Church Christmas Program

The girls love to perform (right now at least).  Hope they don't take after their Mom and hate being in front of an audience later lol.  So proud of them (and their sweet friends).



8 Months Old

This little blondie is 8 months old and finally crawling really well!  She's into everything, and pulling up on everything too. 

All of that playing must have worn her out...

Trying to get the hang of crawling at the beginning of her 7th month...

and now at the beginning of her 8th month...

Think she got the hang of it!



Presley's Thanksgiving Program

She is growing up way too fast!  To my shock, her teacher informed me several weeks before their Thanksgiving program that Presley would be singing a solo during the program, but asked me not to say anything to Presley about it!  Presley's teacher is amazing, and she knows what a little diva Presley can be (they sweetly say she's a sensitive child).  They planned to have her sing the solo if she wanted, but on that day, if she got anxious or didn't want to do it, they'd pull.  I was really hoping she'd do it, and to my surprise when they rehearsed the program in front of the whole school, she did it!  That made me extremely hopeful that she'd go ahead and do it for the parents on program day too!  Come to find out, she had the whole school laughing hysterically because she delivered her lines in a British accent..ha!  Makenzie came home telling me how much Presley embarrassed her!  I'm still laughing as I type this!

I encouraged Presley to NOT use the British accent for the actual program for Makenzie's sake (I personally think the British accent would have been a riot), and my sweet girl did such a good job!!  She lead her class in all the songs, and her sweet solo was just perfect.

Presley singing...love her sweet little voice :)



In Love...

They have my heart....

Sooo in love with these two....Avery has Daddy wrapped around her little finger, and I can't get enough of the two of them.  He is so in love with her, and she loves him just as much.  Twinkies!



Pulling Up and Trying to Crawl

Avery is pulling up on everything, and she's found her voice! She LOVES to scream...it is too funny!  Makenzie likes to add to the commotion herself...

And this was just too funny not to share....

I love that laugh :)

Halloween 2012

It seems like the more children we have, the harder it is to get everyone to cooperate for Halloween costumes!  I REALLY wanted the girls and Dean to be Goldilocks and the three bears or Mary and her little lambs or something similarly cute and themed, but Makenzie and Presley had other ideas.  They each had VERY different ideas of what they wanted to be for Halloween, and none of their ideas included themed costumes :( 

As it turns out, Makenzie had a costume birthday party to attend, and we hadn't found a costume for her yet.  Mom had to improvise.  See, Makenzie thinks she's too old for "kiddie" costumes and wanted something a little more age appropriate. Thankfully, I remembered seeing some cute, sparkly cat ears and a tail in Claire's so I took her by there and sure enough she liked them!

We got home from the party, and Presley saw her "cat costume" and demanded she have one too.  That gave me an idea...easy costumes for all 3 girls, and it's a theme...the 3 little kittens who lost their mitten! Whoo hoo!! Ha!

Aren't they adorable....

We decided to dress up and go to the carnival at Mississippi State with Katie and Dean...cuties!

We had a great time...with the exception of Presley disappearing and nearly giving me (and Katie too!) a heart attack! I was watching her as she stood in line for a game while Katie stood with the other kids.  I turned to give Avery a bottle, and when I looked back over, Presley was no where in sight.  I went for a closer look and sure enough, no Presley.  I looked back at Katie, and nope, not there either.  I just so happened to be at the booth hosted by the police department so I gave them her description and asked if they'd seen her leave the line, and of course, no one had.  One officer headed off in one direction looking for her, and I went in the other.  After about 10 minutes of searching (me feeling like I was about to pass out from fear), I turned to see the little booger running over to me yelling Mommy.  It took all I had not to hit my knees, but thank God we found her.  She said she'd been looking for me the entire time.  Oy! This child is going to give me gray hair before my time!

Seven Months Old and Pierced Ears!!

This little cutie is 7 months old, and I finally worked up the nerve to get her ears pierced.  Makenzie and Presley both had theirs pierced at 6 months, but I put off having Avery's done for some reason.  She did great though, and I'm so glad I went ahead and did it now.

All smiles!