somebody is ready to go to georgia...

merry christmas and happy new year!!

i could eat them up!!

as i'm packing up some stuff this am...
caroline: (singing) we're going to georgia, we're going to georgia, we're going to georgia....
mommy: yes we are!
caroline: okay mommy, i'm going to spend the night with grandma, then grammie, then kaitlin and then sarah. that sound good, mommy?
mommy: that sounds great!
caroline: we're going to stay for 60 days, okay?
mommy: well, not quite 60 days, but we are going to be there for a while
caroline: i can't wait!!

christmas fun

making white chocolate oreo cookie bark for our neighbors

testing out the white chocolate

daddy got in on the action, too

festival of lights at james island county park

bundled up and ready for some fun

best buds

the fam

i think i've had enought now, mom!

waiting to ride the carousel

loving the carousel

on the way home from lunch today...

caroline: mommy, do you know what a major is?
mommy: (trying to figure out what's she's talking about) a major? i'm not sure.
caroline: (laughing) no, mommy, a manger.
mommy: yes, i know what a manger is.
caroline: good job, mommy. do you know who was born in a manger?
mommy: yes, jesus.
caroline: great job, mommy! (looks so proud of me) do you know who was the mommy?
mommy: mary
caroline: good job, mommy! do you know who was the daddy?
mommy: joseph
caroline: good job! do you know who was the shepherds?
mommy: yes
caroline: what were their names?
mommy: actually, i have no idea.
caroline: (thinks for a minute and makes up crazy names i can't remember or spell)
mommy: wow, they have interesting names.
caroline: mommy, do you know who was the wisemen?
mommy: yes, they came to see jesus.
caroline: their names were caleb, rebekah and sarah. there was one boy wiseman and 2 girl wisemans.
mommy: what a coincidence, just like your cousins.
caroline: do you know the names of the sheep?
mommy: no, but i bet you do!
caroline: fluffy and buddy
mommy: those are great names!
caroline: mommy, jesus is the shepherd and we are his sheep.

on the way to school this morning...

caroline: mommy, why is jesus in my tummy?
mommy: he's not in your tummy, silly!
caroline: he's in my heart.
mommy: that's right, he's in your heart.
caroline: silly mommy, my tummy and heart are in the same place!

quote of the day

eating breakfast this morning together....

caroline: mommy, i have something to tell you
mommy: okay, what?
caroline: i love you to the moon, the sun, the stars, to jesus, my camera and back!
mommy: wow, that's a lot. i love you, too!

the christmas picture

not very much junk in that trunk :)

this is the choke hold pose

they've had enough

we went out to folly this weekend for the first time since susanna was born...our last trip out there was july 4 and 4 days later she arrived. folly is one of our favorite places in the world. we ate at the lost dog (YUMMY) and then walked on the beach. while we were out there we attempted to take some cute pixs of the girls together to possibly use for our christmas card. these are a few of the shots we got :)

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.

3 months

sisters

my big girl testing out the bumbo...so cute!

love this pix of susanna - her round head and "serious" face

just like always, i'm a little behind. susanna was 3 months old monday, october 8. i remember thinking in the early weeks of her life that we would be cruising with her and our family once fall and the month of october came. well, i was right :) life could not be better. of course, it's also busier and crazier than ever. susanna is such a precious girl and brings us so much joy. from the moment she came out and was placed on my tummy, i've been absolutely in love with her. love at first sight! at 3 months she.....

*looks just like daddy (except no brown eyes, maybe the next baby)

*sleeps through the night and naps like a champ during the day
*takes a 4 oz bottle every 3.5 - 4 hours - eats quickly unlike her big sis did
*only cries if she needs to burp or is in her carseat - unfortunately, we seem to breed babies who hate carseats - caroline hated hers, too, until she was old enough and weighed enough to be turned around. since then, she's been a dream traveler. so, we only have 9 more months to deal with this :)
*has the sweetest smile in the world - smiles the biggest after waking up in the morning and after naps
*is loved immensely by big sis - i mess with caroline sometimes and say we're going to take susanna back to the hospital and she loses it every time b/c "she's our baby" and "i love her"
*loves to coo - especially likes to do this one on one with mommy and daddy
*just starting to laugh a little - mostly when mommy makes funny noises
*is extremely flexible and laidback - goes with the flow, which is good since we're always on the go
*goes to chick-fil-a and moe's more often than someone her age should :)
*has rolled over from her back to her tummy, but not doing it consistently yet
*loves to fall asleep in my arms - likes to lay on my left shoulder, with her body across my tummy and her right arm hanging over mine; this is especially handy in church
*apparently looks like a doll - i've had so many people make this comment about her when i'm holding her
*likes to swing and play under the baby einstein playgym; also likes to look at the fan in mommy and daddy's bedroom
*stores all her fat on her upper thighs - she must have four rolls from her knee up to the top of her thigh....so cute!!!
*also has arm rolls
*is such an amazing blessing and gift; makes me want #3:)

i love you, susanna, and can't imagine life without you!!

plie and step....or pile and step

here is caroline doing some ballet moves...or as she says "pile and step". the funniest part of this video is that 2 minutes later she and susanna were both crying and screaming. caroline dropped my camera, i scolded her, she burst into tears at the top of her lungs, which scared susanna to death and made her cry so hard her whole head turned red. fun times and it always seems to happen while i'm trying to cook dinner :)

(at dusk, on the way home from church)

caroline: mommy, the sun has a scratch
mommy: oh, really
caroline: yeah and it's crying
mommy: well, that's sad
caroline: it's okay, the mommy sun will take care of the baby sun and make it all better. i think the mommy sun will give the baby sun a dora band aid

as susanna is screaming in the car....

caroline: hush now, hush now....take a deep breaf, take a deep breaf