FWSSR

 

Took Zoe and Ethan to the Stockshow on Thursday and then went to the Rodeo with the fam. Zoe loved seeing all the animals.....she kept saying "moo, moo- look at all the cows!" She was still a little too young for the midway rides- only one carnie let us on a ride, but Ethan was tall enough and had a blast.

 

 how cute are they?!? 

 

Dad got to see Whiplash the monkey....great night!

Family golf outing

 

So we've had a rough past couple of weeks.  My dad got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4.  It is a horrible, horrible disease and we all have been working through a litany of various emotions as you can imagine.  It is inoperable, and terminal, but he is about to start chemo, which will hopefully buy us some time to get in some more moments like the ones below.  The bucket list has started: and we started it off with a bang.  Got the whole gang together for golf at Colonial the other day.  The kids had a blast and the look on my dad's face was priceless.  Surprisingly, we all made it 9 holes and made some great memories in the process.  We love you so much Daddy!

 

 

 this might be my new favorite picture of my dad!

 

 

Zoe had to keep the scoring legit, of course 

 

 

and a new favorite of my mom too!

 

 

Next on the list: the Fort Worth Rodeo and then hopefully Opening Day of the Rangers....anyone have a Rangers hookup that could help us out in that department?!?

We have a 2 year old!

How is that possible?  Probably the only good advice that any parent will give someone who is about to have a baby is "blink and they'll be going off to college....they'll grow up before your very eyes."  Cliche but oh how true this is....we can't get over how our baby girl is turning into this tiny adult.  Talking up a storm, forming sentences, realizing that we have to watch what we say because she really does listen and can understand pretty much every word.  It is all so exciting.  To think that she went from this....

to this......

 UNREAL!!!

Some of Zoe's favorite things right now: applesauce (aka pureed fruit in a pouch), yogurt, any movie with a princess in it (still loves Nemo and Shrek although the princesses are quickly gaining a lead), reading books- sometimes she even prefers to "read" them to herself and will go through the entire shelf, reciting her ABCs and singing Twinkle Twinkle or Row your Boat.  She loves twirling and dancing and music, but don't you dare sing over her or she'll say "STOP Mommy!"  Her official stats are 27 lbs, 0.5 oz(55%), 33.5 inches (50%), and head 47.5 cm (50%).  So she's not quite the chunky monkey she used to be....doctor said she's probably leveled out a bit but don't be surprised if she goes through another growth spurt.  

Here are a few more pics from her princess party.  We had just a small family affair- she loved playing dress up with her cousins and thought blowing out the candle was the coolest thing ever.

 the bubble party favors were a big hit!

 I think Christmas definitely broke her in as far as gift opening went....she was a champ!

 this look cracks me up!

Zoe with her 2nd cousins, Jessie and Jackie

Happy Birthday Zoe....we love you!!!!

Christmas 2012

Christmas really is such a wonderful time of year.  It is so amazing to see it through the eyes of a child, and I just love that each year gets better and better with Zoe.  This year she could definitely open her own presents and realize what was for her, although keeping her on task was a little more difficult b/c she just wanted to play with whatever she just opened.  But we were very blessed to be able to spend time with all our families, and Zoe took it all in like a champ.

 

We started it off with Christmas Eve at VV's house.

 she loved showing off her new clothes

 

 testing out her new piano from VV

 got lots of new puzzles to play with

 

We did Xmas morning at our house just the 3 of us- opened our stockings and got to play with more toys before heading to Carter's.

 Lady and the Tramp was a big hit

 Maggie managed to step over all the presents and hide behind the tree during the thunderstorm before it started snowing

Papa Scott and Grandma Kel at Carter's for brunch

 can't go wrong with a tutu skirt

 doesn't know what to think of the snow

 

Then we ended the day at the lake

 

Trying to get our annual pj picture is proving much more difficult as they get older

 

but they had fun being kids!