End of 2010

Yes, I know it's been almost 2 months since I last updated and TONS has happened since then... I figured since we have about 11 hours left in 2010, I better squeeze one last blog post in before 2011:)

Let's see:
-We celebrated Thanksgiving in Bryan and the kids had a blast playing with all their cousins. While we were there I noticed that the kids were starting to out grow their pack-n-plays which meant that the next time we went to Bryan, we were going to have to have them transitioned to toddler beds!!!
- So toddler beds it was!! We transitioned them the first week of December... The first attempt at getting them to actually stay in bed was a NIGHTMARE!! (Granted, I have a gate in front of their door so they can't really go anywhere) Naps were pretty much nonexistant the first week, but bed time was relatively easy. I had to take EVERY SINGLE THING out of their room, because they were staying up and playing and destroying it all....haha! They have been in their toddler beds for close to a month now and they LOVE them! They seriously think they are too cool being able to climb in and out of their beds all by themselves!
-They have also really been enjoying school.... They had their Christmas Program on December 7th... their class song was Jingle Bells and Sis would walk around ALL DAY singing it! Parker could have cared less about it...haha! They did so good during the program... sat up on stage and rang their jingle bells and clapped for themselves!:)
- Santa came to our house about a week early this year... Parker got a drumset (yes, I know I am crazy... but he LOVES it and I would rather hear beating then crying...haha) and Kaylie got a dollhouse. Uncle Will also go them a keyboard and microphone... so needless to say it is LOUD in our house, but they love it, so I could careless:)
- Oh yeah, and Santa got Cody and I a Ford Expedition!!! Ok, well we actually bought it had been shopping for a few weeks, but I am SOOOOO happy that we finally have a car that we fit comfortably in:)
-We went to Bryan to celebrate Christmas and the kids had a blast getting new gifts and seeing all the Christmas lights!

It blows my mind that it's New Year's Eve again... where did 2010 go!?! I am so excited to see what 2011 will bring:) The one thing I'm not looking forward to in 2011......POTTY TRAINING! But I will worry about when it gets here...haha!

First Day of Preschooltighter

Brudder and Sissy walking out
to the car ready for school!


Brudder is really excited... if only
he knew at this point that momma
was about to drop him off!! haha


Last bit of The Fresh Beat Band before
school starts!


My big school boy!

Sissy with her nap mat and back-

pack, ready to go!

My big school girl!

Yes, she is OBSESSED with that paci...

hopefully she gives it up before 6th grade!

Parker "carrying" his nap mat

all by himself! He thought he was such

a big helper!

OMG... I can't believe my babies started preschool this morning! Besides Parker screaming bloodly murder when we dropped him off, everything went pretty smooth:) Kaylie ,of course, ran in and made 5 new friends instantly!! Cody went with me to drop them off and pick them up....I think he was more nervous than I was! I ran out of that room faster than you could blink... I know once I looked back and saw Parker screaming I would feel bad, so I just kept walking right on out to the car:) When we picked him up at 2 his teachers said he totally calmed down and had a great day!! That's what momma likes to hear!

They got these sheets in their folders that tell how their day went... I am really thinking they have my kid mixed up with someone else...haha! Both of them said they sat and a circle and sang songs...and actually slept on their nap mats.... hmmmm! I wish I was a fly on the wall to see if it actually happened. I was a little nervous about them having to sleep on the nap mats because they have never slept anywhere other than their cribs. I mean they see me making them ALL THE TIME, but they have never actually used one before. Apparently, Parker took a 45 minute nap and Kaylie, well, she just wanted to play! She "rested" for 20 minutes!

So overall I would say it was a pretty successful first day of preschool! Oh yeah, and you must be wondering "Sarah, what on earth did you do on your free time??" Lets see... did 5 loads of laundry, went to best buy for 400 millionth time trying to get the computer fixed, went to the bank, TRIED to organize the sewing room, and went to lunch with Cody at Kobe Steak house! No there was no sitting on the couch eating bon bons playing on Facebook!! Haha. Although, Thursday will be here before I know it... so it may be a possibility:)

My New Toy!!!

