6 Months!

So bad mom! I just realized that today is Lena's 6 month birthday! Ooohhhhh! I can't believe she is 6 months! Well, I quick grabbed her and whipped up a bow so that we could do a little photo shoot on her bday:) Here she is as of 15 minutes ago sportin' the same outfit Bailey wore in her 6 month photos!

So here's the 6 month update:
Lena's still not quite sitting up all by herself but it will be soon! Here she is just about to topple over ...

and toppling...

I just love how they show no signs of concern as they slowly tumble to the ground:) No sense of urgency...Gee I'm about to face plant...just chillin' all the way down:)

(Lovely shot of my flower bow if I do say so myself)

She sure loves her Mom and will watch me intently if we are in the same room together and I'm NOT the one holding her and once we make eye contact... man she gets me! And I come RUNNING to hold her!! She's really good about letting other people hold her too and so far doesn't mind other people holding her even while I'm around unless, of course, she's hungry or tired.

She's rolling both ways and even wiggles up onto her knees and rocks just a little... enough for me to think she's a genius baby:)






Lena LOVES her sisters and will giggle at everything they do.

Still no teeth and still no solid foods.

She grabs at EVERYTHING! and has really good use of her hands, moving things all around and studying them.

I can always see the wheels turning in her head! She is ALWAYS thinking and learning and I just love to see it happening in front of my eyes. Today I was holding her and had a drink of milk. She STUDIED what I was doing, watching it go to my mouth, go in my mouth, and then just stared at me after I was done drinking it just digesting what I had just done, then she grabs for the glass and chomped on the rim to check it out. I WISH I could get a picture of the look she has when she is just digesting what just happened- it is HILARIOUS!

She's got some spunk in her and if she's holding something and you take it away, watch out! She'll let you know she's not happy! I think she'll hold her own pretty well with her two big sisters:)








Lena's absolute favorite toy is her jumparoo! Now she jumps in your arms while you're holding her - it's a pretty good arm workout!

She still loves Pat-A-Cake and LOVES to have her tummy kissed and neck eaten. And her laugh...oh man it's MUSIC!

She really does just have a sweet sweet disposition and I'm so glad to get to be her mom! I've enjoyed every moment we've spent together!

Cutest Baby EVER!

Ok so I just HAD to post this picture because it makes me laugh out loud EVERY time I see it! HAHAHAHA I LOVE IT!!! My little chillin' monkey! Lena is seriously the cutest baby ever and I just love every moment I have with her - I mean come on!!!! Look at that FACE!

And still more cuteness to come!...

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a fabulously pink (and red i guess haha) Valentine's Day!!! We have been preping for DAYS and the day finally came for some super FUN LOVIN'!! Piper had such a special day at school complete with treats and valentine giving. She had such a blast and was so excited to get to participate in a big kid school party:) I was feeling a little bad for Bailey, though, because she was so excited for Piper to give out Valentines and then said..."can I give valentine's to MY friends?!" Awww! I realized she was hearing all about what fun Piper was going to have and figured she was going to get to have a party too! So...Monday night I whipped up some games/activities for us to do together to celebrate. Here's little miss Bailey with her valentines breakfast and getting ready for some sweetheart activities!

Lena was so good to bounce away while we ate our conversation hearts and counted heart jewels.

After our activities we decided to head out to deliver Valentines! Here's my big girl with her bag of goodies. I felt a little bad and maybe should have called everyone first to give the heads up but only one of her friends was home for her to give to personally ... but she still enjoyed taping the treats to the door so all is well. Except... while on our outing I got a TICKET!! GRRRRR!!! Seriously who the heck stops a mom with kids whos going the speed limit, wearing her seat belt, using her blinker... COME ON! I swear next opportunity I have to get the heck out of this state I think I'll jump for it ;) Never in my LIFE have I gotten a ticket until we move to TX!

And moving on...

After naps the girls were so excited to make special chocolate covered strawberries for daddy and we even dipped a few of those FABULOUS Cinnamon Bears MaryAnn gave me for my bday! They were SUPER YUM!




Ok so who knew HGTV would entertain my kids so much. I mean Bailey won't sit down to watch ANY cartoon - even BARNEY! But here she is LOVING HGTV. It's a mystery!

Gotta love Lena and her looks! Such a SWEET baby!

Daddy was able to get home a wee bit early for our SPECIAL V-day dinner and the girls' luv bugs reappeared with their final treat AND Grandmommy and Grand daddy's Valentines showed up in the mail so we had some serious LOVING going on. Our dinner may or may not (but mostly may) have come out in courses because turns out I don't know how to cook steak but when the steak FINALLY was done it was GOOD! I asked Piper earlier in the week what she thought we should make for daddy on V-day and she said steak! Ahhhhh I was like Seriously! What 4 year old says steak! But I DID ask so I figured I should give it a shot. So we had loaded baked potatoes for our first cou/a(?)rse, followed by Asparagus (which turns out my kids DO like if you don't cook it till it's black - good to know), and for our final cou/arse steak. And it actually turned out good - hooray!

Here's the love of my life holding the sweetest baby in the world. Isn't he FABULOUS!! Lover Boy surprised us ALL with a bouquet of flowers - ROSES! Always and Forever my favorites!! Such a classy guy... and a SUPER stud muffin!

I'm so grateful I have such a wonderful Fam to give extra loves to! Hope everyone had a super fabulous Valentine's Day!!

New Camera

YUP! Curtis got me a new camera for my birthday! Isn't he wonderful!! I've been wanting a new one for a LONG time - our old little guy just wasn't doing the job:( So he got booted and voila! New, crisp, beaUtiful pictures!!

I actually don't know how to use it...aside from turning it on and pushing the button but there are some fun things I'm sure we can do with it...guess I just need to practice:)

I decided today that I would learn how to use it and Piper was my subject! She's such a trooper...still don't know anything...guess there will be more practice shots to come haha!

Becky Bob!

We were so so lucky to have Becky Bob visit us this weekend! She had training in Dallas last week and this week has to meet a client in San Antonio so...she visited us in Houston for the weekend!!! Hooray! We had so much fun! We played, ate, went to Houston's Gallaria mall, ate, had a Super Bowl party, ate some more!!

Did I mention I MAY have damaged my sister??...Well ...Curtis whipped out the super fun motorcycles for us all to take for a little spin...Becky said "no, that's ok" But we INSISTED... here she is prepping (Isn't she bEAUtiful:)....




Learning the ropes...

And she's off...


...Sadly my Camera ran out of memory JUST as she crashed almost into the fence and everso gracefully flipped over the bike, smiling all the while, landing on her trusty shoulder...it swelled...
not sure if she'll visit again...j/k

Since recieving my lovely new camera (more on that later...), Bailey had become less and less cooperative for my picture taking...Becky had to sneak up on her for this lovely shot

Our motocross girls.

We had such a fun weekend! Hope we get to do it again real SOON!