Our Cup Runneth Over...

Silk Dyed Eggs

2011-04-22T08:23:00.000-07:00

I saw this idea on Our Best Bites my new favorite website thanks to my friend Kinsey!

Yesterday Lynlee and I (Kyndall had no interest in helping!) silk dyed eggs. I went to CCA and bought some old ties. They have to be 100% silk to work. We cut them up and silk dyed our Easter eggs!

Make sure the front of the fabric is laying against the egg and wrap it. One of the problems I made with this being my first time to do it is that I didn't get the fabric flat enough. It still worked out great but it would have been better if I had gotten it flatter on the egg. Cut apart the tie and take out all the backing. One tie will easily do 3 eggs or so.

Wrap in another fabric. I had some old thin, burp clothes in the garage we were using as rags. I just cut them up and wrap them again. The ties will bleed in the water and you don't want it bleeding onto the other eggs!

Carefully putting them in the pot.

Bring them to a boil with a pot of water and 1/2 cup of white vinegar then simmer for 20 minutes. We pulled them out with tongs and put them in a strainer in the sink to cool down.

Cut them open and see what you got! The funny thing they say on Our Best Bites is the uglier the tie the prettier the eggs! It's totally true. I had some hideous ties and the eggs turned out beautiful! This was a jungle scene and the eggs is so cool! You can see the tiger perfectly on the egg!

This one turned out lighter than I expected!

I love the paisley on this one!

I was really disappointed in this one. The tie had these cute fish on them and if you look at it up close you can see it but I think the colors were just too light to transfer!

April 2-3, 2011

2011-04-10T08:34:00.000-07:00

1 year 2 years

April 3rd was an insanely busy day for our family so we decided to take Kyndall out for her birthday the night before. We took her to Blue Goose and then we let the girls play in the fountains. They had a great time!

There were some other ladies there celebrating a birthday also. They must have been some type of singing group because they sang in 3 part harmony happy birthday to this lady and when I mentioned it was Kyndall's birthday they busted out the song again :)! Kyndall didn't quite know what to do with that but was thrilled when they gave her their balloons!

(Probably my new favorite picture of K)

Kyndall didn't want to have much to do with the water, but she was happy as she could be being a bathing beauty!

Toy Story 3 on Ice!

2011-04-08T08:21:00.000-07:00

It worked out so perfectly that Toy Story 3 on Ice was coming to town the same week as the girl's birthday party. It made for a perfect present. They were so excited to go.

Jessie!!

I have never seen my girls so excited! This first picture of Lynlee is the moment that Jessie came out on the ice. Lynlee was beside herself!

Probably 15 different times Lynlee would lean over and hug me, tell me she loved me and thanked me for taking her there. During intermission I let her use some of her birthday money to pick out a souvenir. She was thrilled with her giant Jessie light up wand!

March 28, 2011

2011-04-06T07:56:00.000-07:00

My baby is growing! I can hardly believe that Lynlee is 4 years old.

Watch her grow....

Sweet LaLa bought us the "Birthday Girl" shirt at Lynlee's 2nd birthday and got it a little big so we've been able to wear it for 3 birthdays now! She doesn't even look much bigger from 2 to 3!!

We asked Lynlee where she wanted to go for her birthday dinner this year and she chose, "The Hokey Pokey place" aka Babes Chicken. So that's where we went.

She was sooooo excited! She did get slightly freaked out by the mannequein that sits in one of the chairs and swore she would never go back but other than that we had a good experience :).

Kyndall doing the Hokey Pokey. Lynlee is still a little freaked out at this point.

Dessert is here and we are over it!

We went home to decorate some cupcakes to take to school the next day so she could celebrate with her class!

ynlee

Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl!

2011-04-04T19:04:00.001-07:00

We have had quite the week in the Graves' household. With 2 birthdays within the week we have been doing a lot of celebrating around here. We started out with a combined Jessie birthday party for the girls. Both girls have been obsessed with Toy Story and Jessie for about a year now. I thought it might die down before there birthday but it did not. It made a pretty cute theme for the party so we went with it!

I bought the girls dresses on Etsy. They also came with a matching dress for their bitty babies which worked out perfectly!!

The favors.

Gran and Pops got the girls a "My first Trampoline". We've already spent hours outside jumping!! They love it!

Grammie and Papa got Kyndall a picnic table (ironically Kyndall is not picture sitting at it) and Lynlee a big girl bike!

Present time!

(Slightly chaotic!)

Kyndall was completely in love with this giant Toy Story coloring book. It was actually Lynlee's present but once Kyndall saw it she became obsessed with it.

Lynlee also got this adorable kids cupcake set that we had to break out and bake the very next day.

Such a fun weekend!

Still to come...

Lynlee's actual b-day

Toy Story 3 on Ice

Kyndall's actual b-day

Again I will repeat, we had a very busy week!!

E'lyse's Wedding

2010-12-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Over Labor Day weekend we flew up to Michigan for my cousin E'lyse's wedding. It's hard to believe that she is old enough to get married! We had a blast and they had a cool front come through so it was nice and cool and we got to leave the hot Texas heat for a few days!!

The girls loved the plane ride! This marks Kyndall's first!

Kyndall did not like having to sit in my lap though and there was one particular leg that was kind of brutal for her and I, but we got through it! Seems like nothing now looking back but at the time I was in tears :)!

My aunt and uncle have a pizza shop! We spent a lot of time there. This is Lynlee and Kyndall jamming with Uncle Jeff and his guitar. I spent a lot of time doing this as a child as well!

Lynlee getting her "hair done" for the wedding. She was VERY disappointed that she was being left out of all that so the sweet hair girl pretended to do hers.

Jason and I at the wedding. Jason insisted on this picture to show the one and probably only time he's worn camo!

E'lyse and the flower girls. Lynlee saying her best "cheese"!

Poor Kyndall was worn out! There were not many naps taken on this trip!

Lynlee quite literally danced the night away! I don't know where she learned some of her moves!

Kyndall and Daddy dancing.

The family at the reception.

Checking out Lake Michigan!

The girls with their Wolfie's Pizza shirts on.

Quilts

2010-11-28T19:06:00.000-08:00

When I found out I was pregnant with both of my girls I immediately started dreaming about what their rooms would look like.

My sister-in-law's and mother-in-law graciously offered to make the bedding so after hours of searching for just the right fabric I found something I loved and we got busy.

For both girls we decided to make them a quilt that they could use and carry around and wear out, etc. I chose a picture on wanted on it and we appliqued these pictures on the quilt squares and then they put it together. To make this project even more fun we passed out these quilt squares to all the family members so the quilts would have a little bit of everyone in them. So both of the girls have a quilt that their mom, Gran, Grammie, Aunt Katie, Grammie Weese, Aunt Ria, Aunt Becky, Aunt KK and "Aunt" Mindy helped put together with love.

This is me opening the quilt for Lynlee at my family shower.

And then opening Kyndall's quilt.

