The Beach is a B-E-A-uitful place!

Labor day weekend we planned a little family get away just the 3 of us. Although I was really wishing my parents might tag along just to have a nice family bonding time, it turned out really nice just being the 3 of us! Chris took off Friday and Monday so we dropped Butter off with the parents and we were south bound 45 by lunch time! Traffic was horrible, Im usually not one to get car sick but my anxiety was on edge and the stop and go traffic was about to make me go insane. Lets not mention miss priss in the back seat. Our last road trip she did so well, it was almost soothing for her driving 12 hours to Georgia but our 4 hour drive to Galveston, not so much. By the time we finally got to our room we unpacked and headed to sea wall to get something to eat (first real meal of the day :( ) Something about the ocean waves is so peacful. Saturday morning we woke up had a nice peacfull breakfast in our room that came with a mini kitchen... BONUS! watched some cartoons and got in our swim suits and headed to the beach... So much fun. Lilly was obcessed with the waves coming up on her and the sand/mud, she would have lasted for hours on end. There was this little girl who was quite annoying, I suppose it actually kind of sad when you think of it. Her young mother with 3 other kids was to busy sun bathing to play with her own daughter that she had to come try and drag my little kid around, Um no thank you! Other than her the beach was really nice, Chris even did his taditional cheetos to the sea guls.... scared the crap out of Lilly at first but she warmed up and tried feeding them her self. We built sand castels for lilly to destroy once her pretty blue eyes layed sight on them. Sadly the crazy wind slowed us down a little too. So we had delish Ice cream from downtown and then headed back to the room for a nap, that evening we went to Rainforest Cafe all for the Princess, We took a safari adventure ride and had a fabulous dinner, I pretty sure Lilly was in heaven because she was soooo good the entire time. We saw faces from her we have never seen before. There was some crazy storm coming in and the wind was INSANE.... if i didn't know better I would have said it was a hurrican! Sunday morning we grabbed some shipley's donuts and headed to the Deans house for a nice litte visit, Lilly feel in love with some pineapples thanks to aunt Belinda! then shortly after we headed to the Astros game. Chris wants to travel to all the MLB baseball stadiums when we travel and I thought it was a good idea! Lilly had a little accident due to a quick diaper change in the car- she really is too big for that :) but all in all we had a great time! Minute Made Field was extreamly nice to have AC because we have been to some Ranger games that were extreamly HOT HOT HOT! the energy in the stadium was a little sad... Lilly was boared out of her mind because there was no chants going on. After the game we were well on our way home to have a nice relaxing Labor day to our selfs!

Life is a weee bit CrAzY!!!!

Well I thought I should get on to update about this craziness!!!! For starters Deb went to Michigan and my parents went to Colorado at the same time, we are so greatful to have great sister who are so willing to adjust their schedules to help us out and flexible jobs! Aunt Jen is going to need a vacation when all this is over. So early last week I decided that I wanted to paint my bedroom. I had also agreed to watch Skilar, so I had my day planned perfectly. I got up early got ready, got the girls up and ready, then we headed to the home depot to get my paint. I planned on staying out and about long enough to wear the girls out so they would be ready for lunch and a nap by the time we got home. My plan was working out great, Chris even came home just in time to help me paint too... I love that man!!!! Not 30 min into painting my DUMB self spilt the paint on my carpet.... UGHHHHHHHHH... getting paint out of carpet is a pain in the A** let me tell you, so we did our best and cleaned up the majority of it and got back to painting before the girls woke up. Those cuties have ears like a hawk because the minute one calls out the other one is short to follow. So I put Butter outside and got both girls up gave them a snack and left them to play a little so we could clean up. I wanted to help out as much as possible with Skilar so I had planned on putting both girls in the tub and feeding them dinner before Jen came to get Ski.... When all was said and done and I started thinking about dinner, Chris asked where Butter was..... HOLY SHIT.... My whole world crumbeled. I had left him outside for over an hour and I know he had very little water. When Chris went out to get him he was hidding under the swing not moving but panting very hard, we rushed him in the bath to cool him off but nothing seemed to be working he just stayed very weak :( I freaked out neadless to say. So we pack up 2 1.5 year olds and a VERY sick dog and headed to the 24hr vet. They were extreamly nice but really I felt like all they wanted was our money, so $140 dollars later he was given some fluids and we were back home.... That whole night I was up with him, and when I finally went to bed I knew in the back of my mind that my baby would be gone in the morning.... Much to my surprise when my mother in law came over to watch lilly he was standing up on the gate. Praise the Lord!!!! I really dont think I have slept less in my whole life... even when Lilly was born. So that pretty much sums up my crazy day... whoooo

