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.

A Happy Cake Day & Good Morning Girl

Last weekend was our good friend 'T's (T for Tetsuya) 30th birthday!! Velvie and I set out to make him a cake - we sure had fun! I know, I'm a bad, bad mama for letting her taste the batter ; )




























This is T and his wifey Patchi. Note the sash..."30 & THRILLING!" Gotta love it...that'll be me in about 2 years - yikes! We had a great time at the party - it was japanese themed and Patchi made fresh sushi. Amazing. Happy Birthday T!!!
















This is basically what I see every morning...and I love it!

Funny Vel, Friendly Visits...and Christmas

Well, this has to be a long one, because it's been about a decade since I posted last! haha...First I want to give a shout out to our good friend Geof-Dogg (Geoffrey) who comes to stay with us when he's in town for his job based here in Dallas. If you like coffee, you should check it out! We love being 'Hotel Wight' and hanging with him while he's here. Usually (since he is getting a degree in theology at Gorden-Cromwell Theological Seminary) we also get some great insight on the Word which we LOVE. Thanks for visiting Geoffrey! Here's a pic of him and Drew having some man time...















Second, we've got a few updates on Velvet...she is crawling EVERYWHERE and is pulling herself up on everything she can. The back door is her very favorite - especially when the dogs are outside. She'll talk to them and bang on the glass all day long.


















She has also gotten the hang of splashing. *my apologies for my voice - I hate how loud i sound since I'm right near the camera! The echo-y bathroom doesn't help my cause.


I love having my mom (the baby brain expert) around, she told me that sometimes when you catch the brain wiring something specific, it will make them laugh (which is SO cute) so that you keep doing it and it gets really well wired...I guess this particular day, Vel was wiring the 'H' sound...she only laughed at it that one day - and only for about 30 minutes. So interesting...SO FUN! : )



We've had to move some plants too...I found her one day looking like this...it took NO time at all!


















Third, we went to Colorado for Christmas this year and had an absolute BLAST. Drew loves Colorado. One of his dreams is to live there one day. I fully support this dream : ) I think Velvie does too. She was loving the snow, loving the cold. We have a few great pics...as you can see, she is a total camera cheese-ball. The first is of her and G-did (the grandpa version of "P-did" which we all affectionately call my step-dad Patrick), the second is my sisters Jess and Jams (Jamie) and me and Drew hitting the slopes on most beautiful day of the trip - Patrick let us stay an extra day just to get it in - THANKS FOR A GREAT TRIP P-DID!!!

























































And...our favorite sign on the drive to Pagosa...