I obviously chose flowers for Lynlee's and paisley's for Kyndall's. So when I found out my sweet friend "Aunt" Mindy was pregnant, I decided I wanted to do the same for her.

I knew her bedding had these adorable turtles on it so I just found that same turtle online and printed it out in the size I wanted and cut the pieces and an appliquing I went. Since I was doing all the squares myself I decided to do every other square a turtle and the other ones a cute blue and brown fabric to coordinate.

And here is the final product...

This is the first time I have done anything like this by myself. My sister in law did help a little with the putting it together part. I did sew it all myself though :).

On to my next project...

Recap of the Summer Part VII

2010-09-17T18:28:00.000-07:00

Enjoyed another Fourth of July parade in Coppell.

I love this picture of Kyndall and Zachary. It looks like they are saying, "Why are you taking another picture of us?" This is Kyndall's little boyfriend :). He is in her class this year too!

Kyndall, Rylee, Lynlee

Recap of the Summer Part VI

2010-09-16T18:24:00.000-07:00

I celebrated my 30th birthday! Jason was so sweet and had a surprise for me the week before (no pictures). Then he surprised me again with tickets to Wicked. I absolutely loved it and am ready to go see it again! I've been singing to the soundtrack ever since!

Recap of the Summer Part V

2010-09-15T18:21:00.000-07:00

Lynlee went to the dentist for the first time! She did awesome!!

Recap Part IV

2010-09-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

Did a staycation in Dallas with Jason whole family. We had a great time hanging out around Dallas. We went to a Rangers vs. Astros game, in the rain (which was better than in the hot!) and got to see the Astros beat the Rangers! We also went to Hawaiian Falls, Burger's Lake and went to Stonebriar Mall to play at Dave and Busters and ice skate.

Lynlee wearing her Berkman jersey before he was traded :(.

Ice skating with Daddy!

The girls had a wonderful time playing with their cousins all week. Lynlee especially like sleeping on the pull out couch with them!

Recap Part III

2010-09-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

We did Kyndall's "Born to be a Wilcat" ACU photo shoot one day while Lynlee was at her one-day-a-week summer school class with Ms. Sandra! Kyndall and I loved our Wednesdays together to love on each other this summer.

We had a little Facebook voting and the winner is....

I submitted it and I got a response saying to look for it in the next ACU Today!

Recap Part II

2010-09-12T16:59:00.000-07:00

Lynlee also took dance. Which she loved even more than gymnastics. We are hopefully going to be starting a dance class soon. I was hoping for the fall, but it may have to wait till the spring!

Recap of the Summer Part I

2010-09-11T16:53:00.000-07:00

I am so bad!

I have not posted all summer!!

So here is the recap of our summer!

Lynlee took gymnastics all summer and loved it!!

Kyndall watched :)!

Kyndall and the Stool...

2010-06-15T06:15:00.000-07:00

There was once a little girl who desperately wanted to get into the room where her daddy was! But she just couldn't reach. What could she do?

A stool! That could get her to the door knob!

So she pushed with all her might to get that stool where she needed it.

Very proud of her accomplishment of getting it to the door.

Unfortunately when she got up on it she still couldn't get the door open! Poor girl!

**Update to Mother's Day Present!

2010-06-14T06:10:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time at the David Wilcox concert. It was at the University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab. It was this tiny venue.

We were so close!!

Mother's Day

2010-05-23T20:04:00.000-07:00

I had a very nice Mother's Day. My mom was in town for it so that was a nice treat. Jason had the girls make me an apron. It is so cute, complete with hand prints, "Happy Mother's Day" written in pencil and painted by Lynlee and scribbles of all kinds. It will be cherished!

Jason went above and beyond and got me tickets to one of our favorite singer/songwriters, David Wilcox. The concert is June 4th and that is the day after the last day of school! What a way to end the year. I am so excited!!

Homebuiders Retreat

2010-05-15T05:27:00.000-07:00

Several weekends ago our Sunday school class went on a retreat at Camp Texoma. We had such a great time being together. All the kids just played and played. The nights were slightly interesting with all the kids. Lynlee likes to yell or talk out in her sleep which was not ideal for a room fulls of sleeping people :).

Part of the weekend we played some of the "Minute to Win it Games".

We spent quite a bit of Saturday playing at the water. The girls just liked sitting in the sand.

Kyndall was not feeling 100% and spent most of the weekend laying on me. :(

Lynlee and Macie playing in the sand.

Pure happiness!

Jason leading the hippo song!

Easter

2010-04-17T15:06:00.000-07:00

I have been so preoccupied with birthday parties I haven't been able to post about Easter!
The night of Kyndall's birthday party we dyed Easter eggs.

Lynlee loved dying the eggs!

Putting stickers on them.

Kyndall watching from the sidelines.

The next morning the Easter bunny paid us a visit.

On the way to church, Kyndall got to sit facing forward for the first time! She loved it (and so did we) !!

We had an Easter egg hunt after church. Kyndall did not even try to pick up one egg! Oh well, she had fun walking around with all the other kids.

Lynlee and Rylee playing.

Our very lame attempt at a family picture. Lynlee was ready for a nap! Before church they took some adorable pictures of the girls with real bunnies. Hopefully I will be able to post those soon!

Kyndall is 1!

2010-04-08T17:48:00.000-07:00

On Saturday my sweet Kyndall turned 1 year old!
We did a Very Hungry Caterpillar party at our house.

The invitation.

Posing outside.
(I got that ADORABLE dress on Etsy! From Simply Anna Kate!)

The front door and the party mascot!

I served or had displayed all the foods that the caterpillar ate through.

The smash cake! I randomly met a lady while I was mailing my taxes who just happens to do custom cakes, can we say right place at the right time?! I gave her a napkin and this is what I got! LOVE IT!

As I did for Lynlee's party, we served cookies instead of cake. Again, they turned out beautifully and tasted awesome. They were a big hit!

The favors.
(Another one of the things the caterpillar ate through. I looked everywhere for "real" looking lollipops! Party City...who knew?)

The sweet birthday girl.

And her sissy patiently watching her open presents.

Found (actually one of my student's moms) this adorable Eric Carle shirt for Lynlee to wear at WALMART!!

Our sweet guests...

CAKE TIME...

Opening presents.

Playing with the new water table.

The party was so fun! Can't believe we are starting year 2 with our sweet Kyndall! She is such a joy!

Most of the photos (the really good ones) were taken by Adrian!

Lynlee is 3!!

2010-03-28T05:49:00.000-07:00

My sweet Lynlee turned 3 today! We had her party last weekend at Texas Dreams Gymnastics. She had a ball!

The theme was "letters" as Lynlee loves her letters these days! She is constantly asking me, "Mommy how do you spell_________?" I ordered the girls matching shirts with their initial on them.

Playing with the parachute!

Kyndall taking a turn!

Playing on the equipment.

Playing in the foam pit!

I am very much into birthday cookies instead of cake. We did that last year and it went over so well, I decided to do that again! We did an assortment of letters. Each child that came got their own initial plus an L for Lynlee. You can't really tell from this picture but on top of the stack it spells out "Happy Birthday Lynlee"!

