Tis the season...................

Katiebug is 9 months old and LOVES dancing!

I guess 9 months really brings the personality because she is full of it these days. Interacting with her sister, laughing, talking....her three favorite words are dada, baba, and mama. 9 months also brings mobility. She is now army crawling and scooting. She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. It is a matter of days before this girl is all over the place. I leave the room and come back and she is in a different spot. 2010 is going to be fun! Stay Tuned!!!! Make sure you check out the video below of Kate dancing!!

Dec 5th was the 4th annual A-town Family Christmas!!!

Where did November go?!?!

Lil Elf
showing off her two bottom teeth (you may not be able to see them)

sister love

she looks entirely too old in these shots!

posing in a pretty hat

posing in another pretty hat

just posing

crazy hair (almost crawling)

face painted (it is a pink poodle)

the girls and grandad

Trying to get a good shot outside (one of the last nice days)

mesmorized by the grass on the golf course

still looking at the grass

now checking out her shadow (impossible photo shoot)

not a chance the grass is just too exciting

LiL Kate is 8 months old!

It really is crazy how time flies. Kate is growing up before our eyes. The good news is I have not missed a minute of it. 8 months old has brought many new things: 2 new bottom teeth (nightmare), some interest in crawling, babbling some words (dada, baba, etc.....), much better sleeping and napping schedule, fake coughs, copying sounds I make, bringing puffs to her mouth (but gagging and throwing up on them), and a loving bond with her big sister. She is changing every day and I'm so grateful to see it all.

The new house is much more organized and we are really feeling settled in. The girls love all of the space to play and the fact that their playroom is on the main floor. Zane has been in Asia for work all week so it has been a crazy week. Sam has stepped it up and acted like such a big girl and been such a help to me while daddy is gone.

Could Life be any more CRAZY?!?!?!

Somewhere in the mass chaos of packing and moving we managed to squeeze in plenty of Halloween festivities. We are finally in the new home and unpacked and loving it. The girls did great with the transition and have lots of room to play. They have been so much fun and we are now getting closer to Christmas.

Sam is always playing with her babies. She pretends to be different moms that she knows and names her babies after the kids. This is why you may see her "pregnant" in some of the pictures. She also pretends to be a pregnant mom. It is pretty funny. Zane and I get corrected several times a day when we call her Sam and not by her pretend name.

Kate has been a handful lately. She is cutting her two bottom teeth and has been very fussy and of course up at night.

Also during all of this my grandma passed away. I was able to spend some time with her a couple of days before she passed which I am very grateful for. I have comfort knowing she is a peace now and out of pain and misery. I have had some great memories flooding through my mind the last week thinking about my childhood and the good times my older brother and I had with her. She will definitely be missed!!!!!

In Memory of Mema McDaniel (We will miss you)

This was taken shortly after Kate was born. Mema was so proud because she had rocked Kate to sleep it was so sweet.

Snow White and Batman

Snow White and Sleepy Dwarf

Sugar Buzz

Pumpkin Patch - Sitting on the tractor

Just carved our pumpkins...I cheated and put potato head on mine

Hard at work carving

School party ...Sam was a fairy

Birthday Party Sam was a bumble bee....Lucky she has a lot of dress up clothes

Sister Love!!!!!!!!!

Sam dressed Kate up in a tiara and tutu with a wand..she is teaching her early how important it is to be a princess