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Memory Lane

2011-03-31T22:00:00.005-05:00

The kiddos over spring break 2011

Wow, it has really been a long time since I've been here. Being that I haven't posted in F-O-R-E-V-E-R, I went back and looked at all my previous post. Sigh. It's so sad; the kids were so little when I first started this blog. Seeing all the old pictures and videos on here really tugs at my heart. My babies are growing up way too fast! And my life has changed SO much. There's a lot I don't miss about my life, but there is a lot I do miss. The thing I miss the most is staying home with my babies. It's a total 180 from my life now that consists of two jobs, 15 hours at school, two kids in school, and three different activities each week between the three of them.

I am going to try to keep up with this thing again. It's good practice with my writing, since I am a writing major. :)

Bye for now!

Yee-Haw!

2010-02-21T10:27:00.004-06:00

It's rodeo time here in San Antonio! We lived away until two years ago, and last year we didn't take the kids so I figured it was time. Thursday I actually got a much needed night out (Yay!) and went with Danielle to see Toby Keith. We had so much fun and he put on a really good show.

Saturday Jennifer and I took the kiddos to the fair grounds. They had such a good time and we had a lot of firsts. They had their first funnel cake, Preston got to rope for the first time, and Graceann went on her first roller coaster ride! We also went to the petting zoo, which they absolutely loved!

Now it's the end of the weekend (almost) and I've got to get ready for my busy week. School keeps me so busy and I have a test and paper due this week. Not to mention fitting Preston's karate in there. We just signed him up for baseball and we are both excited for him to start at the end of March. I am trying to figure out where to take them for spring break. I want to do something. I wanted to take them camping but all the cabins are reserved. I guess I'll have to think on that one. (Any suggestions?)

My shopping mission

2010-02-09T21:36:00.003-06:00

Since the day Bellarose was born I have loved dressing her up. We lived in Vegas and I stayed at home so we really didn't ever go anywhere. But every morning I got her dressed to the nines so I could take a picture of her in a cute little outfit. I now have a large collection of pictures of my little mini model. Well it's no surprise that since she will be starting kindergarten in August I have already started school shopping for her and it's only February. ;) I still love to dress her up. I found the cutest stuff at gymboree last week and have started to look online because you can find the cutest stuff at little online boutiques. In my search for things I have found the CUTEST shop ever and it just so happens that they are having a really big sale right now!! Here is the link to their facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/cottoncandyshopcom/75537373217#!/pages/cottoncandyshopcom/75537373217

Their entire site is 20% off right now, what a bargain! I know I will be getting Belle a few things from here for school. Their actual website is: www.cottoncandyshop.com

Have fun shopping!

I'm back!

2010-01-21T21:29:00.004-06:00

Wow! Has it really been 8 months since my last post? Time sure flies! And oh the changes we've had.

Me and the kids moved the day after Christmas and that meant that Preston had to change schools. I was really uneasy about him changing schools, because he's already had to switch once, but he's such an easy going little guy who adjusts to change well, so I think he is doing fine. He started karate again, which he loves, and I am also enrolling him in baseball. He is six now and will turn 7 in May.

Bellarose turned FIVE (so hard to believe!) in November and is still doing cheerleading. She's also about to start ballett. Grace just turned 3 last week (Happy Birthday Grace) and is a little stinker. Still not potty trained. That is pretty frusturating.

I started school this semster after a year break. I like all my classes and I'm just hoping I can juggle it all!

We've had an exciting week - my cousin Suz had her little girl, Palin, yesterday and one of my good friends, Aubrie, had her little boy Madden today! Two babies in two days. What a blessing.

The kids and I like our new apartment and we are almost all settled. It's a big change coming from a big house but we will adjust. I'll post pictures as soon as I finish the decorating. :) I'm almost done and we are pretty much settled in. Well I guess this is it for now. Until next time...

It's starting to feel a lot like Summer

2009-05-24T19:25:00.003-05:00

Bellarose & Shelby in the pool

Grace thinks it's cold

He's all done

Tana and Grace

We have one more week of school and went swimming for the first time this year - it's starting to feel a lot like summer.

The things they say...

2009-05-09T18:18:00.002-05:00

Funny things my kids said today:

1. We went to Silvia's to drop the kids off (she graciously babysat) so we headed upstairs to take a look at her newly decorated baby room for Baby Brayden. (It's super cute) Preston went with me and I said "Look Preston, the whole room is decorated for the baby - how cute" and his reply: "Yea but where's the baby?"

2. For some reason Preston has really been thinking hard about where he wants to have his next birthday party (When is this you ask, May 2, 2010. I guess he's a planner like his momma) and on our way home today he said "Ooh I know where I want to have my birthday party next year." Me: "Where?" "At Texas Roadhouse" Me: "Oh you really like that place" "Yes, their butter bread. That's what I'm going to get their butter bread" & Bella jumps in "Do they have sweet tea? Yummy, Sweet tea - this is going to be awesome!"

3. Here's another from the other day - I was babysitting my cousin's kids the other day and her daughter, Hannah, is Preston's age. Her and Bella LOVE each other but they also can get into a good fight. Bella and Hannah ran up to me, obviously arguing about something, and so I calmed them down and asked each of them their side. Bella told me her side and then I went to Hannah to get her version of things. She said: "Well, she just needs to respect her elders" and in case you didn't get it she wasn't referring to me she was referring to herself. I really got a laugh out of that.

Time for a change

2009-05-03T14:07:00.006-05:00

I felt the need for some Summer in my blog, hence the change of scenery. Hope you like it. In the spirit of summer here are some cute bathing suits I found:

a cute one piece from Le Top:

Kate Mack, the master of kids swim suits:

another Le Top:

And a suit for me - I've been eying this suit for a year but for $250.00 I don't know that my body deserves that yet. I have a few more pounds to loose -

And since I'm adding pictures I thought I'd add a picture of Grace's bedding that I'm sadly about to get rid of (along with her high chair):

May the force be with you...

2009-05-03T12:25:00.006-05:00

My 6 year old

Blowing out his candles - 6 & 1 to grow on

Preston with his Yoda cake

Here are some pics from Preston's party and below is a video. We had a really good time. I didn't get quite as many pictures as I would of liked but it is what it is. Preston had fun and got a lot of neat stuff. His party started at 4:00 and I was running a little late getting organized but I figured it was no big deal because everyone I know always runs late. So I'm thinking it's fine until I get a knock on my door at 4:01. Great! It's one of Preston's classmates. It all worked out though. Today we are going to clean, clean, clean. Troy got a ping pong table for the garage so we need to actually make it look like a garage rather than a storage unit so he can have his "man" area.

