Sweet and Sassy girls!

Bryce and Layne think that when my mom comes to visit it is time to go to the hair salon AKA Sweet and Sassy. They love it there! This time I had them actually cut their hair instead of just a trim. They girls actually love it. It is so much easier...no more tangles and struggles to comb it in the morning. I do miss Bryce's curls though...
Here are a few pictures from the salon and then from ballet showing off their new haircuts.

Christmas 2009

The kids really enjoyed the Christmas holidays this year. We spent Christmas Eve at the Doffings and Christmas Day at the Graham's house so the kids had plenty of play time with all their cousins.

Doffing cousins~ Layne, hunter, Bryce, Haley, Graham and Abby

Santa answered all of Layne's requests and brought her Zhu Zhu pets!

Graham was ECSTATIC to get his PSP! He has been wanting one forever and finally got one.

Bryce was happy with everything Ariel/princess or Dora!

Both Layne and Bryce crashed after a full day of present opening and playing all day long!

While the girls slept Jacob and Graham jumped on the trampoline!

Thanksgiving 2009

Graham had a Thanksgiving feast at school and performed a few songs for the parents that attended. It was a lot of fun to see him in his class with his classmates. He even tried some of the food at the feast.

We also went to Houston for the holiday this year and took some amazing pictures with a photographer named Julie Law. Here are a couple from my camera. I will try and post some from the actual photo shoot soon.

Finally, Brian and I got to have some adult time tailgating with our friends at the Texas A&M vs Texas game. It was a much needed break and good time with some of our best friends.

the boys: Brian, Chris, Nathan, Matt, David, and Kevin

the girls: Salli, Holly, Jill, Ivy and Michelle

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...right?

Time has gotten away from me and the blog has suffered. I am almost tempted to not even try and update the last couple of months and just start fresh. But I know I would regret it later...so I am going to post a couple of pictures and then start backdating some posts to document the holidays.

Sneak Peek

www.julielawphotographyblog.com

We had an awesome opportunity to take pictures with an up and coming photographer in Katy, TX and I just had to share the initial pictures of the photo session! I heart them all and can't wait to see the rest of them.

Halloween 2009~ Better late than never

Time just seems to be passing by without a minute to spare. I can only imagine with the holidays approaching that it will just get busier!

The kids really enjoyed Halloween this year. They all picked their own costumes and could not wait to trick or treat. Layne even toughed it out and stayed out as long as her brother, while Bryce headed home with me to dish out the candy. Pumpkin carving time!

Graham at the pumpkin patch with his school. It was cold and MUDDY.

Daddy and his girls before they are off to their Preschool Halloween party.

Layne as Snow White

Bryce as Fairy Tale Dora

Halloween Night!

What the ???

Last Sunday, we were enjoying a beautiful day outside when the most shocking thing happened to Layne. She came over to get a drink when I noticed she had 3 little welts above her eye. So, I walked her inside to take a better look. As I got her inside the welts spread across her face and her eyes began to swell. I immediately gave her Benedryl but it seemed like her face was swelling at a rapid rate. So, I scooped her up and took her to Acute Care. On the drive over, I kept asking her if she felt ok and if she remembered if something bit her. She could not remember anything biting her.

What the ??? could have caused such a reaction?

By the time we got to the doctor office, which was no more than 10 minutes away, she had welts all over her body and her eyes were almost shut. It was quite a site! Luckily her breathing was steady the whole time and her breathing was not compromised. I was so worried that her throat might swell up. Once we got into the office they whisked us back and began to check her lungs and throat to double check that it was fine. Thankfully it was! They ended up giving her a super dose of steroids in the office. By the time we left the office I could see the steriods working. After all the swelling went down, I searched her body for a bite mark and found one on her ankle. The unfortunate part is we don't know what bit her. Hopefully this will never happen again but if it does I want to know what little creature is causing such a mess!
Layne was such a trooper during this whole ordeal. She never cried and took her medicine like a champ. She is my sweet Laynebug...hopefully it was not a ladybug that bit her.