Growing Up

The other day Easton was doing a puzzle. He said,"Look mom, I'm doing it all by myself!" I said, "Wow, that's great!! I'm so proud of you." Then to my mom, thinking he wasn't paying attention, I said,"I've never seen him do one of those by himself." Then Easton says,"I'm growing up mom." Too cute!!!

Thumb Sucker

Emarie started sucking her thumb about 3 weeks ago. It's pretty cute!!! Probably won't be in about 4 years but right now, I have to give the thumb credit for her sleeping 10-12 hours at night!!!

Curry's Christmas Tree Farm

Even though we did notget our tree here the kids had a great time.

Scott & Belle pumping the water to make the ducks goIsabelle on the train ride
I love the little trees!!

Journey to Bethlehem

Every year, one of the local churches sets up a "Journey to Bethlehem." The kids weren't quite sure what to think but seemed to enjoy it.

Making bread Signing the "census"
Man trying to sell fish The kids favorite...Baby Jesus!!!

A Visit With Santa

Last week Santa came to visit at AWANA. On the way there I told the kids Santa was gonna be there. Easton said,"Santa can't be at church, cuz Santa lives at the mall." We thought that was funny, apparently Santa no longer lives at North Pole but at the mall. =)

Love this pic!! Thank you Hawkins for the precious outfits!!

Easton with his bestfriend/cousin Jacob. :) This is MAJOR progress considering the last time she saw him she didn't want to get close.

Emarie has taken up thumbsucking!!! So cute...because of it she's also sleeping 10-12 hours at night...in her own bed!!!!!!!
So sweet!!!

Naughty List

Isabelle is VERY aware of the "naughty list." She hears it very frequently. Well the other day we were driving in the car. She has a very bad habit of taking off her shoes and socks EVERY time she gets in the car. We fuss at her all the time about doing it. So, we are driving and I had just told her not to take them off. Sure enough she did. When I noticed, I said,"Isabelle,did you take your shoes off even though mommy just told you not to?" With a very guilty look she nods yes. Before I could say a word, Easton, in a tone like here we go again says, "Naughty List." Scott and I couldn't help but laugh. The funny thing is he was dead serious. Even after we laughed, he never cracked a smile.

Snow Day!!!!!!!!

It hardly EVER snows in Monroe...maybe once a year. So it was very exciting for us last friday when it did!!! It didn't stick but the kids still had fun.

Isabelle with her cousin Ashton

Scott & Easton(you can see snow on Scott's head)

A Little Update

I went back to February of 2007 to read on here what Isabelle was doing at 2 1/2 months and there was nothing about it...just a bunch of pics. While the pics are great I want to remember more about what they are doing. Emarie is 10 1/2 weeks and talking up a storm. It's the cutest thing. Who would have thought a bunch of ohhhh and awwww and hmmmm's could be so darn cute. Last night I took her into Easton's room to tuck him in and she had been talking to me like crazy. I told her, "Tell Easton good night." And she busted out with big, "oooooo." Easton thought that was the funniest thing. She is so sweet though and just the happiest, most content baby!! This week has probably one of the hardest since being a mom. It's like everything happened at once. Emarie got sick Sunday, I had to go back to work Monday and on top of that Scott was out of town from Monday morning til Thursday night. It was pretty rough!!! I survived though and am now looking forward to my shopping trip to Canton!! The kids are so excited for Christmas. I'm loving it too because Isabelle and Easton understand the "naughty list." Their behaviors have been much better since we visited Santa. When we saw Santa he said he was gonna be watching for who is naughty and who is nice. Someone told him Isabelle had been naughty and her eyes filled with tears and she said,"I haven't been a naughty girl." It was pretty sad. But since then I know just how to get her to behave. =)