It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

So that isn't a very original title, but one I just love to hear!

While the stores have had early signs of Christmas it's not until I hear that first song that it sinks in that Christmas is so very near!!

The kids & I were on our way to a birthday party with mom & dad Saturday night in their car & all of a sudden CHRISTMAS music started playing. I was a little excited & figured my mom (who sings Christmas songs in July) had already put her Christmas cd to use already. To my amazement, it was on their XM satellite radio station Holly. I was even more excited because you know what that means........ Christmas music 24/7. So Monday I got to work & immediately signed on XM online & listened to music all day long. It made for a wonderful Monday!

His turn!

Brodie is officially 19 months old today, since I haven't blogged much on him, it's his turn now!

He doesn't say "da" for everything anymore, instead he says "ma" & calls everyone "mama"

He loves to give kisses (his kissing noise is almost as cute as the kisses)

he can't sleep anywhere except his bed (we did good there)

He loves his cowboy boots, he says "boos"

he absolutely loves my dad (aka Poppa)

he looks like my dad (and acts like him)

he says "Brie Brie"

he love love loves his sister

he calls Hunny "mama" when he wants her attention

he loves to ask "what's that", but it's more like "wha da?"

if your in his way he will tell you "boo, boo" for move

he fights with his sister a lot

he's polite and says some form of thank you

his is seriously bow-legged

he loves to dance to music

when you ask him where parts of his body are like his head he leans forward to show you his

head, or like his ear, he turns his head so you can see his ear, it's pretty cute

he's good with babies especially Hunter

he likes to wrestle

he's my favorite little cowboy & I love him lots!!

Sitting in Brie's baby doll stroller

Don't you think he looks like him?

Notice..he's in the center of the circle

They really do love each other

Once the boys dress up like cowboys, Brie has to wear her boots & hat too. November 9, 2008.

My bow-legged little hunter, November 12, 2008

Firsts...good & a little sad

Today Brie takes her FIRST school pictures. I forgot till Ms. Lauri reminded Josh who called to remind me. (THANKS MS. LAURI!) She was at HUNNY's & the outfit she was going to wear just wasn't FIRST picture material. So I drove (not too fast) to get her & we hurriedly put on a very FIRST picture worthy ensemble. It makes me a little sad to think this is just the beginning of her school pictures yet to come. It also makes me dread the first day of kindergarten (I know I will cry). It brings back the traumatic memory of her first day of preschool this year, (I cried then too). But then it takes me back to her first smile (she was born smiling), her first tooth (that was a nightmare), her first steps, & the first time she spent the night with Uncle Buddy..which happened to be her first sleepover out of Olney (2 hours away). Of course there are many more but those are just a few. All of those firsts went pretty well or at last we survived them. So I'll just pick my chin up & think of the tons more FIRSTS yet to come & thank God for sending me my precious girl & allowing me to witness her FIRSTS.

?Halloween? or Whatchamacallit

Our community library does a pumpkin contest every year. Children are allowed to decorate a pumpkin. This year they started a new award for best book character. I was way excited because Brie's favorite book is called A Bad Case of the Stripes. Obviously the title says it all so what's easier than painting stripes on a pumpkin then adding facial features? Brie painted the stripes & I helped with the face (parental helping is allowed in). Here are the products of our hard work. (by the way, that is NOT, I repeat NOT a cigarette in her mouth. it is supposed to look like a thermometer, yep a very sad thermometer) No, we didn't win either.

Here's my girl & her pretty darn cute pumpkin

Well, I know Halloween isn't something everybody likes, & I don't particularly care for it other than you get to dress your kids up, they get to participate in the OLNEY HALLOWEEN parade, and it's a chance for Josh to get some "much needed" candy.

So any ways here are some pictures of my beautiful Witch Princess & my bouncing little Tiger!!

At the parade he wouldn't let me take a picture so I got the behind. Look at that cute little tail!

My pretty little witch...her hat just wouldn't stay on!


Since I didn't get pictures before we went out I just knew we wouldn't get any good ones once we got home but they surprised me.

So cute!

Birthday Weekend!

It’s about time I finally get some birthday pictures up. Her birthday was Friday Oct. 24. We had her Preschool birthday party for her on Thursday. She and I made chocolate cupcakes & decorated them. We also put together some goody bags for her class.

Her preschool party.

Wow what a bite!

Her Aunt Shoni spoiled her Friday by getting her the biggest balloon with all the Disney Princesses on it AND Brie’s favorite dessert THE MOLTEN from her FAVORITE restaurant Chili’s (only because Shoni works there). Aunt Ryan & Uncle Buddy (Gabe) & the boys came in on Friday so we all at a big supper at mom & dad’s that night. We sang Happy Birthday to Brie & let her blow out the candles on her “cake”. She didn’t like us to sing to her, she covered her ears (see the picture).

What she did when we sang Happy Birthday. (I didn't think our singing was that bad!)

Saturday was the big party!! We had a lovely mix of Thomas the Train & The Little Mermaid decorations. Both Brie & Dane got lots of very nice toys & lots of clothes (THANKS HUNNY & POPPA!). We got the kids a pull string piñata. This kind of piñata is the greatest. There is no chance of anyone getting smacked with a baseball bat. All you do is let the kids take turn pulling the strings & only one string opens the bottom for all fillings to come out!! Isn’t that cool! Well we only had 4 kids to share the ton of candy & fillers I bought. There was Brie, Brodie, Dane, & their cousin Luke, so of course we came home with at least half of what I put in the darn thing!!
Happy Birthday Brie & Dane!!

Brie & her Aunt Shoni

Dane & Ryan looking at one of his presents

Picking up the pinata pieces.