THE EASTER BUNNY!!

I took the girls to see the Easter bunny this week! Now last year Grayson freaked out when she saw the bunny and in true form when she saw him again this year she freaked out again! So I didn't make her sit with him and so we moved on to the candid pictures which always turn out so well!! But in order for us to get the candid pictures taken we had to walk in front of the bunny which Grayson was having nothing to do with! So like a determined mommy I dragged her over to where the other pictures were being taken. I got Laney to get her pictures done and soon Emmy joined her for pictures as well. Soon after Grayson decided that if her sisters could play with the bunnies and butterflies that she wanted to try it too! So we got her to join in and I got my Grayson pictures!! I even got a pretty good picture of the three of them together!! After a drink and a cookie we headed back home!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!

WE HAVE NEW FLOORS!!!!

Wow how time has gone by!! Yesterday we put new wood floors in the living/dining room plus the hallway!! They are absolutely gorgeous!! In the end we spent more than we had intended but I think it was worthwhile, especially if it gets the house sold faster!!!

Last Friday night the Dady's came over and Hope and I gave the girls manicures and pedicures! They got their fingers and toes painted while Nicholas stood by and watched. He was tempted to put his feet in the foot bath but decided at the last minute not to! We had a blast!

Delaney has soccer practice tonight and they won their game last Saturday. We had a cold front move through and the wind was very strong. In fact when we got home the for sale sign had completely ripped off of where it was hanging! Ryan is back in town from Washington D.C. and heads out to Vancouver on Easter Sunday for a week! Then we have Delaney's spring break to look forward to the first week of April! The weeks are starting to go by fast and I think Delaney is counting the days until school ends!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Wow have we had a busy week!!! First off Delaney has glasses!! Her teacher wrote in her planner that she was having trouble seeing the back of the classroom so I got her an eye appointment the next day (Tuesday) and the optometrist said she has 20/20 vision but she has a little bit of near sightedness. She was thrilled she got to pick out some glasses and they are too cute on her! We got to pick them up yesterday after school! They are Disney princess glasses with purple sparkles on the sides!

Also we decided to get some new furniture!! Sam's has two leather couches that we both fell in love with and we decided the time was right to get them. We keep living in this world of we can just wait until we move but I think we are over that now and wanted to spruce the place up a little! We also got a new mattress and boxsprings and I have to tell you we slept much better last night! It is amazing how much better this mattress is! This is our first bed that we have picked out together in the 12 1/2 years that we have been married! Now you can tell how old our other mattress really was! Anyhow it was a great Valentine's Day with the delivery of a new mattress and some new furniture! Now let's just get the house sold and I will be one very happy camper!

Well the week is coming to an end. On Wednesday night Hope, Maria and I took our daughters to see Hannah Montana in 3-D at the movies. The girls had a blast dancing in their seats trying to grab what was 3-D in front of them. It was a nice girls night out and fun getting to doing something with Delaney without her sisters. I forgot to report about Ryan's birthday too. On his birthday (Feb. 1) we took him to dinner and came home and had cake that he had requested. That afternoon I gave him his gift, a gift package to Massage Envy for 3 massages. And I also booked his first session on Saturday morning so he was really anticipating that. He had a great time by the way! That night Kay came over and watched the girls while we went to dinner and a movie. I couldn't get a reservation at Seasons 52 and the line was too long so we ended up eating someplace else! We saw Cloverfield and I would highly recommend it!!

This is the cake Hope got for Ryan for his birthday!!

This weekend we are hoping to get the yard done, fix our kitchen faucet and try to find a new mattress for our bed. Those who know just how poor shape our mattress is in will understand how badly we need a new one!!!! Ryan is suppose to be working a 1/2 day today and then come home and steam clean the carpets so keep your fingers crossed that this weekend goes by smoothly!!

Not too much has been going on this week. I do have to report that Emmy is trying to say some words. She will say thank you now and has mama and dada down well. She also will wave goodbye when she hears the word bye bye. Just like the other two she likes to climb. She can now climb up on the couch with no help and if a dining room or kitchen chair is not pushed in she sees it as an open invitation to climb up to the table!!! My computer chair is also fair game to her too. We have Delaney's old mattress in the computer room since the girls have bunk beds now and she figured out she can climb on top of the mattress, step onto the window ledge to get on top of the computer desk!! What can I say she is a little monkey! I also trimmed her bangs!! I was bound and determined to have one of my children have bangs and she is it! I was tired of all the littl wispies getting in her eyes so I just got the scissors out and had Ryan hold her while I tried to cut in a straight line!! I guess next time I will wait until she is asleep but it doesn't look bad!! I don't really have too many new pictures to put up right now so I will dig through my pictures and find some of my favorites! The first picture is me and Grayson when she is just 30 minutes old!!

