Pumpkin Butt

Here's my little pumpkin butt! 

I saw this idea on a photograph I found on pinterest and thought it was adorable but it was a pinterest fail even though she has the cutest pumpkin butt ever!

She wouldn't let me paint her butt all the way around both cheeks and then she rubbed the orange paint everywhere! She did not like this idea at all.

I snapped a couple photos and then that was it, it was time for a bath!

While grandma has been here

Once a month each parent has to bring a snack for MDO. If your child's birthday is that month then you are assigned to bring a birthday treat. So last Tuesday her class celebrated her birthday with cupcakes. Dorothy made them for her since I was still out of it. I thought they turned out cute and the kids loved them!

We headed to the mall the other day. She wanted to buy the girls some Christmas gifts while she was here to store until the holiday. They made a pit stop to play some games

Next year Jolee will be big enough to play too

Grandma winning some tickets for the girls

winning!

We had Mexican food at Corona's one night

And fed the ducks

Jolee would run from them when she saw them coming, lol

And today Jaina and I headed to church. Grandma wasn't feeling to good so she stayed home with Jolee while she slept. 

Jaina looked adorable all dressed up like a big girl in her new dress and high heels :)

She was so sweet, she said "mom, lets not be late, we don't want to miss the music". She normally goes to the kids room while I'm in "big church" but this morning she said she wanted to sit with me during the service. She lasted about 5 minutes and then started asking questions like, "how long is this going to take", "is this all yall do is just sing", lol. So she ended up going to the kids room to play but it was sweet that she tried :)

She's growing up! 

This little girl is a dare devil and a half! Tonight she crawled up onto my lap in the chair so she could crawl on to the bed, stand up and bounce around all while laughing the entire time. She's a mess!

Hope everyone had a great weekend

Early Halloween Treat

Grandma's girl

Yesterday I took Jaina to the St. Joesph Halloween carnival. They had it a little early this year which was great because she missed it last year. Jolee was a little fussy yesterday so Dorothy stayed home with Jolee while I took Jaina. 

Jaina really wanted to be a scary witch this year so I put together this costume for her. We skipped the green paint and will do that on Halloween night.

It was funny because as we were driving to the carnival she asked me "mom, what do witches do". I told her we would watch the Wizard of Oz when we got home so she can see what witches do! 

The carnival was small but enough for her to have fun. She got to go "fishing" a couple times for some goody bags full of candy

She "picked a duck" a couple of times for more candy and did the cake walk a few times

She decorated a cookie

and took a break to eat it

Then she got to decorate a small pumpkin with some stickers

She did an awesome job!

Then I decided to take her into the haunted house. She was very excited......at first.

When she was 3 my uncle and I took her to the same haunted house and it was just a guy with a flash light telling a story about his haunted book store which was NOT scary at all. When I gave the women our tickets she asked "are you sure she is old enough to walk through the haunted house, its pretty scary". I said "oh yeah we've been before and she will do just fine". Well....

Let me tell ya it scared me! We went in and it was dark with music playing, the props were really cool and they had an old lady as a witch and a boy with a hammer. Not too scary but then all of a sudden a guy came out from behind the door with a chain saw and fired it up right next to Jaina.  I seriously thought she peed on the floor she screamed SO loud and started crying!! She said "make it stop! I want to go home mommy! 

Oh my Lord I felt like the worlds worst mom taking her into a haunted house being so little, what was I thinking!! Lol

We walked through the rest of the house which the lady giving us the tour told the rest of the workers to go easy on her, thank goodness! 

When we got back outside she was still trembling and her heart was pounding. 

Poor baby will have nightmares for the rest of her life, lol.

She got her face painted before we went home. Lol she was telling that girl painting her face all about the scary haunted house

A nice flower! After a scary haunted house

She got some pop corn and then we headed home

When we got home I let her glitter a pumpkin

And put stickers on another pumpkin. 

Then it was off to bed to watch the Wizard of Oz.

This morning Jaina had a soccer game. 

She did a great job and set up a few goals for the other kids on her team. They won 14-2! Go Tigers!!

While we were there Jolee learned a new word, she kept saying "Go, go go" cheering her sister on! She also can now say Dixi which sounds like Dickie, kitty and Do Do 

Pumpkin Patch 2013

Today we took the girls to the pumpkin patch in town

Jolee didn't know what to think about all these pumpkins

We have a book store in town called Fletcher's who has a pumpkin patch every year. I've been taking Jaina here since she was just a baby. This year they had a bunch of little tiny pumpkins

The girls enjoyed it

and were admiring the pumpkins until......

Jaina tripped and fell and skinned up her knee!

boy did she scream and holler bloody murder

She was not a happy camper, lol

This was the best photo I got with grandma and the girls, lol

Jaina was still looking at her knee, lol

And then her sister had a melt down when we tried to sit her in the tub of pumpkins.

