what happened to my fabulous eater. Peyton who started eating food very early and had no interest in baby food, is now a very picky eater. She would eat anything given to her before. I mean anything. To test this I even gave he some celery at like 9 months and she went to town. BUT this has all changed. She is so hard to feed. If she doesn't think she wants it she will purse her lips together and push it away with her hand. She eats fruit and breakfast stuff well, but other than that she's difficult. She barely eats anything I put in front of her for dinner. The only dinner type things she likes are hotdogs, french fries and green beans. I mean really she is killing me. Please tell me she is going to grow out of this. I'm not cooking anything special for her so some nights she basically just drinks her milk. So frustrating!!!

Our Extracurricular Activities

2009-09-03T00:57:00.003-04:00

The girls are both involved in their first activities. We saved $ that they got from my brother for Christmas to sign them up for this. I gave them the choice to pick which activity they wanted. I asked them if they wanted to do soccer, dance, or gymnastics. I did gymnastics when I was little and I loved it. Well neither one of them picked gymnastics this time. Taylor picked dance and she will have her dance class for 8 weeks at our rec. center. Cameron picked soccer and she has a lot of games and practices. They were both a little jealous of the others choice on their first days, but are both excited to do their activity. Unfortunately for me soccer goes a lot longer than dance. I'm worried Taylor's going to be sad when dance is over, but soccer is still going. There's another 8 week class, but that means more $$ and it means a recital. I would love for her to be able to be in a recital, but that also means costumes (more $.) Overall I am just so happy that they are enjoying their activities. Here are pics of them on their first days. Cameron got her uniform at her 1st practice so the first thing she did when we got home was put it on. Funny girls!!! I'll get a pic of Cam with her team at their first game next Thursday night.

10 Year anniversary trip

2009-08-28T23:40:00.005-04:00

On July 24th Dustin and I celebrated 10 years and we took a little trip. We went to Austin for a couple of nights and spent 2 days by the lake. One night we went to downtown Austin to hang out.

Then we went to San Marcos/New Braunfels for 1 night. The first day we did some sightseeing by the river and then I got to Wakeboard on a cable lake. It was so cool and I wish I could do it all the time! The next day was shopping at the outlets and on to San Antonio.

In San Antonio we enjoyed the river walk a lot. We had dinner by the river both night and loved walking around it. During the day we went to the Alamo and one of the missions. For dinner the last night we decided to get all dressed up. We had Italian at a great restaurant and then went to a fun Jazz club. We had a great trip. Sorry it has taken me so long to post.

Our visit at Cici's House

2009-08-17T00:46:00.003-04:00

While we were in TN we got to hang out at Cici's house for a few days.
We got to see lots of family and do lots of fun things. It was great!

Taylor learning to dive.

Peyton is pretty sure she can swim by herself, but the life jacket alone flipped her back
and the swimmies weren't enough. So she doubled up on protection.

Cameron fishing with Daddy

Taylor fishing with Uncle Eddie.

We got to go 4 wheel riding several times. Super fun!!!

2009-08-05T19:28:00.002-04:00

Dustin and I celebrated 10 years of wedded bliss on July 24th. So for our anniversary we went on a little Texas tour. We stayed 2 nights outside of Austin by Lake Travis, then we stayed one night in the San Marcos/New Braunfels area, and last we stayed 2 nights in San Antonio. While we were gone several friends helped with watching the girls. We are so thankful to Kari, Tara, Laura and Kathy!!! Well Kathy kept Cameron & Taylor the last 3 nights and decided to keep a little log of all the funny things the girls said. She emailed to me and they are pretty hilarious. So enjoy the words from my big girls!!!

One night, after reading the Creation story in the children’s Bible, I asked the questions which were written at the bottom of the story…

K: Taylor, what’s your favorite fruit?

T: um….well….cookies.

K: Really? Cookies?

T: Yes, I LOVE cookies!

K: Cameron, what’s your favorite fruit?

C: um…APPLE COOKIES!

K: Ok then! Next question! Taylor, do you like flowers?

T: Yes! I love flower-shaped cookies!

C: DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE!

Sunday morning, getting ready for church….

K: Which sandals do you want to wear – clear or purple?

T: They’re flip flops.

K: Oh. I thought they were sandals.

T: Well, I don’t know where you grew up, but we call them flip flops around here.

Playing cards, sitting in the floor one day…Taylor began poking my thigh with her little foot…this went on for quite awhile…

T: hmmmmm…your leg feels…..squishy. Look. (she kicks a little harder) See?

K: Believe me, I know!

T: Oh, I believe you, Kathy.

Taylor was in the bathroom and I heard a loud beckon…..

T: Kaaaaaaaaaaaaathy

K: (coming into the bathroom) What honey?

T: Can you wipe my bottom?
K: Sure.

T: Git ready. I poop like a big man.

All of us were watching the Foot Network Cake Making Contest. It was a Disney theme and one of the chefs was making a Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs cake…

C: LOOK! IT’S THE 7 DOORS!

K: Who is it?
C: You know, silly GOOSE, it’s Snow White and the 7 DOORS!

K: You mean dwarfs?

C: (pause) No, They’re called doors. I don’t know why.

I was coloring in the Princess coloring book one morning with Taylor, while Cameron was still asleep…

K: (coloring Ariel) What is this princess’ name?

T: Ariel. She was a mermaid.

K: Oh, yes. Did she become a human?

T: Yes. After she went to see that mean ugly Octopus lady.

K: That lady WAS scary, wasn’t she?!

T: Yes! BUT Ariel lived happily ever after.

K: Did she marry a prince?

T: Yes, she did!

K: What was the prince’s name?

T: (pause) (pause) Dustin.

I painted their fingernails and toenails and had them sit on the floor and told them to remember to NOT touch anything for a few minutes so that polish could dry. Pretty soon I heard Cameron……….

C: Kaaaaaaaaaathy, I need you to re-do my fingernails.

K: Did you touch them?

C: No, I didn’t touch them.

K: Well, what happened honey?
C: When they dried, I chewed the polish off. But I didn’t touch them!

I brought a lot of extra makeup that I don’t use, in case we decided to play dress up and wanted makeup…but I decided against it later…too messy. I had all of that makeup in my bag, and one morning I was putting on my regular makeup. I spread all of the things out, to find my regular stuff, and had it in a little pile, but there was a big pile on the other side. Cameron was watching me….

C: Wow. Does it take ALLLLL of that to make your face look real?

Going to the Lake

2009-08-03T22:47:00.005-04:00

All the girls had a great time tubing on the lake. Cameron, Taylor, and Emma all took turns riding with each other. They also all rode by themselves. Peyton and I rode together and she loved it!!

Cameron & Taylor

Emma

Peyton & I

Cameron & Emma

Taylor & Emma

We all really had a great time hanging out in the lake. Here are some of my favorite shots!

Emma, Taylor, Daddy, Cameron, Mommy, Peyton, Cici

Taylor

Cameron

Peyton

Cici, Peyton, and John

DW driving the boat!

My sweet Emma mem!

Mommy having fun!!!

TN Trip

2009-08-01T23:15:00.004-04:00

At the beginning of July we loaded up our new minivan and headed to TN. It was so nice to have more space and to allow the girls to watch a movie while we could still listen to our music. We never thought we would be minivan owners, but now we love it! So first we went to visit Mimi & Papa and here are so pics from there beautiful garden.

More of our TN trip to come later!!

Random pics!

2009-08-01T23:10:00.003-04:00

The girls decided to dress up like Mommy & Daddy one day & we thought it was hilarious.

This is a family pic from our 4th of July neighborhood get together.

Crazy Peyton!

2009-08-01T23:04:00.001-04:00

This girl is a hoot!!!

She loves brushing her teeth!!!

Father's Day-I know I'm way behind

2009-07-29T01:20:00.002-04:00

We love our daddy very much. We made him some tool sorters at Home Depot and stained them, then we put our hand print on the back. I took Dustin to a Fort Worth Cats. We enjoyed the night. The best part was as we were watching the baseball game a few people went by on their horses in the back ground. It was a very Texas experience.

Swimming is our LOVE!!!

2009-07-29T01:01:00.003-04:00

Anyone who knows me knows that I love swimming! Well all 3 of my girlies do too. Cameron & Taylor are both back to swimming all over the pool. When summer started they fell back on their swimmies, but after a few consistent days at the pool they were ready to do it on their own again. I'm so proud!!! Peyton loves the water even more than the girls did at their age. She doesn't mind the water in her face. In fact she will put her face down in the water. I'm working at the waterpark around the corner from our house and we've been going there quite a bit. So I have lots of pool pics. I haven't really blogged in quite a while, so I'll have lots to post.

