WHAT! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!

Apparently, I left Katie's breakfast within her reach while I went off to attend to another child.

Sponge Rollers

As I was rolling my girls hair in these sponge rollers, I was picturing myself in my own sponge rollers as a little girl. I use to love for my mom to roll my hair. My hair was as straight as a board and I wanted it to be curly. My Aunt Yolie bought these for Alli a couple of years ago. She decided to try them out last night. Alli slept in them all night and had some really nice curls this morning. Tori's curlers were on the floor next to the bed.

Going Way Back

All the way back to middle school! I started hanging out with these girls in middle school.............20 years ago! WOW! How crazy is that! Keyla, Amy, Amber and I were all best friends through out middle and high school. We were able to get together and reminisce over lunch the other day. What fun to hang out with friends from long ago!

Happy Birthday Jenna!

We celebrated my niece's 2nd birthday this past weekend. It is hard to believe she is two. We moved to San Antonio the day before she was born. We are sure going to miss her (and the rest of our family) when we move!

A Tea Party

Alli was invited to "A Tea Party" by one her preschool classmates. All four of the girls from her preschool class were able to attend. It was really nice with a lot of yummy 'princess' foods. They were so excited to be at a real tea party. For some reason, I have never noticed how much shorter Alli is compared to her classmates......I guess I should not be too surprised since I am only 5 feet tall!

Pretty, Pretty Princesses

As I was looking at these pictures of the girls, I could not help but notice how Alli and Tori REALLY do not look alike. There are a few resemblances, but for the most part their looks are different. Though, they are both beautiful! In my bias opinion! Katie wanted to get in on the dressing up too. She put up a fight every time I tried to take this purse off of her.

SWT Girls

I had the pleasure of getting together with my two best friends from college, Sammy and Diana. It was so great to get to spend time with two women that I just love and miss so much. And the best part about it, my girlfriend Sammy had just found out she is pregnant!

Looks Can Be Deceiving

It is hard to believe that Tori, my sweet-looking two year old, can throw the biggest tantrums a mom can imagine. I knew I was in for it when she started throwing fits before she was one year old. Another indicator was her biting problem. She had three victims before she was one, and another innocent toddler sometime when she was about 20 months. Luckily, the victim's parents are sweet friends and very understanding. Thank goodness the biting has stopped, but the tantrums seem to be getting worse. Yesterday, while trying on swim suits in Old Navy, she had one of the biggest fits ever. It was so bad that I had to open the dressing room door. I feared that everyone thought I was beating my child. She did not want to take the swim suit off. And then she did not want to put her clothes back on. I could not put her in my side-by-side double stroller. I was too scared that she would kick or punch her baby sister. Alli and Katie sat quietly as all of this went on. So I grab Tori as she is kicking and screaming. I'm trying to steer the stroller with one hand. I look at Alli and say "LET'S GO!" She says, "Wait! What about my swim suit?" And then once she realizes that I am walking to door and not the register, she starts to cry and tell me how unfair I am. I am so unfair because she was good and I am not buying her anything! By now, I believe everyone in Old Navy was looking at me. One sweet lady even offered to help. Really, lady? I mean, that is sweet, but really? What could a stranger do that would help? I manage to buckle up Tori, who is only wearing a skirt because she managed to somehow take her shirt off while I was carrying her out of the store. I am on the highway for about 5 minutes when I realize that while throwing this huge fit, (yes, the fit has not ended!) Tori has managed to get her arms out of the straps of her car seat. So, of course, I pull over to strap her back in and make sure the straps are tight enough that it does not happen again. Only a mom can imagine how I am feeling at this point. I tell Tori that she will stay in her room for 2 hours when we get home without her paci! I am throwing them all away! I have been meaning to get rid of those darn things and this is a perfect opportunity! As I am driving home, I worry about what I have done. Do I really want to do this? I cannot go back. I have already said that I would throw them away. But she is only two. Will she even remember what I said? But I cannot go back on my word! Be consistent, right! So we get home, I storm up stairs, grab all her paci's and throw them away! And that is it, no more paci's for Tori! That will teach her to throw fits like that..............yeah, right!

Cabo del San Jose

I can not say enough how thankful I am for my mom and friends and family who watched our children so we could go on this trip. It was absolutely amazing! And such a special time for Pete and me. It came at just the right time since we will be moving thousands of miles away from all of our family and friends. It will probably be years before we get to go on a date again! This trip was truly a blessing. The girls did fabulous! They were really missing us the last couple of days, but MoMo and Uncle Brian made sure they had plenty of new things (toys) to distract them. We had FIVE wonderful nights at the most beautiful resort. I spent a lot of my time at the pool. But I think my favorite part of the trip was playing golf with Pete. I have gone golfing with him a few times, but never played. The weather was PERFECT.....high 90's during the day and low 70's at night. The high 90's there feels so much better than it does here. The food was AWESOME. We had breakfast every morning on our balcony, lunch by the pool or beach and went out for dinner every night except one. We decided to cancel our reservation the fourth night and order room service. It was so relaxing. Again, I am so thankful we have such loving family and friends to help us out with the kids. Oh, and my little Miss Katie! She must be one of the most stubborn babies! She never took a bottle! She drank milk from a sippy cup, took it on a spoon and in the form of ice chips! She was very happy to see her Mama! Coming home to our girls was the highlight!