Happy Birthday Little Man

2009-05-02T09:39:00.002-05:00

Preston turns 5

Preston turns 4

Preston at 5 months

three months

one month

I can't believe Preston is 6 today! Time goes by WAY to fast. 6 years ago I never would have guessed I'd have such a handsome, funny, sweet, kind hearted little boy. I really hit the jackpot in the kids department. Preston is so thoughtful and caring, the BEST big brother & definately a major mama's boy. I just wish he could stay little with me forever. It kinda seems like a dream how quickly they grow up. I was in labor for about 8 hours with him 6 years ago and now we are preparing for a Star Wars party today. Preston, I hope you have your best birthday yet. I LOVE YOU!!!!

I'm so tired, Oh so tired...

2009-04-29T22:49:00.004-05:00

I think the title says it all; I'm exhausted! What a day it's been. At 5:30 this morning I got a call from Preston's school, one of those automated messages. It started off "This is a message from the Comal ISD" Well, I am forever running low on Preston's lunch money account because I never remember that he's getting low on funds. So I'm forever getting an automated call reminding me to add some mula. When I heard the message I was pretty p'od thinking it was a lunch money call at 5:30. I almost hung up but the automated lady started talking more and come to find out it was the district letting us know school was cancelled till Monday because of the swine flu. Good think I listened. I would have been more mad about driving Preston to school when he didn't have it than waking up at 5:30 for a phone call. So I get in bed and turn my alarm off, happy that I can sleep in a little. I start to doze off and 30 minutes later my phone is ringing again. This time it's Tana, my good friend, calling to tell me Preston doesn't have school. She's always up at a time that should be illegal so I'm sure she was watching the news and knew I sleep in till the last possible second and probably wouldn't have known if the school hadn't called. So I get off the phone and go back to sleep, fantasizing about sleeping in. I probably slept for an hour before Preston comes and hops in my bed and informs me that he is late for school. I told him he wouldn't be going to school and he thought that was the coolest thing. Needless to say I never got back to sleep. Come to find out he will actually be out of school until May 11th - 8 whole days! It's nice to have him home with me.

It was a long day though because when he's home there is more fighting so when Grace just so happend to run out of diapers tonight I was more than happy to get out of the house and make that run to the store. Then I come home and the realize, the genius that I am, that I had purchased a lot of things on my trip to target (some really cute yoga pants on sale for $3.24) but diapers was not one of them. So I go in the bedroom to tell Troy my big oops and he says "you'll never believe what happend when I called my parents tonight" I was really wondering what it was because he's laughing pretty hard as he's saying that. Well apparently my dear, sweet little girl Bellarose got on the phone with her Grandma Bonnie and went to the corner of the room and told her "my mommy doesn't think your pretty and she says your witch" and who knows what else because at that time she moved further away from Troy into our closet so he couldn't hear her. He got onto her for fibbing but still couldn't help but laugh. I felt horrible because I'm hoping my MIL doesn't actually think I said those things. Now I've got to head back out to get those diapers I forgot. Well, I don't feel like driving all the way back to Target so I decide to go to the closet gas station. Luckily they have diapers but it was a mini pack of 10. I happily told the clerk I'd take them and then nearly had a heart attack when he told me they were $10.00. That's more expensive than the full size pack at Target and I'm only getting 10. I had no choice though because Target had already closed and I wasn't going to drive all over town to go get the diapers. So that was my exciting day.

The next few days will be busy because I'm trying to get ready for Preston's Birthday party Saturday. Hard to beleive my baby's going to be 6 already. Anyways, Good Night!!

For the in laws:

2009-04-26T13:19:00.005-05:00

I haven't blogged in FOREVER - until about a week ago we had decided we weren't going to get internet over here. Everyone thought we were crazy and Troy finally came to his senses so now we have it. Anyhow, this blog is really for my in laws. I told them I'd post a few videos of our house and the kids so, Mom and Dad, here it is. Enjoy!!!!

Here is the tour of our new house.

A video of the kids.

Preston's not mad anymore.

Spring Break

2009-03-26T10:37:00.004-05:00

Preston dressing up like a Bronco at the stadium

Bellarose caught her first fish (then a second after that)

Troy and his mom

Ms. Bella

Roasting marshmellows

Ready for the plane ride.

Okay here are some pictures from spring break... finally. We first went camping with my good friend (and soon to be neighbor) Tana and her family. We went to Concan and had so much fun that we've all decided this is going to become a yearly trip. The day we got back from camping we flew out to Colorado to see Troy's family. It was a nice visit although we didn't do as much as we normally did because Troy's grandpa was so sick. The one "touristy" (if that's even a word) thing we did do was go visit the Broncos stadium - Invesco Field at Mile High. It was pretty cool. We were the only people on the tour so it was really like a private tour of the field. Before we left the kids prayed that there would be snow when we were there and they actually got to see it twice so that was a highlight for them.

I am now two days away from moving and very busy packing - what am I doing on here, right? Actually I know; it's because we won't have internet at our new house so I figured I better post these now - anyhow I'm also at my wits end because of a 4 year old who loves to talk back and have an attitude. I really don't know what's the best way to discipline her on this. The spankings don't help, the lectures don't help, I really don't know what to do. I refuse to let her talk to me the way she does but nothing I'm doing is working. Any suggestions?

I've also got three kids running all over the place - my girls and Nathan, my friends son. Soon to be 4 when I go pick up Preston from early release. I better get back to packing. Wish me luck! :)

Goodbye Grandpa Frank

2009-03-19T14:02:00.005-05:00

I have a lot to write about because it's been awhile... During the time since my last post we've gone camping and to Colorado and are now getting ready for our move. But I really don't feel like it right now. We just found out Troy's Grandpa passed away about an hour ago and I'm pretty bummed. This comes just 4 days after finding out one of Troy's close friends died Saturday night in a car crash. I'm just so thankful Troy got to see him when we went to Colorado. Anyone who knows me knows my Naney (paternal grandmother) was like a mom to me. She was who I considered my mom. And I was 9 months pregnant when she died. I was in the hospital, having just given birth the day before, on the day of her funeral. I didn't get to be there with her or the family and it's the hardest thing I've ever been through, or continue to deal with, so I'm so thankful that Troy did get to see his grandpa last week and say his goodbyes. I remember when Troy and I first started dating (8 years ago), the first time I went to Colorado with him. We stayed with his grandparents the first night and after that Grandpa Frank told everyone I was his grandaughter. Troy has so many fond memories of him and the years he spent on their farm as a kid. He was a "cowboy" a quiet, strong, good man and he will really be missed. Most of all I feel horrible for my mother in law. She was a daddy's girl in every sense of the word and is really taking it hard. Here is a picture of Troy with his grandparents when we went to visit in October of 2007.

