Circus!!!

So Eric was on a morning program this month for work and met Bello from the Big Apple Circus, and he invited all of us to go to the circus........so we finally got around to it today!!

Eric's parent's, brother & sister-in-law, and the 4 of us went and had a great time eating cotton candy, popcorn, hotdogs, etc., etc....

He are Austin & Bello backstage with the tiny horse
Here is the whole family backstage.............

A closer up picture........like how you can only see the adult's faces??? Annie is staring at Bello's hair trying to figure out how to make her's do that!!

Here is Austin with Bello up close.........there was a lot going on and honestly Austin was scared by a lot of the things.......but also excited. He really enjoyed the trapeze acts and wanted to do it too! Ansley liked this big spinning wheel contraption thing that went around and around.

All in all, we had lots of fun and the kids went to bed without a whimper tonight!

Night Night

It has been a long day....Ansley and I have a cold and it is cold outside so we were stuck inside all day :( But tomorrow is a new day and we are going to the Circus!! Stay tuned

Onion again

So Ansley was in the refrigerator today getting her milk, I thought........nope, she found an onion and opened the Ziploc bag, took out the onion, and took a bite.....I could not make her put it down, she just kept taking bites....OMG did her breath smell!!! WOW!!

Meet Charlie

We got a new dog from the pound this week.........

We think (pretty sure) he is a yellow lab; he is about 1-1.5 years old; he weighs about 65 lbs. and is the sweetest thing you have ever met.

He is very calm and gentle; he lets Ansley "walk" him around on the leash ;)

Ansley was not in the mood to smile for the camera!

Today was an absolutely beautiful day outside, so we all hung out outside for several hours and got to let Charlie get used to the neighborhood.

Austin tried to show him how to fly a kite ;)

Austin tried to get the kite going, but there was just not quite enough wind....

Ansley LOVES this dog!! I think she is going to have to fight me for ownership!! He is just so amazing, I cannot believe he was a "stray." He knows how to sit and "shake" and loves to have his belly rubbed. He got "fixed" on Friday, so he is really calm, and may liven up some, but even if he doesn't I am in LOVE and am so glad we got him!

What is even funnier, is when Austin does something, like takes Charlie's ball away and he is not supposed to, I say: Austin apologize to Charlie, and he says "Sorry Charlie" and it is just the funniest thing you have ever heard!!

Welcome home Charlie!!

Good night

Austin has been home today without Ansley, he wanted to wish her good night, so here is his good night smile for his sister ;)

Been a while

So sorry that it has been so long! Every time I would come to the blog to post something new, I would see Madison's picture and it was just too much, I really, really miss her! I am still really sad that she is gone, but at the same time realize she is better off not suffering. She had gotten pretty ill and lost a lot of weight and it was just time, but I am really heart broken; thanks to all of you for your well wishes!

We actually went to the pound yesterday and looked at new dogs; we found a yellow lab we liked and will wait to see if we are approved to get him, maybe this weekend......I really think that a new dog will be a nice addition to our house ;)

So, what's new? Lots & little!

Here you find Austin in his finest duds!! OMG, mismatched socks, pajama pants, too long t-shirt and all!!

He is showing you his puzzled look! So this past week I decided to cut his hair.....he was in the bathtub and I was just going to "trim" the back a bit.....in the process I cut his ear!! Total accident, obviously, but it bled pretty bad and I felt AWFUL!! When he finally stopped crying and bleeding, he turned around and this is what followed:
Austin: "Mommy, first and foremost"
Mommy: dying laughing
Austin: "Mommy, why are you laughing?"
Mommy: "Austin, did you really just say first, and foremost"
Austin: big smile on his face "I like that word"
Mommy: "Okay"
Austin: "First and foremost, Mommy, you need to apologize for cutting my ear"
Mommy: still laughing/smiling "Okay Austin, I am SO sorry for cutting your ear"
Austin: "Okay, and second, next time I promise not to move in the chair at the haircut store because I do not want you to cut my hair anymore"
Mommy: "Okay Austy, that's a deal!"

Austin is learning to read at school; he goes to a mother's morning out three days a week

here are 3 of his words, he knows about 10: Austin, at, cat, fat, big, it, door, chair, window, snow...

Speaking of snow.....this was the view on Friday out of our front door.....we got about 3 inches total, but nothing like what Dallas, TX had!! We were jealous.


And then, there is Ansley........my sweet little Ansley........she fell this week and had to go to the ER. This picture does not do her finger justice.......she was standing in one of our kitchen chairs and turned around, and the momentum knocked the chair down and she got her finger caught between the chair and the floor....she broke the tip and had a HUGE cut that bleed like I have never seen anything bleed before!! We took her to the ER, she got several stitches and the tip is broken.....she had to get x-rays and the whole 9 yards.....but she was a trooper!!

The whole time in the ER she was waiving to everyone who walked by her room, and saying "hi" You have to hear Annie's "hi" she is a pure southern belle!

Here she is showing her boo boo for all the world to see!