Tubing!

We've had such a fun weekend and I've taken lots of pics!

  Here's a sneak peak and hopefully I'll post more on Monday! 

Disney Duds, Dora Panties and more

We're in full blown Disney planning mode and I'm making a few new outfits for the girls with the help of my sweet friend Jenn.  Here is a sneak peak...

The dress Sophie is wearing is also one I finally finished just in time for the end of summer.  Still working on the Selah version of this dress!

We had a short but sweet visit from some of our favorite people and Sophie got to get her hands on this little man!

I always have pictures like this of Selah.  She has always enjoyed wearing "Sosie's pannies" outside her clothes.  =)

She is a hot mess!

Sophie during her 3 hour stomach bug.  So glad it didnt' last long! 

Indoor photography in my house is a CHALLENGE to say the least because we have terrible lighting most of the day, so please excuse the "photography" if you could call it that!

Hope to be back Monday with some fun pics from this weekend!

Rise and shine!

I hesitated to post this because I don't want it to come across as complaining... It's not, definitely not.  Just a recap of my morning.  All moms will be able to relate to this, we've all been there, more than once!

7am - I am awakened to the sound of whimpering. Sophie's in my room crying.  I put my hand on her chest to see if she's feverish and notice her heart is pounding! (I should preface this by saying her temp was 99.9 last night right before bed, so I knew something was up.)
7:05 am - check her pulse, it's 160 bpm but no fever, she feels clammy however
7:10 am - page trey and request that he give me a call pleeeez! cancel our swimming plans for the day
7:15 am - page trey again...
7:20 am - phone call from Trey, he says "call the doctor"  gee thanks honey!=)
7:25 - give sophie some "immune builder" grape juice
7:30 am - Sophie starts throwing up.... grape juice.... everywhere
7:35am - Sophie in tub, I jump in shower, rinse off and change my clothes
7:40 am - clean up "grape juice" off carpet, strip the slipcover off the sofa (thank God for slipcovers)
7:45 am - Sophie out of tub, clean clothes on, dirty stuff in washer
7:50 am - Sophie throws up again, this time we get to the sink in the bathroom
7:55 am - Sophie lying on the sofa, Selah is awake and crying...
8 am am - Go into Selah's room (almost get knocked over by dirty diaper smell!)  Selah wants to wear "Auburn" so we change her diaper and put on our Auburn cheerleader outfit
8:05 am - Downstairs with both girls.  Sophie wants me to hold her.  So does Selah.  I tell Sophie not to touch Selah and vice versa!  I hold Sophie and listen to Selah scream for attention.
8:15 am - Sophie starts throwing up again.  Selah still screaming for me to hold her.  I call in the reinforcements ie. YaYa after I envision an entire day of this... and then envision Selah getting sick tomorrow
8:45 am - YaYa is here.  Selah leaves with yaya.  Sophie dry heaving now.  Poor baby!
9:15 am - I call the doctor just in case anything is "going around" that I need to know about.  They of course tell me to come in that it could be strep. Sigh.
10:30 am - sitting in dr office listening to some crazy kid screaming bloody murder.  I'm assuming he's getting shots before school starts, but seriously I've never heard a kid scream like that in there!  Sophie is looking at me wide eyed. 
11:30 am  leaving doctors office, no strep.  Sophie says she feels fine now and isn't throwing up anymore. 

$33 later, we're at home - $20 copay and $13 Dora movie that I promised sophie if she went to the doctor.  Did I mention, she hates the doctors office!

Whew! Now I get to get ready for work tonight =)

All in a days work I guess and I wouldn't trade it for anything!  Love my kiddos and so glad Sophie is already feeling better!

Too hot for anything but

swimming!  This summer has got to be one of the hottest summers of my life!

Thank goodness my in-laws have a pool. 

Their house is for sale btw =( , but I know it will make a great home for some young family soon!

Sophie and her "cousins."  They're really second or third cousins I guess,

but I love that they know eachother so well!

Meet "Baby Wodes" as selah calls him.

Rhodes =)

This is the guilty look of a child who has single handedly eaten almost an entire container of French onion dip.

She never met a dip she didn't like!

Not sure what Robert is doing here, but I know Lindsay will want a copy =) 

Robert showing us his moves.

Trey showing off showing some moves of his own =)

Landon,one of the toughest and happiest kids I've ever met.

A lovely shot of Selah!

Sweet Olivia!

Selah pronounces it "Reba."  It's so funny, I get her to say it all the time!

Bubbles!

Mohawk

Ariel

Booger

Love night swimming.  Pictures at night are a little harder though!

Happy Tuesday!

blogger question??

anybody know how i can link my blogs so that when you click on the link to this blog, it takes you to my new blog.  i tried what blogger said to do and it didn't work.... aunt riley, got any ideas?

Family Pool Party!

We had a fun family pool party yesterday with "Nana's Family."

This is me and the girls after I got to dive in the deep end and clean up the rocks the kids threw in the pool earlier this week =)  I don't think Sophie will be throwing any more rocks in the pool from now on!

Selah doing stunts with Daddy.

Selah and Pop, kinda bright but still cute!

I though this pic of Sophie was very cool!

More fun with Daddy.

Sophie playing with Daddy.

This is Selah's second popsicle of the day.  Probably not the last. 

I finally was able to get some cute shots of Selah where her eyes really showed up and sparkled!

Selah, Allison and Grandpa.

Selah putting on her froggy goggles that she really wears more as a necklace than anything.

Aunt Allison playing with the girls.

Nana, Larry and Grandpa trying to stay cool in this summer heat.

Larry, Grandpa and Grandma.

My little fish learned how to swim and loves the pool more than ever this summer! 

I am so proud of her.

Rebecca knows the quickest way to Selah's heart is through her tummy. 

Phillip and Madeline played with Sophie all afternoon and I am sure she raced them about 100 times across the pool.

Uncle Billy Bob as Selah calls him, and Allison=)

That is all for now!  Enjoying the last bit of a wonderful weekend with my family!

Birthday Blessings

I had a great 29th birthday that started out with a surprise breakfast hand delivered to my front door from this sweet sis!  I wish I had taken a picture of my homemade gourmet french toast with fresh strawberries!

Next, it was off to the salon with my big girl Sophie.  We got our hair cut and beautified by Micah at Bang!

Then it was off to Flip Burger for a delicious lunch with my mom and Elaine.  Again, wish we'd taken a picture at lunch.

Then we had an action packed dinner with friends at Chuy's!

Me and my hot hubby.

Luke and Ali.

The newly weds, Trent and Alisa!

Robbie and Jenn had an eventful evening and probably won't forget my birthday for a while=)

Sorry Robbie, you and Jenn couldn't coordinate posing in the pictures, so I had to make the obvious choice and put the better one of her on the blog!  =)

The whole gang=)

If you want to know why there was a fire truck, a security guard and the police department involved, you'll have to visit Jenn's blog!

Beautiful flowers from my sweet mom!

More gorgeous flowers from my awesome hubby!

Some cute new clothes!

My sweet mom bought me a little cake and we were going to eat a piece with the girls after dinner at Chuy's, but there was an incident when the cake was being moved into the house.  It was much prettier beforehand, but I assure you it still tasted phenomenal!  Wow, that was a great cake from Whole Foods!

Then to top it off, sweet Mimi and PopPop who've been looking for some kids sized chairs for me showed up at my house this morning with two of these precious chairs!

What a great birthday!  I am so blessed with sweet friends and family!