Goodbye Grandpa Frank.

All grown up

2009-03-05T19:40:00.002-06:00

I know I just did a post but felt the need to do another. I just sold Grace's crib. That's it, that was the last of our baby stuff. She's now all grown up, sleeping in a big girl bed. No more crib, no more bottles, half the time she doesn't use a sippy or sit in her high chair - she just sits at the table like a big girl. Soon we will be out of diapers (hopefully) and it's just another reminder that my baby is not such a baby anymore AND that I'll never have those things again. Kinda bittersweet. :) I'm sure any mom can understand that.

Oops...

2009-03-05T15:05:00.006-06:00

It's a shame that I have so much to do inside this week, with getting the house ready for our move, because the weather here has just been beautiful. It's perfect; not too hot and not too cold. I've got so much to do and it doesn't help that I leave in two days for a week.

Preston had baseball practice last night and as we pulled up another kid from his team pulled up at the same time. We (the kids, me, and the other kids dad) walked up to the field. We always practice on the same field but yesterday something was off because there were 5 coaches out there and Preston's team only has two. Also, there was a guy standing by the entrance to the field with a clip board and a list of the players names. I thought they really must have gotten organized since the previous practice. Oddly, Preston's name was not on the list. I figured they must have just left it off so the guy added it on. I went and sat down with the other moms but didn't recognize anyone. I didn't pay attention out on the field because Grace was everywhere and I was busy chasing after her. After about 10 minutes I saw more parents come up and still didn't recognize anyone so I walked over to the dad I knew and asked him if his son's name was on the list of players. Nope. You've probably already figured it out by now but I told him " I think we might be playing with the wrong team because I don't know anyone over here." He kinda looked around and realized that he didn't either. So we called the list guy over and told him what we were thinking, and he in turn called the coach over, and yep, you guessed it - we were practicing with the wrong team!!! Oops. I guess I don't feel so bad, though, because their coaches didn't realize it either. We then drove all around the two areas they have and could not find our team anywhere. Finally we spotted the coaches wife and apparently the league double booked our practice field and we got stuck practicing and a piece of grass between two field. Nice. I'm just glad I wasn't the only one who sent my kid out with the wrong team.

On a sweeter note with Preston - On Tuesdays and Thursdays Troy takes Preston to school. This morning I was half awake and could hear them getting ready. Then the door opened to my room and next thing I know somone's getting in the bed with me. Preston hopped on the bed gave me a big hug and a kiss and then jumped down and left for school. (He thought I was still asleep because I didn't open my eyes) I love having a little boy. :)

Tomorrow is Ms. Langfords (Preston's teacher) Birthday. Bella just loves Ms. Langford and when she heard it was her Birthday right away she said she wanted to buy her flowers. So we are going tonight to buy her flowers. Then at 2:00 tomorrow I am surprising her with balloons and cupcakes for the class to share and her real present (a gift card to get her nails done). If you can't tell we all love Ms. Langford.

I'm posting some pictures from Rowdy's Birthday party last weekend (it was a western theme) and from Grace when she decided to play dress up. I dressed her but she brought me what she wanted to wear and was very insistent on it. (The nice arm piece was her doing). Enjoy!! :)

Playing

"not another picture"

Belle at the Rowdy's western party

My other little cowgirl

Nick and Erica's wedding

2009-02-24T19:45:00.004-06:00

We had a nice time but I'm sure glad it's over!

It's official...

2009-02-18T21:30:00.003-06:00

We officially booked our tickets for Colorado today. We go March 9th to the 14th. We are so excited!!!

And we are officially moving! I am so happy. Here is a picture of the house. It's a two story but from the front of the house it looks like a one. I'll have more pictures to come. It's in Trinity Oaks which is up 281 just past Stone Oak.

Last but not least I am officially in need of about 4 more hours each day. I am exhausted. I have a lot on my plate right now but I love it. As I've mentioned before I am on the board of the PTA, I'm Preston's room mom, I taught his CCD class at church, I am the coordinator for the Kindergarten play that they are having in April and tonight I volunteered to be the team mom for his baseball team (so excited that he started baseball). If I'm this busy now I can't imagine how it's going to be when the girls get in school. Like I said, I love being busy and involved but I sure am tired tonight. That being said I am going to bed. Good night.

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T10:38:00.004-06:00

Happy Belated Valentine's Day Everyone! We had a nice night. Troy had to work during the day

but at night we headed over to Silvia and Rick's (they were going to come over to our house until they found out we don't have a grill. We always cook our steaks in the oven, and I've never given it much thought because they taste good, but they laughed at the idea so we went over there). We had so much yummy food: steak, lobster, this special salad I make, vegetables, mashed potatoes, chocolate covered strawberries, and sparkling grape juice for the expecting. :) Here are some pictures:

The cooks

The food

After dinner

2009-02-12T11:29:00.003-06:00

Well, we've had a house full of sick kiddos the last week and a half. Preston was home from school for a whole week with the flu. Poor baby. Then Belle started to get warm and I thought she was going to get it but to my relief it was just a fever. We had our 6 year anniversary this past weekend which I'm still in shock over; can't believe we've been married 6 years! Monday night I went to the rodeo with my cousin and saw my absolute most favorite singer in the world, Reba, (go ahead and think I'm a dork - my friends have already said so) and then last night Troy and I went with our good friends Tana and Jarrod and another friend Priscilla & Rick to see Switchfoot. We really didn't know who they were but thought it would be fun to go. We were right - we had a blast. Saturday is Valentines day and being that my mom is a newlywed we don't have a sitter so we decided to make it a family event and have a family dinner and make cookies and a Valentines craft. We invited "Aunt" Silvia and Rick and Nathan so they are coming too. I bought cookie dough and heart shaped cookie cutters and the kids look at that dough every day and ask if it's Valentines day yet. If you can't tell cookies are a big hit in our house. We are also booking our tickets to Colorado today. We are going over Spring Break. First we are going camping for 2 nights with Tana and Jarrod and then the day we get back we are going to leave for Colorado. I've been dying to go somewhere because last year we didn't travel at all. Yipee.

