Friday, October 26, 2012

Celebrating Delaney

Celebrating at Reunion Grille with Gammy and Pops the Saturday before her birthday.
Cake at Reunion Grille.

Birthday Morning.  I found this dress up closet on Pinterest and Chad got the wood and built it for Laney.

Brooks picked out a book to give Laney for her birthday.
Laney got a cute purse from Aunt Jill.

Birdie got Laney a pretty dress up outfit and a vacuum.

She's like a house wife out of the 50's - cleaning with her best dress on!

We met Gammy at Chick-fil-a.  Gammy gave Laney an Elmo phone, and Elmo lunchbox, and some panties.  




Happy Birthday to Delaney!
Sharing cake with Bubba.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Delaney...my little 2 year old.

Height: 36 1/2 inches
Weight: 30 lbs.

Likes: Playing with Bubba, snuggling with mommy, oatmeal, yogurt, noodles, blankie, being outside, riding on the big scooter, "driving" Daddy's truck, doing things all by herself, getting her hair done, going teetee on the potty and getting marshmallows, Gammy's ipad, repeating everything everyone says, dressing up, hiding from Brooks, and Daddy.
Dislikes: Vegetables, getting a "spanking", sitting in time out, sitting still, loud noises, not getting to do what Bubba is doing, taking a nap, listening, coming inside when mommy and daddy tell her to, and pretty much doing anything that she doesn't want to do.
Nicknames: Laney, Laneybug, and now I've just been shortening it to "bug"
New things: Laney likes to go teetee on the potty and wear panties - we're not potty training, but just practicing.  Her favorite thing to do is take off all of her clothes, including her diaper, when she is in her crib.  Most nights when I go and check on her before I go to bed I see her bare bottom sticking up in my face.  And there are many mornings when Chad gets her up and she's completely naked.  Sounds funny, right?  Maybe...since it's not your child doing it.  She's really talking up a storm!  She pretty much talks or sings nonstop and well into her bed time.  My favorite thing that she says is, "I missed you!" when I get her up or when I come home from work.
We give Delaney a hard time because she definitely has a more challenging personality compared to Brooks, but even with her crazy moods, she is a super sweetie.  She gives great hugs and throws huge tantrums.  She says sweet things, and she can yell "no" or "mine" louder than anyone I know.  But at the end of day, I can hardly remember our lives before she was here.  She's added so much love to our family, and I feel so very blessed.

Monday, October 22, 2012

2 Years Later

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Happy Birthday, Baby Girl.  We love you.





More Fun with The Ferrell's

We had a busy Saturday.  We started with Brooks' soccer game.  Although we were sweating the day before at the pumpkin patch, we were bundled in blankets for the soccer game.  On the way home we   noticed a lot of activity in the Home Depot parking lot.  Turns out that they were having a free event where kids could make things (Parker and Brooks are holding the helicopters that they made), and free hot dogs, cotton candy, cake, popcorn, face painting, bouncy house, and firetrucks to play on...ALL FREE!!!  It was PERFECT!  We spent our morning there (those pictures are all on my phone), and then the following pictures are our post nap activities.  It was a busy day!

We went to a great free Home Depot event and got these great aprons.  They were perfect for painting!

Stamping with pumpkins!


Their creations!

Silly Boys...they were cracking themselves up.

Eating pumpkins seeds.

Making cookies with frosting, sprinkles, and candy corn...oh my!



Sweet Berry Farms

Cari and the boys came down for a long weekend and we ventured out to Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls.  It was a great morning!  The whole weekend was so much fun.  And each night, after the kids went to bed, Cari and I celebrated our success with 4 kids by drinking wine.

Loving on each other.





My little model.


The Kiddos.

Here we all are!

Candy Corn Maze

I love how Pierce (the youngest of the crew) was leading the pack.

Walking in the Candy Corn Maze.





Picking out pumpkins.
Picnic lunch - check!
Even the goat smiled for the picture.
I love how Brooks and Parker are hugging.

At the end of our day we enjoyed some homemade ice cream.


This is the only picture we got of the two of us...leaving the pumpkin patch.
These are the pumpkins and gourds that we came home with.


Sunday, October 14, 2012

Family Time

Some of the family came in to see Brooks' mad soccer skills, but of course, it rained and the game was cancelled.  So - we took the kids to the Big Bounce and then out to Lakeway to The Hancock's to get all the cousins together.  I just love that we can have these random family get-togethers.