Our Heart's are Complete

Deep in the Heart of Texas

2010-08-23T06:09:00.000-05:00

Sarah's second dance recital was fantastic!! Their costumes were adorable!! They did a tap dance to Deep in the Heart of Texas. Sarah has always loved that song, because she gets to sing it at the Astros game. The little girls did an amazing job!! Way to go cowgirls!!

Love Them.....

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Happy 6th Birthday Min!

2010-08-22T23:36:00.000-05:00

We love you Min!!

ConGRADS Uncle Matt

2010-08-22T23:27:00.001-05:00

We are very proud of you Matt!!

Sarah Kat's Pre-K Graduation

2010-08-22T23:18:00.000-05:00

Sarah was blessed to have 3 fabulous years at Wee Wuns. She had 3 wonderful teachers, and she made some great friends. As I type this the night before she starts Kindergarten I am thankful she had such a fantastic preschool experience!!

Caleigh Marie

2010-08-22T22:26:00.000-05:00

My beautiful niece Caleigh was born May 13th! We are so blessed to have her as a part of our family. The day she was born Sarah said "This is a special day for me!" She was so excited to become a big cousin!!

Sarah's Wee Wuns Spring Program 2010

2010-08-22T21:58:00.000-05:00

GaGa and PaPa with the Kiddos

Bubby waiting on his big sissy.

Sarah during the program.

Poppy and Sarah

Our Sweet Girl!!

Sarah and Mrs. McCain

Mimi and Sarah

Sarah and Ty

Mother's Day 2010

2010-08-22T21:11:00.000-05:00

I love my babies!!!

One of My Faves....

2010-08-22T21:06:00.000-05:00

Connor is a great little brother!! He was cheering on his sissy at her soccer game. Go Big Dogs!!

Connor's First Easter

2010-08-22T20:52:00.000-05:00

Sarah and Connor both had a fabulous Easter!! We celebrated with our families. The Easter Bunny was very nice to my kids too!

It's tough being a boy in this house.....

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Our Lucky Charms

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I LOVE Food!!

2010-08-22T20:06:00.000-05:00

Our little guy LOVES to eat!!!! So far he is not picky. We struggled with Sarah through her toddler years, but she is a pretty good eater now. I pray Connor always likes his VEGGIES!!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Connor

2010-04-19T21:06:00.014-05:00

April 19, 2010

6 Months Old

Weight 15 lbs 10 oz (25%)

Length 25 1/2 in (25%)

I am Learning to Sit Up!

March 19, 2010

5 months Old

Go Baylor!!

February 19, 2010

4 Months old

Weigh 14 lbs 4 oz 9 (50%)

Length 24 in (50%)

Baths are SOOO Much Fun!

January 19, 2009

3 Months Old

Rolling Over is the BEST!!

December 19, 2009

2 Months Old

Weight 11 lbs 12 oz (25%)

Length 21 in (25%)

My First Christmas

November 19, 2009

1 Month Old

My Sweet Little Grin is so Cute!
October 19, 2009

Weight 8 lbs 2 oz

Length 19 in

The Day Our Little Man was Born

I have a ton to catch up on, but I did not want to let this day go by without posting. Our little man is 6 MONTHS OLD!!! Oh my I can't believe it!!!! He is such a fabulous baby. He just loves life. Con Man is not big on sleeping. I think he is afraid he might miss something. Mimi says I was the same way. Sarah is more like her Daddy....the girl has always loved to sleep! Connor can roll both ways. One of his favorite things to do is roll around his room. One day I turned my head, and the next thing I know he is under his bed. He was happy as a clam to be under there. Little guy also laughs when I change his diaper. His gift to me this morning was to tee tee on himself and me. Thanks son!! Connor loves his family and friends. He does not like for random people to touch him at the mall. He cries in their face! Sarah can make him laugh the hardest. I hope they are always close. She ADORES him!!!! He is starting to sit up. Last night he sat up for about 5 minutes without falling. He thinks sitting up is pretty cool. The little guy loves peas and carrots, but he thinks cereal is nasty. I mean I really can't blame him. He still loves Mommy's milk most of all though. Connor we LOVE you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!! Thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives. Your little smile and giggle melt my heart! Happy 1/2 Birthday Sweet Baby Boy!!

Connor's First Christmas

2010-02-23T14:54:00.011-06:00

Better late than never right???? Our Christmas started at Grandpa's house the weekend before Christmas. There was yummy food, tons of activities for the kids, gift opening and just some nice time with family. Poor Sarah had a terrible runny nose which caused her upper lip to be chapped. She did not let that get her down though! Connor slept a lot of the day, but he was a happy camper while he was awake.

Christmas Eve started with us getting ready to go see Santa. Both of my kids had seen him separately, but I wanted a picture of them together. I know BAD idea!! While we were waiting in line Sarah kept complaining about her ear. So, I got the last appointment at the doctor that they had that day. Fun way to spend Christmas Eve! Come to find out she had a sinus infection. Not sure why I was so surprised by this. After an afternoon of resting we went to Aunt Suzanne's house to spend Christmas with my mom's side of the family. It was such a nice evening other than the fact that my sweet girl did not feel well. I felt so bad for her. The kids were given sooooo many nice gifts. Once again the food was great!! We did not stay very late. We had to get home and quickly get ready for Santa, because Sarah really needed to go to bed!!

Christmas morning Sarah was feeling much better, but my baby boy was a little under the weather. Sarah was THRILLED when she woke up, and she saw that Santa had brought her a baby doll bed and high chair. He brought Connor a little play mat. After spending that morning as a family we went to GaGa and PaPa's house to spend Christmas with them. Sarah got a new kitchen from them, and Connor got some nice things for his room. We ended the day at Mimi and Poppy's house. Aunt T, Uncle Matt and Uncle David were also there. Sarah got a bike to keep at their house. She was very excited about that!! Connor slept the whole time. We thought he was just very tired, but little did we know he was feeling very bad! When he woke up Aunt T got him out of his car seat, and she said he was very hot. I took his temperature and it was 102.8. I immediately called the doctor. The nurse told us we needed to take him to the emergency room. After about 4 hours there we found out he had RSV. I felt so sorry for my sweet baby. Needless to say we had a wonderful Christmas, but unfortunately it was plagued by illnesses. We are so lucky to have such wonderful children, family and friends. We are all blessed!! I am hoping next Christmas will be hospital free!! The Little Man is going to have so much fun next year!!

All Smiles

2009-12-19T09:23:00.001-06:00

His Smile Melts My Heart!!

(First smile that I caught on camera.)

The Shirt Says It All

2009-12-19T09:19:00.002-06:00

Oh Christmas Tree

2009-12-19T09:09:00.003-06:00

Delicious!!
My Little Bubby

Hot Chocolate Smile

Sarah putting an ornament on the tree.

My Favorite Gifts!!!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we decorated our Christmas tree. It is one of our favorite things to do as a family. It kind of kicks off Christmas!! We were so excited to have Connor with us this year. He was such a good boy while we decorated. (I can only imagine how much help he will be next year!! : )) Sarah also enjoyed some tasty hot chocolate!! I love putting each decoration on the tree and thinking about what each one represents. It was a fabulous morning!!

So Much to be Thankful for.....

2009-12-19T08:40:00.006-06:00

Sarah and Candise
My Sweet Girl

Cierra

Aunt Jordan (She had Sarah and Candise on her back.)

BEAUTIFUL!!!

CHEESE!!!

