This past week..

Ellie came to stay with us for a week while her daddy healed from back surgery. She is 10 weeks older than AB... they so remind me of Kristy and I, constantly annoying each other!! They will be best of friends one day!

Our house is 90% finished! All the mason work is complete. We just have sod and to finish the sprinklers and we should be done!

A pic of my girls! They are soo pretty! This is a redo dinner night for Syd's b-day. We went to Outback for her birthday dinner last week, but it turned out aweful so, we tried again and had a much better time!

Here is a pic of me at 6 mos. along... 38" around, 1" bigger and 2 lbs. heavier than I was at this time with AB. Still feeling good, just big. :) The baby moves around a ton... seems like it is much busier than AB was. On the way back from Dallas this weekend we talked about possible names... yes, other than Thor and Buck ;) I think what we are going to do is to have a list of top 5 names for girls and boys and decide as a family what fits our "new addition". I have not had any cravings like I did last time. Kev said only 95 or so days left before baby arrives. I think we are ready...we'll see!

What a blessing to have this new little life. We are so ready to see our little one, what color hair and eyes it will have. It's crazy, I remeber praying specifically about AB's eye and hair color and personalty traits. This one, I have found myself struggling to keep up with the baby book. AB remembers more often to thank God for baby! I think I would be fine if this were our last... we'll see what God has in store for us.

Trip to the zooooo

Annabelle loves the zoo.... she prays for the zoo and the ligers and yions that say ROARRRR every night. She loves animals so much that we have passes to the zoo and aquarium and are going to WaltDisney world and staying in the animal kingdom! We try to do the zoo whenever it is nice outside and definately take advantage of member mornings on Sat. mornings. They let members in at 8 instead of 9. This weekend we went early... thats also the only way I can get Kev to join us! There aren't many animals out that early.... where do they put the animals like the giraffes? I thought they slept in the tall thing but they were nowhere to be found. We got to see the lions roar and go to the feather fest which if you have not been, really should go. It is a blast... for me. Kev is a little nervous around the birds. He calls them flying rats :) He is so silly. Annabelle isn't really sure what to think either, although she has gotten better about passing on her hat when she goes in.

She is holding Baby Stella, a girlfriends baby that we had a shower for this past weekend... so cute. Annabelle just kept kissing on her... she'll be a great big sis. The last pic is one that she took. She takes pics anytime she can get her little paws on the camera. She was so excited that her baby doll stroller showed up ;)

This is a silly video of her singing... she LOVES to sing but often mixes her song together. This is Jesus Loves Me and Twinkle Twinkle all in one!

Sweet Syds Bday!

Today is Syd's 17th birthday! She starts her senior year on Thurs and is just growing like a weed! I can't believe how fast time flies. She's an angel! It's amazing how she looks so much like a young beautiful woman and how to us she is still just a young pup. I remember my senior year in high school and how I thought I was so old... she is wise beyond her years in so many things and yet so silly at the same time. We don't have college plans just yet other than she wants to go to OU or Arkansas (new one as of today) maybe JBU. We'll see, we just keep praying for her and her life.

Meanwhile, AB is being a little terror... maybe it's because she has too much wax in her ears :) I'm just kidding about the terror part but it seems as though she has forgotten how to listen... amoung other things.

She is potty training and is doing really well, only uses a pull up for nap and bed time. So, we went to the mall and played in the play area and yes... you guessed it, she peeeed (peed? pee-ed?) all over the slide. It was really funny to see, now looking back, all the parents making a mad dash for their little ones so they didn't step in it. There was this saint of a woman that was sooo generous with her wipes as now I don't carry any. I was so amazed at the fact I wasn't mortified, God gave me the strength I needed. I cleaned up the slide and while I was doing so, she continued to play on other toys, which I cleaned as well. I only got funny looks from the dad's there... I think they were hoping the same wouldn't happen to them.

HAPPY B-DAY SYD :)