Bluebonnet pics

2009-06-22T10:51:00.003-04:00

At the end of April we went to the Bluebonnets to take some family pics. Bluebonnets are a big deal here in TX. Every spring the start popping up, mostly of the side of major interstates. They're the state flower and a lot of people stop and take pics in the Bluebonnets. On our way to a birthday party we decided we would stop and take some pics. Unfortunately we didn't get a great family pic, but got some cute ones.

I'm pretty sure it's probably illegal to pick one, but the girls did so I thought we should get a cute pic of them holding one.

Peyton's One Year Pic

2009-05-30T01:39:00.003-04:00

Well I know it's a little late, but hey she's still one. With the girls and Peyton I have done pics at 3, 6, 9 and 12 mon. Well she's more like 13 1/2 months. So I'm sticking with it's her 1 yr. pic. She's so stinkin adorable. I'm so glad she was happy during the session. The girls got into big trouble because right in the middle of her morning nap they decided to get into an argument right outside her door. Of course she woke up. I was so frustrated b/c of course I had planned the pics at the perfect time for us to eat and go when she normally wakes up. If the girls had obeyed what I asked them to do, which was one stay with me and get her hair brushed while the other brushed their teeth, no one would have gotten in trouble. Anyways all that was said to say Peyton was surprisingly happy. I was so proud of her!!!

Peyton's Walking!!!

2009-05-28T17:49:00.003-04:00

Here's a video from my phone of Peyton walking. I need someone to tell me what program and cords I need to buy to put video's from my real video camera onto the computer. When we were borrowing a Mac Dustin knew how to do it, but we don't have that anymore. We need a new computer, new camera, & new video camera. But I'm trying to make do with what I have. Peyton started to take more steps this past Sat., which was May 23rd. She took like 14 steps then and since then she is now choosing to walk more than crawl. She's still very wobbly, but it is so cute!! I would love to say I'll make more videos with my phone, but it will charge me each time I email the video to myself. I don't use the internet on my phone. Well enjoy my little doodle bug walking!

Mother's Day Tea

2009-05-08T22:56:00.003-04:00

At our school, Sonshine Academy, my girl's classes had a Mother's Day Tea. It was very sweet! They've been singing and practicing the songs a lot at home. There was one song to the tune of the oscar meyer bologna song. It was funny they spelled m-o-m-m-y. They came in and collected around all the tables and sang to us mommies. Taylor had to come over and sing with Cameron so they could both sit with me. I also got their Me books that the teachers have been making all year. I'm so proud of my girls. I also took a video on my camera, which doesn't have sound. I know that's no fun and I have no clue why it doesn't have sound, but it's still funny to watch them dance. We'll see if I can get it posted.

Preparing to sing!

Singing "Deep and Wide"

My big girls!

Their singing "God's Not Dead"

Quick funny story

2009-04-23T00:40:00.003-04:00

So this is the bass thingy for our ridiculously old stereo system. It doesn't really work well. The other day I caught Peyton trying to put an Easter egg in it and stopped her. I then moved it and heard rattling. Well I knew at this point she had been successful at another time. So with a challenge laid out ahead of me I started to try to retrieve the rattle I heard. Well here's the loot that I found inside that small hole.

The other funny thing is I'm pretty sure that Peyton didn't do the yellow and green balls because they belong to the ball popper that until this past weekend has been in storage for 2 and a half years. When we moved into this house I put it in storage because we were down to 2 balls out of 5. So I guess the girls discovered this hole a long time ago and I never realized. Funny huh!!!

Oh and the best news is that yesterday, 4-21 Peyton started saying Mama. Oh she melted my heart when I walked in to get her out of bed in the morning and she was saying Nananana and I said oh that's so close say Mama. So sure enough she did. Then for the rest of the day she said it several more times. It's so exciting!!!!

Birthday Pics

2009-04-20T18:34:00.003-04:00

I'm One!!!!

Trying to eat the cupcake like a doggie!

Cupcake party

Cupcake Pops from Bakerella

Here are a few birthday party pics. I'll post more when I get them from a friend. So far these were my best shots. Also just so I've written it down somewhere. On 4-16 Peyton took 3 steps and on 4-21 she said bye, bye. She says da da all the time, but I don't know which one qualifies as a 1st word.

Happy Birthday Peyton!!!

2009-04-18T01:35:00.004-04:00

My sweet baby girl is one today and I can't believe it. She has been such a blessing in our lives. I love being a mommy!!! I always knew I wanted to have a baby, but didn't get to really enjoy every baby moment with the girls. It was more of a matter of surviving day to day. With Peyton on the other hand I have thoroughly enjoyed each moment of her "babyness." She has a sweet smile and her laugh is hilarious. The girls love to get her laughing. She is for the most part a happy baby. The girl loves to eat to, I mean I have no clue where she could have gotten that from!!! We've made it a whole year nursing and I am so proud of both of us. There were definitely times when I thought for sure we were done, and nope. Peyton I am so excited to see how God uses you in life. We all love you very much!!!!

Your first pic!!!
You're saying, "I'm hereeee"

First pic with Mommy & Daddy on your birthday.

So precious!!!

One Year Old
This is from Easter Sunday.
We couldn't get a smile, but come on isn't she adorable.

I'll post some pics from her birthday party soon.

Posting

2009-04-06T00:22:00.003-04:00

I'm not really sure what to post just thought I needed to post. So here I am. I'm so excited about what God is doing right now at our church The Exchange. We've have seen so many people come to Christ and many more come back to church after not being involved in a long time. It is wonderful to see people coming to a real relationship with Christ and others becoming real with the things they are struggling with. It has been shocking but eye opening to have people open up with their real struggles. Our pastor Joel Engle has made it a huge priority for our church to have real relationships. It has been crazy to see the prayer requests that people are telling the church to pray for. People aren't scared to say their struggling with lust, anger, or hate. Marriages are being healed because the couples are really talking. People aren't coming to church to just play church. I love so much about being apart of a new church. It's funny because probably 6 or 7 years ago I would have been the first person to say why are people starting all these new churches. There are plenty of churches already existing. But what I've learned over time is that YES there are tons of churches, but those churches aren't reaching everybody who needs to find JESUS. Who really cares how many churches there are as long as more people are coming to know Christ. I think as we prepare for Easter we need to remember that it's all about Christ!!!! It's not about the Easter dress, the silly bunny, which church you go to, or how much money you giving. It's all about Jesus and telling others about HIM! Having a REAL relationship with Christ is life-changing. You realize that your things are not your things. They are just a tool God uses to use you to tell others about Christ. Please take the time this week to read about what Christ has done for you and invite someone who doesn't have a REAL relationship with Christ to church this Sunday. I can assure you every church will have an amazing message.

It's kind of funny how a post can just come from out of nowhere. I took a couple of pics of the girls yesterday that I'll try to post soon. Also 2 weeks and sweet Peyton will be 1. Isn't it crazy how fast a year can pass by?

Camping

2009-03-22T16:49:00.003-04:00

Well we had a fun time camping for our Spring Break. The plan was to stay 3 days and 2 nights, but it didn't quite work out that way. We got there Wed. and a little while after we got there we were able to go out on one of the pontoon boats to go fishing. The girls were so excited. They picked out their own poles and amazingly neither of them picked Dora. Wow, I was shocked! Instead Taylor got a Barbie pole and Cameron got a princess pole. They had practiced casting the whole day before and had each twisted their line up a couple of times. So they had started to get the hang of casting. I was excited to take them fishing until I remembered that they have to actually cast with a hook on the line. Wach time they reached back to cast I was ducking for cover. Ohhh... and while we were getting ready to get onto the boat Cameron tripped over a rope on the dock. She busted her lip and was bleeding all over the place. No fear I have a pad in my purse. It was sad because she was crying a lot a I was holding a pad up to her face. Kinda funny!! So the whole time we were on the boat she was a little sad b/c it was still hurting. She busted it pretty bad. She kind of looked a little like Angelina Jolie! We didn't catch any fish and I remembered that fishing is kind of boring.

