January TWO

We made it to a new year! Here it is, 2012 and I'm continuing my monthly post of the girls. Two on two, get it? I know I'm a couple days late but that's because on the 2nd, there was so much excitement of Rosslyn's first day of preschool that I forgot to take them. But here they are now:

House update! The final one before we move in!

So, after signing, scanning, and e-mailing many, many forms, We have a projected closing date of the 20th! I am so excited but it's now crunch time and I have packing, cleaning and organizing to do. I wish we had the keys now so I could go ahead and start moving stuff but I know we won't until closing date. I also need to call and have our utilities transferred to the new house and all that fun stuff. It will be cutting it pretty close to Christmas, though. And the Sunday before, Jordan starts a new schedule at work where he'll be forking from 4pm to 12 midnight. Our land lords also plan on moving into the duplex when we move out so I need to get on the ball.

I wish I had pictures to share, but the only ones I have are on the appraisal and I don't know how to get them. But. I'll post some once we move in. This is so exciting and scary all at the same time.

In other news, we have all of the girls' Christmas presents. They came this week and I think they'll have a pretty good Christmas. We got Rosslyn a Beauty and the Beast tea set that has a cart with it, a princess figurine doll set, some Disney princess shirts, a pair of Pocahontas moccasins, and we're getting her a game for the Kinect. I'm not sure which one though. We can't decide between Disnelyand Adventures and Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster.

As for Aurelia, we got her a stuffed owl from Winnie the Pooh, A stuffed Pocahontas doll, a Toy Story 3 figurine set, a talking cooking pot with vegetables, and a talking picnic basket.

Jordan told me not to get him anything for Christmas but there's a really nice cardigan from the Gap that I want to get him. He says I can get something but I don't know what I want. Or if I want anything. Maybe we'll buy stuff for each other after Christmas.

That's pretty much all of the updates I have. I am off school for winter break and don't have to go back until January and hopefully, with my projected academic plan, I'll be able to graduate with my associate's degree in December 2012! Then I can start subbing and have a bit of extra money coming in. So hopefully, the next post you see from me will be in our new house!!

December TWO

Hey look!!! It's on time this month!!!

Yes, it's another installment of the girls' monthly photos. I can't believe I've been doing it since August. I can't wait until I've done it for a year and I can go look back at how much they've grown. Anyway, here they are and do you notice the new Christmas-y layout? It's courtesy of Simply Fabulous.






We'll see you in 2012!!!

Christmas Questionnaire/Meme thing

The lovely and always awesome Jess at IROCKSOWHAT posted this little Christmas meme on here blog so I thought I'd post my answers so everyone can see my favorite Christmas traditions!


1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate with tons of marshmallows. I love the foam it makes.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? The elves wrap them of course!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I prefer white that way you can have colorful ornaments but our tree has colored lights and it was given to us so colored it is!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope, I don't know where to get it and hove nowhere to hang it.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually the first week of December. I do it all myself, even putting the tree together. But I might hold off on decorating and even putting the tree up until we get the new house (if we do)

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Stuffing and broccoli casserole

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? All my cousins would come over to our house on Christmas eve and we would play and eat and open a few presents. It was fun

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? We got this big gift one year that was set up and I went into my mom's bathroom as she was getting ready and saw the box for it.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We go down to Jordan's aunt's in Tennessee and they have a few presents for everyone so we get those. But The girls' presents and our presents from Jordan's mom aren't until Christmas day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? As much as I'd like to do a theme, I get little cute ones and we let the girls pick one out each year so it's very personal

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it!! Except when it's too cold or I have to walk long distances in it.

12. Can you ice skate? Nope, never been. I so desperately want to learn

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I've liked most of what I have been given. I really liked the iPod touch Jordan got me a few years back but it's now gone lol

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Making my kids happy, music and movies, oh and FOOD

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Banana pudding or this eclair stuff Jordan's sister makes....so good!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I love watching The Grinch (cartoon version), Mickey's Christmas Carol and decorating cookies

17. What tops your tree? An angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving. I love shopping, online or in store, just the atmosphere of the holidays, seeing the look on someones face when you give them the gift. However, I do not like wrapping presents. I'm horrible at it.

