Tickle, Tickle G.I. Joe.

We are currently watching Madonna's Super Bowl half time show as Addie emerges from the bedroom modeling a different hat (and dance move) each time. 

The whole weekend she has serenaded us with "Tickle, Tickle, G.I. Joe,"  translation: Twinkle, twinkle little star. Of course! 

She cracks us up endlessly. She is going on 2 years old and I still catch myself wondering, what in the world did we ever do without her?

Zoo Day & Manners Matters!

Last weekend, the weather was gorgeous and it was the perfect day to hit the Houston Zoo! We called up Addie's buddy Van, loaded up and headed out for an adventure.

Riding the train.

Addie was a huge fan of chasing the goats... just not touching them.

Makes my heart happy.



Not sure what animal this was but it must have really impressed her!



Cutest monkeys ever.

Discussing stock options over chips, queso and chicken nuggets.

These two kiddos melt my heart. Something else that is melting my heart lately?  Hearing our girl say "Thank you" all on her own without prompting and also saying "Bless you!" to people when she hears them sneeze.  She has also started saying "Love too!" when we tell her we love her and yeah it is just about the best feeling on earth.  She makes us so proud. :)

Sunday Hike.

Our little explorer. :)

Progress.

To say things have been hectic in our neck of the woods would be an understatement.  2012 has started off with a bang, Jason has been so busy with the family business and I am swamped with Etsy orders (this is a great thing!) as the wedding season approaches. Addie is growing like a weed, we have reorganized almost our whole house and then one day we realized we should probably start getting ready for our sweet new addition to get here because we only have 3.5 months left (GASP!)!  We scheduled my c-section last week at our doc appt for May 1st and that is when it hit us that he is coming... and soon!  Before I get into our preparations, I'll share a belly pic from date night last night.  The belly is definitely popped out and showing! It is so funny to me how high I seem to be carrying this little guy, I carried Addie WAY lower. :)

So onto the preparations.... we got the nursery all painted with Addie's help.

She also did a great job of handing Daddy his tools while putting together Tate's crib. Let's hope she is this happy and helpful once her baby brother gets here! :)

I love this next picture, I have a very similar picture of Jason putting together Addie's crib (on the right)!

Progress, woooo woooo!!!

You can see the adorable Curious George and Vintage Train crib sheets we bought draped over the crib, I am in love with them! While we were out and about last night we also picked up some little boy things! It was very exciting to shop in the blue and green section, though we did pick up some pink and purple for Addie as well.

Have I mentioned lately how happy and grateful I feel to be having a little boy AND a little girl? Sometimes I feel like I need to be pinched. :)

Little Liberace.

21 Week Belly.

Christmas post to come but since I have been so bad at taking belly pics this pregnancy, I had to include one that I remembered to take over Christmas. 21 Weeks!

Little Man Sneak Peak.

Last week we got a sneak peak of our little man. I've been feeling him kick and squirm for several weeks but it was so exciting to see him on screen wiggling and bouncing around like crazy. This was by far the best and most clear ultrasound we have had. He kept stretching his legs out completely straight which we had never seen before and the tech got some pretty funny photos of it which you can see in the last two pics.

Silly boy, we cannot wait to welcome you into our crazy family and hold you in our arms. Love, Mommy & Daddy ( and Addie!)

A Christmas Pageant.

Addie's school put on a Christmas Pageant and it couldn't have been more adorable. She was a sheep and her class sang a song about all the animals in the manger (there was a lot of "mooin" and "baaa-aaa-ing hahaha) and Jason and I sat with our camera and video camera in hand beaming with pride. This is what Christmas is all about!

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Just The Two Of Us.

Jason was gone to the deer lease this weekend which left Addie and I for a whole weekend of slumber partying and tea-partying and watching Lifetime NON STOP.

It was pure awesomeness. Not that we don't get heaps of time to spend together during the week since I am a stay at home mom and all but I made sure to have activities planned to make this weekend extra special. Just the two of us. Last night we put together our annual gingerbread house and I don't think I have laughed that hard in a looooong time. She was eating it just as fast as I was decorating it. Dancing to the Christmas music we had playing in the background between shoving gumdrops in her mouth like no one was watching her, I think I pulled a gaggillion muscles in my tummy laughing at her.

This is what Christmas is and when she is 16, I doubt she will be as happy to help me with the annual gingerbread house so I soaked it all in. :)

The Perfect Tree.

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I am a total sucker for all things Christmas. One of the traditions we knew we wanted to honor with our kiddos is picking out and cutting down our tree from a Christmas tree farm. We bundled up and off we went to Dewberry Farm in hunt for the perfect one!

^The picture above is exactly what I had envisioned... Addie running wild down the rows of trees, breathing in the cold winter air and giggling all the way. :)

We even found a Tate-sized tree! It is so wild to think that next Christmas, we will have two little ones at the farm with us!

And finally, the traditional tree on top of the car photo. The tree looks so tiny compared to my huge Mack-Mobile but it is 9 ft tall, my car is just a beast! I think Jason's idea when we bought it was to get as much weight and metal around us as possible as he is all too familiar with my driving. :)

18 Months.

Cannot believe we created such a beautiful little girl on the inside and out.

Thankful.

A lot of folks on Facebook are doing the name-something-you-are-thankful-for-everyday thing and though I haven't been doing it, it doesn't mean that there isn't so much in my life I am thankful for.

Most importantly?

My family. My extended family, my in-laws, my girlfriends that are like sisters.

And especially my own little family. My loving and supportive husband who is truly the greatest man I have ever known, my sweet sassy but tomboyish little girl who makes my heart explode on a daily basis and our sweet baby boy Tate growing in my belly who we have not met yet but already love so very much.

I am building the family I always dreamed of and that is what I am thankful for most of all. Without them I am nothing!

~Addie's Thanksgiving Feast at School~

It's A.......

We had a bit of a scare this weekend but all is well. The super fabulous exciting news though is that we found out we are having................... A BOY!!!

I am so excited and feel so blessed that we have been given a daughter and now a son. A son, a still can't believe it!

I hope he is just like his Daddy. :)

3 Years.

I know I have said it a million times but I will say it again. And every year.

You saved me.

Happy Anniversary, baby.

Because We Can't Hold It In Any Longer.

..... and baby makes 4!!!