Friday, December 31, 2010

Holding our new brother

2 years and 8 months ago we got to experience our first sibling.

Last night we got to meet a new sibling!
Love at first sight!



Both kids enjoyed holding sweet baby Clay for the first time and giving him lots of kisses!
Coleman had a little accident and had to wear shorts that were way to small, he kept calling them short pants.

Happy New Year's Eve




This is definitely a first for me, NYE in the hospital.
So worth it though!
The only thing I'll be missing are these two lovely kiddos!

Photos taken with my mom's phone-not the best quality. They were eating their NYE snacks and doing a little crafting!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Evening




I guess I didn't take too many pictures in the evening. We finished opening our gifts. The kids opened their beloved Pillow Pets. Cole got a MyGrid charger and some clothes. I felt totally spoiled. I got new pots and pans, a Clay charm for my necklace and a new watch.

We really enjoyed our Christmas this year. It was very laid back. We missed seeing our family, but we did enjoy not having to travel!

Christmas Lunch





After breakfast we started getting ready for lunch. We had some good friends come from AR to eat with us and hangout. We had a great time together. They just got a dog who was so cute and my kids loved him!

Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the table or our food, but here was our menu:

English Pea Salad (forgot to take it out of the fridge)
Cranberry Gelatin Salad
Pink Salad
Ham
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Hashbrown Casserole
Broccoli and Rice Casserole
Grean Beans
Pineapple Pudding
Dressing
Rolls
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Roll
Chocolate Birthday cake for baby Jesus

Monday, December 27, 2010

Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning the kids woke up around 7 a.m. I made them immediately come to our room so I could get in position for some pics!

Santa left us a note and left Chloe a new bike and Coleman a scooter, plus very full stockings!

Don't you just love Chloe's hair? On our way to see if Santa came to our house.

The first thing Coleman noticed and said, "Ooh a snake". He loves that thing! In the other hand is another one of his favorites a football tee. He no longer has to use his sister's teacups to practice his football kicking.
Discovering what's inside their stockings! They both got cd's toothpaste, toothbrushes, pens, tape, post-it notes, phones, bandaids, cups. Chloe also got tights, puzzles, princess baggies, a princess wedding ring (what she called it), books, a fun dish cleaner to help mommy. Coleman also got undershirts, Toy Story baggies, football tee, snake, and number magnets.

Helping Cole open his stocking. Cole received Cowboy Kleenexes, gum, queso, soap, toothbrush and paste, roomspray and m and ms. Santa loves to give him practical gifts.
Chloe received this robe from Grammie and Grandad. She finds any excuse to be able to wear it! Coleman received a living room blanket from his sissy and baby Clay.

This is one of Chloe's favorite and most creative gifts. Her Aunt Anne made her a little "school house". Aunt Anne was labeled Cool immediately! Chloe is in love with this gift, it is so cute!
Maw Maw and Bubba made sure Baby Clay had a gift.
Daddy took some time to read the Christmas story.
Coleman wearing his new "bike hat" that Grammie and Grandad gave him.
And now Coleman has his full Cowboys uniform! It even has pads in the shoulders! Not sure who loves it more his Daddy or sweet Coleman?
We took a break at this point to eat some breakfast and to clean-up. More Christmas to come!

Christmas Eve





Unfortunately these are the only pictures I have of Christmas Eve, but am thankful we at least got these. This Christmas was different than our usual ones. We stayed home and didn't travel because I am having the baby on the 30th. We spent the morning running a few errands and getting ready for our big day. Cole thought it would be a great idea to potty train Coleman on Christmas Eve, not such a great idea. Coleman is stubborn!!! And didn't mind sitting on the potty for two hours, but was not going to put anything in the potty!

After rest time we headed on over to a birthday party at the Copelands. I have mentioned before that Sandy and Jerry are like grandparents to my kids. When Mr. Jerry was in the Air Force they lived in Iran so their son, Alan, always wants a persian meal for his birthday. We had a great time with them, but unfortunately I have no pictures. Afterwards we headed down the road to our church for our Christmas Eve service.

After church we came home gave the kids some cookies that we had made for Santa. Then got ready for bed. I had intended to take a picture of Santa's cookies and our letter to Santa, but Santa ate them before I could take the picture!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Cubbies Trip


Chloe and Avery on the bus!



On Wednesday night we took our Cubbies group to a local food bank and a local nursing home. The kids sang four songs to the residents and dropped off food they had been collecting all month long. I am so proud of all our little community helpers!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Gymnastics Meet






Tuesday night Chloe had a mini-gymnastics meet. It was sorda hard to tell what was going on, but I know Chloe did a lot of jumping! She and her friend Riley did a great job, they even got their first gymnastics ribbon.

Gingerbread houses





Tuesday night our Chick-fil-a had a family night where you could make gingerbread houses. Unfortunately, Chloe's got so heavy it collapsed in on itself.

Chloe's School Program






On Tuesday Chloe's Pre-K class sang Go Tell it on the Mountain and We Wish you a Merry Christmas for their Christmas program. The whole class did a great job. Of course the star of the show to us is always Chloe! Stay tuned for the video.