Aunt Chas and Donnie

Caden

Lauryn

Gram, Pepa, Sarah and Connor

My Guys

Daddy's Girl

Nana, Connor and Sarah

This year for Thanksgiving we went to the farm for lunch. The kids ALWAYS have a blast, because there is so much room for them to run and play. Aunt Jordan was kind enough to take pictures for me while we were there. We had a delicious lunch and yummy desserts. I could not keep Stuart away from the dessert table. He had like 3 pieces of pie to start with. It was a very nice afternoon with our family. When we left there we went to Nana's house in Livingston. Uncle Richard and Aunt Tammie were also there. It was nice to just relax and visit with them. I feel so lucky to have two healthy children, a fabulous husband, the best family ever and friends that I can always count on. I love you all so much!!

Happy 1 Month Birthday Connor!!

2009-11-19T22:27:00.002-06:00

WOW I can't believe it my baby boy is already a month old!!! This month has flown by. I just want to enjoy every second with him. I know I am going to blink and we are going to be celebrating his first birthday. He has truly completed our family. We love you so much bubby!!

Connor Loves.......

His Big Sister Sarah

Daddy and Mommy

The rest of his family and friends

Drinking Milk

Sleeping

Pooping

His Car seat

Being Swaddled

Connor Likes.....

Baths

Connor Hates.....

Getting his diaper changed.

Changing his clothes.

Sleeping in the pack-n-play

Little Man

2009-11-19T22:20:00.004-06:00

Hanging out with Daddy!

Thanks for my shoes Aunt T!!
I could just eat him up!!

I AM COLD QUIT TAKING PICTURES!!!!!!!!!

Our Favorite Tigers Came for a Visit!!

2009-11-19T22:00:00.006-06:00

A couple of weeks ago Aunt Kim, Uncle Kevin, Mindy and Ben-Ben came to meet Connor. We love when they visit!! The only problem is it always goes by way too fast. We did make the most of the time they were here though. Saturday morning they came to Sarah's soccer game. Then we went to a LSU football party. The kids played and played and played!! (Connor slept!) Sunday morning we visited at our house. Then we ate lunch at Sweet Tomato before they had to leave. We love y'all and can't wait to see y'all again.

My Beautiful Daughter

2009-11-19T21:56:00.002-06:00

Sarah has been the Best Big Sister since Connor arrived. She loves him so much. I am so proud of her! We love you very much Baby Girl!!

We Love You Daddy!

2009-11-19T21:51:00.003-06:00

Thank you for being the best Daddy!

We love you, Sarah and Connor

Go Texans!!

2009-11-19T21:47:00.002-06:00

Thank you Uncle Any and Aunt Lauryn for my adorable outfit!! (The Texans won that day!)

One Sleepy Boy

2009-11-19T21:38:00.004-06:00

Here are some sweet pictures of Connor. He just happens to be asleep in all of them. He just melts my heart!!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-19T21:13:00.007-06:00

Time to have some fun!! Sarah and Payton at Wee Wuns Fall Festival.

Pretty Girl

Payton won the cupcake walk.

GaGa and Sarah

Grandpa, Sarah and Connor

My sweet baby's first Halloween.

THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!

Go Baylor!!

Future Baylor Cheerleader

Best Buddies

Representing the Big 12

The cutest mascot ever!!

Mimi and Sarah

Dorothy Gayle with the Cheerleaders

Poppy and Sarah

Sarah about to go into Elmo's World.

Our Little Fam (Connor was over it by then.)

This was an extra special Halloween. It was our first holiday with our precious baby boy!! Sarah was the prettiest Baylor Cheerleader ever, and Connor was a cute little Baylor Bear. They were adorable together. We started the day by going to the Fall Festival at Wee Wuns. Sarah and Payton had so much fun playing the games together. This year the festival was outside. The weather was absolutely beautiful! GaGa also joined us for the fun. When we left there we went to Grandpa and Yai Yai's house to visit. Sarah was their first trick-or-treater. That night we went trick-or-treating with the Fairfield gang. Mimi and Poppy came too!! The kids had a blast. Our little bear slept the entire time. We ended the night at our church. They have a festival every year. It was such a wonderful day. Our little guy was such a trooper. Happy first Halloween Connor. We love you so much!! Sarah we hope you had a BLAST!! Love you sweet princess!!

Welcome Home Connor

2009-10-27T17:53:00.006-05:00

Getting ready to go home.
Mommy and Connor

Daddy and Connor

I love my little boy!!

First Car Ride

I love my little brother!!

Family of 4

Friends Forever

Our Little Man

My Babies

Silly Friends

STRETCH!!!!!!!!!

Connor's first time in his swing.

Daddy's Girl

Last Wednesday we brought our sweet baby boy home for the first time. We were hoping to get out of the hospital that morning, but the pediatrician had other plans for us. Dr. Castillo gave me the okay to go home around 8:00 that morning. The only problem was Mr. Connor had not been circumcised yet. We waited and waited for that to occur. The nurses just kept telling us that the doctor had not gotten there yet. Finally around 1:00 they came and got Connor. Then around 3:00 he was finished, but we still had to wait for about an hour to leave. Stu and I were so bored that day!! Finally it was time to go home. On our way we stopped at Stephanie's to pick up Miss Sarah. She was so excited to see her little brother!! Thanks Steph for taking and picking Sarah up from school. You were such a big help to us!! It was so nice to have our entire family together at home. We love being a family of 4!!

Day 2 with our Little Man

2009-10-26T08:52:00.004-05:00

Dr. Castillo (The best doctor ever!!)
Steph, Sweet P and Little Connor

Precious Payne

Grandpa and Connor

Connor and I having a little chat.

He must have been getting tired of what we were talking about!

Daddy's Boy!

My handsome little man

I love this picture of my sweet babies!!!

GO BEARS!!

Mimi and Connor

Nana, Aunt Suzanne and Connor

Sarah made that dog at Build-a-Bear for her little brother.

Our Little Pumpkin

Poor baby!!!

Our Beautiful Baby Boy

2009-10-25T21:58:00.009-05:00

Let's get this party started!!
Connor Montgomery
What a big boy!!

Mommy's Little Man

Big Sister meeting her little brother.

Our first family picture.

You will always be my little girl!

Poppy, Mimi and Connor

My hand tastes so good!!

Daddy, GaGa and Connor

You are both my favorites.

Stephanie and Connor
The fam
My wonderful friend Steph
Sweet Aunt T
Aunt T makes the best cards

Our sweet little boy Connor Montogomery was born October 19th at 7:38 pm!! He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Which for all of you who don't know is a small baby to me. His sister weighed almost 9 pounds!! It was love at first sight for us. He was absolutely perfect!!

I was suppose to be induced at 7:00 am, but the hospital did not have a room for me at that time. The waiting began!! We took Sarah to Mimi's house the night before, so Stu and I ran some errands to pass the time. I was in Target, and I just kept thinking about how much pain I was going to be in later that day. The hospital finally called to let us know to come in at 2:30. We were so excited!!! At 3:00 the process began. Dr. Castillo came in to break my water. I was feeling like this is no big deal. I am not in that much pain. Oh how I was wrong!! Around 4:00 I was really hurting. That lasted until 6:00 when the drugs finally came. I was so relieved!!! Dr. C came in to check on me and I was 6 cm dilated. He said it would not be long. I could not believe how fast everything happened. He came back around 7:25, and it was time to start pushing. The nurse prepped me, and I started pushing. I seriously had to concentrate when I was pushing, because I could not feel anything! I only pushed like 6 times, and my baby boy was born. I was so happy! He was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! His Daddy was over the moon that his son had arrived. The nursed cleaned him up, and we waited for his Big Sister to arrive.

When Sarah got there she was so excited to meet her little brother. She thought he was so cute!! Mimi, Poppy, Aunt T, Uncle Matt, GaGa, Stephanie, Uncle Andy and Lauryn also came to see our little guy that night. We truly felt the moment he was born that our family was complete. Stuart and I love our children more than anything! They are truly a blessing from God. We are so thankful!!