Our neighbors let us borrow their pop up trailer and the girls loved it. We went to a lake that our friends Lauren, Brian, & Brayden moved to a while back ago. Brian works at the boy scout camp there on the lake. So we weren't at an actual campground. We didn't have bathrooms, water and only one normal outlet. The girls loved it!! They liked their bed in the pop-up. When we went back to the pop-up to get ready for the night we were driving the dirt path back to where the pop-up was and we came up on a TX longhorn getting a drink of water in the middle of the path in a mud puddle. It was quite funny, Lauren said his name is Big Tex and that he's friendly. We plugged in some lights insidethe trailer so we would be able to see that night after dinner. We ate dinner at our friends house and even got to play on their Wii a little bit. The girls love to play on Wii's. Weee would love to have a Wiii, they're so fun.

On Day 2 the girls and I went canoeing with Lauren and Brayden. It was so fun!!! We rowed out in a cove over to a rocky beach. The kiddos loved throwing the rocks and looking for shells. Lauren rowed all over the place and I reminded her that my little muscles couldn't do all that rowing. We got to see & hear all kinds of animals. We are so thankful that we were able to go on a camping trip for Spring break.

The boy scout camp allows someone to use their land for some free range cows, which explains big Tex. Here's another cow friend that we saw after canoeing.

In case your wondering why we didn't stay both nights it's because Peyton wasn't feeling great and didn't sleep at all the first night. She cried and I was up with her most of the night. We were both sleepy and needed a good nights sleep the next night.

Super late ~Halloween Pics!!!

2009-03-16T00:35:00.003-04:00

This is mostly for the grandparents because I do realize how unbelievably late it is in being posted. I waited forever to get this film developed because you know it's the old timey 35mm film. So here are my cuties on Halloween being princesses. I fully planned on doing their hair up and making them into adorable princesses, but instead I woke up extremely sick. Since I stayed in bed all day I didn't get to enjoy Halloween like I usually do.

Besides that the big girls were a little sick this week. Taylor had yet another asthma attack. She's doing better now and we didn't end up at the ER. Yea!! We've been super busy with church. Peyton is almost 11 months old. This past week she has started to show more interest in walking. She'll pull up on a push toy and walk it around. She's also decided this week to start showing a little bit of her attitude. She's throwing some fits and gets extremely frustrated if you don't immediately give her more food when she grunts. I've tried to teach her sign language and she seems to get even angrier. If I sign more to her she gets so mad at me, like she's just saying stop all the procrastinating and give me more food.

So remember to keep voting for my girlies on Nick Jr.

Super Fan Voting

Vote Again!!!

2009-03-03T19:28:00.001-05:00

Follow the link in the next post and keep voting. Help me out and tell as many people as you can. A couple of the other kiddos already have like 200 votes. I know my girlies are cuter and bigger fans, so keep voting. I need everyone's help.

http://www.nickjr.com/home/super-fan-contest.jhtml

Superfan Contest

2009-02-27T11:12:00.003-05:00

Voting has finally started for the superfan contest on Nick Jr. I entered the girls for this contest in October. Of course as most of you know they are crazy Dora fans. They love her very much. Well the picked them as winners of the Dora contest and now the voting has started for one overall winner of all the characters. I am very competitive and would love to have the prize of having a Dora themed birthday. I also just thought it would be fun for all of y'all to see my girlies on Nick Jr.'s website. So we would love it if you go here and vote for them. Here's the picture to look for.

Nick Jr. Superfan Voting

9 months old

2009-01-30T17:07:00.004-05:00

It is unbelievably hard for me to accept that Peyton is 9 months old. She has 5 teeth and is cruising around on the furniture. The good news is that so far she isn't to extremely interested in the idea of walking. Yea!! A few more months of crawling is OK with me. She does really well with her schedule when we stay home, but 3 days out of the week we're not home and she doesn't do as well on those days. On a typical day she wakes up around 8, then she takes her first nap from around 10-12. Then lunch and playing and another nap around 2:30-4:30. If she does well with that then she's up until bedtime at 8. On a day that she hasn't taken good naps she still needs an early evening nap. She's still pretty happy and loves to crawl and explore. She loves to open the bathroom cabinet & take everything out. I guess we're going to have to invest in some baby locks, because I'm sick of cleaning it up everyday. She's a pretty funny girl. Here are a couple of pics of her and her vampire pic is on here too.

first piggy tails

I vwant to suck your blood!!

Dancing!!

2009-01-30T01:36:00.005-05:00

Dancing & dressing up is the norm in our house these days. Our girls do not go one day without putting on some piece of dress up clothing. They love it!! I'm so worried about having 3 teenage girls at the same time. Our house is going to be crazy. Here's a shot of both of them spinning. Unfortunately I could not get a great one of Taylor, but I love this shot of Cameron. She even looks like she has spirit fingers. I got a great pic of Peyton with her vampire fangs tonight, so I'll have to put it on the computer tomorrow and hopefully post it soon. One of her front two teeth has decided to come in, so she isn't going to have the vampire look for much longer. I hope that means the biting will stop. She thinks biting me is hilarious. I don't! She's so darn cute though. I tell her no and she just looks up at me with this grin and laughs. Little Stinker!!!

First tooth

2009-01-15T01:08:00.003-05:00

As I am trying to catch up in the blogging world I thought I would post a sweet picture of Peyton's 1st tooth. It started breaking through before Christmas, but took a while to be photographed because it was so tiny. Last Tuesday she decided she would have 3 more break through all on one day and handled it with basically no crying. The funny thing is the top teeth that decided to break through are her fang teeth (incisors maybe). So now I call her my little vampire. When they get a little bigger I'll try to get a picture before any others can break through. So if you're counting she now has 4 teeth. The fangs on top and the 2 front teeth on the bottom.

Christmas

2009-01-02T21:27:00.004-05:00

Santa visited the girls one day early so we could drive to TN on Christmas day. Santa brought them a dollhouse and some of the things to go inside the dollhouse.

Peyton enjoyed this cookie a lot at Mimi & Papa's house in her Santa baby dress.

We stayed with Dustin's sister Kerry and her hubby Kane. Here are all of our beautiful girls.
Emma, Cameron, Taylor, Sophia, Macy, & Peyton

We want to thank all of our family for each of the gifts they received. The clothes are wonderful and adorable. The toys are great. The girls even like playing with Peyton's new toys. I have to say that I think they love their new Leapsters most. They're getting so smart.

December Water Park Fun

2009-01-01T00:07:00.004-05:00

2 days before Christmas we had the wonderful opportunity to go to Great Wolf Lodge to play at the waterpark for a few hours. We had a lot of fun. It is a hotel/resort with an indoor waterpark. The water was a bit cold for us, but we didn't keep us from missing out on fun. Here are a few pictures of our fun day.

Pictures

2008-12-22T21:54:00.002-05:00

Picture People pics

The link above will get you to the website, but you need my password to see the pics. If you want to see the pics call me or message me for the password.
I'm trying to create a link where you can go and look at the pictures the girls took today. Grandparents if you would like a page it is $20.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-17T00:58:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox postcard

Bicycles

2008-12-01T01:24:00.002-05:00

For the girls birthday we bought them their first real bicycles. We had the bikes set up close to where they were opening their presents, but they never really noticed them. Then they opened their helmets & I asked them what they needed helmets for and they said bikes. Then I showed them the bikes. I don't think they quite got it at first, but after a few minutes they were so excited. The cool thing was there was a perfect place for them to ride all around.

Tati held Peyton while I was watching the girls ride their bikes.

I've posted several posts tonight so keep scrolling down to see more.

Cowgirl birthday!!

2008-12-01T00:58:00.003-05:00

For the girls birthday party this year I decided I wanted to have something more than just a birthday at home. For their 1st birthday we had it at Dustin's mom's house while we were living there. For their 2nd birthday we had it at my mom's house on Thanksgiving day. For their 3rd birthday we had it at our house. We had some fun kids gym equipment to add a little more to the party. Well like I said I was determined to do something different this year. So I started researching places to have a party. Well it's really expensive to have a birthday party. I'm ready for them to be old enough to have a sleepover birthday. Finally I found the science museum and remembered that the last Friday of the month is Family free Friday. Their birthday is at the end of the month so I started thinking we could piggy back off of the free day. Well a couple of weeks later I realized that the science museum is being renovated and it is combined with the cowgirl museum right next door. So one Saturday I went into Fort Worth to visit the cowgirl museum and see if there would be enough for the kids to do. While there I decided we would do a themed cowgirl birthday party. The girls were so excited as we started planning. I got them pink cowgirl boots & a pink hat on Ebay. The girls looked adorable in their cowgirl clothes. I made a boot "cupcake" cake. I was kind of excited about it.

