Squeaky Clean!

Just wanted to share some pictures of my two precious ones doing their favorite thing.......BATH TIME! We have such a fun time as a family during bath time.. lots of laughter, lots of smiles and lots of splashes (even though my floor ends up soaking wet) :)











And now it's jammie time :)





and just a little bit of play time with daddy before bed!



I sure do love my two squeaky clean kiddos.

Pinterest- 1st project!

So, I like many others have become addicted to Pinterest. I love that it gets me in the crafty mood (even though I am not a crafty person at all). I found a quick, easy and cheap project on the website and thought (with Landon's help) we could get it done this past weekend. I dug up alot of old frames I had boxed up in the garage, spray painted them white, bought a letter H ($4 at Micheals), then hung them in our master bedroom. Such an easy and fast way for a fun new decoration and it only cost me $8, can't beat that!!




and here's a close up!

One PROUD Mama :)

My little dancer started her first day at Art and Soul Studio today. Laney talks about dance all day long and wants to wear her dance clothes daily. She was ecstatic to find out we were starting dance back up. We took a mommy and me dance class last year (when she was 2) and she loved it, so we knew that we had to continue her in dance.

Here are a few pictures of her first day in the 3 year old class, Little Leapers.







A new hair do I tried for her first day.. got the idea from pinterest :)



After class her teacher, Mrs. Brenda, asked if Laney had danced before because she followed directions so well and was very good. She went on to say that she might have to move Laney up to the advanced 4-5 year old class. Talk about one proud Mama :)


AND.. just for fun here is a picture from last years first day of dance.. at 2 years old. My how time flies!

Sweet cousins!

We enjoyed spending time with precious Parker the last few days. Laney really loved having her cousin around to do fun things with and best of all she even got to spend the night with us.

Bath time together. (even Kipton joined the fun)


Fun at the park.










Headed to the Rockhounds baseball game.




We are so grateful for the fun times we had with Parker.

Honesty of a 3 year old!

I have been teaching Laney a bible verse a week and also doing a little craft to go along with the verse. This week she learned,
Be thankful in all things. 1 Thes. 5:18. I asked her to tell me some things she is thankful for and this is what she said:

1) Being a Princess {she seriously thinks this is her other name. ha}

2) Jesus

3) Daddy

4) Daddy being home {in other words for his new job that puts him at home a tons more}

5) Being me

6) Being a girl

and last but not least

7) sisters. {she doesn't have a sister, so not too sure where this came from...maybe she is saying she is tankful for herself :)}

I thought her some of her answers were so sweet and others hilarious. I had no influence in any of these answers because of course MY name would have been up there..lol. But I really do love the honesty of my precious 3 year old! I wouldn't change her for the world.

My little boy not so little anymore!

Here are pictures I thought I would share of Kipton in my belly and up to 6 months old. Where does the time go?



1 month old.. with lots and lots of dark thick hair.


2 months old.


3 months.. starting to lose some of his dark hair.


4 months old.. lost most of hair and packing on more pounds.


5 months old. Blonde peach fuzz with alot more pounds :)


6 months old. Chunky little guy!


Kipton, You will always be mommy and daddy's little chunky guy. We love every little grin, every little roll and every little thing about you! Please don't grow up too fast! We love you so much!

Stovall/McLeod Wedding ♥ 07/16/11

My sister did it, she got married (not that I ever had any doubt that she would find the man of her dreams)! Her wedding was perfect, waaayy hot but it was so gorgeous! She was married by my hubby at the Belgium House Mansion in Longview, TX. It was so green and the Mansion was so beautiful, inside and out. I am so proud of the women my sister has become and so happy to have Jeremy in our lives now, he is going to be a wonderful husband for her and she will make a great wife. I wish them many wonderful years ahead and I am so happy that my family was apart of their big day!

See how gorgeous?!?!? Green, Green, Green, I loved it!!
Landon performing the wedding :)


My family!


And more family!


My precious little flower girl. This picture says it all, Laney stopped on the way down the aisle because the ring bearer behind her was pushing her, so she stopped and pouted (as you can tell in the picture), she was not going at a fast enough speed for him. But as soon as she stuck her lip out for about 30 seconds, threw her basket down, she decided she wasn't going to let him get to her so she picked up her basket and she kept on coming...thank goodness... we only practiced going down the aisle for months..lol!!!


Bridesmaids with my beautiful sis!


Love them!


Laney and the Ring Bearer, Evan, became great dancing buddies the rest of the afternoon!


Congrats Mr. And Mrs. McLeod! We love you both very much!

Laney turned "3"

Well I am a little (okay alot) behind on this post, but Laney turned the big "3" in May. She told me she wanted a tea party, then a month later (after I had bought all the decorations) told me she wanted a princess party, so we just made it a "Princess Tea Party". She had a great turnout with all her favorite people (minus a few that couldn't come). It was a very hot, hot, hot day but I don't think the heat bothered her one bit. Here are a few pictures that I got (none of them turned out great because my camera at the time was not a good one, but thanks to my husband for my birthday I now have a great camera)!!

Tea party with her friends (minus a few that showed up later)


The tea party treats


Punch


She had tons of gift to open... can you tell she was a little hot? poor girl!


A few of my great friends


Laney and cousin Parker playing with one of her gifts.


The birthday girl with her friends!!


Thanks to all who shared this special day with our little Princess. And a big thanks to Landon for getting our back yard all ready for the big day (and of course I didn't get a picture of the yard all put together but there was some cute decorations hanging from the trees). Birthdays are alot of work.. so I am thinking next year should be something indoors and alot cooler :)

Woahhh!

Woahhhh... where did the last four months go. It has been forever since I last posted on my blog, I guess I could say these two little ones keep us pretty busy. Here is a run down of the last four months (hopefully I can blog them all later in more detail): Laney turned 3, Kipton turned 6 months, we celebrated my sister's wedding, celebrated alot of birthdays, took the kids on vacation to Great Wolfe Lodge, Landon started his new job that we have been praying for and I am sure there are things I am missing but that is all I can think of right now. (Those were not in chronological order either).

Here are just a few pictures I wanted to share of the two little ones!

Laney's silly face :) She is a hoot!!


My chunky lil man snoozing away!


And of course my love! I am so thankful for him! No clue where I would be without him ♥


Well, that's all I got for now. I hope to blog all of our fun events in more detail later. Hope you all have a great day!

2 months old

Kipton turned 2 months old on 3/13/11. He is already growing and changing so much!

What Kip is up to these days:

Weight/ Height: 11 lbs and 23 inches long - 50% for his weight, 50% for height and his head is in the 40% (which is surprising because Laney's head was always in the 90% percentile.. she gets her head from her daddy (it's all those brains :)))

Sleeping: Let me just tell you this little boy loves his sleep (just like his momma). He is already sleeping through the night. He will sleep 7-8 hours. So thankful for that :)

He is wearing 3 month clothes and is starting to fill out his cheeks. He always looks for his momma (which melts my heart of course). Laney says she is daddy's girl and Kip seems to be a momma's boy!

He is really trying hard to laugh. He makes some funny noises for sure :) He loves to smile when someone is talking to him.

I am ready for a fun Spring with my kids! and hubby of course!