Big Sister's Night Out!!!

2009-10-13T23:19:00.005-05:00

So many choices!!
Say-Say and Pay-Pay sitting in their cute chair.

Sarah....I love this!!

My little Princess sitting in the Princess chair.

Two of our favorite ladies.

Sarah, Payton and I

They love each other so much!!

Drying their toes.

Reading US Weekly

Silly Girl!!

THIS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC NIGHT!!!

Our fabulous friends Steph and Payton treated Sarah and I to pedicures tonight. It goes without saying that Steph and I enjoyed ours. The CUTEST thing ever though was our sweet little girls getting their first pedicures. The place that we went to had little girls chairs. Our princesses thought they were the greatest things ever!!! They were very well behaved. The people at the salon could not believe they were only 3 1/2 and 4. They both picked out pink polish. I know SHOCKING!!! Sarah was thinking about purple at first, but then she quickly realized that it did not match her dress. The lady also painted flowers on their big toenails. The funniest thing was when they were reading US weekly while their toes were drying. Too Funny!! Payton is such a great big sister to Payne!! I know Sarah is going to just adore Connor. They deserved a Little Girl's Night Out!!

After all of our toes dried we went to Chick-Fil-A. Tuesday night is kid's night. Just so everyone knows Sarah and Payt are NOT big fans of the CFA Cow. As soon as we were walking up we saw him. Both girls began to tense up. We assured them he was a nice cow, and that he would not hurt them. The cow soon went in the back, and we thought he had retired for the night. There was a table where the kids could make Halloween ornaments. Our girls were sitting there nicely, and I see the cow walking out of the kitchen. He was headed right toward the ornament table. I knew it was not going to be good. As soon as Sarah and Payton saw him they both ran as fast as they could back to our table. It was hilarious!! Later on the girls did lighten up a little. Sarah did give him five, but there were no hugs! It was such a fantastic night!!! Thanks again Steph and Payton. We love y'all!!

Daddy's Shower at Work

2009-10-13T10:41:00.005-05:00

Move over Daddy....I need to work!!
Daddy and Sarah-Bug

Present Time

We definitely needed this!!

YAY a BUMBO SEAT!!

THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL GIFTS!!

It was a fantastic shower!!!

Sarah showing off the cake.

Daddy cutting the cake.

Last Thursday Sarah and I went up to TEK Systems for our baby shower. Sarah LOVES going to her Daddy's company. When we got there she kicked him out of his seat so she could get to work!! Once she got all of her "work" done we ate pizza for lunch. It was delicious!! Then Sarah opened Connor's fabulous presents. We got a space saver highchair, a bumbo seat, adorable clothes and diapers. It was more than I could have ever dreamed of. We ended the shower with yummy cake! Stu's coworkers really outdid themselves. It was such a fun afternoon. Stu is lucky to work with such wonderful people!!

Connor's Wonderful Baby Shower!!

2009-10-11T16:55:00.015-05:00

Cute Sarah-bug!

Steph and I

Big Sister Gifts!!

Mom and I

Connor's Adorable Cake

How Sweet!!

37 Weeks

Mom and Nana LA

Kanda, Sarah and I

PREGGOS!!

Nana, Aunt T and Miss Sarah

Kanda and I

Kim and I

Me and T

Nana LA, GaGa and I

Gram and I

Kanda, Nikki, Sarah and I

Samantha, Sarah, Corey, Steph and I

The sign says it all!

I love this little frame!!

Sweet Ben-Ben

We love this little boy!!

Go Bears!!

Cake Time

My sweet little angel.

Ben and Say-Say

Sassy and Miss Priss

Michelle, Christa and I

The Fam

Cake was not enough for them!

3 Generations

Our Precious Payne

T, Me, GaGa and Mrs. Vine

I LOVE MY PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL!!

Last weekend my fantastic friends and family hosted a baby shower at Stephanie's house for Connor!! It was absolutely beautiful!! They thought of everything. The invitations were so cute! The cake was adorable, and to make it better it was from my favorite bakery in Baton Rouge. YUMMY!! Oh my goodness the food was delicious. It was so nice how that we celebrated Sarah becoming a new big sister. She is so excited for her little brother to arrive. She even got a few gifts herself!! That really made her day. Connor received so many precious gifts. He is one lucky little guy. I can't put into words how much that day meant to me. I feel completely blessed to have the BEST friends and family ever!!! Stu, Sarah, Connor and I love you all so much!! To all of the hostesses...you all really outdid yourselves. I will never be able to thank y'all enough. Y'ALL ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SIC 'EM BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-06T08:12:00.002-05:00

Future Baylor Bear!!

Our Baylor Bears got off to a great start this year!! They beat Wake Forest 24-21. I hope they can keep it up! It would be nice to have a good season!!

No First Day Jitters!!

2009-08-31T10:27:00.004-05:00

Showing off her new butterfly backpack. She had to wear her matching butterfly dress.
Mommy's big girl

Daddy's Princess

Sarah giving her baby brother a kiss before school! She is so sweet!!

Miss MooCain's Cows

Let's Go Mommy!!

Waiting in the car line before school.

Sarah started school today!! She is in the big girl 4 year old class this year. I can't believe this is her 3rd year at Wee Wuns!!! She really could hardly contain herself this morning. Her teacher this year is Miss McCain. Her little girl Gracie is one of Sarah's friends, so she feels very comfortable with her teacher. There are several of her friends from last year in her class again. She told me that she will also be making some new friends too!! They ask us to drop them off in the car line starting from day one. I wish I could have taken her in, but this is actually much better for her. It makes her feel very independent! Hope you have a great day big girl! Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything!!

Let's Monkey Around!!!

2009-08-30T20:40:00.008-05:00

Little Dolls!!
Our Precious Little Monkey

Tyler having some fun!

Uncle climbing the rock wall.

Silly Monkey!!

Little Anna playing at the party.

Sweet P and Little Lexi being silly.

This party has been a BLAST!!!

Sarah's FABULOUS cake!!

The Birthday Girl

Lexi enjoying her ice cream.

Cam is a great big brother. Preston and Lexi are so lucky!!

Killer Smile!!

Happy Birthday to you....

I love my little girl!!

We think she is AMAZING!!

Little Lydia

Miss Sarah and Silly Hannah

Ash trying to pick his nose! It is almost in there buddy!!

Let's open presents!!

WOW!!

Miss Gracie

Steph and "Little Fella" Payne

Miss Corey, Sophia and her Lovies

You will always be my baby! (No matter how old you are!!)

The Hughes Fam

Yesterday we celebrated Sarah's 4th birthday at Monkey Bizness!! Tons of Sarah's friends and family came to monkey around with her. Before the party started we were all in a waiting room. When the man came in to let us in the room he asked who the birthday child was. Sarah raised her hand, and he let her go in first. She ran in and we rarely saw her for the next hour and a half. It was wonderful to Sarah and all of her friends have so much fun!! All the kids had smiles on their faces. The kids bounced, went down the slides and climbed all over the place!! Once our time was up in the bounce room we went into the party room for cake, ice cream and presents. Sarah had the CUTEST cake this year. It was also SUPER yummy!! Aunt Kim brought it from our favorite bakery in Baton Rouge. The only regret I had was that we did not have more left to bring home. It is probably a blessing since I am pregnant, and don't need to be gaining a ton of weight. Sarah then opened all of her fabulous gifts. Everyone was very generous to our sweet little girl! Thank you to everyone who made Sarah's day fabulous. We love you all so much!! Sarah we hope you had a fantastic 4th birthday, and we think you are the most beautiful little "princess monkey" ever!!

