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You know you haven't cleaned your house in a long time when your three year old asks "Mama, who's coming over?" because she saw you mop the kitchen floor! funny how they pick up on stuff at such a young age.

Speaking of picking things up...reagan was singing "Zacceus" tonight at dinner, we look over at Abbi and she was doing the motions! It was so cute!

In case any of you have wondered Purple (reagan's birthday fish) is still alive and swimmin'. Abbi LOVES it now...she says "purpa, purpa" and tries to climp up reagan's dresser to reach it.

speaking of climbing...abbi is dangerous!! she tries to pull out the drawers of my bedside table so she can climb up to get on the bed, she climbs up the dining room chair onto the table, pulls out the kid's chair, climbs onto the kid's table, stands on that and then climbs onto the window sill (or pulls the glass items off of it). My mom found her standing in my bottom dresser drawer she had pulled out while i was at work the other day. she also walks straight off of couches and even stairs! she's working on the turning around thing to get down, but has by no means mastered it.

Reagan is into ballet things lately. she wears a little dancer skirt all day long now, even to bed sometimes! We've been watching the florida revival on God tv, she dances around and sings "fire, fire." =) She calls it watching church and "bam!" (check it out online if you don't get the God channel, God is doing amazing things)

How's that for a random post!?!?! goodnight!

snuggly girls...



Snuggly girls...with their daddy sleeping away!

Abbi's Photo Shoot

We had family pictures taken after Reagan had just turned one, then took her by herself to get some more. I wanted to duplicate the picture that was taken of Reagan with one of Abbi. Make sense? Can You guess who's who?

Pose #1



A little brighter...




Pose #2





I'm sure you could tell, but Reagan's poses are the first ones. I had to take pics of the photos since i don't have them on the computer. Pretty close, huh?

Here's a couple more of our favorites that we didn't get:





I think that Abbi was about a month older than Reagan was when the pictures were taken, but it's still pretty darn close!

Take A Bow

Cute, typical Reagan story...


While sitting down at the dinner table tonight eating the lasagna i had made, reagan looks up from her plate and says, "Mama, you made good food....take a bow!"
Nate and i cracked up, even Abbi laughed, although she wasn't sure why.

Here's the little princess herself enjoying some luxory...

Tribute to my Mother(s)

My mom prayed at my birthday meal this past week; she thanked God for giving her the desire of her heart when i was born. We joked afterwards asking if i was still the desire of her heart. =) (She said yes) My mom really wanted a girl, just ONE girl though. =) That's why i'm the desire of her heart. She has been a huge blessing to me throughout the years, especially since i've been married. probably because i have more of a appreciation of how tough being a mom can be. She has always been there for me, even when it wasn't convenient for her and she had to sacrifice things in her own life. She watches the girls for me so i can work without having to pay for child care. that is a HUGE blessing at this time in our lives. She brings me necessities like meat and toilet paper when we need it =) not to mention supplies nearly all of the girl's clothes. These are just a few ways to show that i don't know what I would do without my mom, and the example of a wife and mother that she has set for me. I'm proud to say she is not only my mom, but my friend. Mom, I love you and respect you more than you'll ever know. enjoy your day!

This was taken last mother's day:


Couldn't resist this one:




Most comments about mother-in-laws are negative - not so in my case! God has blessed me with the best mother-in-law in the world. i could not have ever imagined having such a great relationship as i have with Mom Norman. She and i have always gotten along (as far as i know) =) and have enjoyed the times we have been able to spend together - like getting lost in jackson when nate and i were engaged. (good one mom)


She has been an encourager, partner in crime, prayer warrior, mentor, laughing partner, friend, and so much more to me over the past 4+ years. i love you mom and miss you so much...see you soon!





To all the mothers and mothers to be out there: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Thank You!!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who blessed me with gifts on my birthday. i love birthdays, but more importantly, love each of you. It was fun checking the mail all week long and getting phone calls and emails. I had a low key birthay, but it was special in its own way, as they all are. Thanks again to everyone who made it special.

This is one of the very few (and obviously not so great) pics that were taken at my mom's house during the birthday festivities.



flattering, i know.

**You did good this year Nate, i'm proud! thanks for the THOUGHTFUL gifts. ** =)

As usual, abbi enjoyed the cake more than anyone else!!



Thanks again!

Weekend at the Beach

About time, i know. i was waiting for nate to transfer some pictures onto a cd for me...that was the holdup. =) It will be worth the wait, i promise. we got some REALLY cute pictures of the girls.





In case i didn't mention it, we had the pleasure of going to the beach a couple weeks ago for the weekend. Friends from church sold their beach house and wanted to get the most use out of it while they still had it, so they offered it to us for the weekend. Wah-hoo! Reagan was SO excited to go, abbi wasn't too sure about it but followed Reagan's lead most of the time.



We left Thursday late afternoon and headed straight for the beach after dropping our stuff off at the (gorgeous) house. THe weather was perfect, we couldn't have asked for a better day. We headed home for pizza, then back to the beach for more pictures.




It was really hard to get good pictures of Abbi - she kept walking either towards the water, or away from us. Luckily we got a few cute ones.



Reagan, on the other hand, was a total cheese ball. she was all about the poses.




Friday we hit the beach again off and on during naps and meals. it was a very relaxed day for Nate and I, we had 3 hours to ourselves while the girls napped. what do you do with all that time?!?!?! we got a little bored, but it was a good bored. we laid out on the back patio, i actually got a sunburn - first of the season!





We left Saturday morning earlier than we thought we would. The girls were up and we decided it was better to get home and be relaxed there for the rest of the day than to get home late and it be crazy.

It was a great weekend, too bad the house is sold!!!





This weekend should be pretty low key - no major plans. we'll be at my mom's house tomorrow for a little for my birthday dinner, then nate and i are attending one of our youth's concerts at school(happy birthday to me). Reagan has a birthday party to go to friday morning and my future sister - in - law has a graduation party on saturday.

Goodnight!