A Christmas Morning post…

On most days Reese will ask me if she can play dress-up. I of course have no issues with that. On this day she was an Olympic Gymnast…and you can see she has a great pose for it as well

50 degrees but she’s in flip flops, gloves, a beach cover up and her 18 month old winter coat

Christmas program at school

reading books to BrynnWinter dance recitalmore booksMy dog loves me…and I am STILL tired

B…dressed and ready for bed

Dopey the Elf played Candy Land with Marie, Woody and Sleeping BeautyOma Schubert and BrynnReese and her bear paws

Reese and Brynn with a big smile

I can’t get enough of the girls in their cute dresses.

Family pic take one…Thurman pointing our we forgot about himThat’s more like it

Christmas…we were subdued this year in gift giving

Rocking out on the guitar with her roller-skates on. She has had them on ALL day

Merry Christmas…and Happy Holidays

From the Bading girls!

Catch up

So happy

silly ReeseBrynn LOVES watching her big sister

this is Reese

This is Brynn. NO neck, just chunk

our pilgrimsReese and her Thanksgiving feast

0it’s official I am 31

Beefcake didn’t fit in the Thanksgiving Day shirt Reese wore…as you can see we couldn’t snap the bottom

We headed to College Station for the last game against t.u. Reese had a blast tailgating and seeing where she was born and the first house she lived in. Such great memories from College Station and it’s crazy how much it has changed.

Brynn’s first tailgateOur “classy” family picThought this was cuteRyan and his friend Jess with their daughters. Tatum and Brynn are 9 days apart so we hope that when they head off to Aggieland together they don’t follow in their father’s foot steps. Otherwise we’re in trouble

Reese’s favorite new pastime…playing computer gamesBrynn is 2 months…I am behind because now she’s 3 months!

Our Christmas Tree…with Reese and her diva face

Me and my girls

Swamp People, Pumpkin Patch, Alabama, Halloween

So because I am crazy behind on the picture posting there are a TON of pictures to show you. It’s a LONG blog post.

We went to a meet and greet with Troy and Jacob from Swamp People. I LOVE this show and Reese enjoys watching them hunt alligators as well. We were the first ones in line to meet them and they were super nice and really friendly. While we were there the local ABC channel was filming new faces for their commercial and OUR girl Reese made the cut. She shrieks every time she sees herself on TV.

Troy..the king of gatorsJacob….Reese and her friend Luke who was also there to meet TroyReese in front of the TV while her commercial plays!

We went to the pumpkin patch twice, once with our friends from Stroller Strides and once with Ryan to get our pumpkins, and we did some pretty sweet carvings.

Reese and her friend Jackmy “pumpkin”

FYI she dressed herself…and yes she’s wearing wool tights in 80+ degree weather.

Brynn obviously thrilled to have her picture taken

and even more excited!Ryan’s skull and Rosetta (the Garden Fairy from Tinkerbell) which was Reese’s pumpkin and my fine craftsmanship.

Random shot of Brynn…our chunky monkey!

We went to Alabama for my cousin Christie’s wedding where Reese was the flower girl. Reese had a BLAST being the flower girl and told Ryan and I see wanted to get married at the same place and Brynnie could be her flower girl and Maddax (my cousin’s son) could be her ring barrier (as she calls it).

Reese and Maddox

Reese was SO good during the ceremony, she just stood there in awe of the bride.

Our little family of four

Reese and Emmy…crazy that I babysat this kiddo when she was Reese’s age (and younger)

It was loaded!

It was SUCH a gorgeous night…Alabama was slightly tempting for me to move to when it gave us this picture perfect night

Gramps and his number 1 girl!

I happened to catch them being silly

dancing fool!

Halloween….

Captain Jack and CindiCinderlla

Brynn’s photo session…which didn’t go well,  I’m not a professional

Trying to take the same pic we have of Reese….just need her to quit cryingThis was how it was most of the time

her favorite face to makeCan youtell which oneis Reese?

This week we had a bit of a rough morning when we found that our sweet cat Fatty had died. Fatty was born in our driveway shortly after we moved in and I adopted him as our own. It only took two years of me feeding him before he trusted me enough to let me pet him. After that he was in love, would rub up on my legs every time I was outside. He was there to greet me anytime I came home and if I went out at night he would sit in the front waiting for me to come home before he would curl up in the bushes to go to sleep. Fatty was buried in the yard in a spot where he would often sit to wait for me to come home.

Fatty (on the right) sunbathing in the gutters last year