We're Back! But not for long.

We finally got a new laptop. Now I can blog with ease. Except, I'm too dang tired to blog. I'll try to keep you updated with our Christmas festivities, but I can't promise you anything since we'll be having Little Log Dog shortly after Christmas. You'll DEFINITELY get an update when he arrives. For now, enjoy the zillion new posts below!

The Original Plan...

...was that Calyn's Halloween costume would be a pirate. She would NOT wear the black and white striped dress I made her. She liked the tights and bodysuit, so we taped a skull and cross bones on her chest to give some hint of pirate-ness. Needless to say, she ended up being a princess (see post below).

And Bella was the cutest little lamb I've ever seen!

Halloween Costume: Round Two

I originally made a pirate dress for Calyn to wear on Halloween. That did NOT go over well with her. So, the night of the 30th I was up until past midnight throwing together a princess dress. I think she was happy with this one.

The key to making her wear this dress: gluing on a medallion of Sleeping Beauty.

Our pretty princess.

Halloween Party

Nice teeth.

Logan went as a pumpkin.

Yes Ladies. He's all mine.

Calyn's favorite part of the night was the Cake Walk. We won about 20 times:)

Laginappe

Camping

A few weeks ago, we went camping with some friends at Kincaid lake. This is the perfect time of year for camping in Louisiana. It was cold at night (perfect for campfires) but mild during the day. Yes, I am eight months pregnant and went camping (but I won't tell you that I slept in an RV in a bedroom that had a TV mounted to the wall:)

Calyn was covered in dirt from head to toe and was totally content.

Aaron getting animated while telling a story.

Sienna, Kaia, Kitty, and Cal-Bear

Let's Brainstorm!

A few weekends ago we went to an Imagination Movers concert in Shreveport. Calyn LOVES their show on the Disney Channel, and we wanted to support our local Louisiana boys. She had an amazing time. Plus we had fun watching her enjoy herself so much. They are pretty much the ONLY kids band that I can handle.

Waiting for it to start.

Here they come! Let's jump and shout and figure things out!

She did everything they told her to. I need them to come home with me:)

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Sorry the video is dark, but you can still see how much fun she was having. I think we have a little headbanger on our hands:)

Louisiana Boardwalk

Before the concert we went down to the Boardwalk for some shopping and lunch. We were surprised at how chilly the day turned out to be. We had to go buy Aaron a jacket!

It just so happened that a local dance studio was doing a Disney Princess presentation while we were there. Calyn was mesmerized, as evidenced from the blurry picture below.

My Sweet Lil' Bells

Cousin-friends

Bells with her favorite Auntie Jen:)

"Please, no pictures until I've had my morning coffee."

Meow!

Punkin Patch

I look like I'm trying to steal a pumpkin under my shirt.

Aaron noted that it appears he's wearing a jumpsuit. This is not true. It's just grey scrubs with a grey fleece. Cute guy.

Calyn wouldn't smile for the camera, so I told her to show me her teeth. She did.

Scary

The technical stylings of our in-house DDS

I'm quite batty about mine.

Our pumpkin family. Calyn started hollowing out her little pumpkin, but decided it was "yucky." So, I finished it for her. She loves looking at it though:) As you can tell, we're having fun with our family nights this month.

And, you can't carve pumpkins without the appropriate tunes:)

Turtle Wedding

This is my niece, Bella, at my brother's soccer game. Isn't she cute?

Saturday night I crashed a wedding with my friend, Thuy. She was actually invited since she was the floral designer for this reception. It was beautiful! There was a huge oak tree with these real chandeliers hanging from all the branches. It looked amazing.

This is the food table arrangement. I snapped this picture as I took my third trip back to the buffet:)

26 weeks and new 'do

Moving Day!

From this...

To this...

And that's just the bathroom!

This week Aaron is moving into his new dental office. Here's Calyn "helping" pack up the old office. Actually, she's just stacking boxes of dentures:)

Once everything is set up and landscaped, I'll take you on a grand tour!

Prepping for Logan and Colorless Playdoh

Here's a blanket I made for Logan Scot (I think this is the final decision on the middle name)

Last Sunday we were bored, so I made some playdoh. Once I made it, I realized I didn't have any food coloring! What?! I have always had food coloring. The only thing I can think of is that during the late night packing of our kitchen in New Orleans, I got frustrated and threw it away.

Calyn showing off her...something.

Yesterday I was at my mom and dad's house and my dad complained that I hadn't made any posts lately. This will teach him to criticize my blogging habits. I told him to get a blog reader like everyone else so he'll be notified when I post something new:)

Our life over the past couple of months

Calyn can't wait for Bella to be big enough to run around with her. Until then, Stephanie is going to have to hold her while Cal drags her around.

Aaron makes the BEST Mickey Mouse pancakes

What a girl! She came strutting out of the house like this. Just like me, never leave home without your purse and sunglasses!

Bathtime with Daddy. He's graduated from small pictures to full blown murals of Tinkerbell and Cinderella.

Watching TV

Napping on Daddy

Listening intently to Daddy reading a book

Her new Princess bed. This was the key to getting her out of the crib. She has done AWESOME! She stays there all night and comes in our room about 7:00 each morning. I've only found her asleep on her floor once...I'm assuming she rolled out, but just kept on sleeping:)

Pretending to be a baby. I think I'm going to have some jealousy issues when Logan arrives.

Helping make daddy's birthday cake, sort of.

This kid loves spaghetti

Scrumptious