That's it for now. :)

Pictures from Grace's Birthday (1-12-09)

2009-02-02T16:46:00.002-06:00

Ready to blow out her candle

Me and Grace

My baby is two!

Birthday girl

Happy Birthday sweet girl - her cake was supposed to match her elmo theme.

The Verdicts in :

2009-02-02T16:22:00.005-06:00

Here are a few pictures from Saturday night when I had my girlfriends over. There's also a cute video of Bella putting on a concert with her ponies. She LOVES my little pony and has almost every one of them.

Preston started to feel sick yesterday - he was very warm, had a headache, stuffy nose, stomach ace. I sent him to school today but wrote a note to his teacher and told her he didn't feel well and might need to go the nurse. Sure enough 30 minutes after I dropped him off the nurse called and said he had a fever of 101 and he needed to come home. So I went and got him and took him to the doctor and the verdicts in: he has the flue. The doctor said he needed to be home a whole week! I was surprised it lasted that long. I'll keep you posted - I'm just praying the girls don't get sick.

Me & Silvia

Me & Tana

My sweet little princess singing.

In other news...

2009-01-30T07:58:00.006-06:00

Here's Bellarose in the Valentine's outfit I made her. I've already sold several pair on ebay. She loved posing for my pictures. :)

Ms. Grace acting like a big girl, laying on the bed watching t.v.

Preston after he got his award for good citizenship.

Grace trying to run wild at the awards ceremony.

Trying to get away from daddy.

Me and my cousin Suz on her Birthday at our favorite - Los Generales. We seem to have every family event there.

Bella saw me with my scarf and said "Oh, what's that?" I told her it was a scarf to keep my neck warm since it was so cold. She waited about half a second and then said, "Oh, my neck is so cold; I think I need a scarf."

That's kind of our past week in pictures. This weekend Troy has his best friends bachelor party and I am having my little get together. My mom's babysitting and the kids are excited because it's been a month since they've been to her house.

I'm on the board of Preston's PTA and I'm in charge of hospitality, which I really like. Normally they choose the positions the year before but at the start of the school year, I went an introduced myself to the PTA President and asked if there were any open positions. She just happend to have this last postion available and after taking a vote I got it. I do the teacher appreciation & am the contact person for all of the room moms so it's a pretty easy job. It's now time for nominations for next years board and yesterday the President called me and said Tuesday we are having nominations and that she liked having me on the board and really wanted to have me as an officer and would I be interested in the position of secretary. Of course I said yes, that kind of stuff is just up my alley. I'm excited. I love helping out at Preston's school because you really get to know the teachers and people your child is surrounded by all day. And periodically I run into him in the hall or somewhere which is always nice. It would be weird for me not to volunteer because ever since he's been involved in anything I've always helped out. When he was in Mother's Day Out I used to teach in his class when a teacher was out, I was the teacher for his AWANNAS class, I've been the teacher in his CCD class. I don't know how to not stay involved. I just love being around my kids and being involved in what they are doing. Speaking of AWANNAS we found a new AWANNAS for the kids to attend. They had been going to the one at Community Bible but for any of you who are familiar with that church it is just way to big for me. So we found a smaller church near our house and the kids loved it and so did I. Tomorrow we are going to sign Preston up for Baseball. He hasn't done a sport since soccer and he's really excited.

For the past few months I've really started to feel cramped in our house. Don't get me wrong I love it, but with 3 kids I really think we need more than 1700 sq ft. Bella wants her own room, I have no space for the kids toys, the rooms are so close that they can't play in them when Grace is sleeping because she is such a light sleeper she will wake up, and we really have no back yard so the kids can't go out and play. So we decided that when our lease is up we are going to move to a bigger house. Still in the same neighborhood so Preston doesn't have to change schools, but something a lot bigger. We've got one month until we can really start looking and I looked the other day just to see what was out there and there are several that are a lot bigger so hopefully they'll still be available in a month. We don't want to buy again until I finish school & we sell our house in Harlingen.

In other news I am going to start substitute teaching. I'm really kind of nervous. The reason I decided to do this is because I've been going to school with the goal of teaching History in College. I like the college level because most of the jobs are part time and I don't want to work full time while my kids are in school. Obviously if we had the need for me to I would but if I don't have to.... Anyways, even though I've had this goal I've always kind of wondered if I would like to teach High School or any of the younger levels. Someone suggested to me that I try substituting - I'd be in the classroom with the kids and really get to see if it's something I'd be interested in. Troy's off on Mondays so I don't have to worry about the girls. I just found out my orientation is in two weeks so I'm really excited and, like I said, really nervous. I'll be in the Judson district which is where I went to school so that will be kind of neat.

I guess that's it for now. :)

The next Paula Dean

2009-01-20T18:21:00.008-06:00

Today was a day full of cooking for me. I'm having a party with a few of my girlfriends (13 to be exact) and wanted to try out all the stuff I plan on having. I made chocolate covered strawberries, lobster fondue, spinach artichoke dip (just like Zios) and mini cheesecakes. The desserts came out delicious - of course, dessert is my specialty - but the dips were just so so. The lobster fondue was edible but I don't think I'd serve it and the spinach artichoke dip was okay but not quite like the one at Zios. I might have to re-think the menu. Silvia and I went to Homegoods on Sunday and I got all new serving dishes so I'm excited to get to use them and have some fun, girly time.

There hasn't been a whole lot going on this past week. Preston was off of school yesterday, which was nice. I guess it's kind of the quiet before the storm because after next week we will be super busy. It was like this last year; from July until the first of December I had something almost every weekend. We have something going on almost every weekend until the last weekend in March and then Troy wants to go to Vegas. Busy, Busy. It's amazing how different our lives are over here compared to when we lived away and would only have something to do maybe once a month, if that. I feel like I have a life now. Before I always felt like I lived one place and my life was somewhere else.

Gracieann is talking so much - her favorite thing to say right now is: "See ya!" She'll walk out of a room and throw that out there. Today when we were walking home from Preston's school she said "Hi guys". It was too cute. Did I mention I cute Bella's hair? 5 whole inches!!! I am still in shock. Her hair almost touched her bum. It's still fairly long, it falls right below her shoulders, but obviously not as long as it was. I've decided I will never cut it that much again. It's so beautiful, her long curly hair.

Happy Birthday Sweet Gracieann

2009-01-12T22:21:00.003-06:00

Grace at her 1st Birthday party

This past Christmas - 2 weeks before she turned 2.