Blowing out the candles.

She was so excited about every card and every gift!

Her gift from Mommy and Daddy! She loves sleeping on it!

Hohenwald

2010-03-22T19:15:00.000-07:00

We spent most of our spring break with our sweet friends Keith and Mindy in Hohenwald, TN. We had so much fun catching up, playing games and seeing their house and town.

On the way we made a stop in Mt. Vernon to visit Jason's Meemaw and Pappaw.

They loved playing with the girls and it was good to sit and visit with them for a little bit.

When we got to TN, the girls warmed right up to Keith and Mindy.

Played a little Rock Band...

Lynlee insisted on playing on their playground in their backyard even though it was freezing outside. She didn't seem to notice or care a bit!

On Tuesday we took a trip into Nashville.

We ate breakfast at Loveless Cafe. Apparently lots of famous people eat here. There was no one there that day :)! My students were convinced though that I would see Miley Cyrus. Sorry kiddos, didn't see her!

The girls love riding in their stroller :)!

While we were in Nashville we went to the Hermitage where our friend James works and we took a tour. Lynlee and I had to get a picture next to the old tea pot. Every where we went Lynlee would say, "There's another tea set!"

We met up with some other friends, Shanta and Ken for supper. And then headed over to Krispy Kreme for dessert!

Lynlee and Campbell acting silly!

Mindy wearing the shirt I made her, "Due in August"!

Lynlee laughing at Nemo!

We drove home all in one day and girls did such a great job! I was very surprised at how good. I did to a lot of jumping back and forth between the front and back seat just to feed Kyndall or whatever but it worked out and we made it home in good time!

It was so nice to see our friends, and the next time we see them they will probably have their sweet baby with them!!

Children's Museum

2010-03-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

Today we took the girls to the Children's Museum in Dallas. They LOVED it!

Looking at the dinosaur bones.

Kyndall meeting a new friend!

Lynlee milking a cow!

Kyndall playing in the water!

Lynlee playing with giant bubbles!

Redbud Designs

2010-02-15T18:49:00.001-08:00

The amazingly talented girl who designed my cutie blog is doing a giveaway! Go over to Redbud Designs to enter!!

The girls part 2

2010-02-14T09:52:00.000-08:00

Looks like I am getting a little video happy :).

Kyndall has started dancing. The music comes on and her body takes over.
It cracks us up!!

The other day Lynlee and I played "school". She was Ms. Lynlee and I had to sit down like all the students. We literally went through the entire day. Arrival, circle time, snack, music, lunch, nap, dismissal. During circle time she did everything Ms. Sandra does, including this:

I didn't even know she knew this!! It cracks me up to hear her say all those big words!

Walking!?

2010-02-11T20:42:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little baby, that I promise you was born just last week, took 2 tiny little steps the other night.

She is growing up WAY to fast.

Why is it that the 2nd one does everything at lightning speed? I know she watches Lynlee, wants to be just like her, etc. But still!? I got teary the other night while I was rocking her, thinking that a year has almost past and I feel like I have missed it!

In the video it takes me a minute for me to get Kyndall set up and balanced and she does take a slight nose dive at the end :)!

My girls

2010-01-29T19:50:00.000-08:00

The Little One

Kyndall has learned a new trick...

She gets this giant smile everytime she claps! It is adorable!

The Big One

For Christmas I got both Glee soundtracks. (Love them! It's all I listen to in the car, that or Elmo!) Well the first time I put the cd in and "Don't Stop Believin" played Lynlee turned to me when it was over and said, "Mommy, I like that song!". So ever since then we have bonded through Glee (scary!). So the other day, "Proud Mary" is playing and this particular day I got really into the song and started doing hand motions with it and everything. Lynlee got way into it and now requests it when we get in the car.

As soon as the song starts, she will start "rolling" her hands and tonight she even told us, "I'm getting my wheels ready!"

Is this cute or scary? I'm going to go with cute :)!

Sweet Friends!

2010-01-23T19:40:00.000-08:00

Lynlee and Rylee playing outside and taking a break to sit by the door. So sweet!

Eyes

2010-01-21T19:42:00.000-08:00

I am absolutely in love with this sweet face and these beautiful eyes!!

Baby Girls

2010-01-19T19:16:00.000-08:00

We have a family at church that has 3 girls. She had all three of her girls photographed in the same outfit at the same age and then she has the outfit and all the pictures of the girls hung together in her house. Shortly after we moved here we had supper at their house and when I saw that, I thought, if I have another girl I am doing that! So that is exactly what I did. Luckily I still had the outfit that Lynlee first pictures were taken in so I thought that one would be perfect.

The outfit is kind of random. One of our sweet friends, Tiffany, gave it to us at one of Lynlee's showers and when it was time to take Lynlee's first pictures I picked it out of all our new outfits because it was very sweet and just delicate being all white with just some small flowers on the front. I am just glad I saved it!

This is how it turned out:

I took it from down low so I would get the reflection in the frame. I love how the girls are pretty much in the same pose but just facing different directions. Lynlee is on the left and Kyndall is on the right. Lynlee just slightly more yellow than Kyndall :).

Close up of the left side and sweet Lynlee.

Close up of the right side and sweet Kyndall.

Christmas...finally

2010-01-17T14:47:00.000-08:00

December 23, 2009

We celebrated Daddy's birthday.

Lynlee loving her some birthday cake and Daddy examining his presents.

Daddy cuddling with his girls.

December 24, 2009
Opened presents on Jason's side.

Kyndall not really getting it but thinks it's pretty cool to have new stuff to hold :). She got the standard 1st Christmas gift from the aunts and uncles, a suitcase personalized with her name. I love having this for each of the girls!

Lynlee opening her very special glass tea set and all her new kitchen utensils and food in a nice organized 3 drawer set!!

Getting ready for Santa.

December 25, 2009

Santa came! He was so organized and labeled everything so nicely so Lynlee could find her name and her presents!

Lynlee slept with Mallory this whole time we were in Houston. She loved it and felt so big. Daddy is laying with her as I am getting the camera ready.

Examing all the presents!

Kyndall loving the paper more than anything else!

Lynlee opening her instruments from Santa.

After Santa presents we went to see my family and somehow my mom has all those pictures! I have got to get them from her. More to come later, hopefully before the end of January!

Christmas Party

2010-01-10T04:02:00.000-08:00

Lynlee of course had her Christmas Party at school this year. I of course didn't go because I had my own Christmas Party to attend to. They kind of ask you not to come anyway at this age because it kind of gets high drama when you leave :). So her teacher took pictures and sent them out. This was by far my favorite!

Dada

2010-01-08T14:24:00.000-08:00

Kyndall saying Dada!
(She's actually been saying it awhile, I just haven't uploaded the video here yet!)

Christmas Parade

2010-01-06T14:19:00.000-08:00

Coppell had a fun Christmas parade. The girls had a good time. Lynlee was of course leary of the dressed up Frosty, Rudolph and Santa!