19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? Yum. And for some reason, they taste better when you take them from the tree instead of the box hahaha

20. Favorite Christmas show? Like I said, The Grinch, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Flintstones Christmas Carol (my all time favorite) and Charlie Brown's Christmas

21. Saddest Christmas Song? That Carol of the Bells song. It's not that it's sad it just freaks me out.

22. What is your favorite Christmas song? Merry Christmas, Baby- Hanson

November TWO and an update

So, once again I am late to the November TWO post once again...I'll try my best to get December on track. I know I said that with November but We were up at Jordan's mom's for Halloween and I had school and stuff and Jordan was on vacation that it completely slipped my mind. Anyway, here they are:




And, in other news, we put in an offer on a house and the seller accepted!! Now we're going through that whole process. Not much has happened yet. We should get a call today or soon from our processor asking for our tax forms, pay stubs, etc. There's someone renting it right now and our latest tentative move in date is January 15 if we close by December 15....but I'm hoping they've moved out before then and we're actually able to celebrate Christmas at our new house. I don't have any pictures of it though, so I'm sorry. But I'll keep you all updated on the progress!

October TWO

I know I'm about three weeks late on this but the beginning of the month was sort of hectic so I'm finally getting around to posting the October TWO pictures. So here they are!

September TWO

It's that time of the month, again!! Time for the girls' two on two picture. Today was really fun. We were heading to the store and I nearly forgot but then I remembered so we had a shoot outside. Here are some of the pictures.

August Two

Taking a cue from Stephanie at Adventure sin Babywearing, I have decided to start taking pictures of the girls each month to document their growth and just life in general. Get it, two on two? I'm hoping to continue this for a while and just see how much they progress over the months and maybe even years.

This was no easy task...it's usually fairly easy to get a good picture of both of the girls but today was ridiculous.... here are three of the best shots from today:






Until September....

Finally an update!

Sorry it's been so long since I've last blogged. But just to touch on the subject of my previous blog, Jordan said he's thinking of talking with the VA about it but he also said there are more people out there who are more deeply affected by PTSD and they need more help than he does.

Anyway, since that last blog, a lot has been going on. We went up to his mom's for a couple nights and we were actually able to have a date night fully alone and go out and get something to eat. It was so nice. I would love to do it again some time soon.
Here's a picture of out eats from that night:


Not much else noteworthy happened. Aurelia turned 6 months old! Holy crap when did that happen?? She's still teething, isn't crawling yet but can get around by rolling and using her arms as like paddles in the water. She loves her Sophie Giraffe and Woodour's Bear as well as her star stacker and any tag she can find to chew on. It's funny, the little bear came with a teething toy attached to it and it has more scratch marks than teeth marks. Here she is listening to music with daddy on youtube. She loves the sound of banjos.


Rosslyn is really good as well. As cute and sassy as ever. We let her spend the weekend with Jordan's mom over Memorial day and when she got back, she had a full on meltdown because she had to leave her cousin. I'm talking screaming, crying, growling (grrrr), nearly puking, scratching me and so much more. I don't know why she does it either. It was sad and very upsetting at the same time. I didn't want to see her crying but I was upset that she was behaving like that since she never had before. And she did it again after we took a shopping trip last week. But thankfully those episodes are few and far between.

Friday was Jordan's sister's high school graduation. Jordan couldn't go because he didn't get off of work in enough time to make the 3 hour drive and still be able to see her graduate. But she's coming in to stay with us for a few days before she starts cosmetology school so that'll be nice. On the drive up, I decided to leave fairly early to beat the heat since I don't have a working air conditioner in my car. Well, it didn't work. We were about 45 minutes into the drive and Rosslyn got sick and barfed everywhere! So I had to stop at a walmart which thankfully I was right in front of, get her some new clothes since she puked all over them and let her in out of the heat for a bit. We got back in the car and she fell asleep and all was well, or so I thought. I was maybe 10 minutes from Jordan's mom's house and she puked again.... so we stopped, got her some gatorade and went to the house. She took another nap and was fine when she got up. Then, before Jessca's graduation, I decided to take her and the girls out to eat. We made it 30 minutes before she puked in my car again and I had to stop at another walmart to get her a clean outfit. We went into the restaurant where she vomited once again. Then we called Jordan's mom to get her because her car has air and she was seemingly fine for the rest of the day. Then we went to the graduation and wall was fine there. Everyone had accepted their diplomas, Jessca and another girl sung a beautiful song and it was at the final benediction that Rosslyn puked once more. I grabbed her and tried running to the bathroom. I was holding her and her puke was just running down my back. It was like someone pouring a cup of hot water down my back. Very unfun.