In front of the museum

Cupcake Boot

Peyton on a horse.

This is the cookie cake that I made 2 of for the girls to take to school.

Crawling

2008-12-01T00:52:00.002-05:00

Peyton is officially crawling. She army crawled for about a week or so. Now she can crawl, but randomly she'll still crash face first into the ground. She loves being able to crawl she can go all over the place. So of course we are moving things constantly so she isn't swallowing things that she shouldn't. Picture taking is really hard now. But here's a few of Peyton.

Curls!!

2008-12-01T00:40:00.003-05:00

Since I didn't get to curl the girls hair for Halloween, because I was sick, I curled their hair for church one Saturday night. They slept in the sponge rollers and did great. So look at how cute they are.

Cameron

Taylor

At the Zoo

2008-11-19T01:07:00.003-05:00

The girls and I went to the zoo a couple of days before Halloween. I thought I would brag on myself a little bit since I've had a rough time recently. Of course this weekend I was sick, again. Taylor & I both had the stomach bug during the night Saturday night. So I don't think I have taken any pictures since Halloween. I know that the 6 people who do read my blog are wondering if I will ever post Halloween pics and of course I will, BUT it might be a while. We took Halloween pics with our 35 mm. So that means I will actually have to go to the store and get a disc to put them on the blog. I have made videos of Peyton saying ba, da, ba, ba, ba and of her rocking with much frustration that she can't move her arms. She is now doing a great army crawl. It's kind of funny because she gets so angry that she can't get there quickly that she really is like a soldier grunting while crawling. I have video of Taylor spelling words. I will try to get some of this video on the blog, but for me that is harder to do. I know I'll have to carve out a huge window of time. So on to our zoo trip story.

Most people who know me know that I am pretty cheap. I try very hard to not blow our money, but to still do fun things with the girls. I often hit up the free outings. We have found many fun things that we can do for free here in the DFW area. But I also wanted to take the girls to the zoo again. We haven't been in a year and a half. So the last time we went the girls were still free to get in. So I had a plan!! Our mom's group started talking about going and I suggested we go on Wednesday. That's half price Wed. Some of the mom's weren't so sure b/c they thought it would be way to busy. But we scheduled it for Wed!!! Well I also decided that it was ridiculous to pay 5 dollars to park when there is free parking less than 1/4 of a mile away. So I put the girls in a stroller and Peyton was in the sling. I haven't used a stroller for the girls in forever, but I decided since I was by myself I couldn't carry both of them at the end of the day if they were worn out. It was nice b/c once we were in the zoo the girls walked and looked at the animals and Peyton rode in the stroller. Well we hung out with our friends and had a blast. I only packed a half lunch because I have to admit I LOVE buying food while I'm out. I usually don't, but decided we would splurg for that at the zoo. I took the girls drinks and a snack so they could easily split some shicken. All the other families went home shortly after lunch and the girls and I decided to finish the 2nd half of the zoo. We stayed until the zoo closed at 4. We had a blast and we it wasn't bad. Everyone was dead asleep for the ride home. I was impressed with myself!

Sick

2008-11-08T00:52:00.002-05:00

Well I fell off the blogging roll because I got sick. Last Friday morning I woke up with Mastitis ( if you don't already know what this is you can look it up.) Well it has flu like symptoms. I had high fever and I was throwing up. It was awful!! I was so sad because I wasn't able to do all that I wanted to do with the girls for Halloween. I had planned on waking up and putting the girls hair in sponge rollers for the first time. It was so frustrating because there was no way that I could take them trick r treating or to our old churches trunk r treat. Dustin came home and helped me with the girls. I was feeling better until Saturday night I started to feel a cold sore coming on. Well by Sunday morning I woke up with cold sores all over my lips and the inside of my mouth. Well since then I barely even want to go out into public. We did go to school on Tuesday & Thursday but not to much activity this week.

I need to take some pictures of the girls. They love school and are both doing great in their classes. They're in different classes which I wasn't sure about, but has been great. They are both very close to learning to read. I am so proud of them. They are also both writing all their numbers and letters, needless to say they don't write them exactly right. Today Taylor counted on her fingers to 9 and showed me her 9 fingers. Then Cameron told me that was 5 & 4. So they said 5 & 4 makes 9. I mean come on my girls are so stinkin smart. I realized the other day that I should take a picture of their names that they've written. Taylor will sit down and write everyone in our families names.

Peyton is growing like a weed. She is 6 months old an is so close to crawling. She can sit up for the most part. I still typically put something behind her because on a couple of occasions she toppled over. She struggled a little bit with the time change. She is wanting to still wake up an hour earlier. Yesterday was better so I'm hoping she's adapting. At home she sticks to a schedule very well she takes a morning nap between 9:30 & 10 and sleeps for 2 hours. Then naps again from 2-4. She might fall asleep for a short nap, but not always. On the other hand on school days she struggles with naps. She usually takes a 30 min. nap in the morning and 30 min. to an hour nap in the afternoon. Then comes home and takes an hour nap in the evening. Then she is semi fussy the rest of the evening. Peyton is my sweet baby. I snuggle and love on her continuously throughout the day. Taylor is also obsessed with Peyton. She loves to feed her, although most of the food ends up on the bib. Peyton originally didn't do well with baby food, but now loves it. She also loves real food. She loves crackers, crust to my pizza, and a banana.

OK this was a short post that turned into a long one.

Fair, Pumpkin Patch & a sad attempt to get a cute picture.

2008-10-31T00:35:00.004-04:00

Here are some more fun pics.

Jessica here's the unfortunate best shot I got of all
three girls in the outfits. They looked adorable though.
I'm going to try again.

Cameron at the pumpkin patch.

Taylor at the fair.

Peyton in the sling.

All 3 cuties at the Pumpkin patch the first time we went.

I'm back!!!

2008-10-29T23:07:00.005-04:00

Yea!!!! I got my new camera cord in the mail today and guess what it worked!!! I was so excited b/c I thought it might not solve our problem. So I have a lot of new pictures to post. Most likely I'll just post a few at a time so I can tell you a little about them too.

Here are my little princesses at the pumpkin
patch last weekend for a birthday party.
They have on their costumes over their clothes.

This was the first evening that it was cool here in TX
so the girls and I put on long sleeves and played on the swing set.
Here's a cute pic of all 3 swinging.

This is my masterpiece. It took me like 3 hours to carve
these pumpkins. It was my first time to carve a pumpkin
without actually cutting holes. If you can't tell it is
Cinderella & Aurora (Sleeping Beauty).

Horse Ride

2008-10-21T23:11:00.002-04:00

Several weekends ago we went to a place called Christ's Haven. It is such a neat place. It is a home for kids without a home. They have several houses on the campus and have the kids in houses according to age and gender. Dustin has a couple of students from school who live here. They had an open house and invited teachers of the students and other people in the community. It was a fun morning for us. They have horses and a stable. The girls were able to ride on a horse together. They looked so cute. I was so sad that I didn't have my camera. Dustin took a pic with his camera phone. The quality isn't great, but I still wanted to share it with everyone. They're getting so big. I have been interested in foster care for a long time and I thought this was an amazing place helping these kids. I hope that when the girls grow up that we might be able to be foster parents. I'll probably have to talk Dustin into it, but I think it would be such a neat ministry opportunity.

Random Pictures

2008-10-18T01:05:00.003-04:00

Since I haven't been able to post pictures recently I have several random pictures.

Here's a pic before our date night recently.

Taylor doing her breathing treatment, holding Peyton.

Peyton eating carrots.

Cameron, Peyton, & Taylor playing in the backyard.

The "babies" that the girls are no longer sleeping with.

Poll

2008-10-17T00:36:00.002-04:00

Well the camera cord is still messed up and I'm going to Walmart tomorrow to get the pictures on a disk. I have lots of pics to post, but today I have a question I would like to ask those of you who are parents of little ones. Cameron & Taylor will be 4 in Nov. We're typically a very scheduled family. Now that the girlies are getting a little older not quite as strict, although we're buckling down on Peyton now. We have breakfast daily around 8, then snack around 10-10:30, lunch @ noon, snack around 3 and dinner between 5:30-6. Anyways my question is about snacks. Our girls on most days have a mid morning snack & a mid afternoon snack. I'm wondering if we need to cut out a snack. It seems like most things you read say that you should eat less and more often. So should we stick with snacks or should we cut out a snack? I'm curious to know what other people are doing.

