Shannon's Graduation Party!

We managed to pull off a SURPRISE visit to California for the weekend of my sister's graduation party. I only got one picture of my pretty sister at her party. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Communicative Disorders and she was accepted into the Masters program, so it's back to school for her!!! Congrats Shannon!

Here's one of Brian and Adeline...

My Mom asked me to do some hands/feet/head shots for her hallway. I had fun taking the pictures with our new camera that we got for Christmas. The star represents the Lone Star state where her grandbabies reside.

(My dad hated the star, so we justified keeping it that way!)

And on our last day there (the only day I had to go visit friends) Nolan decided it would be fun to go to the ER apparently! 3 stiches later... (second set before turning 3 years old!) They're covered with a bandaide so the picture isn't that exciting, sorry...

3 Day Potty Training - Conquered!

Well, I'd say it was more like about 4 or 5 days before the night time bed wetting stopped, but we are pretty much in the clear! Of course last time I said that to someone, he had a poo poo accident on the playground at CBS (Community Bible Study) but an accident every now and then is to be expected. So, very exciting! We just conquered the fear of the "big" public automatically flushing toilet as well. I had to cover the sensor and then he made me promise not to flush it until he was out of there! He was so proud of himself! He went out and told Patrick that he "wasn't scared." Too cute!

Now, I just have to get him off of the "special treat" EVERY time we go tee-tee or poop! :)

Here's a shot of some "Lightening McQueen" bottom! :)

Quotes of the Day

I thought I would throw some "Nolan" quotes in here since they are happening so often these days. (sorry Ralphie, I'm sort of "stealing" this idea from you!)

Quotes of the Day today:

"Momma, my toes are tired"

and

"Momma, I'm too hot and I'm too cold" (this was in one sentence!)


Adeline is DRIVING ME CRAZY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just thought I'd throw that in there! :)

Potty Training & Crying it out

Potty Training for Nolan is going great, and no...the "crying it out" is not referring to me during the process! Although I have to say that more laundry is not fun! Really it hasn't been that bad, each night he has had two accidents. I've got to figure out how to tackle that. But anyways, the "crying it out" is referring to Miss. Adeline. Yes, she is getting old enough to make her understand that I am in control as to when she will sleep!!! :) No, I'm starting out slowly to get her used to me not coming right to her when she wakes. She already went back to sleep yesterday after screaming for about 10 minutes. I'm currently listening to her scream, poor thing, and we are going on almost 10 minutes. We'll see...

But for those who remember, poor Nolan fell asleep standing up in his crib when I was letting him cry it out. Here's the picture I snapped of him just before he woke back up. My poor kids...

I just realized that he was 7 months old in this pic. Maybe I'm starting too early for Addie. I'm going to go get her now! :)

Almost Crawling!

She is almost there! I captured this today while I was on the phone. She is trying to get to things of her brothers that she should NOT be playing with. I can line up all of her toys, but yet she always picks something of his to go for! :)

Any day now...

Another commercial to dance to...

I don't know what it is about my son and dancing to commercials, but here's the latest and greatest... :)

Sorry, this one is dark also! I can't help it, it's just filming from my digital camera!

Mardy Marksbury turns 80!

Here are the pictures from my grandma's 80th birthday girls tea party that we had for her. It was a surprise and boy was she ever surprised! We all had a great time. My mom and Aunts did a wonderful job planning it all.

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma (Gigi!)

This face is unforgettable!

I made her pose next to the table! :)

Grandma and her two daughters, Paula and Linda

Paula, Mardy, Mary (grandma's sister), and Linda

Here to serve you!

I loved this dress that Addie had on (thanks to Heather!)

All of us girls

Some decor/ambiance pictures