The Big Girl Bed is BACK!

HOORAY, Emma's big girl bed is back!!

Today we decided to go ahead and re-convert (if that's an actual word;) ) Emma's crib into a toddler bed. She LOVED it!! She was SO excited about taking a nap in her "Big Girl Bed".


And she actually stayed in it the whole time!! We'll keep our fingers crossed on that one ;) We went over to my parents for dinner and all she could talk about was her "new Big Girl Bed"~it was too cute! Hopefully she'll stay in bed all night..


Of Course Ben had to try it out too:

Check out my 2 little Monkeys:

An Adventure

Today Ben, Emma & I went on an adventure to Garland to visit a friend of mine and her two kiddos. On a side note, I am SOO proud of myself making it to Garland & back all on my own ;) ~~I know it's sad...
Anyway, we had such a fun time playing. Ben & Ethan played the drums and the keyboard while Adelaide was the singer/groupie!! Emma & Ethan played Hide & Seek & Swiper the fox~they were too cute!! The kids all had so much fun running around the backyard!!
Then we had lunch ~ an "indoor picnic" as Ethan said. Then it was time to go. When we got home Emma said "Miss Heidi is my sweetheart".... Thanks for the fun times!!!

Sunday is FUN Day!

What a wonderful Sunday we had, we went to see our friends the Humphrey's in Savannah (TX). Justin, Blake, Ben & Emma all had a BLAST playing cars and running around together!! Oh yea and taking a rest together!! ;)


We had a wonderful dinner then Ian's Dad showed the kids his new motorcycle (TOO COOL)!!

Check out the 4 Amigos ;)


The only way to get the kids back into the house and away from the Bike was bribery with cake!! Then we all went out front to ride trikes and run around, I got a major arm workout pulling the kids around in their wagon!!!
Then it was time to head for the hills (I mean the house ;) ). Thanks guys for a GREAT time!!!

Chris' Birthday Party!

Today was a busy day for us, we had a Birthday party for Chris this evening. We had both his family and most of mine (except those from Austin ;) ) over for cake and ice cream. We all had such a great time! My morning was spent making him a homemade chocolate buttercream birthday cake!~ It was way yummy (even if I say so myself ;) ) !! My mom also made a yummy carrot cake!! Thanks everyone for coming, it was great seeing all of you!!! I can't believe next year is his BIG 3-0 ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!

Yesterday was Chris' 29th Birthday and what fun we had!! Ben, Emma & I got to meet Daddy at work for lunch!! The kids had a blast eating in the huge cafeteria, seeing the big fountain outside ~or as Emma kept saying rather loudly the Mountain (at least it rhymes) and meeting Daddy's Co-workers. We can't wait to do it again!!
That evening, we got to go out to dinner (kidless) ;) Thanks to Gaga, Papa & Nana who took the kiddos out to dinner!! I took Chris to Texas Roadhouse for steaks and we had a wonderful dinner with great "grown-up conversation" (with no interruptions ;) ). We came home and Daddy got to open presents and his special cards from the kids. Then we had Angel Food Cake for dessert!!
Ben can't wait for Saturday night when we have all of the Fam over for cake and Ice cream.

What Cast???

HIP HIP HOORAY, Emma's cast is GONE!!! Or as Emma would say, my arm is back!!!
We went back to the Dr. this morning and he said her wrist looked great! It was quite an experience, she definitely did not like the "cast Vaccuum" thingy (Yes that's the technical term ;) ) they used to cut off the cast. She was bawling like crazy and Mommy had to hold her arm totally still (not fun)!! :(
But Mommy made it all better by bringing her to get Ice Cream afterwards for being such a big girl these past 4 weeks! Thanks to Aunt Narci and Jack for watching Ben this morning, it was SO helpful!!! He had such a fun time, especially getting to go over the Railroad tracks and playing at Chick-fil-a ;)

HAPPY EASTER WEEKEND!

What a wonderful weekend we had! Saturday the kids had a blast at our Church's Easter Egg Hunt. Though it was definitely much colder than they're used to ;) Emma really got into it and named me the colors of the eggs she was picking up. I don't think Ben understood that he couldn't just mosey around and actually end up with any eggs (he didn't feel any urgency about the situation). We had lots of fun!

Then on Sunday, the kids got up and got to see what the Easter Bunny brought them and they got to go on another Egg hunt! Ben was so excited he got Peter Pan and Emma was so excited to get Barbie Fairytopia!! Then after a nice breakfast we got all dolled up and went to church. It was a beautiful service and Erin sang a lovely solo during Mass.

After nap, we went over to My parents (Gaga & Papa's) and had a wonderful Easter dinner. Ben & Emma got to have another Easter Egg Hunt and they got tons of goodies from Gaga & Papa, Grammy Grammy and Uncle Shaun & Aunt Mandi!! Thanks for all of the fun!!!