::mother's day 2013::

i got my wish on mother's day....it's always a photo with my sweets :)


we started our morning off at the park...


and i will say that bro's skills have greatly improved...






well, most of the time :)


it was a beautiful day, so we spent it outside.


i was reminded of how grateful i am for the two that made me a momma...


words could never describe the love that i have for them...


or, for the third one in my belly :)  24 weeks and growing :)


i am so very thankful to share my parenting duties with the love of my life.  it's so crazy to think how fast the time has passed.





these two play together beautifully.  i am wondering what happens when we add a third to the mix??


i guess time will tell.


that afternoon, rob grilled steaks, and we enjoyed a family night at home.  from all of us, happy mother's day to all of the moms out there...especially Mama C. and both of our Nanas :)

field day fun

bro and i headed to the school one morning for field day with memms!


the snow cone truck came...


and of course he picked blue...


miss emma chose rainbow :)






later on rob showed up, which is always a special treat :)  he brought me coffee, which was much appreciated...


after all of the kindergarteners had competed, bro got a turn too.


and then, it was tug of war...


i jumped in with my baby belly and all to make sure that emma's side won...


after calling for some help from the dads, we won the game of tug o war :)

::Growing Baby #3:: Chapter 4

23.5 weeks and still growing :)  i'm feeling much better now...thank goodness!  nothing to report so far, i guess no news is good news, right?  here's chapter 1, 2, and 3.

my mother's day tea with bro

i was invited to a mother's day tea...

and i had the best little date in the whole world...


we were so excited!


when i arrived, i had a gift to open...


and i received a corsage too :)


we said our blessing...


i love sweet, little hands.


and bro opened the present for me...now that's service :)


handprints are one of my most favorite things in the whole world.  it was such a special morning to spend together :)

warm weather...please??

our winter was unseasonably cold and long.  coming from houston, we weren't quite sure what to do, so as soon as it warmed up a bit.....


it was watermelon and bathing suits...


we were hopeful the warm weather would stay...


but, we were wrong, the next day the temperature dropped into the 30's...geez!

a day out with memms

i was lucky enough to be one of the chaperones for miss emma's spring field trip...

siblings weren't allowed, so by some major luck, my mom just happened to be visiting to take care of our little bro :)


we spent the day at some sort of animal farm.






and saw all sorts of interesting creatures....a ze-donk for one...he was half zebra and half donkey :)




we had a picnic lunch and i enjoyed my day with my sweet girl.  she's growing up too fast.


the end of the day was the barrel ride.  i sat this one out.  pregnant + barrel ride = disaster, don't ya think?

::Growing Baby #3:: Chapter 3

well, i'm 19 weeks and 6 days.  tomorrow is the big 20 week mile marker.  i think i'm beginning to feel better, so i'm hoping that the next 20 will be better than the last :)  cheers for being at the top of the hill! in case you missed chapter 1 or chapter 2, here ya go :)

her first date and his too :)

i signed these two up for our town's annual daddy-daughter dance...


they were so cute together.


emma was so excited about her date with her daddy.


i curled her hair and added some fancy bobby pins...


and she wore these shoes.  love.


they were going to be gone for the night, so...


bro and i decided we would have a date too.


emma spent the night dancing with her daddy and carson spent the night with me...


and some dear friends :) the train passed by the park after our dinner out.  carson was on top of the world.  #littleboyobsessedwithtrains  it was a fun night out for all of us!