Today is my baby's second Birthday! How time flies. It's hard to believe my youngest child is already two. She's the last of them - I'm so used to having babies around because for the past 5 1/2 years one of my kids has been a baby, but now that the baby is two - that's it. I'll never have a little baby again. It's sort of bittersweet. They are so much easier when they get older and she's so fun to play with and she's starting to talk, but there is something about babies. I LOVE them! I loved having tiny little babies. They were just so perfect. Until Grace was about one I had this persistent feeling of wanting another (another little boy). Troy and I both say that although we know it won't happen we both kind of would have liked another in a few years. But like I said it won't happen - the doctor made sure of that. Anyways my little girl is growing up. We had a fun day today. Me and her and Daddy and Sissy went to an indoor play place called Dynamoze when Preston was in school. Then we went and picked up her cake, picked up Preston from school, came home and took a nap and then got ready for her party. She had her party at Chuck E Cheese and she had so much fun although she was terrified of Chuck E. I have pictures but will post them later. My Cousins Suz and Chris and their families came, My Uncle, My mom and her husband, my grandparents, Silvia & her family, Tana & her family, Danielle, Hayden, and Kaylei and us. It was nice and now the days over and I have a little toddler.

Officially a soccer mom

2009-01-07T21:11:00.003-06:00

Okay I am officially now a "true" soccer mom and I've got the van to prove it! We've been looking for a while now and finally found the van we wanted today. It's a Honda Odyssey. It's silver and has so much room, and really cool sliding doors. We all love it. Here is a picture - it's not the actual one but is just like it.

In other news Preston started school again this week and got sick his first day back. Him and Bella must both have had a 24 hour bug because they both were throwing up all day Monday. They are all better now and Grace never got it.

Home Alone

2008-12-28T21:25:00.004-06:00

Here is the invitation I made for Grace's Birthday party. I didn't have time to order them online like I usually do. This will do though. (If you click on the picture you can see a bigger version of it) I can't believe her Birthday is only two weeks away. Time flies! I feel like we just moved back.

Right now the kids are at my mom's for 3 whole days! This is a first. They never stayed anywhere when we lived away and now that we've been back they go to my mom's to stay the night but only once, maybe twice a month. I really don't know what to do with myself. Troy and I are going to go to the movies tomorrow, I need to clean, I have a bunch of scholarships I want to apply for (for school in the fall) but other than that I don't know. It's so weird to be at home and nobody's here.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas...

2008-12-26T13:22:00.004-06:00

Here are a few pictures of Christmas night. Enjoy.

Grace LOVED peanut

Poor dog.

Daddy took off her Christmas outfit and she was running around in her diaper.

Me and my baby.

She's all smiles.

Posing.

Me and my Uncle James

Me and Troy.

Christmas

2008-12-25T14:20:00.006-06:00

Here are a few of our pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. They are backwards from last to first (oops :)

Gracieann sitting in her sissy's new Princess nursery.

Grace opening up her gifts. She got lots of her favorite - Elmo.

Preston got a Build-A-Bear dinosaur.

They were SO ready to start opening presents.

More presents.

On christmas Eve getting ready to do a book exchange with their cousins.

My girls.

The tree right before we started opening our gifts.

She's so pretty.

Troy wanted to do a silly picture. It's more his style. :)

Family tradition - Family picture in front of the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.

Me and my cousins Chris and Suz.

Me, Chris, and my Uncle Harry.

Me and my handsome hubby.

Me and Suz.

Me and Grandpa.

Best Friends!!!!

Bellarose and her cousin Hannah in the outfits I made them.

Gracieann in the outfit I made her.

Getting ready for another yearly tradition - making the ginger bread house.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

2008-12-20T16:53:00.006-06:00

The girls on our way to pick Bubba up from school.

My sweet Preston in his Batman pajamas.

Another one of the girls going to get Preston. This time we were going for his Christmas party.

The one and only picture I got at his Christmas party. I guess that's what happens when your Room Mom and busy running around the classroom helping.

Well Preston is finally out of school. Yea! We had his Christmas party yesterday and it was really nice. We were so blessed with his teacher, Ms. Langford. She is so sweet, and kind, and patient and we just love her. Now I'm glad my baby is home with me for two whole weeks.

The kids are SO excited for Christmas this year. I think this year is different than past years because they are getting older. Especially Preston. He even noticed there were more presents under the tree for Bellarose (or so he thought) and wanted to know why. I was shocked that he would even notice that because a year ago he wouldn't have. First, I told him it's not nice to ask and he should be grateful for what he gets - however much or little it is. Then I explained to him that some of his things might have cost a lot more than Belle's and so that's why she might have more. After thinking about it I went and looked at their presents because I am usually very even when I get the kids stuff. I am obsessive about being equal. If one person gets this many gifts (whether it's my kids, my in-laws or whoever) then so does the other person and if I spend XX amount one person the other gets the same amount. And with the kids they even get the same things - Preston got a digital camera so Belle did too. Preston got a Build A Bear so Belle did too. I just try to be really fair. So it surprised me when he said there were more for Belle. Then I realized what happend - On all of Belle's presents there were princess labels and Preston's have Cars (the movie) labels. Well Bella wanted to give all the girls princess labels so my mom's presents, Grace's presents, and our cousin Hannah's gifts all had princess labels too. So Preston saw all of those and thought every one of them was for Bellarose. Silly boy. I explained to him what happend and he thought it was pretty funny.

Here is a video I took of Preston's class singing their Christmas song. He is in the second row behind the two girls in the front - One has a butterfly on her shirt and the other has a long sleeve, pink shirt on.

Happy Birthday Daddy

2008-12-16T12:40:00.004-06:00

Yesterday, December 15th, would have been my dad's 50th Birthday. It's been 22 years since he passed away. A long time! About a month ago I e-mailed all of my family and asked if they would like to go and help me celebrate his Birthday. So last night 28 of us went to Los Generales (good food and more importantly great mango margaritas) and celebrated. We ate and then everyone shared their memories of my dad. I loved listening to everyone talking about him. I was only 4 1/2 when he passed and do not remember much of him. It was so nice and I know him and my Naney were there with us in spirit. The only people missing were my Uncle John and Aunt Linda who were in Houston but they were thinking about us all. It's so weird to think about what life would be like if he were here, what he would be like, what he would look like. I know he would have loved his grandkids so much. And I know my life and my brother's life would be a lot different.

