Baby Dean

Dean Alexander is here! He's just as adorable as he could be and by far the most amazing Christmas present we have ever gotten. He arrived on December 22nd at 7 pounds and 11 ounces and 21 inches long.

Precious cousins

I don't know how Solomon puts up with these girls, but I am so glad that he does. 

 

Happy Birthday Sweet Julia!



Our precious friend Julia celebrated her birthday just after Thanksgiving. We were so excited to get with our friends and go to see Annie at the Playhouse on the Square. Before we went, we all met for YoLo, our very favorite frozen yogurt.

 

 I have to say that this was one party that I did not leave worrying if the guest of honor liked her gift. I think we did well.

 

Thanksgiving pics

My biggest  regret so far this quarter has been telling Emmy that she could pick out whatever she wanted to wear on non-school days since she wear a uniform to school. Big mistake. We were so excited to spend Thanksgiving in Wynne and then to Newport to visit the Salinases in their new home. Lucas and Emmy made Best Friend Badges. They crack me up sometimes.

 

Best Song Ever.

I am so sad that I can't figure out how to edit this to get it orientated correctly but OH MY GOSH how perfect this video is. I am not sure what I love most... the hair extensions, the forgotten guitar strummings, the lyrics that she wrote herself or the background dancer. It's just magical.

Thanksgiving Program

Emmy's kindergarten group had their Thanksgiving Program and of course, I cried the entire time thinking of how thankful I am for this precious child.

Now, I have to say that I am thrilled with her (new) kindergarten teacher but seriously, can they not have made her unroll her socks or straightened her hairbow???

Oh that Funny Girl--and her daddy

Emmy told me she had a horrible nightmare. I asked her what happened and she said Oprah had given her three bad haircuts and everyone from Scooby Doo was there and laughed at her.

 

When she was telling Aunt Becca about it, it was that Lady Gaga had given her the bad haircuts but I am not sure where she even heard of Lady Gaga.

 

John might drive me batty sometimes but he can be a pretty awesome dad. Here are my three funniest thoughts of them… every night, they go tell the car good night together, or as I call, setting the alarm.  No matter where she is sleeping, when he gets up to go to work in the morning, John always puts stuffed animals or pillows on the edge of the bed so that she doesn’t roll off the edge. And my personal favorite, she is still a little nervous to take showers and wants John to take one with her. So, he will put on his swimsuit and take a shower with her every now and then. Pretty good stuff.

Christmast Card Outtakes

 

Sweet Visit

Last Friday was Momma's birthday. I had really missed spending some good quality time with Sol and Rose so I managed to get them on Sunday night since we were out of school for Veteran's Day. I had this big canvas that I got for them to paint and then we made a birthday cake for Momma. The next morning, they played with dolls forever. Solomon was in his astronaut suit and would get on the exerciser and say he was heading to the moon to work. Rose and Emmy would stand on either side and kiss him goodbye. Hysterical. Momma would have adored these babies.

 

 

 

 

Halloween

 

 

Kincaide invited us over for a Halloween party this year. We had so much fun with so many friends and hanging out in such an awesome neighborhood--full of decorations for one of our favorite holidays.

Strawberry was singing her heart out on the way home. She loves Neon Trees and sings it all the time.

I have to say that this picture is one of my favorites though. I love that Emmy was able to spend some good times with everyone in Wynne. She told me Julia didn't come but Pocahontas showed up.

Watch out for the camera phone

This morning, I put on my deodorant and Emmy said, “I can’t wait until I am 13 so that I have a phone and I can take a video of you doing that and put it on the internet”.