So I will never forget.....

Oh, Miss Addison I hope I never forget about your sweet baby hair. It is EVERYWHERE!!!! I just thought your sisters had a lot of hair when they were your age!

Addison Corrie LaBlue (a LOT late)

Well...it's been awhile. HAHA!!! Addison did arrive on November 14th at 4:03 am. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long. Addison is an absolute doll!!! She is the happiest baby and loves to sleep. YAY!!!! Her favorite thing to do is swing. I think she would stay there forever if I let her. :-) She also enjoys her play mat and bouncy. At her two month check-up she was up to 12 pounds exactly. She sure is a growing girl!!!

We had our first scare with Addison this week. She has been sick with a cold/bad cough and on Thursday our doctor wanted to have her tested for RSV. Praise the Lord that her test came back negative. We're on some meds right now that seem to be helping her out a bunch. She had been really fussy/miserable, but she's getting back to her happy self now. It broke my heart to see her so sick and not know how to fix it. :-(

Gracie and Emily are doing SO well with Addison. It just melts my heart when I see how sweet and nurturing they are towards her. Emily even lets Addison use her "flower blankie." If you know about the flower blankie, you know how HUGE this is!!!!

I will be glad when it is Spring. I am so reluctant to take Addison many places right now...there is SO much sickness going around. Addison still has a few friends she hasn't met yet. We are definitely going to work on fixing that during Spring Break.

Life with three little girls is CRAZY BUSY, but I sure wouldn't change it for the world.

And, I promise that I am really going to try to post more. We've got a lot going in our family right now....including a new position for me with our district next year!

It's a GIRL!!!

We had our big ultrasound on Monday, and it looks like we're having another sweet baby GIRL. We are SO excited!!! I have to say the suspense of not finding out during the ultrasound about KILLED me!!! I found out 2 1/2 hours after the ultrasound. I know that's not very long, but it felt like an eternity!!!

After the ultrasound we met my parents, Gracie and Emily (of course), Papa Bryan and Aunt Bill for lunch at Abuelos. I've been craving mexican food like I did with the girls!!! We had such a fun lunch. Mom's only request was that no one order anything that took long to cook. LOL!!! We finished up lunch, and Kris and I headed to Sweet Memories to pick up the 2 cakes. (One was pink with white icing. The other was blue with white icing.) We gave them the card that the ultrasound tech filled out and they placed it on the correct cake. The drive back to mom's house seemed like it took hours!

Mom had everything set up when we arrived at her house, and we cut the cake right away!!! We were so excited to see the pink. So much fun!!!! (In a tormenting kind of way!)

We will be naming this sweet little girl ADDISON CORRIE. Addison- because we like it. Corrie- after my grandmother (Addison's due date also falls on her birthday.) I'm not sure if we'll call her Addie or just Addison. Time will tell!

Happy 7th Birthday Gracie!

I can't believe my sweet baby girl is 7 years old now!!! Gracie received a new laptop for her birthday this year, so we decided to have a "family day" instead of a big party. We began our day at Chuck E. Cheese (or Chuckle Cheese as Emily calls it!) Afterwards we headed to the mall so Gracie could spend her gift card she received from Nana and Papa. We ended the day at the movies watching Toy Story 3. We all LOVED the movie!!! It was such a fun day, and Gracie said it was the best birthday ever. YAY!!!

Grandma and Grandpa came Saturday afternoon to pick the girls up for a little birthday shopping and dinner for Gracie's birthday. Gracie got a new bike with a kickstand AND a basket. AWESOME! She also got an i-Carly video camera. And, of course, Emily got a little something too!!! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for all you do!!!!
On Sunday Gracie and I sat down at the computer so she could spend her Toys R Us gift card from Uncle Kevin, Aunt Laura, Beth and Jacob. I offered to take her to the store, but she REALLY wanted to shop online. Don't know who she learned that from?? HA! She ended up getting free shipping. W00-Hoo!!! She picked out a new Nintendo DS game, a wig, a craft kit and two packages of glitter pens!!!! Thanks guys!!!! You made her day! :-)

Grimes County Fair

This morning we loaded up and headed to the Grimes County Fair. We had some VERY sweet friends (Jennifer and Brandi) who asked Gracie and Emily if they wanted to help show their animals. Of course the girls wanted to. These girls LOVE animals. They were supposed to show pigs, lambs and goats. But, due to the HORRIBLE weather, they only showed pigs. They didn't seem to mind--though Emily REALLY wanted to show a lamb!!! (The pics aren't great. I used my "purse" camera.)

The girls were all decked out in their cowgirl gear. Emily was so excited to wear her "cow" boots.

Emily with her piggy trophy. She was so proud.

This pic is SOOO blurry, but it's the only decent one I got when Emily was showing. That girl was ALL OVER the arena!!! Poor piggy---Emily was not shy with the "whoopin' stick!!!!!"

