our weekend

Saturday night we went to a couples baby shower for our cute pregnant friend, Julie, and her hubby, Corey. It was fun to see and catch up with everyone.



Sunday, we went to get the girls and took it easy the rest of the day. Monday, the girls and I had the day together!!! So, we called our fun friends, the Meacham's, and headed to the zoo!!!



We basically had the zoo to ourselves (maybe because it was so cold!). The girls fed the giraffes and a lot of the animals were out and about.



The little ones had a blast after we let them out of the stroller:) This little tiger cat thing was playing and showing off for the girls.



Emory LOVED it! Look at that face!



We even got to see the lions eating a HUGE bone.....we were trying to figure out what kind of bone it was.....

Blizzard of '11

We had the winter storm of 2011 earlier this week, and Alabama shut down for a few days. We went for a spend the night party at Aunt Paige and Uncle Robert's house in case we lost power. I'm really glad we did b/c the girls were entertained by their cousins and our cabin fever didn't set in until later (in lock down with schools closed until Wednesday!!). The short, G-rated version of our drive home on Monday consisted of Bryan pushing three cars up a hill b/c they were stuck due to ice, the girls and me in the car parked on a hill, me screaming bad words b/c Bryan was pushing cars up a hill, CC telling me to not be mad at Daddy b/c he was helping people and you don't get mad at people for helping other people (she is right.....no mom of the year award that day!!), then CC telling Daddy "Daddy, Mama is SOOOOOO mad at you" when he got back in the car!






Then we had a very LONG, short week of work. Friday, the cousins came for a spend the night party. Bryan kept all 5 of them for most of the night while I had a GNO (where we played a very fun game of spoons. Has anyone ever played? I think my Kentucky family would LOVE it. Even though we walked away with a few injuries, it was a fun night:)) Bryan did win the Daddy (and uncle) of the year award that night!






CC and Emory love having their cousins over! Bryan wants to have 5 kids now b/c the boys are so well behaved. The girls are spending the night at they boy's house tonight, so we'll see if Aunt Paige feels the same way about having 5 kids the same way Bryan does!!
I put this picture up b/c Emory was SO cute walking around in Gaines' shoes!
One quick conversation between CC and Emory:
(in the car talking about going back to school after the weekend)
CC: I LOVE Mrs. Donna.
E: NOOOOOOOOOOO (at the top of her lungs).....ROOOOOOOSSSSSSSe (Rose is her teacher)

guess Emory thinks Mrs. rose is the best too!!!

Sure know how to show someone a good time

GO BIG BLUE!!!!



Emory loves playing with her babies (and sportin' Daddy's UK beanie!). She feeds them, rocks them, puts them to 'night night', smells for dirty diapers, wipes them, and changes poo-poo diapers ALL THE TIME. She has even gotten to where she wants to smell other people for dirty diapers and wants to wipe them (might become a problem in public!!)




My dad was in town, so we went out to dinner to my new favorite place, Chuy's. We got there at 5:30 and the wait was already at an hour and a half!! Since we were already there we decided to wait b/c usually they say it will be a long wait but it isn't. Well, this time it was, of course! But both of the girls were really good- only a few 'we might have to leave' moments, but overall they were patient. We finally sit down at ~7:00. We order some dip and about 2 minutes later EMORY THROWS UP EVERYWHERE!!!!!! She did take a few bites of the dip, which was a little spicy and spit up a little bit, but we just thought it was due to the spicy dip. THen she leaned in to hug me and just vomited all over me, herself, the highchair, and the floor. I caught most of it on my shoulder, so lucky we didn't cause to big of a scene. Then se was completely fine after that! Who knows what happened, but I sure do wish it could have held off until after dinner....oh well!!! Next time, we might just stay in for dinner or NOT wait so long.

left over Christmas

CC and Daddy had a fun time playing in the snow and throwing snowballs at me watching from inside. It didn't last too long because Bryan couldn't find his gloves.



Emory decided it would be fun to put stick all the Barbies in the Advent Calendar. She thought this was the funniest thing ever!! Funny girl:):)

Conversation with Emory

( hard to believe she was ever this little)

While at dinner tonight, Emory took Christian's drink....

Me: Emory, whose juice is that?
Emory: mine( while staring at Christian trying to push her button!)
Me: Emmmmmooory, is that your juice?
Emory: no... Hehehehehehe

Conversations with Christian

On the way home from gymnastics tonight:

CC: Um, mama, are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'......chick-FIL-AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!,

New Year's Eve-2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I can't believe it's 2011! Where did this year go?

To celebrate the great year we all had, we had our supper club over! It was so much fun. We grilled out hamburgers and visited while the kids played ....the kids are almost out numbering the grown-ups!

Since the Ashford's have a new baby (4week old Charlie who is absolutely precious), they left a little early. So, we celebrated the new year at 10:30! We told the kids to hold their glasses up, and look at what CC did!

They had a great time running around like crazy!

We all cheered too b/c we weren't sure we were going to be able to stay up to midnight ourselves!!

But then we remembered the Joyner's had brought Dance Party 2 for the Wii! It was the best time and I almost wet my pants laughing so hard!!! The first people to dance were the mama's. Luckily Bryan is not that great at taking pictures, so we don't have any proof of that! Then the daddies went and OH MY GOSH.... We were about to die it was so funny! Watch the videos below!

The girls loved it too. I hope these two girls remember this forever....their daddies dancing with them without putting up a fight! I usually have to pump Bryan full of drinks and then sneak him on the dance floor to get him to dance with me!

CC took this very seriously and really enjoyed it!

PLEASE watch all the videos- they are short and hilarious!

Ava and Christian with their daddies......

Look at my hubby go!!!

The guys dancing.....:):):)

Is anyone else about to wet their pants from laughing???!!!

We are going to buy Dance Party 2 tomorrow! It was a blast! Oh....and we did make it to midnight!!! ANDDDDDDDDDDDD, slept until 9:00- all 4 of us! So, it's been a great first day of 2011!