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Purdy Christmas 2011

2012-01-16T16:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was so much fun! How could it not be with these three?

...or these 8?!?!

The girls got matching chairs for the kids table from us. Who knew chairs would be so much fun?

Lila asked for one thing this Christmas, a Belle tea set. She was so excited to see that Caroline had given it to her!!!

On Christmas Eve, we were at my parents house. We did a book exchange this year with all the cousins. They each drew a name and bought a book for that person.

Honey helped out with the babes:)

After that, we went to the Christmas eve service at church. Listening to Lila sing Silent Night, while holding a happy Caroline may have been my favorite Christmas memory from this year.

When we got home we opened a few more presents...including these awesome matching pjs.

The girls stayed at my parents that night and we went home. We were back bright and early to see what Santa brought!

We had an incredible lunch and fun time with the family that day! Merry Christmas 2011.

December Fun!

2011-12-21T13:07:00.000-08:00

This month has been super busy and super fun. I wanted to post the random pics that I have taken in an "all over the ~~map~~ December post."

The kids and I helped decorate one of the Christmas trees for the front of the church. Lila loved getting to be so much help:)

Some of the kids in our Sunday School class helped make ornaments.

That night when we got home, Lila and I got the stomach bug. Seriously, the worst bug I have ever had. Sadly, I didn't get to go on a trip to Chicago with some girls that we had planned. So weird, but three of the four girls that were supposed to go all got the bug. One lives out of state! So weird? The day I got the last load of laundry done from that, and was ready to go back out in the world, Caroline got sick. Hand, foot and mouth? Yuck! She had a really high fever that lasted forever and blisters in her throat. She was pretty pitiful for over a week.

We had to be creative in keeping Lila busy without leaving the house!

The beautiful gingerbread house.

Lots of movie time (which is why they won't look at the camera).

Cookie decorating

Caroline and Daddy had to miss Ally's birthday party, but you better believe Miss Lila was so excited to be there!!! Cutest doughnut pajama party ever!

Finally the day we were well, we got out to go meet Santa. I was shocked that they both look pretty happy?!

...and Caroline got to play with here best buddies:)

This next week is full of more Christmas fun...Hope we all stay well!

Caroline's First Birthday!!!

2011-12-15T21:39:00.000-08:00

I am about 10 days behind, but Caroline Caprice is ONE!!!! We were hit with the stomach bug and then hand, foot, mouth? I feel like someone has been needing to be held or comforted (more than usual) for way too long...so sorry blogging world, but here is the sweet ~~little~~ big girl's b-day post:)

We had her birthday party the Saturday before, so on her actual birthday we just enjoyed a low key family day. When she woke up, we had some presents for her to open. She was very excited!

Then we got to have a very special breakfast! White donuts! I love how she is looking at me like, "Are you really sure I can have this?"

Ready to go to MDO in her big 1 shirt. She is sitting in her new chair my family gave her. She was done smiling for pictures.

We had a very special dinner of pears, peas and crackers. Topped off with a red velvet cupcake. Such a fun and sentimental day.

My precious nephews, Coyt and Crew with Caroline are often referred to as the triplet cousins because they are together so much. Caryn and I thought it would be really fun to have a joint birthday party for our three C's.

Look how cute these 3 are :)

A look at all of our C food.

The family pic.

Happy Birthday to you precious Cs!

Two birthday parties in one weekend make for one tired Mommy, but oh my goodness, I feel so blessed!

I can't believe this was only a year ago!

I feel like she has been a part of our family forever.

God knew exactly what we needed when he gave us Caroline! She makes every day so much brighter.

She is babbling all day long and getting some actual words mixed in now. Dada, Mama, Lila, Cooper, puppy, ball, tree, uh huh, no, baby, book, tree, bye bye and Hi.

She is crawling and pulling up on everything.

She is in the 75% in height and 50th in weight.

She is sleeping 11-12 hrs every night and most days only wants one nap:(

She loves boxes, books, dogs, baby dolls and music.

We love HER! Happy Birthday sweet Caroline!

Lila's Art Party

2011-12-08T19:29:00.000-08:00

The day after Lila's birthday, we celebrated and had a party for her! Painting, coloring, drawing, etc. is her favorite thing to do right now, so we decided to have an Art party :) She was so excited. Because we were having Caroline, Coyt and Crew's party the next day at my house, we had her's up at our church in the gym and party room.