Preston, my little Preston, wants a wii so bad. He plays it at his cousin's house and loves it. The poor kid thinks it's called a "weed" so anytime anyone says, "what do you want for Christmas" he happily informs them that he is getting "the weed." I keep telling him that's not the name but he insists on calling it that. Then I told him that it was all sold out so we wouldn't be getting it for Christmas, maybe his Birthday so he's decided he's going to start saving up for it. Last night at dinner he went around asking everyone for a dollar to go towards his "weed." The things they say. :)

We have been out of heat for the past seven days and for those of you who are in SA you know how COLD it's been. It's 45 today. They've come out several times but just called and said they finally got what they needed and are coming to bring us back in to the land of the warm. I can't wait!

The Coughs

2008-12-14T13:13:00.002-06:00

We've had a house full of sick people this week or as Bella say's, "Everyone has the coughs." Troy has been out since Thursday night and today is the first day he has actually gotten out of bed. How ironic is it that it happens to be the day that the Broncos have a big game today. :) Preston was home from school two days last week and us girls have "the coughs". I guess it doesn't help that our heater went out! So we joined our gym and then have not been able to go and enjoy it yet. Hopefully Tuesday.

One more week of school and then Preston's home! I'm so excited. He will be home for two whole weeks! I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner. The stores are crazy which is not something I enjoy and it's why I usually get all my shopping done by November. I got most of it done this year by then but there are a few things I still need to get and am not looking forward to the crowds. Today me and Jessica are going to the outlets in San Marcos. That I am excited for.

Well I better go for now!

Work It

2008-12-10T20:18:00.004-06:00

We officially joined a gym today! There is a great gym near our house called Lifetime Fitness and they have an awesome kids center for the kids to go to. They also have a pool with a water park (inside and outside) which I'm sure the kids are going to love. I'm excited to start and so is Troy, I just hope we actually use it. I'll keep you posted.

Bella's Grace

2008-12-09T22:33:00.005-06:00

Here are a few of the things I made and took to the craft show this past weekend with Suz. We had a good time, did pretty well, and plan to do it again.

Turkey Time

2008-12-04T16:05:00.006-06:00

We had a really nice and relaxing Thanksgiving. My Aunt Kathy and Uncle Harry, Cousin's Suz, Chilton, Gunner, Rowdy, and Christine came over. They didn't come until 2:00 so it gave us plenty of time to prepare and even better I didn't have to make a turkey because my Aunt brought it. So I made green bean casserole (for the first time!) and it came out really good. I think we all, as Troy would say, put ourselves in a food coma! It was delicious. They stayed until about 6:00 and then headed home and we had a few minutes of rest and then Troy's sister and her husband came over. They were in Austin visiting his family and drove down to visit us. Troy hadn't seen his sister in three years and he'd never met his brother-in-law so it was great to see them.

The only bummer about Thanksgiving is that it's the day before black friday and that is Troy's busiest day of the year. Every year he has to be to work by 5:00 and works until 5:00 or 6:00 at night. I am a retail widow during the holidays. It is what it is I guess.

This was our first year back in San Antonio and actually spending it with family (instead of just the five of us) made it extra special. It is a little hard around the holidays, though , especially now that we are here because my heart aches a little more than usual that my Naney's not here with us. I miss her so much and would give anything to have her here with us. I guess that is what it is too.

So long for now!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

2008-12-04T14:58:00.003-06:00

Here's another gift I hope to find under you.

Jenna hobo by Beirn - LoVe It!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Bellarose

2008-11-25T22:47:00.004-06:00

I am SO excited because I finally figured out how to add cute backgrounds to my blog. It only took about two months of trying.

Anyways, I love this time of year. It's starting to get cool, there's Christmas music every where, all of the decorations go up. I love it. I think the Holidays and busy schedules go hand in hand. Friday we had our friends over and had a Thanksgiving feast. It was really nice and everyone brought a yummy dish. We ended the night with a game of Pictionary - Guys against the girls and of course the girls won. :) We are lucky to have such great friends.

Saturday was my sweet little girl's (Bellarose) fourth birthday. I can't believe she's four! We had her party several weeks ago at the pumpkin patch so on her birthday I took her to get her nails and toes done, lunch at Chick Filet (her favorite), to Build A Bear where she got a pink bunny, and topped it off with dinner at Chuck E Cheese and we were joined by my cousin and her family and my mom and her husband. Her big present this year was a doll house that's almost as big as she is. She loved it and hasn't stopped playing with it. Bella is the sweetest thing and I love her so much.

Only one more day until Thanksgiving. We are having it here at my house this year and my Aunt and Uncle, and my cousin and her family are coming over. I'm really excited because we have been gone five years and this is our first year back home for the Holidays. It will be nice to not have to celebrate by ourselves. Troy's sister is also coming in town Thanksgiving, to visit her in-laws but her and her husband are going to stop by to visit for awhile. It's been about three years since Troy last saw her. Preston is off this whole week from school and I'm so happy. I love him being home with me and him being off has made me realize how much I miss the days before he started school.

I guess this is it for now.

My Christmas Wish List

2008-11-25T22:34:00.004-06:00

Louis Vuitton Cabas Piano

Gucci Abbey Tote

Mars & Valentine Flower Ring

2008-11-04T11:48:00.005-06:00

Here are some pictures from Halloween:

Election 2008

2008-11-04T11:46:00.001-06:00

This is all I have to say about the election today. I hope everyone makes the right choice!

It's a Monster Mash

2008-10-26T12:21:00.006-05:00

Last night we had a Halloween party for the kids and all their friends. Everyone had a really good time and we had some cute little costumes. We painted pumpkins, played games and ate some yummy food. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked but I've posted a few that I did take.

Happy Birthday Michael Troy

2008-10-15T13:45:00.004-05:00

I was playing with my camera and the computer and figured out how to upload and post videos. Here is a funny video of Gracieann at H-E-B.

Yesterday was Troy's Birthday and we went out to dinner to celebrate (without the kids I might add thanks to "Aunt" Silvia). It was really nice; we went to Red Lobster and Troy ate until he couldn't eat anymore thanks to their all you can eat shrimp going on right now. Saturday we had a party here for him and it was so much fun. We are thinking about doing another one to celebrate Thanksgiving.

This weekend we are going out to dinner with one of my Best Friends, Jessica, and her husband and then Saturday we are going to my Family Reunion. It's another busy weekend. We have stuff going on every weekend until the first weekend of December.

My mom took Preston to get his Halloween costume this past weekend and he is so excited to be Buzz Lightyear. He's tried his costume on at least four times! She saw a costume for Gracieann that she couldn't resist getting so now Grace is going to be Minnie Mouse. It's really cute. Bella is going to be a cat just like her Mama. We are still waiting to see what Troy will end up being.

