Kate & Ross Pics

Hard to believe Kate is getting close to being 3 and that Ross is already 10 months old!!! They have developed a very sweet little friendship. Kate calls Ross her "Buddy Boy"! These pics were taken the week after the wedding...which by the way went really well. Our little flower girl walked with Mommy down the aisle PERFECTLY! Yea Kate! She was soooo stinkin' sick that week though we weren't sure how it was going to work out...thankfully the day of the wedding her fever broke so it was down to 101 from 105! YIKES! It was a rough week for Jared and I because there wasn't much sleep involved with a sick kiddo, wedding festivities and Jared ended up working 60 hours before he even made it to Fort Smith. Needless to say we were ready to join Steph and Tom on their honeymoon.:) Somehow we didn't get the invite though.:) I will post some wedding pics soon!

Bacon

Yesterday Kate asked me "Mommy, where daddy go?" I told her he went to work to bring home the bacon..."and the muffins?" she asked. *smiles*

Fun Day

Kate and Maddie--ready to head into the pool for the first swim lesson!

Kate's face when I asked her if she was excited about her swim lessons!

Kate and Mason at Chik-Fil-A...the day just kept getting better and better.

Kate's actually going down the slide at Chik-Fil-A now, but got a little upset when another little boy in the playplace wouldn't stop screaming in her face. Can you blame her?

Wal-Mart Anyone?

It's been so much fun for Kelsey and I to watch our kids together lately. They really have become buddies and totally feed off of each other when they play. This was so cute...Kate was going shopping at Wal-Mart and Ross got to go along.:) He's not going to fit in that cart much longer.:)

Kateisms

There are so many hilarious things Kate says...yesterday I was on all fours chasing her around the living room. When I growled at her, she got scared, jumped up on the couch and turned to me and said..."Mommy, you not a monster, you just a nice guy. You just a yittle guy." HA!

Then in the car the other day she said "Mommy, you hold my hand?" So of course, I finagled my arm back to hold her little hand, and then she says "Mommy, you my bestest friend ever!" *Melt Mommy's Heart*.

In the car on the way to Aunt Keke's house, Kate (who watches a lot of Pooh and Tigger) says to me "Mommy, Baby Ross is my buddy boy!"

And don't think for a second kids aren't playing us! Kate's listening ears have caught onto something recently...every time she does something she knows she's not supposed to and I call her on it, she starts screaming and crying and saying "I tired Mommy, I just tired." I guess the exhaustion crutch is out!:)

Christmas Cruise Pictures

We had such a fab trip to the Bahamas, St. Thomas, and St. Marten over Christmas. We got to go with 29 people on my Dad's side of the family. My grandparents treated everyone to the Christmas Cruise in honor of their 57th wedding anniversary. Quite a reason to celebrate if you ask me...and there's no one else in the world that I would rather spend vacations with than family! If we include everyone on both sides of Jared's and my family we might be able to have the boat to ourselves. HA

Kate visited the allergist right before we left on the trip, and we were sooo excited to find out she is not allergic to milk or eggs any longer. So the only she wanted to do on the boat was EAT! If you ask her what she wanted to do..."I go on big boat and eat pancakes!". And eat pancakes she did--Jared and I cracked up every morning watching our sweet little girl woof down 5 or 6 pancakes at a time...making up for lost time I guess.

She experienced the ocean and the beach for the first time--what fun to watch her soak up the sun, play in the sand, and paddle around in her floatie vest. She had a big time, and was as easy going as could be. Having my cousin Luke on the trip made things even better for her--Luke is almost exactly a year older than Kate...so she thought he was quite cool, and everywhere we went they had a buddy so that was really fun.

People ask me what my favorite parts of the trip were--

1. We did a Kayak, Hike & Snorkel on an uninhabited island off of St. Thomas with some of my favorite cousins, my parents, and my aunt and uncle. It was soooo cool--got to see a SHARK, lobster, barracudas, sting ray, octopus, and all kinds of other really cool sea life. Plus the group we were with had a hermit crab race, and HOLLA, guess who's crab won?! Yup, mine. They let us hold sea urchins, and starfish...all around the best excursion I've ever been on.

2. In honor of my Grandparents Anniversary, all their kids put together a Jeopardy game of their lives. It was really cool--not only because my team won (can you see the competitive streak in me yet?) but because we got to learn a lot of the details of my Grandparents life together...they are quite the inspiration.

3. Duh....the FOOD!

Merry Christmas???

Hey Ch'all! I know I know...it's been FOREVER! I'm so bad, but here are a few pics to tide you over until I have time to sit down and truly update.:) Hoping you all had a wonderfully Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!