our house and the cuties

This is our very sad attempt to take a family picture by ourselves...note to self: kids don't look at the camera, they look at the person holding the camera; if there is no one holding the camera, they don't look at it!!!!

Our little Asher is a army crawler, he would be great in the military crawling through the grass; however, he would spend most of his time eating the grass as he crawled.

Asher feels completely comfortable using a pink bib for dinner, it is the dinner he really cares about. much to Mark's dismay his boy can't tell the difference between pink and blue yet; and since I don't care, he will wear the clean bib despite what color it is!

My two handsome boys

It was freezing during December and January, the only way to stay warm on the main floor was to cuddle under the blanket, it made for some fun evenings of doing nothing.


Eve showing off her new Christmas PJ's. She is doing a little dance move.


Our house, 1 more month and it is ours!!!! We are so excited!!!!

THe pool WILL be completely gated with a lock. THat was the only rule I had if the house had a pool...well, it also had to be clean and in good condition.

Dining Room

Family Room

Happy Birthday Eve! You are now 3!!!!

Eve is finally at the age where she understands it's HER birthday and SHE gets the presents. She was wired all week long. We kicked off her birthday with a little family party on Sunday before Tricia's parents left for home.

She is actually jumping up and down here waiting to eat the cake.





She had to get her little fingers into the icing while 'helping' me make the cake (note to self: never make fondant icing again, I hate how it tastes and it is a pain to make!!!!)



My mom made her a little pillowcase doll and a matching nightgown. Eve LOVES it. She minces (if you can imagine what that would look like) around holding up her dress like a grand duchess. It is hilarious.



Eve was thrilled with her doll house, she didn't even worry about the lack of furniture or people (it came with a little family)... she immediately got all her princess dolls and it is now a castle.


THE KID BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!

A much better idea was freezing the cake then cutting it up and making petitesfours. I used a glaze icing instead of fondant and then just made little bugs for the top. They tasted better and were so much easier to make. They were also a hit with the kids. All of them got to choose what bug they wanted to eat.


Eve is posing with her new birthday cake dress. She is a bit of a HAM.



The activity was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy! I cut out eyes on the cheap paper plates, cut wings out of paper, then they decorated both and we taped the wings on the plates. FInally I added pipe-cleaners for antennae and they played butterflies.
We decorated some of the plates as flowers, others as spider's webs and they dances jumping from plate to plate. When the music stopped if they were on the spider's web they were caught.




The party really took of when I made a spider mask and they took turns pretending to be the spider chasing each other.










We couldn't post the blog without having a few picture of our little buddy. This is his newest toy. Asher loves to jump in it... just remember if you buy one, don't put them in it immediately after they have eaten.



One morning Eve asked if she could read to Asher, it was so cute I had to get some shots.



We put up the tree this weekend and Eve was mesmerized by it. She has been threatened not to touch any of the bulbs... we will see how long that lasts. We tried to put all the breakable ornaments up high, but she is a sneaky little girl and it is amazing how high she can reach when she tries.



Is that Tom Selleck or Clark Gable? Whoever he is, he is pretty hot with a mustache... well I must admit I was thrilled when he had to shave it off for business meetings. So long movember... until next year.

Back, by Popular Demand!

Here they are, Our Little Chubby Monkey and His Big Sister Evie! After Becky gave me flack for not having enough photos of Asher up I am dedicating this entry to Becky. I also have to add photos of Eve since I just cut her hair into an inverted bob (thankgoodness her hair is curly so it is forgiving, you can't tell that is swoops down on one side a bit more than the other).














This last photo?... What is there to say, except, she's a nut! I must also add a very cute nut!!!

The Alamo & San Antonio

We took a little trip this long weekend and had a great time in San Antonio. Both Mark and I enjoyed it. The kids seemed to have a great time too, but then if you feed them and let them run around, they don't really care where they are. The Alamo was very pretty; I don't know what I was expecting and I think that helped me enjoy it even more (as well as the fact that it's free!).

Here is a brief history of the Alamo (which I didn't know anything about).
Originally named Misión San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo served as home to missionaries and their Indian converts for nearly seventy years. Construction began on the present site in 1724. In the early 1800s, the Spanish military stationed a cavalry unit at the former mission. The soldiers referred to the old mission as the Alamo (the Spanish word for "cottonwood") in honor of their hometown Alamo de Parras, Coahuila.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) is the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution. After a revolutionary army of Texian settlers and adventurers from the United States drove all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led an invasion to regain control of the area. Mexican forces arrived in San Antonio de Bexar on February 23 and initiated a siege of the Texian forces garrisoned at the Alamo Mission. News of the Alamo's fall prompted many Texas colonists to join Houston's army. On the afternoon of April 21 the Texian army attacked Santa Anna's forces in the Battle of San Jacinto. During the battle many Texians shouted "Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!" Santa Anna was captured and forced to order his troops out of Texas, ending Mexican control of the area, which subsequently became the Republic of Texas.

This is the front of the mission. You enter directly into the main building and then the grounds are around it.







Our own little Davitta Crocket enjoying her new raccoon skin hat (she was so sweaty from that thing!).



The River Walk
This is such a pretty walk, it is located below street level and is lined with restaurants. Very pretty and our favorite part of San Antonio.





It isn't too hard to guess what Asher is smiling at. Eve can make him laugh like no one else, and that makes her laugh in return, it is hilarious.




Our little nutcase being exactly that! A nut! Notice the curls, all from that sweaty hat she refused to take off until it was getting fury pieces in her mouth.

Our little buddy is growing

I can't believe how quickly Asher and Eve are both growing; but with Asher, he changes almost every day. Eve is now all about dancing. She follows the dance routines in her two favorite shows: 'Easter Parade' & 'Meet Me in St. Louis'. She has to get her pretty shoes on and dance her little heart out. She even will sing along with the songs, in fact last night while helping me make dinner she was wishing me a 'Happy Easter' in song.
Asher loves to smile and make as much noise as he can. He will now copy me when I coo at him. He will try and make his little lips vibrate as well. He is so bright eyed and smiley that it is alright that he is still waking up 3-4 times a night. One look at his big blue eyes and huge smile and my heart melts.
Eve is a lot more cuddly now that Asher has come along and I am soaking it in. She loves to sit on my lap and read books. I can't get enough of it. She will even lay her head on my lap and let me hold her- she usually isn't that cuddly. Well, even if it was jealousy that started it, I will take it.
Eve is now (almost) completely potty trained. She only messes up if she thinks she isn't supposed to bug me (like when I am putting Asher to sleep). She will let us know that she doesn't have to go when we ask her by saying 'No, I'm bine!' (I think she has a bit of an adenoid problem.
Anyways, here are some more pictures to enjoy.








Poor little Evie got a big mosquito bite right by her eye. She is so sensitive to them that her eye swelled up and is all red. Poor little lamb.