Big News!

Big news! We're having baby #3 in January!!!! We were completely surprised, but very excited. Aubrey will be 23 months and Jane Ellis will be three in November, so now too sure how crazy it will be with 3 kids 3 and under, but we'll find out soon! We waited to tell our families after we could get in to see the OB and get an US pic. Robert's parents were pretty surprised. Mine? Not so much lol The girls are excited, though I'm not sure how much Jane Ellis really understands.



Some more July fun, the whole family took a trip to Hot Springs! We also spent a day at the local petting zoo/crocodile farm feeding the goats.





Aubrey sleeping with PawPaw


Catching some fish with Cousin Emma


William loves being close to his momma


Feeding the goats at the alligator farm


The girls had so much fun














Aubrey loves her cousin William



This made Emma's day!

A little update on the girls

Jane Ellis is 30mo now. And such a big girl.
•She potties all by herself-for the most part.
•She can get dressed and undressed, picking out her own clothes.




•she loves bubble rompers and footy pajamas and anything out if Aubrey's closet
•She likes planes but hates when the crop dusters fly over the house



•she's still quiet and reserved unless she's at home
•sleeps in her crib all night, we're currently looking at a twin bed we'll be transitioning her to soon
•she likes salad, tomatoes, celery, apples with peanut butter and sprinkles, Popsicles, two vitamins, olives and cheese.



•she loves her babies and wants to wear them daily




•she can't get enough of her bubbles, kitty and playing with her cousins
•she still loves caillou, Angelina ballerina, Bernstein bears, and super why but is scared to death of Thomas the train!



•she's finally caught on to her colors and counts correctly about half the time



•her pushing Aubrey has gotten better and they now play in the playroom together at least once a day




•she insists on being worn on my front! I love it though :)



•she adores her cousin William
•and will make me give her all the wild blackberries I pick



•she is still rear-facing in the car and loves her diono RXT car seat



•she hardly naps, but when she does it's for 2.5-3 hrs or longer!
•she loves her daddy



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Mother's Day

Savoring these last few minutes of nursies and snuggles before leaving for work. I love Mother's day, not for the gifts or sweet sentiments, but just for the reminder that being a mother is a gift I was given, something that not every woman partakes in, whether by choice or not. We don't make a big deal of it (although i certainly wouldn't mind if they did! lol) I worked last night and tonight, so I pretty much slept all day and we played this afternoon. It may not have been the "ideal" Mother's Day, but one more day with these precious girls is more than some moms get. So for me, today was perfect :)








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Oh, Jane Ellie...

So let me set the stage for you. My sister and her girls came and spent the day with us. (which just happened to be the most beautiful day we've had in weeks) Then we we spent the evening at my parent's house eating and letting all the cousins play together (as well as 4 kids age 1-3 years can play together lol) We got back to the house around 915 and I quickly nursed AC and put her to bed. Ahhh, now to get JE to bed. She was snuggled up to Robert watching Duck Dynasty with a little Caillou mixed in. Robert had to run down to the shop, so I put JE in the bed with my nook so she could watch a few stories. About 15 minutes went by and since I never heard anything I assumed she was asleep. Maggie was asleep on the couch, but quickly lifted her head when we heard something in the kitchen. I thought it was just a cat (or mouse). A second later I see a little curly-brown haired 2 yo crawling from the kitchen to underneath the dining room table! Maggie was very unsure of what was going on, she was sitting up on the couch- hair raised with a low growl. "Jane Ellis, what are you doing? (laughing)" she doesn't say anything. She gets right in front of me and I ask her what she has in her mouth. She just smiles, when she opens her hand I can see she had gotten into some candy that was on the tall dresser in our room. When I went back there to see how she had gotten them, I discovered that, although all the lights were off except for the hallway light, she had gotten her stool out of the bathroom, climbed up and took the candy. This is really the first time she's done anything sneaky like this! And I love it!! I love seeing her sweet little personality grow and mature. I can't wait to see what other funny things she does

After cleaning out her closet and drawers, she finds her bathing suit, and pretends she's swimming lol 

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Sweet cousins enjoying the beautiful day by playing in the mud

Getting clean after making mud pies

Easter 2013

Since I'm still working sat/sun nights I had to work Easter night. I decided to go straight to bed so I could get up at 12 and get ready. It has been so rainy that we knew the egg hunt would be inside; that also meant Robert hasn't been working so he was able to watch the girls while I slept. We had our annual Easter at my Pepaw's house. So much fun!! The girls wore their adorable matching dress which I of course made myself.