Bundling up to be in the cold weather.

Snow!

2010-01-04T14:13:00.000-08:00

It snowed before Christmas. We were out of town for the giant snow storm on Christmas day but Kyndall got to see her first snow a week before that!

Thanksgiving

2010-01-04T13:53:00.000-08:00

Then we had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Edmond with Gran, Pops, Becky, Philip and Mallory.

We spent a lot of time....

Cooking (tasting)...

Making gingerbread houses...

playing...

and lounging!

The Toys Visit!

2010-01-02T12:57:00.000-08:00

The week of Thanksgiving (I am slightly behind on blogging!), the Toys came to visit us! We had such a good time playing with Brayden and Haylee! Brayden and Lynlee are 11 months apart, but Kyndall and Haylee were born on the exact same day! Crystal and I were so excited to have our babies on the same day.

We met up with all the roommates and kiddos when Crystal first got into town. The only one that was missing was 3 week old Emma!

We took them for some yummy Mexican food at the Blue Goose.

Crystal and I both bought the girls matching outfits!
Future ACU roommates!!

Brayden and Lynlee
(L: Lynlee 4 months, Brayden 13 months, R: Lynlee 2, Brayden 3)

Come back and visit soon! And next time bring Jon :)!

Santa #2

2009-12-06T19:12:00.001-08:00

Our church had our annual Christmas party tonight. We tried to do pictures with Santa again. Ha! It was much worse than the Edmond experience!! Lynlee wouldn't even get within 20 feet of the stage let alone let me hold her next to him. So I set Kyndall in his lap and this is what happened...

Poor Kyndall was not happy! Maybe next year :).

Please notice the candy cane dress though! I bought them at a craft fair I went to. They looked so cute!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

2009-12-01T18:40:00.000-08:00

We have read to Lynlee since the day she was born. We had books with us at the hospital and took turns reading to her. I don't know if it was because of that but she loves to read. She loves to "read" the stories to us. And every night she picks out books for her and Daddy to read together before she goes to bed. Tonight one of the books she picked out was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. After she and Daddy read the books he left the room and she was still laying on our bed "reading". I poked my head in there to tell her to come to her room for bed and stopped to listen. She was repeating the story almost word for word. I ran to get my camera and caught the very end. It is kind of hard to hear so you will have to turn your volume up. But I just thought it was so sweet.

Here is what she said in case you can't understand her :).

"One cheese, one chicken, one lollipop, one pizza, one turkey, one cupcake and one watermelon.
On Saturday he ate through one big leaf.
He went into his house and stayed inside for a whole week.
He was a beautiful butterfly."

I hope this love for reading will stay with her!!

Graves Family Pictures

2009-11-26T15:30:00.000-08:00

We had some family pictures taken by the ever talented Kara Foster. A sweet sweet lady at our church. Check them out!

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Tea Time!!

2009-11-25T17:14:00.001-08:00

Lynlee is very much into tea parties right now. She will set up plates and cups in her room and have them on the floor. This will definitely be one of the things she will be getting for Christmas this year. So while in Edmond for Thanksgiving, Gran took us to this very cute tea house called Inspirations Tea Room, where Lynlee could have a "real" tea party! She had a ball!

Kyndall just taking it all in!

Our food even came garnished with a real flower which Lynlee thought was pretty cool!

Enjoying dessert!

Even Kyndall tried a little of Mommy's dessert! Yum!

Curious George Live

2009-11-23T06:22:00.000-08:00

We took Lynlee to see Curious George Live on Saturday. You may remember Lynlee's love for "monkey George" here, here, here and here!

She could hardly contain her excitement when we got there. She gladly posed next to Monkey George and even said cheese! :)

(I forgot my camera so I just have a few shots I took with my phone!)

I tried to capture what Lynlee's face was like during the show but my phone doesn't have a flash so this is kind of hard to see. She was literally wide eyed and opened mouth the entire show. She absolutely loved it!

She's still talking about all the silly things George did on stage.

Surprisingly Kyndall did very well also. She said very relaxed and watched the show and then fell asleep for the rest of it.

We're on the move...

2009-11-14T09:37:00.000-08:00

The Garden

2009-11-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

I have always wanted to have a beautiful garden. But I unfortunately don't know how to keep plants alive! My grandma has always had plants everywhere! For as long as I can remember she is planting something. I remember as a kid picking green beans and then snapping the ends of and then in half to cook for supper! Even now as she is living in an apartment she has plants everywhere.

Lynlee and Kyndall went to Houston several weekends ago and while they were there they got to go visit their Great-Grandma Weese and Lynlee just had to water the garden.

Maybe with Lynlee's help I can learn how to keep a garden under control. She clearly knows what she is doing!

Halloween

2009-11-10T15:59:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Halloween this year. This is the first year we've gone trick or treating in our neighborhood. In years past we've gone to fall festivals at church on Halloween night. But this year our church decided not to do it. So we went real trick or treating instead!

Earlier in the day...

Lynlee already ready to put on her costume!

At the park.

Getting dressed up...

We decided to reuse the ladybug costume for one more year (Rylee used it last year and Lynlee the year before). I think Kyndall made a pretty cute ladybug :).

Here's Lynlee is 2007, so what's the vote, do they look alike??

Our precious cowgirl!

Grammie and Papa came in town for the weekend.

We decorated our wagon to go trick or treating in. The first few houses Lynlee was pretty leary but it didn't take long for her to warm right up, say thank you and then run off to the next house!

After we went up and down our street we went to our sweet friends Steve and Renae's street where they really get into Halloween. Some of the houses on their street get more into Halloween than Christmas!

By the end of the night Kyndall was the only one in the wagon and she was very relaxing just enjoying the stroll. We had more random people take her picture. I guess I'm ok with that!?

Pumpkin Patch #2

2009-11-08T15:42:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago we went to Hall's Farm Pumpkin Patch in Colleyville. We went with our Sunday school class. The girls had a great time!

Lynlee leading the way through the corn stalk maze.

Sweet Kyndall!

Lynlee getting her face painted...again!!
She picked ladybug with no persuasion from me. I tried to get her to get Elmo :).

At the end Lynlee said, "Ok, now I need to pick out a pumpkin!". I talked her into picking out a $.50 pumpkin which she paid for herself.

Pizza Night

2009-11-06T04:41:00.000-08:00

Several weeks ago Daddy decided we needed to make pizzas for supper and have a movie night. So he went and bought all the stuff then Lynlee and Daddy made pizzas for the family.

Kyndall sitting by observing.

Lynlee and Daddy cooking.

Spreading the sauce.

Adding the cheese.

The finished product!

After the pizza was cooked we had a picnic in the living room and watched a movie, Lynlee's choice of course. We first picked Peter Pan and watched it for awhile and then she changed her mind and we watch a little Cars.

We had a very fun night!!

Sweet sounds...

2009-10-16T12:08:00.000-07:00

Listen to this sweet baby!!

(The first voice you hear is Lynlee!)

Melts my heart!

