Not one but TWO snowmen!

Time to play in the snow!! I must be getting old b/c its just not as fun as when I was younger. By the time I get everyone ready and out the door, someone is cold and it's time to come in again. Plus the clean up afterwards...

Okay, maybe I am just lazy. hehe:)

Anyway Mike was awesome and took the girls out the other night after work. They made two snowmen...this is b/c Mike accidentally rolled the 2nd ball to be the same size as the first, and it was too heavy to lift...thus turning into the bottom to the 2nd snowman!

The girls loved it and ended up playing with the neighbors, of course turning into a snowball fight! They had a lot of fun!!

(my sisters friend made these way cute hats the girls have on!)

New Year updates!

First off, I must start by saying something I never say: "Thank you Wal-Mart!!". Now my story...I went into WalMart on Saturday to make a return. When looking at my license, the clerk informed me that it was EXPIRED, but she'd except it anyways cuz it wasn't yet 30 days! okay, expired? who ever knows this kinda stuff? I panic, she tells me I have 30 days til I have to take the written and driving test AGAIN! (that would be on Wednesday!)So guess what I did first thing Monday morning in a snow storm...yeppers took my little toosh right to the DMV. A very nice older gentleman helped me and said they don't make you redo the test unless its over a year expired...well isn't that nice to know? Oh well, at least I got it over and done with. (im bad for procrastinating)

Then the other night Kam tells Mike "lexi cut my hair". Yep, our first run in with the scissors and some hair. I thought we were in the clear for this. Luckily it was only a little bit and you can not really tell. So yes, no scissors in our house anymore! Mike has been telling me this for months but I kept saying Lexi was responsible enough.

Today Kam said "what in the world!" 3 times within 1 hour. it was so cute and I kept thinking "where did she hear this statement?" But she thinks she's the cutest and most clever little thing when she says it.
Then Lexi today puts a little sticker on the side of her nose. I asked why and she said"its my nose ring mom". UMM...okay? so I said "where did you get that idea?" and she said "remember that girl we saw at the store that had one?"
WOW...here we go. at least she's only 4 and not 14!
Shelby's update is that she's doing well and is content. We got the walker and jumper out and she loves sitting in them and looking around, plus the girls like to play with her in these toys. I finally got a bigger bottle and she's eating more in each sitting. Life is good for now, we'll see if this lasts! :)

Today I rearranged Lexi's room AGAIN! I put Kamree in there and moved all her clothes into the closet. Shelby is now in the nursery. I promise I'm not pregnant, I don't know what all this nesting is about. Maybe just an early itch for spring cleaning!
I'm hoping this arrangement will work. Shelby has been in with Lexi the last few nights and Lexi loved it, but I need to let Shelby cry w/o waking Lexi.
If it doesn't work for Kam and Lexi, then I'll just have to move Kam to the guest room...we'll see.
Well I haven't touched my room or the loft yet, stay tuned...there may be another update!! :)

Christmas Break...Lots of pictures

oh the joys of a 2 year old!

Kam loves this cute puppy she got for Christmas

Fun in the snow with Grandma

Girls getting ready to go play in the snow.

Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go...

Once there was a snowman tall tall tall!

Here is the pout face over the nightgown!

The girls in their PJ's

Our cute little family

The girls got hooded towels, they love these things!

My cute nephews playing with Shelby

Lexi and her cousins

Here is Jadyn my niece who is 3 months older than Kamree. They look so much alike! We didn't notice they were dressed the same until after I yelled at Jadyn thinking she was Kamree...oops! :)

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Wow what a couple of weeks!! We have been soo busy and gone so much, it's nice to be back home.

So I rearrange Lexi's room before Christmas...well I guess I didn't do so well b/c Lexi fell off her bed and hit the corner of the cedar chest. She cut her chin pretty bad, so at 1am, Mike took her in and they had the gash glued shut and covered it with butterfly bandages...luckily no stitches. They said not to get it wet...wow perfect timing with Christmas and sledding. We managed to keep it pretty dry though.

We went to Preston for Christmas. We had so much fun at the Christmas Eve party with all the cousins. Santa came, Lexi sat on his lap just fine, but as you see in the pictures...Kamree not soo much! :) The girls opened their pj's...such a funny story: my mom bought the girls matching nightgowns back in October when she was here. Well Lexi decided to sneak them out of her shopping bag later that night and wear them. Lexi always gets what she wants, so my mom not only let her keep them, but bought another pair for her to open on Christmas Eve. Kam opens her pj's and through a fit saying "these not mine, these Lexi's!!" she then through the pj's down and insisted that they were Lexi's since she's seen Lexi wear them before. Kam wanted Lexi's new pj's. I took a little video of her, I'll try to post it later. Eventually Lexi put on her nightgown and Kamree realized they were matching and understood that there was two nightgowns!

The snow didn't stop falling all day on Christmas. It was so beautiful, we enjoyed playing outside in it. It was perfect for jumping into and making snowballs. And b/c of the snow, we ended up being snowed in to Preston with bad roads. We finally took off on Sunday...only to barely make it through Amer. Falls before they closed the roads! phew...that would of sucked to turn back around.

Then it was onto the Dean Reunion. Everyone was able to come except Dan's family...that's b/c Nicole had her baby Wednesday! hurray!!!!!! We had so much fun with everyone. There was a lot of people, but it's always so fun getting together. We had lots of good laughs, good food, and made good memories.

