Spring photo session

We took Anna Claire to Norton Art Gallery Sunday after church and tried to get some good photos. She will NOT look when prompted, imagine that! Also, there are some at home....I have been taking lots of pictures with the Azalea's blooming.

Now I'm ready!

Well, I think I am officially ready for Leighton's arrival, thanks to my sweet friends Holly and Sara, who gave me a great baby shower Saturday. I got lots of cute and much needed boy items and had fun visiting with friends and family. Anna Claire came along and had a special time with her friend Avery (Holly's daughter) with thier very own little table set just for them. Such sweet girlys!

Random things!

Just some random pictures enjoying this GREAT weather!

We went to see Sesame Street Live and Anna Claire loved it! She sat in her daddy's lap most of the time glued to the stage.

Las Vegas trip!

Well it is time for me to play catch up on blogging.

Anna Claire, Mom and I had a fun trip to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago. She loved playing with her cousins, Uncle and Aunt. We miss them terribly already. We (my mom and I) kept the boys while my brother and sister-in-law went on a trip. We did lots of soccer, t-ball and baseball....great preparation for what's to come with our little boy! I love watching the 3 cousins together.

New toy, park picnic and swimming in February!

A couple of weeks ago Matt was walking Biz and saw this really big, relatively nice playhouse out for the trash at a neighbor's house. So like Sanford we loaded up the trailer and went and got it. Our plan was to buy one for Anna Claire's Birthday, but this worked out even better. FREE! We spent 2 hours cleaning it and now it's as good as new. She has enjoyed it!

We have been loving this weather lately. It has been like spring. We have had many park trips and if you can believe it, Anna Claire even got in her little pool. I filled up many pots of warm water and she and her friends had a great time swimming!

Anna, grandpa and papaw!

Mardi Gras

We had fun going to a couple of Mardi Gras parades! The first one was the Dog parade, we took Biz and they both had a good time! The other parade was the Highland parade, which Anna Claire had a blast catching beads with her friends. They got LOTS of beads.

Just waiting!

I guess we've been busy around here. Here are some things I wanted to post about:

Anna Claire is talking about Leighton all the time. Here are the things she says about her brother:
-"When I get big I can spank baby Leighton"
-"Mommy is baby Leighton kicking? Baby Emma sure is."(that's the name of the baby in her tummy)
-She talks to him with her lips touching my belly every night.
-She prays for him every time she says a prayer.
-"Baby Leighton can use my little potty because I'm so big I use the big potty now."
-Today she asked me if baby Leighton will stand up to go tee-tee like daddy.

Needless to say we are all very excited about our baby boy and can hardly wait for him to be here. Hopefully we will get to see our sweet boy soon, we have another ultrasound in a couple of weeks.

Anna Claire is at such a fun age right now. Here are some things she loves:

-- being home with mommy during the week. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

--playing dress up. After she gets her dress up clothes on she always says...daddy is going to love it!

-- Doing things on her own: ie- getting dressed, putting her shoes and socks on, getting out of the car, etc.

--She's really into her daddy. She thinks he hung the moon. We are both so lucky to have such a caring attentive man in our lives. When anything breaks at home and I say I'll fix it she says " no mommy daddy can fix it."

-- Not napping. I think were about to drop the nap. She actually does okay all day and then she crashes early.

-- Helping me with any household chore I do. Especially cooking.

--Pretending to be a puppy named Bella. (see picture)

-- Playing with her friends! She talks about going to her friends houses all the time.

Just like a girl!

Well Anna Claire is really your typical girl. She goes from ballerina to cheerleader to house keeper all in one day...well really all in about 20 minutes!!!

She really loves dress up!

Friends!

Anna Claire is REALLY in to playing with her friends, especially her friends who love to play dress up. She loves having them over pulling out all of her priness dresses, shoes, and make-up.

Happy New Year!

We had a fun New Year's Eve. We went to some friends house and the kids played really hard and had lots of fun. Then we came home and popped firecrackers.

Getting ready for Leighton

Anna Claire painting letters for the nursery!

Matt and I are trying to get Leighton's room ready. Big sister loves to help. There's not a whole lot to do since the poor little boy's room is the size of a shoe box. However, we are trying to make it look really cute, and I think it's come along way, thanks to daddy. He has painted, shampoo'd the carpet (uhhh I can't stand carpet) , and put the bed up.

Still enjoying Christmas presents

Anna Claire is enjoying all of her Christmas presents still. These are a few shots of her skating. As she would say....these are her "skating shoes."

Santa was good!

Anna Claire had a big Christmas. We thought we were keeping it simple, but as it turned out.....it was VERY big. She had a great time and got some really fun new toys. We tried to make her understand the TRUE meaning, but at this age for her it was all about the presents :) Imagine that!

The Big City of Marshall Texas!

We went to see the lights in Marshall...

Baby News!

We found out today we are having a baby BOY! It was so much fun to get to see him today. Everything is on target and appears well. No question about the sex, he is absolutely a boy! We are thrilled and Anna Claire is warming up to the idea that it is a boy. She always talked about the baby "sister" in mommys tummy and now she is saying brother without crying for it to be a girl.