Tagged

2008-09-29T00:39:00.003-04:00

I was tagged again and this looked fun so I decided I was up for the challenge.
I was tagged by my sweet friend Keva.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
7:58
2. Diamonds or pearls?
I like my diamond ring, but I don't really do jewelry
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Traitor
4. What is your favorite TV show?
Jon & Kate Plus Eight
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
cereal
6. What is your middle name?
Ellen
7. What food do you dislike?
chocolate ( I know I'm a weirdo)
8. What is your favorite CD at moment?
David Crowder Band
9. What kind of car do you drive?
Jeep Grand Cherokee
10. Favorite sandwich?
BLT
11. What characteristic do you despise?
dishonesty
12. Favorite item of clothing?
nursing tank tops
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Hawaii
14. Favorite brand of clothing?
The kind on sale
15. Where would you retire to?
close to family
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
2001, hubby planned a special afternoon by the lake
17. Favorite sport to watch?
Braves baseball
18. When is your birthday?
August 17
19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
definitely night!
20. What is your shoe size?
8 1/2 - 9
21. Pets?
Bailey the beagle
22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
Not really
23. What did you want to be when you were little?
a vet, the I found out I was allergic to cats & dogs
24. How are you today?
great!
25. What is your favorite candy(lollie/chocolate)?
not sure, I like hard candy like a watermelon blow pop, but I also like some chocolate bars b/c it's usually chocolate with something else like peanut butter.
26. What is your favourite flower?
I love Gerber Daisies
27. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Oct. 31st, I love Halloween!!!
28. What is your full name?
Lori Ellen
29. What are you listening to right now?
What Not to Wear
30. What was the last thing you ate?
Vanilla Bean Blue Bell ice cream
31. Do you wish on stars?
no
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
pink, I found my inner pink each time we found out we were having girls
33. How is the weather right now?
Today it was 90 and very sunny
34. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
my mom during my Sunday afternoon nap
35. Favorite soft drink?
I love Coca Cola like most people love coffee
36. Favorite restaurant?
Cheesecake Factory, not sure because I really love restaurants. I love going out to eat!!!
37. Real hair color?
dark brown
38. What was your favorite toy as a child?
barbies
39. Summer or winter?
Summer, because I love swimming!
40. Hugs or kisses?
both
41. Chocolate or Vanilla?
vanilla, or even better strawberry
42. Coffee or tea?
sweet tea
43. When was the last time you cried?
I watched the movie Step Mom the other day and cried my eyes out.
44. What is under your bed?
tubs of clothes & duffle bags
45. What did you do last night?
scrapbooked a little
46. What are you afraid of?
not doing a good enough job raising my kids, i know, silly, but it is what i think of often. ( I agree Keva this is something I think about all the time.)
47. Salty or sweet?
Salty
48. How many keys on your key ring?
5
49. How many years at your current job?
Stay-at-home Mom- 5 months/ Pre-K teacher-1 month
50. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday...we usually do something fun as a family on Saturdays
51. How many places have you lived in?
3 states; TN & TX & NJ/ We've moved 11 times.
52. Do you make friends easily?
I think so, I hope so!

I want to tag my friends Jill & Jessica

Bummed

2008-09-26T00:21:00.002-04:00

I have pictures to post and stories to tell, but unfortunately I'm having camera problems. I am so annoyed with it. I think the cord that I use to get the pics from the camera to the computer is messed up. The computer says it doesn't recognize the thing in the USB port. So I guess I'll have to take the memory card to Walmart to print the pics & get them on a CD. Well here are some of the stories without any pics. I know kind of boring, but it's all I can do.

Spittle bug
Peyton has become a little spittle bug. She loves to spit out little bubbles and make raspberry noises. She doesn't love eating food very much. She just takes her tongue and pushes it right back out. She like to suck on real food. She'll suck on fruit and the other day she was sucking on my crust from my pizza.

The Babies
The girls have little blankets that have bears on them. They've had them since they were infants. I can't remember who got them for them, but they have used them every night since they were little bitty. Taylor grew more attached, she is also our thumb sucker. Well less than a year ago I bought some yucky stuff to put on Taylor's thumb to help her to stop. The great news is she stopped, but within a couple of weeks I realized she switched to her pinky. So she's been sucking her pinky for a while. With her thumb before she stopped she was sucking almost all the time. If she was in the car, watching tv., or going to sleep. When she switched to the pinky it was only when whe was falling alseep. She only sucked her pinky when she was holding her bear blanket ( or what the girls have called their babies since they were babies.) So I realized to stop sucking the pinky I would most likely have to take awa y the baby. I didn't really mind them having their babies to sleep with and snuggle with, but she needed to kick the bad habit. So when we went to the hospital I hadn't taken it with us to the ER. She didn't ask for it all day, but when Dusitn was coming to visit us that night I asked him to bring it. He brought it but somehow ended up taking it back home, so I didn't mention it to her. Well she never asked for it and she didn't suck her pinky. So the next day I told him to bring Taylor's & Cameron's up to the hospital. Taylor & I had seen some sweet babies and I told her she could give her "baby" to a new little baby. She liked the idea and so did Cameron. So we "gave" the babies to the nurses to give to a new little baby. The rest of the time we were in the hospital she didn't ask for it. The 1st nap she took at home she cried for it for a while and the next night before going to bed she cried for it. She told me that we needed to drive back to the hospital and get her baby back. I told her we couldn't and she said yes we can. I made it through a couple of occasions of crying and now it seems like she is OK with it. She's actually proud of herself that she doesn't suck her pinky anymore. I'm so proud to! The hard news for mommy is that I look at sweet Peyton and see her sucking on her thumb and think oh boy I hope she will be easy to break of the habit.

I took some pictures of the girls playing on the swing set and hopefully I'll be able to get them on the computer.

We're Home

2008-09-17T17:18:00.001-04:00

We made it home today!!! I'll post more tonight when everyone's asleep. Thank y'all for your prayers.

The 1st hour she was sleeping her oxygen levels wavered back & forth. I was worried that we would be there another night. Then all of a sudden her level went up to a 92 and stayed about that most the night. I was nervous to go to sleep, but I was so sleepy that I fell asleep by about 10. At midnight I remember the nurses coming in, but I was half asleep. At 4 I asked the nurse if she was still off oxygen, "she gave me a thumbs up." At 6:45 the Dr. woke me up and let me know that we would get to go home. I was so excited. We're still doing breathing treatments every 4 hours and on steroids.

We were so thankful to get home. Cameron was excited to see me & Taylor when we got home. The girls had to get used to each other again. They both were kind of like only kids for a few days. They fought quite for bit when we got home. It was frustrating. When Peyton woke up from her nap and I got to get her out of her crib, she looked up at me and grinned real big. I think she was excited to see me. The girls did better this afternoon. We'll be going back to MDO tomorrow.

Still Here

2008-09-16T21:04:00.002-04:00

Well we're still in the hospital. She has to be able to sleep through the night without oxygen. I just knew today we would be home, but about 10 minutes after she went to sleep last night her oxygen levels dropped to low. So we're trying again tonight. I really hope she'll be able to make it through the night. I am so sleepy it's not even funny. I have struggled all day just to function. Whenever they all come in during the night and I get up I get extremely dizzy. Which in turn makes me feel nausuas. I'm sure poor Peyton is ready for Mommy to come home. I've been pumping at the hospital and Dustin comes up each night to get the milk. I'm worried again that my supply is dwindling. We'll see. I hope tonight goes extremely well. Please say a little prayer for my little Taylor and her lungs.

