Baby Trap Update: She Escapes!

Well, Addison has out smarted my baby gate......

Baby Trap

This is a great way to contain Addison if I need to get a few things done around the house. Not sure she's as happy about it as I am.

"Isn't this fun being trapped in here?"

"Wait a minute. This is actually embarrassing."
"Oh my gosh I'm never going to get out of here!"

"PLEASE, no pictures! I'm so humiliated!"

"I'm only teasin' I think it's funny!"

Frozen in Grand Central Station

Y'all have to check this out........

Spring is in the air

Okay not really, but kinda. It is still "winter" down here but it's in the sixties this morning so I just felt like breaking out the spring clothes. It's a little dreary outside and it's probably fixin' to rain any minute but Addison brightens up the house in this little outfit! Don't you agree???

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!!

We hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Kiss Me I'm American!

Super Bowl Sunday

This year for the Super Bowl Jason and I went over to John & Sarah's. We had a fabulous time visiting, eating, drinking and watching a great game! Every year I say, "Okay I am really going to watch the commercials this time." and every year I forget because I'm chatting or eating or doing something. This year was no exception. I did get to see a few commercials, altho' none that I thought were hysterical. I did enjoy the game though. I was rooting for Eli and the Giants. Tom Brady is just too pretty and won too many games this year to deserve to win.

John cooked up some crawfish for everyone. Here is one of the poor little suckers minutes before his death.

Here are Sarah, Justin & Julie enjoying the crawfish, potatoes, garlic and corn. And yes, that is my cooler. If I had known what was going in it I wouldn't have brought it!!!!Ms. Julie enjoying a refreshment and pregame show.
Me and my goddaughter, Sophie.

This is a game 'Pop the Pirate' that we played. You take those little swords and stick them in and one of the slots makes the pirate pop up. It's pretty funny. I should have gotten pictures of the other games we played. One is 'Rock Band' which is an XBOX 360 game. So much fun. We jammed out like a real band! The other is this shocker game where four people hold on to these handles and the last one to push their button when the light turns green gets shocked. Poor Sophie got scared when her daddy yelled from getting shocked. We had to take it outside after that.

Here is the 60 inch plasma we got to watch the game on. I have to admit, watching football in HD on a 60 inch screen is the way to go.

Thanks John & Sarah for hosting this years Super Bowl party. We had a great time!!!

Hey, throw me somethin' Mister!

On Saturday Jason, Zachary and I went to Mobile to go to a Mardi Gras parade. We have them around Gulfport but they are so much better in Mobile and in New Orleans. N.O. is a little too crazy for us so we opted for Mobile. It was a really nice day, perfect parade weather. It was great because the traffic wasn't nearly as bad as we thought it was going to be and we ended up getting a really good parking spot. We found a place to stand that was right at the beginning of the parade so we were able to leave really easily after it was over. It only lasted about 40 minutes at the most but that was about all Zachary wanted to see. Here he is waiting for the parade to start.

This float made me think of my family and friends back in Kansas (the sunflowers, not the enormous butterflies).
The floats just kept getting bigger and better.
God Bless America!

I thought this pirate one was really neat.

Here we are after the parade was over. Wish I would have kept my sunglasses on! We caught a lot more beads than we have around our necks (they are in the bag I'm holding). We also caught a lot of stuffed animals, frisbees, candy, moonpies, etc. It was a great time!

PJs and Polka Dots

Just wanted to show off my cute kids. I got Zachary these new PJs and he felt pretty cool in them.

Here's a few of Addie. She pulls up on everything now and is getting better at stabling herself. Not as many bruises on the face anymore thank goodness! The last picture is pretty blurry but pretty funny.

"Look a new Simon!"

The other day I took Simon to the groomers because his coat is just so thick and gets easily matted. Unfortunately for him, having two kids leaves me little time and energy to keep it looking nice. (It also makes him look thinner and he needs all the help he can get.) When I picked him up and brought him home Zachary asked me "Who's that?" and pointed at Simon. Totally didn't recognize him. Which is funny because I've had Simon shaved a number of times. After he realized it was in fact Simon he kept saying, "Look a new Simon!" I found it humorous so I thought I'd share some before and after pictures of our sweet doggie. In the first picture (where his hair is long) it was spring of last year so that is why the grass looks so nice a green. His hair is also brushed and looks quite nice!

Our Goddaughter

Our Goddaughter, Sophie, was baptized this past Sunday. The service was very nice and all of the kids behaved so well. Here is Sophie Diana in her Christening gown. So sweet!

Here is one I took of her later in the day over at John & Sarah's.

Just wanted to share this picture of sweet little Maggie (Sarah's brother's daughter). Isn't she precious. Just two months old.

Here is Addison in her church clothes. Her bow is never on straight for pictures for some reason.

This picture isn't all that good of any of us but I wanted to get Zachary on here. Looks like Z & A have the same expression on their face. :-)

I need your help y'all

Okay, my friend Kelly has posted a contest on her blog. She is the one who took those darling shots of Addison when I went back to KS last October. There are a bunch of children's photos to choose from and the winner gets a free session and a free 11x14. I'm probably going to have her take the kids pictures when I go back (hopefully) to KS in June. So I need all of y'all to go to her blog site and vote for Addison's picture. She is the second to last picture so scroll down and then vote for "GG." Here's the link:

http://kellyholderphotography.typepad.com/

Vegas Bound!

I am so excited. Yesterday I booked flights for Jason and I to go to Vegas the beginning of March. I'm even more excited that my parents are coming down then because I haven't seen them since October. For those of you who get to see your family often you are very lucky! Since Jason and I rarely get to take trips together (just the two of us) I thought I would take advantage of the grandparents being here and book us a getaway for a few days while Zachary & Addison spend some quality time with Grandma & Grandpa Lilly. Neither of us have been to Vegas so if any of you out there have gone and had a good (or bad I guess) experience where we could benefit from your knowledge let me know! Anyways, here is a picture of Addison from this morning. She's so pretty in purple.

A wee bit jealous

I have always wanted to go to Australia. When I was a little girl I received a stuffed koala bear (toy obviously) and ever since I have wanted to hold a real one. Needless to say I was a bit jealous when my sister, Tracy, sent me this picture. She and her family and my parents went 'down under' for Christmas & New Years. Two whole weeks in Australia!! Yes, very jealous. They had an amazing time and just got back from their trip on the 4th. I am dying to see more pictures!!!

I thought this one was such a neat picture. Those are Tracy and Jeff's two boys, Reed & Graham, feeding the kangaroos.

A new way to play in the exersaucer

I came in the living room today to find Addison in her exersaucer. She's creative, I'll give her that!

I thought she was getting back out but nope!
She wanted to play in it some more.

She finally got out. I'm sure that was a fun adventure for her!