Tuesday, December 29, 2009
SNOW DAY
We were so disappointed to learn that it snowed in Dallas the day after we left for Hattiesburg. Of course they had a white Christmas here! We were thrilled to drive up to the house on Sunday and still find snow in our yard. Then, today, it snowed again! Shelby couldn't wait til Jeremy got home to go outside and play.
Christmas
Christmas was so fun with Shelby this year. We tried to fit in as many Christmas activities we could, and Shelby loved it all. We left on Christmas Eve Eve for Hattiesburg to spend the holiday with Jeremy's family. Shelby loves going to Mamaw and Papaw's house and playing with all her cousins. Christmas morning, I thought for sure Shelby was going to wake up super excited for Santa since we had hyped it up so much. However, she woke up and said, "DADDY, WAKE UP! Let's go play with Mamaw and Papaw!". Cute, just not the reaction I was looking for! When she made her way out to her stocking she kind of just stared at it for a minute, not really understanding it was for her. I didn't get as many pictures in Hattiesburg as I wanted since my camera decided to go on the fritz. It will just randomly shut off. Stupid camera. But, here are some pics I did get, as well as video of when we got back home to Dallas and Shelby found what Santa left for her. 
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Funny Girl
I know I just posted a Shelby update, but I wanted to write down a couple funny things Shelby said in the past two days before I forget.
Yesterday, at the mall, Shelby needed to use the bathroom. So I took her in, and after peeing for like 30 seconds straight, Shelby threw her arms in the air and shouted, "MISSION COMPLETION"! It was too funny. I could hear a few giggles from some of the other stalls.
Today at church, again, Shelby needed to go to the bathroom, so I took her into the bathroom where we were hit in the face with the smell of a rotten diaper. Shelby yells, "Peee-Uuuu! Something's stinky! Smells like Boots' diaper!". (Sorry, Jeni! I don't think Boots' diapers smell that bad. I think it was just the first baby she could think of!)
Tonight at dinner, I asked Shelby if she wanted a bite of the chicken salad I had made, and she said, "No! That's too easy! And I'm too important!".
She keeps us laughing, that's for sure!
Yesterday, at the mall, Shelby needed to use the bathroom. So I took her in, and after peeing for like 30 seconds straight, Shelby threw her arms in the air and shouted, "MISSION COMPLETION"! It was too funny. I could hear a few giggles from some of the other stalls.
Today at church, again, Shelby needed to go to the bathroom, so I took her into the bathroom where we were hit in the face with the smell of a rotten diaper. Shelby yells, "Peee-Uuuu! Something's stinky! Smells like Boots' diaper!". (Sorry, Jeni! I don't think Boots' diapers smell that bad. I think it was just the first baby she could think of!)
Tonight at dinner, I asked Shelby if she wanted a bite of the chicken salad I had made, and she said, "No! That's too easy! And I'm too important!".
She keeps us laughing, that's for sure!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Breakfast with Santa
This morning we headed over to Creekwood School in Little Elm to eat breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This is a new daycare/preschool that has opened up- actually I had no clue it had even opened, we just tagged along with our neighbors. We ate pancakes and bacon, got to play with all the fun toys at the school, and got to take pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This is like the 5th time Shelby has seen Santa this year. Luckily she hasn't caught on to the fact that each one looks a little bit different, nor did she question the fact that Santa was still at the school when we left, but then, magically, was at the mall when we got there. Anyway, I'm glad we did go. I was impressed with the school, and this may end up being where Shelby starts preschool next year. The photographer for the newspaper was there, and told us to watch the newspaper as Shelby's picture might be in it.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Animal Cracker
Jeremy, being the awesome employee that he is, is always winning stuff at work for doing such a great job. Usually the prizes are in the form of $25 Visa gift cards, but this time, since it's Christmas, he won tickets to see the Texas Ballet Theater perform "The Nutcracker". Jeremy was not exactly thrilled about this. I was excited though, because I love doing Christmas stuff, and I thought Shelby would love it. All week long we had been telling Shelby we were going to see "The Nutcracker", but she kept insisting that it was actually called "The Animal Cracker".
We got to Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth a little early so we could look around. They had all kinds of tables set up with beautiful Nutcracker ornaments and figurines- all kinds of stuff little hands can break easily. So we stayed away from those. We headed over to the huge Christmas trees in hopes of getting a good enough picture for our Christmas cards that still had not been made or sent. Shelby was cooperating at first, but my camera wasn't. By the time I figured out that the switch was in between settings, the batteries died. I was so mad! Jeremy tried to get a few pictures with his phone, but by this point, this was all we got:
I appreciate the free tickets and all, but seriously, we were three rows from the very top. This pregnant lady was WINDED climbing up all the stairs. Shelby was into it for a while, but about halfway through the first act, Jeremy had to take her out because all she wanted to do was play on the steep stairs. She does great in movies, so I thought she would do great here, but I think since we weren't more at a head-on level it was harder for her to get into it.
