Danielle's new hair-do!

After years of crying about her curly hair and refusing to have any type of clip, hairbow, ponytails, etc. Danielle and I decided to cut all of her hair off. She wanted it above her chin but I thought that was too short so we compromised and cut it really short in the back (it's stacked) and to her chin in the front. The crying has been minimal (she will let me straighten the front that is still curly) and she just looks too cute in this sassy new hairstyle! She's too young to care so much about her looks isn't she?

Hello Orthodontic world!

Hannah got expanders this past week to widen her mouth due to overcrowding...she got this trait from her Mother! She needs expanding on both upper and lower teeth and she has been a good sport about it overall. She is having a hard time with not being able to eat everything she is use to eating. But it will be worth it I keep telling her.

Summer's Quilt

During each of my pregnancy's, I've made a tie quilt. Usually I do it during my 1st trimester while I'm still skinny and can move around more easily but this time I wanted to find out what we were having and then time got away from me and now I'm HUGE! It wasn't easy but, here it is. The finished project is sooo cute!

At 30 weeks...can you tell?

...who has gained more weight? That would be my sister, Charlotte. (But only by a couple pounds.) She and I are due one week apart (I'm due first) and this is our 2nd time being pregnant at the same time. The last time was 10 years ago with our first babies. This post is mainly for our Mom and Aunts to see us since we both live here in Texas and they don't get to see us or our bellies much. It has been so fun to share this with her...again!!!

Sorry for the picture quality...kids fingerprints on the lens...not good!

Friends...what would we do without them?

On Christmas day, we had our closest friends over and had a fabulous time! Exactly what we wanted! We have all been good friends for 5+ years and have been through the good and bad times together!!! We know we can count on each other for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING and at ANYTIME! The funnest part this year is that three of us ladies are pregnant and due within a month of each other! One of those women (Brooke) however wasn't able to be here on Christmas due to being on bedrest in the Hospital. We really missed her!
Top row: Left to right:
Teri & Steve, Brent (Brooke's husband), Laura & Brent, Liz & Lars
Bottom row: left to right: Donnie & Rene, Lindsay & Greg
The Guys: Donnie, Steve, Lars, and Brent chatting about guy stuff (electronics mostly!) (not shown in this photo: Greg and Brent) The guys too really hit it off and love to hang out together!
The Girls: Liz, Lindsay, Rene, Laura, and Teri (Teri and I are due one month apart and Brooke was due between the two of us.) Last Wednesday, Brooke ended up having her baby at 25 weeks. So far, so good with their little guy!

The friendships we share with all these people means the world to us! We were told about two weeks ago that one of these couples (Greg and Lindsay) will be moving to North Carolina when school lets out and it makes me very sad! I think right now we are all in denial and don't want to think about the fact that they are leaving! It breaks my heart to think about not having them around anymore! We will miss them so much!

Our White Christmas

I know I'm a little behind on my posts and now I'm out of order but I had to show everyone what a wonderful Christmas we had! This is just the start of a perfect day!This is what we woke up to Christmas morning! We were so excited! The last time Texas had snow on Christmas day was back in 1926!!!
This is the backyard where the reindeer waited while Santa delivered our gifts. Can't you see the hoof prints?
The girls couldn't wait to play in the snow! They are still in their pajamas!
Our little snowman lasted only 2 days!
Our little "snow" angel!

The joys of being pregnant...

I think my eyes can only see PINK these days. I've been spending so much time getting ready for this baby to arrive, it seems I fill my days setting up the nursery and getting things we will need. In addition, my "nesting" period has set in. Brent is LOVING it! Everyday he comes home to having another closet cleaned out or my many "hot spots" or "piles" as he puts it, cleaned up. He says this is the best part about pregnancy!

I'm experiencing Braxton-Hicks contractions which I didn't have with the other two and just this week she has started getting the hiccups but only in the middle of the night which wakes me up. The girls love to see my stomach move and take different shape and they are really cute about hugging my belly before they will hug me. (You can tell who they love most right now!) This pregnancy is going by so quickly it's hard to believe in 2 1/2 months she will be here. At my last appointment this week I was shocked to learn that I had gained 9 pounds in one month! My Dr. said it was mostly water weight because I'm measuring right on and my legs were a little more swollen than last time. The girls tell me I look like I swallowed a watermelon. I am now going every two weeks to the Dr. so now the time is really going to fly! I just hope I can get everything ready in time!