Sisterly Love...

Lately Cam and Jordy have been two little giggle bums...they just stare at each other and giggle all afternoon. I love to watch them interact and nothing melts my heart more than when
Cameryn says "I love you, sis"...it's the sweetest thing in the world!!

4 Months...

Our little Jordyn is 4 months ( I can't believe how fast time is flying by.) She is so much fun and absolutely loves Cameryn. She now weights 15 lbs 10 oz and is 26 inches long. She is a chunky monkey but is also so beautiful. She has light hair and blue eyes, so she looks a lot like Chad. And she is such a blessing to our family!

Reunited with the Rhodes...

The Rhodes family (our good friends from P.T. school) were in town this last weekend. We drove to Grapevine to meet them for some dinner and Cameryn was so excited to see her friend, Mehkya. The two girls picked up right where they left off almost a year ago. We had such a nice time chatting with them and reminiscing. We were even lucky enough to be able to have them spend the night at our home, which made Cameryn very happy. And considering that we stayed with them the last few weeks of P.T. school, we figure we owe them big time, so they are welcome anytime!! Cameryn and Mehkya's highlight was riding the merry-go-round at the Grapevine mall. The two girls smiles speak for themselves! Hopefully next time we can spend more than just a few hours together :)

Happy Thanksgiving...

We had a great Thanksgiving with some friends from our ward. We had good food, football (for the guys), Twilight (for the ladies) and lots of playing outside for the kiddos. Cameryn still thinks that every holiday is some extension of Halloween (which is probably the greatest day of her life...dressing up like a princess and getting free candy, really what else is there in life?) We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend and Cameryn kept saying "It's the most beautiful Halloween tree..." After I pulled out all the Christmas decorations she said "Our house looks so beautiful." She is so sweet and so enthusiastic. It makes the holidays so much fun!!
We also took Cameryn to see Disney on Ice on black Friday and she loved it! Of course her favorite thing was to see Cinderella in her carriage. We took her friend Riley, and they both got so excited when the princesses came out. It's all that they could talk about on the drive home. It was so fun!

Jordyn is growing like a weed. I can't believe that she is 4 months old now...time is flying!

Cute Cousins...

Tif and Peytie came to visit us last weekend...and we had a ball. Although, we wish that they could have stayed longer. We always love having family visit. Cam had so much fun playing Polly Pockets with Peyton, having Peyton read stories to her, and going to Sam Moon (which was Peyton's happy place...and Tif's too.) When we had to drop
them off at the airport, Cameryn was pretty bummed out. But I promised her that we would go visit them soon...she sure loves her cousins!

I am the White Trash Queen...

So, Chad called us this morning and asked if we wanted to meet him for lunch...we were so excited since we don't usually get to meet him for lunch, of course we agreed. I packed up the girls and planned to run to Wal-Mart after for some groceries...everything was working out perfectly. We met Chad and had a great lunch at one of our favorite dives (Braums...good burgers, great shakes). Chad had to duck out a few minutes before us to get back to work, but no problem, I have handled two kids somewhat successfully for almost 4 months now. As I grabbed Jordyn's car seat to carry her out to the car, I noticed a smell. A smell that I recognized and agonized...the mega-poop. I then noticed the lovely shade of yellow that her once white onsie was becoming...Awesome!! I tried to take her into the restroom to find the changing station...but of course since we went to a dive, there was no such thing in the restroom...Awesome! So, I do what any white trash woman would...I decide to change her diaper in the car (hey, the jeep has a lot of trunk space right?) I look in my purse for a new onsie to miraculously appear (but I would have to pack one in order for it to appear) so I was out of luck. I did have diapers and wipes, so I wasn't totally unprepared. After I cleaned her up and realized that her outfit was too poopey to wear, I decided that we'd just buy her a new one at Wal-Mart...but for now my poor child was wearing only a diaper. If it had been August, no big deal, but today was quite chilly and windy. So I put her in her car seat and snuggled her blanket around her as tightly as she would allow. And off we went to Wal-Mart. I raced into the store and went straight to the kids clothes where I found a warm outfit for her to wear. I raced back to the front of the store to purchase the outfit. I then raced to their bathroom to put her in the outfit, where numerous women watched in suspicion as I put her into her new clothes...I am sure that they thought that I was stealing it and using my baby as my accomplice, but I had my receipt so my conscience is clear. We then proceeded to do our grocery shopping. One more awesome part of this story...while changing Jordyn I leaned up against the hitch on the back of the jeep and I had black oil all over my khaki pants the whole time I was shopping at Wal-Mart. Seriously, an awesome experience! That Britney Spears ain't got nothin' on me. But every mom has had a day like this right?

Camping...well, sort of...

Chad had to put up our tent in the backyard to test it out before his scout camp out...and Cameryn was so excited about going "camping". But really our "camping" consisted of eating dinner in the tent and watching Aladdin. She had such a ball pretending that we were roughing it. She loved hanging out in the tent and jumping on the air mattresses!

Jordyn's Blessing Day...

We blessed Jordyn on Sunday (November 2). She was awake and alert through the whole thing and very reverent. She looked gorgeous and was such a good girl. Chad did a great job and Cameryn was even reverent during the blessing (a miracle). We missed having our family here but are lucky to have such great friends to participate and be with us.

Happy Halloween...

Cameryn had such a good time trick-or-treating this year, she went with Chad and some friends and got tons of goodies (to my dismay). She loved being "Briar Rose" aka Sleeping Beauty for the night and was so stinking cute. On Saturday someone came to the door and Cameryn asked me if they were going to give her some candy, kind of a reverse trick-or-treating...not a bad idea huh? She is inventive. Poor Jordyn spent the night at home handing out candy with mama...maybe next year she can go with Cam.

A Day at the Zoo...

Chad has some time off of work this week, so we took the girls to the Dallas Zoo. We had such a good time and the weather was gorgeous (80 degrees). Cameryn loved seeing the elephant and the "giraffies". She also loved watching the monkeys swing in the trees and riding the Merry-Go-Round. Poor Jordyn spent most of the time in her stroller, but I am sure that she enjoyed being outside. Unfortunately part of the zoo was closed so we didn't get to see the gorillas or the penguins, but we still had a really nice day!

Happy Birthday Haley!

We love our little Haley. Happy 1st Birthday!

Happy Halloween continued...

I took so many cute pictures, I couldn't choose just a few...so I am posting most of them :)

Happy Halloween...

I love Halloween!

Prima Ballerina...

For enrichment this week, we learned how to make "no-sew tutu's". I let Cameryn pick out the tulle, of course she picked pink and purple. According to Cam they are her "fraverites". She hasn't taken off the tutu since I finished it. I am quite pleased with how it turned out, especially given the fact that I am "craftily-challenged". I even have enough tulle left to make one for Jordyn. I will post pictures of that soon.