At intermission, we went out to get something to drink and were able to take a picture with the Nutcracker and two of the rats. The photographers were amazed that she went to them with no problems, but she has never really been afraid of things like the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. I apologize for this picture. I need to reinstall the scanner software on the computer, so for now I just took a picture of the picture. Horrible, but at least you can kind of see the costumes.
We also saw a group of the dancers in the downstairs lobby area, so we ran over and asked to get a picture. You can't tell from this picture, but Shelby was actually really excited to see the ballerinas.
All-in-all, I loved it, Shelby liked it, and Jeremy hated every minute of it. But I figure I have sat through MANY football games for him. He owed me.
We got to Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth a little early so we could look around. They had all kinds of tables set up with beautiful Nutcracker ornaments and figurines- all kinds of stuff little hands can break easily. So we stayed away from those. We headed over to the huge Christmas trees in hopes of getting a good enough picture for our Christmas cards that still had not been made or sent. Shelby was cooperating at first, but my camera wasn't. By the time I figured out that the switch was in between settings, the batteries died. I was so mad! Jeremy tried to get a few pictures with his phone, but by this point, this was all we got:
I appreciate the free tickets and all, but seriously, we were three rows from the very top. This pregnant lady was WINDED climbing up all the stairs. Shelby was into it for a while, but about halfway through the first act, Jeremy had to take her out because all she wanted to do was play on the steep stairs. She does great in movies, so I thought she would do great here, but I think since we weren't more at a head-on level it was harder for her to get into it.
At intermission, we went out to get something to drink and were able to take a picture with the Nutcracker and two of the rats. The photographers were amazed that she went to them with no problems, but she has never really been afraid of things like the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. I apologize for this picture. I need to reinstall the scanner software on the computer, so for now I just took a picture of the picture. Horrible, but at least you can kind of see the costumes.
We also saw a group of the dancers in the downstairs lobby area, so we ran over and asked to get a picture. You can't tell from this picture, but Shelby was actually really excited to see the ballerinas.
All-in-all, I loved it, Shelby liked it, and Jeremy hated every minute of it. But I figure I have sat through MANY football games for him. He owed me.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
30 Months...Almost
Shelby is almost 2 and 1/2 now. I can't believe how fast that time has gone by. Since I haven't done any monthly updates for her lately, and I have a small window of time, I figured I would go ahead and do one now, before things get too crazy with Christmas and I don't have time to do it later.
Shelby is such a big girl. She talks so much and so well- she really surprises me with things she says. For example, we were just walking into the other room and she stroked her hair and said, "My hair's a hot mess!". Another thing she says that makes us laugh is an expression she came up with. If Shelby puts a spell on you by saying "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" or "Expecto Patronum", you have to fall asleep. Then, she will come and kiss you to wake you up, just like Sleeping Beauty. She'll say, "I kissed you up"! Or, if you put a spell on her, she'll say "Kiss me up! Kiss me up!".
She also LOVES to sing. You can often find her playing her guitar and singing "Once Upon a Dream", or making makeshift drums and singing "Jingle Bells". She gets it from her daddy, not from me. She loves to dance, as well, and really loves when Jeremy "dips" her.
Shelby also has a deep love of Walmart. I have raised her well. I have always said that if I could, I would live in Walmart, just like Natalie Portman did in that movie. I think Shelby would too if she could. She is always asking to go to Walmart, and the other day, she informed me that she has a friend, Stacy (a boy), that lives there. She will get out her phone to call Stacy and ask what he's doing and say, "Oh, you at Walmart? Ok, we'll come."
Over the past couple of months we have been working on potty training. I definitely know now that we will be doing things a little differently with Joey. For example, we will never buy another Pull Up again. I think that is what caused Shelby to take longer than we thought, especially considering she had been wanting to sit on the potty long before her 2nd birthday. Anyway, she is finally fully potty trained. Well, I say fully, but we still put her in a diaper at night, just to be safe. But she is doing great with telling us when she needs to go potty, and will only have an occasional accident if we have been out in the car too long and don't stop in time.
I love listening to Shelby talk about "Baby Joey". She is going to be such a good big sister. She likes to feel Joey kick, and she talks about her as if she is already here. The other day she came into the office with a handful of Little People, and said, "This is daddy, this is mommy, this is Shelby, this is Baby Joey, and this is Roxy!". She had pulled out all the correct people - the dad, the mom, the girl, the baby, and a dog, and was playing with them. So cute!
