Monday, February 6, 2012

pics...

No news here.  Just a few pics from this weekend...

Lucy had tummy time...



and Lucy after church...



Lily Kate and Lucy after church...


And please look closely at this next pic 

It might not be obvious to you.

But Lily Kate has a ponytail!!!


It was pretty funny because their was only a tiny bit in the rubber band.  Her front wouldn't go in, and neither would the sides or the back.  So this is just the little bit on the top haha!  It only lasted about 30 seconds before she pulled it out, just long enough for me to take a few pics.  One day...


Friday, February 3, 2012

4 month comparison...

Lucy will be 4 months old tomorrow!

Here is a comparison of Lily Kate and Lucy, both at 4 months.

So what do you think?  Do they look alike or not???

Lily Kathleen Gibson...

Lucy Cullen Gibson...



Feeling guilty...

I started feeling guilty.

So Lucy and I had a mini photo shoot.

Here are the results...









It's hard to get good pics cause this girl doesn't want to be still...  but they are still so cute!





Oooooooh I love this sweet girl!


What to blog about...


My mind is blank.  I have writer's block.  I have no ideas on what to blog about.  So here is just pure randomness!


Lily Kate is a talker.  
She can say just about anything we ask her to (except Poppy!  poor Poppy, but she does love you!).  She finally is saying Ewwa for Ella and this makes us all happy.  She doesn't say Gagu anymore, she now says Gage.  This makes me sad because she is growing up so fast!  Lily Kate loves to talk on the phone.  We let her talk to Ninnie, Poppy, Mimi, Wee Wee, Day Day, Paw Paw, and others.  Sometimes we have to hide the phone from her!

Lily Kate is a talker and loves food!
She is saying sentences now.  What???!!!  The other day she got in the truck from Mrs. Ann's and said "I wanna snack Mama".  My heart melted.  And then we get home and she said it 5 billion times.  I offered her everything we had in the kitchen that could be classified as a snack.  She was not satisfied.  So I asked her to show me what she wanted.  Get this -- she wanted the box of brown sugar.  Yes you read that correctly.  She pitched a fit for it.  I was too scared to "prove" to her that she didn't want the brown sugar, just my luck she would have loved it and wanted more.  Another food funny is the other night she said "bite I want Mama".  I thought it was cute that she swapped the order!

Lucy is a smiler!
Lucy Cullen smiles all the time.  If she wakes up during the night, or when she wakes up in the mornings, she has a smile on her face.  I roll over to get her out of her bouncy seat and her smile makes me smile.  What a way to wake up!   She smiles when Lily Kate talks to her, and even when Lily Kate gives her a zerbert on her tummy!  Today a pic of Lily Kate came on my computer screen saver, and she smiled... how sweet!  She is always happy and is such a joy.

Lucy is a pig!
She loves to eat... and eat... and eat!  We were excited that she was able to nurse for 3 months.   She is on formula now and wants a bottle every 2 hours!  She is wearing a size 2 diaper, and basically skipped size 1 diapers.  She is outgrowing her 6 month clothes and moving into 9 months (she has on a 9 month today!).  Lily Kate is our skinny minny, and we call Lucy our chunky monkey! 

Lily Kate loves attention, Lucy likes to be left alone!
Lily Kate thrives on attention and people visiting and people laughing and squealing.  She is always ready to go somewhere and do something.  And Lily Kate never meets a stranger.  She makes friends at the mall, at Wal Mart, at the doctor's office...  everywhere.  And you better speak to her when she is introducing herself or she gets louder and louder until you do!  Lucy wants to be at home with just her Mama, Daddy, and Lily Kate.  Lucy does have one special person that she loves, and that is her Poppy.  She flirts and makes sweet eyes for Poppy that she doesn't make for anybody else!  Not even me!  And her Poppy loves that.  He had surgery about 2 weeks ago and has a 6 week recovery.  Well Lily Kate is too wild to be around him right now, but Lucy has gone to visit almost every day.  I just know her visits make Poppy feel better.  They talk and coo and smile to each other.  It's super sweet.


 Here are a few recent pics of Lily Kate...

with her BFF Peanut Butter

and with Baby...


I love this close up...



Here is one of her "cheese" pics...


She was getting tired of this photo shoot!

Adorable!

Poor Lucy.  I don't have near as many pics of her.  And the ones I do have are snapshots on the couch or in dirty clothes.  I need to have a photo shoot with her!!