Gracie did very well. Very CALM with the pig. She laughed because the pig got pee on her. HA!!! Brandi is in the black shirt. She was SOOO sweet to help the girls like she did.

We had SO much fun watching them!!

Watch Oprah lately???

I rarely watch Oprah, but I watched it yesterday. It was about a lady, Charla, who got attacked by a chimpanzee. The chimp belonged to her friend. Charla was BRUTALLY attacked...she no longer has a face and only one thumb remains. SO sad. I will never complain about myself. I will be thankful for my eyesight (even though I have to wear contacts), the little freckle on the end of my nose (that drives me NUTS), and my mouth that works so I can eat food (not suck everything through a straw). What an amazing spirit Charla has.

Here's a link to the story.

www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Chimp-Attack-Victim-Charla-Nash-Shows-Her-Face

How blessed are we!

I've been going through Thanksgiving/Christmas pics tonight. This is a picture from our Thanksgiving at Aunt Marzie's house. These kiddos just melt my heart. I love how innocent Emily and Jacob look in the picture. HA!!!!

My sweet little dumplins. :-)

Christmas Extravaganza.....first grade style!

This year Mr. Murray held a Christmas Extravaganza at school---so we could dress in our wildest Christmas attire. Well...our first grade team decided we would make shirts for each other!!! We each drew a name and had to decorate a shirt for that person. It was a little stressful at first, but once we all got started it really turned out to be a LOT of fun. My mom helped me with Cindy's. Thank you so much!!!! Cindy LOVES Beyonce, so I did her shirt with a Beyonce gingerbread girl.....and a very sad gingerbread boy. Lesson learned for him---he "should've put a ring on it!!!!" Everyone's shirts turned out GREAT. What a creative and fun group of girls I work with. I just adore each and every one of them.

Last year we had an Easter Bonnet day. If we have one this year, I think we should decorate each other's bonnets!!!!!

Back Row: Sara, Karla, Bertha, Brandi, Me, Ashley, Stephanie

Front Row: Cindy, Candace, Deanne, Chelsea

Looking Back....Happy Birthday Emily!

First of all, thanks to Leslie over at Lambert's Lately my blog has a new look. I LOVE it! If you want a new blog design go see Leslie. She is GREAT to work with, and she's a first grade teacher!!!

Now....I am WAY behind on blogging, so I am going to attempt to get caught up (at least with the "major" things that have occurred.) Well, Miss Emily turned 3 years old on August 29th. For her birthday we went to The Rainforest Cafe in Katy. Emily LOVES this restaurant. Mom, Dad, Aunt Bill and Uncle Bryan met us there. We had so much fun celebrating with Emily. Afterwards Bill and Bryan invited us over to their house for presents and cake. Thanks so much!

The Birthday Girl!!

Sorry Eagle Fans

This is probably what most of the Eagle fans are doing right now. Sorry to you all.....not really ;-)

The cowboys are looking GREAT!!! What a game....let's hope they keep it up!!!!!!

New Year's Resolution.....

to update my blog AT LEAST once a month!!! It's been six months since my last post. HOLY COW!!!! Where did the time go??? Well, here's some pics of the girls---they haven't changed that much!!

Emily

Gracie

So ready to see what Santa brought them!!!


Santa came to Nana's house. Gracie asked for a guitar and a bubble gum machine.

Emily asked for a Dora bicycle and a Diego backpack.

Happy Birthday Gracie!!!

Happy 6th Birthday sweet girl. We love you!!!

She finally lost it...

Gracie finally lost her tooth that has been loose since April. YAY!!! She was so excited. She even pulled the tooth all by herself!!!!! The Tooth Fairy did come visit our house Friday night. So exciting!!! She left Gracie some money, and she even took the note/pictures that Gracie made for her. (One note even had the word "tooth" on it with an arrow pointing towards where the tooth was. I'm sure the Tooth Fairy will keep all those treasures forever!!!)

This whole losing a tooth thing is really bothering Emily though. She just keeps looking at Gracie's mouth saying, "oh, dear!!!" She keeps asking Gracie what happened to her tooth, and Gracie keeps explaining it over and over again!!!!

Memory Boards

I finished my first craft for the summer today. I made memory boards for the girls and one for myself to have at school. I don't have a pic of Emily's because she was sleeping. I covered her board with a purple/white gingham fabric and I put a strand of ribbon at the top and bottom. (No feathers for Emily----Believe me, she would figure out a way to get them off that board!!!) Now I have to find some cute stuff to put on their boards..... Gracie's memory board--ignore the pillow falling off her top bunk. She and Emily spent some time up there playing today.

