December Fun...

Boy, did December go by fast! It was probably all the stuff we had going on with Christmas and getting ready for the baby, but it zoomed by. We tried to make lots of fun memories too since the girls would have to share some attention soon.

Here they are watching a video that Santa made for each of them telling them they were on the nice list...Eric and I are not really into the whole Santa is real thing, but it is a fun part of Christmas just the same and the girls like Santa for the moment. :)

We had fires in the fireplace on the colder days. This was my rocking chair as a child and I remember sitting in front of a fire with a blanket and toy as well.

There were many sister hugs and snuggles...

There was even some wrestling with Daddy...

And did you know that blue blankets are also swimming pools :)

We enjoyed birthday parties for friends at Chick-Fil-A. First picture is Lilly, then Lexi...

Tea party time at the children's museum in Waco...

We dressed up at the museum. Lilly was a postal worker, police woman. :)

Lexi wants to be a "girl firefighter" when she grows up and was thrilled to see these play clothes at the museum.

After the museum, we went to visit our friend Margaret. The girls got a ride on her walker-chair thing...

3 sweet girls

Lilly pretended Margaret's cane was a microphone and she was a rockstar...

The girls were spoiled with presents from friends. These were new owl masks from Miranda! They wear them all the time now.

There was an abundance of morning snuggles

And getting ready for Christmas pictures with cousins!

Lexi practiced dressing herself :)

And we had some umbrella fun...

Always make time for kisses!

Awwww!

Winter has been mild so far, so we played outside as much as we could.

Lilly...

Have I mentioned that these are the sweetest girls ever?!!

One of Daddy's Christmas presents made for some fun playtime...

Lexi

Lilly again

Eric and Lexi

More fun times with the warm weather...

Innocent Lilly

We went to the Cameron Park Zoo a few times. We always have fun times at the zoo...

Sister love...

One time we even met some awesome friends at the zoo!

We had a good time at the circus,

Eric and Lilly

Lexi clearly likes clowns...

I am so thankful for all our family memories and look forward to many more with 3 kids instead of 2!

Life in November

November was kind of a quiet and fun month. We LOVE Thanksgiving around here, so we spent a lot of time with the girls trying to get them to understand being truly thankful. I want them to know how blessed they are, no matter what comes up in life and to be able to thank God for all the blessings.

I read the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (http://onethousandgifts.com/) and it was the best book. Our women's Bible study at church read it together and discussed it. Seriously, everyone should read this book. So now I have my "gift list" going and I got the girls involved in writing their own lists. I actually write them down, but I hope it is a discipline and mindset that sticks.

We concentrated on being thankful, enjoyed ballet class, went to my Dad's house for Thanksgiving, and decorated for Christmas...that about sums up the month. :) It wouldn't be my blog without a lot of photos, so here are some fun ones to show our great month.

Lilly practiced and practiced and learned how to draw balloons on her own. She was so stink in' proud and cute! I was pretty proud too!!

She described this drawing as a worm eating green beans. :)
Lexi's first paper cuts...she was really upset so I told her to show me her grumpy face for the camera. That is a pretty good grumpy face.
Skater chicks :)
On Thanksgiving, we went to my Dad and stepmom's house. The cousins REALLY love hanging out. They are adorable together too. Here are the oldest 4 watching Power Rangers and eating popcorn.

Dad, Lexi, and Eric hanging out...
The four oldest, Tristan, Tanner, and Lilly & Lexi helped Nana make butter. It was a lot of fun and I think they loved it. Here they are with their bowl of homemade butter...

Lilly, Lexi, Tanner...5 months apart and adorable!

Playing outside in the cool air.

The cousins, until Noah was born. :)

They ride on Daddy's back now like an elephant.

Posing...
32 weeks with Noah!
We also enjoyed some yummy comfort food, like Grandma Kathy's chicken spaghetti...
Lilly wanted a mohawk, just like Sneezy.
See, mohawk doggie!
Silly girls...
Ready for Christmas.
They decorated my computer with their nativity scene...
The girls' tree for their room. I think this is super cute!
Ballet class. They are the cutest ballerinas...
I love the crafts they make at church. Handprint turkeys...
And they are still the sweetest, snuggliest girls around.