Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Emory's first dance recital

Today Emory had her very first dance recital! She was precious! Since she was in the little kids class they had it in the studio during class time instead of taking them on the big stage with the rest of the classes. Here's the video for you to enjoy:



And a few pictures too:

Emory and her Dancing Bear

The sweetest dance teacher EVER!

Emory's class

Yummy Dancing Bear cookie, for some reason she didn't eat any of it though:(

Trinity (who we took out of school to watch her sissy) enjoyed her cookie though!

The flowers from Daddy bring a smile to her face though

Trinity and Emory with one of their favorite people in the world, their dance teacher

She was actually so good her dance teacher asked her to join the girls that are a little bit older than her class in doing the same dance in the big stage recital. She has been practicing with them for the past month and will have the opportunity to perform with them on stage this weekend. Trinity's class will dance then too. They are so excited!

Emory lives for her dance classes! She asks almost every day if it is a dance day, of course I'm sure part of it has to do with the fact that she loves her teacher and the studio, we are very happy there and will really miss them next year!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Ahhhh....Bermuda!

Greg and I just had the most wonderful trip we have had in a long time! Thanks to his incredibly efforts at work, he earned us a spot on their awards to Bermuda! It was beautiful and everything was so well done! I'll get into the details and all the pictures as soon as I have time to get them all loaded and touched up, but I thought I'd give you a little preview in the mean-time:
The view from our balcony

Looking back at the coast line and all the coral below

In our wetsuits

Greg's favorite part: the big cannons

Our hotel's private beach


What an amazing trip! I have a whole lot of details, pictures and wonderful memories to share, they will be posted in the days to come. Thanks Hartford for the incredible trip and thanks Greg for getting us there!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Let's give credit where credit is due

Just yesterday Greg shared some very exciting information with me and it made me very proud of him. I'm so proud of him I want to brag to the entire world (or the small portion of it who reads this blog) about how great my hubby is!

At the end of March production Greg was ranked #17 AE (Account Executive) in the country! and #1 in the state!

I'm so proud of you and all your hard work! Thanks for all you do for me and our girls, not to mention all of the great things you're doing for your clients!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Our weekend was pretty crazy, but I think it was just a taste of things to come. It was our first experience with needing to be in three places at one time, although I'm sure it won't be our last. The morning started off with our workers coming over REALLY early to redo our kitchen, then my sister graciously joined in the excitement (there are only two of us, so we had to recruit a third). Greg took Emory to soccer clinic and I took Trinity to her very last soccer game. Luckily the soccer was at the same location so I was able to capture moments of each of them on film!
Emory is too little to be on a soccer team, but she REALLY wanted to play (just like her sissy), so Greg participated in a soccer "clinic" with her. They had a great time!

It was the last clinic, so they got to play a real game! You should have seen Emory "running" after the ball! I have never seen anyone prance so much when running in all my life! I should have recorded her instead of photographing her, but I'm sure I'll have chances to do that in the future.

Trinity got to spend her quarters off watching Emory and she was so proud of her! They were precious together. Emory was excited for Trinity to watch her too!

Emory received her very first trophy! She was so excited! I think my favorite thing was the way Trinity reacted to it. She said something along the lines of how proud she was of her and how she's getting so big and she must have really tried hard if she received a trophy. So sweet and supportive!!!!!

This was Trinity's very last soccer game, probably ever. She never really enjoyed it, but she did try to participate and appreciated the experience. She actually made contact with the ball five times during this game! However most of the game she looked more like these pictures

Check out that yawn!

I think the only reason she played this spring season was because of her friends. Having another excuse to see them outside of school is worth just about anything to her!

After everyone finished soccer I took Emory to a birthday party for one of her school friends and Greg took Trinity to her trophy party with her soccer team. Unfortunately I have not gotten any pictures of Trinity and her trophy yet, but she is awfully proud of it!

Since I was with Emory there are a few pictures of her at the party.

Here she is swinging with two of her best friends from school. They are such girlie girls! They always help the teachers and really take care of the other children, they even help with diaper changes. One holds the clean diaper, one holds the wipes and the other holds the desitin...too funny!

After the parties we all reconvened at home for a little quiet time...or so we had planned. Addison took a really good nap, apparently she and Nini played really hard together while we were gone. Speaking of which, Nini took a really good nap too, but Trinity and Emory couldn't stop playing long enough to fall asleep. While the girls were "resting" Greg and I were outside doing more yard work. After "quiet time" and after our workers were finished in the kitchen for the day Nini took Trinity and Emory to the park for some fun projects! We were fortunate enough to even keep her around long enough for dinner! Thanks Nini for spending your Saturday with us and for playing with, I mean taking care of the girls, I don't know what we would have done without your help! Needless to say we all slept really well after this exciting day!

Then along came Sunday. Our workers were back at the crack of dawn so Greg treated everyone to donuts to start the day off with! Quickly after this a sugar high spread like wild fire throughout our house! I managed to get the girls dressed and to church where they were able to get out some of their energy. Greg stayed home with the workers and did more tree trimming (he's become pretty good at this over the past few years!). At least he didn't borrow our neighbors 30 foot latter this time! After church and a quick lunch the girls joined their daddy on the roof while he was trimming trees. I stayed firmly on the ground at all times...no heights for this girl!

After climbing down the girls spent some time primping and preparing for an afternoon of culture with Daddy. He took them to this years musical production at his high school. The selection this year was The Sound of Music and I was told it was amazing! I have had the opportunity to enjoy quite a few of their productions in the past and every time I'm amazed a high school can pull them off. The talent is so amazing at their school! It's hard to believe that it's a public high school! I have been told this year's production was among the best ever, I'm sorry I missed it but I'm thrilled Greg, Trinity and Emory had the pleasure of enjoying it!

