a few cute pictures and a gingerbread house

here are some cute shots of my babies and the gingerbread house caroline and i decorated the last couple of days. we will definitely make it a tradition. caroline LOVED the candy. i think she licked every piece that went on the house and i let her eat icing like it was going out of style :)

merry christmas to me!

some of you have noticed the change in the blog :) i love it and have jennisa at jennisa's bloggie designs to thank for it. she was awesome to work with and has some great design kits. i was sooooo very tired of my boring, bland blogger template. so, merry christmas to me!!

this is the scene tonight - caroline climbs up on susanna's crib and hangs on to pray for her with me. she prays first then me...

caroline: god is great, god is love, let us thank him for susanna. thank you for mommy, grammie, papa and help them to be good. thank you for going to georgia. in jesus name, amen.

caroline: mommy, can i watch just one more bideo?
mommy: nope, that's enough for today.
caroline: no, i think i should watch one more.
mommy: well, who's in charge?
caroline: me and jesus
mommy: you're half right...i'm in charge of you and jesus is in charge of both of us. and me and jesus think you've watched enough for today
caroline: no, actually, me and jesus talked and he said it was okay

lord help me!!!!!!!!!!

playing baby with caroline...she was the mommy and i was the babysitter....

caroline: okay, here is the baby's blankie, bottle and diapers, okay?
mommy: okay, great!
caroline: i'm going to lowe's so take good care of her. she's kind of sleepy, but here are 2 bottles. (hugging her baby doll) i love you, sweetie, be good.
mommy: have fun at lowe's.
caroline: i will

back after her errands...

caroline: how was she?
mommy: she was great!
caroline: i'm so glad...my baby is perfect.

happy girl and shoes

could a baby be any happier?

the "shoes"...by the way, her feet don't fill them up :)

loving my hands lately

laughing at mommy

i'm proud of myself for posting so much lately...the more i post, the more memories i'll have recorded of these wonderful times with my girls and my hubby. above are some pixs of my sweet, happy girl wearing her "shoes" and looking adorable. they look so cute on her. thank you jesus for john, caroline and susanna. i fall short contstantly being the wife and mom you've called me to be and that they deserve, but the love i have for them cannot be put into words. sometimes it fills my heart up so much that it hurts...

preschool halloween videos

i just had to share these videos i took of caroline's little "school" parade on halloween. please note the little monkey that is beside her in the video. his name is rohan and apparently he likes my caroline a lot. the teacher said he follows her around and tries to take her thumb out of her mouth. the teacher said she tolerates it and only sometimes asks him to leave her alone. i think he's the cutest thing i've ever seen. watch him pull her into place in the video of the kids walking to the steps. she was a little distracted by the girl behind her in the massive fairy costume :) they're out of order...the first one is actually on the bottom...sorry about that.

some more pixs

sisters

first matching outfits...on the way to church

look at that smile :)

she LOVES her outfit...can't you tell?

sissy definitely liked her little kiss

halloween 2007

we had such a fun halloween this year! caroline was way into it and loved every celebration. we had a little get together at our neighborhood pool sunday night and that kicked things off. tuesday night, we went to the aquarium downtown for "fish or treat", which has become a tradition. it was crazy crowded and i took both kids by myself since john was working. thank goodness my friend mandi was there to help. her hubby, cory carried caroline around b/c it was so crowded. on the way to school wed morning, caroline said "i just can't believe it's halloween today". her school had a halloween parade and the kids sang cute songs and stood around looking adorable. she LOVES her school, her teacher and friends and so do i :) last night, we went over to a friend's house and a bunch of us ate pizza and trick or treated together. thank goodness caroline was not scared of anything this year. she had no problem with any of the decorations or scary noises. susanna, of course, got lugged around to all the festivities, but didn't last long trick or treating. she didn't get any rest during the day so by 7pm, she was very ill. john ended up taking her home and putting her to bed. oh by the way, caroline was cinderella and susanna was a hershey kiss. my mom had gotten caroline an adorable ladybug costume that we found, but i didn't realize it was going to be a tad big so we're going to wait until next year when caroline can fit into it perfectly. i can't wait b/c it's sooo cute! she was disappointed, but bucked up when i said she could be cinderella. and, please remind me to buy about twice as much candy b/c we ran flat out :) unfortunately, i wasn't able to get a pix of both my girls together...hate that!! i'm seriously going to dress them up again just to get a shot together.