Our Fancy 4 Year Old.....

2009-08-23T22:52:00.008-05:00

Sarah's Little Donut Cake
What a treat!!

I Love Presents!!

Thank you Matt and Christie!!

I just LOVE this girl!!

I'm 4 today.

Lunch at the mall.

Daddy and Sarah riding the carousel.

Sarah at the mall playground.

What a fun afternoon!!

Monkey and Minnie dressed up for the party.

Sarah's Fancy Butterfly Sprinkled Cake

Let's Party!!

Sarah by her magnificent cake.

It is hard being Fancy, but someone has got to do it.

She asked her Daddy to dress up, so he put his coat on at the last minute. What a trooper!

Fancy Sarah and Minnie T

How Cute!!

BARBIE!!!

She got a TAG reader. She absolutely loves it.

Sarah with Fancy Nancy

Our Little Fam

Happy Birthday to you....

Say-Say and Aunt T

Sarah with her grandparents

Silly Daddy!!

Aunt T singing to the Birthday Girl. (She decided to change after the party was over.)

Aunt T is absolutely Divine!!

Today is our sweet little girl's 4th birthday!! It is my favorite day of the year. The morning started off around 7:30 with a special sprinkled donut cake. Sarah thought it was delicious!! Her daddy thought it was pretty good too. Then she opened one present from our sweet friends Matt and Christie. She loved her big Tinkerbell activity set. She played with it while Stu and I got ready for church. Today was promotion Sunday, so Miss Sarah got to go to a new class at church. She really liked it. Then for lunch she wanted to go to Memorial City mall and eat lunch. I think the fact that she wanted to ride the carousel and play on the playground was the main reason she chose to go there. The 3 of us had a really nice time!!

Tonight we had a little "Fancy Nancy" party here at our house. We had some of our family over for pizza and delicious cake. Mimi and Nana made Sarah a butterfly sprinkle cake with a tiara on top. It was exactly what she asked for. Our little princess dressed in her fancy dress for the party. She looked exquisite!! Aunt T and Uncle Matt were also good sports about dressing up. GaGa also made some yummy queso. Sarah LOVES queso!! Sarah received many nice gifts, but most of all she loved having her family here. I thank God each day for my little girl. She is truly a gift!! I can't believe she is already 4!! The years have gone by so fast. I remember the day we brought her home from the hospital just like it was yesterday. Thank you to all of our family who celebrated Sarah's special day! We love you more than anything Sarah!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!

Happy Birthday Mimi!!

2009-08-20T10:17:00.003-05:00

We gave her a photo album to put pictures of our little guy in.
Mimi with 3 of her 4 children. David had Summer school classes this year.

Mimi and Nana

Mimi, Sarah Katherine and Poppy

Happy Birthday to You.....

We celebrated Sarah's wonderful Mimi's birthday a few in late July!! We all went to her house and had a delicious dinner. Then we had YUMMY mint chocolate chip ice cream cake. It is one of her favorite flavors. My sister, brothers and I are blessed to have such a wonderful Mother. She is always there for us!! She is also a FABULOUS Mimi to my sweet little girl!! Sarah absolutely adores her. Happy Birthday Mom!! We love you!!

Happy 30th Daddy!!

2009-08-18T17:52:00.004-05:00

Sarah rooting her Daddy on!!
WOW!! Call the Fire Department!!

Uncle Matt and Sarah

Daddy and Mommy

Our Little Fam

Stu and his Folks

Nana, Poppy, Mimi, Daddy, Mommy, Uncle Matt and Say-Say

Stuart turned 30 a few weeks ago!! He did not want to do anything big, so we just grilled out at his parent's house. He also had a YUMMY cookie cake!!! Sarah was so excited that her Uncle Matt came. She has really has him wrapped around her little finger. I don't think she is going to like it when he has a girlfriend. She likes to have his undivided attention!! He tells her "Quit bossing me around!" It was a great night!! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us!!

Mommy and Me trip to Galveston

2009-08-04T12:18:00.005-05:00

Time to look for shells!

Our 3 precious children at the beach!

They melt my heart!!

Pool Time!

Sarah and her "Cousin" Mindy having some fun in the water.

My sweet girl!!

Mindy by the Emperor penguin and Sarah by the King penguin.

They LOVE each other so much!!

This trip has been so much fun!!

Ben-Ben at the Splash Pad.

Silly girls!!

Sarah and I met my best friend Kim and her kiddos Mindy and Benjamin in Galveston a couple of weeks ago. Daddy and Uncle Kevin had to work, so they could not join us. The first night we ate at a yummy little Mexican food restaurant. Then we headed back to the hotel to get some rest. The next day was spent at the beach and the hotel pool. All of the kids LOVED the water!! They had so much fun splashing around. Galveston was actually much cleaner than I thought it would be. I was pleasantly surprised!! That night we ate at a delicious seafood restaurant. Nana LA paid for that meal!! That was so sweet of her!! Our last day in Galveston we went to the Aquarium at Moody at Moody Gardens. The neatest part of the museum was the penguin exhibit. After a quick lunch at McDonald's we all headed back to Cypress. The kids got to play at the splash pad and swim. Then on Sunday they had to head back to Baton Rouge. It was a fabulous trip!! We all had a BLAST!! We are hoping to do something like this every summer.

I Love Fireworks!!

2009-07-15T22:47:00.003-05:00

Sweet Little Beautiful Perfect
All American Girl!!

Little Lexi's Cupcake Party

Emmy, Stephanie, Daddy and Mimi's 4th of July Party.

Sarah and Maddie

We had a fabulous 4th of July weekend! It started Friday night when we went with GaGa and PaPa to a great concert and firework show in the Woodlands. Sarah LOVES fireworks!!! She thinks they are fantastic!! On the 4th we went to sweet Lexi's 2nd birthday party. She is such a cutie!! Sarah loved playing with Lexi's new kitchen. (I think it might be on her wish list to Santa now.) After the party we headed to Livingston to have dinner and celebrate family birthdays. The boys also set off some fireworks. Sarah once again was very excited about that!! She also enjoyed playing with her sweet cousin Maddie!! Stu and I came home that night, but Miss Sarah spent the night with Mimi, Poppy and Nana in Livingston. They stayed in Mimi and Poppy's camper. The next day she got to go on her very first boat ride, and she absolutely LOVED it!!! She even swam in Lake Livingston. Mimi said she would get pictures next time. We ended our weekend at Grandpa and Yai Yai's house. Sarah swam with her cousins Cierra, Caden, Candise and Aunt Ali. She had so much fun with them. It was such a wonderful weekend!! We are blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. We love you all so much!! God Bless America!!

Sweet Little Lady

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She had a lunch date with Payton, Anna, Payne and Jackson!

Daddy's Girl

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I love you so much Daddy!

Father's Day 2009

Take Me out to the T-ball Game!!

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Sarah's 1st hit!
This is when she was crying.

Tyler

Miss Sarah after her first game.

Anna in the field.

Sarah in baseball ready position!

Ready...Set....Go!!!!!

Hit it to me!!

Sarah just finished her first season of T-ball! Please ignore her hat we do not have any Cardinals living in this house. Her team name was the Big Dogs, but the Y made them wear those NASTY hats!! She is a little natural! Her Coach said she was one of the happiest kids he had ever met. She only cried one time all season. That was the first time she got a hit. Then everyone started yelling at her to run. I think it just scared her a little. Her favorite position to play was pitcher. The pitcher gets the most action. Sarah also had a 1,ooo batting average!! She also loved that her friends Anna and Tyler were on her team. She also became friends with several of the other players. The Big Dogs won every game but 1! What a wonderful season!! Way to go Big Dogs!!! Thanks to all of our family and friends who came out to support our little t-ball player. We love y'all!!