Back in th ER

2008-09-14T21:04:00.002-04:00

Well folks we can't seem to keep ourselves out of the ER. Taylor had a really bad asthma attack early this morning and I got her up to the ER at about 6:15. Bless her heart her breathing was awful. Her oxygen levels were at a 84 which is really low. Her heart rate was like a newborn baby. It was racing a thousand miles a minute. The funny thing was she was pretty happy. She just kept watching all the fun kids movies. Well we were finally admitted and moved into a room at about 1:00. By 3 she started falling apart. At this point in time she had a lot of treatments & an IV with steroids. So she was becoming CRAZY TAYLOR. She screamed no the whole time she was getting her next breathing treatment. Then they came in to draw blood, oh dear she was awful. She was pinned down and she screamed loudly. Then just about 30 minutes ago the extreme battle happened. They told us she had to have the little nostril oxygen thingys. Well she refused. They had tried them in the ER and she said no so they didn't press it. Well the nurse said it was time and she had to put them on to have any chance of going home. We're talking a full out kicking, screaming, pulling, hitting battle. I was so frustrated that I was basically in tears. She was crying and kept saying owie. She said it hurt. The nurse assured me several times that it couldn't be hurting her. I had my legs wrapped around her legs, my arms wrapped around her arms and another nurse was holding her head still. The other nurse was placing the things in her nose. The first attempt was pulled out quickly. The second time we got it in and I just held her as tight as I could. I had to hold her like that for about 10 minutes without letting up at all. She continued to cry and wriggle. She finally started to calm down and decided she wanted some ice cream. So she has now eaten 2 of the small cups of ice cream and wants to share a 3rd with me. She's a happy girl now. I hope she'll calm down enough to fall asleep soon. It has been a challenging day, but earlier this morning before crazy Taylor appeared it was special. She kept snuggling with me and kissing me. Then she would look into my eyes and say "I love you mommy!" So sweet!

First Day of School

2008-09-12T00:56:00.003-04:00

This is our pretend first day of school picture. I couldn't find my camera on the actual first day. Unfortunately my morning was way to busy to worry myself with spending time looking for the camera. So I found it the next day & we took a 2nd day of school picture that will most likely be scrapbooked as the 1st day. The girls are doing really well with school once we actually get out the door. The getting ready in the morning without a major battle is different. I'm adapting OK to Pre-K. Hopefully a few more days and I'll feel a lot more comfortable. I'm excited about the weekend and ready to enjoy it with the family. Dustin & I are excited to have a date night tomorrow night. Maybe I'll try to get a picture of us before we go.

Peyton loves baths

2008-09-09T23:02:00.004-04:00

I have taken some advice given to me before the girls were born from my friend Jenny. She suggested that I should take a shower with baby, because it's easy and kills 2 birds with 1 stone. It never seemed feasible with 2 babies in a bathtub shower. Now that I have my new fancy shower I thought I would try it. I have been sitting Peyton's baby tub at the end of the shower and she just chills while I shower. It's great for several reasons: 1. I know she's safe from Cameron & Taylor (if I leave her with them while I run to take a shower there's really no telling what they might do to her). 2. The steam is really good for her congestion. 3. She gets a quick cleaning when I'm all done.

With all that said we had to go on a hiatus from our shower time while I was recovering. So I took a few pictures of her taking a bath in the sink. Here's sweet Peyton enjoying her bath.

Cici & Mama Dot's visit

2008-09-07T00:12:00.004-04:00

When I called my mommy & told her I was in the ER. She was immediately concerned. When I told her I was going to have to have an emergency appendectomy she said I'm on my way. I told her no, don't worry about us we'll be OK. Well she didn't listen to me. She & my grandmother jumped in the car and drove from Memphis to TX. I was so appreciative to have them here. The first couple of days I was in pain and hunched over like an old lady. I couldn't drive or pick Peyton up for the 1st few days. It was so helpful that they came. Here are some pictures of the girls with their Cici and Mama Dot.

My new job

2008-09-01T00:38:00.003-04:00

I am so excited that I got the job that I've been wanting for years. 7 years ago when we had moved to TX the first time I had a hard time finding a teaching position. I decided to sub until I could find one. Well I was offered to do a long term sub position at a 2 day a week preschool. Since I could still sub on MWF at other schools I thought sure it would be fun. I worked there for about 8 weeks, I think. It was so fun. At that point in time I told Dustin that when I became a mommy I would love to do something like that. Well fast forward to now.

When we decided that we would like to start trying to have Peyton. We both agreed that I would not continue to teach full time with a newborn. I enjoyed staying home with the girls for the first year and a half. I wanted to be able to do the same, plus I know these are the last 2 years the girls have at home before they'll be in Kindergarten. Staying home full time is a challenge for me because I don't particularly enjoy being at home. I love to go!!! We get out of the house almost daily. Even if it is just a short trip to the library around the corner. The challenge I have is not spending a ton of money on my little daily adventures.

I knew I wanted to teach at a MDO type place if possible. The only problem is that many of them still charge a portion for the teachers children. Well with us having 3, it wouldn't be very beneficial for me to work and make no money. So I contacted the director for the same preschool I had taught at before. She then told me she only had openings for subs. I thought that might be a good way to jump into working slowly. After turning in my application she called and let me know she did have a teacher opening. My interview was supposed to be the same day I ended up in the ER. So the following Monday my mom drove me to the interview. So I'm excited to tell y'all that I am now a Pre-K teacher and all 3 girls get to go with me for FREE. We start school on Tuesday. I'm excited and the girls are equally excited.

Appendectomy

2008-08-27T00:41:00.003-04:00

Last Wednesday night I stayed up really late blogging. Before I went to sleep my stomach felt weird. It felt kind of like hunger pains. I didn't think to much of it and went to sleep. At 4 in the morning I woke up with extreme pain in my stomach on my right side. I tried to with stand the pain and go back to sleep. Well within 15 min. I woke up Dustin & told him I was hurting bad. He was half asleep and just kind of said OK. He finally woke up and looked up my symptoms on the computer. I took some gas pills, thinking if this is just gas maybe it would help. Well within 15 more minutes I told Dustin I was going to the hospital.

I decided if I was driving I was going to the closest hospital. I haven't ever been there before and I don't know of many people who use this hospital. The ER got me back pretty quickly. After hearing me moan from pains they finally gave me some pain meds. I then had to drink 2 of these super large bottles of this nasty concentration. They did a CT scan. The good news is the pain meds helped me feel a lot better. The bad news was the nasty concentration tore my stomach up. So I was in and out the potty for the next several hours.

At 10 the Dr. came in and told me that it is definitely my appendix. He said I would need it out asap. So at 11 the surgeon came and asked me if I was ready. NOOOO!!! I'm here alone and my husband is trying to get up here. The good news is they were a little slower at getting me upstairs and ready. Dustin was able to get the girls dropped off and up to the hospital literally before they rolled me to the OR. Thank you so much Dorothy for watching the girls!!!

Recovery was OK. It took me a while to really wake up. The hardest part was dealing with pumping to keep my supply good. I think I missed 7 hours between pumping. I'm still trying to decide if we're back to normal. Well I went home on Friday. After I told my mom I was going to surgery, her and my grandmother jumped in the car and drove to TX from TN. So my mom came and picked me up from the hospital. The first couple of days I felt bad. I was still hunched over pretty bad. I felt a little like a wimp because they did laparoscopic surgery. The good news is now 5 days out I feel so much better. Needless to say I still have to be cautious about what I pick up. I can pick Peyton up, but in her carseat she is way to heavy. So that is my appendix story. I said bye to it last Thursday at the hospital.

My 4 month old

2008-08-21T01:17:00.003-04:00

Peyton is already 4 months old. I know shocker they get older and bigger, but it really is amazing to witness a baby growing a little bit every day. She is awesome. St her Dr's appointment she got some more dreaded shots and we got her latest stats. She is 14.6 lbs. which is in the 75th % and 25 1/2 in. which is in the 90th%. So I think she's going to be tall. Cool!! So here's some pics of her and the girls.

My Birthday & our funny girls

2008-08-21T00:51:00.006-04:00

Well this past weekend was my birthday. Friday night Dustin & I went to downtown Fort Worth had dinner. After we finished we walked around a little, then we found a bench and enjoyed some people watching. It was so fun, downtown FW was hopping. This was a combo anniversary/birthday dinner and we really enjoyed ourselves. On my actual birthday, Sunday, we went to church. I got to work in the nursery and got a gift from the lady in charge of the preschool. She gave me a Coke & a piece of cake. Oh how I love my Coke. Then home for lunch and I got to take a nap, BONUS!!! After naps Dustin made a cake and we had a little family celebration. It was nice. Here's a pic of my cake!!!

