* So Thankful *

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are so thankful for the many blessings we have. We left for Midland last Tuesday to visit with our family and have our 5 Thanksgiving dinners. We were busy, busy, busy. We ran around all week but enjoyed every moment of it with our family and friends. We are very thankful for no more turkey though :)




Now that we are home it is time to go again. Laney and I will be going to Elmo Live in Odessa tomorrow night with Nanny and Papa. Landon will be driving down Wednesday night for his upper GI and sonogram on his esophagus Thursday morning. Please keep him in your prayers.

Busy, Busy, Busy.... that is part of the fun in this Holiday season!

Laney's First time Eating Chicken and Dumplings

My absolute favorite meal is my Memaw and Papaw's Chicken and Dumplings. I made some for Laney lastnight and she loved them too. She kept saying more, more, more.

*Precious Moments Caught on Tape*

Here are a few videos we thought we would share!


Laney getting ready for bed! (Almost 18 months)




Feeding Elmo!




Flash Back!!! Laney's first time walking! (10 months old)





Laney LOVES when her daddy gets out the video camera. He faces the screen so she can see herself and she runs up to the camera and just looks at herself. This makes it hard to get good videos of her :)

Thirsty ?!?

Laney is sharing her juice with Elmo and her baby doll! She likes to feed them goldfish too. Notice in the bottom picture that her tongue is out... she likes to make a slurping sound while they are drinking :) 

Too cute!!

17 months and 2 weeks old!

Just thought we would share Laney's favorite words and favorite things to do:


Words she can say:


*Momo (for Elmo)
*Nana (for Banana)
*Family members names
*Bubble
*Bow
*Hi
*Bye
*Makes all kinds of animal noises (dog, bird, lion, cat, fish face, cow, monkey, etc)
*Dodo (for Dora the Explorer)
*Shoe
*Sock
*More (Her favorite while standing in front on the fridge)
*Thank you
*Neeee (for please) 
*Balloon


(She also babbles tons of words and sentences but we can't understand any of it. She will just tell you all about it though).


Her favorite things to do:


*Watch Elmo every morning at 9:00 while eating her breakfast
*Read books.. she could do this all day long it seems
*Ride her little horse
*Dance
*Pull the dogs tails
*Hold the dogs
*Take baths
*Eat, Eat and Eat
*Sit at the computer desk until Mommy makes her get down
*Play in her room with her toys and play outside
*And last but no least... she loves to play in the dog's water bowls :)


She definitely keeps me busy but I wouldn't change it for the world!

Potty Training Here we Come!!!

So.. we are about to try to take a huge step in our lives and in Laney's... potty training! I really think that Laney is ready or at least getting there. Every time we are in the bathroom Laney gets so excited and yells "Tee Tee".  She will also hold her diaper and say "Tee Tee".  I was told to go ahead and buy her a little potty so that she can sit there when we go and that will get her used to the potty. I found an Elmo potty (since she is obsessed with Elmo lately) and she has not had a single problem with sitting on her big girl potty!! She runs in the bathroom and says "Momo". She is so smart so I am hoping that she picks this up with no problem.. we shall see! She hasn't actually tee-teed in the potty yet but she has done sooooo well with sitting on it. Actually tonight when we were giving her a bath we sat her on the potty for a few minutes then she got up and stood beside the bath tub and peed there. She is our little stinker :) But I know with time she will catch right on!

It is so crazy how things change when you become a parent. I would have never thought I would be buying my daughter Elmo and Dora things. The things that annoyed me now I find myself getting excited over because they are so cool to Laney. I was actually looking for Laney some Elmo pajamas for Christmas since she is so in love :) SO funny how things change!! I actually really like the change. I am hoping to buy tickets for Laney to see Elmo Live.

This makes me laugh!!

This was Halloween Day!! She was not happy about this costume!! I was not laughing then but I can't help but laugh now looking back at these pics!

She was saying Nanny please help me!! Take this off me!!

So Thankful!!

We had our first out of town trip with our youth group in First Baptist Tahoka and we had a blast!! We left early Saturday morning and headed to Floydada for a Disciple Now. We took 29 students and 5 leaders. I am so grateful for our awesome students and the great time that we had getting to know each other. It is so awesome to see our students get closer to God and to see him move in their lives. We have a GREAT group of kids and we are so excited to grow so close to them :) We headed home from our fast and tiring weekend Sunday and on the way home the church van overheated but that didn't ruin our awesome weekend!! We arrived a little later than expected but we made it home safely.


Our little Laney Bug stayed with my mom Friday through Sunday and had a blast. Of course she is spoiled rotten now but as Landon says it's okay for that to happen every now and then from her grandparents :) I am so thankful that my mom and step dad help us out so much and take such good care of our little one. We didn't have to worry a single moment because we knew she was in great hands. Nanny and Papa bought Laney her first ring and she LOVES it! It is so precious. You can ask laney where her ring is and she holds out her arm and points to her beautiful ring! Too cute!! 


Landon and I were very happy to see Laney yesterday. We missed her very much!!

Laney is sitting at her Nanny's desk at work and thought she was pretty big :)

Aunt Camri holding Laney at her last Lee Pep Rally on Friday! Laney loves watching her cheer!

She is showing me her beautiful ring from Nanny and Papa!

Mallory Buck Photos!!

Laney and her cousin Parker!! Sweet kisses!

My Precious Laney. She means the world to us!!

Big Hugs!! She is so Loving :)

Laney's 2nd Halloween

Who would of thought putting on a Halloween costume would be so dramatic for a 17 month old?!? Laney's first Halloween at five months old was a breeze. We dressed her up as a big plump skunk and it didn't even phase her. Things went a little differently this year. I bought Laney's Halloween costume three months ago and was so excited about her wearing it. I had the cutest costume and knew that she would just love it.. but boy was I wrong! Halloween day we go to put her outfit on and she hates the thing. She cried and cried and tugged at the furry Lamb costume. She cried Mama, Dada for a whole hour begging us to take it off of her. We were giving her cookies and juice to take her mind off of it. Finally I put on cartoons and that took her mind off of the furry costume for a bit. Once we were out and about and she saw that everyone else was dressed up and that she was getting lots of candy she was fine :) So after three chocolate bars and junior mints I finally got a picture of her in her costume that was at least decent. Hopefully next year her mom will pick a costume that won't bother her as much and she will remember the fun time she had and all the attention she got!! 


Laney looking at all the costumes.. there was some scary ones and some interesting ones also!

Saying "cheese" after her handful of chocolate!

Our wonderful youth group that helped with the games at Trunk or Treat!!

Our little Lamb!!