Sweet Little Payne

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Mommy and Payne
He is so SWEET!!

Swaddle me please!!

Payne Robinson

My wonderful friend Stephanie had her sweet baby boy Payne this afternoon. He looks like his big sister Payton with brown hair. Such a little cutie!! I went to visit them tonight. Steph looked great!! It melted my heart when I got to hold him. It was so sweet how much Payton loved cuddling with her mommy in the bed. The new family of four is doing fantastic! We love y'all!!

Fifi in Paris

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Getting ready for her poodle dance.
Sarah and Anna

Sweet Poodles

Our little fam after the show.

Mimi and Nana

PaPa and GaGa

Poppy with the Poodles

YOU DID FANTASTIC BABY GIRL!

Thank you for my pretty frame Aunt Kim!

I love my dance necklace Nana LA

I can't wait until next years recital!!

Last Saturday was Sarah's first dance recital. She was a little poodle. I must say she looked absolutely precious!! It was a really busy day. Sarah was very lucky to have her close friends Anna and Olivia in her class this year. I think that made ballet all the more fun. It was the cutest thing watching our sweet little three year olds running out on the stage to do their dance. They all did a spectacular job!! I could not have been more proud. Mimi, Poppy, Nana, GaGa, PaPa, Aunt Suzanne, Uncle B and Emmy all came to cheer Sarah on. It means so much to her that y'all were there. She loved all the fancy gifts she received for her hard work! The whole night was a huge success. We are so proud of you Little Poodle!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

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I can't wait!!!
My Favorite Little Girl!

Soon to be a family of four.

Daddy's Girl

Miss Priss

I love to swing!!

I am thrilled to say that we have a sweet little boy on the way. Sarah, Stuart and I are so EXCITED!!!! Our ultrasound was at 4:00, so we had to wait all day. Once we got there they were running a little behind, so we got to wait a little more. Sarah could hardly wait to see a picture of the baby. Once we got in the room the lady got right to it. As far as she could tell everything looked good. Then she got to the little privates, and it was VERY obvious that we were having a boy. She said "Y'all are going to have a son!" I could just see Stuart's eyes light up. He would have adored and loved another daughter very much, but he is ecstatic that it is a boy. After we left the doctor's office we went to the Disney store. Sarah got an Ariel plate for herself, and a Stitch plate for her little brother. I thought that was really sweet. She is going to be an awesome big sister! As a special big sister treat we took Sarah to Chuck E. Cheese. She had a great time, and she was very happy that Chuck E. was not there. We ended the night at GaGa and PaPa's house. They bought Sarah a new swing set for her to play on at their house. It was just a FANTASTIC day. I can't wait to meet our little man!!

Mindy Pie's 5th Birthday!!

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Friends Forever!!
Sweet Ben-Ben

3 Little Angels

My Little Cutie!!

Min making Sarah feel comfortable at the party.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Min's Pony Cake

Let's Swim!

This is FANTASTIC!!

Do you want some ba ba Sissy?

Little Mindy turned 5 on May 27th!! Wow I remember when she was just a little baby. This year she had a pony party. All the kids got to ride a pony and a horse. They all LOVED it!! There were also lots of animals to feed and pet. Sarah is such an animal lover that this party was right up her alley! Then there was a scavenger hunt. The kids actually got to find toys for their treat bags. After cake and ice cream we went back to Kim and Kevin's for dinner. Sarah, Min, Ben and their cousins enjoyed swimming in the backyard. I think Mindy had a fantastic 5th birthday!! We love you sweet girl!!

What a MESSY day!!

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Sarah and Kiran playing in the sand.
This day was a 10!!

What a cool teacher!

Little Mess

Our Little Artist

Sarah and Kiran

Lydia, Sarah and Kiran

The 3 year olds had a WILD Art day at school. On this day it was okay to get as MESSY as possible! First they got to play on the sand volleyball court. That was basically like playing in the biggest sandbox ever!! The funny thing was all the kids kind of played in one little corner of the court. Then in was time to play in the PAINT!!! The kids had an absolute blast. Sarah was not so sure about being that filthy, but she still had a great time. Luckily there were some extra clothes in her backpack. Then to make things even better they had Sonic for lunch!! What a FANTASTIC day!!

Wee Wuns Trike-A-Thon 2009

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WOW!
Silly Tyler

Tyler and Sarah taking a little ride.

I just love this little girl!!

Miss Kiran

Go Sarah Go!!!

Olivia, Kiran and Sarah

Great Job Guys!!

There are so many fun events towards the end of the school year. The trike-a-thon is definitely one of them. The school does this each year to raise money for St. Jude's. The kids got some great exercise on the trikes. There was also a great slide for them to play on. It was a fun day for a great cause!!

Spring Program

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Waiting patiently for the music to start.
My Sweet Little Princess

Sarah singing one of her songs.

Nana and Sarah

Daddy and Say-Say

Kiran and Sarah

The Fam

This year Sarah got to participate in the Spring Program at Wee Wuns. The kids and teachers worked so very hard on their little skit for weeks. I was worried when we got there if she would actually participate, because my little girl can be VERY shy! We dropped our sweet girl off in her classroom, and then we went to get seats. After about 10 minutes the kids came down the aisle, and they went up on stage to perform. They all looked PRECIOUS in their Sunday best. There was a slight delay when the music wouldn't start, but they stood up there like little angels. The program was ADORABLE!!! Sarah did a fantastic job!! We were very proud of her. After the program there were some yummy refreshments. Ms. Peterson told Sarah she did a wonderful job. Apparently while she was in her classroom she was really nervous. Ms. Peterson worked her magic, and Sarah sang every song!! She really had a great teacher this year!!

Easter in Livingston

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Our Little Cutie!
WE ARE READY!!

Jonathan hunting for eggs.

Sweet Cousins

Uncle Matt and Sarah

After church we went to Grady, Stephanie and Maddie's house in Livingston. Sarah could not wait to see everyone!! When we got there we had a fantastic lunch!! Then we all changed our clothes, because we were going to take a big family picture. We were all going to wear white, and Nana wore pink. She kicked breast cancer's butt, so we wanted to take some pictures to celebrate!! Thanks for putting that together Mimi. Then the teenagers hid the Easter eggs for the little ones. There was one egg filled with quarters, and they all wanted that one! The funny thing is little Aaron the youngest one found it. Sarah was happy with her candy though!! It was really nice that our entire family was there. When we left Maddie's house we went to Mema and Papa Briley's house to visit. We were talking so much that I forgot to take pictures. It was so good to see them though. We had a fabulous Easter. It is hard to believe that next Easter we will be a family of four!!

The Easter Bunny Came!!

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She really needed new play-doh.
One of her new favorites!!

Thank you Easter Bunny!

Now off to church to talk about the true meaning of Easter.

Sarah woke up bright and early Easter morning. She was ready to see what the Easter Bunny put in her basket. She really loved everything he brought for her!! Then Daddy made breakfast for us. It was delicious! After that it was time to get ready for church. Sarah could not wait to wear her pretty Easter dress that GaGa got for her to church!! It was a wonderful beginning to a fantastic day!!

Easter Eve

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GaGa wanted to see Sarah in her Easter dress.
Easter mug from Great-Grandmother Hougland. Sarah say's "She lives with Jesus!"

Silly Girl

Sarah with GaGa's basket

I found one!

One of my new favorites!!

Sarah and her lamb cake. GaGa makes her one every year.

Egg hunt at 2nd Baptist

Sarah and Gracie

This was as close as she got to the Easter bunny this year!