I guess that's it for now. :)

The Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-05T18:19:00.007-05:00

We made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend. We went really early in the month this time because I was thinking of having Belle's birthday party there and wanted to check it out so I could book it. It was great and we are going to have it there. The kids had a lot of fun. My only complaint was that it wasn't very stroller friendly ground so that was hard with Grace's stroller.

Saturday night we went out to dinner for Silvia's birthday and then to one of Troy's friends party; it was a nice little break. The kids stayed at my mom's and really enjoyed themselves as it had been almost a month since they'd been over there. Today we had a birthday party to go to. It was at Malibu Grand Prix and the kids had a lot of fun. Now we are all tired from a busy weekend and I'm getting ready to watch Desperate Housewives.

I sell the kids clothes on ebay once they outgrow them and today Preston got upset with me and told me he was so mad at me he was going to sell me on ebay. The things they say.

To get in the Halloween spirit I bought the kids a Halloween CD. It happens to have the Scooby Doo song on it and Gracie goes CrAzY over it. She starts singing and dancing when it comes on; it's so funny! I'm going to make a video of it and post it. I posted some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch. I guess that's it for now.

Funky Socks

2008-09-25T09:14:00.004-05:00

I don't have much new to say right now but I felt the need to write. I'm about to take Bellarose to her ballet class where she has a surprise waiting for her from Nana (my mom). She's very excited. On Tue/Thur Troy takes Preston to school and this morning I could hear them in there getting ready and they were taking forever so I got up to go look and see what time it was. It was 7:36 and Preston has to be to school by 7:45! Then I go in to Preston's room and he's got a cute outfit on but Spider Man sock and car shoes; he totally didn't match. I told Troy you can't have him being late like this and he can't wear that. They left and Troy took Preston's sandals with him so he could change shoes in the car but when he got home he said Preston refused to take off his socks so now instead of tennis shoes and funky socks he's got sandals on with funky socks. He probably looks sillier than when he started off. Oh well. :) I guess I'd better go for now!

Mommy's Night Out

2008-09-20T18:19:00.009-05:00

OK, so after looking at that last blog, with the pictures everywhere, you can tell I've been out of touch. Maybe this time I will do a little better.

Last night I had girl's night with my girlfriends and we had so much fun. We intended to go to dinner and bowling but never quite made it to bowling. Oh well, it's always nice to catch up and this week I needed that break. Bella is going through a stage right now; very defiant and an attitude about as big as she is. I'm not quite sure how to deal with it yet. And Grace, she is an even bigger handful right now. I am also still trying to get used to this school schedule; It wears me out. I was excited yesterday, though, because Preston's teacher asked me to be room mom and I found out that I'm being appointed to the board of the PTA doing hospitality. I'm also teaching his CCD class at church so I'm pretty busy right now.

Preston went to his first birthday party (from school) today and had a blast. When we left he told me he had a girlfriend and that he gave her the love sign in sign language. I told him he was going to give me a heart attack. I guess that's it for now. :)
( Below is a video of Bellarose at Ballet. )

Martinez Family Update

2008-09-14T23:53:00.013-05:00

So much time has passed since I last blogged so I have LOTS to update y'all on. I say y'all like anyone looks at this; I really don't think they do but it sure is a good outlet for my thoughts. So here I am after this long break.

The biggest change in our life is that we are FINALLY back in San Antonio! What a shocker!! We found out in March that we had two weeks to pack up our house, head to San Antonio and find a house. Thanks to a really great realtor and a little help from upstairs we did it. So we happily rented out our house in Harlingen and became the proud renters of a quaint little house in a really nice neighborhood in SA. We are really glad to be back. After five years of not having help with the kids and not having a babysitter we are enjoying it. It's also nice to get to see my family and our friends so much.

This was Preston's last summer before starting kindergarten so we tried to make the most of it and did a lot: we went to Sea World, Fiesta Texas, The Children's Museum in SA and New Braunfels, we went to several pool parties and had lots of play dates. My good friend Denise and her daughter Ashton came to visit and so did Troy's parents. Troy adjusted well at work and is happy with his accounts here. I finished my Spring semester of school, took Summer I and intended to go this fall until deciding that I should wait and help Preston and the girls adjust to him being gone. Although I do have to mention it was me crying on his first day, not him so I'm not sure who really needed the help adjusting. He turned 5 in May and is just the most handsome little thing; he can melt my heart with just one crooked little smile of his. He did Karate this summer and did well (took first place in his tournament) and we were going to put him in Baseball this fall but decided to wait until Spring. Bellarose is as honoary (sp?)as can be. She started tumbling in May and loves it, and started ballet two weeks ago and loves it even more. She is the most girly girl you will see and when I went to get her ballet outfits I'd pick something out and she would look at me with such and her most serious face inform me that the outfits I picked out were not nearly fuffy enough for her.Gracieann is 20 months now and is walking and talking a mile a minute. She loves her Bubba and Sissy and keeps busy trying to keep up with them.

In other news, I have had this creative itch for a while now and recently bought a sewing machine. I've begun sewing Pillowcase dresses. Quite the hot item right now on ebay. I've also started trying to make boutique overalls and a few other items and I am going to try and sell them on ebay and etsy. If your interested in seeing any of it my ebay site is: myworld.ebay.com/bellasgrace2. My etsy site is: www.bellasgrace.etsy.com. If you haven't guessed I'm calling my little business Bella's Grace. I don't have much up yet but will in the weeks to come.

Well enough about the past we have a busy few months coming up: Troy's birthday is coming up, so is Bellarose's, We are having a Halloween party for the kids and my family is having a family reunion so we have a lot to look forward to.

Well I guess this is enough for now; Until next time.

*** Okay so there are tons of pictures in no particular order but they are of our Summer and Preston's first day of school. ***

2008-03-15T12:31:00.005-05:00

It's been a while since my last post. Gracieann turned 1 in January and she is such a cute little thing. She says "mommy" "daddy" "bubba" and if you say "one, two" she will say "three". She's not walking yet but after having 3 kids I've learned they will do it when they are ready. We also Baptised her which was a very special day. Lots of friends and family came to support her.

I am busy with another semester of school, taking 12 hours again. Troy is still actively trying to get transferred.

Preston and Bella are still growing like weeds. Preston is about to be 5 and Bella is almost 3 1/2. She is FINALLY potty trained!! Yea! That was a long practice. Preston didn't play soccer this Spring but I think I will put him in the summer league because he has been asking about it. I also plan on putting Bella into tumbling.

