New Years Eve

We had a little new years eve party with some friends and it was so much fun. We had TONS of food, which is always fine with me, and we had some awesome company to go with it. The kids favorite part of the evening was definitly the fireworks...okay, well, most of the kids. For some of the younger ones, the fireworks didn't go over too well. Once we finished those up, we got kiddos ready for bed and let them watch a movie, while the adults played games and hung out. We had a blast and I know the girls loved hanging out with their friends. Some of the kids slept, some didn't but it was all worth it, even having to wake up bright and early at 7am with my early risers!

Halli & Dad, playing with fire!

Peyton wasn't too sure of the whole thing, but she didn't do too bad.

Halli couldn't get enough of the fireworks.

Shooting off bottlerockets. Even the adults fully enjoyed this one!

The majority of the gang, tucked in and ready for a great movie!

Even some of the younger kids stayed up late to get in on the action.

We had such a fun evening, and hope it becomes an annual tradition.

Where does the time go?

I can't believe it's been six months already! Our little baby is changing so quickly, it's time for her to stop. I'll admit, I wished the newborn days away, but now, she's loads of fun and I wish I could just freeze time. Lexie is the happiest little girl, and she loves attention. If you smile at her and start talking to her, you're pretty much guaranteed a big bright smile. She also loves to watch her big sisters and is always laughing at them, which they love. I can't imagine not having this amazing baby girl in our family!

On a side note, here are her stats from her 6 month check-up:

weight - 16lbs 10oz (75th percentile)
Height- 25.5in (50th percentile)

She is the most average size baby I've had. The other two were always 90th percentile in at least one of the measurements, Halli was always 90th in both. But compared to Peyton, our skinny minny baby, Lexie's feeling a little chunkier!

Christmas Morning

I absolutely LOVE christmas! We had a wonderful christmas day and enjoyed spending time at home all morning, just relaxing and playing with new toys! The girls gave me a little present and slept in just a little, at least they weren't up at 6:30, so that was great! I loved the look of excitment on their faces as they came in and told us that santa had come. It was also so fun this year as Peyton was able to get into it a little more.

Gotta love that Christmas Morning Excitment!

Peyton was so excited for her "binkerbell" toys.

Halli got a new hula hoop, she wasn't too great at it to start, but it's amazing how quick these kids learn, she's pretty good!

This is pretty much what Lexie did all morning, she was just overcome with excitment!:)

There's nothing like a big hunk of chocolate before 8am!

Our tree after santa came! I love thes pictures. When I was growing up my mom never put any presents under the tree until christmas eve, so in the morning it looked like the whole place was overflowing. She says they did this to hide the lack of presents, I guess it worked, cause it always looked like a ton! This is something I've continued with our kids and will probably always do, it just makes christmas morning that much more exciting.

We had a great christmas, but maybe next year santa will pull in the purse strings and not overdo it so much! Okay, maybe not Santa, but Mrs. Clause is to blame.

How a 6 month old enjoys christmas gifts

Maybe someday she'll enjoy it!

PS. That's Halli's hand in the background, always being a great big sis trying to help Lexie feel better.

Christmas Eve

Christmas eve was such a relaxing day, we were able to just hang out with our girls and enjoy their company! It didn't really seem like Christmas Eve until later that night, but it was so nice to be able to enjou a day out with the whole family, just playing and having fun

Kevin and all his girls, Halli & Peyton were amazed by this tree and the HUGE star on top!

Me and Kevin by the gigantic tree!

What a beautiful face! This is the look she gave me when I told her to smile, That's what she gets, now it's recorded forever!

Peyton just being sweet as we were walking around market street in the woodlands

I absolutely LOVE her eyes in this picture! She was also making a high pitched sing-song noise at me too! What a happy little girl!

all of them on the carousel. I love this picture, they just look SO happy! Love those smiles!

Later that night we headed over to the inlaws for pizza and singing carols with all the extended family. It was fun and the girls enjoyed it, but they always enjoy being at grandmas! Peyton spend a large portion of the evening pretending to be a dog.

Here are the boys and Halli singing! They sounded great too!

The whole gang, and this isn't even everyone either! It was a large party!

This was just cause the girls looked so cute in their matching outfits!

Christmas Cards

I'm a little later this year than normal at getting our christmas cards done, but I did it, thank goodness! Now I just need to get them all in the mail, almost there. But here's a sneak peek so you don't have to wait!

We have a wide screen for our computer, and when I lengthened our photo, it still looked totally normal, till I printed them. This works out for me though, cause while the rest of the family looks a little long in the face, I look skinny! yeah for me!

I didn't print a back to our cards this year, maybe next, but here's what could have been. Maybe I'll send it out as a letter anyway, we'll see! Merry Christmas!

Sew, Sew, Sew!

We had our family pictures taken the other day, and after looking for Christmas dresses all over, I didn't really find any I liked, so I decided that I would sew THREE dresses! Seriously, what was I thinking? The most I had ever done was skirts for myself, and I think I can sew three dresses, with the girls running around? Well, Kevin didn't see much of me at night for a couple weeks, but believe it or not, I did it! Bonus, I really like the dresses! So, Here are some beautiful pictures taken by the talented Ginger that show of not only the beautiful dresses, but the beautiful girls that get to wear them!

Lexie's dress took me the longest by far. Only because when I thought I had it done, I went to try it on her, and it didn't even fit over her head! This was the day before the pictures, and I had no extra fabric, talk about panic! Somehow I managed to add extra room around the edges and cut some in the back, I'm amazed it worked, but she looked beautiful!

I love them, but you can bet I won't be sewing any more dresses for quite awhile!