Monday, November 10, 2014

Dolls and Donuts: Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

Saturday we had a little party at the park to celebrate our sweet girl turning TWO! We had so much fun playing with our friends and family! And we might have had a little too much sugar...







Blowing out her candles



Smiles with Gigi


Excited to see Avery

Sweet Cora

Some of the girls

Colt showing off those muscles!

Angel baby Cadence

Charley + playground = happiness

Lily Kate and Landry on the swings

Running to Daddy

Caught him

All smiles from Logan

Maybe one more donut?

Love our family

Samantha and Evie

Playing with Lacey

Hmmm, how many donuts did Charley eat?

My sweet girl

They love eachother...

Miss Maisie showing off her skills:)

She takes that baby everywhere she goes

With Gigi and Papa

Dancing with Charley


Thanks for everyone who came to celebrate our little girl!


Evelyn, we feel like the luckiest people in the world. Two years ago, we could never have imagined all the joy you would bring us. We are thankful every single day to be your parents. You make us laugh all the time and we adore that silly, loud, sassy, girly personality that you show to everyone you meet. Excited to see what 2 year old adventures we get to have! We love you!!!!



Monday, May 19, 2014

Camping

After the dramatic events of last week (see earlier post), we went camping this past weekend. We had been planning this for a little while, so we decided to go on and go because we all needed some distraction. We had such a good, relaxing time with our friends. Our campsite was right on the lake, so Brandon was able to do some fishing. And Evelyn and I played with Lacey and Charley most of the time, so it was just perfect! Since I actually took the camera, I shot a few pics...

There she is- the camper in all her glory.


And there she is- Miss E in her camping chair with her baby, of course:)


The Coopers even came out for a few hours on Saturday!


Oh the boogsta.


Cutie pie.


Lacey with the babes.


Fishing with the daddies.


Fishie kissies, one of my favorites!

Showing Evelyn Lake Tawakoni



Our little family


Their little family


They love each other. Well, most of the time:)


In front of our little home away from home. 


With our besties.


We had such a great weekend with the Lees!




Friday, May 16, 2014

What a bad day!


Well, another week of firsts-- Evelyn had her first broken bone, first trip to the ER, and first cast this week. It was just a nice morning to take a walk, and we stopped at the park to go down the slide. Her tennis shoe just got caught on the side, and she screamed. She got over it pretty quickly, so I just thought it might be sprained or something. But after a trip to the pediatrician, we went to get Xrays which showed the tiniest little hairline fracture in her tibia. I was devastated. We immediately went to the Emergency Room because apparently that's the only way to get an Ortho consult blah blah blah. After many hours of watching Frozen in the ER, she was splinted and we went home. We were supposed to return to the hospital on Monday for an appointment with Ortho. Well, Thursday morning she got a little better at crawling and she was moving a little more, when I noticed that she was bending her knee in the splint. She had broken the plaster mold on the back of the splint so it was technically no longer "splinted". I called the Orthopedic office and they moved her appointment up so they could check it out. At our appointment that afternoon, they took off the splint and the doctor said she could just wear this little boot for the next 4 weeks! It was an answered prayer, and we were elated. We came home to friends who brought us dinner and so many calls and texts to encourage us. We have the best friends who are here for us and we know have been praying for our girl. We were so scared for our little girl, but again God has taken great care of us and we are thankful that this is just a temporary injury and she'll be back to her normal crazy self in just a few short weeks. Who knows, maybe she'll learn to actually sit and snuggle a little since she can't get around as well:)


Watching FROZEN, works like a charm:)


With her full leg splint- which she will tell you is her "boo boo"
Which also made us turn her carseat forward-facing, which she was very excited about.


Feeling much better about this new boot!


Teaching her babies all about what the doctors do.