Surprise Visit from Bobo

Bobo dropped by today after doing some shopping. LeLe and Gibson were SO very happy to see her. This morning was a great morning as you can probably tell by the pictures. The kids are out of school but we managed to get some fun in anyway. I have yet to finish my Christmas shopping but at this point, it may just not get done. (yeah right). Still need to get a few things for little Gibson but overall, most of it is done.

We are planning having Christmas Eve dinner at my house so we have started buying stuff for that. The plan as of now is to go to the Hollands on Christmas day.

Dad isn't feeling very well so I sure hope that this doesn't turn out like last year when he spent Christmas night in the hospital.

Please continue to pray for us.

I am continuing to try to find stuff for LeLe's Cinderella birthday party. I hope that people come considering it is the first real day after recovery from Christmas.

Freezing at the Zoo!

With our family loving the outdoors, all of this cold weather has really downed our spirits. So, today, we decided to bundle up and head to the zoo. We were hopeful to find the new elephant but instead were greeted by the tiger. As many times as we have been to the zoo, I have to say, this is the first time that I have ever seen the tiger this active. It was really cool!!

Gibson loved watching the monkeys...and would scream at them. Overall, we had a fantastic time.

More Bath Fun!

One of our favorite times of the night is when we get the children into the bath tub. LeLe loves showing us how she can go under water (if only for a second) and Gibson loves splashing....okay, well they both LOVE splashing. We hope that Santa brings us some more bath toys so that the children will have a few more activities other than just splashing!!

Gibson can definitely stand up well these days. He also is a cruiser.

Music Machines

These little folks are my music machines! They love playing music for me with their wooden spoons and metal bowls. They scream and sing as loud as the banging! One of these days, I am going to miss these little sounds....tonight, not so much!

Pajama Day and Baking Cookies!

Today was Pajama day at LeLe's school. She was SO excited to wear her pajamas and was thrilled even more to wear her princess slippers. Gibson was just happy to be able to go to school. :)

He absolutely loves playing with balloons.

Tonight, LeLe and I made the famous Santa cookies for all of her friends at school. Our sweet neighbor, Kim Meadows, also stopped by to help in the festivities. After we made cookies, I stayed up all night sewing presents for her teachers and wrapping Zhu ZHu pets for her friends.

More pictures

More pictures of my precious babies!

LeLe loves playing with the Christmas ornaments. I believe that I have put the same ornaments on the tree 100000 times. She LOVES making them play together.

With every Santa pic...comes a story

Today, I decided would be a good day for us to travel to Brookwood Mall and see Santa. I had previously ironed the kids clothes and had called mother to see if she wanted to join in on the fun.

I went to pick mother up around 10:30. Since we weren't planning on doing anything but Santa pics, I didn't even bother packing extra outfits. As soon as we started to pull into the driveway, I hear LeLe say..."mommy, do I have on panties". Which...means...I just used the bathroom in my pants. My response, "yes, you have on panties". LeLe goes "mommy, I just t-ted in my pants". Me..."that's okay LeLe, we will be at BoBos in a minute".

Fortunately, when we got to moms it wasn't as bad as predicted. She just needed to change her panties and let her dress "air" out. Mom didn't have a spare set of panties so we put a pull up on LeLe and we were off to the mall.

When we got to Brookwood, I finally found a parking space inside the parking deck. It was FREEZING cold outside. When I went to pick up Gibson, I knew that he too had left me a present. I immediately threw him in the stroller and we headed inside (remember it is FREEZING). Unfortunately, there isn't an elevator at the entrance that we picked so mom and I figured out a way to pick up the double stroller and carry it up the escalator. Once we FINALLY got inside, I remembered that Motherhood Maternity has a bathroom (from my pregnancy days). Mother took LeLe into the book store while I ran inside Motherhood and asked the clerk if I could change Gibson's diaper. She volunteered that I do it in the room since there was a bench. As soon as I got him out of the stroller, I realized that he had a little bit of poop on his pants...no problem yet right....well, I quickly go to take off his diaper when I realize...NO WIPES...that is right folks...no wipes. I yell for the lady to help me since clearly I need help..I mean after all, who has a 10 month old in a changing room without wipes and poop dripping off of his leg?? Luckily, the lady volunteered to bring me some paper towels. So, she brought me 1...and then I kind of quickly ask...can you bring me several?? As soon as I got the diaper off, I had to figure out what to do with his outfit (remember, no spare outfit). So, I hold him way out away from me and run him to the bathroom while asking the lady to watch my purse. I hold the poor little guy over the sink and begin to wash his pants while they are still on him. Luckily, the majority came off. I then put him back in the stoller, collect all of my things (including the poop diaper), and head to find mom.

