Update! Really!? November 2009

So...don't get TOO excited...this is not an UPDATED updated post...but I am finally trying to catch up....SO, back to Novemeber 2009 we go!

November was a pretty low key month - except for the fact that 3 of my bestest girlfriends came to town for fun weekend! Datra and her family drove up from Houston, Mandy and her man came in from San Antonio and Nicole and her family flew in from California.

Datra's baby Marshall and Jorja - they are only 2 weeks apart...

the guys - Jon, Steve, Geoff and Paul at the Hall of Fame

us girls at the Pat Green concert - Mandy, Datra, Nicole and me

before the game

We had a great weekend and I love getting together with them. I wish we could do it more often!

Mandy and Steve came back the next weekend for Thanksgiving and we all went to the A&M/Texas game.

Us before the game

Jorja can barely stand the excitement!

It's 2010!

I really have no idea what happened to the last 2 months of 2009. They seemed to have slipped by me! I am going to go back and recap November and show off our christmas in the next couple posts.

I hope 2010 brings everyone happiness. Anyone have any resolutions? One of mine I got from a different blog I followed last year, and its a 365 picture project. I plan on taking a picture a day of the girls, our life, whatever seems to be happening in our lives that day to document the year. I am going to try my best to post it every day, but it may come in bunches. we'll see how that goes. I don't want to set myself up for failure by saying I will post daily...but I am going to try!

Got lots to do today before heading back to work tomorrow. Jerra goes back to her Mother Day Out Programs (Mon/Wed she goes to Powersports and Tues/Thurs she goes to Christ United Methodist). Jorja starts her mothers day out program on the 11th and she is going to Central Baptist on Mon/Wed - which is across the street from Powersports. Neither of the places Jerra goes to take babies, so we had to find her own place. Tues/Thurs she will be home with dad. I work til 2 everyday, so I pick them up from their programs. Its been nice having the past week and 1/2 off, but it will be good to get back into our routines as well.

We had a wonderful christmas, so check back for pictures soon!

(oh - and Jerra's 3rd birthday is this month - hence the new background!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I know I am slacking on the posts lately. I have good reason though...3 weeks ago I started a new job at Texas A&M - that weekend I had 3 friends in from out of town, then the following weekend was thanksgiving and now I have spent this week decorating for christmas. The lights are up, the decor is done and the tree was put up tonight! I think I may have some breathing room after this weekend...

I never got around to the Halloween pictures - so I will post them here and the rest of our October. Hopefully I will get to November this weekend!

Jerra's school had a trick or treating event. the kids got to dress up and go around to different spot and get candy. Parents volunteered to hand out the candy - so I 'volunteered' Geoff to dress up in the Ostrich. He was beyond thrilled to do it. hehe...




Daddy carved the pumpkin again this year. he is the creative force in the family, so I let him run with stuff like this. My pumpkin would have been 3 triangles and a smile. Jerra was really into it at first....until she found a frog, then that is realy all she cared about...



For halloween night, Jerra picked out the girls atire. She insisted on being a witch. Particularly, a 'witch like minnie mouse.' There is a Halloween episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Minnie is dressed like a witch. So that is where that idea came from. Jorja, she decided, was to be a ladybug. So, we had a little witch and a cutie ladybug that night. Jerra had so much fun walking the neighborhood with her friends. She really got into it and was excited to go to the next house and was ready to say "trick or treat". She is still eating her treats out of her pumpkin!




Hopefully I will have some down time after this weekend and can get around to editing some pictures and getting more up on the blog. Stay tuned!

Jorja Lynn

Jorja is 3 months...almost 4!

My little one is growing so fast, it seems to go by even faster the 2nd time around. She is such a joy. A happy baby. She cries when she is tired and hungry. She laughs, smiles and coos the rest of the time. I will put her in the high chair when I am working in the kitchen with some baby toys on the tray and I will listen to her just laugh and laugh to herself. She loves watching Jerra. She smiles so big when Jerra makes silly faces at her. She is a snuggler. I snuggle as often as I can since I know that all too soon she will be way to active to have time to snuggle with me. She has really found her voice lately...in the carseat, her swing, laying in bed with her playmat - she talks and talks and talks to us. She is such a joy. My heart swells with joy when I look at her.

PowerSports

Jerra goes to PowerSports 2 days a week with their Mother's Day Out Program. Mondays and Wednesdays 9am-1pm she spends her time running, jumping, and all around playing at the gym. They also do lots of reading, crafts and other fun things. She really loves it and looks forward to her play days. Here are some pictures from their Halloween day last week....

catching up...

Going to try and catch up on some pictures before we have the Halloween ones!

These are of Jorja from Oct 9th - 3 months old!!! She has been just a dream. She is such a happy baby, sleeps well, only cries when she is tired. Jerra has been so good with her as well.




Here is my "adorable" Jerra...



Jorja looking super cute in overalls!



And just for Louis...Jerra LOVES frogs! Dad found one in our backyard and Jerra was super excited!

The girls