Christmas Pictures and More...

You would think having an extra child this year that I would be further behind than I normally am for he holiday season, usually I'm finishing up last minute. But this year, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we had all our Christmas shopping done, wrapped and under the tree. Mike and I had a lot of fun shopping this year and went organized and ready to take on black Friday.

And as you can see, we even managed to get our Christmas pictures done. We haven't taken a family picture since before Allyson. I always feel bad about that, we have family pictures of Emily, Mike and I and now of all five of us, but we never got one taken with the four of us pre Rylee. I'm not sure why, everytime we talked about it we would put it off. I guess she'll have middle child amunition now!

Emily looks so grown up to me in these pictures. She'll be five on the 8th, it's so hard to believe. After the pictures they got to go visit Santa with nana and papa while Mike and I picked out pictures and she asked Santa for an Amazing McKayla doll. I looked at those at Wal-Mart and they are expensive! She doesn't even play with dolls. Luckily Santa said he would see what he could do, not a definite yes! Allyson and Rylee just screamed, they didn't care to see Santa. I have pictures but my camera is in the car so I"ll post those another time.

I again got the CD from Sears and there are a lot more so there will be pics coming your way soon, hopefully, who knows when my organized self will slow down!

This Is Why I Love Kohls...

This was my camera phone so it's a little blurry, but all three little girls in one cart is worth a picture. It was probably one of the easiest shopping days in years. Unfortunately I only had a return and exchange so we weren't there long. It was so tempting to continue to shop with everyone contained and happy! And as a side note, it was a good workout too, they aren't as little as you think!

Independence

Allyson is in the process of asserting her independence. Overall she is super easy but occasionally she'll stand her ground with me which results in a time out. So the above picture was her with her nose on the wall for refusing to do something. She was really good about staying there, better than her sister. Luckily I could snap some pictures while she still learned a lesson because her eyes were shut and she wasn't looking. She looked so cute standing there sobbing with her nose on the wall!

The other ones are of Rylee, which, as I always say is getting way too big! Overall she is very happy, as long as I don't eat dairy then she is happy as a clam. Her tummy doesn't like dairy, didn't anyone mention to her that ice cream has dairy? That's just not fair!

I know I haven't blogged lately but Emily had 6 days off, yes I said 6 days. I think I got 2.5 days off max. So we have been busy busy with family, friends and the holiday. The girls got to hang out with their uncle Jeremy and Aunt Amy for a few days and then grandma and papa John came for Thanksgiving. They had a blast, but I'm now ready for school to resume, as is Emily. I didn't know there wasn't school Monday a.m. until Sunday night so Emily, unlike Tessa, was very upset she couldn't go to school. But we got to hang out all day with Jenn, Tessa, Bella and Jack so it wasn't too bad for her!

Update on Jamie...

Phew, it was a close one. Jamie is ok but our car has some damage. The victim is coping well. They have damage to their new car just recently purchased. She did hit our friends car "The Wilburn's".

Jamie is doing well... but I thought I would give some history of her past accidents.

September 2001 - Jamie was driving her new car and hit my garage at the apartment.

July 2003 - Jamie was backing up the vehicle and hit a pile of dirt

October 2006 - Jamie backed up in our driveway and hit a parked car.

November 2007 - Jamie backed up in our driveway again and hit a parked car in the same location as the accident in October of 2006.

Jamie has now had 4 accidents in 6 years... but there is a clear pattern. She always seems to want to hit cars that are either parked or cause damages to buildings.

I am so happy that Jamie is ok this time but I would please ask everyone to please park their cars 50 feet away from Jamie. Just a note for the church people.... she does have a favorite parking spot... please leave a two parking spot buffer.

This could have been a lot worse today :) Jamie will appreciate this posting as she would enjoy some accountability... please comment before she hits another car.

Jamie got in an Accident...

Jamie got in an accident today hitting another car.... more details to come later. I'm trying to get some details to make sure that she is ok. She did have the kids in the car. I'm making arrangements to meet her so I can access the situation. I'll update the family status later...

-Mike

Western Love

This is a picture of cowboy Weston kissing Cowgirl Ally! They looked SO cute together! Weston is 3 weeks older than Ally, way to go Ally girl, older is better! Mike's reaction? "WHAAAAT?"