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when candy lip stick almost wins!

Meal times are a battle. It's not a battle so much of getting Katey to eat, as much as HOW STINKING LONG it takes her to eat.

Today at lunch I told her she could have peaches and a piece of candy if she ate her mac'n'cheese. After telling her about a thousand ten times, I finally told her that if I needed to tell her one more time, she wasn't getting any candy.

Several minutes later with not a bite taken, I informed her, "Sorry, you don't get any candy." Of course I explained to her why but the look that came to her face made me start desperately thinking of a way I could still give her the candy without completely going back on what I said. And then I realized that wasn't possible. Not only was it not possible, it wouldn't be in her best interest anyway.

And you know what? She survived. She even finished her mac'n'cheese so she could eat her peaches. And she did it all with a good attitude and not a whine or tear about not getting her candy lip stick. Now she knows she has a second chance at dinner to get her candy. We'll see how it goes!

But for now, the candy lip stick didn't win over this mama's heart!

the crazies!

umm, how did she do that?

This is how she started....


And this is how she ended up, all by herself...

the girlie wirlies!

Katey getting ready for church...nice shoes!

Aaaahh!


The goof ball laying in Kate's big girl bed...isn't she adorable?!

she's so cute!

the girlie wirlies!

So I was getting lunch for Katey and I one day. I gave Kate her's in her high chair and then went and got mine and sat down in the chair. Then I looked up and this is what I saw:

She wasn't crying or anything. She was just sitting there, falling out of her chair. Little crazy head!

Big smiles! Such a happy baby!

Julia was sucking on Jason's finger so Kate decided she wanted to too!

ummm...it's snowing in vegas...!

This is crazy! It's not just snowing, it's sticking!

i love these pictures!

Julia is such a big smiler! Jason can make her smile so easy! It's so cute!

christmas tree shopping!

This was from when we went Christmas tree shopping. Katey is a little freaked out sometimes on Jason's shoulders (if he's not holding her hands) so that's why she's on top of his head, holding on for dear life! Crazy head!

Here we are in front of the perfect tree--the first one we looked at! How crazy is that?!



Katey holding on for dear life again. She'll hold onto anything, in this case, Jason's face!
Unfortunately I don't have very many pics of us decorating the tree. Me and Jas were really sick so it took us a few days to get everything decorated. Oh well!

$20 starbucks card giveaway!

Yep, I'm giving away another Starbucks card on my other blog. Just leave a comment and you'll be entered to win! How easy is that?!

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fun in new mexico!

We went to Las Cruces for Thanksgiving and enjoyed our time with Jason's parents. Katey especially had fun!

Crazy heads!

Nana patiently let Kate "help" her cook. Here she is cutting up some tomatoes. She obviously loved this!

Baby Julia's first smile caught on camera. She's super easy to make smile--it's so fun!

Katey and Tata playing their harmonicas. Kate loved that thing once she learned how to do it!

fun with the girlies!

Baby Julia is another crazy sleeper, though not as crazy as Katey was. Here's here in her little bassinet, NOT using the sleep bumpers!

Isn't she huge?! She's already almost 11 1/2 lbs. SO much bigger than Kate was and such a relief!

Me and Kate made this really yummy pie for when my parents were here. It's Turtle Pumpkin Pie. You can see the recipe on my other blog here.

family comes to visit!

My mom, dad, grandma, aunt and uncle came to visit last week. Kate had such a good time with them. We went to this outlet mall here in town and Katey loved playing on all the little cars and stuff, plus she just got new light up shoes from grandma and papa and she loved those!

My mom, grandma, Kate and Julia.

halloween, better late than never!

Here's our Halloween pics finally! Kate was a bumble bee princess and Juls was a lamb. So cute! We went to this outdoor mall we have here, called Town Square, where they had a Safestreet with trick-or-treating and stuff. It was pretty fun but there were TONS of people there.

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the girls!

Katey in her Charger's hat (GO CHARGERS!) and Julia completely bored out of her mind!

Before church on Sunday. Julia's already getting huge!

Katey helping Mama vacuum. She loves to help out with stuff like that. So sweet!

Kate laying next to Juls. She's been a really good big sister (minus when she tipped Julia out of her swing trying to pick her up...)

Julia in her swing (the one Katey tipped her out of, good thing it's close to the ground!).

my cool cvs week!

Yes, I know, a cool CVS week? What the heck does that mean?! Well, let me tell you. I already told everyone a few posts ago how my favorite blog is www.moneysavingmom.com. Well, I have been learning how to "CVS" and was actually quite successful at it this week. I went last night and got several items (Colgate toothpaste, BIC Soleil razor, 4 razor refills, Lady Speed Stick deoderant and Always Infinity pads) and paid only $1.70 for all of that. Plus, now I have $16 to spend next week that the store gave me for free. "How is that possible?" you ask...well, you have to go to the blog above to find out because it's pretty complicated and since someone else has already explained it in detail I see no need to. There are also some really great deals at Target this week that she outlines on her blog. Who doesn't like getting stuff for free?! I sure do and this has been so fun!

some great pics by danielle!

So one of my good friends, Danielle, took some pictures of baby Julia when she was six days old. Here are some of them. She did a great job! There would be some with Kate too but she wouldn't cooperate at all! Oh well!

Julia Paige!

Well, she's FINALLY here! The doctor's decided I needed to be induced on Friday because baby's heart rate was dropping whenever I would have a contraction. So we went to the hospital and Julia Paige was born on Saturday morning at 10:38 am. She was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19 in long. She is so precious!

The new big sister!
We took that picture of Katey when she was 5 days old. They look identical!