The girls have been cracking us up a lot recently and I'm determined I'm going to better about writing it down. So I thought I would tell y'all about one of their favorite things to do now. They love to play with their blocks. They started one day making horses with their blocks. For a while now they've been making them and then putting what they call wings on them. Well the other night Dustin was talking to them about their horses and Cameron said "when they get angry they have a plam." She often makes up words to name things. Dustin said "a what?" Taylor then helped him sound it out and the spelled it together to make sure he was saying it right. So when I walked in they started telling about it, they said the stuff about getting angry and having a plam. I of course said, " what are you saying?" and Taylor then said in her matter of fact way, "You know mommy a plam, P-L-A-M." So I took some pics of their horses. I think the plam is the orange piece across the tops of the horses backs in the 2nd picture. Oh by the way the tall one is a giraffe with it's baby.

An award/tagged

2008-08-21T00:30:00.005-04:00

OK so I typically ignore these types of things, but since I got 2 awards and was tagged by a new friend I thought I would roll it into one post. So here is my award. I am so honored to be chosen by Jessica and her little sister Mary as a blog worthy of an award. That's my lame thank you speech. So the 2nd part of that is that I'm supposed to nominate 7 other people for the award and it's not that I don't think other people are worthy of this honor. NO! It is that I am too lazy and since I think it is still mostly our families reading this they don't understand why they're reading about some silly award and not getting the goods ( pictures of my beautiful babies.) The 2nd game is that I have been tagged by Jennifer. A great new friend that I've met in my mom's group. So here it goes:

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Post the rules to your blog
3. Write 6 random things about myself
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Random Things
1. I evaded an officer when I was 17. Funny story maybe I'll tell it sometime.
2. I was on a jump rope team in Elementary school.
3. I have been a lifeguard for more than 10 years off and on.
4. My favorite sound is the sound of popping open a can of Coca Cola.
5. I have watched the Olympics obsessively.
6. I love scrapbooking!!

Now once again I have no plans of tagging anyone else. I am now going to start a new post and put up some pics of my adorable girls.

Cameron & Taylor swimming

2008-08-18T15:29:00.003-04:00

Well now that I'm so high tech I had to try to get another video on here. I would have a thousand on here the only problem is that I can only use our borrowed Mac to put videos on the computer. We don't have a certain wire to put them on the Dell. The Mac is an old dying computer. Trust me it has seen better days. It's nice to have, but it dies often. And when your trying to do something big it will die. So last night as I was trying to get this other video it died on me at least 8 times before I quit. Each time I got a little closer to getting the video saved. So finally I got back on today & got it on the second time. So here's a video of the girls swimming when they 1st started doing it at my Dad's house. They're both doing better now, although Cameron still would rather just spend the whole time in her swimmies. I really have to talk her into taking them off.

Peyton's rolling over!!

2008-08-17T22:38:00.004-04:00

Peyton has rolled over from her belly to her back a few times. Usually I have to place her hands up under her face. Today she decided she's ready to roll over from her back to her stomach. She's is so strong! I promise if her upper body was strong enough to hold her chest up she would be able to crawl.

So we video taped her and I finally had Dustin show me how to put a video on the computer. I'm so high tech now.

Things in My House Thursday

2008-08-14T19:29:00.006-04:00

I have a baby that sleeps really well in my house. I'm so proud of my little Peyton. She is a textbook Baby Wise baby. I am so thankful that God has given me such a good baby. She sleeps really well and doesn't spit up really bad like the girls did. She loves to smile and laugh. So here's my sleeping baby with her glow worm.

If you would like to participate in Things in my House Thursday go over to MSM's blog.

WOW!!!

2008-08-11T00:05:00.003-04:00

I love the Olympics!!!! I am such a huge fan of Michael Phelps and I love swimming. Oh how I wish I could have been on a swim team when I was younger. I was actually lying in bed last night wondering if I could go to a local swim team and ask them if I could watch, and maybe swim. I want to be like their old lady mascot. My idol right now is Dara Torres ( only for her ability to swim so well at her age.) I just watched the 4 X 100 relay and it was amazing. I love swimming!!! I'm so on edge every time I watch Phelps swim. He is amazing. I hope y'all are watching because these Olympics have been very exciting.

On a side note, tomorrow I go back to reality. Dustin will be back to work. His new teacher training is tomorrow. I know most of you are like "cry me a river," but I've kind of gotten used to him being home. We do our own thing usually during the day, but he helps me load up the car whenever we're headed somewhere. Also whenever I'm nursing he helps if the girls need something. So like I said back to reality. (tear)

Mr. Handyman

2008-08-07T14:48:00.006-04:00

My friend Jessica's mom is hosting a fun thing called Things In My House Thursday. I can't think of any fun random thing in my house, other than a slew of toys. So I thought I would show y'all my new shower that my new found handyman made me!!!

My hubby is trying so hard to become a handyman and guess what, he's getting pretty good at this stuff. After Peyton was born we noticed that some tiles in our shower were leaning in. So eventually one of them cracked and Dustin pushed it a little to see what was wrong and several tiles fell in and broke. So unfortunately we found out that the board, insulation and other things were mildew/moldy. YUCK!!! So Dustin partnered with a friend of ours and they redid both showers. His was similar to ours so they started with his. On ours they had to get out the old tile plus the concrete under it and the shower pan. Then start over with a new shower pan and new concrete. Dustin has finally been working on the new tile and it looks great. He's run into a few problems here & there but for the most part it has gone smoothly. I looked for a before picture that I took of the shower when we had just bought the house, but I think I deleted it. So here are some pics of our shower now.

Dentists Visit

2008-08-07T00:51:00.002-04:00

The girls did amazingly well at the visit. No crying or whining and in fact they both said it was fun. Yeah!!! Since my girls have a chance of having my teeth it is imperative that they feel comfortable at the dentist (orthodontist). Taylor especially liked Mr. Sucker, the thing that sucks out your spit. She loved closing her lips around it. Cameron was a little more timid and kept trying to sit up after each thing the dental hygenist did. The best part was to find out that the free toothbrushes that they had to give the girls were Dora!!! Oh if you know my girls, they love Dora. To top it off, Cameron's was a mermaid Dora. Cameron is Ariel so it was very fitting. It was a good visit, now I need to go. Hmmm... all I hear are more bills being laid in my mail box.

Taylor with the cool glasses to keep the light from bothering her.

Cameron using Mr. Sucker and giving her
"not sure about this look."

Blogging

2008-08-06T00:39:00.005-04:00

Ok for my 6 readers I've decided I'm going to commit myself to posting more often. I'm going to post stories and pictures, instead of just pictures. I've been reading more & more blogs, especially since Jessica introduced me to google reader. It is great!!! Now I have more time to find other blogs that I enjoy & add them to my list, so that I can stay up even later.

Dustin has told me that I have blog envy. It's true!!! I want to do more with my blog. The sad thing is that even though I've been doing this for 4 years I still don't know how to do many things. So help me learn. I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but I don't know how to put a link in my post. So like up where I said Jessica's name, I don't know how to make her name a link to her blog. ?????? I know I should know how to do this. I want to make a cute signature, that looks like a scrapbook thing. I would link to an example, but once again I don't know how. It's sad I know. I also want to add a cute header, but once again ?????. I was very proud of myself for changing the background, but that took me all night. Tonight I added a counter and I want it to be under the archives list, but it is staying above the about me section. Seriously, HELP ME!!!!

Woo hoo!!! I'm learning! I've made some links and I'm going to spend sometime tonight working on the signature, thanks for the help thus far. I will call out more when I need y'all

The girls went to the dentist office today and I'll post some pics from that tomorrow.

Summer Fun

2008-07-28T23:21:00.002-04:00

On Saturday there was a block party for our church and
the girls got butterflies painted around their faces.

Today I took all 3 girls swimming at my friend Julie's.
Taylor is now swimming with her face in the water,
Cameron is still timid and swam a lot with just one swimmie,
and Peyton swam a little too!!!

Family pics

2008-07-28T23:08:00.002-04:00

We took some family pics after church.

Nana with all the girls.

Debbie, the girls, & Dadd-O

Martha Ann & Peyton

Pictures from our trip

2008-07-28T22:51:00.003-04:00

We spent all week by the pool. Taylor learned to swim all by herself. Cameron can do it, but feels much more comfortable with her swimmies.

Peyton's 1st time in a swimsuit.Cam & Daddy playing!!

Taylor laying out and soaking in the rays.

Cameron tickling Martha Ann.

Daddy spinning Taylor.

