Trying to keep up! January/February in review!

One of these days, life will slow down and there will be more time for scrapbooks and blogging (and I will have gray hair and my kids will be in college!), but, until then, here is another blog to keep up with some of my memories, via iphone pictures!  Every time I get the chance to sit here and blog for a few minutes, I am reminded of how much I love my little family and how thankful I am for each and every one of them.

January and February have been booked solid with birthday parties for friends...

One party Ali got to go to was for her friend Madison at Sparkles.....we had fun just the two of us and she enjoyed roller skating!

 The next day, Rhodes went to one for Webb - a Superhero party! She insisted on having her own Batgirl costume and promised her daddy she would be Batgirl for Halloween so he would buy the costume! :)

Beck turned 11 months old and I had on my "to do" list since the day before his 11 month bday to take a picture on his chair with a "11 Month" sticker next to his bear. So, for 11 months, this was his picture. I had literally turned away for a few seconds!  The kid loves drawers, doors .....

baths, 

and stairs!!! 

We've had fun playing with friends

 and date nights with daddy!

Ali sang a duet in front of the entire church at 9 am service! (PROUD mama and daddy!)

 Beck is also obsessed with walking (with his walker)...

and watching Baxter play outside! (we can't wait for Spring!)

 and is now the proud owner of some big boy shoes!

We celebrated Valentines day

and I loved getting to help with Rhodes' party

 And Ali's party

 And enjoying a family Valentine's Hibachi date night!

 (it is so easy to take a picture with this crew!) ;)

 And tonight I will put this little zero year old to bed before he is an official one year old!  I can not believe how fast this year has flown and how much I love my little Valentine's (and my big Valentine!)

A little post-Christmas fun!

The past two months have pretty much been a blur!  Fun-filled, but lots to do, so it's hard to remember what we even accomplished during the busy holidays!  Our two weeks with Ali and Rhodes home flew by! Ali started back at school today and Rhodes starts back tomorrow!  I am slowly going to update this with some pictures of some of the little memories we made over the break.  I got a new little camera as a surprise from Ryan for Christmas and so I am starting with those....even though it happens to be the end of the holidays!  Have to start somewhere!!

Rhodes took a spur of the moment trip with my mom and dad to St. Simons and had a blast!  We missed her like crazy, but, turns out, she didn't miss us at all! :)  I enjoyed a little one on one time with my Ali B during that time, so that was a treat!  We had so much fun going to the OK Cafe and ice skating at the Ritz with the Lowery girls!

Once Rhodes got back in town and our family was complete again, Ryan went to work for a day and then decided to take a mini-vacation so we could enjoy some fun family time before our girls went back to school.  Thanks to Grandmommy for watching Beck so that we could relax a little at Snow Mountain...all four of us had so much fun! 

We picked Beck up and headed to a yummy lunch at Everybody's pizza and then home.  The fun continued for Ryan and our girls as they had a daddy/daughter date night to go see Monsters, Inc at the theater!

The next morning, we loaded back up (this time, all 5 of us!) and took a little trip to the World of Coke!  Ali has been wanting to go forever and I wasn't sure how much fun it would be for a 6 year old, 4 year old and 10 month old, but, again, we had a great time!  We went with our friends the Holles which was an even bigger treat!

 Always along for the ride! (except, he is quite a busy little boy these days!) 

 The vault that holds the secret Coca-Cola formula

 

 And, last but not least, we headed down to Senoia yesterday to see Ryan's Granddaddy and Aunt Cinda.  We loved visiting with them and tried to get a picture with all of our 3 looking and smiling at the camera! Better luck next time! :)