Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. While we were sad we didn't get to be with either of our families, we enjoyed a great meal and company with our Army family. The week of Thanksgiving, I took a few pictures of the kids outside for our Christmas cards and a gift for Mallie's birthday with a pic of each of her grandchildren. My sweet man!

 My beautiful girl!

And my sweet baby girl!

 

Then, the several attempts at a group shot! They were all in great moods, though so I got a few that I loved.

 Here's a pic of the snow we got the week before Thanksgiving.

 Anna got her first taste of rice cereal this week. She grabbed the spoon and pushed it in her mouth. She doesn't love the taste of it, but she enjoys the whole eating process. I don't think we'll have a problem with food. She moves her mouth whenever she watches us chew. David freaked out when I first gave her the cereal cause I've told him so many times she can't have anything but milk. He now loves to watch her eat, though.

 Presley's dance teacher invited all the siblings in to their class this week to do the Turkey Wobble. David held her hand for a while, but more watched everyone else dance. I was glad he participated and he was so proud of himself when he got in the car. He kept saying, "David, Dance."

 We went over to our friend Kendra's house this week for crafts. The kids had a ball! They painted around 15 flour ornaments Kendra had baked. I even got David to do a few and painted Anna's hand on one. 

 Thanksgiving morning, Presley loved watching the parade. Her favorite was the Rockette's. She asked if she could be a dancing girl like them when she grows up. She was such a big helper with Anna while Cameron and I were cooking. She read her stories and entertained Anna most of the morning.  She also kept lecturing David about cleaning up his toys since we had told her not to make a huge mess cause people were coming over. Such a little mommy!

 The kids all ate in the kitchen... David was the last one at the table. He thoroughly enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner (and I think he ate off all the leftover plates).

 Enjoying a cookie with all the boys!

 Presley had a ball with Rylee, our friend's daughter. She's just a month older than Presley. They wore every outfit in her dress up closet and had a parade. Presley cried and cried when Rylee left. She was definitely over tired, as it was after her bedtime, but I think they just had so much fun together, she was sad to see her go. I'm glad we've made some good friends here for us and our kids. 

 The kids love getting packages and tore through a Christmas package from G and D. They loved all of it and Presley told me that night to remind her to write a thank you card to G and D thanking them for her stuffed reindeer.

 We decorated for Christmas the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun and the kids were super excited to pull out all the decorations. They were a big help with the tree and loved drinking apple cider while we decorated. David loved pulling out all my old Santa ornaments which are Santa on various trains, buses, rockets, etc.  He has carried around the Santa train and Santa tour bus (which he calls a school bus) the past few days. The school bus has to watch him eat all his meals at the table and goes up to his room for nap and bedtime. 

 We topped off Thanksgiving weekend with an Auburn victory over Alabama in the Iron Bowl! Presley wore her Aubie hairbow she's convinced is magical cause they've won every game when she's worn it. 

 It was quite an amazing victory with an unforgettable ending! 

WAR EAGLE!

Catching Up

We had our first snow this week! We got 1-2" over 2 days and the temperature dropped 38 degrees. We didn't even play outside in it because it was in the teens with a wind chill in the single digits! We stayed home one day and Presley did lots of Thanksgiving crafts.  Otherwise, we've been busy running errands, planning Thanksgiving, and doing lots of Christmas shopping.

I just wanted to do a quick update of some phone pictures:

Here is David after nap one day. He plays so well in his crib when he wakes up and has acquired quite the collection of stuffed animals. His favorites right now are Goo-Goo (Goofy) that G bought last time she was here and Bear that Grandmom bought him from the zoo.

 David enjoyed carrying this mini-Santa at Hobby Lobby one day.

 One night when Cameron worked late, I attempted to bathe all three kids at the same time. Not my best idea... it didn't save time or go very smoothly, but the kids enjoyed it. 