We are off to a birthday party today and the kids are very excited because there is going to be a jumping castle, which they love. We have been in and out of San Antonio lately because of all the weddings I'm in. I enjoy being up there but the break from traveling will be nice.

Well I guess that

Another day in the Martinez household

2007-11-17T19:59:00.000-06:00

I walked into the living room today and Preston was watching football (by himself) - Too cute! His dad started him early. :) It's funny how sometimes he can seem like such a little boy and other times he's this little man.

Before Troy left for work today he told Bella she needed to clean her room. Without hesitating she looked at him and said, "Princesses don't clean" and walked away. Talk about a DIVA.

My Baby's growing up!

2007-11-15T23:09:00.000-06:00

Gracie started crawling yesterday! She's been up on all fours rocking back and forth for awhile now; I knew it wouldn't be long. She looks so cute and we all got pretty excited. Except Bella. She realizes Gracie can get to her toys now and she doesn't like that very much. My little Bella.

Speaking of Bella... I had my MOPS meeting this past week and I had signed up to bring donuts. The kids LOVE donuts and couldn't wait to eat one. I finished getting ready the morning of the meeting and went to get Bella so I could get her ready. I looked every where and couldn't find her. All of the sudden I see something underneath the table. I bet you can guess who it was. Yep, Bellarose snuck a donut out of the box and was sitting underneath the table eating it, presumably because she thought I wouldn't see her there. Once I was able to get her up and ready she refused to go anywhere without her tutu on so we went to MOPS and ran all of our errands that day with a ballerina princess in tow.

In other news I finished almost all of my Christmas shopping today. Yea!

So long for now.

More Pictures from Bella's Birthday

2007-11-11T12:27:00.001-06:00

More pictures from Bella's Birthday Party...

Bellarose's Third Birthday Party

2007-11-11T09:38:00.002-06:00

Yesterday we had Bellarose's Third Birthday Party! I can't believe she is already going to be three. Her actual Birthday isn't until the 22cnd but being that it falls during Thanksgiving week (this year on Thanksgiving) we always have her party early. Everyone is always out of town that weekend before and after. This year we had her party at The Corn Maize. It was so much fun. There was so much for the kids to do. First we went through the corn maize and then the kids got to go on a hay ride & a cow train. Preston was quite the little stud muffin with all of those little girls. Two of them were adamant that they "had" to sit next to Preston on the hay ride. There was also a "corn box" (instead of a sand box), a very large hay stack with slides and a few other games. You get to bring your own food so I packed PB&J sandwiches, Graham Crackers & juice boxes. We topped it off with pink cupcakes. I think all of the kids were worn out by the time we left, especially Grace. She was a little trooper for the most part. Troy was able to take the day off and it was nice that he got to be there.

Preston had a soccer game beforehand and scored another goal! Go Preston! Bella is going to start tumbling soon. I think she will be great at it; she is so flexible. My little monkey. We are trying to decide if Preston is going to do Soccer again next year. He's expressed an interest in Karate so we will see where that goes. I have 1 more month of school and will be very glad for the break.

I'm excited that the holidays are approaching, because I love this time of year, but sad that we are spending another year away from family. I guess that's how it goes sometimes. I guess that is it for now. So long until next time.

A little about us

2007-11-04T16:30:00.000-06:00

Most of you know this but here is a little about us:

We are the proud parents of three amazing kids: Preston who is 4, Bellarose who will be 3 in 3 weeks & the baby, Gracieann, who is 10 months. Troy and I are approaching our five year wedding anniversary and are very excited to be having a renewal ceremony (February 23rd). Troy has worked for AT&T for the past 7 years and I stay at home with the kids and am in school full time. We have gotten to see several parts of the country with Troy's job and are now hoping to move to either San Antonio or Denver to be near family. It's all in God's time though and I just try to remember that. I am majoring in History hoping to teach at the College level and I am half way done with my Bachelors. Yea! Just 2 more years and then on to my Masters. I tried working briefly this year, at the kids Mothers Day Out program. I worked Tuesday's and Thursday's from 8:00-12:00. That only lasted 3 months and I figured out between school, traveling to San Antonio constantly and my Bible Study, we were just too busy for me to work. It was hard to get back in the swing of it after 5 years of being off.

Halloween just passed and the kids had a great time. Troy was surprised that Mommy actually let them have any candy but I guess that is what being a kid is all about, right? Also in October we went to visit my In-Laws which is always fun. We were there 10 days and I think we were all sad to go. Gracie and I went to San Francisco in July so she is becoming quite the little flyer. The kids start Mother's Day Out next week after having taken a month off because we were traveling. We are having Bellarose's Birthday party this Saturday. It's at The Corn Maize and it should be a lot of fun. Her actual Birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year. I am also hoping to make it to San Antonio some time this month.

Preston started soccer this August and he loves it. He's pretty good. He's made several goals which he was very proud of and Troy has taught him to dance every time he makes one. I can only imagine what the other parents think. He loves to sing and can remember the words to a song almost instantly, just like his Dad. And movie lines. Him and Troy love watching movies together. He goes to a tutor once a week and it's really paying off because he is already writing his name and recognizing 3 letter words. He is already the biggest "little" Broncos fan there is. He is such a good big brother, he is very protective of his little sisters.

Bellarose is growing like a weed and is totally into the whole princess stage right now. She always wants to wear a dress and her tiara so she can twirl around "just like a princess" she says. And it can't be just any dress, she is picky about which clothes she will wear. You can tell she's my daughter. :) She thinks very highly of herself and doesn't hesitate to let you know it. While on the plane flying back from visiting Troy's parents she sat in front of a little girl who was about Preston's age. The little girl asked Bella her name. Bella said: "Bellarose and I'm cute". The other mom and I got a good laugh out of that one.

Last but not least my sweet Gracieann. She is already 10 months. How time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was getting ready to go to the hospital to have her. She's a big girl now. She sits up all by herself, she is starting to eat big girl food and has a mouth full of teeth (7 to be exact). She has a full head of hair and I am anxiously waiting to see if her hair is going to be curly like Bella's. It flips at the end so I'm hopeful.

Well I guess that is it for now. So long until next time.

Starting Out

2007-11-04T15:18:00.000-06:00

I am new at this whole blog thing, but I've decided to give it a try. I figure it is a good way to keep those who are interested updated about our life. So look out for more blogs and pictures to come and ENJOY!