The first thing Lila did when she got there was paint her canvas :) So cute!

The artist snacks.

Lila's art studio supplies:)

Once our sweet friends arrived...

They enjoyed expressing themselves in the Performing Arts Studio,

and created masterpieces in the art studio. We had a sculpting station with play dough and a coloring mural for crayons. Somehow, I missed those in my pictures?

The cake I found on Pinterest. So fun!

A pic of the deconstructed layers.

My happy helper the morning of the party. (She licked all the icing off of each knife as I finished:)

Loving some present opening!

We had a great time!

Couldn't have done it without a little familial help. Thanks GP for entertaining Miss C!

...and of course Honey:)

Thanks to my sisters too for watching the girls and helping me get everything put together. It made for one happy birthday girl!!

Lila Elizabeth is 3!!!

2011-12-03T20:59:00.000-08:00

Lila turned 3 on Thursday! I can't believe it. She is getting too big!! I was giving her a bath and started tearing up. She asked why Mommy was crying, and I said, "it just makes me feel a little sad that my baby girl was getting so big." She said, "Don't cry Mommy. That's what I'm supposed to do." Well said sweet Lila. Pull it together Mommy!

Sweet Lila on her birthday three years ago.

...and here she is now :)

She was just a little bit excited about her birthday!

We snuck in and decorated her room the night before and came in singing and taking pictures when she woke up. She's a little like me in the slow to wake up category ;)

Once she was up and fully awake.. she was SO excited. White donuts (of course) her favorite and presents ready to open.

My Little Ponies from Caroline.

Hilarious, but the thing she wanted most for her birthday was a measuring tape! Done! The gift from Cooper :)

Josh and I got her a look alike American Girl doll (details in another post). She LOVES her "Ally" doll.

After MDO, we played outside while we waited for Daddy to come home and take us to dinner. I couldn't resist snapping a pic of this new big girl pose:)

Surprisingly, Lila choose to go to the restaurant where they cook her rice in front of her. I interpreted that to FUGI Japanese steakhouse? I wasn't going to complain since she usually only chooses Chick Fil A or Rosa's. She was SO excited to be there!

...until the banging and fire started! Oh my gosh! She was terrified! She kept saying, "make it stop. I need to be gone." Look at her face! I am the worst mother in the world. I took a picture before I took her out.

We ate about 1/2 of our food and got the rest to go. Getting home and playing with the new ponies made everything better. We had an art party last night. I'll post some pics as soon as I can.

Lila, I can't even begin to tell you how you bless our lives. You made me a mom! You made us a whole family. You are so sweet to your little sister and make sure she always has a snack:) You love your cousins so much you literally turn inside out when you see them. You love your friends too! You already are smarter than me and challenge me every day to stop and appreciate the simple things and what really matters. You talk more than there are hours in the day and 99% of what you say is hilarious and joyful. You love singing made up songs about what you're doing, just like Daddy. You love to dance to the beat. You melt my heart when you smile and make me so happy just being you. I love you so much and hope that your third year is wonderful. You are beautiful on the inside and the outside. I am so proud to be your mom :) Happy Birthday Lila!

Phil's 60th Birthday

2011-11-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we threw a fun 60th birthday party for my father-in-law, Phil. It's so strange to me how much he and Josh look alike in these old photos. So handsome!

We had it at Cagel's Steaks in Lubbock. Such a great atmosphere for a laid back get together. Here are some shots of the decorations. This was on the wall. Made of pictures throughout his life.

A close up...

On the big tables, we had burlap runners with large flower arrangements.

On the smaller tables, we had two small mason jar vases. I saw the vases wrapped in twine on Pinterest. So cute, and cheap!

What you see when you walk in. Burlap banner hanging over his letter jacket, boy scout uniform and baby booties. We had everyone sign in here with a little note of love. Let me tell you, that man is loved. Out of everyone we invited, all but about 3 couples came! Family and friends from all over came in to help him celebrate.

Lila was attached to the hip of her closest in age cousin, Presley. So sweet!

Right outside the room there was a big play area. The kids loved it and it kept them from running around all the tables and bumping into all the grown ups.

I was so glad that my Mom and Dad could come. The party started at Caroline's bed time, so she wasn't the quietest little peanut. They entertained her all night so I could visit and take pics. Thanks Honey and GP.

