Technical Difficulties

We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties on the household computer. I am hopeful that we will be up and running by next week so I can post - with some pictures - about the last month! We have had Abby's birthday, a trip to Disney, a trip to Tennessee for Christmas, and Abby's cheerleading debut! I am optimistic that I will be able to share these good times by next week! Stay tuned!

Abby and I went to an inclusion party for her school this morning to decorate gingerbread houses. We had lots of fun 1 on 1 time, which is a really big deal for her (having her mommy's undivided attention). We are actually decorating gingerbread houses again for her birthday this year Tuesday after school , so we will get to do this twice in one week! It was fun to do this first - we got some good ideas for Tuesday, and I didn't have to do anything but show up!

Abby received birthday presents in the mail this week from Papaw (Toby's dad), Aunt Jody, and Mamaw Whitehead (Toby's grandmother). She was so excited to get a big ol' package in the mail and get to open all of her great gifts! Thanks so much, guys!!!

The other morning Abby was in big trouble before leaving for school (that is another story...). Beau tends to be a clown anyways, but he was trying to lighten the tense moods this particular morning especially. I walked into the living room and here is what I found - Beau had managed to get one of Rocky's (our 3 lb yorkie) sweaters stretched over his head like it was a hat. He thought he was so funny, and was making all kinds of faces trying to make us girls laugh. I have to admit, it worked! He is such a funny kid.

This is how we feel about the UT football team this season.

I apologize for all of the pictures of my kids in their underwear. They really just do not like wearing clothes. Something else to work on...:-)

Birthday party for Abby Tuesday, and we are leaving out for Disneyworld early Wednesday! I probably won't be posting again until we get back from there!! Hopefully there will be lots of fun pictures from that trip! Have a great week!!

Body Beauty

Sometimes as I peruse through my weekly trashy celeb magazine there will be an article on these celebrities that look fantastic. Even more so lately, they look fantastic after having had multiple children. Seriously??? I thought this article that I ran across this morning on MSN was hilarious - nothing that I did not really know or hadn't heard before, but just a reminder that it is ok to be proud of my body for the wonderful things that God has allowed it to do and not ashamed with the awful feeling that I don't do enough and can not measure up. It is very sarcastic, too, which is right up my alley...enjoy...

http://music.msn.com/music/celebrityfeature/celebrity-bikini-shots/?GT1=BUZZ1

Happy Fall

Daddy Time

We had a great weekend getting to spend some family time together. We are gearing up for a big meal on Thursday, and Mommy is putting on her "patience hat" to wear this week while I have both of my babies here all to myself! I am listening to Abby tell on Beau as I write this. Ahhh, motherhood...

The kids really enjoyed having their daddy all to themselves (aside from him working on Saturday night, mostly while they slept). We had a leaf raking evening in the back and side yards, which the kids thought was a blast! They jumped, raked, bagged, played, wrestled, etc. etc. in those leaves. Abby is a hard little worker and really enjoyed helping us bag them and carrying those big leaf bags to the edge of the street. Beau mostly played with his big ol' Tonka trucks, filling them up with leaves then dumping them out.

2 weeks until we leave for Disneyworld!!! Mommy is getting really excited! I can't believe it is so close, and that the kids still don't know! When we get back we will have 5 days at home, then take off to Tennessee until the new year rolls in. Busy, busy.

I did put out some Christmas decoration last night - the mantle is mostly done, and the stocking have been hung by the chimney with care. I am waiting on a tree - probably Wednesday. Toby keeps trying to talk me out of decorating for Christmas, but I think he is crazy. We have 2 tiny kids! I wouldn't miss the magic of decorating with them for the world, even if we won't be here all that much to enjoy it!

Happy Thanksgiving this week everyone!

Little Indians

Hello everyone! We have had a busy time lately, and are looking forward to having all of the next week off of school, ballet, swimming, etc. The only person still going strong will be Daddy, of course:)! We have plans for a great Thanksgiving dinner with our neighbors and another family that have become good friends of ours Thursday evening after Toby gets home from work. I am going to be busy pulling Christmas decor down from the attic. It is so much fun to decorate with the kids. They are so enthusiastic about holidays, and they get so excited. It should be lots of fun. We may also try to get a Christmas card picture while we have some time!

Abby had her Thanksgiving program at school today. The preschoolers sang songs and wore the cutest little costumes that they have been working hard on making all week long. After the program we had Thanksgiving dinner at her school with her. It was very fun, and Abby was so excited to be the center of our attention, of course. I did video the event, and will try to download a bit of it later.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, eats too much, sleeps a lot, spends time with loved ones, watches lots of football (if you like to) and remembers all of the many blessings God has given us to be so very thankful for!

What's Up?

Abby running errands with me the other day

Beau's "watching TV" position - part bat, part human. This is the preferred position for 30 minutes or more at a time! Isn't that crazy?? This child is just a handful...

To the right of my stove on the kitchen counter - this is what I mean when I say that these two are right underneath me all the time! At least they're cute to look at, right?

We are good here! Today I went with Abby's class on her very first field trip to the theatre downtown here where we got to watch some good ol' children's performing arts. They acted and sang out six or seven children's book, including "If You Give A Pig A Pancake" and "How I Became A Pirate" among others. It was very good and her class of pre-k did extremely well behaving and being good listeners!

Tomorrow we are headed to our church fall carnival, and Mommy and Daddy have plans for a date night on Sunday night (barring Daddy getting called into work, of course). In that case I will be going and getting more Christmas shopping done as there is already a babysitter coming! (Yay!)

Also, I have made a separate sewing blog so if you are interested in that just click on the site on the top right of the blog. There are more Christmas shirts on there!!! If you are interested let me know so I can go ahead and be working on them!!

Hope everyone else is doing good! Have a great weekend!

Christmas Shirts and Beautiful Beau

Mod Trees (on a size 3T)

Candy Cane (on a size 4T)

Lipstick Beau - and check out that shiner on his forehead!

Tonight Toby got called into work for a while so I spent the evening chasing the kids:) They seem extra hyper - I can't imagine why - wouldn't have anything to do with ALL of the Halloween candy that has been consumed over the weekend or anything. Anyways...while I was on the phone with Aunt Jody (bottom picture) Beau came running up to me after his bath talking about something or another. I looked down at him and had to do a double take. He had gone and found a tube of lipstick somewhere and very carefully applied it to his bottom lip. It was so funny because it was on so well for a 2 year old boy. Of course, Mommy took a couple of pictures right away and then left it on so Daddy could see when he got home. Of course, Toby was "take that stuff off" when he got home. I told him his son was the one that applied it. Maybe I should be worried!

The two shirt are my first two Christmas creations. They have been lots of fun to work on. I think the candy cane could go for a boy or a girl, but both of the above were done on girls' shirts. The above samples are for sale!! I just went ahead and made them so I could go ahead and let everyone know what some options were. I am working on several others, but I am waiting for my shipment of shirts to come in!! In the works are snowmen (which will be cute for the boys, I think), wreaths, more Christmas trees, holly, birds, and crosses.