Our Little Family

Our Little Family

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Sweet Georgia Claire

I still call her my baby girl, but in reality, she's not a baby anymore! LOVE our Georgia Claire to pieces & her little personality that is coming out more & more as each day progresses. She's still in occupational therapy working mainly on strengthening her grasp & fine motor skills, and strengthening her core. She's doing SO well and is growing up right before my eyes! We've applied to a private school here in Louisiana for her to start PreK next year...boo hoo! Her OT thinks the consistency of an every day program will be good for her, as well as the preparation for kindergarten. We are really excited about the opportunity. The school is wonderful...they start with chapel & a devotional every morning, the class size is small, and it's just an overall wonderful atmosphere. It's a classical academy & they teach through music. For a little girl who is loves to sing, sounds like the perfect fit! We should find out in March if we are accepted! 

Georgia loves to be a helper, always wanting to help me in the kitchen, always trying to help her little sister, and always the first to help clean up at the end of the day. Here are some of my favorite pics of her these last few weeks.

Helping me make cookies. Instead of turning the beaters off, she turned them on, and there was a lot of flour in the bowl...OOPS! We got a good laugh!
 She loves her "special blankey"...and loves to watch tv on our bed.
 I remember sitting like this in my gown when I was a little girl...
And she has gotten SOOOO GOOD on her tricycle! She LOVES to ride! I'm ready for spring so hopefully we can get out more & ride!
 She still has issues with textures of foods, but her OT keeps reminding me that once we get her core stronger & those gross motor skills developed, the oral motor will catch up! We're seeing her branching out a little more. I had to get a picture of her at Mom & Dad's house a few weeks ago. She ate not one but TWO cuties!
She has done so well since getting her tonsils & adenoids removed & tubes put in her ears, but she still has MAJOR allergies. Her eczema is a daily battle it seems, and she has asthma issues. We had to take a breathing treatment home a couple weeks ago & do a few albuterol treatments...WOWZERS! Talk about a different child! She was NUTS after doing these treatments! Shelby had been in Houston for work, got home & I ran to the grocery store, and when I got home his eyes were HUGE & he said, "What have you done to her?! She's a different child!" To which I responded, "Yeah, now you know what my day was like!" Thank goodness those treatments should be few & far between!
She likes to do therapy with her baby. Here she is brushing her, bouncing her on the ball, & doing her listening therapy...LOVE IT!
Stacy sent us some Valentine goodies in the mail & whatever the chocolate & peanut butter candies were that she made were GC's favorite!!! I think I ate ONE! Thanks, Stacy!
This picture CRACKS ME UP! We were on one of our many trips to see my parents...and we were LOADED down...yes, that's a tricycle beside her carseat & my clothes on the other side! She wanted to keep her hat on & she was just a singing away with it pulled over her eyes...little funny bunny!
 LOVE HER!
Beautiful Sunday morning in the piney woods of East Texas on our way home from church with Grandma & Paw Paw. Singing again...
This is one of my all-time favorites of her. She had pulled her pj top over her head & I was tickling her on the carpet...LOVE that sweet face! 
An update on Ivy Jane will be next...hopefully I can do it TOMORROW & not in SIX WEEKS!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Sisters

I like to sing the song from WHITE CHRISTMAS "Sisters" to the girls...I love the first few lines especially..."Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters...Never had to have a chaperone no sir. I'm here to keep my eye on her. Caring, sharing, every little thing that we are wearing..." Every once in a while I hear Georgia singing it...makes me smile! :)



I love these little girls...best friends, worst enemies, and everything in between! They play so well together! Always pretending they are going to school or church or the store--I love to listen to their conversations when they don't know I'm listening. I love my little family & our crazy busy life! Here are some pics from the last 6 weeks or so...sorry to our family & friends that have been wanting an update. We're here, just super busy!

On our way to church...
Reading books together in bed...with their babies!
Georgia said, "Mom! Take our picture!" And this, my friends, is the best I got!
They love to play together in the laundry basket...
And this picture cracks me up! Shelby had to get some work done, Georgia Claire obviously had some work of her own on her Innotab, & Ivy Jane...well, she just wanted her snack! They LOVE their daddy & just want to be near him when he comes home...SO precious! 

