3 Month Pics

Here are a few pics of our 3 Month Old sweetheart...


Of course, our big brother needs to be in a few pics... :)




Here's the princess in her princess-style swing....which she doesn't enjoy much because a certain Daddy prefers to hold her...haha! :)

Holding His Sister....

Andrew LOVES Alyssa...and she loves him! They are so sweet to watch together. The other morning, Andrew wanted to hold her. So here are a few pics of them together in the media room (aka "Uncle Jeff's room"). I particularly like Andrew's hair... :)

My silly boy!

Sweetness....

Valentine's Pics 2-12-2011

I have to play "dress up" with Alyssa from time to time.

Having a little boy is GREAT. It's so easy to get them dressed and there is little involved (cargo pants and collared shirt!). A little girl on the other hand, needs a bow or accessory and has way cuter clothes!

Yesterday, I had to take a few pics of our sweet princess! (Andrew helped coordinate the headband!)...



And what would a "photo shoot" of Alyssa be without big brother wanting a few of himself? :)




Andrew decided he wanted to be photographer...


A few minutes after I put the camera away, our sweet girl was fast asleep. I had to put her pink puppy dog with her. Such a precious love!

1st TOT Performance

This past Tuesday (2/8/11), Andrew had his very first TOT performance. TOT stands for "Teams of Tomorrow" and is a great basketball skills program that he does at his school. He was supposed to perform during the Harlem Globetrotters halftime as well as the Baylor Bears Basketball halftime a few weeks ago, but the flu kept him from doing that.

So, Tuesday at Midway High School was his first performance. Here you can see him sizing up the court and what was to come....




Below is a picture of sister checking out all the noise and commotion...

Here's a shot of Matthew and Andrew talking about the upcoming halftime (or they could have been talking about cars or trains or who knows what...) :) Our good friends Pam McKown and her son Matthew came to cheer Andrew on.

Pam is currently a "tax widow" as her husband, David, is the midst of another grueling tax season. (By the way...if any of you reading this are ever looking for a great accountant - David is your guy!) So this allowed Pam, Matthew, Andrew, Alyssa and me to grab dinner together before heading to the game where we met up with my David.

Here the kids take to the floor. I was sooo amazed how well they all did! Andrew did a really good job and we were so proud of him! He is in the very back row, 2nd from the left. He apparently ran into another one of the parents just before the show so the teachers had to contend with his bloody nose just minutes before hitting the floor. We thought maybe that was why he ran up to one of the teachers during the performance - but it turns out he just wanted to show her his new shoes... KIDS! :)



What a fun and BUSY night. I slept REALLY well that night. Getting around by myself with 2 kids was tough! I even had the help from Pam of helping me cart some of the stuff necessary with a tiny infant - but WOW. I still can't imagine how my mom did it with a 3 year old + twin babies as a single mom. Even with help from others - it's a major undertaking to have one kid but multiples - WOWSERS!!

First Trip to the Mall with the Girls

Last Saturday, 2/12/11, David and his brother Mike took our combined total of 3 boys out for the day to go shoot guns, play at the park and other boy things. This left my sister-in-law, Brenda, and I with a few hours of girl time. We enjoyed watching a movie and then thought we would go to the Mall and out to eat.

Of course, Alyssa had to get cutsied up since this was her first day with the girls PLUS her first trip to the mall!

We made it to lunch at Olive Garden. What a wonderful and leisurely lunch! Alyssa slept the 1.5 hours we were there. Then she woke up and all of a sudden realized that I had not been holding her. She let EVERYONE in the restaurant know that she was not happy with that! (She has a GREAT set of lungs!) So we wrapped up quickly and instead of the 3 of us heading into the mall, Brenda just ran in really quick to get something she needed. Oh well. Guess this gives us an excuse at a later date to do another "1st" trip to the mall pic :)

Some Random Pics between 10-12 weeks old

Below are some random pics taken recently.

The first of course is how the princess likes to spend the majority of her time. I thought her little nightcap matched her puppy dog's perfectly :)


This was a proud moment for David. David is trying to keep Alyssa home as long as possible to avoid the daycare "Germies." It's been a balance for both of us but seems to be going ok for right now. David has been working hard to get her to hold her own bottle...alas... not even 12 weeks old and she can do it!

Of course, while staying home together, David & Alyssa get to have some silly & special times together. Here's a pic of her making sweet eyes at him. She LOVES her Daddy!

Snow Day 2011

YAY! Finally this Maryland girl got some snow here in Central Texas. Andrew's school was closed AND my work called a snow day...time for fun!!! :)






We couldn't stay outside long because Andrew is still getting over the flu and symptoms ....but I HAD to take advantage as this snow rarely happens here!