Mommy, C & Ava!

First of all, let me say thank you to Rita Harris for snapping some maternity photos of Caroline, Ava and I.  She is always so sweet and talented and we loved getting to spend a couple of hours with her last Tuesday morning.  Second, I'm not a fan of maternity pictures of myself. I had them done when I was pregnant with Caroline, and did not post them.  Nobody has seen them but my family. I love, love, love everyone else's that I see, but when it comes to me... huh uh!!! BUT... I'm a mommy now and I feel it is my obligation to document this special time whether I think I look fat, bloated, disgusting... you name it.  Thanks to Rita, I think I look... presentable.  But beautiful? Glowing? Not a chance!! :) Caroline is adorable as always and as photogenic as ever, so I really love having these of her.  Here a few of my favorites from our shoot!!

P.S. Scott got out of pictures this time because of being so busy with work, but we will get him snagged down for newborns!!

Christmas 2012!

Better late than never right? This year was a wonderful Christmas.  It was the first Christmas Scott and I have spent at our own home.  It was wonderful for Santa to come see Caroline here and to wake up Christmas morning to all of her goodies. We opened presents, had breakfast and then later Scott's Mom and Grandma, along with Aaron, all came over for Christmas lunch and more presents.  First Christmas "dinner" I have ever done and it turned out great.  Of course, I wouldn't have been able to pull it off without the help of my mom.  Below are some of my favorite pictures, a ton of course!

2nd visit with Santa, she was a little unsure of him this year.

What?

Ohhhhhhh!!!

Pots and pans like Mama's!

So Beautiful!!

Bitty Baby!!!

Feeding her baby!! Gonna be such a good big sister!

Baby Aggie in honor of Ava Grace!!

She was getting tired of opening presents! 

Another Aggie ornament!! Building and collecting for my future Aggie Christmas tree!!

Reading princess stories with Nanny!

Aaaaand a t.v. with built in dvd player for her room!!! That was Dad's doing!! :)

Nana and C!!

Dancin'!!! She's ready to start dance for sure!!

This was C's attempt to help me put away Christmas decor!!

Poor Blog!

To say that I've neglected my blog is an understatement.  The blog is now on the bottom of the totem pole for the time being.  I'll get Christmas and the Holidays up when I get a chance.  I've also been working on Caroline and Ava's rooms like crazy.  Transitioning Caroline's room completely to a big girl room, along with transitioning our guest room to a nursery has been very busy/hectic.  Lot's of re-organizing going on! Our office is now our office/guest room.  We are seriously utilizing every bit of space in our house!! Which is a good thing... but a bigger house is inevitable especially since we plan on 3 kids. Game room is at the top of the list!!!

While I'm here I have to update on how Caroline did with her transition to her big girl bed.  I was prepared for several nights of craziness.  I've heard transitions to a regular bed can be quite the nightmare, so you can imagine how pleasantly surprised Scott and I were with how awesome Caroline has done from night one.  We had been talking about it constantly, telling her how it was going to be, and made it a huge deal.  She was very excited.  When bed time came, we tried to keep our routine as normal as possible.  We got her all tucked in and left the room.  I went to the living room and immediately started watching her on the monitor.  The kid didn't move... she tossed Minnie Mouse around for awhile and then eventually fell asleep about 20 minutes later and did not get up until I came to get her the next morning.  Every night since then has been a complete replica of night one in the big girl bed.  She goes to her bed, we tuck her in, turn on her projector, and she's out in 10-20 minutes and stays in bed until Scott or I come to get her the next morning. Sometimes it's hard to get her out of bed! We will sit down next to her and say "Ok, Caroline, lets get up and go potty" and 99% of the time she replies with "No, I want to stay in bed"! Silly girl, hope this isn't a glimpse into our future on what getting her up for school is going to be like.

A Day In Aggieland!

Last Sunday Scott, my mom and I loaded up Caroline and headed to good 'ol College Station.  I haven't been back to spend an actual day in quite a while.  My has it changed.  All the places where I lived were brand new at the time... now they are getting older.  Made me a little sad.  We went to one of our favorite places to eat, Wings 'N More. Wow!! I was looking around at all the college students and remembering one of the best times in my life.  College was truly an amazing experience and one that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. You have your true learning experiences and make your true friends in life. Texas A&M is a University like no other.  Of course everyone says that about their beloved school, so I guess we are all a little biased.  But really... it's the best!!!

I can only wish, hope and pray Caroline will choose Texas A&M one day, of course, when her Dad and I get done with her, she will be completely brainwashed, bribed and not really have much of a choice! I kid... kinda.  :)

Putting a penny on Sully's boot to wish everyone good luck on finals!

Right as we were walking away, a guy came out and placed two rolls of pennies on his boot, he was nervous about finals!

Century Tree

Walking with Daddy on campus