Two down~ One to go!!

Yesterday she went to her My Gy*m party as Tink*erbell. She originally wanted to go as Bel*le but I suggested she choose this as she could do more b/c the dress is shorter. She LOVED getting all made up and even after a bath and shower last night the glitter aka pixie dust was still in her hair : )



Today she went to school as Au*rora and has a ton of glitter going on! My girl loves getting made up..we are in big trouble. She wanted to go outside to pose with her pumpkin daddy carved last night~ she requested a silly face

She needed to look inside of course

My beautiful girl headed to school~ I am going later for her party~ I am sure there will be more pics to come

Now we only have one more Princess to come~ looking forward to seeing Jas*mine tonight!

New Pics of Coby!

Hey..just letting you know there are new pics of our son on his website so click on over!!

Also, on the post below I used Flic*r to upload them as it made them bigger and I think clearer...but oddly it also "centered" my entire blog. The sidebar and all other posts??? Anyone know why?

Because I can't post without a pic here is Miss A on her way to ballet Tuesday

Picture Day & Silly Pumpkin Pics!

Since she changed schools during the school year she missed picture day at her new school so today was make up day. She did take pics at her former school so she likely will be in two yearbooks but since my neighbor is the Jos*ten's rep we will get both for free : )

Here she is dressed and ready!



Surprise, she wanted the pumpkin we got last night to get in a picture!



Hmmm...not sure what happened to the thrill of the pumpkin?



Hey Annslee~ this photo shoot was YOUR idea so why the face?!



Maybe rolling this heavy thing will be fun!



Yep, that was funny!!





We headed outside and she ran out of our warm garage and enjoyed watching her breath in the cold : )


All this silliness made us a little late for school but I think it was worth it!

Mix Match, A Reveal & Small Chested Ban in VN : )

Annslee goes to preschool at a local elementary school which is fun because she gets to participate in their activities. This week is "Just Say No" week and each day has a different theme. Today was "Drug.s and I don't mix" aka mix match clothes day! She was so excited to pick out a mismatched outfit : ) Here she is posing in it, she pulled up her pant legs so you can see her socks LOL

A package arrived on our doorstep yesterday from our SB. Since I hope we are travelling soon I am no longer participating so this was the "reveal" package. I was totally fooled and had no idea it was my bloggy buddy Dannye!!! We have "known" each other a couple of years and she is such a blessing! Thank you so much Dannye for everything!!! Annslee got LPS virtual pets and she is thrilled!!! All the goodies for Coby are much appreciated as well~ I see you chose to wait until this time to send froggy goodies : )

Finally, Stacie sent me a link to an article about Viet*nam banning small chested drivers. Here is an exerpt that made me laugh but I guess if they really do go through with this plan it won't be that funny to some:

Vietnamese bloggers have been poking fun at the plan, envisioning traffic police with tape measures eagerly pulling over female drivers to measure their chests.
"From now on, padded bras will be bestsellers," said Bo Cu Hung, a popular Ho Chi Minh City blogger.
Newspapers were inundated with letters today from concerned readers who worried that they wouldn't measure up.
"I'm not heavy enough. What am I going to do?" Le Thu Huong asked in a letter to the Tuoi Tre newspaper. "And what about people whose chests are small? Most of them are too poor to afford breast implants!"

Go here to read the entire article

Oh, and just in case you didn't know The Ti*tans are 7-0 baby!!!! We sold our tickets so we weren't at the game (at this time the $$ was too good to pass up and we hopefully have plane tickets to buy soon!) Annslee fell asleep before halftime of course so this morning I told her they won and she yelled "Yay, go T*Rac" LOL In other very important news~ "Tink*erbell" the movie will be released today : )

Weekend Joys

On Friday night we pulled the mattress off the guest bedroom bed and dragged it into the living room to watch Slee*ping Beau*ty again. We don't have TVs in any of our bedrooms (personal choice here) and so this was how we managed to all three snuggle in to watch it : )

On Saturday (after the wonderful cyber shower for Coby) we went down to the Vandy football game with friends.

They decided in the spirit of Hall*oween to turn their shakers into brooms and become witches!

On Sunday the cherub choir sang and she did great!! They sang Zacheus was a wee little man and it was terribly cute. Our poor choir director~ there are 12 boys and only 4 girls in this choir and the boys were WILD while they waited to sing LOL

Baby Shower Reminder

Click on the link on my sidebar to join in on Coby's cyber baby shower in the morning. It will start at 10 am over at the Seventh Diamond. Hope to see all of you there .... great fun and shower prizes too!!