Singing Happy Birthday to the man!!

Close up of the great cake Gwen got. It has all the places they have lived and worked throughout the 60 years!

The Warren and StClair families.

By the end of the night, this is what we all felt like...

I am so glad that I got to help celebrate such a GREAT man! He has touched so many people's lives through his coaching, superintending, and leading. He is a smart, kind, Godly man. Not to mention, he raised one heck of a family. I am so happy that I get to be part of it now! Happy 60th birthday Grumps!!

Caroline is 11 months!

2011-11-06T19:01:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it, but Caroline Caprice is 11 months old! I don't know why, but this particular month marker is making me really sad. Don't get me wrong, I love watching her explore and try new things, (like crawling...which she just started last week), but I know there is no going back to those sweet baby moments with my little "Caroliney Lou Lou" or "Tiny Liny" as we like to call her around here. She still likes to be held, but is much too busy to cuddle. I guess I will just have to wait for those sick days when she want to be rocked to sleep, just kidding...kind of.

I seriously don't know if there is a happier baby out there? She is so smiley and sweet...until she isn't. If she is hungry or tired, the whole world will know. I don't know if it's just because I have girls or if the Purdy dramatics run really deep, but oh my! If it's dinner time look out :) Other than that, she is laughing or smiling at whoever will look her way.

She loves playing with other babies. Lucky for her, she has two built in playmates in her cousins Coyt and Crew. Watching them is hilarious. It's like a litter of puppies. They crawl all over each other. I think she really thinks they are there for her entertainment. Such a blessing for all 3 of them!

She also has her own little friends too. SO cute!

We don't go to the Dr. until next month, but here are "my" stats:)

We just used our last size 3 diaper. On to size 4!!!
Wearing 12 month clothes
Eating three meals a day of baby food. Working on table food. All forms of crackers we like, the rest???
Drinking whole milk out of a bottle. Don't like sippy cup yet.
Crawling, but still prefers scooting around.
Can stand when holding on to something.
Says Hi, Mama, Dada, Lila, Cooper, Bye Bye, puppy and Uh Oh.
Waves bye bye, claps when she's excited and fake laughs or pants like a dog if no one is paying attention to her (??)

So far...my favorite stage with little miss is this one! ( I think I say that every month, but I Really mean it this time)!

I can't wait to see what God has in store for her precious life. We are so in love!! Can't believe in 1 month she will be a year old!!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11

Happy Halloween 2011

2011-11-03T19:42:00.000-07:00

O-C-T-O-B-E-R...Halloween is a Candy Bar. Christopher Columbus is a holiday. Fall is here and winter is on the way. BRRRR!! Lila and I have been singing this song for what feels like, forever! That's because last week was filled with a month's amount of activities. I tried to pick just a couple of pics from each event, but I apologize for the massive post :)

We started Halloween week with a visit to the pumpkin patch. Out of like 30 pictures, this was the only one where they both look happy at the same time!

The next day was Lila's dance class. She takes ballet from Jenni Holly. She LOVES the friends in this class. A whole other post is necessary for me to rave about how much we love it! The premier of Ariel Mermaid :)

That afternoon, we went to Suzanne's house to play and paint some pumpkins. She chose pink, of course!

The cutie pies with their mom's monogrammed pumpkins.

Friday we had our playgroup over to celebrate in costume. This was the best photo I got. Sadly, it's missing several friends.

Sweet red head and sister! That night was the Fall Festival at our church. We made it a family event and turned into...wait for it...

...an under the sea family. King Triton, Ursula, Sebastian and Ariel! I think this is my favorite picture of Lila. The excitement just shows in her face. Josh definitely wins best Daddy award for allowing me to mesh "the Situation" with Gandolf the wizard to create King Triton. :):):)

The Purdy cousins ready to go! Beautiful ballerina, croc hunters with their prey, and a little league city champ.

I like to think Caroline and Crew are thinking, "You look so ridiculous man".

Playing games at the festival.

Saturday we got to go to the Cooney Pumpkin Patch where the kids got to literally pick their own pumpkins and play, play, play. Lila had a blast!

Finally, it was Monday night, real Halloween. By then Ariel was sick of her wig :) Can you blame her? I did a terrible job getting pictures that night? We went trick or treating with some friends who just moved into Hunter's Run. Lila loving running around and getting candy. What's not to love?