I finally gave it up and called it quits on taking cute pictures in the pumpkin patch

haha oh well there's always next year

You're 5!

A note to you on your birthday!

My oh my where has the time gone? 

I still can't believe my baby is already 5!

It seems like yesterday you were just a baby and now your a big girl! You have turned out to be a sweet, sassy, kind and gentle little girl. You have a heart of gold! You are charming and love to be the center of Mommy and Daddy's world even  though you can be very shy at times. You are outgoing and love playing soccer. You do just about anything and say just about anything, lol. You are learning alot in school , you now can recite your full name, address, city, state, and mommy and daddy's name. You are learning to recognize letters and you love going to school. You have a friend named Tatum that you play with along with Skyler who lives down the street.

You love all things rock and roll and you love to dance. Right now your favorite show is Word Girl and Sponge Bob (though I don't let you watch it that often anymore). You  love to play with barbies, baby dolls, play kitchen and waitress, doctor and bears and you love your new doll house. 

You love watching your movies at night before going to sleep. You are in bed between 730-830 and you are up by 830. You are a pretty picker eater and you hate mashed potatoes. But you love fruit, especially peaches. 

You love to paint, color and read books. And recently started liking activity books. You also like to pretend you are the teacher and you tell your "students' about Jesus. 

You LOVE your sister, you make her laugh and cry. Yall play so well together and love being around each other. 

You like to sing along to the songs in the car. You are obsessed with wanting to be a "cops girl" when you grow up and love all things cowgirls and horses. 

You are still afraid of the dark, and you hate bugs and the vacuum cleaner. 

I am loving this stage in your life right now and watching you grow into a beautiful, smart, sweet girl. I'm proud to be your momma and love you SO much!!!! 

You are my sunshine!

Happy 5th birthday sweet heart :)

A Birthday, Anniversary and Surgery

The birthday girl!

We had plans on giving our gifts to Jaina  on Monday. We like to keep our gifts separate from her party and we always have a small "family" celebration on her real birthday but I was scheduled to have me wisdom teeth extracted that morning so we decided to give them to her on Sunday.  

haha She is in her police get up Gma bought her

Lol Jaina in her high heels and Jolee looks like Barney Fife

Dorothy got the girls these cop costumes to wear while they drive the police car around

It was such a beautiful day Sunday that we spent most of the day outside. We just let her open her gifts outside

We got her 2 barbies, a baby crib for her dolls, a La La Loopsy doll, two games and a bike!

I try and keep her gifts simple

Jolee LOVED her La La Loopsy doll because her hair spins and she dances

I really wanted to save her bike and give it to her at Christmas as a Santa gift but Justin insisted that we give it to her now while the weather is still nice. We hid it in the barn for her to go and see

She was excited!

Daddy helping her ride for the first time

She didn't go to far and was a little nervous but she will get use to it

Officer Veal taking a break to drink some tea, lol

Sunday we also celebrated 6 years of marriage!

We didn't have any plans, we didn't even go out for dinner, lol. Our anniversary is the day before Jaina's real birthday (yes I was in labor on our 1st anniversary) and I always push it to the side because we are always planning Jaina's parties. Plus we had just gotten back from New Orleans and we considered that as part of our anniversary. But it was okay to not have any plans. We just enjoyed spending the day together. 

I can't believe 6 years have already gone by. Time flies honey!

You are the best and we go together like Jenny and Forrest :) 

Happy Anniversary!

Monday morning I had my dreadful appointment to get my two bottom wisdom teeth extracted. Let me tell ya I was a nervous wreck. I almost started crying in the chair. When I get super nervous I always break down. I can literally worry myself sick over something and  was scared that the IV wouldn't work and I would feel everything. I prayed SEVERAL times before I went to sleep and before my appointment that morning.I knew everything would be okay because I kept hearing a voice tell me that everything was going to be just fine. When I walked in I really wanted to run away but all I kept thinking was "if Jaina got her tooth pulled then I can", plus I got 4 molars pulled all in one day when I was in Jr. High before I got braces so this should be a breeze. 

I went back and they put the gas mask on me, and started my IV. I don't even remember falling asleep! I just remember waking up and immediately asked for Justin . He said he wheeled me to the car and even picked me up and put me in the truck, which I have no memory of. The next thing I remember was this moment in the truck as we were going home. Haha he got it on video too. The video is side ways and blurry. Sorry in advance! But I was trying to ask him if my tooth was going to grow back hahahahahaha!

When I got home and Jaina saw me for the first time she told Dorothy "momma looks like a monster", haha!  I slept most of the day and then worried and freaked out about getting dry socket the rest of the day. Today I went in for a check up and she said everything looked really good and is healing properly. I'm glad its over! It actually hasn't been all that bad besides trying to find things to eat besides shakes, pudding and yogurt. I really need to let all my fears go and let God be in control. Life would be much easier that way!