New Layout

2008-07-26T01:35:00.002-04:00

How do y'all like my new look? I stayed up really late working on this. I'm hoping I still have some people checking this blog to keep up with us. If you check my blog every once in a while please leave me a comment. I love to read the comments!!! It helps encourage me to keep this site going. It's funny it seems like everybody has a blog now & until today they all looked cooler than mine. I have to admit I'm kind of proud of myself for keeping this blog going now for more than 4 years. I don't write a lot of fun stuff, but I try to keep current pictures of my beautiful girls for our friends & family to see. So let me know your thoughts on my blog.

Oh by the way as soon as I figure out where we unpacked the camera, I'll post a few pictures from our trip to Kentucky.

Babies multiplied

2008-07-11T21:58:00.003-04:00

All of my previous year fellow 3rd grade teachers plus one of the 2nd grade teachers were preggo at the same time. All the other 3rd grade teachers had moved on to new schools but we've all tried to stay close. So this past week we all got together with all of our babies. So here are the babies from left to right:
Isaac, Mallory, Grayson, Peyton, Chloe

So the funny this was that Chloe kind of moved a little and all of a sudden we had a domino effect with all the other babies.

4th of July

2008-07-11T21:47:00.002-04:00

We had a great 4th. We went over to some of our friends from 121 CC 's house to go swimming. They had homemade ice cream & then we got to watch the Bedford fireworks. It was a classic 4th. Here are the girls on their swing.

Peyton has found something new this past week also. Oh No!!! We have another thumb sucker. At this age it is a wonderful thing because she can put herself back to sleep. The sad thing is I know the future. We're still struggling with Taylor. She no longer sucks her thumb because I put yucky stuff on it. Now she sucks her pinky. Oh well.

Do you like my clothes? Do you want them for....free?!

2008-06-28T16:15:00.001-04:00

Do you like my clothes? Do you want them for....free?!

This is a link to a sewing blog. If you put this link on your blog you have a chance to win one of her homemade items. Cool huh!!!

DIY

2008-06-28T15:48:00.004-04:00

I finally talked Dustin into doing a big do-it-yourself job last week.
He sanded and stained our entertainment center.
It looks awesome now. Check it out!!

Before

After

Six Flags

2008-06-28T15:02:00.005-04:00

My friend Julie from work watched Peyton for us and we headed for Six Flags on Friday. I believe the temperature got up to 100, but it was a dry heat with a little breeze. The girls had a blast they loved the rides. They especially loved the 2 roller coasters we got to ride, although by the end of the day Taylor really didn't like the last 2 rides. I think she was getting really sleepy. It was a great day. I loved watching how excited they got on the rides.

Taylor didn't want to take her picture with the characters,
so here's Cameron with Daffy Duck & Porky Pig

On the little train in the Looney Toons kids area.

Fun on the swings!!

After lunch we let the girls play in a sprayground,
so their food would settle. We didn't want any puking.

Riding the big roller coaster. They liked it so much we rode it twice.

This is the big train that went all the way around the park.

Some more comparison pics

2008-06-20T00:58:00.007-04:00

Here's a picture of Peyton at the Dr.'s office.

Here are some pics of Cameron & Taylor taking baths at a little over 2 months.

Peyton is 2 months old

2008-06-19T21:13:00.005-04:00

Yesterday Peyton was 2 months. I took her to the Dr. for her check up and she is 12 lbs. and 23 1/2 in. She's in the 75th % for her weight and 90th% for her height. She got 3 shots and a liquid vaccine to take orally. She screamed bloody murder with each shot and I got a little teary eyed. It's just so hard to see your little baby get those first shots.

I also wanted to say Happy Father's Day to Dustin. He is such a good daddy. He helps me so much with the girls. He has given the girls almost all their baths since I was probably about 8 months pregnant. He does bath and bedtime with Cameron & Taylor while I'm nursing, bathing & laying down Peyton. So for Father's day we went last night to see a Braves vs. Rangers game. It was great!!! $$ hot dog night and tons of Braves fans. The Braves won 5-2 and Chipper hit a home run in the 1st inning. It was a fun night.

Splashpark fun

2008-06-19T21:10:00.002-04:00

We enjoyed the splashpark so much last year we wanted to play there again. We're going next week too!! Free fun in the water, it's great!!!

We're Glad Summer Is Here!!!

2008-05-28T22:59:00.002-04:00

We are so excited that the summer weather has come in TX. We've enjoyed the warm weather this past week. We tried to put up the pool that was left with the house, but it was up on Saturday and down on Sunday. Unfortunately it leaks badly, so back to our little plastic pool that also has 3 bad holes in it. It will hold water long enough for the girls to play.

Smiling!!

2008-05-28T22:46:00.002-04:00

Peyton started smiling at 3 weeks, although she was smiling in her sleep since she was born. We haven't been able to capture it until this past week. So here she is smiling at 5 weeks. Oh and the picture with all the bears just cracked the girls and I up. Enjoy!!!!!!!

1 month old

2008-05-20T16:17:00.002-04:00

Peyton was 1 month old on Sunday. Here's a couple of pics of just her & one of all 3 girls.

New Family Picture

2008-05-19T10:16:00.001-04:00

Sleeping

2008-05-12T00:06:00.006-04:00

Sleeping is going pretty good. She almost always goes at least 3 hours and usually goes between 4 & 5 hours. It is so nice to only have one to handle during the middle of the night. She has pooped on me one night, so I have been reminded what life is like with a newborn. Up until yesterday I would have told you she is a super easy baby, but yesterday and today she has spent most of her awake time crying. If the paci isn't in her mouth then she is probably crying and someone is trying to get the paci back into her mouth. The good news is that Cameron & Taylor both enjoy doing this task.

I'm hoping tomorrow will bring a new day and my happy Peyton back to me. Dustin would tell you she always cries a lot, but that is because she likes her mommy most. As she should!!!! She is ok about naps during the day. She sleeps best when she is swaddled. So pretty much every time it is time for a nap I swaddle her up. She will take a nap pretty much anywhere and has adjusted to the noise of the girls. The only downside is that she takes more catnaps then full naps. I think I remember the girls being the same way for a while.

We have a picture of Peyton in the same outfit we had for the girls. Tell me what you think. Do they all look alike to you? I forgot how skinny the girls were. At they're 2 week appointment they weighed 5lbs. 9 oz. & 6 lbs. Peyton weighed 9 lbs. when I took her the other day. Once again another difference in having only 1.

Sisters!!!

2008-05-11T23:57:00.004-04:00

Here are our sweet girls. Cameron & Taylor are doing pretty good with Peyton. They love her and Taylor especially wants to hold her all the time.

Princess Towel

2008-04-23T10:42:00.001-04:00

Man isn't she cute!!!

More Peyton Pics

2008-04-23T10:36:00.002-04:00

Peyton is here

2008-04-18T14:17:00.006-04:00

Peyton Ellen Walker was born this morning at 8:07. She weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. Here are some pictures.

This is the WEEK!!

2008-04-14T20:19:00.002-04:00

Well I'm days away from being 40 weeks. I had another appointment today and I still haven't progressed at all. It's kind of a bummer. Since the baby hasn't been moving much, the Dr. sent me to the hospital to have a non-stress test. The great news is she is doing good. During the test I also found out that I am having some contractions and now I know what they feel like. We did decide to go ahead and schedule a c-section for Friday at 1:00. The Dr. said if I haven't shown any progress at that time we need to go ahead and have a c-section before she gets too big. So that still gives me a few more days to go into labor and it also provides a light at the end of the tunnel. So I'm going to work 2 more days and take Thursday off to prepare. Baby Peyton will be here by Friday!!!!

Still Preggo

2008-04-08T23:20:00.002-04:00

Well I just thought I would let everybody know that I am still in fact pregnant. I'm 9 days away from my due date. I was so bummed yesterday to find out that I'm still not dilated at all. Since I am trying for a VBAC the Dr. will not induce me. So I'm praying now that I don't get to 40 weeks and still show no signs of progress. If that happens then we will schedule a c-section. I just really want to have this baby. Please pray with me that my body will begin to progress towards labor. I'm really tired and ready to have baby girl Peyton.

Thanks for the prayers!!

Several different Easter pictures

2008-04-01T19:34:00.002-04:00

There are some pictures from the Easter egg hunt at daycare, getting their baskets, and Easter morning at church. We had an Easter egg hunt at church also.

Nana's cute ponchos!!

2008-04-01T19:30:00.002-04:00

Good news is that I think they'll still fit next year.