All She Wants For Christmas Is...

Her Two Front Teeth! Now, I know I have blogged A Lot about Kiley and her teeth, but this time is very special. She lost her two top teeth and just in time for Christmas! Take a LOOK.

Look what I found....

My Toes.....And boy do I wish I could get them in my mouth!

My Big Helper

Emma Grace is always such a big helper. The other day I was cleaning the mirrors and she asked if she could help, so I gave her the bottle of Windex and she went to town on the french doors. A while later I look over and she is singing away and now at the front door. I grabbed my camera, it was just one of those "cute moments".

Miss You Dad

These pictures were taken when he was going through Chemo and Radiation, so he doesn't look quite like I remember him but it show his love for my children.

On Saturday, it will 3 years since my Dad passed away from stage 4 Lung Cancer. This time of year is always very hard for me, with the the Holidays. He was a great man, who worked so very hard for his family. He was such a wonderful PaPa to my children. Him and Kiley were like two peas in a pod. They had such a special relationship. Emma Grace was only a little over a year when he passed away, so she doesn't remember much of him. He was also very sick during that time. He was diagnosed in August of 04, she was born in September of the same year and he passed away November of 05. Still the time he did spend with her was so very special. He was very sick, but would hold her in his arms for hours and both of them would fall asleep. During that short time of his diagnosis till his death we became very close. It was so hard for me, I took on the parent role as he took on the helpless child role. I remember taking care of him and healing so many open wounds from my childhood growing up. I will never be completely okay, and this forced me to grow all the way up, but it sure taught me how to keep going when you feel like it's almost impossible. I am so proud of how my dad fought so darn hard. I know where I got my integrity and strength from. I know he is now in Heaven with God, looking down on me and my children.....and with that I can be in peace.

She LOST it!

FINALLY, Kiley lost her top tooth. This will make 5, wow, the tooth fairy is going to be broke! Well, the reason I Say finally is because this one has been hanging, and I mean hanging on for about 2 weeks. For some reason she wanted this one to just "fall" out. We have had many nights of negotiating with this tooth and Kiley, thank God Kiley and the tooth finally gave up, not that 5:00 am was the most convenient time, but hey we will take what we can get, to get that tooth out. So, yes at 5 am Kiley comes running in my room, crying that it is bleeding and it just has to come out than. I hate pulling, seeing, messing with teeth, but at this point, I was okay with it. She decided she would pull it herself and with one little tug, it was out. Well, the tooth fairy will come once again and I told Kiley the tooth fairy brings more than a dollar for top teeth, which she reminded me that, this morning, so tooth fairy how much is more??? Kiley says the dollar bills with big numbers on them:) She is growing so fast!

Roll Over, Roll Over.....

So Lathan has mastered Rolling Over, that is from his belly to his back. He doesn't like being on his belly so he solved the problem himself....Roll Over!!! He's growing toooooo FAST!

Voted

Me and the kids voted today!

Bath Time

Lathan just loves bath time. It doesn't matter what time of day it is, put him in the tub and he's one happy baby boy. Thought I would share some pictures.

Halloween Pictures

My little owl Lathan, Emma Grace, The Butterfly and Kiley, The Cheerleader! What a great Halloween. The kids had a blast and we got to spend a fun filled evening with neighborhood friends! We all went Trick-or-Treating and then headed back to Kate and Jeremy's for yummy chili, sides and lots of deserts:)