Catching up...

Now that I am finally on Christmas break (YAY!!!) I have some time to post. A lot has been going on during the past few weeks...


We had to get tubes put in Carter's ears. Poor baby...



We celebrated Carter's first Thanksgiving!



Happy First Birthday!!!



Here we are getting ready for Santa...watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and posing by the tree.

Sneak Peek

My good friend Stacy took our family pictures this weekend and posted a sneak peek. I can't wait to see the rest!

Happy Halloween!

Daddy's Girl

One busy little girl...

A visit from Ms. Renee


Smile for the camera!


A day at the Fort Bend County Fair




Enjoying the weather!







Ethan and Carter...BFF!

Okay, I've been meaning to post this for a long time. I couldn't find three pictures of us all the same age...this is the best I could do.

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Carter Loves Spaghetti Night!

Girls Trip!

I spent last week in Denver, Colorado with some of my favorite people in this world. We all got together to visit one of my closest friends, Page. I love that we all can pick right back up where we left off without skipping a beat! Here are a few pictures from the Denver adventure. Did I mention that I am moving there asap? The weather was AMAZING!!!! :)Picnic lunch in the Rocky Mountains! Can you even believe that we needed sweaters???!!!!

Courtney and Page at dinner...we walked to this super cute restaurant and didn't even break a sweat!

ummm...this is the most amazing scenery I have ever seen! Too bad Jeana and I got altitude sickness and couldn't enjoy hiking with the other girls. :(

Waiting for a table at "Snooze"...worth every minute of our 1hr 15min wait! (I'm not even kidding-the most amazing breakfast EVER!)

Coors Brewery Tour-so fun!

Reese's 1st Birthday!!!

I cannot believe my niece, Reese, is already one year! Time really does fly by when you are a parent. Here are some pictures of her FABULOUS first birthday...

Carter's Dedication

Last week, we had Carter "Dedicated" at River Pointe Church. This is a ceremony, much like a Christening, where Matt and I publicly pledge to raise Carter in a Christ-centered home. Our church then offers their prayers over us as they pledge to support our family in our walk with God. C will be baptised when she is old enough to make that decision on her own. Sean and Steph also had Reese dedicated...

All of us up on stage for the ceremony...we were all kind of nervous! :)

The whole gang after church

C with Mimi and Aunt Manda. She is always SO tired during church and would rather be napping...can you tell? :)

This is the pic they flashed up on the big screen during the ceremony; complements of my friend and great photographer, Stacy.

What she's been up to...

Cousin Emily came for a visit a couple weeks ago. She and Carter really enjoyed playing together! Here are some pics from the visit:
okay,I've spent way too much time on this and I can't figure out why this picture is posting sideways...sorry!





Carter seems to change every day! She is such a ham- it cracks me up! The minute Matt walks through the door she gives him this sly, mischievous look out of the corner of her eye. She then spends the rest of the evening trying to make him laugh by making funny faces and then cracking up at herself! I know I've said this a hundred times before, but I can't believe how fast she is growing up! Here she is holding her own bottle and crawling for the first time!