Valentine's weekend!

 The Friday before Valentine's day was a really great day!  I got to get pampered when I got my hair done, did some shopping for Lauren's party, made a birthday banner, and went out to eat dinner with Eric while my mom watched the kids.  Thank you Mom! When I got home, Eric had a surprise for me laying out on the bed...

 

Inside was a Pandora bracelet!  I absolutely love it and was so surprised!  He gave me birthstone charms for each of the kids and also the key to my heart charm.  The key charm is really special to me since I gave Eric the key to my heart locket my Dad gave me on my 16th birthday.  I gave it to Eric on our wedding day and someday Eric will give Lauren her very own locket to give the man she gives her heart to.

Saturday morning my mom and I drove to College Station for some girl time.  I dropped her off at her best friend Pat's house and headed over to meet Rebecca and Delaine for some fun.

We had a great time shopping, eating, drinking, taking pictures of her adorable girls and catching up!

I was so excited to come home to my family on Valentine's Day. I feel so lucky to have Eric as my husband!  He did a great job taking care of the kids by himself for over 24 hours and even managed to get everyone to church Sunday morning.  He is pretty awesome!

I've spent the rest of my free time making party decorations for a certain little girl's big birthday coming up.  Busy, busy times!

little sweetie

Lauren is ready celebrate her first Valentine's Day.

She had her first taste of candy,

and is growing into her first tutu.

To say she loved candy, would be an understatement!  I can't wait until she tries her first birthday cake!

Weekend in review

Saturday we headed over to Sun City for their annual Mardi Gras parade.  We had a blast last year and the boys were very excited to go again this year!   

Even Lauren had fun getting beads!

 

Even though the parade was at 10:30 in the morning in an active adult community neighborhood, it was a pretty rocking parade complete with jello shots, cross dressers and fun music!

Later that afternoon, Austin and I went to the Children's Musuem to celebrate Jacob's 2nd birthday.

I loved spending some special one on one time with Austin at the museum. I must admit that I was a little distracted though since Matthew McConaughey was at the musuem too.  It's hard to act cool when you are 5 feet away from such a fine specimen.  We had a great time at the party and I can't wait to take all my kiddos back to the musuem to play!

Saturday I also completed my 30th consecutive Shred!  I really saw benefits from exercising every day and I am going to continue. As long as I plan out my day and make time for exercise, it's easy to fit it in.  I just have to make it a priority.  I'm not giving up and am looking forward to seeing even more changes in me!

quotes from crazy boys

Mommy - "Austin, did you have an accident in your bed?"
Austin - "No. Maybe someone took me out of my bed and poured water in it."

Mommy - "Austin, do not drink Coke!"
Austin - "MOM, it's not coke, it's beer!"
(It was tea, not beer for the record!)

Overheard while I was out of the room...
Ethan - “Mom, I need to go to the bathroom.”
Austin – “Mom isn’t here. She went to walmart and daddy went to work. We have to take care of everything.”

Mom- "What's my favorite color?"
Ethan - "Green"
Mom - "What is my favorite thing to do?"
Ethan - "Take care of little boys... and do what we ask you to do."

reflections

 

 

11 months old!

Lauren is now 11 months old!

I can't believe our baby girl will be one in a month!  She is getting to be more fun every day!  Her playful personality is so sweet and we just love her to pieces!

Lauren's teeth decided to all come in at the same time.  She is getting four on top and two more on the bottom.  Poor little girl is miserable. The good news is she will be able to bite and chew her food better.  The bad news is that she is an extremely picky eater!  I thought her brothers were picky, but Lauren takes the cake!  Her favorite foods are yogurt melts, puffs, cheerios, bananas, yogurt and crackers.  If she doesn't see something sweet or full of carbs on her plate, she just yells until we put something on her tray she approves of.  We are in T R O U B L E with this one!

Lauren is a great little sleeper most of the time.  I dare not write that she is sleeping perfectly every night from 7 to 7, because then she would inevitably get up every hour tonight.  That's just the way life works!  She does take 2 two hour naps during day and still loves sleeping with her blankie and pacifier.

She is getting closer to walking now!  She cruises around holding onto furniture and can stand for a couple seconds on her own.  She still isn't talking much yet, but I have the feeling when she does, she will never stop!

Happy 11 months Lauren!

We love you!

Ethan's 5th birthday robot party

Last night we celebrated Ethan's 5th birthday with a robot party at Chuck E. Cheese's.  He had a great time eating pizza and cake, playing games and running around with his friends.

My mom made this awesome robot cake for him!

Thanks to all our friends and family who helped us celebrate Ethan's birthday!

My parents had fun taking care of Lauren during the party. She had her first taste of pizza and french fries.  I wouldn't be surprised if they gave her a sip of Coke too!

 The kids had a blast playing games and winning tickets.

Happy Birthday Ethan! 

We are so proud of you and love you so much!

Happy 5th Birthday Ethan!

Happy Birthday sweet Ethan! 
You are such a happy boy and we love you so much! 

like mother, like daughter

over halfway there!

Today was my
17th consecutive day
to do The Shred! 

I'm really feeling stronger and am starting to notice some changes. The workout is a killer.  I sweat, moan and pant every single time.  There are moments when I absolultely dispise Jillian Michaels, but I'm sure at the end of my 30 days I will thank her for getting my butt in shape!

and the winner is...

Rachael!

Random Integer Generator

4 - Rachael

Timestamp: 2010-01-21 18:26:09 UTC

Enjoy your scarf Rachael! 
Thanks for all the comments!  It was fun to see who reads my blog!

Lauren's favorite toys

Lauren's favorite thing to do is crawl into the boys' room, pull up on their parking garage, and chew on their cars.  Our little tomboy is not into dolls yet, which is fine by me... as long as she has a bow in her hair!  :)