It's Christmas time!

So here we are. It's December and almost the end of another year. Brynnan LOVES Christmas now. She loves the lights, the tree, the presents. I love watching the old movies such as Frosty and Rudolph with her. She is so excited by it all. She even like visiting Santa. Noah is just oblivious to it all right now. As long as he is fed he's happy!

Brynnn got to pick out her own decorations for her own tree this year. She had so much fun. As you can see, she liked purple and "sparkley" stuff. I think she did a great job!

Look out Tucson!

Koley finally did it! He passed his drivers permit test and now has the ID to prove it. He has driven me to and from the grocery store a few times and around the neighborhood. He does great. A real natural and he enjoys doing it. He'll be able to go for his license in March. In AZ you have to wait 5 months after you get your permit. He has a nice little truck that Rick and I bought him and it's 4 wheel drive. A stick shit and that makes him a bit nervous but the boy can drive it. I'm so proud yet so nervous!

Check this out!!

So a friend of mine was telling me about the "candle" she bought for her daughter. It's a plug in and the scent was called bubblegum. She said she had it in her room and her Daughter would just go up to it and take a smell from time to time. She was commenting on how cute and funny it was. When asked if she was worried that her daughter would get burned she said no and then explained. See, she has this stuff called Scentsy. It's a flame less candle under a warmer and the scents warm and melt. The cool thing is when they melt they don't get hot. So even a toddler can put their finger in it and not get burned. Well, I was impressed and ordered some stuff and wow! LOVE IT!! The warmers are cute and some of the scents are really nice. My favorite right now is the Flirtatious. You gotta try this stuff out and see what it's all about for yourself. I promise you won't regret it!!

https://smclark3.scentsy.us/Buy

Look who's here!

I'm so horrible. I haven't shared the good news here about our newest Aros to hit the street. He's so handsome and his name is Noah. Noah Wilson to be exact. Noah because it's one of my favorite boy names and Wilson after my Grandfather. Walter Wilson was his name. A Southern man with hands made of steel and an attitude to match if you crossed him. Smooth with the Ladies (or so he liked to think) and always a jokester too. A hard worker and a loving Husband to his wife Betty. Anyway...Noah was born on August 18Th at 10:58am. He weighed a whopping 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 19.5 long. Not a lot of hair but then again...none of my babies do! Brynn loves him tons and Koley says he's a cute kid. He likes to eat (every 40-60 minutes) and is growing like a weed. His nickname is Chub-a-Lubs and well, it's very fitting if I must say so myself.

PICTURES!!!

OK. So I finally have time to do this so bare with me as I post a few from events and just because days.





July 4, 2009 @ the parade in Springerville, AZ.




















On Daddy's sholders for a better view.

















CAKE TIME!!!

These are from my birthday. I turned 32 this year and Rick took me to a nice breakfast and then to a great dinner. The first food pics are from the breakfast place. They had a bakery and well, you know me. I got a few pasteries to try. They were so yummy. My favorite were the creme brule tarts with fresh berries!

A quick family pic from the 19th when Sue and I had our joint birthday party.

Brynnan stareing down the loot. She LOVES presents!

Is it really July?

I mean, where does the time go? Rick and the kids and I have had a lot of changes in the past few weeks. He got transfer ed to the Tucson plant so we had to move. I'm not complaining at all. I'm glad to be back where there's people. I missed my family. Brynnan turned 2 (pics and video to come soon) and I also had my 32ND birthday! Whew.



We listed our home on my birthday and we are praying for a quick sale. We really would like to purchase a home here but for now we are staying with his Mom and Step dad til this happens. Soooo, any extra thoughts and prayers are welcome. We actually found 2 homes we like. Both are fixer uppers (imagine that) but theres one we REALLY love. It could be our forever home. BUT, no use getting excited til we can actually buy.



Koley is doing fantastic. He will be attending Sabino High and it's a big school and very pretty. Also doing drivers ed. I'm nervous. He's excited. Brynnan is growing like a weed and getting more and more independent. She makes me laugh. The baby is doing well and I have started weekly visits with my new Dr here in Tucson. He's way nice and so is his staff. I'm getting big (pics to come) and I hope the growing of my belly stops. I'm at the uncomfy stage now.

Big Girl Panties

Yep. I started potty training Brynnan on Mother's Day. What a gift to me right? Well, she is 22 months and I wanted to get her trained before baby boy gets here and before she was "diaper trained". She is doing extremely well and I'm so proud of her! She looks so cute in her new panties and she loves to go potty so she can get her treat! Silly girl. I've done both day and night training with her and she is just fantastic. A few accidents and has woken up a few times wet but all in all the girl has got it! One thing she WILL NOT do. Go #2 in the potty. Why is that so hard or scary for children? Oh well, my little Loubie Lou is growing up and I'm proud of the toddler she has become!

April

April was a good month. My Dad had his 60th birthday , there was Easter and we got to have our big ultrasound! The baby is growing and healthy and we were pleased to learn we are having a son. Everyone was excited about the news and we got a few great pics. Now to get Rick to talk names with me.

As for the rest of the month the weather has been crazy causeing us all to get colds and that's no fun. My belly is growing and I'll be 6 months on Monday the 27th. Brynn loves to push up my shirt and kiss my belly or lay her head on it to see if she can "hear" the baby. She's so cute and still makes me smile all the time. On Easter she was a STAR! She wen straight for her basket of goodies and was pleased to find some cool toys such as a bubble wand, matchbox cars and a magna doodle. When it came time to hunt for eggs she needed no instruction. She went for it and found all the eggs I had hidden for her. That's one smart cookie...just like her Mom.

Well here it is February and I'm just now getting to this. Oops. I guess I'm not good at blogging.

Anyway, Rick and I got some great news in December and now that we are past the "scary" phase I can share with you guys...we're expecting baby #2 and our last!!! Miss Brynn is going to be a big sister and we couldn't be happier!!! When we told the Family at Christmas they were shocked and happy and many tears followed. We had Brynn tell them with her Big Sister shirt. It took them a minute but when one figured it out they all did. Talk about a chain reaction!!!

So here we are. I'm now 14 weeks along, Rick is still hard at work and Brynnan is still growing like a weed. Koley will be returning home in June and that will make me, well, the happiest Mom. My family will be together again. Now if we could only sell this dang house!!!