Caroline just loved being outside and riding in the wagon.

The Smith family was at the party too, so we walked around with them. The big kids were asking to go home an get a drink, so we called it quits. Oh what a fun night!

Ah... I am tired just writing all this! Thanks for reading!

Lubbock or Bust!

2011-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we headed back to Lubbock to watch our Red Raiders play football and visit our family! We LOVE being there, but the 5-6 hour trip getting there isn't that fun! Here are Lila's thoughts on the ride...

...after we got there, we got to play, play, play! Caroline loving all her cousins!

Mia showing Lila how to do the splits.

and a cartwheel!

Caroline cheering them on :)

All the cousins and second cousins having fun!

Beautiful Bunch!

That night the boys got to go to the Shallowater football game. GO Mustangs!

The ladies got to go see Cinderella at the LCU theater.

Ready to go watch the "Happily ever After"!

Lila loved most of it, but Sadly, it was after her bedtime. By the time we got to meet the prince, she was done! Ha!

These two were in Heaven!

The next day we got our game gear on and took some annual pics of the kids! We missed the Smith clan:( Love sweet Ryan "holding" Caroline!!

Love all the red and black!

We didn't beat ATM, but we had a good time all the same.

Caroline is 10 months!

2011-10-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

Caroline Caprice is 10 months old! She is only two months away from being a year old!!! That is wild!! I really feel like she should only be about 6 months. She is still the most laid back, happy baby around. I feel so blessed to have her as my second child. The Lord knew sister (and Mommy) needed # 2 to go with the flow. Interestingly enough, Lila was a very easy baby too...so you never know what might change as they grow older :)

C thinks L hung the moon and is the most hilarious person in the world. Most of the time L agrees...Unless she is taking our attention away right when she needs it...which is most of the time these days.

I can't tell you how happy it makes me that my girls have a sister. My sisters are my best friends and I don't know how people go through life without them. This picture just blesses me so!!

Some of my attempts at Caroline's 9 month pictures earlier this month.

I know in high school she is going to hate these pictures, but who doesn't love some precious baby thighs :)

Caroline is scooting all over, pulling up to her knees, babbling all day and even sings the Ah Ah Ah part from the Little Mermaid. (I will try to upload some video of that soon)!

She is just nursing in the mornings and taking a bottle the rest of her feedings.

We are in the greatest phase of baby hood! Wish I could freeze time for a bit longer. Happy 10 months Caroline. You are such a gift to our family!!!!

Every Letter Makes a Sound....

2011-09-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

All summer I planned on doing letter days with Lila so we could have some sort of organized time to play and focus on big sister Lila. Well, summer came and went and not one special letter day happened. :( I really was looking forward to planning them and putting some of my teacher knowledge to work ;) and Lila just LOVES any sort of event...so, we started them a few weeks ago. Now, since there are 26 letters, we decided to do 2 on our special days; one in the morning and one after nap.

The first morning, she was so excited! We had Applesauce, "Aqua"donuts and Animal crackers for breakfast.

Then it was on to our Alphabet puzzles.

Next, it was Art time!

After watching the letter factory, (so mommy could feed the baby), we moved on to B. First we made some Bs out of Blue dough.

Then we went to Barnes and Noble to read Books.

For lunch we had Bananas, Blueberries, Brown rice, Baked chips and Black Beans.

After nap, we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and then painted Butterflies.

Very intense artist!

For dinner we had Berries, Banana, Blue Gatorade and alphabet soup.

After a Bubble Bath we watched Bambi (or at least the happy parts) and went to Bed! Whew...such a fun day!

A couple of weeks later, we attempted our second letter day. C and D were up this time. For breakfast we had all of our favorite Cereals...

...and of course a Cookie :)

After watching Curious George, and reading "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake", we made a collage of several C things. Lila's favorite were the pictures of Cary, Coyt and Crew and of course Caroline and Cooper ;)

Then it was time to go and get some Cupcakes!

We went to Chick-Fil-A and had lunch with our Cousins. Then of course, we ate our Cupcakes.

After naps, we made a list of all things D!

We went and tried to feed the Ducks. They weren't very interested.

We watched Dora of course and then had Dinner with Daddy. Dogs, Dips and Dried strawberries. Looks yummy huh?

