Halloween Part 2

Sunday morning of Halloween we had a fish fry and family fun day after church. We had a big slide, face painting, and fish. Bella had a good time because she loves slides!!


I LOVE smocked dresses. It could actually be a slight addiction as far as her clothes go. They are so sweet and dainty and girly. They are the ultimate girly dress as far as I'm concerned. I love this fall dress. She will be wearing it until Thanksgiving!


Bella's teacher, Mrs. Ami, painted her face. Poor baby looks unhappy here but she was tired. We didn't get to stay for very long because it was naptime.


I love this sweet little face.

Halloween Part 1

Saturday Lori, Adam, Avery and Garrett came over to our house. We walked to our local cafe and had brunch together. The girls put on their Halloween costumes for our little outing.

We had a bumblebee and Minnie Mouse with us. They were so cute together. After we ate we walked to a cute little shopping center right by our house and went in and out of those shops then we headed back across the street to the park. The built a brand new playground called a boundless playground in our neighborhood park. It is the first of it's kind in Galveston County. It is great for children with special needs as kiddos with wheel chairs can take their chairs right up on to the play set. It is really neat and the girls had a blast playing.






Just look at these sweet faces.


Bella loves Avery, and I mean she LOVES her. Avery was so sweet with her at the park. Bella would put her hand up for Aves to help her up the stairs and she would wait very patiently and walk with her up the stairs. They are two very precious girls!


This just makes my heart smile....




OHHHHH!!! I could just eat them up!!


Bella had so much fun playing with Avery at the park!

Sweet Baby Garrett! Bella thinks all babies are Garrett. Every time we see a baby she says, "Baby Garrett". She really likes those Douglas kiddos! So do I.

So Bella was a bumblebee. She had to dress up as an animal for school because they were doing Noah's Ark. We went to the costume store to try on costumes. We picked up a Monkey, Elephant, Ladybug, and Bee. We went in try them on and we had a full on melt down because the monkey and elephant included pants. That's right our girly girl doesn't like pants so we let her choose between the bee and the ladybug and came home with a bumblebee. She would say, "Imma bumblebee, BUZZ BUZZ!!". She is very cute. True story.....

The Battle of the Piney Woods!

The Battle of the Piney Woods is the SFA vs. Sam Houston game that is being played at Reliant Stadium for the next 4 years. We started out with a bang this year and beat those little bearkats. What is a bearkat anyway? We had so much fun at the game. It's always great to be surrounded by people in purple that love SFA and Nacogdoches as much as we do. We got there in time to eat some awesome free bar-b-que at the SFA tent. Then we headed back out into the parking lot for some tailgating. The guys all played washers and us girls got in some good chatting.




Meagan and Kiefer enjoying some free bar-b-que!!


While at the SFA tent I got to see my good friend, Melanie, from grad school. It was SO good to see her. We haven't seen each other since we graduated in '06. That was WAY to long. We had so much to catch up on. She is working on her PhD now, at SFA, of course!!


So glad to see Meagan sportin' an SFA shirt for this game!


I love these girls!!

We had such a great time and we can't wait for next year. There were over 24,000 people at the game. The whole bottom bowl of reliant was full. The attendance was a record for an SFA vs. Sam game. AXE 'EM Jacks!!

Why Dream Ordinary

Last month Terry, Bella and I drove up to Round Top, Texas so that I could do a senior session with my assistant principal's daughter. We had such a fun time up there and I was able to sneak in a few shots of Bella while Maddie was changing.

My little munchkin is growing up so fast. Then sometimes I look at her and she is still a baby. I prefer her stay a baby for a little while longer :). Too bad for me, she will just keep growing up in front of my eyes. She is SO into princesses and SO girly. She loves to dance more and more. Her very favorite song is a hip hop song called "Down". She requests it on a regular basis and dances her little heart out when she hears it play over and over. The first time we realized she loved this song we were listening to music on the tv and this song started. Bella stopped dead in her tracks, drew in a deep breath, and said, "I WUD DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!!". And we "wud" you, baby girl!




I love to listen to her talk. She says the funniest things. There are things that she can say perfectly and others that she adds her 2 year old language too. The other day we had candles burning in the house and she said, "It smells A-MAZING!". She has been using the word "amazing" a lot lately which cracks me up. She has also been know to say to her daddy, "I want Starbucks, now!". Don't worry, he isn't getting her coffee. She has a friend that works there named Walter and he gives her stickers. The funniest part is, she prefers to go inside and will get upset with Daddy if he attempts to go through the drive-thru (Walter gives her stickers in the drive-thru too). On mornings that she isn't requesting Starbucks, she wants a "ko-wach-a-wee" otherwise known as a kolache. This is probably my favorite word that she mispronounces. It is hilarious to hear her request. Needless to say she isn't pronouncing her "L's". No biggie. It makes for some super cute pronunciations.





We found this saying on these steps when we were taking Maddie's pictures. I love it. I want Bella to know this saying and believe in it. Shoot for the stars baby girl!!

Homecoming

We went to our second FHS game this season to cheer on the mighty mustangs. Kenzie's mama, Laura, got Bella and Kenzie their very own mums! They were so cute!! I had Bella a special FHS Mustangs dress made to wear to the games. I'm kinda obsessed with all things handmade and etsy.....


Bella was being SO silly! But she sure looked cute doing it.


Mama and Bella sportin' our FHS gear!


Cutie girls!








And the real reason we go see the mustangs play..... #55!!


Taking Bella and Kenzie's picture once we got in to the stadium was difficult they were way to busy watching and talking about the ........



WRANGLERETTES
That makes this former W-Gal happy every time! I SO hope she follows in my footsteps on this one.

Hairspray!

Terry, Mom, Courtney, and I went to see Hairspray a few weeks back. It was so fun to watch how excited Courtney was to watch the show. I think her favorite characters were Amber and Penny. Penny was hilarious in the live show. I love her part in the movie but she was especially funny live! The whole cast was fabulous. This was a TUTS production and their were quite a few young kiddos in the show. I am always amazed at the talent of such young ones. I can't wait to start taking Bella to these shows. She loves dance and music and dressing up so I think she will really enjoy the theater when she gets a little older.





I am REALLY enjoying getting to go to the theater so much right now!! We were suppose to go see Shrek Sunday night but Terry gave me a stomach virus kinda like that nasty one that hit our house last February (he had it last week). PRAY that Bella doesn't get it!! Mema and Papa went to see Shrek our place and Papa said he was sorry I got sick but it sure did turn out to be a good time for me to get sick :). I think they really enjoyed the show!!

So You Think You Can Dance

What better way to spend an evening than with your mama and your best friend!! In September (yes, I have MAJOR catching up to do) I gave Mom a ticket to SYTYCD for her birthday. She was very excited and so was I. We got Niki a ticket at the same time so the three of us had a fun girls night together!











We had such a fun night and I am so thankful that I have these two lovely ladies in my life!!