Isabella and Delaney together. May 7, 2007

Well it has been a crazy day around here. Ryan and I decided to get the girls bunk beds from Ikea. So this afternoon we took two cars, and yes we measured to make sure we had enough room, and got the bunk bed and mattresses! Of course it started raining during all of this but we made it home all in one piece. Once we got home we unpacked the two boxes and broke down Delaney's full size bed. Then I ran to Target and found the girls the cutest bedding and they even had this huge rug on clearance that went perfect with the bedding! So after I got home we managed to get the bunk bed put together but during the middle of the process our realtor called and had set a showing up anywhere from 5:30 until 6 p.m. and of course it was 4:45 p.m. One great thing about Ikea furniture is that it doesn't take long to get put together and we were out of here in time to go grab some dinner! Now just pray that we get an offer!! Here are some pictures of the girls new room!

Well it is Wednesday night and I am trying to stay true to my word and update the blog.

Ryan is in Las Vegas this week and comes home late tomorrow night. Delaney has been getting out of school at 1:00 this week and doesn't have school Friday or Monday! Kids today would never survive the school schedules we had as kids!

The Dady's came over last weekend and Hope and I got to scrapbook a bit which we haven't done is months! It was so much fun to be able to sit down and do something creative again! It is even better that the kids will play while we scrapbook too!!

Emerson had her 12 month checkup last week too. She is now 21 lbs 7 1/2 ounces and is doing great. She had her follow up flu shot and one more immunization and goes back at 15 months for another round of her shots. She is growing very well and tries to say words that Delaney and Grayson say. She copied Grayson the other day when she said "Elmo" and "more." Now when she says more I can understand what she is trying to say while the average person wouldn't have a clue!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Happy New Year everyone!! Another year down and hopefully this one will be better on the moving front! I must be having to test my patience because selling this house is taking forever! The worst part is having to have it clean all the time!! I must be the biggest neat freak around now. We had a great Christmas, wonderful first birthday for Emmy and a great vacation in Dallas on New Year's. While in Dallas we spent time with family and found a few new neighborhoods and builders that we like and have put on our list. Now we just need an offer and then we can seriously look for a new home! While out in Dallas we went out to the Gaylord Texas and walked around and saw all the Christmas decorations. We didn't do ICE this year since we had all the kids in tow and it would of just been too hard. Now that we are back at home we have gymnastics starting for Delaney, potty training for Grayson and Emmy just having a good old time. We also have Ryan's birthday coming up on Feb. 1 and then Delaney's birthday on the 22nd so we are trying to figure out what kind of party she wants to have and where to have it! Here are some pictures of the our trip from Dallas.

Here is Delaney with Granny Melissa at the Gaylord Texas.

Here is my mom and SueSue sitting out by the pool on a nice day!

My grandparents with the girls. It was really nice to see them and be able to visit with them.

The girls enjoyed the majority of their summer in Dallas visiting grandparents! They had a blast playing in the pool, eating out and doing a little shopping! When we came home it was time for Delaney to head back to school, I mean first grade was a big deal this year! Delaney is back in gymnastics, playing a little soccer starting in September and has also decided to take on the challenge of the violin! She is very excited about the violin, Ryan and I just need some ear muffs now! The best part is to watch her practice the violin while Grayson stands and dances around clapping at her! Also in the news that most people already know is that we are having another baby, and of course like the other two it is a girl. See what I have come up with is that we just don't make boys!! But of well at least we have beautiful girls we will just have a dramatic household in the next 15 years!! We are officially halfway through with the pregnancy with my due date January 9, 2007! She weighs about 1/2 pound right now and has all of her fingers and toes. She is moving around lots just like the other girls did. Hopefully I can get the sonograms scanned in and up on the website soon.

The Beginning of Summer for Delaney and Grayson!




Well it is that time of year again as the days get longer and hotter! Delaney had some birthday money and spent it on a pool and floatie! Both Delaney and Grayson had a blast in the pool! Grasyon wasn't too sure at first since the water wasn't as warm as her bath water but soon got used to the idea! She and Delaney played for awhile before the sun went behind the clouds and the water got too cold to stay in!

