Happy Birthday Grandaddy

I'm little behind on the blog, but I'm over it now.  As long as I get everything documented I'll count it.

We celebrated Grandaddy's birthday a little early at our house and the girls we so excited.  They picked out cupcakes from Target so he could have a candle to blow out.  I cannot tell you how much I light up when they see him.  Landry runs to him immediately and Addison has to warm up to him and then it's off.  They love that he lets them jump and roll all over him.  He pretty much let's them do whatever they choose and he does what they say.  We love you Grandaddy!!!

Cousin Time

The Wallace family gathered together to celebrate PaPa's birthday and just enjoy each other's company.  We got to see Dean and Barbara's new house and the girls absolutely loved it.  I think their favorite part was seeing their second cousin Jack.  What a cutie pie.  They had so much fun sitting in this chair turning around and around.  It's so neat to watch them play.  They get so excited when we talk about Jack.  Hopefully we'll get to see him and his new baby sister, Claire soon.

Family pic

One last picture of our little family in 2012

What a great year and how we are looking forward to what 2013 brings

Under the Weather

During December, Addison was having problems with coughing, fever, and runny nose.  After a few days of not feeling too hot we loaded her up and went to the doctor.  Luckily it wasn't flu, but we had to go to Children's Hospital (Plano) to get an x-ray to make sure she didn't have pneumonia.  She ended up having bronchitis.  A few breathing treatments later and some antibiotics she was good to go.  Since this was our third time to do breathing treatments with either Addison or Landry, we went ahead and bought a breathing machine.  I knew we need need it at least one more time, if not more.  We have actually started using it this week.  Addison won't stop coughing but doesn't have any fever.  Lovely Texas weather isn't helping either.  It can't decide if it's winter or spring.

Momma's Love

It's so rare that I get a picture with me and the girls, so I am thankful that a few were caught on camera during the Christmas break.  Oh how I love these two.  They make me want to be a better person and I strive to show them how much they are loved.

Landry Mopping

As parents we all know that our children watch everything we do and say, even if we don't want them to.  As they grow you start to realize how fast and how often they pick up on things without you realizing it.  That is just the case with our little Landry Belle and mopping.

Jordan and I were cleaning house the Sunday before New Years Eve.  Jordan mopped the entire house and a fine job he did.  On New Years Eve I had to work, so Jordan kept the girls.  I get a call from Jordan during the middle of my work day and I can tell from his voice he is frustrated.

The story starts out like this.  

Courtney, you will not believe what Landry just did.  Addison told me she had to go potty, so she went by herself (we are working on her going potty without any help).  He said it was really quite for a few minutes, so he decided to check on Addison and Landry.  He realized they were in the restroom, so he walked in there to discover Landry mopping.  The girls had received a cleaning set (mop, broom, etc) from their Gingy and Landry was using the mop as she had seen her Daddy do the day before.  The important detail of this little story is that older sister Addison had not flushed the toilet after going #2 in the potty and Landry used the toilet water for her water to clean the bathroom floor.  I'll give you a second to figure that one out.

Yes, that's right...Landry was using dirty toilet water to "clean" the bathroom floor.

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Poor Jordan had just mopped their bathroom the day before and now he was having to do it all over again because there is poopy water on the floor.  Needless to say I was laughing so hard my eyes were watering.  Oh the things your children learn.

Love for MeeMaw

The pictures below are priceless and I will treasure them forever.  They demonstrate the love that both my mom and Landry have for one another and it brings tears to my eyes.  I can only pray that Landry will know and learn so many of the great qualities that my mom has and shows my girls constantly.  We love you MeeMaw!!