Fall Fun!!

2009-10-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

**Happy 6 months Kyndall!**

Since it officially turned to fall on September 22nd, we've been doing some fun things around here.

Last weekend us, Lauren and Rylee went to Western Day in Old Town Lewisville. We had a pretty good time.

Lynlee insisting that she push Rylee in her stroller.

Riding "Cookie Monster". She wasn't too wild about this while it was happening but she hasn't stopped talking about it since!

A mini petting zoo. Lynlee LOVED doing this!

Kyndall chilling!

Getting our face painted.

Then today we went to the pumpkin patch in Flower Mound. If you live in the area and want to go to a pumpkin patch, go to this one. It is awesome.

First of all it is giant. Lots of fun things to do. ALL the activities are FREE! You can of course buy food, drinks and pumpkins. But the bounce houses, mazes, face painting, hay rides, train rides are all FREE! Lynlee had the best time!

We started out doing the mini hay bale maze. (Does anyone watch Gilmore Girls? This totally reminded me of the hay bale maze that took over the town!) I didn't know if Lynlee would like this and she really did and was very proud of herself when she made it through!

Getting the face painted again!

They had wooden cutouts of lots of fun characters. There were lots of Lynlee's favorites!

I was excited to see this cute photo op! She is so happy!!

We ran into the Swaynes while we were there. Lucas and Lynlee are in the same class at school and when Lucas saw Lynlee he got out of his wagon and ran over and gave her a hug. It was so sweet! Larissa caught this sweet picture of the two of them playing.

Kyndall trying to crawl!

2009-10-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

I was just looking at some old blog posts to see when exactly it was that Lynlee starting crawling. I found this post on December 8, 2007. She would have just turned 8 months old. Granted Kyndall is not crawling yet. But she is really trying to attempt it! I don't remember Lynlee being this determined to get somewhere this early!

I love how Lynlee is trying to be so encouraging!

A Huge Week...

2009-09-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

We had a TON of stuff going on in the Graves' family this week.

To start this sweet little thing has been so sick! She ran a 103 fever for 4 days. Finally got an antibiotic to help her UTI and she is feeling tons better!

Finally feeling tons better and is smiling again! Thankfully our sweet Gran was able to stay in town to take care of her so Jason or I didn't have to miss any work! Thanks Gran!!!

Pops came in town last weekend and worked on getting Lynlee's bed transitioned into her toddler bed. She's been ready for this for awhile but we finally did it.

Lynlee "helping" Pops.

She LOVES her big girl bed and transitioned into it so well!!
(She's only fallen out twice :)! )

Then this past Tuesday, Butterfly School started. Lynlee was so ready and has been asking to go to school for weeks now. Daddy was in charge of getting her ready, taking pictures and making sure she looked "extra cute"!

Ready to go with backpack and nap mat!

Walking into the building.

Putting her things away where they belong and posing with her teacher Ms. Sandra. Last year Lynlee went to a 2 year old class for one day a week. Since I was teaching 3 days and her class was only 2 they let her go to this class. So she had Ms. Sandra last year for 1 day a week. So the transition into her class was so easy for her. She cries when we pick her up. I'm sad that she doesn't get excited to see me :). But if I have to go to work full time I am just thankful that she loves where she is! And I know she is being taken care of!

And finally..... On Monday we bought a NEW CAR! We didn't get to pick it up until this past Friday. And it's rained on it ever since, but oh well! I love it. I am officially a full-fledged soccer mom. (Now my kids just need to play soccer!)

This is kind of a bad picture in the garage, but again, it's been raining since we got it! I have never in my life had a brand new car! It's a 2010 Toyota Sienna. Lynlee loves it as well, especially the DVD player, which we made a HUGE mistake and didn't bring DVDs with us when we picked it up and she cried the whole way home that she wanted to watch a movie. She's already spoiled with it!

Our Little Sponge

2009-08-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

(Harder to go back to teaching full time than I anticipated, hence the lack of blogging!)

Lynlee is just at that age where she is just soaking up every little things she sees and hears. And then will repeat it days later. We either can't believe that she remembered it or have no clue where she heard it.

Yesterday I added some child safe door knobs (she's learned to open doors now, yea for us!) and she saw one of them and put her hand up to it and said, "Look at this masterpiece!". What?! Where did you hear that word and how do you know how to use it?

Then shortly after that she was playing in our closet while I was putting away clothes and she shuts herself in there and tells me to knock. So I knocked on the door and she opens it and says, "Well hello there, come on in!". So welcoming, thank you for asking me to come into the closet!

(posing inside the closet)

I don't know how many of you out there have seen this video of "Elmo's Song". Well Lynlee loves to sing this. And she loves to change the words to be "Lynlee's song" or whoever's name comes to mind at the moment.

We were at church a little early a couple of weeks ago so I took the girls to the nursery early so I could feed Kyndall and Lynlee could play. She found this little piano that looks very similar to Elmo's piano and she immediately said, "Oh Elmo's piano". So here she is singing at the top of her lungs, "Kyndall's Song".

The Case of the Missing Phone

2009-08-15T19:34:00.000-07:00

Note to self...

When looking for something important that I have "misplaced", always check Lynlee's purse first!

Being a Mom of 2

2009-08-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

My sweet Kyndall turned 4 months yesterday and I may finally be getting used to being a mom of 2.

When we were pregnant with Lynlee, I didn't really worry about how it was going to go when we got home until we were on our way home. As we are wheeling out of the hospital I started thinking, "What are these people thinking, they are letting me out with this baby and I don't have a clue what to do!" But it wasn't long before things started to click at home and we had our routine. I had her in March and we just sat and stare at each other for about 5 months straight. I loved every minute of it!

Then when we decided to have another baby, I thought things would go as they did when I brought Lynlee home. It might be hard at first but things would eventually click into place. Well... that's not exactly how it went. I think I may have cried every day for the first month, and I had help!! I kept worrying myself into a frenzy. "What would happen when I don't have help!" Lynlee constantly needed my attention at the SAME TIME Kyndall did. Lynlee was pushing the limits to see what she could get away with and spending more time in time-out than ever. I felt like I was not being as patient as I should be. I immediately decided we were having NO MORE children!

I talked to my sister-in-law shortly after I had Kyndall and said, "How do you do it?" She assured me it would get better. I got these same assurances from other people as well, but I had a lot of trouble believing them. Lynlee was a lot of help and LOVES her baby sister but also wanted her mommy time as well and I didn't feel like I could give Kyndall and Lynlee all the attention they both needed.

But as time went by (faster than I imagined it would) I got used to splitting my time. And guess what? Things started to click into place and we have a routine. Granted, our routine is about to change with me going back to work. But luckily my girls are pretty good about going with the flow. I think they will do really well in their new arrangements for the fall (fingers and toes crossed)!

I am so in love with 2 beautiful girls and I can't imagine my life without either of them. And there may even be a time down the road that I could even imagine... maybe having a third. Who knows?? (Potty training Lynlee may solidify the answer to that question though.)

