Gingerbread House and the Girls!

We are still here I PROMISE!! Life is busy with 2 girls. :) A wonderful busy...but busy. We have been throughly enjoying the Christmas season. Presley LOVES everything. We went to look at Christmas lights the other night and she pointed out all the candy canes. They are her favorite. Below is just a small glimpse of our December so far. We just had Presley Christmas chapel and I will post those pictures very soon!

Downtown Apex for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Me and Rylee Boo!The Family!
LOVE this picture!
Ry and I trying to stay warm

Making our gingerbread house!

Daddy helping! All Done!
Driving around looking at Christmas lights

My sweethearts!

Too Cute For Words

This was going on about 5 minutes before I started recording. It was sooooo funny. You can hear Presley in the background getting a kick out of it. Rylee has such a sweet but absolutely hilarious personality. She catches you off guard with her belly laughs and funny faces....it just draws you to her. She is just too cute for words. We have found that she is quite the entertainer and keeps Presley laughing all day. Rylee has definitely brought out the silliness in Presley too which is adorable.

Pumpkins!!!

Sunday Wes and I took the girls to Phillips Corn Maze. It was great for young kids. Presley had a blast playing in the corn, picking out pumpkins and going down their huge slide. Rylee watch "happily" of course. :) Below are a few pictures of our fun day!!

Rylee's 6 month photos

These are just a glimpse of Rylee's 6 month photo shoot this morning. The photographer will send me the rest to preview in a couple of days....these are just the ones she put on her blog for me to preview. Once I see the entire shoot I will post my favorites! Enjoy the ones below. This shot was just before Rylee tumbled into the grass when the basket tipped over. She was a trooper. I love black and whites My favorite!! She is so beautiful....both my girls are! Walking with Mommy The family....Presley wanted to squeeze in between us. She had a hard time wanting to smile. I think she was exhausted from trying to get Rylee to smile. She was such a big helper. :)

Presley's 1st day of preschool!

All ready to go!
A train was going by....so Presley had to break out the "Choo Choo"

Daddy and his girls!

Mommy and the girls!

Preschool here I come!

Presley's 1st day of preschool was Sept 1st!! We arrived early to take some pictures. She goes to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-12. She was really excited and could hardly wait to go inside. She had met her teachers the previous week and LOVED them. Her teachers are Miss Shelley and Miss Erin. When I went to pick her up the both commented on how well she did and they pointed out the fact that she loves to sing. Anyone who knows my daughter knows how she loves to sing....it made me smile. Afterwards we all went to Chick-fil-a to celebrate!! I am so proud of her. She is becoming such a big girl and a total sweetheart. I can't believe she is 2 1/2. Where has time gone.

Sitting up and Crawling

Rylee is on the move!! It is offical...she is a crawler. This weekend confirmed it. I was hoping she was going to hold out and not crawl until 6 1/2 months...but she had other plans. She is also sitting up on her own which is too cute to see. I can't believe how much she has grown. Below are a few photos!! Enjoytaking a break from crawling

She looks to small to be sitting up

August 2009

Presley giving daddy pointers

Attempting to crawl to her book. Look at that concentration

Now that I am done nursing I can feed her all propped up and I can do other things...this is really exciting!!
Presley standing by Daddy's Birthday sign that she helped me with.
The girls with the Birthday Boy!!

Family photo

Blowing out daddy's candles

Presley and Daddy digging in

We have had a very busy month so far!! We just recently celebrated Wesley's 28th birthday. I can't believe my hubby is 28. When I started dating him he was only 18. Crazy how time flies.

Presley is really getting into the party idea. She is wanting to know when we are going to have another party. She is too cute and growing way to fast. She is now constantly telling me when her birthday is.....I think this is so I won't forget. ;) Gotta love the mind of a 2 year old. I am so blessed to have her in my life and I completely adore her. She starts preschool Sept 1st. I can't believe I will have a preschooler. She is more than ready and I know she will love it. I am also looking forward to getting some chores done and errands ran while she is at school. Rylee typically naps during those hours so it is free time for me which I am excited about. :)

Rylee is changing by the minute. She is working on some teeth and I truly believe she will be crawling before 6 months. She is a curious little thing and you can always hit her up for a cheesy grin. She smiles/grins so much it is absolutely adorable. It is hard to believe she is already 5 1/2 months. Rylee is going to be a little heart breaker I can already tell. She just steals your heart every time you look at her. We recently started feeding her right before she turned 5 months. She has really loved bananas. She wasn't a huge fan of plain rice cereal or oatmeal...but mix it with bananas and we are good to go. She devours it all.

Rylee's 5 Months Old!!

Rylee with my mom at the beach
Presley giving me a BIG hug!!

I can't believe that my baby is already 5 months old. Time has truelly flown by. She is starting to tuck her knees up under her body and can scoot pretty good. No crawling yet.....but I am thinking it will be in the near future. In the meantime she rolls everywhere. It is hilarious. She rolls all over the place. She LOVES playing with Presley. They are adorable together. Presley has really embraced being a big sister. She is soooo attentative to Rylee which Rylee loves!!

We have also started feeding Rylee rice cereal and applesauce. This is a funny sight. She loves it. We are also starting to give her more bottles and I am only nursing her 2 sometimes 3 times a day. I think she will be completely on the bottle by 6 months. I have truelly enjoyed nursing Rylee. It is a special time for me and her and I will be sad to see it go.

Other than that we are all hanging in there. Staying busy! O....before I forget....Miss Presley is almost fully potty trained!! YAY! We have been working on it hard for about 1 1/2 weeks. I am so proud of her. What a big girl she is becoming. She will be starting Preschool on Sept 1st. I can't believe my big girl will be going to preschool. Time flies!

I hope everyone has had an amazing summer so far!!

Family Photoshoot

We recently had some family photos taken of our family!! We wrapped the family photoshoot into a couple things...1. Presley's 2 year photos 2. Rylee's 3 month photos 3. Family pics!!! We were really please with how they came out. We just need to work on our tans!! ;) She is going to take more of us at the end of the summer so hopefully we will be tan then!! Our photographer's website is http://www.elainebellaphotography.com/. Enjoy
Rylee's 3 month photos:

Presley's 2 year photos

Family Photos:
Beautiful Sisters
The family