Oh London.....

My sweet baby girl. Very silly and also determined. We are really getting to see more and more of her personality. She is hilarious!! This first picture is London's new "mean" eyes! She gives them to us when we tell her no or take something away.


She also wants to do everything her big sister does. No more feeding her. She is a big girl and can do it. She's getting better at not making such a huge mess.

This morning I gave the girls a bath. London doesn't like to stay in long so she is normally the first one out and dressed. I was putting a load of laundry on and came in the bathroom to find her back in the tub again. Oh London!

They both are also into screaming at the same time. Cute but tends to get annoying fast!!

She is the sweetest girl and loves to cuddle with me, which is nice. I love the new language she makes up and talks to us like it is normal. She makes us very happy. Yea for London!!

christmas and beyond....

Wow! Christmas just flew by. I am posting a long one about some of our activites we have done these past two weeks. We started off with a trip to Lubbock to see my family. Here's me and Grandma.
Scott, Suzette and Keziah at The Oak's Christmas Eve Service.

My little Cali in her Christmas dress.

Our family. Neither girl would smile at the right time.

My sister, me and my brother. We are a good-looking bunch.

Cali was helping Uncle Dallas pass out the presents.

Christmas morning!! Here's our stockings that "santa" left.

I know Cali looks scared or something but she was totally thrilled to get her princess tent.

Pops was helping London open her gifts.

Her favorite thing was the little $1 toy bottle to feed her babies with.

The Lathrops joined us and Lance's parents at Waffle House.

Mimi and Keziah on Christmas day!

London was helping daddy do the dishes. Yes ladies, I said he does the dishes!!

Lance and Justin took McKenna, Cali and London to Chuck-e-cheese. They had a blast!

London during her nap. Just thought it was a cute picture.

Had some friends over and the girls were all princesses.

New Year's Eve. We went to Cheesecake factory with my brother Dallas and his girlfriend, Brittany. We had a blast.

Not pictured, but forever treasured is a beautiful gold ring my husband got for me for Christmas this year. He really surprised me with it. It was one of those things you think is lovely but you won't actually get it. He did a great job and I love him so much. Thanks Lance.

Hope everyone had a blessed holiday season like we did. We are praying that this new year will be as memorable as the last.

Cali's first......

HAIRCUT! It was last week when I realized she needed a trim as I was attempting to comb through many,many tangles in her hair. The ends of her hair were so fine and tangled easily in her curls. So, I called our great beautician and she hooked us up. At first Cali did not like it.




Once she was sitting up and saw herself in the mirror, all the tears dried up and she sat fine.


I even got a cheesy smile out of her.

Thank you Aunt Sherri for doing such a great job on all of our hair!! We love you.

Cali even felt so confident with her new hair cut that she thought she might look like Hannah Montana in this nifty wig!!

"Monika".....

This is what my 3 year old has been calling me lately. Yes it is my name, but so wierd to have her do it all the time. She'll say, "Monika, can you get me a snack?" or "Monika, I have to go potty!" It is cute but I keep correcting her and telling her I want her to call me mommy. Gotta love that girl!!!

christmas activity #2...

Last night we had our home group Christmas party. Rather than all of us make a dish, find a silly gift to exchange or steal, or do the same things we have always done, we did something very different this year. We all got sitters for our kids and headed to Las Colinas area to stay the night at my brother-in-laws hotel. We did a little shopping during the day with the Lathrops, went to the hotel to change, we all headed to a mexican restaurant called 7 Salsas, and then came back to the hotel for dessert, coffee, and games. We really had so much fun together. It was a nice relaxing night before all the hustle and bustle of Christmas. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends that we can do these kind of things together. ( Sidenote: Lance and I are almost completely finished with our Christmas shopping! Yea!!!!!)

Christmas in style...

This year we have made a pact with our best friends, Justin and Andrea, that we would do more Christmas activities together. It has begun. We have started it off with a Christmas concert. Tuesday night we went to see Michael W. Smith and the Dallas Symphony sing and play Christmas music. It was so much fun. We think we might start doing it every year now.

Here is our group that we went with.

Stay tuned for more activties with the Lathrops......

a fun party..

Last night we celebrated Cali's best friends 4th birthday. It was such a fun time. I didn't take pictures but thought I would blog about how creative her mommy is. It was a reindeer themed party. So, as we arrive, the house is all decked out in Christmas decor. Then Andrea had little reindeer hats for all the kids to wear. She also had 2 different crafts to make. Each kid made a candy cane reindeer and also a reindeer ornament. It was really cute seeing all the kids around the table with adults closely behind them. She even had all reindeer food. Cookies decorated as reindeer and also reindeer cupcakes. It was so much fun. I was impressed by her creativity. (Not that she has ever let me down at a party she has hosted!!!)