Newest family member

We have added a new family member to our house.....

Meet Bryan the fish.





Kade and I were out running errands last Saturday when we ran inside the petstore to just "look" at the fish. He was so excited I thought what the heck, let's get him one! He choose a dark blue betta fish. On the way home I asked him what he wanted to name his new fish and he answered with "Bryan." So there you have it! Our fish named Bryan. Having two Bryan's in the house can get a little tricky but most of the time we know who he is talking about ;)




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Big Girl!

On Friday, Ella Claire turns 5 months old. 5 months old, really?!? I can't believe it, times is flying by! For about the past two weeks she has been sitting up all by herself. She still hasn't developed the reflex to catch her self when she starts to fall over, but she will unsupported playing with a toy for a good period of time! I'm so proud of my big girl!




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Six Flags

For Christmas, my parents gave us all season passes to Six Flags! We were so excited and right after the New Year we decided to go try them out. We learned that our crazy boy isn't afraid of anything and was up for trying EVERYTHING! Which is good and bad! We have a great night and can't wait to go back!!

























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iPhone

I'm way out of the loop and I just figured out how to post from my phone! I have kind of taken January to catch up on posts from the holidays. I'm finally caught up but I'm not going to back blog this month because I feel like I will never catch up! So here are some pictures from the past month!



















































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2011 in Review

2011 was a crazy, yet wonderful year for us. Plenty of happy times, a few sad times, and all around  a wonderful year filled with blessings!

January

A week after finding out we are going to be a family of 4, my Mimi goes to to be with Jesus. So many wonderful memories of her and my Papa.

 

February

Record breaking ice storm in Fort Worth. We were iced in (and losing our minds) for 3 days!

 

March

We find out we are having a little girl! We also spend a lot of time outside enjoying warmer weather!

 

April

Easter and swimming for the first time in Nanny and Pappy's new pool!

 

May

We spent a wonderful week in Europe, traveling to Paris and Barcelona!

 

June

We spent lots and lots of time at the water park!

  

July

I was 8.5 months pregnant during the second hottest summer on record in Fort Worth. This was a loooong month.

 

August

Without a doubt the biggest month of the year.   Bryan and I celebrated our anniversary, my niece Addison was born, Kade turned 2, and the very next day Ella was born!

 

September

Kade starts Mother's Day Out!

 

October

We welcome Fall and have fun celebrating Halloween!

 

November

Kade is the cutest ring bearer ever in Lauren and Clay's wedding!

 

 December

We celebrate the heck out of Christmas and create new family traditions. And also spend about half of the month sick! 

 Can't wait to see what 2012 hold for us! Hopefully some traveling, NO babies, and lots of fun quality time together!

New Years Eve

New Year's Eve was pretty low key this year. Which is only natural since we have two kids. I had to set my alarm to wake up to see the ball drop. I didn't want to miss it, but I just couldn't stay awake that long! We went to eat sushi, got some ice cream, and came home to "party" with the kids all before their 8:00 bedtime :) We did have some party hats and music. I couldn't even imagine going out and 'partying' to ring in the New Year. It makes me tired to even think about it. Call me crazy, but I prefer an early dinner, music and dancing with my 2 year old, and pj's and games with my hubby! It was so prefect! I did tell Bryan that going to New York and being in Times Square is on my bucket list. He said he has no interest in that, but I always talk him into everything. So someday :)

A boy and his bike...

Meme and Gdad gave Kade a balance bike for Christmas and he LOVES it! I have been so impressed by how fast he has picked it up. The balance bikes are so cool and when the time comes for a real bike the hope is that he will bypass training wheels. Just the other day we went on an actual bike ride together and he was able to keep up. It is so fun watching him learn!