The day before Easter we spent with GaGa and PaPa. The Easter bunny came a day early to their house! Sarah was very surprised about that. She looked through her basket, and she was very excited about her sweet treats and toys. Then GaGa had an egg hunt for Sarah! She used a basket that GaGa used when she was a little girl to find the eggs. There were a ton for her to find! Then we went to Second Baptist for another egg hunt! Sarah ran into her little friend Gracie from school. She loved that there was someone there that she knew! It was a wonderful day!

Easter Party at Wee Wuns

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Let's find some eggs!
Sarah and Kiran

Sarah's Class

Let's Eat!!

Miss Christa and Tyler

She LOVES butterflies!!

Miss Peterson and Sarah

Sarah had so much fun at her Easter party at school this year. They had a great Easter egg hunt. Each child brought six filled eggs for the hunt. They were told to only pick 6 up to take home. I thought for sure this would be a problem, but the kids were good listeners. They each got 6, and they were happy with what they got! Then it was time to eat yummy treats!! Sarah loved the little butterfly table decorations. Once they were finished eating Brandon's mom was nice enough to read some Easter stories to the kids. Sarah is lucky to have such great teachers and friends at school!

Trip to San Antonio with our Sweet Friends!

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Min at the Zoo!
Benjamin LOVES his Daddy!

Sarah and her Daddy

Mindy and Say-Say

My SWEET little girl!!

The Swimming Area

I am all dry!!

Petting Zoo

Kim and I and our little girls

Sarah was so tired at this point. She could not even smile.

Ice Cream woke her up!

Ben-Ben on the loose.

Sarah and Mindy in their matching dresses.

I just love this little girl!

So Cute!

Silly girls!!

Let's go swimming!

Us in the lazy river. It was so cold!!

Kim and Min in the lazy river.

This is fun!!

Time to ride some rides.

Last ride of the day.

Mindy and Sarah in their matching dresses from Nana LA.

A few weeks ago we took a trip to San Antonio with our wonderful friends Kim, Kevin, Mindy and Benjamin. We left here early Friday morning. Once we arrived in San Antonio we went to the zoo. It is a great zoo. One thing I will say is it is the absolute perfect zoo for bird lovers. I myself am not one, but we all still had a fantastic time. The kids dressed the part. Sarah wore her zebra dress. Mindy wore her giraffe dress, and Ben-Ben wore his little alligator outfit. They were all too cute! One thing that is really neat there is the children's area. They have a little place for the kids to swim. We did not realize this, so we did not have swimsuits for the kids. They played in the water in their clothes. The girls tried really hard not to get their clothes wet. Sarah had a little accident and got all wet. To say she wasn't happy is an understatement! She did dry off, and it did not ruin her day. That night we ate at a fantastic Mexican food restaurant on the River Walk. Then we ended the night with a little ice cream.

The next day we went to Sarah's favorite place on earth Sea World. We have season passes, so we will probably go several times this year. When we went with Stu's parents the month before Sarah asked if Mindy could come next time. Well her wish came true!! We saw almost all of the shows. The girls rode all of the rides, and they loved playing in the little kid area. One thing we did this time was go to the water park at Sea World. The water was really cold, but we did not care. It was such a fabulous weekend. I hope we all get to go again soon!!

Blog Slacker!!!

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Sarah and Daddy riding the Shamu Express! How sweet is that smile??

I am so happy to be at Sea World!!
Sarah and Daddy about to ride a ride.

PaPa taking a nap.

Elmo and friends were there.

Sarah on the slide.

Feeding the sweet dolphins.

What a great day!!

Sarah and Mommy

Daddy, Sarah and GaGa

Our Little Fam

SHAMU!!!

So, yes I have been a total blog slacker these last few weeks. I will just blame it on my first trimester of pregnancy! I have so much to catch up on. These pictures are from our trip to Sea World with GaGa and PaPa. We all had so much fun! I really think Sea World is Sarah's favorite place on Earth. Now she wants to go to Disney World!! I told her to talk to her Daddy about that. Did I mention this trip was at the beginning of MARCH!! SO BAD!!

Our Little Princess is Going to be a...........

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Our Little Pumpkin is due to arrive October 30th!

Our Little Cowgirl!

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I love my little cowgirl!
Sarah's Class

Sarah and Kiran doing some grilling.

Rodeo Clown Toss

Sarah and Tyler

Making some beans.

Chicken Dance

I loved how Tyler's hat kept getting in his eyes. It was so cute!

Kiran the cowgirl and Sarah the horse

Then they switched places.

Lunch time!

Sarah and Kiran

Today was Rodeo day at school. Sarah was ready to wear her boots to school! When I put them on her she started singing "These boots are made for walkin'!" At school they made really cute bandannas that they wore around their necks. I was excited because the parents got to go and participate in the activities. I think Sarah's favorites were the bean race and biscuit toss. During their enrichment time they had Cowboy and Cowgirl dances. They were so cute!! Once the activities were over it was time for a hot dog lunch. I am so thankful that Sarah's school has special days like these. I love getting to watch her at school!! I have to say she makes one precious Cowgirl!

Happy 1st Birthday Ben-Ben!

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Daddy's Boy
Cute Little Cheerleaders

The Birthday Boy

Let's hit the pinata!

HIT IT HARD!!!

All the kids at the party.

Showing off their Tiger tattoos.

This is AWESOME!

Our wonderful friends that we miss dearly.

Little Bow Head

Me and the girls

Say-Say and Mommy

Ben-Ben and Say-Say (Mindy gave them both those names!)

Benjamin and his Mommy after the party.

Last weekend Sarah and I went to Baton Rouge for Benjamin's first birthday party. Man his first year flew by! His party had a LSU theme. As Sarah says a Mike the Tiger theme. Kim made delicious chili, and Kevin grilled hot dogs. The kids had so much fun playing in the play room and out in the backyard. Kim bought a Tiger pinata for the kids to swing at. They loved picking the candy up off of the ground. Then it was time to watch the birthday boy eat his Tiger cupcake. He really thought it was spectacular! As usual the Baum's cake was wonderful! We also had the famous Jones Green Punch. Uncle Stu was really sad to miss out on that! He makes himself sick every time he drinks it. After that Mindy opened Benjamin's presents. She even let Say-Say help with the last one. He got some really great gifts, but his favorite was two yellow bows! Happy Birthday Sweet Boy! We love you very much!!

Happy Birthday GaGa!

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GaGa opening presents.
Sarah and GaGa

Sarah opening her Valentine's gift from GaGa and PaPa.

We celebrated GaGa's birthday a couple of weeks ago. We went to Tommy Bahamas for lunch! It was yummy!!! Then we went back to their house to open presents and eat cherry pie, brownies and ice cream. Those were just the choices we did not eat all three. Happy Birthday GaGa!! We Love You!!

GO BIG DOGS!!!!!

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Warming up for the big game!
Anna's sweet little brother Jackson

Tyler and Charlie

Anna and Sarah after a great game!

My Sweet Little Soccer Player

Cheering on their team.

The Girls

Let's kick some booty!

Getting some goalie pointers from Daddy!

Parent Tunnel

BIG DOGS!!!!!

I think watching 3 and 4 year old children play soccer is one of the cutest things ever! The reason our team name is the Big Dogs is there is a huge dog that sits on the goal our kids are suppose to kick to. It really helps them keep it straight in their heads. Though we have scored a few goals for the other teams. Sarah does a really good job of keeping up with the group. She is a little shy about actually getting in there and kicking the ball. She loves having her friends Anna and Tyler on her team. It really helps when you know someone. Every week she is improving!! The kids favorite part is the parent tunnel they run through after each game! We still have three more games, so I am hoping she will get in there and show them who is boss!!

