Stop with the pictures Mommy!

I think Andrew was a bit tired of pictures this day... (loving the spaghetti face too!)

First official time in the Bumbo!

Here is Alyssa's first time checking out the whole "sitting up" thing in her Bumbo :)

Oops! Distracted by the hands!! :)

Her favorite thing to do...chew on her hands...(if no one else's are available!)

Oh yep... there it goes!

Realizing she is busted!

Who me? Chewing on my hands?!?! Nah.. you got the wrong girl! :)

Rethinking her story/alibi....

"Are you talking to me?!?!" (in her best gangster look...) :)

Smiling at our fun and games as she winds down from the excitement of her Bumbo...

Big Brother Duties

Andrew is such a good brother and is doing well with is big brother duties... one of which sometimes includes giving Alyssa her bottle while we are on the road... :)


He is the best big brother....EVER!!!! :)

4 Months, 1 Week and Rolling Over...

Ok - so I'm behind on my picture posting (AGAIN)... but I had to document this milestone.

3-21-11 is the date that my baby girl OFFICIALLY began rolling over! She rolled from her back to her front and was a little upset about the self induced tummy time :)

What mixed emotions!! Pride because of what a good job she did and achieving this milestone. But also sadness at just HOW QUICKLY my baby girl is growing up!

To quote the IM I sent my mom...."WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" :) I wish time would just SLOW DOWN!

Official Birthday Celebration

On 2-22-11, my baby boy turned 4 "officially". For dinner, we went to Applebee's to celebrate with Uncle Jeff. The staff sang Happy Birthday to him and had a huge birthday sundae for him. It was a fun and sweet celebration!

I think Uncle Jeff is scared that Andrew will finish it all without him! :)

Happy Birthday my precious, precious boy! I love you more every day and you are such a special light in my life! You are so generous, considerate and loving! I never want to forget the things you do so I wanted to record just a few recent memories....

An example of the kind things you do was offered just the other night. Like so many times, Mommy made a mess on accident :( I knocked over the coffee pot which I had just filled and set for the morning. Water was EVERY where. Without asking, you instantly jumped up and got hand towels out of the drawer and started helping me mop up. Then you took all the wet towels and put them in front of the washer. I was in disbelief that this precious 4 year old boy was so able and willing to help his Mommy out. This is just a TINY example of the way you impress us and make our lives so much of a better place.

You make us laugh every day with your expressions and sayings. "We are leaving in 5 mins., when the clock says '98:1'" :)

You impress us with your intelligence in so many ways.

You are such a gift! We are Blessed beyond measure by you! :) We love you!

Sibling Time

Now that Alyssa has lost most of her "bobble head" tendencies, Andrew loves to hold her even more. Here are some shots of them sitting together recently...

SOOO Cute! :) I love these kids! :)

I LOVE her expression here...kind of like...WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YA'LL DOING TO ME?

The novelty is wearing off...

I love the times we have with these kiddos! I wish time would slow down just a bit!!!

Blow Outs, Boutiques and Mud Pies

A few weeks ago, the kids & I rode down to Salado with David where he had an appraisal to do. Sure enough, during the time there, Alyssa had a blow out. Leave it to me to have forgotten to replace her "back up" outfit in her diaper bag from the previous blow out a few days earlier. NICE...

A little known fact about Salado is that they do not have a Dollar General or Dollar Store. The Brookshire's there also does not sell any type of baby outfit. (I had hoped since our HEB does - that maybe we'd luck out. No such luck...)

David concludes that we either need to run into a boutique or return home. We had already planned on taking Andrew to the park and enjoying a picnic together. So, on a Sunday afternoon at almost 5 o'clock, we begin hunting for a boutique that is open. I warned David that if I found one - that is was likely to be pretty pricey. In true "Alyssa has her Daddy wrapped around her finger fashion", David said that would be ok.

LUCKILY, I end up finding a boutique that carries some kids clothes. I found the cutest outfit by MudPie that was on sale. (Even on sale it was almost $30! To which David still said that was ok.. because he thought the outfit was too cute also!... Sucker!) :)

Here we are right after putting the naked girl into her new outfit...(Note: the car was PARKED...we were NOT driving unbelted! :) )

Below is a pic of us at Pace Park in Salado. We thought this was fun since I'm from the Pace family :)

Proud Daddy with his baby girl... I LOVE this outfit... especially the zebra pants! :)

Most of all...I love the ruffles on her bootie! TOO Cute! :)

Her favorite holding position with David... look at those blue eyes :)

Hanging out by the creek in Salado...