Shelby is really excited for Christmas, and I have loved doing all the fun little things with her this Christmas season- looking at Christmas lights, going to see Santa Claus, going to see "The Nutcracker", the advent calendar, and of course, looking for "Buddy" (our Elf on the Shelf) every morning. I cannot wait til she gets to open her Christmas presents. I have been SEVERELY tempted to go into the garage and get her "big" gift out already because I know she is going to have so much fun with it.
Anyway, that is about it for my update. Hopefully after the 1/1 things will slow down a bit so I can resume my regular Shelby updates, but I won't hold my breath!
Shelby is such a big girl. She talks so much and so well- she really surprises me with things she says. For example, we were just walking into the other room and she stroked her hair and said, "My hair's a hot mess!". Another thing she says that makes us laugh is an expression she came up with. If Shelby puts a spell on you by saying "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" or "Expecto Patronum", you have to fall asleep. Then, she will come and kiss you to wake you up, just like Sleeping Beauty. She'll say, "I kissed you up"! Or, if you put a spell on her, she'll say "Kiss me up! Kiss me up!".
She also LOVES to sing. You can often find her playing her guitar and singing "Once Upon a Dream", or making makeshift drums and singing "Jingle Bells". She gets it from her daddy, not from me. She loves to dance, as well, and really loves when Jeremy "dips" her.
Shelby also has a deep love of Walmart. I have raised her well. I have always said that if I could, I would live in Walmart, just like Natalie Portman did in that movie. I think Shelby would too if she could. She is always asking to go to Walmart, and the other day, she informed me that she has a friend, Stacy (a boy), that lives there. She will get out her phone to call Stacy and ask what he's doing and say, "Oh, you at Walmart? Ok, we'll come."
Over the past couple of months we have been working on potty training. I definitely know now that we will be doing things a little differently with Joey. For example, we will never buy another Pull Up again. I think that is what caused Shelby to take longer than we thought, especially considering she had been wanting to sit on the potty long before her 2nd birthday. Anyway, she is finally fully potty trained. Well, I say fully, but we still put her in a diaper at night, just to be safe. But she is doing great with telling us when she needs to go potty, and will only have an occasional accident if we have been out in the car too long and don't stop in time.
I love listening to Shelby talk about "Baby Joey". She is going to be such a good big sister. She likes to feel Joey kick, and she talks about her as if she is already here. The other day she came into the office with a handful of Little People, and said, "This is daddy, this is mommy, this is Shelby, this is Baby Joey, and this is Roxy!". She had pulled out all the correct people - the dad, the mom, the girl, the baby, and a dog, and was playing with them. So cute!
Shelby is really excited for Christmas, and I have loved doing all the fun little things with her this Christmas season- looking at Christmas lights, going to see Santa Claus, going to see "The Nutcracker", the advent calendar, and of course, looking for "Buddy" (our Elf on the Shelf) every morning. I cannot wait til she gets to open her Christmas presents. I have been SEVERELY tempted to go into the garage and get her "big" gift out already because I know she is going to have so much fun with it.
Anyway, that is about it for my update. Hopefully after the 1/1 things will slow down a bit so I can resume my regular Shelby updates, but I won't hold my breath!
Monday, November 30, 2009
November
I hate that I have been posting monthly updates lately, rather than as the events happen, but that's just the way it has to happen these days. We just have been way too busy. We went out of town all but one weekend in November.
Our first trip was to Bastrop, LA to visit Jeremy's grandparents. His dad met us over there and we had a great visit. Shelby was so excited to get there and give them the pictures she had colored for them. We got to go out to eat with Mamaw, which is a treat for her (and us) since she doesn't get to go out of the nursing home much. Sadly, I was HORRIBLE (again) and didn't take any pictures. Jeremy's dad did get some pictures though, so I'll have to have him send them to me.
The next weekend we went to Beaumont, TX to visit my sister and her family. She just had her fourth baby, Laurel Jane. Laurel has a hole in a wall in her heart, so she was in the NICU the whole time we were there. We did get to see her through the window though. She's definitely a Gilmore! What a cutie! She is home safe and sound now, and the doctors say the hole will hopefully heal on its own.
We had a lot of fun staying up laughing with my mom and other sister who were also visiting.
Shelby was sad to leave all her cousins. But, it wasn't long before we were off to see another set of cousins...