I Love My Friends!

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Mr. Jack-Jack
Sweet Sophie

Snow White

Anna and Sarah playing in her room.

Silly girls!

Belle

Handing out cards and treats.

Olivia eating her sundae.

Fancy Nancy

Ariel

We had our playgroup Valentine's party at our house this year. Sarah was thrilled that her friends were coming over to play. The girls dressed up in their "FANCY" clothes! We ate heart shaped pizza, yummy salad, chips, dip and fruit. For dessert the girls made ice cream sundaes and we ate delicious cookies. After dinner the girls decorated Valentine's bags, and then they passed out cards and treats. Even little Jackson brought cards to share with the girls! Sarah absolutely loves her playgroup friends. She was sad Libby and Flynn could not make it! We love all of you!!

Valentine's Party at Wee Wuns

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Kiran and Sarah
YUMMY!
Sweet Friends!!

Sarah and Colby passing out Valentine cards and treats!

The Wednesday before Valentine's day Sarah had a party at school. The kids decorated cute little heart cookies. Sarah was super excited to put "twos" or as the rest of the world calls them M&Ms on her cookie. She said it was delicious! Then she handed out her Move It Move it (Madagascar) Valentine cards and treat bags. Sarah really enjoyed spending time with her sweet friend Kiran! She is so lucky to have suck sweet teachers and classmates! Oh I know it seems like she is wearing her heart dress in every post. She LOVED it! I figured she wouldn't get to wear it after Valentine's day, so I gave in!

Happy Birthday Hannah

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Olivia having some fun at Gymboree!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Anna enjoying her Backyardigan cupcake!

Peek-A-Boo

Hannah, Anna and Sarah Friends Forever!!

Miss Hannah celebrated her 3rd birthday a couple of weeks ago. Her birthday party was at Gymboree. Several of Hannah's cousins and friends were there! The girls as usual had a blast a blast at Gymboree. After the kids played for about an hour they enjoyed Backyardigan cupcakes and ice cream. The cupcakes were really cute! Once the kids were finished with their sweet treats Hannah opened her presents. Happy Birthday Hannah! We hope your day was fabulous!

What is the 1st rule in Soccer??

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How cute is she?
Sarah and Tyler warming up.

First team meeting

Easter Egg Hunt (She had to get HER ball!)

Claire and Sarah

Tyler, Sarah and Zachery (They are all in Ms. Peterson's class.)

NO HANDS!!!! Sarah had her first Soccer practice Wednesday night. The name of her team is the Big Dogs. When we got there she was a little shy , but it did not take long for her to get out there and play. She is one of only 2 girls on the team, but that is okay she hung in there with the boys. They did one drill called the Easter Egg hunt. Coach Eric kicked all the balls on the field. He told them you don't have to get your own ball. Sarah got her ball every time. I asked her why she did that, and she said "I like my pink and white ball!" The boys soccer balls don't have pink in them. She also made sure to tell her coach the pink is her favorite color. When practice was over she said "When do I have soccer again?" She loves it!! I think she is going to be a fabulous soccer player!!

Hanging Out With Aunt Suzanne

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Aunt Suzanne and Sarah Kat making cookies.
Making the puppy paw prints.

She loved sitting on the counters.

DELICIOUS!!

Taking a break after all that baking.

After ballet on Tuesday Sarah and I went to Aunt Suzanne's to have lunch with her, Nana, Mimi and Emily. We had sandwiches, chips, salsa, salad and strawberries. Sarah must have been super hungry that day because she ate 2 grilled cheese sandwiches!! After lunch Sarah made Valentine's cards with the crafts Aunt Suzanne gave Sarah for Valentine's day. She also gave her a really cute purse. Once our lunch settled Sarah and Aunt Suzanne made puppy paw print sugar cookies with icing and sprinkles on top. They were delicious!! I don't have a picture, but Nana got her hair cut short. She starts chemo on Monday, and her doctor advised her to cut it off. I have to say....I think it looks PRECIOUS!! You are so tough Nana hang in there!! Oh and Sarah had on a cute Valentine's headband, but she took it off before I took the pictures.

Payton's Birthday Dinner

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Payton opening her presents.
What did you get Payton?
YUMMY!
Birthday popsicles are the BEST!!
Happy Birthday Pal!!

We went to Chuey's on Monday night to celebrate Payton's actual birthday! Steph asked her where she wanted to go and that is where she picked. Who can blame her Chuey's is amazing!! We all love their ranch sauce. Good choice Payton!! We all enjoyed our delicious Mexican food, and then the girl's had birthday popsicles. It doesn't get better than that!! Happy Birthday Payt!!

Libby's Little Gym Party

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Sarah on the balance beam.
Libby and her Nana

Little Olivia

Libby taking a ride!

Sweet Friends

Hannah doing her bar routine.

Sarah's turn on the bars.

Let's Bounce!!!

Happy Birthday to You....

Anna enjoying her ice cream.

We ended our weekend of birthday parties by celebrating Little Libby's third birthday at Little Gym. It was the first time Sarah had ever been there. All the girls loved showing off their gymnastics skills!! Libby loved being the center of attention, and this year for the first time she wanted to open her presents. She also had a cute little flower cake. Sarah enjoyed every last bite of her piece. She is obviously my child if she loves sweets!! Happy Birthday Libby!!

Mema and Yai Yai's Birthday Party

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Sarah and Cierra
Sarah and Candise ready to shoot some hoops.

Silly boy!

Bounce...Bounce...Bounce

Dad and his kids (Jordan was not there at the time.)

Dad and the Little Kids

Papa, Mema, Grandpa and Yai Yai

Mema opening presents.

Yai Yai opening presents.

Caden had a LONG day!!

Last Saturday we also celebrated Mema and Yai Yai's birthdays. The kids had fun playing basketball with Uncle and Donnie. Sarah loved when Donnie picked her up to shoot a basket. She also loved listening to Cierra's iPod with her. There was tons of yummy food, and almost the whole family was at Grandpa's to celebrate! Happy Birthday Yai Yai and Mema!! We love y'all!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Payton!

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The Birthday Girl
Bounce houses are so fun!!

Payton and her cousin Addie acting silly!

Anna loved her party hat!

Happy Birthday to You.....

My Wonderful Friends

Sarah and Hannah

The Kiddos

The were playing hide-n-seek in the bounce house. (There were tons of places to hide! : ))

Last Saturday Sarah and I went to Sweet Payton's birthday party! It was at the clubhouse near her house. They rented a bounce house that the kids absolutely loved bouncing in! It was really cold, but the kids did not care at all. They also enjoyed all the fun things that Stephanie put on the tables like the bubble and bracelets. Sarah made me hold her pink bracelet the entire time, because she was afraid of losing it. I personally thought the cupcakes that Steph had for the party were delicious! Payton was one lucky girl, because she had so many friends and family there to celebrate with her. Happy birthday Sweetness!!

Fun Times with the Greene Family!

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Sarah helping Brandy push Lyla to the pond.
They could not wait to get there.
Sarah and her new friend Emmy.

Feeding the ducks.

Sweet Friends Already!!

Emmy and her baby sister Lyla.

Last Friday Sarah and I drove to Richmond to see my friend and sorority sister Brandy. We also got to meet her three sweet kids Tate, Emmy and Baby Lyla. I felt like I already knew them since I have been following her blog for so long. We actually haven't seen each other since Brandy graduated from Baylor. It was like old times though!! The kids had fun playing at Brandy's Aunt Jo's house. Then we walked to the pond to feed the ducks goldfish. They loved them! That night Brandy's aunt was nice enough to let us have dinner with them. We had such a nice day with them! I told Brandy that we have to come visit them in Dallas this summer.

