Sweet Siblings

I know they are mine, but I really think they are the three most precious children ever!! Moments like this melt my heart and Im so glad that the Lord chose to bless me with them!

Terrible, I mean, Terrific Two's

Brooklyn finally got the memo that she's officially a two-year old now and we've had the "pleasure" of experiencing a few minor tantrums as of late. Seriously, they're not bad and ironically still cute in a weird way...but tantrums nontheless.

For instance, my favorite way to fix Brooklyn's hair is in pig tails. I can't help but take a picture everytime I do. This particular day though, she was not feeling photogenic and she was sure to let me know. She crossed her arms, pouted her lips and very clearly said "I don't want pictures. I in bad mood!" There's that great vocabulary she has again....creeping up to haunt me! Wow! Can you imagine the teen years?

Yesterday, Brooklyn wanted to jump but only if Maddie got OFF the trampoline. Maddie, reluctantly obliged and Brooklyn was happy as could be! I was able to snap a few cute pictures as she went around and around the edge of the trampoline. As soon as I stopped her though to pose directly at me, another adorable meltdown happened! This time, looking at me was more than she could handle and she just had to cry and cover her eyes! Haha!

And just because it's cute, here she is watching Monster's Inc with her sunglasses on! 

Summer Haircut

I promised Maddie after her recital that we would get her hair cut. Bless her heart, she has long, thick hair like her mama and it can really hurt her head at times! So instead of going to dance class this Monday, we went to the hair place instead and chopped it off! She loves it and it looks so precious on her. Makes her look like the big girl she is!



Spring Recital 2013

Maddie has loved her first year of tap and ballet at Dance-n-Drill! She's worked so hard these last several months and learned a lot! This past weekend was the annual Spring recital and we were all so anxious to see Maddie, along with the other kids, perform for their family and friends. The day started off pretty hectic. We were up early so I could fix Maddie's hair, makeup and get her dressed. This was my first experience as a "dance mom" and I knew that I wanted to spend the day as stress free as possible, so my cousin came over to watch the babies so I could just focus on and enjoy Maddie. We stopped at Brookeshires on the way so Jaime could get Maddie a bouquet of roses. On the way out of Whitehouse, I panicked when I realized I had forgotten Maddie's flower bow for her hair. We made a mad dash back to the house so I could grab it. In my attempts at locating her hair bow, I lost the safety pins I needed to pin her fairy wings on. I was a wreck and almost started crying because I was so on edge! Finally, we made it to the auditorium in just enough time for the doors to open (so we were there in plenty of time) with the flower in Maddie's hair and I was able to get safety pins from my mom. Nothing else to worry about!
Maddie sat with us for a while until it was time for her to go sit with her class. When I dropped her off, her eyes started to water like she was about to cry. She said she was cold and I could also tell that she was very nervous. The auditorium was packed and I knew that she was in complete "shut-down" mode. I encouraged her and told her that she was going to do great and a sweet volunteer dance mom gave her a sweater to put on her arms so that she could warm up. I went back to my seat and just prayed that the Lord would calm her fears and help her to have a good time.
The show started and all the classes were so cute. These little ladies worked so hard! When the curtains openend on Maddie's class, I got so excited seeing my big girl up on that stage. AND, she did great! Seriously, her class was so put together and Maddie didn't look nervous at all. I was extremely proud! After the show was over, we saw Maddie in the back of the auditorium jumping up and down and smiling as we made our way back to get her. She said she had so much fun and couldn't wait to do it again! :) Dance is over for the summer but she says she wants to keep dancing and also wants to play baseball! She's such a good mix of "girlie" and "athlete". I can't wait to see all the things that she trys as she grows!

Maddie with Railey. I babysat Railey as a baby and have watched her grow. Until just recently, we went to church with her and her family. Now, she babysits MY kids! Railey is also a Golden Girl at Dance-n-Drill and on the Whitehouse kick squad. Maddie was so excited to see her and I think that helped calm Maddie down. Railey helped her backstage and they took some pictures together!

Performing

After the show pictures with daddy and mommy AND Papaw and Nana. Forgive the quality but it was rough looking into the sun....thus the squinty pictures and the dancer in her grandfather's sunglasses! :)

Love my ballerina girl!

New Beds

Now that Brooklyn is two, we decided to get her out of the crib and free up some space in the girls' room. We transitioned Maddie at 2 as well, so decided to stick with that age. I really wanted to get this extra crib back to the person we borrowed it from (back when we found out a baby Easton was on the way and refused to buy another crib) and only have our, ONE crib in my house! So that's what we did! Maddie had a day bed but we put it up in the attic and ordered two new, matching beds online and set them up over the weekend. I still have a few more decorations to do and I need to change the window valence, but the room is otherwise set. The main colors are pink and blue but Brooklyn has some pink and brown things thrown in from her original nursery colors after she was born. I can't bare to get rid of them so Im just incorporating it too. When Maddie is done with her recital, Im going to shadow box her first dance costume. it's the bright spring colors of pink and blue so it will be perfect! I found some bedding I liked....blue top cover with polka dotted spring colored sheets. Brooklyn has done great in her new bed. Yes, she gets up and down and we have to correct her and take her back to bed. But eventually, she realizes we are serious and stays put. It's pretty precious actually and I think she will get the hang of it pretty quickly!

Sign that a college friend painted for Brooklyn when she was born. See....just can't get rid of that!

The names look off which bugs me, but it's actually pretty even....promise.

First night in her big girl bed!! She was so excited!

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