Erica, Jake, Tyler & Storie

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

{12 Days of Christmas Blog Challenge: Day 8}

Day 8: Least Favorite Thing About the Holidays.

My least favorite thing about the holidays would be the lack of snow out here in Southern California, or lights on palm trees? huh. I just can NOT get festive without cold, winter scarves, snow and ice, a NEED to drink hot chocolate. It really sucks when you can go down to the beach on Christmas day. bah. Humbug.

oh, and Christmas wrapping. I CAN. NOT. WRAP. period. I am domestically challenged, it seriously looks like a 3rd grader wrapped all my presents.

andddd I forgot to do momarazzi Monday yesterday, so MOMARAZZI ~~mon~~ Tuesday

J and I

T playing up at the playground

going down the slide

S and T taking a ride in the jeep

Stacy and I on black friday sitting out at Target at 2 am!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Storie's FIRST Birthday

We just celebrated Tyler's 3rd birthday and now here it is Storie's FIRST birthday. Seriously...where has the time gone!!! I'm sure people are getting tired of me repeating myself, but I can not believe my little girl is already a year old today. This year has flown by!

My little momma, I prayed and prayed and prayed for a little girl as soon as I saw those 2 pink lines! We went in for our gender ultrasound back home in Missouri while daddy was away on deployment. It was 17 weeks exactly and on father's day. We had the ultrasound set up to where Daddy could view you at the same time Mommy was. How cool, huh! The ultrasound tech said 'okay, are you ready to find out what it is?' and my heart literally stopped beating. I was in shock when she said you were a girl, and nana was jumping up and down screaming 'hallelujah' (true story, wish we could have gotten it on tape!) Mommy cried! I was so excited. Excited to buy you dresses, hair bows, finger nail polish. On Saturday November 28th my water broke at around 7pm...in Charlotte-Russe. Mommy and Daddy were picking up dessert and decided to run to the Fashion Valley Mall to browse and work up some contractions. As soon as I picked up a pair of shoes I liked I felt a teeny tiny pop almost like a prick and my water gushed out everywhere. Really baby girl you must have been in heaven with all that water you were floating in. There was so much of it. We waddled back to the car and a sheer labor moment like you see on t.v., Daddy lost the keys...we finally found them and were on our way to the hospital. Storie Addison, you were born on your due date November 29, 2009 8lbs 12oz and 21 inches long at 9:14 am. I cried the minute you were out. You were so beautiful, you are even more beautiful today. You have my eyes and daddy's toes. You are such a loving girl, always looking up to your big brother, following him everywhere, you are a diva, 'what little momma wants, little momma gets' you are everything I could have asked for and more. I always wanted a little girl to be my best friend and daughter and now I have you. I can not wait to watch and make memories with you as you grow Storie. I love you more than life itself. Happy FIRST Birthday little girl!

{12 Days of Christmas Blog Challenge: Day 7}

Day 7: Holiday Craft/DIY

funny you should ask, because I just made this Christmas wreath last night! I was ~~stalking~~ following a blog I often read when I found an awesome diy wreath here Fingerprints on the Fridge . Isn't it cute!!! So I had to make one of my own!
Here is my Ornament Wreath

I bought a pack of 70 ornaments from Home Depot and used a wire hanger. I un-hinged the hanger and made it into the best circle I could. I strung the ornaments around and voila.

I also have to show off the fantle J made this weekend! Yep, I said that right...Fantle, it's a faux mantle so we're calling it a fantle. It's AWESOME! and I've got our new stockings hanging from it! If you are looking for some super cute stockings (and personalized!) go to www.personalcreations.com super super cute ones there!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

T's 3 bday/ S's 1 bday

Okay, I know I'm going a little post crazy tonight, but both kids are in bed and we've had a crazy hectic fun weekend, so I figured I'd post some pictures of the kids birthday party we had out here in San Diego. It's always fun getting together with all our friends! Thank you to everyone for coming!

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anddddd...November 20th was J & I's 4 year wedding anniversary and our presents to each other were this:

of course T and S already have cowboy boots so after getting ours I thought...hmmm what a cute little cowboy family. "Ta Da"

Just One Year Ago

Can you believe that just ONE year ago this was what was happening?

and now this is where life is....

crazy huh?! Just one year ago. I was pregnant with S celebrating T's 2nd birthday (I'm the one in the grey, insanely pregnant) and now little miss is sitting on my lap celebrating her FIRST birthday. That to me is just pure craziness! These babies go from super tiny (well not my babies) to walking, eating, growing machines all in the first 12 months! What an awesome God we have to ever be able to design us this way!

anyways I just wanted to show some pictures from last year to the day to this year. I just can not wrap my mind around it.

{12 Days of Christmas Blog Challenge: Day 6}

Day 6: Gift Ideas (FOR ME!)

All I really want for Christmas this year is a positive pregnancy test with a healthy little one on the way. That's it.

please. pretty pretty please.