Our workers were here pretty late, but they got it finished and it looks great! Just a few finishing touches and the kitchen will be ready to sell! Woo-hoo!

Oh, then came new episodes of Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters...Monday morning came WAY too early for me!

Good morning!

Everyone asks why Addison's hair is in a Pebbles' Pony tail (or Doink as I have heard it called) every day. I thought I would show you what her hair looks like when she wakes up in the morning.

Okay, I know it's cute but I just can't force myself to take my little girl out of the house like this!

Zoobilee 2008

This past weekend was busy, as usual. We started the weekend off with a fun family night at Zoobilee. We had a blast! Unfortunately most of my pictures didn't turn out because the sun was setting and either glaring onto the camera or making it too dark to get the picture from a distance, none-the-less we did come out with a few cute ones.
Here's a shocker, Emory's one of Emory's favorite parts of the zoo is the flamingos.
"why?" you might ask...
Because they're pink!

Trinity got her face painted with a sparkly butterfly! Emory chose not to because she didn't want "that boy" painting her face, she only likes girls. Trinity looked beautiful!

I had to capture and share this moment of the girls being loving sisters to each other.

Addison LOVED walking around looking at animals all by herself. I believe she was admiring the elephants in this photo.

While we were at the zoo I decided to trade my family in for otters,

Daddy Otter

Baby Otter

Princess Otter

Angel Otter chose not to be pictured. She was too busy chillin in the stroller.

Addison LOVES gorillas! We watched them from every viewing point they have. They were very active while we were there, chasing bunnies, eating grass, playing peek-a-boo in the shrubbery and showing off for crowds. After watching them we found her favorite statues of a gorilla family, she loved on all three of them, this is just the only picture that really turned out. She is playing with the baby on her mommy's back.

Trinity hopped on Mommy's back for a ride with the baby

That's all for this trip to the zoo, thanks for joining us! Good bye!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

15 months?

So I started this post Thursday evening and thanks to the crazy spring weather I was forced to shut down my computer before the lightening did it for me...now it's Monday and I'm just getting back to it...

I can't believe it's been 15 months since our precious baby girl joined the family! What an amazing 15 months it's been too! Addison has grown so much and is starting to say a lot more words (although I'm probably the only person who can understand them) and is starting to become her own person. She is really into purses, babies and shoes, just like Emory. They have a lot of fun playing together. She is extremely opinionated and verbal just like Trinity. She is not afraid to ask for what she wants and demand it if she doesn't get it by asking politely.





We had her 15 month check up today and everything was perfect! The pediatrician was very proud of how well she is doing with her ability to communicate, move about and follow directions, not to mention knowing some of her body parts (nose, eye, ear, mouth, toes, feet, hand...I think that's all). Her stats from today are:


Weight: 23 lbs 1 oz (55th percentile)


length: 30" (45th percentile)

head: 19" (off the chart)

I'm still not sure where she's getting these proportions from, but we are all confident she will shoot up in the length at some point. Of course both of her sisters' heads are off the charts too, so I guess that's to be expected.
I took pictures of her with her best friend, "Mister Frog" today, something I haven't done for the past couple of months (I know, total slacker Mom).








Sorry to post three, I just liked them all so much I couldn't decide on just one to post.

Here are a few from earlier months to compare her to:

One month:



Four months:





Eight months:



Greg is training Addison to be his sports buddy. He had her sitting so still and watching the Stars with him, I'm sure she was so still because she loves hockey and not because of the fact she had just had three shots and no nap:) He did teach her to say "Dallas Stars" though. Of course it sounds more like, "Das Sa", but he'll take it!

I can't believe yet another month has come and gone! My baby girl is quickly turning into a toddler and before I know it she'll be a teenager...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Shootin some B-ball outside of the house

Addison has discovered our basketball hoop and we lowered it all the way for her to use. She and Greg sat outside this evening shootin hoops.

For those of you around my age, this post title should be said to the tune of Fresh Prince of Bellaire theme song. I liked really that show and it's theme song; I occasionally catch myself watching a re-run. That is one of the few theme songs I can still sing from beginning to end. I remember sitting at the dining room table for dinner and my sister and I would sing the whole song when the show would come on (of course we would leave our TV on even when we weren't in the room, so we were able to hear the show...sorry mom, the truth must come out eventually)...oh life before DVR! The stories we will have to tell our children...it's like walking up hill both ways on the ten mile trek to school in two feet of snow...
Wow, what a way to turn a post about my baby girl and her joys into a post about me and my memories...great mom, huh?

Nuggle time

This morning Trinity was feeling exceptionally affectionate with our dog, Halo, I walked in to Addison's room and saw them laying on the floor together, I couldn't resist the photo opp!

When Emory was little she would say "nuggle" instead of "snuggle" and that is one of the silly baby pronunciations we adopted from our girls...just in case you're wondering why the post is titled that way:)

When Gommy's in charge

Yesterday my mom very graciously drove all the way over to our house to watch the girls so Greg could go to a football game and I could get the girls to their dance pictures, one at a time. Trinity and I were gone when it was time for naps and Emory was exhausted! This is what we walked in to see on the floor of the living room:

Emory is usually the one who has a hard time falling asleep (even though she's always the first one awake in the mornings), so anyway you can get her to sleep in okay with me...even if it is on the floor of the living room! We are so grateful to have a Gommy in this family! She is always there when we need her and always makes sure the girls feel loved and special! What an amazing Mom/Grandmother!!!!! Thanks for giving up your Saturday Gommy the girls loved seeing you and Greg loved the game!

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