Merry Christmas Eve

On this Christmas Eve I just wanted to post a picture of my babies b/c I am most thankful for them. I am so blessed this Christmas to be back home with my sweet family. I am so thankful for Cole and Chloe and the beautiful children they are to me. Thank you, Brent for giving me such a happy life! I love you!

Few pics from the weekend

Here are a few pics from this weekend we spent outside...

Ricky... Our Elf on the Shelf

Before Christmas is over I wanted to post just so that one day I can look back and remember our first Christmas with Ricky. If you haven't heard of the 'Elf on the Shelf' you must check it out. It's a book that comes with an elf and it's used for making your kids behave. This elf appears at your house around Thanksgiving, the kids name it, each night it flies back to the North Pole to report your behavior to Santa and then reappears in a new spot in your house each morning. I thought it would be a fun tradition to start and boy has it been fun. Cole named our elf, Ricky. Yes... Ricky! Not sure where he has ever heard that name but he acted like there could be no other name for his elf than Ricky so why not! Chloe doesn't have a clue but she does spot Ricky and points to him and squeals. I look forward to next year when she can participate. The first day Ricky appeared, I caught Cole with a ToysRus cataloge, telling him everything he wants for Christmas. It was so cute. He is so excited each morning to go find Ricky and he finds him so quickly! It may seems silly but this has added so much joy to our Christmas this year. I'll post a picture of Ricky later. I suppose that I need to use this blog more to document our lives and not just to report news for people to read. It is for that purpose too but I think I'll be better about posting if I use it more for the purpose of writing important times to remember in years to come. More later!

Way behind...

Wow! I am so behind! I haven't posted since August. How terrible of me! Since my last post we have moved from Pearland to Midland. Brent works for Concho Resources and loves his job. We lived with my parents for 3 months while house hunting, finding a house and totally redoing it. While we waited, Brent worked and I just got settled and helped our kids get used to our new life. Cole is now just shy of 4 years old! I can't believe my baby is almost 4! He is ending his terrible 3's and although he still has his moments, I can see him nearing the 4 marker. He is so smart and we just enjoy this time with him so much. He amazes me, cracks me up and he remains my sweet little Momma's boy. He is in PreK 3 at Hillander School where he has adjusted so well. His teacher is the sweetest lady, Mrs. Worley. He loves his new classmates and has adjusted so well to our move. His Christmas program was yesterday and we have enjoyed hearing him sing Christmas songs over the past few weeks. Cole is really looking forward to Christmas this year and is going to have one heck of a Christmas!

Chloe is now 18 months old. She has changed the most since our move. She is so big and has turned into such a little girl. No longer baby! She is 30 pounds and looks every big as that sounds! When we first moved here, Chloe had another seizure which landed us in the hospital for 2 days. She has since got to a specialist in Lubbock and we have it all under control with medicine. She gave us quite a scare but she is doing so well. She is in the younger toddler class at First United Methodist Children's Day Out. Her teachers are precious and take such good care of her. She is in school Tues/Thurs from 8:30-3pm. She is talking up a storm but her favorite word is Bubba aka... Cole and he is by far her favorite person. She adores big brother. Although he is mean to her 50% of the time, he is also quite sweet too. They play together all of the time which has been so fun to watch. We are so blessed!

Other than our move, we have just been getting settled and ready for Christmas. We made a great decision moving to Midland and look forward to many years here watching our kiddos grow. I promise to be better about posting!!! Until then...