Our third trip was to Hattiesburg/Corinth, MS for Thanksgiving. We got to Hattiesburg at about 11:30 Wednesday night. Of course we had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. We had fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cornbread dressing, rolls, and so many other side dishes and desserts I can't even name them all. Mmmmmm. Shelby had a great time playing with Peyton, but again, I was horrible and didn't take pictures. Maybe it is because I am afraid if I pull a camera out I will end up IN the pictures. I think Alex and Jeremy's mom got some pictures, though, so I will have to get some from them.
We left Friday for Corinth and spent some time with Sean, Brooke, Mattie, and Timmons. Saturday, while Sean and Jeremy went to the Egg Bowl, Brooke and I took the kids to Tad's. It is kind of like Chuck E. Cheese, but smaller and not crowded. And the pizza is better. They had so much fun jumping and sliding on all the bouncies.
After Tad's, I took Shelby over to see one of my best friends and her two kids. Shelby loved getting to play with Isaac and Abby on the swings and trampoline. I got some cute video of Shelby and Abby dancing, but blogger is being weird and isn't letting me post video right now.
All-in-all it was a great month and great Thanksgiving, despite the 11 hours it took us to get back home. I don't know if we will be able to travel for Christmas. Of course, we were planning to go back to Hattiesburg, but every time we make these long trips I have some bleeding. I don't know if it is just the placenta previa, or if the long hours in the car have anything to do with it. It only happens when we make the long trips, so I am inclined to think that has something to do with it. I will ask the doctor on Thursday and see what he thinks (and I'll get to see if Joey is still a girl!). Other than that, the pregnancy is going great. I can't believe I am already 20 weeks. The shots are nothing to me now, although it is a little bit harder now that my belly is getting harder. I am feeling Joey move around more and more each day, which I love. Can't wait for the really strong kicks!
Hope everyone else had a great November and a Happy Thanksgiving!
Our first trip was to Bastrop, LA to visit Jeremy's grandparents. His dad met us over there and we had a great visit. Shelby was so excited to get there and give them the pictures she had colored for them. We got to go out to eat with Mamaw, which is a treat for her (and us) since she doesn't get to go out of the nursing home much. Sadly, I was HORRIBLE (again) and didn't take any pictures. Jeremy's dad did get some pictures though, so I'll have to have him send them to me.
The next weekend we went to Beaumont, TX to visit my sister and her family. She just had her fourth baby, Laurel Jane. Laurel has a hole in a wall in her heart, so she was in the NICU the whole time we were there. We did get to see her through the window though. She's definitely a Gilmore! What a cutie! She is home safe and sound now, and the doctors say the hole will hopefully heal on its own.
We had a lot of fun staying up laughing with my mom and other sister who were also visiting.
Shelby was sad to leave all her cousins. But, it wasn't long before we were off to see another set of cousins...
Our third trip was to Hattiesburg/Corinth, MS for Thanksgiving. We got to Hattiesburg at about 11:30 Wednesday night. Of course we had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. We had fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cornbread dressing, rolls, and so many other side dishes and desserts I can't even name them all. Mmmmmm. Shelby had a great time playing with Peyton, but again, I was horrible and didn't take pictures. Maybe it is because I am afraid if I pull a camera out I will end up IN the pictures. I think Alex and Jeremy's mom got some pictures, though, so I will have to get some from them.
We left Friday for Corinth and spent some time with Sean, Brooke, Mattie, and Timmons. Saturday, while Sean and Jeremy went to the Egg Bowl, Brooke and I took the kids to Tad's. It is kind of like Chuck E. Cheese, but smaller and not crowded. And the pizza is better. They had so much fun jumping and sliding on all the bouncies.
After Tad's, I took Shelby over to see one of my best friends and her two kids. Shelby loved getting to play with Isaac and Abby on the swings and trampoline. I got some cute video of Shelby and Abby dancing, but blogger is being weird and isn't letting me post video right now.
All-in-all it was a great month and great Thanksgiving, despite the 11 hours it took us to get back home. I don't know if we will be able to travel for Christmas. Of course, we were planning to go back to Hattiesburg, but every time we make these long trips I have some bleeding. I don't know if it is just the placenta previa, or if the long hours in the car have anything to do with it. It only happens when we make the long trips, so I am inclined to think that has something to do with it. I will ask the doctor on Thursday and see what he thinks (and I'll get to see if Joey is still a girl!). Other than that, the pregnancy is going great. I can't believe I am already 20 weeks. The shots are nothing to me now, although it is a little bit harder now that my belly is getting harder. I am feeling Joey move around more and more each day, which I love. Can't wait for the really strong kicks!
Hope everyone else had a great November and a Happy Thanksgiving!
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