"Colorado Rocky Mountain High..."

2009-07-30T15:26:00.000-07:00

We just got back from Denver, CO. We had the best time visiting with Matt and Nikki. We hate that we live so far from them. And of course our trip was not near long enough!

We love you guys and can't wait till we get to see you again!

"Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be." -Robert Browning

2009-07-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Today my sweet husband and I have been married for 6 wonderful years.

I can't imagine my life without him.

I love you J!

The Life of My Blog...

2009-07-23T20:13:00.001-07:00

When I started this blog, I had the boring old blogger layout that we all pretty much start with and since then my blog has gone through some fun makeovers.

My very first blogger makeover. This one was done by Once Upon A Blog. I love this header. My sweet 6 month old baby girl, I love our family picture on there!

Then sweet Jenny at Pink Armchair Designs was doing free makeovers to start up her business so she remadeover (is that a word?) my blog. I love the cute pink and brown and my sweet 1 year old!

Then our sweet friend Sharon at Redbud Designs was doing the same thing, starting up her own business and needed a guinea pig. So I volunteered and she came up with this, which I loved!!

I didn't actually want to change it because I loved it so much BUT I couldn't leave precious Kyndall out of the header :). So Sharon did an update for me. I LOVE what she came up with. (If you are reading this in google reader, click and look at how cute this is!!) The picture that is in the header was taken in a photo booth at Jason's cousin's wedding. I loved it and thought it would be really cute here on the blog.

Thank you Sharon for giving me a full blog makeover, again!

4th Annual Lake Travis Trip

2009-07-20T06:50:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from our 4th Annual Lake Travis trip. The trip started out with Jason and the guys he grew up with and the wives getting together and has turned into a family trip and will continue to grow. This year we had 4 kiddos on the trip!

On the way to the lake this year I decided I really wanted to try Flip Happy Crepes for lunch. I had originally heard about this place when it was featured on Bobby Flay's Throwdown. And then I heard about it again when Annalee mentioned it on her blog. So we went for lunch when we got into Austin.

I would say it definitely lived up to it's hype. It was very good. We also decided to splurge and get a dessert crepe as well.

So yummy!!

From there we headed out to the lake. This year in addition to doing some fun boat stuff our friend Matt brought out his stand up paddle boards. It is a fun sport that anyone can do. He even has his own business teaching lessons. So if you are ever in Austin and you want a FUN, new outdoor thing to do, go to Hill Country Surf for some lessons. It will be worth it, I promise!!

Even Lynlee joined in on the action!

Daddy relaxing with his girls.

The fam.

Lynlee and Grant playing and being sweet to each other.

The 2 newest members of the trip.
Kyndall and Anabelle. Anabelle is just about 2 weeks older than Kyndall.

Sisters! I pretty much made Lynlee wear a life jacket anytime we were on the dock. I was slightly paranoid of her falling in the water. But she didn't mind at all, she loved wearing it!

The whole group. Out of all 4 years that we have been this is the only group picture we have taken!

Back row: Kevin, Erin, Jayme, Erin, Matt
Front row: Jason (holding Kyndall), me (holding Lynlee), Rob (holding Anabelle), Keith (holding Grant) and Tiffany

We can't wait for next year!!

D.E.A.R.

2009-07-15T15:17:00.000-07:00

"Monkey George, lets read a book!"

The 5 Grandgirls

2009-07-10T15:04:00.001-07:00

5 Grandgirls + 1 JC Pennys Picture Studio = Very tired sweaty Mamas and Grans

We took all 5 grandgirls to Pennys last week to get their picture done.

Current ages of the girls:

Mallory-7

Kylee-3

Lynlee-2

Kenna-1

Kyndall-3 months

Woah.

They actually did very well! And somehow when we think these kids just aren't going to smile and we aren't going to get anything good, we always do!

We got some adorable outfits on sale at Gymboree. We bought each girl an outfit from the Mermaid Magic line. It was fun to find an outfit that fit each girl's personality!

Kyndall was mid bottle for this one!
We just kept pulling props out to entertain!

These two are the closest in age and are the "giggles". They could literally run around the house laughing together for hours! So fun to watch!

We took a couple of individuals as well.
Kyndall was not going to have this.
She was pretty much done at this point!

Lake Conroe, Kyndall's Bed & The 4th

2009-07-10T08:20:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went with Jason's family and spent a week at Lake Conroe. We had a really fun time just hanging out and relaxing. I also experienced Rock Band for the first time which I now want to buy... so fun!!

My little water babies.

Lynlee wanted to jump off the boat and have Jason catch her over and over again. (We didn't actually let her do this, but she really wanted to!)

Feeding the birds from the condo.

Gran and 3 of the 5 grandgirls!
Thank you Gran and Pops for a fun vacation!

Then Pops brought us Kyndall's newly finished hand-made baby bed. We LOVE it!!!!! He also made Lynlee's bed and she loves it and will continually remind me that "Pops made my bed!".

Kyndall's beautiful bed. It's the exact same as Lynlee's just stained a different color.

Kyndall already enjoying her new bed!

Both beds are transitional so Pops put the bed in all the transitions so we could see what it looks like. This is the toddler bed.

And here it is as a full size bed.

It is such a special thing that my girls will forever have a bed made by their Pops.
Thank you Pops for all your long days of hard work. It was definitely worth it, the beds are beautiful!

We had a fun 4th of July. We started off by going to the Coppell Parade. Then we had friends over for BBQ and then we saw fireworks at the mall. It was a fun and long day!

We watched the parade at some friends from church's front lawn. It was nice because we were able to just park in their driveway! Lynlee loved the parade so much that when it was over she didn't want to leave. So she sat in her chair and watch the street sweeps go by as if they were in the parade. She still didn't want to leave and kept asking for the firetruck to come by again!!

2009-07-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Go directly to iTunes and download Kate and Blake's Letters and Words-EP. If you like Acoustic Folk (which is what iTunes calls it) you will want to download this album. It's only 4 songs and they are great. Kate goes to Pepperdine and grew up going to Riverside (where we go to church). It is so fun to me that this sweet girl from our church is finding success with her music. She is really good and will be the newest member of Won by One at Pepperdine next year!

This was taken from Let Me Like It, a music blog:
Blake & Kate were in the top folk albums at lala.com when I discovered them. Really liked the albumart of their debut EP; and actually made me trying their music. I'm glad it did, else I've would've missed the four songs from their nice folky debut EP. If you dig harmonies this is a must! Blake Mankin resides in Austin, Texas and Kate Pauley calls Malibu, California her home. Blake attends the University of Texas while Kate attends Pepperdine University. Blake and Kate are in a long distance relationship. They have been dating since they went to the same high school in Coppell, Texas. Letters and Words E.P. was recorded over their winter holiday in 2008 with producer and engineer Matt Lucas. The songs were dreamed, developed, and written as a result of their shared passion for not only creating music, but using that music to tell stories of love and to explore the injustices found in society today. What was first conceptualized as a recording meant only to include two vocal tracks and an acoustic guitar transformed into a recording filled with a variety of instruments played by their hometown friends. For now, Blake & Kate plans to play shows in the summertime, on breaks, and during their spontaneous weekend trips to each others' states.

