Word Girl & Captain Huggy Face

Gabby is tied up and Alex is saving her.

Alex has that crazy look in his eye again. Oh no...here he comes!

As this picture is being taken, the sword is plunging into my stomach. Needless to say it was put away shortly after.

Every afternoon I let Gabby watch her favorite program on PBS, Word Girl. She loves this show. Why? I'm not quite sure, but it does at least introduce a few new vocabulary words every episode. I think she likes the super hero aspect to it. If you've ever seen it, Word Girl has a sidekick who is a monkey...I forget his name, something like Captain Huggy Face. Anyway, I thought it was sooo cute yesterday that she and Alex pretended to be Word Girl and Captain Huggy Face. They created these little scenarios where one of them would be tied up by the bad guy and the other one would break them free. I just love when they use their imagination. I actually prefer they do this than get out a ton of toys that I end up having to clean up. Priceless moments...when they're not fighting or watching TV. The good'ol days. It kinda makes me sad that in a few months, Gabby will be off at kindergarten and they won't have these days to hang out. So we'll enjoy them while we can!

Baby Doll

We love you Aunt Shannon!!!

We went to church today and I dressed Mackenzie up for church. She seriously is like my little baby doll. I love changing her outfits and getting her ready every morning. Today I dressed her up in a little outfit that used to be Gabby's. There are so many outfits that used to be Gabby's. Although Mackenzie is a bigger different looking baby, it still reminds me of having Gabby when she was little. Chad and I are still debating if we will go for Number 4, so I am trying to soak up this adorable baby stage where you can dress them how ever you like and snuggle them and hold them. It's funny how having the older two really makes you understand how much they change in such a short time. Lately, I have just been truly enjoying Mackenzie and her little chubby cheeks and rolly legs...sigh...maybe Number 4 is in our future...not our near future...but in our future...I just feel it. This can't be the end of babies. Isn't it sad that there has to be a time where you say, no more babies for me. As much work as they can be, I love their smell and playful wide eyes. I love it!!!

In other news, we bravely took the kids yesterday to the mall in the huge stroller to get their pictures made. What a chore this was! I was seriously sweating when we were finally done. It took forever to get one shot out of Alex. He just would not sit still and look at the camera or do anything that the photographer asked him to do. We did get a few shots, but not many. You will laugh when you see the ones of Alex. He looks crazy, but very indicative of a two-year-old boy...shirt tail coming out, hair frazzled with a stinky grin on his face. Gabby's pics turned out sooo good. I can't wait to post them. I have to wait a few weeks until I get the email.

Spring Break at Granbury

The view from my hammock

My peaceful moment to myself was quickly interuppted by Gabby and her cousins on the hammock.

Girls just want to have fun!!!

Alex and William hit it off great. No one told them to sit together, they just decided to sit with eachother. It was so cute, Alex walked up to William and said, "Hey, William. Wanna play a game?" And William said, "What game?" They never actually played a game, but ran back and forth a lot. So precious!

Mackenzie was chillin' in her Aunt Amy's arms.

This is so sweet. Look how peaceful she is. I have a picture of Gabby doing this exact face on my shoulder at that age.

Here comes the smiles!!!

She is happy that she's dressed in a Texas shirt. Notice she has started to grasp rattles. She's really growing fast!

It isn't often that all of my brother and sisters and their children can come together at one time. It just so happened to work out that way this past Spring Break. We drove the kids up to Granbury and stayed at one of the big houses my dad has built and is for sale. It was sooo awesome to have some breathing room. For those of you who don't know, I have a brother and 3 sisters. Mackenzie was the 18th grandchild...so you can see just how crowded it can be at one time. We usually hang out at my parents other lake house which has only one bathroom and a few bedrooms. Needless to say chaos can occur when we all gather there. But this time is was fabulous. We spread out and enjoyed ourselves. Gabby played with all of her cousins, especially Hannah and Emma since we never get to see them. Erica and Jason came unexpectantly because Jason's grandmother passed away and they were in Texas to go to the funeral. It was a sad time for them, but we felt blessed to get to spend some time with them. There are a lot of pictures from the kids going down to the lake. There was a small "beach" for them to play in the sand and throw rocks in the water. They all had a blast and they made some great memories building sandcastles and laughing with eachother.

Firsts

First complete family photo, after our first time to bring Mackenzie to church for the New Life Celebration

Chad's parents on the left, mine to the right

Check out the monogram,(Thank you Aunt Shannon & Uncle Mak)

Just a cute face!

Mackenzie is checking out Gabby's first tooth to come out.

She can't believe what she sees!

Yup, there it is! First tooth gone!

And we can thank that apple she was eating to get it out!

Thi picture has no relevance to this post. I just thought it was too funny! Maybe we can say first time Mackenzie tried on her church shoes?

Happy Valentines Day

My littlest Valentine

I know this post is a little late, but here are some new pics of Mackenzie and Valentines pics. I don't really have much time to write in more detail. I'm lucky to even be at the computer right now. Enjoy!

Rock Star

Gabby is so cute. She loves "writing" rock songs and performing them for us with the guitar that her Aunt Shannon and Uncle Mak gave her. Every song has the same words somewhere in the song...Rock Star. So I went with it today since we were a little bored. I did her make up and gave her some dangling earrings and we've got our little hip rock star.

Top 10 Things I Love About Having 3 Kids

They alway's fight over who can stand on the stool to see Mackenzie in her crib.

Kenzie and Gabs

"Kenzie Izabef" what Alex calls her

Doesn't she look sooo hip in this outfit. What a Baby Fashionista! Ha!

And now the Top 10 Things I Love About Having 3 Kids:

10. I now have the privaledge of changing back-to-back poopy diapers.

9. Every normal task now takes extra mental effort to think through juggling the 3 of them

8. One can be hungry, one can have a blowout diaper and one can need help all at the same time.

7. Learning the art of controling the volume of noise around the baby (still haven't learned it)

6. Kissing 3 adorable, bright-eyed faces every day.

5. Seeing them make eachother laugh.

4. Fitting everybody in the rocking chair with me.

3. Naptime

2. Knowing they'll grow up with eachother

1. Being 3 people's mom for the rest of my life

Well, you haven't seen a new post in a while and numbers 7-10 can explain it. Boy, did things pick up and get a lot more busier since my last post. Mackenzie had RSV at two weeks old, which meant that I have been on house arrest, not really, but we've been home basically for the last 3 weeks and we're starting to get a little, okay a lot stir crazy. She has gotten a lot better. Thanks for all of your prayers. The fun part is I am really enjoying watching Mackenzie change. She's even begun to smile at me...I know it's a little early for smiles, but she really has looked straight in my eyes while I'm talking mommy talk and she smiles. We call her Smiley Cyrus....a little silly, but who cares. That's what having a baby is all about, saying ridiculous things in high pitched voices. Anyhow, we are surviving. Chad and I have had a lot of evenings where we just look at eachother so deliriously and laugh. Sometimes, that's all you can do.