Christmas - part 2

Well, I didn't get Part 2 up as quickly as I hoped...we took a little mini-vacation and headed to Michigan last week. I uploaded almost 1000 pictures to my snapfish account yesterday to include all of 2010 up to date! WOW! i have some serious blogging to do!

So, here goes with the last of 2009!

Jerra and Jorja after church and before we started opening our presents. I have never opened presents on christmas eve, but Geoff wanted to give it a try - figured that it would be too overwhelming for jerra in the morning to open all our gifts as well as have Santa's presents there...It worked out well. I think next year we will just have to start earlier in the evening!

dinner before presents!

Jerra wearing a gift from grandma/grandpa (she LOVES dressing up) and opening her guitar from daddy

she insisted that daddy get his guitar and play with her!

setting out the milk/cookies/carrots for Santa and his reindeer

checking out Santa's gifts! She was pretty specific with what she wanted from Santa - a princess bike, new glass slippers and a new kitty cat. Santa delivered! and she was thrilled!
We had to go out and try out the bike as soon as we could.

So happy! and SO big!

Christmas - part 1

I've got lots of pictures from Christmas, so I am going to do 2 posts...next one tomorrow...

Christmas was great again this year. We had my parents down and geoff's dad/ms Becky with us to celebrate with the girls. Jerra is at the perfect age and she really got into all the holiday events....

Our tree set up! The girls were spoiled!

jorja just looking cute!

Jerra overtook the high chair

we fried 4 turkeys christmas day....geoff was a great fryer!

more to come....

A lead up to Christmas...

So, I will eventually get Christmas picks up....maybe today? Not sure...but here is a quick lead up to Christmas...

We went to the chicken with Uncle Case for lunch...

Geoff and I went to Houston for a dinner/dance with his company....a night dressed up, wow!

We watched lots of Christmas shows to get us in the Holiday spirit! Jerra loved all the classics.

Jorja met up with Santa...

And Jerra did too!...

Jorja started solids!

Having rice cereal for the 1st time...and we quickly moved on to avocados...
Jerra went to her 1st ballet class!

Overall December was a great month with lots of fun things going on! Christmas was wonderful and will be coming soon!

It's a.......

Jeff and April found out today that another little girl will be joining our family in June! yay! Seems everyone is on the PINK team lately!

Jerra and Jorja will be so excited to have a girl cousin and I can't wait to be an Aunt to the newest Lux member!

CONGRATS Jeff and April! Best wishes for a healthy 4 more months!

One More Day… (Daily Reminder for Busy Moms)

*This morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

*I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

*I will laugh when I feel like crying and take a deep breath when the day and all the worries of the future feel too overwhelming.

*I will smile every time your beautiful eyes look into mine, and every time you speak I will listen attentively, for your voice is music to my ears.

*This afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.

*I will jump in puddles with you and make mud pies until we are both covered in our creations.

*I will not raise my voice or grumble under my breath as I try to focus your attention on the task at hand or call your name for the second time.

*I will not worry about what you are going to do when you grow up, or second-guess every decision I have made where you are concerned.

*This evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

*We will have a water fight at bath time until my clothes are completely soaked and our laughter is deafening.

*I will hold you in my arms and tell you the story about how you were born and how much I loved you from the very beginning.

*As I run my fingers through your hair, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given, and I will tell you over and over how much I love you.

*I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their child's grave instead of their bedroom, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.

*And when I kiss you good night, I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. I will thank God for you, and ask Him for nothing, except one more day..............

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.