Kirk, Ashley, and JT came over for NYE. We had a wild crazy party...okay, not so much!:) But the boys played games while Ashley helped me rearrange the downstairs. (no, I'm not nesting...but it sure seems that way) She was awesome...we moved the two heaviest objects around, then they ended up in the same spot they were to begin with...oops.

I was thankful for her help though, plus she's way stronger than me, I wouldn't have been able to do it w/o her!!

P.S. To get silly putty out of hair, use olive oil. Yes, somehow Lexi managed to get it in her hair. Kamree I could understand, but Lexi...how the heck?

"Shelby-Welby" is 4 months old!!

Shelby turned FOUR months old this week. It has been a long, crazy road. After four months of lots of crying and wondering what is going on with her...we find a solution. The doctor said she may be allergic to dairy. So me (being a lover of cheese) decided there was no way I could give up dairy...so I had to give up nursing :( It's funny how when they tell you that you can't do it anymore, you just want to do it more. So Wednesday we gave Shelby the 'special' formula the dr. gave us to try. SUCCESS! She doesn't cry and scream anymore. I am so glad for her AND our family because we don't have to be sad for her anymore. We are still quite busy, but just with a calmer baby that can be put down. It has been kinda nice. Besides the fact that the formula STINKS so incredibly bad. I'm serious!! Shelby stinks, I stink, everything smells of this nastiness. I'm hoping to find a different kind that will maybe not stink quite so bad. (I think it smells like dog food, Mike says it's like fertilizer, I'd have to say either one is real yucky) :) So besides having to stop nursing instantly, we are very content. We'll see how our holidays go with a 'calm' baby, 'potty-trained' toddler, and 'excited about christmas' four year old! We have some busy days planned but it should all be way fun!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I figured out the video thing...enjoy!!

My BIG girl...Kamree!!

Wow it has been a crazy 3 weeks!! The week of Thanksgiving I decided to give Kamree a chance at wearing some panties. She just turned 2 and I really didn't think much would come from it, little did I know this would start her success run of potty training! She turned into a big girl over night and when we came home from Jeremy's wedding she was pretty set. She tells us when she needs to go, sometimes she's already climb up to the big potty herself.
I made her wear a pull-up to church yesterday, scared of what may happen in nursery with me not there. But it stayed dry all day, only problem now is taking her potty and getting her to go BACK to nursery...yikes!
We are struggling with going #2. Kam has always been such a private person when it comes to this one, that going on the potty brings even more attention. She's gone twice on the potty without us even knowing until she's came and said "I pooped". But other times have been in her pull-up during sleep time, this is nothing new for her since this is her usual routine.
She throws a fit at nap time when I make her put on a pull-up, but I know she's not ready to wears panties through a nap yet, nor am I willing to clean up any of those mess, or do more laundry than I already do! :)
So with the potty training came another idea...Since she's been successful with going potty...we should move her to the toddler bed so she can get out to go potty. Success here as well!! yippee! Kamree has surprised us with how fast she's growing up. I really didn't want to let the crib go since this is my sanity time: caging my toddler! :) But she is doing so well. She naps and sleeps at night in her big bed. She doesn't even get out and wander around, she yells for us to come get her and take her potty.
I love this girl, she's so adorable and entertaining. I love how independent she is and how determined she is aswell. She has the cutest personality and I just want to squeeze her.

my brother's wedding

We went home to Preston for the weekend. Jeremy and Blair had their wedding on Saturday. The wedding turned out nice and decorated way cute, plus we had delicious chicken cordon bleu. Lexi was the only flower girl b/c Kamree wouldn't do it. I guess she's still too young :(
Lexi looked so cute standing up there, but a little boring for a 4year old I guess b/c she kept playing with her dress, her flower basket, her hands, and yawned a bunch. so funny and entertaining to watch! :)
All three girls looked cute in their dresses though. And I finally found a dress last minute, at Motherhood of all places! haha
Shelby cried alot during the dinner and Kam came down with a really bad fever, so Mike and I held them both all night...we were ready to go home and be in bed after a LONG day.
Thursday I went shopping with my mom and Shelby, who cried most the time that day as well. Mom and Rob took me out for my birthday to El Sols, one of my fav places to eat. We then had the rehersal later that night and AGAIN went to El Sols to eat. Kinda ironic that that is where Jer and Blair wanted to eat, but it gave me a chance to try something new and different on the menu b/c I always order the same thing! Friday Mike was able to tile Amber and Kelly's bathroom so they are a bit closer to being finished! We then played Guitar Hero and Rockband during any spare time including staying up late to fit it in!! It was soo much fun!! Shelby was a handful all weekend. I dont know what is up with her lately but she cries ALL the time. My patience was maxed out all weekend.
My birthday was yesterday, so we spent most of it traveling, which kinda sucked. But the girls and Mike made me a cake tonight, gave me a 'foot bath' and bought me roses! Plus I got a body massage and a hot bath tonight!! so nice!!
I got some great gifts from the family: braclet watch, Taylor Swift CD, money (Im still on the hunt for the right Hooker Boots), foot lotions, and a way cute gift from my dad that I can't mention b/c Amber is getting the same for her bday next month! :)
Mike and I will be going out for dinner later in the week to redeem my birthday burger from Red Robin, oh yeah baby!!