PJ Day at School!!

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Sarah showing off her little piggy bank that she painted.
Pajama Day is so much fun!!

Sarah was so excited the day she got to wear her "jammies" to school! She picked the ones she wanted to wear herself. I think she made a pretty good choice! When I picked her up that day she told me "Mommy we had cereal and milk for our snack! It was so good!!" Sarah is so lucky to have two wonderful teachers. They really work hard to make sure the kids love to come to school!!

Christmas in January

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Santa came again!!
I love my new Minnie.

What a cute little doll.

GaGa's new bag.

PEEF!!!

Giving GaGa some love!

GaGa and Sarah

PaPa opening presents.

GaGa and PaPa

Sarah loves her doll that Aunt Annie and Uncle Carl sent her.

GaGa and Sarah coloring.

I love my Daddy!!

Sarah playing with her new school.

Santa brought a bike for Sarah to ride at GaGa and PaPa's house.

Aunt Melissa

Alexander

PaPa really liked what he got.

Let's have some dessert!!

GaGa and PaPa were in Florida for Christmas, so we celebrated with them a couple of weeks late. They watched Sarah for us the night before, because we had a wedding to go to. After the wedding was over we went and spent the night at their house. When we woke up the next morning Sarah was excited to see that Santa had come! He brought her more really nice toys!! We then ate breakfast, and then opened more presents. Sarah was one lucky girl! Later that day Aunt Melissa and Alexander came over to visit and have dinner. We all had so much fun!! After that day I had to explain to Sarah that Christmas was officially over until December!! Then she said "Valentine's day is coming soon!"

Olivia's Gymboree Party

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Sarah and Anna walking on the Gymboree log.
3 little caged monkeys.

Miss Hannah

The Birthday Girl!

Miss Payton

I am going to get you...

Miss Libby

What a fun party!!

Sarah's Sweet Friends

Earlier this month we went to Gymboree to celebrate Olivia's third birthday!! Sarah took Gymboree classes when she was younger, and she loved it!! I knew she would be excited to go back. It was like old times. She remembered everything. Olivia was a little shy at first, but she soon decided that Gymboree was tons of fun!! All the kids even the babies had a BLAST!! Happy Birthday Olivia!!

It's a BUC-EES!!

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I found out today that our wonderful friends Brandon and Stephanie will be adding a sweet baby boy to their family! His name for now is Buc-ees. That is what Payton is hoping that his name will be. Payton's mama is not too sure about that one!! We love y'all very much!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Happy New Year!!

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Let's Dance.....
She calls this outfit her firework dress.

Sarah and Ashton

Sarah and I

Sarah and Sarah

The kids and I

Sarah and Skyler

Sarah and Daddy

New Year's Eve is so fun!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

This year we spent New Year's Eve with Sarah, Skyler and Ashton. We had fajitas and other yummy snacks that we ate on through out the night. Sarah and Ashton had fun playing in his new ball pit and dancing around the living room. Sarah is really good with kids that are younger than her. A little later on we went outside and did sparklers. Once they were gone we all went to look at a neat house near their house. The Christmas lights on the house were set to music. Sarah loved it!! After that Skyler and Daddy went and got more fireworks. Sarah and Ashton thought they were awesome!! Soon after that little Ashton headed to bed, but Sarah ended up ringing in the New Year with us! It was a great night!! Thanks Sarah and Skyler!! We hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!!

Christmas with Princess and Sweetness

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She loves her Minnie and Daisy shirt!
Missy P opening her present.

My little princess opening her STAMPS!!!!

Snap 'n Style Rudy dog

Sarah helping Payton skate!

Cryssal (That is what she calls me.) and Payton

Sweetness

The week after Christmas we celebrated with our sweet friends Steph, Bubba and Payt! We went to their house and ate delicious chicken spaghetti that Stephanie had made. I love it!! The girls were more interested in playing than eating their dinner. After dinner Say-Say and Sweet P opened their wonderful presents. Even little Buc-ees (Steph's baby that is baking) got a gift. Payton loves our new gas station so much that she wants to name her brother or sister after it. She is too cute! The rest of the night the girls had a blast playing with their new toys!! It was such a fun night! We are so lucky to have such close friends right here in Fairfield!!

Christmas in Baton Rouge

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Let's go to the game!

Lunch at Canes.

BFF

Our Sweet Benjamin

Min and Aunt Crystal

Min and Say-Say

Mommy and Benjamin

Benjamin was not happy about this!!

Our Precious Children

Kim, Kevin and the Kiddos

The Jones Fam

Stu, the girls and I

Pretty girls

She was so tired!

Matching pajamas from Mimi

Let's open presents.

Stockings from Mimi.

Ponyville Carnival

She loves this thing!!

YAY books!!

Fancy Nancy from Nana LA

Fancy Nancy game from Mimi

We love Nana LA!

Benjamin's pajamas from Mimi.

Sweet boy!!

Benjamin's gifts

Daddy liked Sarah's present too!

The weekend after Christmas we went to Baton Rouge to spend Christmas with Aunt Kim, Uncle Kevin, Mindy and Benjamin. We got there Friday night and ate some YUMMY gumbo. The girls played and I loved holding my sweet Benjamin. Saturday was very busy!! We took the kids to the LSU basketball game. Sarah loved the real Mike the Tiger! When we went inside the mascot was there, and Sarah was not having any of him. She said "I only like the real one outside!" Mindy and Sarah cheered on the Tigers the whole game! They must have done a good job, because the Tigers won. That night Nana LA came over and the kids opened their presents. They all loved what they got!! Later on that night Kim, the girls and I went to a baby shower. It was Mindy's second shower and Say-Say's first. Both girls were good as gold! Sarah asked me when we were going to another one. Sunday we had a girls shopping day. It was lots of fun!! They are both growing up way too fast!! Then unfortunately that afternoon it was time for us to leave. : ( We had the best weekend!! Miss and love y'all!!

Christmas Night with Mimi and Poppy

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Daddy and Poppy putting Poppy's Christmas present together.
Mommy on Christmas night.

Sweet Aunt T

Sarah's loving Mimi

Just hanging out.

Goofy Daddy

Pretty Girl!

Here is your present Mimi!

Another dollhouse! I am so lucky!!

Poppy's new coffee mug.

Daddy and his new toy.

T loves clothes!

BOOTS!!!

David and Matt know I love Grey's Anatomy.

Mommy and T (I love my new purse!!!)

Say-Say and T (She loved her aunt very much!!)

Mimi's new calendar.

Mimi's photo book of our summer vacation.

Nana's new perfume

She loves to try new perfume.

Stocking time

What could be in here??

Let's bake a cake.

After a nice and relaxing Christmas day we went to spend the evening at Mimi and Poppy's Casa. I wanted Sarah to wear one of her cute Christmas dresses, but she wanted to wear her Belle dress that Santa brought. I let her, and she looked precious. Mimi made turducken. It was absolutely delicious!!!! Aunt T, Nana, Uncle Matt and Uncle David were also there to celebrate. After dinner we opened presents. We all got some fabulous gifts!! Sarah got a dollhouse to keep at Mimi's, a puppet theater, easy bake oven and tons of other things. Stu got all electronic stuff. I got some really cute boots and T got me a Coach purse. It is my first Coach. I was sooo excited. Mimi surprised me a few days later with a second Coach purse. I was one lucky girl this year. After we finished opening gifts Sarah and T made a cake with her easy bake oven. It was actually pretty good! Then the rest of the evening we just hung out. It was such a wonderful day. I could not have asked for a better Christmas. I am so thankful for all of our family and friends! Y'all are the best, and we love you very much!!