So the moral of this story is I can't take Rosslyn anywhere on long trips until my air is fixed. She gets overheated way too easily.

And that's just about it. We went shopping last week and I got a Nook Color!! I love it so much. The first thing I did was buy Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games series and I read it in a matter of days. That's what I love most about it, is it's much easier to have access to it and read. I'm literally reading ever chance I get. When I'm feeding the baby, when they're outside playing, when they're asleep. So it was definitely worth the money.

I'll leave you all with a few more pictures taken with Instagram from my iPhone since I'm a jerk and I haven't used my camera in about 2 weeks.


The girls in their swimsuits playing outside


Nook!!


Early morning playtime with daddy


Sass pants Rosslyn


Aurelia and Jordan's mom's dog Hooch. She loves him so much. She just giggles and grabs at his face and he lets her! He's such a good dog.

Easter Dress update and a few pictures

So the girls' and my Easter dresses came today. They're all so cute but mine wasn't what I expected. I had thought I ordered the yellow dress but I ended up ordering this instead, which I totally forgot about and was surprised when I opened the package.

Don't let the image fool you. I ordered a medium and it's huge. I had to check the label to see if I accidentally got a plus-size. I didn't. Needless to say I will be returning it. That's what I hate about vanity sizing, sure it makes you think you're smaller but when you order your standard size and it's massive, it sucks.

Also, we ordered Aurelia a portable crib. Because the crib we have was from when Rosslyn was born and it's been recalled. Plus, the main reason we're getting a portable crib is because their room is small.

Not much else has been going on. I only have 2 weeks of classes left and I'm excited to have a break for summer. And I've already been been looking at things for my sisters and I to take our kids to. Like there's a children's museum in Lexington that I think they'd like. And I'd love to go to Dolly's Splash country. I've never been to a water park and heard that one's really awesome.

Hippity Hoppity, Easter's on its Way

Last night I ordered mine and the girls' Easter dresses. I got them at Old Navy so they're not too foofy or ruffly or over the top. Nice dresses that we'll be able to wear again and again.

This year is the first year I'll be making Easter baskets for the girls. Should I make one for Aurelia since she'll only be 5 months old? I know se won't be able to hunt eggs so I don't know. I don't want her to feel left out. But then again, she'll only be 5 months. I'm excited to get the baskets, candy and little trinkets for Rosslyn. Then the Saturday before Easter, or the night before egg hunting, Rosslyn and I are gonna dye eggs. I'm looking forward to that.

Anyway, I now you want to see the dresses so here they are:


Mine


Rosslyn's. She picked it out herself


Aurelia's

What do you think of them? I hope they're as nice in person as they are online. I always hate that about ordering online.

Instagram Photo dump (part 1)

So I know a bunch of people have Instagram on their iPhones and so do I (I'm sheaisawesome)but I decided to put some pictures on here so those who don't follow me there can see them.


Me and Aurelia


Mexican for my sister's birthday


Finger painting


All dolled up for my best friend's baby shower


Rosslyn and Kira having a photoshoot


Rosslyn when she was sick


Rosslyn fell asleep on the way to walmart


Rosslyn playing


Aurelia was happy for a ponytail :)


Found this blanket i our dresser after Jordan's dad gave it to us


My chubber face


Eating at Golden Corral with Nana


Cloth Diaper stash


The girls playing outside


Rosslyn being cute


Rosslyn drew this face at Bob Evans. I was so proud

Catching up because I'm lame

I really don't know why I haven't blogged in so long. I was on spring break and I was at my in-laws so I had ample opportunity to do so. And I've had opportunities this week too but I haven't had the motivation. I've been in a slump like this the same time last year. Eh, I'll blog when I can. I really want to throw myself full-force into my blog and dedicate lots of time to it but part of me wonders what for? My insecurities are resurfacing even online. I know I have a few people who I talk to on twitter and blogs a lot but I feel that they have their own groups and I'm not part of them. Bloggers can get very cliquey. Maybe I wouldn't feel this way if I was part of a clique but looking from the outside, it's kind of lonely.

Moving on....

Last week we had our first glimpse of spring-like weather and it was beyond amazing. I love winter and snow so much but I'm ready to see colors everywhere again! Here are some pictures I took of the girls outside on that day.