Sick Girls

Two sick girs!!! Eeek! This is the first time since Alexandra was born since they both have been sick at the same time and it has been quite busy around here. Samantha got sick first and now Miss Ally has it. They both have a runny nose and cough and overall just don't feel well. I got up this morning and took them both in to the doctor and she said they have a virus that is going around and gave them a cough medicine. I told Sam this morning that her and Ally were going to the doctor and she told me "No baby sister goes to the doctor, I go to the big doctor." Her doctor is a little short and looks young, so if anyone knows any "big" doctors please let Samantha know. I will post more when I have something more to write than I wiped noses all day!!!

Late Labor Day Post

We went camping/4 wheeler riding over Labor Day weekend with a bunch of my family. We had a ball with everyone, and the girls proved to be great riders. There were 7 4 wheelers with 14 of us in total. A couple days before we left we went on a search mission to find Samantha a helmet since we knew we would be doing a bunch of riding, but her head is just so tiny we couldn't find one. So we ended up getting her a bicycle helmet and my mom got her some goggles. She is so adorable wearing them and since our return home has requested to wear her helmet around the house some. I get a few raised eyebrows when I open the door at home to people wondering why my daughter is wearing a helmet, but whatever... Anyhow I wore Ally in one of those Baby Bjorns and she spent quite a bit of time sleeping. Samantha has always been one of those kids who NEVER and I mean never passes out, but a couple of times that we stopped for a break while riding she was asleep, so let's just say 4 wheeling really takes it out of them. Funny story the second day we went riding we left about 10:00 a.m. to ride thinking we would be gone 4 or 5 hours like the day before, we brought lunch drinks and a few snacks. We stopped at lunch time at this great rock wall and had lunch after we finished my Daddy decided that we should not go back the way we came but go out a different way and he said it would wrap back around to our camp. Well guess what we got lost. I in no way mean a little lost, I mean big time lost. We spent the rest of the day basically driving in circles at the top of this mountain. Long story short we rode the 4 wheelers 70 miles that day and had to get someone to show us how to get back to our camp. We rolled back into camp around 9:30 p.m. pretty tired, and a bit hungry, but overall we had a really good time being lost, and we are all ready to do it again especially Samantha. Anyone else game?

Halloween Already???

Today I took the girls to Babies R Us to pick up a few things and I thought that I would just browse through the halloween costumes, well Samantha saw Elmo and it was over I knew I had to get it for her. Well she wanted to put it on when we got home and we have to basically make her take it off in order to cool herself off. She loves it. Justin thinks it will be worn out by Halloween! Laf! He also reasoned with her by telling her that she was too young to cook her brain by wearing around this incredibly warm costume in August.... It was crazy talk, but she actually let him take it off her after that. She has gone to bed now, and I am pretty sure I am going to have to hide Elmo until the weather gets cooler!!! I am sure you will be seeing another pick with Elmo in a couple of months.

Random pics

Here is a pic of Miss Ally being her cool self in her sister's sunglasses.

We went and visited Kelly and Jason in Kansas a couple of weeks ago and here is a pic of Ally getting a kiss from cute little Sydney. (Ally kept one eye open to keep her eye on her :) ) We had a good time getting to see them.

10 year anniversary

Well folks my hubbie and I were officially married for 10 years yesterday. That is a decade people, remember in elementary school when you thought a decade was a long time. Well let me tell you that this decade passed by very very quickly. We are planning on going away on a vacation to celebrate once I am done nursing the baby, so probably not until early next year. I thought that was going to be our present to each other but he surprised me by flying back in town (he had to be gone for work) and take me out to a wonderfully romantic dinner and if that weren't enough he gave me a gorgeous anniversary band. I couldn't believe it, was so very sweet! On top of all of that the baby actually behaved quite well for her grandparents while we were gone, so it looks like her medicine is working quite well for her.

Well I should probably do a separate blog for this but what the heck. As I have mentioned before we are stiiiiiillllll potty training our oldest. We have really good days and not so good days. Well 2 days ago I had our insurance agent over and was signing some paperwork when my sweet girl strolls into the kitchen to inform me "Moma I need to use the potty" well I am thinking this is not the best timing but am proud of her that she is actually telling me. So I take her in and put her on the potty and tell her that I will be right back and I go back and continue signing the paperwork. In no time she is yelling for me telling me that she is finished, I tell her to sit a bit longer and I will be right back. I wait a few minutes and then head in there and she tells me "moma I popped in the potty" I am thinking well that is great and I look and she hasn't gone, but I mysteriously still smell poop... Hmmm don't know why...... Well I get her and put her pull up back on and start washing her hands and I look down at the floor in front of the potty and lo and behold there is a big turd!! I can do nothing at this point but laugh and clean it up! Luckily we have an insurance agent that was born with a sense of humor, but I was still embarrassed none the less. Oh the joys of parenting. At least this time she was in the bathroom right??!!

My sweet girl....

I have a sweet picture like this of my Samantha that I had taken when she was a month old, I tried to have the same thing done for Alexandra. To make a long story short after 1 month of waiting the lady that took them said her memory card was corrupt and ended up having no pictures of my baby girl. So I ordered a backdrop stand and went out and got a backdrop and took pictures myself. I just wanted to document for the record that this happened so that Alexandra won't complain when she is grown that we didn't try to get her black and white pictures like her sister. :) Anyway, isn't she beautiful???!!! Soon to come I will take Samantha's 2 year pictures!

My Baby is 2!!!

Oh how the time flies,Samantha turned 2 this weekend. We had a pool party for her with all of her little friends and we had a blast. She is such a fun little lady! She has had so much fun playing with all of her new toys. Thanks to everyone who came we had a great time celebrating her birthday with you!