An award/tagged

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

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!!

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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

We took some family pics after church.

Nana with all the girls.

Debbie, the girls, & Dadd-O

Martha Ann & Peyton

Pictures from our trip

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

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

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

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?!

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

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

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

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

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

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!!!