This is what has been taking up all my time (hence, no blogging!!)...

(Viking Topaz 30)

Mom and I decided that it was time to get our own embroidery machine! This machine does EVERYTHING... It's awesome! I still can't believe we have it:) So basically now, Kaylie and Parker's names will be on everything they own and anyone who is getting married or having a baby will be getting something monogramed haha:)

Anyways, my computer got the blue screen of death, so it's at best buy (hopefully getting fixed). Once I get it back I will update pics from our trip to Houston a few weekends ago! I know yall are dying to see pics of the kiddos...who by the way, will be 2 years old in 6 weeks....aaaaahhhh!

22 Months!!

Holy Moly... I can't believe I am starting to plan a two year old birthday party! Where in the world has the time gone!?! It really is amazing how time flies and how Kaylie and Parker are changing so much every single day. I haven't posted much about what they are doing now, so I will start with that: (Let me apologize in advance for no pics!)

Parker~
-LOVES to draw... I mean he seriously draws these really small circles all over the page (or white board)
-He is OCD about EVERYTHING...way too many things to list!
- Has started with the terrible two tantrums...Not fun!!
- He says Elmo no less then 100 times a day
- He loves to be on the go (wonder where he got that from..haha)
- He is obsessed with being outside and playing in the splash table.

Kaylie~
-STILL obsessed with her blanket and paci (I really hope she isn't 12 and still sucking a paci..haha)
-LOVES LOVES LOVES to stack blocks as high as she can.
-She is finally showing interest in playing with her dolls (talking to them, feeding them, etc.)
-She HATES getting in the car (just started about a week ago.. not sure why)
-She is a tomboy (apple doesn't fall far from the tree..haha)
-She talks non-stop!! Her and Parker have full on conversations... in their twin language!

Oh yeah, and we are FINALLY on one long nap..... 11:30-2!

I am sure there is so much more, but being that it's midnight and I have been sewing for 3 weeks straight I can't think! We are slammed with nap mat orders so the blog has been neglected, but I promise to try and keep it up better then I have been:)

Wedding in Lubbock

Here are the pics from last weekend in Lubbock... ENJOY!
(Sorry, I don't have much to say, it's midnight and I am exhausted!)
These are for you Momma Dickey!:)

My Trash Men:)

This may be the best pic of all time!!!! Cody taking the trash out
so Parker had to get him a little bag to walk out to the dump! haha

Anyone who has been around Parker knows that he is OBSESSED and I mean OOOBBBBBSSSSEESSEEDDD with taking the trash out.... I'm almost thinking he needs to go to therapy for his OCD-ness...haha! He will walk around the house trying to find trash to put in the trash can... he wakes up saying trash...anytime we change a diaper if you don't let him take the diaper to the trash he FREAKS OUT! I guess the good news in all of this is that I don't ever have to worry about his room being dirty, or the house for that matter:)

Swimming in the rain...

This child has NO FEAR in the water!


Parker wearing daddy's hat...haha... he wasn't a huge fan
of the pool until the end when he got brave and started jumping off
the side like sis:)


She literally wants to swim by herself and kept trying
to get out of Cody's arms!


Daddy doing a cannon ball...

..... they thought it was the FUNNIEST thing he has ever done!!

(Love this pic!)

So, today is the first Saturday we have all been home together in FOREVER! We had decided a few days ago that we would take the kids swimming this weekend (not knowing about the rain)... anyways, it was cloudy outside this morning but not raining so we pushed the kids to the pool around the corner! As soon as we are getting them out of the stroller it started to sprinkle...good news is that all it did.... until we left an hour late! It started flooding about 3 minutes after we walked back in our door! Good news is we got to swim and had the whole pool to ourselves:)

Nothing else going on around here... just gonna hang around today and grill out this evening!

4th of July!!