Big Sister Annslee (playing teacher) really thinks you should come celebrate with us : )

*if you haven't already, check out the Pump Patch post below

Pumpkin Patch Fun with Friends

We met friends at a local pumpkin patch on Monday and it was a lot of fun~ you know how much she loves pumpkins!

Our attempt at a group shot~ Jack was not in the mood LOL

I am cracking up at how Sarah is looking at her like she is crazy!

Miss Tracy nicely pulled them in the wagon

She and Amelia enjoyed a game of chase after the corn maze

We got on a hayride and I love the progression of these pics : ) You may have enlarge it to see better

While on the hayride she kept asking "what name?" about the man driving the tractor. When we got off she asked him and he said "Jim" She said "crazy name!" and literally fell on the ground laughing. Later I figured out that she doesn't know anyone named Jim so to her, he may as well have said his name was cafeteria as GYM is the only way she knows to think of it : )

She laughed so hard as it tickled her hand eating out of it : )

When we arrived home Aunt Ann sent her a card with money...she announced "love paper money"

Ooh La La~ Annslee is FOUR!!!

Miss A woke up this morning and I sang Happy Birthday to her and she had the biggest grin on her face. Daddy had to go out of town (he will be home this afternoon) and so of course he called to sing to her ~ yeah, taking a flash pic in a dark room is not that fun for the birthday girl LOL


A little later GiGi called to sing for her : )

Then it was time to put icing and a candle on her pop tart~ hey, doesn't everyone do that!!

I couldn't find the "regular" bday banner so I had to use the one from her first bday party. When she saw El*mo she announced "Mama, El*mo babies...silly"

I swear she looks older today : ( She looked at the jeans she is wearing and the tag said 4T so she said "Annslee wear now 4" Thank goodness b/c as you know she usually announces "I no love long pants" and it was 50 degrees out (it will be 74 by 2 though) I think we need to move to Florida as she only loves shorts and tank tops!

Yep..she is FOUR!!!
Per her request here is her big cookie for school~ the girl at Kro*ger cracked up when I told her what Miss A wanted on her cookie : )

She loved having me show up in her class and being the center of attention!

Daddy got home and we did presents ~ she got a Leap*ster 2 and some games...plus a Jasm*ine wand she wanted for her costume. (I had already opened the game and put batteries in and put it back in the box so it was ready to go~yeah, this isn't my first rodeo LOL)

As you may know when anyone has asked her what she wanted for her bday she would answer "flowers" but everyone would remind her that Daddy would give her those : ) She requested "all colors" and that is exactly what she got....two bouquets full!!

We headed to dance class and they put her in the middle of the parachute and walked around her singing "happy birth*day" She LOVED it!

Finally it was dinner time and the sweet lady who owns the restaurant made her a special treat for dessert. Of course Miss A just wanted a brownie and ice cream so daddy and I ate it. The owners son was also there and he is a month older than Coby and Annslee had a great time entertaining him...so sweet to watch!

One of the funniest things today was that she would not answer to Annslee. She only wanted to be called Birth*day Girl!! She is such a character!! We had a great day with our sweet four year old. We are so blessed to have her for a daughter!!

Just some numbers

On Sunday we went to a friends house to watch the Ti*tans and here's a number...we are 6-0!!!! We all had a great time. Annslee carried this umbrella around all day to shield herself from the sun~ too funny


She played hard all day and as you can see...she finally crashed on daddy for a nap


I did capture this sweet moment with Cole~ his mama warned me that he is the one to watch as he really likes girls : )

Speaking of numbers here are a few on my mind~ We waited 21 months for our referral, we saw his face for the first time 67 days ago, we are on day 47 of our wait for travel approval but the estimated 60-100 day wait is for business days and we are only on day 33 of that. I thought it with Annslee and I think it now, the wait between referral and travel is the worst. I am a pretty "hands on" and "overprotective" mom so sitting here while my son is on the other side of the world is not easy.

Oh, and there is a little girl who had a really hard time going to sleep tonight because she is soooo excited about tomorrow being her birthday. She kept saying over and over "mine birfday tomorrow~ hap birfday to me!!" ; ) She is growing up so fast *sigh*