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Impossible Photos

I started this post OVER A MONTH AGO PEOPLE! ...so goes my life these days. I'm exhausted but I love my family!!!

I took pictures of the girls for our Christmas cards & it was ALMOST impossible! I hope these make you laugh...or at least smile a little!


This next one cracks me up! Ivy Jane started jumping on the bed & I got her in mid air!
And Georgia Claire after her jump!
The CHEESIEST smile on GC & IJ was NOT cooperating!
GC, "Ok, Mom! Are you going to take the picture or not?!" IJ...still not cooperating!
SO EXCITED about Christmas!
Laughing at Momma & Daddy...
I started tickling them to hopefully help with the smiles...
That was fun for a minute but now they are CLEARLY done...IJ has assumed her sleepy position & GC...well, you can see for yourself!
FINALLY, one that was pretty cute! Who am I kidding? They were all cute? Two little girls in matching jammies & bows? Love these two with all my heart...



Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thanksgiving Fun

After a whirlwind time of mourning with my family during the time of my uncles' deaths, it was so nice to go to my in-laws home & relax (even if I only had less than 24 hours, it was still nice). Once again, I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted, but here are a few...

iPhones are addicting...
 Georgia had to take it over to show Great Grandma...the girls both love her dearly!
 I swear, I can't take Ivy Jane anywhere. We had a beautiful lunch with the perfect table setting, & what does she do? She starts making faces in the gold butter dish...
 What can I say? She IS her father's daughter!!!
 And then the Tryptophan started kicking in. I love this picture of Ivy Jane cuddling with Aunt Heather!
 And look at this sleepy face? (Georgia, not Mimi!) Although, Mimi was exhausted I'm sure. She insisted on doing most of the food since I had been out-of-pocket. Thank you, Mimi! We left after lunch & the girls went right to sleep & slept the entire way to Grandma & PawPaw's house.
The day after Thanksgiving has always been a CRAZY day for our family. For the past 26 years we've been opening the gate to our family's choose & cut Christmas Tree Farm! I was 10 years old the first year we sold trees. Things have changed A LOT around the farm since 1986...

Look at this 3rd generation ready to sell you the perfect tree!
LOVE those smiles!
Will was so excited to be at the farm. He was up & ready to go work at 2:30 am! He & Caroline giggle the entire time they are together. Best buddies!
Sleepy time for all three...
make that four five! Being at the farm for 9 hours is a LONG day!
I love my sisters. We are all different, yet we have such a great time together.
Speaking of best buddies...
Caroline & Ivy Jane love each other!
Georgia & Momma are so excited to be at the farm!!!
Discussing their hard day's work over supper...
Early morning fun with PawPaw's iPad in the pjs...
Popular guy, that PawPaw is!
Instead of going to church Sunday morning we spent the morning at home with Grandma & PawPaw before opening the farm at 1:00. Georgia stayed busy...
Grandma's dishwasher went out & Georgia was her daddy's right hand man helping him disconnect the water...
GREAT family time, although it was tiring. For all of us...

Monday, December 3, 2012

Hard Family Times

On November 17th my Uncle Bill lost his battle with cancer. Two days later, on November 19th, my Uncle Alvis lost his battle with cancer. Talk about a tough time for my family. My dad lost his brother, and his brother-in-law. He was asked to sing "How Great Thou Art" in both funerals, and he sang beautifully. My precious Aunt Peggy lost her husband & brother in a matter of about 36 hours. Two visitations & two funerals in three days...HARD. We all know, without a doubt, that they are both in Heaven reunited with their parents, siblings, etc. without pain...praise God. We don't know why He chose to take them when He did but we trust in Him and know that it's all part of His plan. They were two of the greatest men I know. 
When we left Uncle Alvis' graveside, we drove by my grandma's house...the house that where my Uncle Alvis, my Uncle Bob, my Aunt Peggy, my dad & my Aunt Shirley grew up. When my Grandma died in 1992, my Uncle Alvis & Aunt Wanda slowly fixed it up & moved into it. Such great memories in this HOME. The one silver lining is the family time that we got to enjoy...catching up with long lost cousins, enjoying good food & reminiscing about old times on the farm. My Uncle Alvis & Uncle Bill would have loved it.