When I round the corner to the book store, LeLe comes running out saying that she needs to go potty. I quickly give mother the stroller and then grab her and head back to Motherhood. I am SURE by now that the lady is regretting saying that I could EVER come in there. LeLe pitches a little fit and says that she can potty by herself. So, I let her go into the bathroom by herself. When she doesn't come quickly out, I realize something has gone wrong. I open the door and see her with her pull ups half way down her legs and her trying to aim it while using the bathroom. She is standing in a HUGE puddle of pee and says..."Mommy, I didn't pee in my pull up.". I then throw her on the potty, use the other half of the roll of paper towels to clean up the mess. Take off her shoes, wash them off, and then quickly escaped Motherhood.

Mom at this point is about to have a nervous breakdown and suggests that we just go home (considering G is soaked, LeLe has soaked shoes and knee socks). I say...nope, we are getting a pic...not going to do this again!! We decided to then grab some lunch at Chikfil while the clothes dry out and then get these beautiful pictures with Santa.....

Santa...well, he never had a clue. :)

Sharing in the fun..

I caught some pictures of the kids this morning before school. I thought that I would share all of them...just to show what it takes to get a good picture of the kids around here.

All I want for Christmas...

LeLe and Matt looked at the Toys R Us catalog tonight. Let's just say...LeLe circled A LOT!! Somehow, I think that Santa will do his best to bring it all to her.

After LeLe and Matt had one on one time discussing Christmas, Matt and I headed to grab some dinner. We went to Bone Fish for dinner and then ended up going to Toys R Us to buy some of the kids Christmas presents. I learned my lesson...BUY ONLINE folks!!

Zoolight Safari

Matt, LeLe and I met the Alexander family at Zoo Light Safari. I had intentions of bringing Gibson but since it was very cold, I decided to let him stay with my cousin Lauren.

LeLe LOVED playing with Mercedes, Sydney and Savannah. She LOVES them! Tonight, we had a ton of fun letting the kids look at the lights. We ended up riding the carousel, train and then had a scrumptious dinner at my favorite pizza place, Davenports.

Brother....

Brother...Brother...Your teetee is sticking out....

How do you respond to that one?

Here they are in the shower...right before....Gibson was quickly removed. :)

Lipstick?

Do you think someone may have gotten in my lipstick today?

Oreos?

Someone (not me) gave Gibson an oreo today. LeLe insisted that "broter" needed one. As you can tell, he very much enjoyed it!

Movie with LaLa

We have been working on a chart for LeLe to help her with her chores, eating and sleeping. She successfully received 5 stars for helping and eating so she was rewarded today by a movie with my cousin Lauren.

We were both very skeptical about it, so as usual, I have LeLe the "talk" about sitting in your chair and not talking during the movie. Evidently it worked! Lauren said that she was fantastic at the movie. They went to see the movie "Tangled" which is about the story of Rapunzel.

When LeLe came home, she was already asking to go again and explained to everyone that she went to the "movie theater". Too cute!!

New tooth!! and clapping

We found Gibson has a new TOOTH! We have known that he has been fussy over the past few days and tonight we found that he has a new top tooth. It is the one on the right if you are looking at him. No sight of the left one. :)

Today, we got to go to our good friend's Sydney and Savannah's birthday party! The party was one of the best parties that I have ever seen. They had a CandyLand theme and had a ton of precious decorations and snacks. LeLe enjoyed bouncing in the bounce house with the other children and Gibson enjoyed playing with all of the dress up clothes.

He also learned out to clap while we were at the neighbors house tonight. He clapped to try to get their dog to come to him.

Gibson is also doing a great job standing. He still has to have some assistance by a nearby object but has almost mastered sitting back down.

Happy Little Fella!

Here is just an action shot of my happy little fellas! Gibson was busted trying to climb the stairs so Matt rescued him. As you can see, his is a happy little fella!