A few unrelated tid-bits...

Oh how I love school pictures. They are just so adorably awkward.

Georgia Kate really loves her baby dolls.  Her new favorite book is Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes because it's full of babies.  

She thought her friend Penny was a baby doll too.  

 This series of pictures cracks me up because it really summarizes Georgia Kate's personality.  

"Look Mommy!  It's a tuba!"

 We had these sweet friends over for dinner last week.  LeeLee bought these precious matching outfits for Clara and Georgia Kate, so naturally Ashlee and I needed the boys to match too.  

 Last week was Chloie's birthday and I casually mentioned it to Reid before school.  Well, he was really concerned that I hadn't decorated the house for her birthday and insisted that we decorate before we left the house.  I had this banner and some crepe paper in the closet, so he spent a few minutes decorating.  He was so proud and loved showing it to Chloie.  We were a little late to school, but it was worth it.

I love this picture of my sweet boy.

This cracks me up.  Chris and his dad went on a trip last weekend to Notre Dame and then to a Packers game.  They brought this back for the kids and it's been a hit!  

Just what the doctor ordered.

We have had a week of sickness at our house.  It started on Saturday morning when Reid woke up with  a fever and major coughing attacks and it all snowballed from there.  Between Saturday and today we've been to the doctor 3 times.  Both kids have ear infections and are just fighting off general viruses.    We've been so lucky up until now that our kids have stayed pretty healthy.  I knew once he started preschool that we would deal with more sickness.  It just comes with the territory.  Although I hate to see my babies sick, I've really enjoyed a week at home.  I was just telling Chris that I feel we've gotten way too busy.  I had been craving time at home with my kids and that's what I got.

We've been doing a lot of snuggling...

breathing treatments...

going to the doctor...

more breathing treatments...

stickers...

playing in the playroom...

having some meltdowns because we don't feel good and sometimes you just need to cry...

and more breathing treatments.

I am always so thankful for my children's health, but when they do get sick, it makes me even more thankful that they are generally healthy.  It is such a privilege and blessing to get to take care of these sweeties.

Halloween 2014

Halloween has never been my favorite holiday, but it sure is fun to put the kids in cute costumes and take a million pictures!  Reid's school had Nursery Rhyme Day on Thursday so I decided we would just do the same costume on Thursday and for Halloween on Friday.  He was going to be Farmer in the Dell because it was cute, simple, and easy.  Well, on Thursday morning before school, Reid told me that he didn't like costumes and wasn't going to wear it.  I was not at all surprised so I decided not to force the issue and just let him go to school in regular clothes.  Parents were invited to spend time with the classes while they did their nursery rhyme day activities.  I LOVED it!  It was fun to get to know some of the kids in his class and see how he acted in a school setting.  I was hoping he would dress up to trick or treat on Friday, but it wasn't going to happen.  The funny thing is that according to my mom, I was exactly like this at his age.  I see so much of my personality in him.

Georgia Kate on the other hand, loved wearing her poodle costume and she looked absolutely adorable!

Reid finally decided to come outside and he was wearing these red sunglasses that light up.  He was so proud!  Chris brought them back for him from Vegas Thursday night.  So the boy who didn't want to draw attention to himself by wearing a costume decided to trick or treat in light up sunglasses.  Whatever! :) 

We went to about 5 houses and they were happy!  Reid thought it was SO fun and Georgia Kate caught on to the whole concept pretty quickly!  

Checking out her loot…

We have a tradition that our families come over and see the kids in their costumes and have pizza.  We all had a great time!  

This picture is actually from Saturday morning, but I just thought our little Peach looked so cute!  

Despite being completely fine on Friday, Reid woke up Saturday morning with a fever and has been pretty miserable all weekend.  He's mostly stayed in our bed and watched TV and slept.  Poor baby! :(  

I'm hoping everyone gets and stays healthy so we can enjoy the beautiful November weather this week!

