Daddy goes away, the girls go to play!

Todd went to Arkansas last weekend to go duck hunting (pictures from his trip are coming!) While he was gone, us girls (Jill, Jordan, Bella, my Mom, and a friend of Jordan's, Jacey, and her little sister, Julia) got a hotel room at Embassy Suites in Montgomery on Friday night. We had a girls party. We ordered pizza and swam in the indoor pool all night!

The girls played hide and go seek-- Bella and Julia were on a team. This is them hiding behind a chair.

We were across the street from a very nice hotel that had a beautiful water fountain in front of it. We all spent lots of time looking out of our window at the pretty view of the water fountain and all of the city lights.

Mom took the girls swimming early Saturday morning, too. After breakfast and checkout Saturday morning, us girls -everyone except my mom- went to visit the capital building. We tried to get inside, but only guided tours were allowed. I have lived here my whole life and never been inside our capital! Ugh. Well, us girls walked all the way around it and looked at the outside (in the rain, i might add). After our outdoor tour of the capital, we went to the mall, then to a movie, then out to eat. A very busy weekend we had.

Although we missed daddy a lot, we had fun while he was gone.

Where did your whiskers go?

While we were in Kansas, Todd let his whiskers grow out. Bella liked to play with them. He has to shave for work and they have been gone for about four days now. Well, Bella noticed today that they were gone and she was both disappointed and confused. She wanted them back... Then she sees the camera and SMILES PRETTY!

She went to the big girl potty!

Yeaaah! Bella woke up from her nap yesterday, Tuesday, 01-13-09, and said that she had to go potty. We took her and she went tee-tee in the big girl potty!! She went phew-wee in the big girl potty at Pa-paw's house, but that was by accident. I didn't want her to to use the bathroom in the tub with Jordan, so I put her on the potty. She actually told me that she needed to go this time. We were so proud of her.

No luck going today, but we are in no hurry.

I could get used to this!

I could definitely get used to being surrounded by this many babies! By Todd's expression, I'm not sure if he shares my feelings, but I love it! He did very well (only because he didn't have to help with all of them). With all of the help that Jordan gives, I might could keep my sanity with a busload of kids!! I don't know if Jordan would keep hers,though.



Jordan, Mason, Ellery, and Bella are all so sweet. It was a joy to watch them all play. I miss them (and their parents and grandparents) so much already.

The hunter!

Through all of the years that we have traveled to Kansas, and through all of the photo shoots with Toddy and all of the pheasants that he has killed, this was Jordan's 1st year of being a willing participant of holding the birds. Maybe there is still hope of getting her out in the field some day!! For the record- she refused to eat the pheasant that Todd cooked. She didn't like the idea of holding it, then eating it.

Bella didn't want to put the birds down. Although she didn't quite understand what was going on, she, too made Daddy really proud by carrying around and showing off the birds that he brought home. She wanted to kiss them. Too bad they had to go night- night.

The human hamster ball

For Christmas, Jordan got a big ball that you get inside of and allow someone to push you around. She calls it her human hamster ball! Unfortunately, when Todd blew it up for her, he discovered that it had pre-existing holes in the plastic. He did blow it up the best he could for a little test ride before it has to be returned. Too bad Bella couldn't ride in there with her. What fun for the both of them.

Sweet, Sweet girls!

Jordan stayed really busy all week trying to keep up with two extra rugrats! She is a wonderful help. She thoroughly enjoyed playing with Mason and Ellery all week long. Jordan tends to migrate towards the smaller ones, and Bella quickly shows Ellery how much she loves her!

We did it!

Hello everyone!

I know you all probably can not believe it, but we have actually started a blog. Thank you especially to Mandi and Rob for teaching us how to get this started and helping us to set it up! I am really excited to be able to do this. Todd and I both really want to thank everyone for all that you have done for us. We had a wonderful time visiting everyone in Kansas. Thank you for taking time out of your schedules to spend with us and for loving us and our babies so very much. The gifts were wonderful and we appreciate them so much, but the time we share together is the best gift we could ever hope for. Thank you, again.

Here is Bella doing her "Stand up for the Cornwhiskers" cheer with her buddy, Mason. Daddy warned her that just because he is in a football uniform, she doesn't have to like him! Bella has been doing this cheer ever since then. Sister (Jordan) cheered this past football season and Bella learned this cheer... it goes, "Stand up. Give a cheer. The mighty ____ are here!" Well, in the blank, we taught her to say Cornhuskers. She continues to think we are saying Cornwhiskers and rubs her chin when she gets to that part of the cheer. It is too cute!