Lilly-isms

My child is a hoot, and really quite smart. She has mastered turning my lights on and off (which can be quite annoying in the middle of the HOT HOT summer to come into a room and find that the ceiling fan has been turned off or to come home one night and cant see the key hole at the front door because someone has turned off the lights), she LOVES to flush the toilet and Im not sure why but she always seems to find the flashy silvery handle when she is in the bathtub! The other day she found a paint sample on my bed and she turned it over to find the Home Depot logo and said "JEN", that didn't make daddy very happy, lol! Every night she does something to make me laugh, I love every minute of it. Chris and I were talking and mentioned that quite honestly she could be the only child we have. I then came to terms that I dont think that would be very fair for her in her later years of life, she needs a sibling for when we are old and dead... RIGHT? What else is this silly girl into? Her new favorite character is Elmo she points him out everywhere we go, and really enjoys finding him on her pampers. She is talking quite a bit, usually I can tell what she is saying but sometimes not so much. When I ask her to tell me agian she does, exactly the same way and most times I still dont know what she is saying. Im pretty sure she is going to be a great navigator, when we pull into my parents neighborhood she starts saying everyones names... Skies, papa, Jen, Gigi, Mimi (in no order of importants of coarse!) and when we pass by Ihop she says MMMMMMM, I wonder why? I can not begin to list all the things she is saying now but some of our favorites are belly button (bum-bum) and eye brow (eye- bum), she screams for yogart as soon as she sees those danimals in the fridge! Lilly is our little sweet, compassionate child, She loves to be rocked at night with her night night and bedtime prayers, we never say goodbye with out 'big hugs' and kisses. Kisses can be normal kisses, butterfly kisses and her favoirte eskimo kisses (or let me rub my nose in your face till you fell boogers!). None the less we love her SOOOOOOOOO much!

I have the best sister in the whole wide world!!!!!

Family pictures in July...... All I can say is HOTT! Luckily we ended up with some pretty cute pics! Obviously updating the blog on my iPad is not such a good idea... It posted 3 times and missed the picture of the Horton Clan... Ill update soon!

I'm testing this on my iPad

My Tuesday child

Its been a long time... I have about a year of making up to do. How about I just pick up at 18 months!

Lilly's baby book only goes up to a year and then gives you a silly little page for every year after that so Im going to have to use this blog to record all the funny things this child does.... get ready for an over load of Lilly-isms!

Words-
Momma
Dadda
Popa
Jen
Dane (who she associates with the schoold bus that they wait for Dane to get off of)
Doogie
Baaby (in a very southern twang)
Brooobeee (sounds a lot like baaby)
Down (she doesn't know up so says down for up too)
Done
Naana (very much banana)
Juice
Hey
Whats that
Caca
Flower
Jing
Allie
Bye Bye
Night Night
eyes
mouth
shoes

The animal sounds she knows well are doggie, cat, horse, cow, gorilla, sheep and alligator. She has recently started shaking her hear yes and no appropriately. She can recognize her eyes, noes, mouth, ears, hair, tounge, teeth, toes and belly button. My mom has recently taught her to bat her eyes (im telling you she is drama!). Her favorite game to play is the mean face stare game.