Here's my board for school. We're having the same "wild" theme next year. Not sure if I'll hang this in my room, on the door or in the hall. I have a name plate that matches to hang outside my door. I also haven't decided if I'm going to hang it by ribbon or put a hanger on the back. Oh, the decisions to be made. HA!

Going to Sonic......

Kris and the girls headed to pick up lunch at Sonic today. Gracie asked if she could wear anything she wanted, and I said, "sure." So, she and Emily went to their rooms to dress themselves. This is what they came out wearing. H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!!! Yep---they will probably be dressed like this all day, or at least until they go to Grandma's house later this evening. (Kris and I are going to a birthday party tonight for a sweet friend of mine. Woo-hoo!!!)

Guess where I went today???

First, to a b-o-r-i-n-g workshop in Brenham. Learning about all the revisions made to the Language Arts TEKS. Fun stuff!!!

Then, we stopped by Blue Bell to get a cup of ice cream. YUM!!! What a great way to end such a boring day.

On our way to first grade....

First Day of Kindergarten

Last Day of Kindergarten

Gracie graduated from Kindergarten last week--woo--hoo!!!! She had a GREAT year with an AWESOME teacher. We are so proud of Gracie and all of her accomplishments this year. She was happy that she gets a break, but very sad that Mrs. Cox won't be her teacher next year.

I can't wait for her to be in first grade!! We're going to have so much fun together, and NO I am not going to be her teacher next year!!! I have had several people ask me that. Seriously???

We're going to continue learning/working on things this summer. Gracie LOVES math--not sure where she got that from. She is learning to add/subtract double digit numbers right now, and she LOVES it. Really?? You wouldn't believe how much each day she spends doing math related work. And she even thinks it's so fun to write all her numbers to 100. Now she is working on writing to 200. DORK!! Just kidding---- I was not that motivated in math, at ALL. We're continuing to work on reading and writing. Reading is going very well--she is more than ready for first grade. Writing---we're getting there. She has great ideas and is beginning to express them a LOT better. I've just got to keep her motivated. Handwriting---she has her daddy's, HA!!!! It's not bad---it's just not as "pretty" as I would like it.

Mom and I spent the afternoon yesterday planning little field trips for the girls this summer. We're so excited!!! We pretty much have something planned for each week. Mom and I are also working on planning a girls trip for ourselves at the end of June--fun, fun.

Kris and his addiction....

Kris has been playing this online computer game, World of Warcraft, since November. He is addicted, and I SO enjoy making fun of him!!! He reached level 80 last week--the highest level you can reach. Tonight he and several other players got online at 5:30 so they could go on a group "instance." Don't ask--I have no idea other than they are fighting big creatures. Fun hu? (I have been making SOOOOOO much fun of him tonight!) These guys talk to each other over the computer. HUH---larious!!!!!! Anyway, tonight Emily came up to me and said, "Mommy, daddy is talking to his "pooter." Then she said, "Oh, brother." Too funny!!!! I totally agree with her.

( Here is Kris playing tonight. Feel free to make fun of him anytime you see him!!!)

On another note, my new dining table FINALLY came in this past week. Yay!!! We're almost done with the dining/sitting area of the house. All that's left is the trim around the floors and a few decorative things.

Emily says, "Good night!"

Recital 2009

Gracie had her recital tonight, and she did an AWESOME job. Kris and I were so proud of her. This year we dropped ballet/tap and Gracie began doing cheerleading and taking a hip/hop class. We weren't sure how this would work out, being that she's only five, but she has soared this year. Gracie is a very hard worker---never gives up on anything. We had SO much fun tonight watching her perform. We had seen the cheer routine in San Antonio, but we had no idea what to expect with the hip-hop dance. Well let me tell you--sista can bust some moves!!! It was GREAT---Kris was very shocked. Our shy, sweet girl was gettin' down on that stage. HA!!! I think Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Bill and Papa Bryan were as shocked/impressed as we were.

Gracie gets to take a short break before she hits the grind again. Cheer try-outs are on the 6th. Then they will begin practicing in July so that they are prepared for competitions in the fall.

Little Miss Emily begins taking dance in August. Now that will be HILARIOUS!!!!

Gracie in her hip/hop gear, or as Kris and I call it--her "gangsta wear."

Strikin a pose!

My sweetie!!!!!!!!!

Mother's Day-Part Two

Before I get started on how we spent Mother's Day, I have to say that this pretty lady was missed dearly today. We know she had a glorious Mother's Day in Heaven today with her mother. I can only imagine how wonderful that was for Maw.

Today Grandma and Grandpa came over for an afternoon snack of strawberry cheesecake and coke floats. The girls enjoyed giving Grandma all her "surprises" and swimming with Grandpa!!

Eating our snacks with grandma!!

Grandma opening her gifts. We LOVE her so much. She is an amazing mother/wife/grandma!!!

Swimming with Grandpa.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for spending the afternoon with us. We love you dearly!