Newest Addition!!!

Levi James Friday joined our family yesterday around 8:00pm. My cousin Shayla is the proud Mama! She was due on Feb 18th, so he was a little overdue! She was being induced Wednesday night/Thursday morning. We thought he would be here sooner because her water broke at 10:15am Thursday, but he didnt want to move. He was comfy in there, so the dr decided to go in and get him. She had a c-section. He was a big 'ole boy, weighing in at 10lbs 1oz and 21 1/4inches long!!!! I just love big babies!
Congrats to Shayla and Robert on their new Bundle of Joy!!!

DISNEY

We have booked our trip to DISNEY!!!! Yippee! I am so excited. I havent been to disney since I was like 10 or something. This trip is long overdue! My kids are so excite as well. We are staying 7 nights/8days. We arent going until November, but I am already starting to plan out our days. Getting all my stuff together so I can make dinner reservations May 30th. Thats the earliest I can make then, or I would make them now! Every night I am looking at my disney planner and thinking about what we are going to do! I hope the kids love it as much as I do!

NEW JOB

Cody got a new JOB!!! WooHoo!!! He starts March 8th, my birthday! I am super excited for him. It is a much better opportunity for him than where he is right now, plus more money, which is always good! He is eager to start training and then get out on his own. I know he will be good at it. He will be happier too!

SNOW!!!!!

It snowed in Dallas!!! We couldnt believe it! It hasnt snowed like that is over 30 years! We got about 12 1/2 inches at our house. It was so pretty. I felt like we were in Colorado for a couple of days! The kids loved it. They hadnt seen snow like that. Carter didnt know what to think. We handed him a snowball and he tried to put it in his mouth and started to cry. I guess he didnt like the cold! Here are some pics of us playing in the snow. It was so much fun!

Kennedy was making a snow angel


Cody, Kennedy and Jackson - love the faces!


Kennedy, Me and Jackson - Jackson was
trying to catch a snowflake in his mouth


Me, Carter, Kennedy, Jackson, Cody

Jackson, Kennedy and Carter with their

snowman

Jackson and Kennedy with their snowman

Looks kinda like a snowdog

Kennedy while it was snowing

Jackson with his "ice scuplture"

Jackson and Kennedy...

Are getting so big. They act like they are about 16yrs old! Drives me insane. They are fighting all the time. They arent allowed to play the Wii together anymore because they fight about it! I will be in the other room and hear someone start crying, then the other one saying "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm so sorry. Dont go tell"! We have a new color chart like whats in their class and it works pretty well. We have 4 different colors. Green means that you have been good all day. Yellow means that you have been warned several times. Red means that you have been horrible! And Purple means you have been extra good. Its hard to get purple, at least for Jackson and Kennedy. At our house, if you get a yellow, you dont get to play the Wii or watch TV that day. You also get a spanking. And if you get Red, you better watch out. LOL. Its not that bad, but you do get grounded. Probably for the week. Not sure though because they havent gotten red yet. Hopefully they wont ever get it. And If you get purple you get extra stuff. We have a chore chart and you get stars for doing your chores. You get extra stars for getting on purple. The more stars, the more you get, either money, a toy, or something like that. Its working out pretty well so far.

Oh My

WOW! Its has been a long time since I've blogged! So much has happened. We got back in our house since the fire. We actually got back in the second week in November. It felt like we were out for a long long time, but we were only out for a little over a month. It could have been a whole lot longer! Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went. Carter had a great 1st christmas! He will be 6 months old at the end of February. Oh how time flies! He is getting a little attitude of his own now. If he wants me, which he usually does, and I walk past him, he will squeel, like a pig! Its crazy! I've got to break him of that.
He has started sitting in his highchair at dinner time. He looks so little in that big chair! We found these mesh bag baby teether feeder thingy's and they are so neat. He loves them. He has had grapes, blueberries, and bananas. He loves food! And he likes them frozen too. He already has 2 teeth. Has had them since he was 4 months. He still isnt sitting up all the way by himself, but he will get there. He is moving around though. I will put him on the floor and he will move to get something. He turns circles and pushes himself across the floor! He will be crawling before we know it! He also loves his jumper thing. He will sit in it forever. He is just precious.
Oh did I mention his weight?? At 5 months he was 21 lbs and 28 inches long! He is a big boy! I just love it!