Sweet Sisters

2009-06-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

This morning I put Kyndall in Lynlee's crib while I changed Lynlee's diaper. When I was done Lynlee of course wanted to be in the crib with Kyndall. Lynlee was being so sweet to Kyndall, I had to go grab the video camera.

Lynlee does tend to smother just a tad.
**No children were injured in the making of this video.**

(Sorry it's a bit dark on the left. I promise Kyndall is lying there!)

Such sweet moments!

Cake Wrecks

2009-06-24T14:16:00.000-07:00

My new favorite blog is Cake Wrecks. I know lots of you out there have been reading this blog for awhile now. Oh. My. Word. Hilarious!

So for my birthday (which is today, the last year I can really say I am 29) my husband and sister-in-law decided to recreate a cake wreck just for me :). The cake they recreated was taken from a combination of several cakes. Go here and here to see them.

So here is their creation...

Love it! And so appropriate because I always have my name misspelled anyway!

Dear Daddy,

2009-06-21T00:00:00.000-07:00

Love,
Your Girls

Astros!

2009-06-18T09:52:00.000-07:00

Kyndall went to her first Astros game on Tuesday. There were 2 unfortunate things about the experience. 1) We were at the Ranger's Ballpark instead of Minute Maid and 2) We got killed. Which is not unusual for this year, but oh well.

First a little comparison...

Lynlee on the left, Kyndall on the right.

The family all decked out in the Astros gear.
(We should have taken this as soon as we got there, Lynlee was done!)

Daddy with both of his girls.
On the right Jason and Lynlee are holding their proof of citizenship to Astros County.

Just being cute!

"No more pictures Mommy!"

"Are you serious, you are taking another picture?"

All the kids 12 and under got this Rangers batting helmet. The lady that handed it to her I think was slightly hesitant and told Lynlee she wasn't sure it went with her outfit. Lynlee was so excited to get a hat and we are pretty sure she changed allegiances by the end of the night!

New Job!

2009-06-15T11:21:00.000-07:00

Well after a lot of thought and prayer I have made the HARD decision to go back to teaching full time. I was very fortunate to be able to find a job this early in the summer! I will be teaching 1st grade (my favorite grade!!!) at Austin Elementary for Coppell ISD. It is so close to church so that's fun! I will be close to Lynlee while she continues to go to Butterfly School. Daycare plans are still in the works for Kyndall. I will ask for prayers as our family make this adjustment this fall.

Dancin' Fool

2009-06-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Jason's cousin's wedding. Lynlee had a blast on the dance floor. When I tried to get out there and dance with her she pushed me off and said, "No, no Mommy!"

I love that it was Ice, Ice Baby that she got so into.

When the song was over the DJ asked everyone to give the "little girl in peach" a round of applause!

Redbud Design

2009-06-09T19:38:00.001-07:00

Head over to Redbud Designs. Sharon does awesome invitation, announcements, christmas cards, etsy banners, blog designs (like the one you see here), etc.

She is also doing a huge giveaway right now to win your very own complete blog makeover. Go check it out!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

2009-06-07T05:42:00.000-07:00

Our Sunday school class had their annual Rangers Game outing last weekend. Unfortunetly they didn't play the Astros this year. Not that the 'stros would have won but it would have been fun to watch them. Poor guys are doing terrible this year!! Anyway, we took the family.

We were a little nervous about Lynlee going. We thought she was going to want to be all over the place and not want to sit down at all. Well she sure surprised us!

This was her pretty much the whole game. She was so amazed by everything. She sat in her daddy's lap the whole time and LOVED it. She kept "saying" a bunch of stuff really fast and all we could understand was "baseball game and running". It was hilarious. She loved the Rangers mascot and kept trying to find him throughout the game. She was also very happy when we sang, "Take me out to the ballgame" which she lovingly calls her "crackerjack song".

She also LOVED her first experience with cotton candy!

This is what Kyndall did the entire game.

Yea for a fun night at the ballpark!

Folks we have a smile!

2009-06-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

We have a full on smile and on her 2 month birthday!!

(Don't be scared by her wild eyes! She was so excited to be taking a picture :)! )

Forget this bow...

2009-06-01T10:01:00.001-07:00

Lynlee still LOVES to wear her bow and knows to go get it when we are leaving the house. But she decided today she wants to wear it in a new way...

Silly girl!

I just realized I did about 3 posts in a row about Lynlee. We still have Kyndall here at home and she is doing great (sleeping from 7-8 hours, woohoo!). I need to post about her and I will. Lynlee's just so entertaining!

I need to powder my nose...

2009-05-26T07:06:00.000-07:00

I love using Mary Kay. I have used it for awhile now. And up until just a little while ago all their makeup fit nicely in these silver compacts.

It was slightly difficult to get the makeup out of it when it was time to refill. But I figured out a way, using tweezers, and it worked.

Well when we moved to Dallas I needed to find a local Mary Kay rep to get my makeup for me. And I did and when I went to order more I found out they had switched to these new compacts.

They are really nice and pretty and they are magnetic so it makes the makeup really easy to take in and out. I really didn't want to buy new compacts but I had to because the new makeup that fits these compacts doesn't fit in the old ones. So I went ahead and bought them.

So what to do with the old compacts. I just stuck them in a drawer and kept thinking that I needed to get rid of them.

Well I am glad I didn't...

The perfect use for old compacts!

C is for cookie...

2009-05-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

Making chocolate chip cookies is way more fun when you have a 2 year old sous chef!

Pouring in the ingredients.

Mixing.

And most importantly... licking the beaters!

We even ate a few chocolate chips too!

Fountain Time

2009-05-23T11:05:00.000-07:00

Enjoyed some time at the fountain in Highland Village last night.

And showing off one of our new bathing suits for this summer!

Lynlee was a little nervous at first. Rylee was not.

She got over it pretty quick!

I think we will be visiting this place a few more times this summer! Fun, free entertainment. You can beat that!

Art from the Heart

2009-05-19T11:21:00.000-07:00

I like to consider myself a very organized person. I like to keep things in their place. I love bins, baskets and containers to keep these things in. I love labels telling me what's in something. It makes me feel like my life is less hetic. (Making my bed EVERY morning also makes my life feel less hetic but that's probably for another blog post.)

Now after saying all that, this is a picture of my refrigerator.

This is by no means organized or clutter free. It's a mess! But I like it. I like having the faces of my friends and family all over it and seeing them everyday. I do realize I could have pictures of all my friends and family and it could look organized, but I like my fridge. All the sides are covered with pictures. But this presented a problem this year. Lynlee started school and started bringing home art work. Where was I going to hang art work? There is NO refrigerator space. BUT there was a complete wall in our toy room that was empty. So this is what I did...

I bought some frames for $4 from Michaels and I took out the glass and backing. Then I bought some fat ribbon to be able to hang it on the wall.