Sis getting the lawn mower out at the party!
(Carter in the background)


Monkey See, Monkey Do... Brudder had to get the other one! :)


My little fish:) I hardly ever get a chance to take them
swimming because she likes to swim and Parker doesn't
so it's pretty much impossible to do by myself, but yesterday
Sissy LOVE LOVE LOVED it... I mean you would have thought she
had been in the water all summer (It was only her 2nd time..haha)


Princess catchin some rays!

My litte trash man... seriously he is OCD about trash! He wakes

up talking about it, then he will walk around the house looking for

any sign of trash to throw away...haha! He was in heaven with 2

trash cans!

I brought our bounce house over for all of the kids to play in...

It was a HUGE hit!

My sweet man... loves to jump!!

Sis watching the bog boys jump into the

pool... I'm sure she wanted to join them!

Big man!

She loved this lawn mower!

So, yesterday we went to Mike and Benita's 5th Annual 4th of July party! The kids had a BLAST! Kaylie LOVES to swim and Parker was just happy to be running around outside... Meredith came with me so we could have a 1:1 ratio! (Cody is in Bryan... so Meredith helped tremendously!)

Nothing much else has been going on around here... just trying to keep these kiddos busy! They're napping now, so I better go get a shower.... I think we will go play at the mall this afternoon!

Finger Paints and Bubble Baths

My little artists creating their master piece:)


Sweet girl... LOVED painting!


Love my little man... he loved painting too!

Bubble bath to get all the paint off!

Sweet guy!

So, today we had a fun-filled day! We started off with a play date at the splash park, which the kids LOVED! Then came home for lunch and a nap... after nap time I got the creative and made homemade finger paint (2 cups water, 2 cuprs flour, and food coloring). The kids had never painted before, so I knew they would be thrilled to do something new! I set up the Easel outside on the patio and they went at it... they thought it was the best thing EVER! (To bad the "paint" didn't actually stick to the paper, but they didn't know the difference...haha!) After painting, they had a bubble bath in our tub (always a treat)! Dinner was at Christina's Mexican Restaurant, then dessert at Nana Yogurt...yummy!! Needless to say, it's 8p and they have been asleep an hour... I'm right behind them..night night (as Sissy says!)

The Countdown is ON!!!

Sorry no pics on this post but I am SUPER excited about what we have ahead of us...

First off we registered the kids for Mother's Day Out at Cross Ridge Church today... two days a week starting September 7th! You have no idea how happy I am about this:) It will be great for Kaylie and Parker and give me a few hours to get things done without hearing the word "Mama" every 2.5 seconds! 68 more days and the kids will be in MDO!!

Second, we booked our VERY FIRST cruise with our friends Andrea and Jason, and Brandon and Angela... Leaves from Miami Oct 18th for 5 nights with stops at Turks and Caicos and The Bahamas:) 108 more days and we will be cruisin!!! ( I better start working in my beach body now..haha)

Third, my sweet little babies... I mean toddlers... will be TWO in 100 days!!! Holy cow!!

And in other news, my friend Andrea and I are taking the kids to her parents house to hang out in a few weeks and the week after that mom, Will and I are taking the kids to see my dad's side of the family in Lubbock the weekend after Arkansas! Busy few weeks, but so much fun too:)

I promise more pics on Friday.... we have a playdate with my friend Erin and her girls and a few other moms of toddlers:)

Our Daddy is the BEST!!!

Cody dressed up in his gear getting ready
for the babies to arrive!! He was a nervous wreck!!(We were in
the operating room in case I needed an emergency C-section...
that's the reason for the blue suit..haha)


Cody holding Parker for the first time:)


How quickly they grow up... daddy with the kids
at the mall, trying to keep them contained!!

Sisser has his WRAPPED AROUND HER FINGER!!

I mean seriously she will get whatever she wants from him:)

To the most incredible husband and father to our kids that a girl could ever ask for... you are truly an amazing father to Kaylie and Parker and I really don't know how we would do it without you! I knew you would be an incredible dad, but you really have exceeded my expectations:) We love you so much!