Lily Kate went to the dentist this past Tuesday.  We went to a new dentist in McComb and we loved her!  She was super sweet and so was her staff.  Lily Kate did such a great job!  They could not believe how she sat there and let them work in her mouth. 

Here she is with Dr. Jones...


And Lily Kate's favorite part was getting a "boon"...



We played with this boon all day long, and cried the next morning when it wouldn't float!

Here are a few of Lucy...

Cheese!


See, isn't this smile contagious!


And a quick video...





Ok, more updates soon! (hopefully!)





Monday, January 30, 2012

Happy 30th!


As you can see, I am a little behind in my blogging.  Taylor turned 30 on January 5.  He had been dreading the big 3-0, but has found out that it is not that bad!  We went to Clinton the weekend of his birthday and had a "bowling" party.  Taylor loves to bowl, so it was perfect.  Here are some pics... though most of them are of Lily Kate and not the birthday boy!




 Lily Kate had a blast.  She bowled.  And she socialized alot!  Here is the step by step recap of her 1st bowling experience, thanks to Aunt Wee Wee.

I think she picked her bowling ball out because of the pretty color!
Cousins Julie and ~twin Brooke or Brianna~ helped her get to the lane.

Here we go...
Yay, this is fun!

It's actually getting to the pins (thanks to the bumpers)!

It hit the pins, yay!

Now we rest until her next turn.

Here is the birthday boy.  He is really good at bowling, because he bowled with his grandfather for many years.  He made many strikes, quite a few spares, and even some turkeys!



Doesn't he look professional with his stance haha!


Fuzzy, but the birthday boy with his Lily Kate


Lily Kate waits patiently...


 Mimi loved the bowling party, she got to keep up with Lucy.  And this was her first time to feed Lucy a bottle!
 

 Ok, one more step by step of Lily Kate.  Her bowling adventure was too cute and so very fun.


See, it's a green ball this time!

 
There it goes, down the lane!

And there Lily Kate goes, down the lane!  We had to run after her MANY times!
 
Caught ya Lily Kate!
Here are a few of the "party".




Mamaw with the birthday boy and Lily Kate

FUN!

Then Sunday after we went to church, we went to visit Grandmommy.  She fixed lunch and it was sooo good.  Isn't it always the best to go eat at a grandmother's house, they know how to cook!

Happy Birthday Taylor, we love you!










Thursday, January 12, 2012

A quick 2011 recap...

It is already January 12, 2012 so I won't spend much time talking about 2011...

2011 was a great year for the Gibsons.  If you read my post from last year, you would know that I had a list of "to dos".  Well I did get to mark off some the list, but not very much.  There was one unexpected surprise for 2011 and that was Lucy Cullen, and what a wonderful surprise she was.  Other high lights for 2011 were:

* Lily Kate started walking
* We found out "Green Pea" was on the way
* Lily Kate turned 1and had her 1st birthday party
* Taylor and I had our 2 year anniversary, with many more to come
* Lily Kate started going to Mrs. Ann's, and we all survived
* We found out "Green Pea" was a girl
* Lily Kate went to the dentist
* Lily Kate went to the beach, and loved it
* Lily Kate got 1st runner up in her first water carnival
* We welcomed Lucy Cullen Gibson
* We had two little lambs for Halloween
* We had a wonderful Christmas season

As far as what I wanted to make...  I made most of the recipes that I wanted to, but didn't make any of the other projects.  They are still on my want to make list! 

And my most personal accomplishment from 2011 came from my mother (and she doesn't even know!).  I have always known people who "read the Bible through".  My grandmother, Mamy, was one that I know read her Bible through many many times.  She was such a Godly woman, and I am still amazed at how she touched my life.  Back to my mother.  I heard her talking two years ago about reading her Bible through, and she finished.  Well that got me to thinking that I wanted to do the same.  This sweet couple in our church bought Bibles designed to read in 1 year for everybody that wanted one.  So there were 2 signs that I was to read my Bible through.  I was late getting my Bible ( I waited for the second batch) and got started in March.  It was tough.  It was tough to discipline myself because I had a small baby and another on the way.  It was tough because by the time I got in bed at night I was tired.  It was tough because we were out of town a good bit.  But guess what, I read my Bible through in one year.  I am so proud of myself, but realized that I have so much more to learn!  Thank you Mama for being an example, when you didn't even realize it!

Here's to 2012!