Baby Messy Face

Eddie's started eating solid food once a day and it's not a tidy process:

And here's the little contortionist, Mary Beth. She's actually more comfortable like this and doesn't like it if you try to move her!!

Merry Christmas

Here's the jolly Dark Knight cookie that Uncle Dan made.. for some reason I find it highly amusing. Hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday!!

Random Pictures

Jake likes to fall asleep in front of the tree and it's pretty lights: This is after the ballet. We were supposed to be taking a "pretty" picture, but you see how well that works:
Baby Buns! You just gotta have a baby buns picture:
Mommy and Eddie, goofing around:

A conversation with Bea

Mommy: "You need to go to sleep because when we get up we're going to see The Nutcracker"
Bea: "But I don't want to see it."
Mom: "Why not?"

Bea: "I don't want to SEE it, I want to BE in it!"

Sisters Having a Chat

Tuckered out little cowbaby

That's the Jingle Bell Rock

I couldn't get her to take a bow...

Pretty in Pink

Whole lotta smilin' goin' on..

L'il Cowbaby

Eddie wants to stand all the time, so he's sick of the swing, and bouncer, and basically anything that requires his back to touch it- the screeching noise he makes as soon as his bottom hits the swing is ear-piercing. So, we took a chance and got out the jumperoo. We had to put books under his feet, because he's not quite long enough- but he does like it!

Arms a-flappin':


And a clearer picture:

Ballerina Dance

New Pictures

Thanksgiving table (note the handmade turkey centerpieces in the background, each with their own plates- they were eating with us): The outside of our new house:
Three very hip babies- baby skeleton, baby Mr. T, and baby Daniel Johnston:

New House Pics

Well, Bea is at her new school, so I can finally get these house pictures up on the blog (why can't I turn off this underline feature on blogger? grr). Anyway, we are settling in nicely, and I love the house- Luke did a great job! I did the pictures in a small size because there are so many of them. Of course these pictures don't do justice to all the space that I now have- yay! Walk-in closets!!

The nursery:


Our re-done master bath- it looks gorgeous! No way did I dare take a picture of our bedroom, because it was such a mess-it's taking forever to unpack my closet. Do I NEED all those clothes? (yes. yes I do)Dining room:
Messy living room. With four kids I'll never get a clean picture of this room. Off to the side where the windows are is the playroom and garage.
Our remodeled kitchen. Luke did an incredible job! The doorways on the left lead to the laundry room, and guest bedroom and bathroom (where our nanny is currently staying-yes, we have a live-in nanny ooh la la and I couldn't do without her right now).
Bea and Eddie enjoying their new home!
I'll get pics of the outside up soon, but that's about it! We are happy to all finally be together and the kids are doing great! The babies are pretty much sleeping through the night and that, along with the nanny, ensures that mama is not completely insane..

Moving!!

The blog is on hold while I get it together around the new house. We are here in Big Spring and I love the house- Luke did a great job remodeling. I'll post pics maybe next week when I get all the unpacking done. Okay, most of the unpacking....it will probably take a while to get it all done, and I'm only one woman (with 4 kids!).

More family resemblance

Bea and Mary Beth:

Two new videos

of the babies under the "youtube videos" link on the right. These are probably only exciting to certain people, otherwise they could be like watching paint dry. Eddie cooing, and the babies "dancing" along to their mobile music...

We are moving in a couple of days! Craziness.

Lots of Cute

How can I stand the crying and fussing? Lots of cuteness makes up for it...

Trick or Treat

Bea had a great time and was sooo excited that she filled her pumpkin bag full of candy...

Happy Halloween!

Random Cuteness

Jake smiling:Mommy and Mary Beth:

Cowgirl

This is the final decision on her Halloween costume, after some debate. We had gone to the costume shop and bought a pirate hat and sword, AND she has a few ballerina skirts. Well, this morning she said "I think I want to be a witch." Mommy drew the line- I'm not buying any more costumes!! She can be a cowgirl, pirate, doggie, or ballerina. I think that's plenty of choices.

Family Resemblance

Jake and daddy
Mary Beth and mommy
Eddie and mommy

ETL (Estimated Time of Leaving)

If all goes well with our kitchen construction, it looks like we'll be leaving Denton the weekend of November 15th!! We are sooo excited as we are getting tired of saying "goodbye" to Daddy every weekend. But we will be sad to leave all those wonderful people who have helped us!! It has been quite a journey, with a new chapter ahead of us. I'm looking forward to getting our new life started in Big Spring! These next few weeks should fly by, with Halloween coming up, and a week long visit from Gramma Linda and Aunt "Yelle" coming up next week- can't wait!

Here are some random pics:

One of our wonderful sitters, Collin, with Jake and Eddie:
Uncle Dan, Jake, and my future sister-in-law, Megan:

Eddie gettin' punchy

And Nama with three babies:

A beautiful fall day...

With uncle Dan and a pirate...

Jake in the Bumbo

Hates it?No, it's okay...

Yay for Fall!