happiness is...

getting to put on a new dress you have been dying to wear :)

ellis LOVES getting new clothes, shoes, jewelry...even pajamas. bebe bought her a few dresses as an early birthday present and ellis has been just waiting for spring to arrive so i would let her wear them. this weekend she got her chance :) we went into town shopping, then to lunch, and then to a birthday party. ellis kept count of how many people commented on her outfit. for real.
the sandals and sunnies are new too...happy happy happy! she already asked when she would be able to wear the dress again :)

FML

the title above is obviously an exaggeration :) i have a pretty great life...but i am allowed to complain every once in a while right?!?! look at what my kids (ok...really, probably just one of them) did to me w/ in a 30 minute time span:it just isn't right. why would you do this to your mother who is just about 9 months pregnant (i am talking to you beckett)!!!!???

i didn't take a picture of the bed which had every book and stuffed animal we own on top of it. friday is our "lazy day" as ellis calls it. we don't have anywhere to be...no school...no ballet...no music, etc. the kids and i snuggle in my bed till around 9. we then have a really unhealthy breakfast like powdered doughnuts or cereal :) then they go play in their jammies while i get ready for our day (because why would i wake up even a minute before them on our lazy friday?) the downside is what you see above. wherever they are playing, i can expect the room to look about like that :) lovely. and please believe me when i tell you her room was perfection right before they went in there. he is an animal. and guess who picks it all up? me, of course. ellis isn't the one who did it and beckett wouldn't have a clue as to where ANY of it goes. do they prescribe ritalin for almost 2 year olds?

you have to pick your battles

and he won this one...

beckett found an old cheerleading uniform of ellis' and decided that he would be wearing it to bed tonight :)

happiness to him is any "bevo texas" shirt...

i am sure he will have sweet burnt orange dreams! he loves to pretend he is asleep. one of ellis' many jobs is to keep beckett awake in the car...he knows this and loves to trick her into thinking she has failed...

cowgirl lunch

i think they officially called it rodeo lunch @ school...but to ellis it was cowgirl lunch. i am pretty sure she didn't touch any of the food though. another day, another photo shoot. here she is before school...on the porch...again :) and don't think even for a minute that taking pictures is torture for ellis (or beckett for that matter)...they LOVE for me to take pictures of them. weird, i know...but so fun for me!

strike a pose. lately she wants to be a rockstar...kesha to be exact. she knows way more words to tic toc than i am willing to admit :) but i will say it is hilarious to hear a 3 yr old sing along to that song...

cutest belt ever. lovingly made by the prisoners @ angola state prison in louisiana :)

ellis goes texan again

...in her own special way :) the shirt (rodeo cowgirl) was in her closet...so we had to put it to use!! and yes, it is from 2 years ago!!

here is proof. at the rodeo...same age beckett is now. i can remember how calm and normal she was this day... and everyday before and after. what happened to beckett?

hook em'!!!

and she will for sure be sporting this belt for the real rodeo day at school tomorrow!

beckett goes texan

he had his rodeo lunch at school...he LOVES his cowboy boots so getting dressed up for this occassion was no problemo :) the hat didn't stay on for long though...

is that beckett or lloyd christmas? (jim carrey from dumb and dumber!)tuesday is our girl day so ellis was in her ballet outfit...i flat out told her she was wearing something other than purple this week... she even gave up her purple cowgirl boots for the day!

beckett got a cookie @ 8:30 a.m. for posing on the porch...he doesn't even eat them...just holds it until major comes and steals it from him. and we wonder how major got pancreatitis :)

ellis thanking beckett for the cookie hook-up (one can't have one w/out the other!)

@ drop-off w/ miss kate...his bff :) they have a lunch date every wednesday...i can't believe they are almost 2 years old!!

ellis and i then went to breakfast, then ballet, and then to texas women's to visit baby

taylor...morgan and avery's new baby sister!!! she is so cute...looks just like her big sisters :)beckett is usually sleeping when i get there to pick him up...yesterday was no different. i had my camera ready...as soon as he wakes up, he looks around to see if i am already there...

of course, i am...so he lays back down w/ a HUGE smile on his face. this boy LOVES me...and the feeling is mutual :)

feeling the love

one chair, one mom, and three kids (basically). this is what happens EVERY time i try to get a moment of rest. they all want to be with me...on top of me actually. even the dog. in emery's defense, she doesn't really have a choice right now :)