More Joy : )

Well... there is more joy, because we're having another baby! : )  "Remix" as we affectionately call it will make an appearance in late February or early March.  We couldn't be more excited!  Velvie seems to be good with having a 'real' baby to play with. She nods her head every time I ask her if she would like her own real baby lol...Right now she seems content with her hat and blocks : )

Oh Joy...

Look what we've learned how to do...and she thinks it's absolutely hilarious. Not sure how I am going to tackle this one, as she mostly catches me off-guard and it does make me laugh! Grrrrr...she shoves it SO FAR in there!! Lovely.

My First Cupcake

It's a Red Velvet Cupcake of course! : )














I'm pretty sure she liked it.

For her birthday, Drew and I were super stoked to take her to a REAL "baay - baow" game. This is how it started:















This is us at the....game?














This is us definitely needing to go home...














They finally canceled it...so when we go for our rain check, I'll post some real pictures. Poor Vel...Poor us.

One Year

Today is Velvie's Birthday. I just can't hardly believe it! We are going to a Rangers game tomorrow night to celebrate. She just LOVES "baaay-baaow" (baseball :)

Well, I was going to put up a slide show of her first year, but it was too big : ) So, here is a little video and a couple pictures of her cute self. She really is getting so independent and becoming her own little person...I am loving this stage : )

Oops...

Well, I was going to post pictures of our spring break "camping" trip out at Lake Ouachita, AR on Mama T and Billow's house boat. We had some great pics : ( but then, when we got home, I gave Velvet the camera. Hence the title: Oops. Won't do that again. She just LOVES the camera. I guess it's time to give her our old one instead of the new one with all the good pictures on it. Too bad I had to loose a bunch of good ones to finally get that genius idea! So, here is one GREAT one of me feeding Vel that we somehow still have. LOL...



















On a better note, Vel is definitely starting to free stand on her own - very exciting! But, she is such a dare devil (and excited about everything) that she will lean super far forward and start running to whatever she wants that is in front of her...we are working on it : )

Also, one of my best friends Cristen had her baby girl on Feb. 27: Little Miss Emma Kate. She is a real cutie pie and Vel just can't wait to play with her new friend! Here is a pic of her being really excited about seeing a picture of her on My Space...














Drew is counting down the days until school is out. I think he is just as ready (if not more ready) than the kids themselves! haha...

What Dads Will Do...

This was too great not to post. I am always amused at the lengths Drew will go to get a smile out of his girl : )


It was Jamie's 18th Birthday on the 28th...the girls (Diana (aka Dee-ahn-ee), Jess, Jams, Vel and me) went to the mall to shop for a cute top. We were in Urban Outfitters when we took this...who knew a dressing room could be such a cool backdrop!

That Rump of Hers...

and some other very cute pictures can be seen here. Our wonderful photographer, Amy Siniscalchi, came over the other day to do a session "just for herself". Of course we loved it. She has beyond exceeded our expectations in documenting this very amazing season of life. THANK YOU AMY! We have so loved being a part of your passion.