Busy Weekend + Sparkly Green Earrings

We had a busy, but fun weekend!  On Friday the kids and I visited another pumpkin patch.  I wanted them to just be able to play and have fun without worrying about me trying to take tons of pictures of them. :) 

This little one enjoyed running around and finding pumpkins to eat. ;) Fun fact: My mom used to have a t-shirt making business when I was younger (elementary age).  She found this one in her sewing closet that she never sold!  

Girl pic!  Brother was too busy to get in the picture.  

After the pumpkin patch I decided to be brave and take the kids to get mexican food for lunch and I'm happy to report that it was successful!  Success = there were chips and queso for entertainment, our food came out in record time, and nobody had a meltdown.  Yay!

Sister was over the tiny pieces of chicken and tortilla.  She just helped herself to the whole thing!  

Chris got home early from work (after naps), so we painted our pumpkins.  

Friday night our friends the Leys came over for dinner!  Katy is also Reid's teacher and this was the first time they've come over since school started.  Reid asked a lot of questions before they got there.  He wasn't quite sure about his teacher coming to his house, but he was very excited to see his friends! :) 

Saturday morning we had plans to take the kids to get their flu shots at our pediatrician's office and then I was going to meet some friends at the Celebrations Christmas Market.  We took two cars so that I could leave straight from the pediatrician's office to meet them.  Well, as the kids and I were driving down I-10, I ran over something and my tire completely popped.  It was scary!  We heard the loud noise right away and within 10 seconds my tired was basically gone.  It was really scary trying to exit and get all the way over on the feeder road without a tire.  Thankfully we were able to pull into a church parking lot and Chris came to put on the spare.

We played in the Second Baptist parking lot and cheered Daddy on! :) 

I wasn't able to go to Celebrations, but I was able to meet up with Amanda, Allison, and Avery for lunch and celebrate Allison officially becoming a Houstonian! 

Saturday night we went to a friend's house to play and have dinner! (not the best picture, but definitely adorable kiddos)

Chris was leaving town for the week on Sunday, so my parents offered to have the kids come play while I spent time alone at home!  I was able to make some progress on organizing the clothes the kids have outgrown and also relax for a little while!  I thought Peachy looked adorable! :)

                                        

Our wonderful friends the Myers had the kids and I over for a delicious dinner on Sunday night!  Reid and Tiffany had fun decorating a pumpkin before dinner.  This family is so special to us!

This morning at Ibloom we had the privilege of hearing Melanie Shankle speak! She is the author of Sparkly Green Earrings and Big Mama Blog.  I have been looking forward to this since August and she was every bit as wonderful as I had hoped!  It was such a fun morning!  

I hope everyone has a great week!  I can't believe it's the last week of October!  

Georgia Kate is 15 months old!

Three months have passed since Georgia Kate's first birthday and I feel like she has changed so much!  Here are some things about our sweet Georgia Peach at 15 months old...

*She is talking so much (at least compared to Reid at this age)!  She is a little parrot and tries to repeat a lot of what we say.
*She loves her baby dolls and real babies.
*She also loves trucks, trains, animals and basically anything that belongs to her brother.
*She enjoys being outside.
*She has recently been more interested in books!
*She will randomly yell, "E-I-E-I-O!" Ha!  We sing Old MacDonald a lot. :) Also, I seriously think she was humming the Aggie War Hymn last night in her high chair.  Bless her heart… she hears it 500 times a a day from her brother.  It sounded exactly like it.  She's a genius. ;)
*She likes to shake her head and wave her arms in the air and dance!
*She gives such sweet hugs!  She's like a little koala and I love it.
*She HATES the car.  The same is true for strollers and shopping carts.
*She has a great laugh!
*She adores her brother and loves to play with him.
*She looks just like her daddy.
*She has a very serious side to her personality and it's often hard to get a smile out of her, but when she's in a silly mood, she's VERY silly!
*Georgia is not a fan of hearing the word no, but is a big fan of saying it. ;)

I snapped a few pictures of her outside of Reid's preschool this morning.  I think they capture her personality perfectly! 

Happy 15 months to our sweet and spunky girl!  Georgia Kate, we love you to pieces!

15 month stats:

Weight - 26 pounds, 3 ounces (95%)
Height - 32 3/4 inches (97%)