Wordless Wednesdays

Right of Passage

M1 had a one Right of Passage checked off her list yesterday.  I was in the kitchen cleaning and she was in the dinning room and asked if I could give her a haircut.  I was shocked bc she has not wanted me to cut it for the sole reason that she wanted it to become "magical." So, I said "sure, give me a few minutes to finish up in the kitchen." A minute later she came into the kitchen with scissors that were about to cut her hair. I raised  said in a reasonable voice "NO, don't do it yourself." She knew right away that she was almost in trouble, but then I noticed a bit of her hair looked cut. Then I saw she was holding her hands behind her back..he had a clump of hair back there. I was shocked but I was able to keep my cool. She felt really bad and I did not want her to remember this for ever like I do when I cut mine when I was little.
My mom was not happy when I chopped my hair a couple of days before Easter.  She was not happy and I still remember her voice from that day.  I don't blame her....b/c if M1 had done this the day before Easter I probably would have freaked out too.
M1 actually did a pretty good job by herself ( I was impressed).  I wish I had a picture of what I looked like after I cut mine back in 85'/86' to compare the two of us.

This is almost all of what she caught. 

This is so cute. She didn't so bad, right?

This is my favorite. 

Not the best picture, but I will take a better one soon.

Thanks to my friend, Eraka who got her in on short notice. 

Texas!

Sorry friends and family that these pictures have not yet been posted. I had started a week ago and then forgot about it.  It was so nice being back in southern Texas. We are got to see several great friends and eating lots of great food. I love me some mexican food..I think I gained 5 pounds or something.  

One our way to the Lone Star State. 

What great friends we have. 

M1 loved being with her friend Lincoln. I think they are playing a game here on a phone.

BEACH TIME!!

Our New Home

I realize we have been in our new home for a little while now and some of you have wanted to see proof of the fact.  We are slowly getting settled and I finally got some paint on the walls.

We love these chairs our realtor gave us and Matt made the planter...I was impressed. 

The new dinning room color.  I look forward to getting our new table. 

This is the view from the dinning room. This is the cleanest it has been in a while. 

The view when you first walk in the front door. 

These are the the grates all throughout the house. I love the character. 

The newly painted fireplace. 

The sunroom/playroom. Wanting to paint this too..any ideas?

My man working on the new wall in the kids room. 

Kids room in progress. 

M1's side

M2's side

This is where M2 has been sleeping (my closet). He loves it and sleeps so good. 

Our bed around

The other half of our room.

Well, that is the first tour. I will post more as the progress continues. I did not include the pics of the guest room because it is not picture worthy yet; I will get there.  For the time being I hope you liked the tour. 

15 Months and Counting

M2 is now 15 months old. I have not given a monthly update on him in a while.  He is doing great and loving to sleep..which is a big change from his baby days.  

This was just captures his personality. This is the messiest he has ever gotten. 

~ He is about 20 lbs. and 30 inches
~ Now has 6 teeth
~ Still not walking or crawling..he likes to cruise around on everything and wants to hold my hands all the time. I am so ready for him to take  off by himself. I am sure he will in time.
~ To get around he scooches around on his bottom everywhere.
~ He is sleeping 12-14 hrs at night and still takes two naps a day...crazy boy.
~ He eats about 3x the amount of food compared to his sister.
~ He loves dogs and gets so excited if ones gets into his line of sight.  His first word was "da" for dog.
~ He loves music and starts dancing whenever he hears any.

These are a few of the new things he is doing and his "talking" is expanding by the day.

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Better Pics

I was able to get the pictures from my friend that took pictures of the kids a little bit ago. Here are some of my favorites:
Enjoy!

He looks like he doesn't like it very much.