Ollie's 3rd Birthday

Ollie turned 3 on Dec 21, 2010. We (Ollie, Sam, Daddy and Mommy) spent the morning at the Gaylord Texan Resort. We went sledding on the snow hills and saw the Charlie Brown Christmas Ice Exhibit. It was a blast! I think all that sledding wore these boys out!!




After we got Clara and returned home, Ollie got to open his present from us. A scooter of his very own!!



Later that afternoon, we were joined by more family to join in the celebration with pizza (Ollie's favorite) and chocolate cake (also Ollie's favorite).

Christmas Joy?

Well, I just love this picture. This was from our trip to the mall Santa. Neither Ollie or Sam ever cried for Santa, but I knew Clara would. She is not that crazy about regular strangers let alone bearded ones.

This was taken at Sam's school. He looks HUGE in this picture!

This was taken at a Toys For Tots event at Ridglea Village. Ollie doesn't look thrilled in this picture, but thats because the sun was in his eyes, he enjoyed talking to Santa. They even let him sit on this reindeer afterwards. Very cool!

Happy 1st Birthday Clara Mae!!

10/23/2009

10/23/2010

Our baby girl is ONE!! Everyone always says it, but I really can't believe it. We're done with bottles (for good!!) and she is now a toddler. Over the past month she has worked very hard on walking. As soon as she would fall down, she just gets right back up and keeps going. Come to think of it, I don't really ever see her crawl anymore. She is still so happy. She is waving hi and goodbye. She is starting to enjoy sitting still (most of the time) to read a book. She has always been a good sleeper and is down to one nap a day most days. She loves getting right in there and playing with her brothers. She eats anything and everything you put in front of her. Her trademark is scrunching her nose and breathing heavily in and out through her nose, its pretty funny! She has 5 very prominent teeth that people are always commenting on. Tony says they look like chickletts :) Overall, just a sweet and happy girl that we could not imagine our lives without. We enjoyed a small family party at our house.

We tried a new bakery and it was awesome. The cake was just what I wanted and it was DELICIOUS too!!

Fall Fun

October was filled with lots of fun, especially outdoors due to the enjoyable weather. We made our annual visit to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch ( www.flowermoundpumkinpatch.com ) and a good time was had by all. This was Clara's first visit (out of the womb).

Clara has been busy learning to walk and get into all kinds of trouble. Ollie is just as jolly as ever. And Sam is enjoying school very much and working hard on his reading. And I am enjoying my new part-time gig so I am able to drop Sam off and pick him up after school. Enjoy some pics.
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This wagon has gotten a lot of milage from our 3 kids :)

She was so proud that she climbed in all by herself

This about sums up the average scene at our house, although we have clothing on most of the time

Clara screamed when I tried to put he in that bucket

Our cousin, Amanda (and Nana), joined us for the fun. It was a perfect day!!

Clara at 10 months

Yes, I realize I just did this for her 9 months, but I am pretty proud that I am actually doing this on THE day!
Clara is growing up so fast. She is cruising around and crawling very fast these days, particularly when I pick her up from daycare. She is definitely a mamma's girl right now and still apprehensive around people she doesn't see everyday. Just over the past week, she has become a more adventurous eater with table foods. I haven't come across any food, jar or table that she won't eat. Hope that continues. She is getting more adventurous playing with her brothers, too. She laughs at the crazy stuff they do and likes to wrestle with them. She and Ollie take baths together pretty frequently, but have only had all 3 of them in the tub together once.