TOO LoNg and TOO CoLd...

Its been a while since I have made a post. Alot has happened since then. My brother came to visit the first week in January. I haven't seen my older brother Edwin and my niece Kinslee in about two years. They both live in Kansas City, so I don't get to see them very often. Kinslee has never met her cousin Lily. They had a great time hanging out and playing. Well in those two days I was able to catch up with my brother and just enjoy him being home. We fight like brother and sister (of course) but he is my older brother and I LOVE him!!! I just can't wait till he moves back to Texas...which hopefully will be sooner than later:)

Kinslee and Lily laying in the bed watching cartoons.

Me and the girls!!


Edwin, Alyssa, Lily, Kinslee and I.

Kane and the girls.

Lily went to her first Princess party today. One of my teacher friend's invited us to tag along with them. So, Kane insisted on buying her a princess dress from the Disney Store, I just wanted to go to Target. That is why she is a daddy's girl:) Well my friend ended up not being able to go, but we decide to go ahead and go since we have been telling her about it ALL week. Well we got her all dressed up and headed up to the mall. The Disney store hosted the princess party for the girls. They taught them many different princess things!!! Well, Lily lasted about 10 minutes and she was ready to go. Even though we didn't stay long I am glad we went. She was the cutest princess there!!!

Lily sitting on the floor with all the other girls.

Lily and her princess crown!!

She wanted to wear Kane's Yankee hat instead of the crown. That's daddy's girl:)

Her princess dress!!

Daddy and his princess.

It's hard being a princess:)

Well we didn't stay long at the princess party. Lily was ready to go after 10 minutes. So, we left, but not before she had to get the frogs and the alligator from the movie "The Princess and the Frog." Which by the way is a very cute movie that has great great music.

Well, school is moving right along. We have about 2 1/2 weeks till we take our Math CBA. Its a practice TAKS for the kids. Its going to show me where and who I need to go back and reteach. I cant believe it is already February and school will be out 4 months....whooh. I can't wait for summer, speaking of summer...this cold weather is crazy. I can't wait for spring time.I love the spring time here!!! Well I am going to go to bed, we have a busy day a church tomorrow and then my parents are coming into town. Happy January and welcome February!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Well Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! I haven't been able to get on here in a couple of weeks!!! Well we had a busy busy Christmas. It started on:

Dec 21- with Lily and I going to my parents house in Arlington

Dec 22- We went to the Gaylord Texan Hotel to see the Christmas Ice Exhibit

They give you big blue parka to wear in there because everything is made of ice and its 10below. Well, Lily refused to wear her parka. She did not once complain about being cold!!!

Dec. 23- We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks and finished up X-mas shopping

Dec. 24 - Christmas at my parents house!!

Lily and Aidan by the Christmas tree before we opened all the presents!!! That night we traveled to Kane's parents house in East Texas. We had a white Christmas Eve and it snowed on Christmas Day. That will probably be the last time in a long time that it snows on Christmas!!!

Dec. 25- Christmas at Kane's parents house...Lily got tons of Elmo stuff from Santa!!!

Dec. 26- We had Christmas dinner at Kane's granny's house. She is not doing to well so she was very happy to see all her grandchildren and great children at her house:)
Dec. 27- Finally we came home after being gone for a week!!! My bed never felt better:):)
Dec. 28- Kane and my parents took me to the Woodlands Surgery Center for my breast reduction!!!

My parents were here till Tuesday and then Kane's sister came down and stayed with us till today. We didn't do much for the new year, we stayed up to watch the ball drop in NYC and then we went to bed!!! I have just been sitting around and relaxing!!! I can't do much till I have to sit down and rest. I so far love love the new size, but don't enjoy the swelling and soreness:( But hey they will look good here shortly!!!

Well today Kane made some pork ribs for the New Year...yum yum!!! We also had mash potatoes and black eye peas!!! We hung out outside for a bit so Lily could ride her new bicycle her Aunt Wendy got her.



Well I hope everyone has a great and blessed New Year!!! I haven't made any new year resolutions yet!!! I will for sure eat healthier and work out more, but everyone says that!!! I do want to be a better mother, wife and friend...so maybe I will stick to those for right now and see what happens:):)

Breakfast with Santa

Our neighborhood that we live in is always doing wonderful things for the kids that live here. During Christmas, they have Breakfast with Santa at the Fire station. Since this is really the first year that Lily is noticing all the Christmas lights, Christmas decorations and that man that sits in the big chair at the mall, we decide to take her to breakfast with Santa, so that way we could avoid the long long line at the mall. When walked in she of course noticed Santa. She automatically started the fingers in the mouth. (that's what she does when she is not sure about the situation) Well, I was very surprised when she shook her head when I asked her if she wanted to sit on his lap. She did, without any tears:) She would not talk to him all she would do is shake her head when he talked to her. She did say "Elmo" when I asked her if she wanted "Elmo" for Christmas!!! Neways, we had a great time and I can't wait till Christmas when she gets to open all the wonderful things Santa is bringing her :P

Lily not too sure what to think???

She did remove her fingers from her mouth to get the Candy Cane.

Eating Candy for breakfast instead of the pancakes, eggs and sausage they had for us!!!

Mommy and Lily!!!

Lily in front of our Christmas Tree!!!

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!!! I have one more week of school and then I am off for two weeks. During that time I am going to go spend a week with my family, then we are going to Kane's parents house on Christmas Eve. We will be back that Sunday after Christmas to get me ready for my surgery on Monday the 28th. For the ones who don't know I am getting a breast reduction ,which I have wanted for many many years!!! I am super excited about it and very very nervous!!! So please pray for me that I get through the surgery and have a fast recovery:) Well Merry Christmas, Be Safe and God Bless!!!

Thanksgiving and First time Bowling

Well I hosted my first Thanksgiving at my house...Let's just say I am not ready to do that again for a long long time!!! I was looking forwarded to my five days off from work, well today was work, trying to prepare a meal for close to 15 people was work:) Don't get me wrong I enjoyed every mintue of it:):) We had sooo much food it was unreal...we had: two turkeys (one fried and one baked), mash potatos, sweet potatos, green beans, stuffing, salad, bread, two pumkin pies, two buttermilk pies and an apple pie...lets just say yum yum:):)


After dinner we went bowling. It was Lily's first time bowling and she had a blast!!! Here a few pictures of her bowling:

Here is Lily bowling...sorry it is sideways, I can't figure out how to turn it around:)

FiRsT OnE

So I have decide to start a blog. Many of my friends have a blog. It seems to be an easy way to keep family and friends updated on our growing family. So come back often to find out all the new things in our life. This blog will probably be mostly about Lily:)

Lily's Beginning Stages of Potty Training

Lily has been trying to learn how to potty on the big girl potty. She knows when she is about to potty. She will come to use and say either "poo poo" or "potty", so we rush off to the potty and by time we get there she has already went potty in her diaper. We have actually only been successful twice. It was just alittle bit of potty, but it was enough to celebrate her success. Hopefully this is the beginning stages of her being able to potty soon and the end of the diaper phase!!!!