Then I hung ribbon from the inside of the frame and hot glued a mini clothspin to the back of that ribbon. Then I clipped Lynlee's work to it.

Now I was able to cover this big wall and I can easily display Lynlee's work (which she loves and comments on it everytime she comes in the room). I can also change it out as she does new pictures and just get rid of the old. I keep the really special ones but really who has space to keep EVERY thing they bring home from church or school. That would get totally out of control. But I can still display it for a short time so we all can enjoy it.

What do you think?

(I also have 4 11x14 glass rectangles now. Any suggestions on what I can do with those? Anyone want them? I hate to throw them away!)

Baby Dedication

2009-05-17T19:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had Kyndall's baby dedication. At Riverside we have an individual blessing as the babies are born and then once a year in the fall we have a big blessing for all the babies born that year and for any new members that have children. Jarrod said a really sweet prayer for Kyndall.

Lynlee and I are both watching the TV that is sitting on the floor that shows what is on the screen. They were showing pictures of Kyndall.

Our family.

The girls with all the grandparents.
(Pops, Gran, Grammie and Papa)

The girls in their matching dresses.

Friday night Jason went out to mow the lawn so Lynlee, Kyndall and I went outside to enjoy the nice weather.

The girls sitting in the wagon.

Lynlee sweeting posing for the camera!

Kyndall enjoying the beautiful weather!

Kyndall Marie

2009-05-15T12:25:00.000-07:00

Bad Water Babies!

2009-05-12T06:07:00.000-07:00

Lynlee had her very first program a couple of weeks ago. The theme was "God's Mighty Jungle". Lynlee's class sang "Eensy Weensy Spider". They wore spider "hats". Her teachers cracked me up and made a big deal about "what was Lynlee going to do with a hat and no bow"! I assured them that Lynlee could go a couple of hours with no bow. But they insisted it just wouldn't be her so they made little bows for all the girls and clipped it on the end of the spider leg. So cute! They also just left her normal bow on under her "hat".

I don't know if you can see the tiny bow but it's on the front left leg.

Lynlee completely overwhelmed!

This is what Kyndall thought about the whole thing!

I don't know if you can really tell in the pictures. But Lynlee's face was completely red and swollen at her program. The day before I put Waterbabies sunscreen on her before school to protect her sweet skin at recess. When I picked her up she looked pretty red like she had a sunburn. Well the next morning she was really swollen also. I thought it was just from the sunburn. So I put more sunscreen on and took her to school with some tylenol. Well I picked her up and they said she acted fine all day but her eye kept running. She looked worse to me so I took her straight to the doctor. Turns out she had an allergic reaction to Waterbabies sunscreen and he told me to give her Benadryl. (I love paying a doctor to tell me what I was going to do anyway!) She was acting fine so we still took her to the program and she had a great time. The crazy thing is we used Waterbabies all summer last year and nothing. So it's time to shop around for new sunscreen!

Kyndall @ 2 weeks

2009-04-29T11:24:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we got Kyndall's 2 week pictures taken.

Here is our sweet princess...

I love how she is holding Jason's thumb in this one.

Easter

2009-04-18T18:53:00.000-07:00

We had a fun Easter this year.

Here are my sweet girls on Easter Sunday. We unfortunately didn't get a family picture, things are crazy around here.

Poor Kyndall has her bow falling into her eyes. Lynlee can be a little rough when holding her sister :).

We had to do our Easter egg hunt in the living room because it was cold and rainy on Sunday. It was fun to see Lynlee finding all her eggs this year. It was a much different experience than last year!

And just for fun...
Kyndall wore the same outfit on her first Easter that Lynlee wore. (They even have on the same bow :). )
On the left is Lynlee and on the right is Kyndall.

Me and My Girls

2009-04-10T19:14:00.000-07:00

I think we are all a little worn out around here!

Kyndall's Hair

2009-04-06T18:55:00.000-07:00

It was quite a shock for us when Kyndall came out and had lots of hair. We are used to Lynlee, who had a little hair at birth and almost immediately fell out. I think Kyndall was born with more hair than Lynlee has currently! But as you can see we are still wearing our bow with pride!

Lynlee and Kyndall

2009-04-05T06:16:00.000-07:00

Lynlee finally started warming up to Kyndall and she loves her baby sister.
It is so fun to watch Lynlee being so sweet with her.

Stretching out to sleep!

Lynlee so happy to have Kyndall in her arms.

Pointing out Kyndall's nose.

Helping put Kyndall's paci back in.

Giving Kyndall sweet kisses.

Taking a break to drink some sonic.

Kyndall is here!

2009-04-04T05:17:00.000-07:00

Well Miss Kyndall Marie Graves has made her arrival. She joined us at 12:18 pm yesterday afternoon. She weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and is 20 inches long. And much to our surprise has a TON of hair. It was the first thing my doctor commented about when he saw her. Quite a difference from Lynlee. We are all doing really well. Lynlee is not to sure what to think about everything yet but I am sure it won't take long. She is loving calling her, "my baby Kyndall". So sweet!

This is it...

2009-04-02T20:03:00.000-07:00

Well we just went out on our last outing as a family of 3. (Lynlee looks thrilled I know!) I wanted a really yummy supper tonight since I can't eat past midnight and probably won't be able to eat solid food till around 5 or 6 pm tomorrow. So we went to Cheesecake Factory, my FAVORITE place. It was yummy as always and now I am stuffed. Hopefully it will hold me over for the next 17 hours or so!

Kyndall is coming soon...

2009-03-30T06:29:00.000-07:00

Well I am 39 weeks tomorrow and my c-section is scheduled! (It's actually been scheduled for a long time I just didn't want anyone changing their guesses :) ). So this Friday we go in at 10:00 and I will have my c-section at noon. I had a c-section with Lynlee and decided that is what I wanted to do again! I am so excited to get to meet this sweet girl that's been moving like crazy in my tummy for the past 9 months! Lynlee of course thinks she has a Kyndall in her tummy right now too! I am anxious to see how she's going to do as a big sister!

And just for fun...

Lynlee was being real "posey" the other day for me. She kept wanting to "see Lynlee" on the camera. So she kept saying cheese for me!

Then she wanted to see Mommy and Lynlee.

Then Mommy and Daddy and Lynlee. I love how she is shooting her eyes over at Jason in this one.

Then she wanted to pose in front of her growth chart while I was measuring her.

She's grown 5 1/2 inches in a year! She's getting so big!

Lynlee's Actual Birthday

2009-03-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

If you will notice on my Lilypie counter my baby is 2! How did this happen?? I was just sitting in this exact chair blogging about her 1st birthday right?

Well as I mentioned in the last post we had her birthday party last weekend to get it out of the way. Well her actual birthday is here. So Jason and I took her to Boomerangs for a fun family day. It's kind of like a Pump It Up. She had a blast!

And now for a trip down memory lane...

March 28, 2007

March 28, 2008

March 28, 2009

(A little more hair and still wearing the bow!)