Delaney also had a Reading Celebration at school. In kindergarten she had to read at least 75 pre-approved books in order to be included in the celebration. She met her goal through the school year and was recognized along with 6 other kids from her class. The celebration was held at Lake Mary High School. She was awarded by Mr. Nathan, the principal and received a trophy, bookmark, book, free kids meal at Bennigan's and a t-shirt. We were so proud of her that we went out and bought her a brand new dress that she now wants to wear everyday!

We spent one Sunday at Islands of Adventure theme park, just Delaney and mommy! We met up with Hope, Tim, Isabella and Nicholas and we had a marvelous time! We ate lunch at Margaritaville and the kids had a ball at Dr. Seuss Land! All the rides there are created for the kids and we rode most of them many times throughout the day! We also got to ride on Popeye's boat and the girls had a fun time running around pretending to be the captain! Delaney and Bella also rode a roller coaster that was just their size! Of course the mommy's couldn't resist riding with them and I think Hope and I had jus as much fun as the girls!

That is about all for now! We are getting ready for Grayson' first birthday party and Delaney moving on to first grade! The summer is here and we are ready for our annual vacation to Dallas!

Our Trip to Tallahassee

We left last Friday for Tallahassee and spent a nice long weekend away from home. Besided visiting family we also got to go to the Florida State University Spring Football game. This is where the football players get on the field and play a pretend game, offense versus defense. We were not sure if we were going to be able to attend due to weather but we stuck it out and only got rained on a couple of times! Ryan was nice enough and bought each one of us a FSU rain poncho so after it drizzled it felt like you were under a sauna!! That Saturday morning we had a birthday breakfast for Ryan's grandmother, MaBunny. Papa finished building the garden in the front yard so we grilled eggs and pancakes on the grill and had other yummy goodies to eat in the front yard! It was such a great time. Aunt Vicki, Uncle Dave, Kami, Katie, Aunt Linda, Uncle Bob, Nana(Diana) and Uncle Alan all got to join in the celebration. After we ate breakfast the kids played frisbee and soccer in the front yard to get some energy out!



I think Grayson also has her first boyfriend! Nicholas comes over every Thursday night for Survivor and as he was sitting in the bouncy chair Grayson strolls up to him. Now I am sure at some point she was going to grab for his head as she usually does but this time instead of doing that first she petted him and gave him a kiss!



Last but not least I got a great picture of Grayson in the bath tub which I have to share! Her hair is really long now so we get to play with it in the the tub when we wash it! She doesn't seem to mind yet and we get a good laugh out of it!


So I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and everything we have done in the past couple of weeks and I will keep you posted if anything new and exciting sparks up!

Spring Break 2006 for Delaney and Grayson

Well me and the girls are back from Spring Break in Dallas!

Delaney was the best flower girl I have ever seen! She was so excited to drop purple colored rose petals down the aisle! After the wedding in Houston we drove to Victoria, Texas and spent time with my aunt and grandparents! It was so nice to be able to spend some time with them while the girls are still so small.

The rest of spring break was spent in Dallas, Texas. The girls and I spent lots of time with both my mom and Granny Melissa, Grandaddy and Aunt Rachael. We always have a great time eating out, shopping and playing with the girls. I also got to spend some time with my best friend out there, Brian and his new little bundle of joy, Samantha! She is so adorable and looks exactly like her daddy! His step daughter Kaitlyn and Delaney got to play while Brian and I caught up with each other's busy lives while introducing Grayson and Samantha!

Spring Break 2006

Also on this trip I got some really good pictures of Grandaddy and Grayson and Granny Melissa and Delaney! Here is a group photo that we took one night out for dinner at Mac's Bar and Grille!

The best story I have from spring break is actually from the wedding! As Laney is standing up at the altar next to the bride Grayson is "talking" in the background when low and behold Delaney turns around and quietly says, "Shhhh Grayson be quiet!!" Grayson got a smile on her face and the ceremony went on without a hitch!

So all in all we had a great time during Spring Break. Lots of pictures were taken and many memories were made! And of course hopefully one of these days all the pictures will make it into one of the girls scrapbooks!

Grayson has now learned how to crawl and pull herself up onto everything she can find! Also she has figured out how to make the sound "d" and "b" so she crawls around saying ddddd or bbbbb! Ryan is just waiting for her to say dada. Oh well! Delaney said mama first so I guess I can give him this one!