Brand new baby!

We went to visit our good friends and their three day old baby boy on Saturday. He slept the ENTIRE time we were there, which was perfect because we could just hold him and love on him! Ahh, I remember the sleeping phase. We told them to enjoy it while it lasts! HAHA

HOW CUTE AND SWEET IS HE?!

Lilly taking a little peek..

Lilly found this monkey and decided she needed to take care of it for the remainder of our visit.

She even put him in the swing and rocked him..

Nate isn't sure what is so special about a new baby..They sized him up for a bit..

I know it looks like the baby is about to slide off the couch, but he really wasn't!!

Proud new dad..

I have pictures of baby and mom too, but I had explicit instructions to not post them on my blog. HEHE. Don't we all love those fresh from the hospital pictures holding our babies? I will admit I don't have any of me blown up and framed in my living room either!

Bath Time = Happy Babies

And we all know Happy Babies = Happy Mom, so we all love bath time!

Look at these sweet babies in the tub!!

Splashing

I can't get enough of these kissy pictures!!Lilly trying to stay warm while I get bubba all dried off and diapered!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sorry so late.. What a shocker, huh?

What a year 2009 was! We have so much to be thankful for!

We celebrated Nate and Lilly's first birthday in June with a wonderful birthday party full of family and friends. We sold our house in July, moved in with my mom for two months, and finally moved in to the new house in October. Wow! I can't believe we have already been in our new house for almost three months!

We went over to my mom's to bring in the New Year, along with my sister and her two kiddos. I can't believe Nate and Lilly actually made it until about 11! They started getting fussy so we managed to watch the ball drop in Times Square at Mom's and get home and put the babies in time in time for midnight in Dallas. About ten minutes later, these party animals were asleep! Of course, I forgot my camera so I don't have any good pictures, but I did manage to get a few the next day when we went back over to eat more, I mean, spend more time together!!

Avery reading to Lilly
Trying to get all the kids to take a picture together, but the fourth one was being a little ornery!

Once we finally got Lane to join the group, Nate was feeling a little too empathetic..

So, no resolutions this year for me. Just contentment. That is all I am going for in 2010. I want to be content and grateful for everything we have and live in the present enjoying each day. I want to still be able to relax and enjoy my family even if I don't have time or energy to do every single thing on my list. It is ok if my house isn't sparkling clean or if I don't have time to exercise like I should. Those aren't the most important things!

WISHING EVERYONE CONTENTMENT in 2010!!

Christmas card pictures!

Sorry for the late posts! I completely forgot I hadn't posted these yet.

Here are the pictures that I put on the Christmas card this year..

Drumroll, please............................

THE BEST:

I LOVE this Santa picture! We really lucked out getting right in to see him only two weeks before Christmas and on a Saturday! He was a great Santa too- so authentic looking and not scary at all. Well.. not scary to me. It looks like Nate and Lilly disagreed! We sat them in Santa's lap and as soon as we took one step back the crying started.. the picture was taken and everything was over in a matter of seconds.. very minimal traumatization! Totally worth it! :)

Also- I added a few pictures to this post, so go look if you want to see!

White Christmas in Texas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I can't go into Christmas without first talking about Christmas Eve. It was beautiful.. snow falling outside.. Christmas music playing.. my mom came over and we were just sitting around talking. We decided to try a new chilly recipe, which was great for us but not so great for Lilly. Christmas Eve/Christmas morning went something like this:

2 am - Lilly wakes up puking.. we change her, change her sheets, rock her for a bit..
3 am - Lilly throwing up again.. we give her a bath (right after which she throws up for the third time), change her, change sheets again.. put some laundry in the wash. Nate wakes up and we let them play for a bit before we put them back to bed.
3:30- Round 4- change sheets but nothing got on her- alright!!
4 am- Round 5 - she is sooo exhausted and so are we. Change sheets, change jammies again.. do more laundry..
4:15- Final round- change sheets, change Lilly (at this point she is wearing clothes because we are out of pajamas!) ans change myself..
4:30- bed time
6:30 - Good Morning Nate!

It must have been a bug because she never had a fever and nothing else seemed wrong with her. Christmas day she was pretty much back to normal.

We went over to my mom's and spent the afternoon with my sister, brother in law and their kiddos.

Here is a rundown of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in pictures! Enjoy!

Grandma and Lilly in the snow on Christmas Eve
Notice Nate still on the porch in the background while Lilly runs right out in the snow!

Still thinking about it..

There he goes!

We let them unwrap these Christmas jammies so they could wear them to bed..

Little did we know Lilly wouldn't have hers on long..

Santa!

Fast forward to Christmas morning..

More presents over at Grandma's!

6/8 of the cousins with Grandma!

Chillaxin' in her chair the next day..

Merry Christmas to ALL!!

Christmas Card Rejects..

Oh yes, it's that time of year again. We tried several places, different scenery, inside the house and outside.. and here, for your viewing pleasure, are a few rejects that did not make the card..

The pictures that made the card will be posted soon, but I want to give everyone a chance to get their cards in the mail!