 Cheering on our Tigers last Saturday as they defeated Georgia in an unbelievable game! This outfit was one I bought David in Georgia. 

 My sweet man!

 Anna has started teething/drinking out of my water bottle. 

 My beautiful girl!

 My beautiful big girl!

 David loves to help me with Anna's baths. He was making her laugh one day this week for me while Presley was at school.

 During our big snowstorm yesterday, we didn't leave the house. We had movie and popcorn time after David's nap. David doesn't sit still to watch full movies yet, but he watched a good 30 minutes of Madagascar 3.

 We braved the cold and snow today for Presley's Thanksgiving feast at school. She dressed as a pilgrim for her feast. I think they underestimated how much she could eat... she had 3 muffins, 3 chicken nuggets, applesauce, popcorn and juice! Quite a feast! Hopefully, my Thanksgiving cooking will be enough for her!

 Sweet siblings at Presley's party today. David loves going to her school.

Mallie and Dallie Visit

Mallie and Dallie came to Colorado the weekend after David's birthday to celebrate with us. We had a wonderful, long weekend with them. We actually didn't do a whole lot, but it was nice to hang out at home and Mal helped me finish some errands. They got in from Denver around lunchtime Friday and we all ate together then did David's presents. The kids were so excited to have them in town.

 He got a new fireman suit.

And a new backpack. He loves talking about school and always wears Presley's backpack. Now, he has one of his own.

 We watched the Auburn game early Saturday.

 Then, Mal, Presley, Anna and I went on a "date." Presley was so excited to go to a new Italian restaurant where she got salad and noodles and of course, dessert! We had a great night out while the boys stayed home with pizza and football.

 Sunday morning, Mal and Dal treated us to brunch at the Broadmoor Hotel. I have been wanting to go to this since we moved here. It did not disappoint! It was absolutely delicious!! Presley definitely got her money's worth-  I think she had 4 plates of food, a smoothie, OJ and water.  It is a beautiful hotel and had a beautiful view!

 Anna was not very good at brunch... she was overly tired and wouldn't cave in and sleep. I finally ended up putting her on the floor cause she loves to stretch out and she was finally happy. 

 Our date night in Old Colorado City with the girls.

 David helped me make pumpkin bread Sunday morning. He loves to come in the kitchen when he hears me cooking these days. 

 I pulled out Anna's jumperoo the other day. She isn't sold on it, but hopefully she'll love it in time. It's a good distraction for when I'm downstairs running on the treadmill. I did run my first 5K since having Anna today. It was a little harder than I expected- partly because it ended up being 3.6 miles, not 3.1!! and because I have only run 2 miles on the treadmill these days. I have yet to run outside or on an incline and this was a tough course, but I finished and that is all I wanted! 

 David now wears his backpack on days that Presley goes to preschool. He really wants to go to school these days... maybe next year!

 My big boy is still sleeping great without his babu. He has acquired a lot of stuffed animals, though, and takes roll call every night before bed and nap.

 One night when Cameron worked late, I attempted to bathe all 3 at the same time... this won't be happening agin. Anna was not amused and the other two were not happy to be squished in their half of the tub. It actually took me a lot longer than normal too to get them all through, so we'll stick with the two big ones first, then Anna. It was worth a shot, though!

 And finally, I will end with today- Auburn played Georgia today, it was a huge game for us! Anna was ready in her gear, as were the rest of our kids. Presley is convinced her Aubie hairbow is magic and helps Auburn win so she was sporting that today, too! Auburn pulled out a huge victory in the last few seconds of the game! It was unbelievable. We had our friends over and Cameron screamed so loud, Presley hid in the bathroom, the babies (Cora and Anna) were screaming and Sammy was clinging to his mom crying saying he wanted to go home. It was hilarious and awful at the same time. We are so proud of our Auburn Tigers! Presley and David have quickly fallen in love with Auburn just like their daddy! They love Aubie and love shaking their shakers during the game.