Memorial Day Party at the Valentines

On Sunday, Leslie and Kyle threw a little shindig for some friends. I am sad to say that it has been WAY too long since I had seen Sydney... the Valentines have been sick on and off for several months (knock on wood that they are all healthy now) and then I was kind of out of commission for a while with my first trimester so too much time has gone by!
It was great to see Sydney and go swimming- Kaylie had a blast, we had a good time too! Sydney is too stinkin cute- she has the chunkiest little legs and the sweetest curls on her head! And she was all smiles... I was very happy I got to spend some time with her. Kaylie was not too excited that I held another baby or if I wasn't playing with her- this should be really interesting to see how she acts with "her baby".
Kaylie also embarassed mommy a little bit by asking some friends Jeremy and Jennifer there if they were married-and if they were, would they kiss... and then she kept commenting on their baby Jude's "boobies" (Jude is 3 months old and was getting into the pool). It was a little embarassing!
We had a good time though- thanks for the invite Les and Kyle!

Happy Anniversay Steven

Well, this Thursday is mine and Steven's anniversary. For those that have been around since then, you know that we had 2 weddings... the first being on June 13, 2004.
The second, the OFFICIAL wedding, was May 21, 2005. So we celebrate the year of the first with the date of the 2nd.. I know, I know- confusing.
So its been 5 wonderful years of being married- I've enjoyed every minute of it (well almost every minute- :) - haha! He would agree I'm sure).
Thank you Steven for standing by me and all my crazy ideas and antics, for putting up with my mood swings, my good days and my bad days. You've been my life line and I couldn't have done anything without you by my side.
I also couldn't have asked for a better father of my children. You are such the doting daddy to your girls- I'm so excited to see you hold our new baby. :) I fall in love with you all over again when I think about how I felt about you after Kaylie was born.
Ok- enough mushy... :)
Here's to another 50, 60, 70 years together!
I love you honey.

On our honeymoon- we look so young and tan! And I'm skinny!

Steven stuffing his face...

I look good huh? Had to throw that in there- my motivation for after I have the baby!!!

Leaving the wedding- we had such a great time celebrating with our friends and family!

My Little Prayer Warrior

Ever since Kaylie was a baby, I have said prayers with her every night. I would say Now I Lay Me and Our Father every single night, even when she was already asleep and even when she was a tiny baby. I grew up with my dad doing that with me every night and I will always remember that. So I wanted to do the same with her.
About 2 years ago or so, I was saying the prayers to her and she started saying them with me! I was amazed that after all that time, she knew the words! And thats alot to remember for a little kid! And her version of the words was always so adorable.
So now its part of our bedtime routine- either Steven or I will say her prayers with her every night.
Within the last 2 months, she has started saying one on her own- they are the sweetest things ever. I decided to get the camera out tonight to see what I could catch on video- here it goes... so sweet. I love this kid. :)

And More Birthday Pics...

And sweet Boy Hudson- look at those cheeks... he's so stinkin cute! And his Gigi and Papaw brought the boys- so nice of them!

Emily all dolled up!

Kaylie and sweet Jackson- she was so excited to see him!

Kaylie Bug- My little 5 year old Diva

My mom and Kaylie- this is a great picture of them~

Pics from Kaylie's 5th Birthday

I am FINALLY posting pics from Kaylie's 5th birthday party. We did a Fancy Nancy Bowling party- it was a ton of fun! I was worn out by the time we were done but Kaylie and her friends had a blast! Here are some pics from the party...

I got trick candles- so this was her 10th attempt!! HA!

Time to eat some pizza...

Sweet Emily- she looks so grown up with the teeth missing! :)

Kaylie's cake- turned out cute!

T- Ball Pics

I have FINALLY downloaded pics from my new camera... here are some of Kaylie playing T-Ball- my little ball girl, she loves it!

And she's crying already...

Opening Day Ceremonies... not a good day for Mom and Kaylie- Steven was out of town and she cried the ENTIRE time because she woke up at 5am that morning!

All smiles now!!