Waiting in the hallway for all the parents to hide the eggs.

This was about the best we could do. Next time pictures will be taken before everyone gets so tired!

Aubrey's 13 months

Aubrey's 13 months and her vocabulary has exploded!!




She says puppy, mommy, uh oh, I hide, dada, chicken, hi, hat, i pee (and tried to pull off her diaper). She also mimics everything. If I scratch my knee, she scratches hers.




- Here she is with her favorite toy of the moment- her chicken.




It was finally a beautiful day so we spent it playing on the swing set and painting the concrete.




Then we took a bath with Maggie.




Pretty days also means zoo trips with cousins.








Haha, they were so tired.



***update 4/11 Aubrey now says cheese, bama (banana), juice, no, and signs please.

Aubrey's first birthday

Happy 1st Birthday our sweet Aubrey! We started the morning out by everyone going in to get Aubrey from her crib and to give her balloons! She loved being awakened by everyone!



After we got dressed we had to take Aubrey to her 1 yr well baby visit.



She weighs 19lbs 8ozs and 29 3/4 in long.



Her report was good! She had lost a little weight since her last visit, but that is more than likely due to her walking now so no worries :)



After that we took the girls to Cracker Barrel and had breakfast.



Then on to Barnes and Noble. This is a cat book that of course Jane Ellis found.



Aubrey was having a ball trying to pick out a little stuffed kitten.



She really wanted the train table lol



All tuckered out. I think she loved her birthday!



A little about our Aubrey Claire

• she's still nursing on demand all the time. I absolutely love nursing a toddler. Seriously. It's the sweetest thing ever. I am trying to teach her "boundaries" though because she loves to pull my shirt up and down =)
• she loves her vegetables. Peas, green beans, corn, tomatoes, celery, bell pepper. I want to grow a garden just so I can watch her pick veggies and eat them! She loves carbs (of course) but is not a big meat eater. However, she loves her momma's lasagna!
• she's not really talking. She can wave bye, and say momma and dadda. But that's about it. She babbles ALL THE TIME though! So when she does start talking, watch out! She does sign "all done" though!
• She loves to copy Jane Ellis. What ever she is doing AC is right there with her.
• She runs everywhere. She's been walking since 9.5 months and hasn't slowed down. Her recent trick is climbing.
• She loves her momma. AC wants to be held all the time. She does play on her own a little, but if I'm doing something- laundry, cooking, folding clothes- she wants to be on my hip or in the carrier. She pulls and hangs on me and yells for me all the time. But she gives the best snuggles and gives me kisses whenever I ask, so how can I argue with her. And just to be fair, when Robert comes home she's all about her daddy... for about 5 mins! ha!!
• Oh and both girls are still rear-facing in their carseats. I can't stress that enough. I full-heartedly believe in the safety of ERFing. And both girls will be Rfing until the limits of their seats are reached =) Keep your kids safe people!
• Last thing- my little swing (that doesn't swing)-addicted child is now sleeping and napping in her own bed! One night, while I was at work, AC started refusing the swing, so Robert put her in her crib. She settled right down and slept all night. This was just a few weeks before her first birthday. Now she loves her crib! She just needs her blanket, a few little stuffed animals and her paci. She's normally in bed around 8-830 and will wake to nurse around 12 then either sleep till 730 or wake at 5 to nurse and then sleep till 830. We rearranged the girl's room to comfortably fit the glider and now all's well =)