fun pics..

Today I was trying to get a photo of Lauren in her little denim skirt and striped tights! well this is the best I could do :) I have a few more(along with other photos), just click this link...HERE!

Jackson had a cup of hot chocolate and he loved it! He had one a couple months ago, but wasn't too into it. This is his lovely mustache! :)


Here are a couple photos with the family from the weekend. I love this picture of Granny with the kids, they had so much fun with her!
These are right after Lauren's dedication with both families..

long time...

I am a slacker! It's been quite a while, hopefully now that we are mostly settled into the new house and Lauren's party is over we can get back into some sort of routine. Things have been super busy, but really good. These are pictures from the last couple weeks, christmas photos will have to wait...

here are some pics from the first album I have gotten too....
We had a fun play date with some gals and kids from the church.

Jackson and I decided to make a cake for Daddy from scratch, jackson's favorite part....the sprinkles! :)

The kids are all becoming such good friends...here is Isaiah, Jackson and Lauren checking out the toys! Lauren started to pull up and stand on things this week...



Click here for pictures of the house...I haven't taken any of upstairs, but I will soon. Here is a picture of our kitchen...it has been so great to cook in!


Lauren turned one last weekend and I just can't believe it. Seems like she was just born yesterday! Jackson grew up fast, but Lauren is growing up even faster. Lauren is such a fun, happy little girl! She loves mexican food, all of it! For her birthday we had fajitas and boy was she excited! She has been cutting her 11th and 12th tooth (yes, she has a lot of teeth) and she hadn't eaten table food for a few days, but as soon as the mexican food came out she forgot she wasn't eating. She really isn't a fruit or veggie eater, but I am just so thankful she eats! Yesterday we tried an entire bottle of whole milk and she loved it. She had cheese toast for lunch and then chicken nuggets and yogurt for dinner. Jackson didn't even eat a nugget till he was over 2 years old! jackson is a great big brother and he really loves his sister. We had a great time when everyone came into to town for Lauren's b-day and dedication. It was a very special weekend.

The birthday girl!

The birthday cake!

the set up!

Last night before she turned one!


more b-day photos! (we didn't get to take too many)

My In-Laws brought up my wedding dress last weekend....it still fits!!!

at last....

we are finally back up and running! I feel like I have been away from the world for almost a month now. No news, no blogs, no facebook....good to be back!

We are getting more and more settled into our new home and had a nice 1st Christmas here on Elm street. I look forward to next year though, I was way too tired and worn out to truly get into the Christmas spirit.



Here is Lauren's first picture with Santa....We took one with our camera of jackson, but he was not a very willing participant. He wouldn't look at the camera or take his fingers out of his mouth, I will post it soon. I haven't uploaded one photo to the mac in 4 weeks, so I have a lot of updating to do!

We hope everyone had a great Christmas and we look forward to catching up with everyone soon!

no internet...

Well we are getting pretty settled into the new house, but still lacking one very important thing...INTERNET! There is no phone line (and that could take up to 30 days) and it has been raining too much to finish digging the cable line. Normally I would be going nuts without it, but with so much organizing and unpacking to do, I haven't had much time or energy for it anyways.

We are in TX for the weekend to visit Dave's Family for Christmas. We are staying in in Mineola, TX! :) I am glad to have this hotel and the internet to catch up on some e-mails.

Most the house is about unpacked, just photos to hang and still have to go though all boxes in the garage. These are boxes that we have carried around since houston. We have decided that during this move we have too much stuff....a lot of the stuff in the garage will have to go.

I wish we could post pictures, but that will have to wait too. The kids are doing well in the new house, at bedtime Jackson asks to go back to the other house, but during the day he loves to have all the extra space to play in. I really think he misses our neighbors, he talks about Mrs. Brenda all the time! and we use to see her almsot everyday too. The dogs love the new house too and have already scratched the new floors. Personality is what the floors have now! At least that is what I am telling myself :) The dogs really love to go up and down the stairs...katy loves to jump from the turn in the stairs and slide on the rug in the entry....we will have to post that video!

Unfortunately the kids have been sick the entire first week in the home...Jackson has a very bad ear infection and Lauren has TWO molars coming in! Lauren's tooth count is TEN! I can't believe all the teeth she has, jackson at 10 months only had 4 with 2 breaking through!

I hope all is well with everyone and enjoying the holidays! God has really blessed our family this year with so much. A precious baby girl (who is almost one!), a new job, a new house and so much more! love and prayers to all of you!

Time to move!

We are selling our current home and buying a new home later today!!!! At 1 pm we go to the title company to sign the papers! this is all so exciting and a little sad. We have truly loved our first home and made TONS of wonderful memories here!

So goodbye to 213 College...here is a quick glance at some great memories.
Getting our first dog...Houston! this is just about a month after we bought the house!


then Katy came :)

Bringing home Jackson

and bringing home Lauren


tons of family and friends






Fun Summer Days..


And lots of parties! Although most of them have been dog parties :)

Amanda's B-day 2007
Allison's B-day 2007
Dave's B-day 2007
Houston and Katy's B-day 2006


We even had a 4th birthday party for Houston last week!


Seasons, Holidays and Snow Days
Thanksgiving 2006 with the Higgins


Halloween 2007
Valentines 2007

And of course the best neighbor ever...Suzannah! And the rest of the McCords too, we will miss all of you!




And of course our other great neighbors, the Orcutts! I don't know how I will live so far from you Amanda (and it's not even far, but it's far to me!)

So goodbye College Street...


...and Hello to 524 S.Elm
we look forward to all the NEW memories!

house photos from last week...

here are some photos from last week...thursday i think. more pics---> house photos!

love you daddy! :)