I don't know who has had more fun Lila or me? Until E and F....:)

Live! @ bath time

2011-09-18T20:02:00.000-07:00

Just a look at our girls having some fun in the tub. Poor Caroline is drowned out almost all the time by the constant stream of Lila's chatter. Love these babes :)

First Day of "School" Pics

2011-09-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

Lila started back to MDO last week. She really loves being with all her friends and having some social time. Most of the kids/iShe is going two days a week now and LOVES it. She thinks it's big kid school like all her cousins. They go to FWCS, since it's in the same building and it makes her glad to go...we will let her think that :)

Her favorite part is getting to come in and see Honey every day on our way to class. Such a blessing to have her right there on campus!

Caroline started going one day a week too. They had different first days, so they had their own pictures. Lila is in the same dress on her first day of MDO two years ago. They are both making funny expressions in these pics, but really look so much alike!

Caroline is 9 months!

2011-09-06T18:46:00.000-07:00

Same song, ninth verse... I can't believe Caroline is 9 months old!!! I don't know why, but 9 months just seems like a HUGE milestone. Way too close to one year for this Momma:( Wish I could just freeze time and enjoy her like this forever.

She is so much fun right now. She is laughing and engaging anyone she can get to look her way...(and if you don't look at her, she has this fake laugh she pulls out to get your attention, hilarious)!

She still isn't mobile, so I can still leave her and know she isn't getting into to much trouble. She can scoot and turn like a clock to gain a little ground, but not enough to have to chase. Josh's mom always described him as a super happy, chubby baby she could just plop down and smile at. Caroline not only acts just like him, but is looking more and more like him to us.

Official stats next week. Mom stats:

Two teeth, four nubs about to poke through
Two naps
Eating solids three times a day and nursing four times
Finally rolled over both ways!
Laughs all the time and is such a blessing to our family!

L.O.V.E

Warren Family Beach Trip!

2011-08-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

What could make a babe this excited?.....

Road trip to the beach of course!! Last month we went with Josh's family down to North Padre/Corpus/Port Aransas beach. This is what Lila was doing minutes after we got there :)

Caroline loved the sand too!

The best part for Lila was getting to spend so much time with her Texas Tech cousins, as she calls them. Love these St.Clairs!

Some pics of our beach fun!

Nothing like Cheetos for a snack:)

Awesome sandcastles! (Wish it was ours, but it was built a few tents down).

Our mermaid castle.

The architects...

and their project managers :)

Playing in the water. (Tropical storm Don missed us, but brought some big waves to play on. Sadly, it also brought tiny sea lice. Yuck! Basically they are itzy bitzy jellyfish? They were gone after a few hours, thankfully)!

Cha Cha brought lots of great crafts to do in the condo at night. Clearly, it was a hit. Look at the concentration.

Aunt Rox getting some lovin' time with Caroline. They got to watch a church service on the beach. So cool!

The whole family! Thank you Cha Cha and Grumps for this awesome beach trip! We had a blast!!!

Until next time!!!!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2011-08-23T18:54:00.000-07:00

Back in July, (wow! I am so behind), we celebrated my Dad's 61st birthday. I had heard about "the bomb" cake that he loved from my friend Wendi and had to make it for him. After some Pei Wei, we sang happy Birthday and tore into the dessert. It was SO good!

For his present this year, we all went in together and got him a special surprise. It was big enough that it required a sort of "hunt" to go find it :)

Here's dad looking very confused?

The Row Row Row Your Boat Riddle.

"Say What"?

Yay for a new Kayak!!

The grandkids giving it a test run!

Sweet sweet parents, and a little C bug peaking through :)

Dad, we love you so much and are so glad that we live here in Waco and get to have these awesome nights with you. Thank you for being such an amazing dad, GP, father in law and friend. Couldn't imagine life without you. Happy Rowing :) Happy birthday!!!

Caroline is 8 months!!

2011-08-09T19:58:00.000-07:00

Caroline is 8 months old! I know it is a broken record, but I can't believe how quickly this little baby is growing up!! She is SO fun right now. If it weren't for my dying curiosity to hear what this funny girl is trying to say, I would want her to stay this age forever! She is so interactive and happy and yet not mobile and into everything.

No real stats, but she is close to 20 lbs and growing every day.

She is in 9 mo clothes and on her third haircut...Ha!

She can sit up really well now and is trying to scoot on her bottom.

She says Da Da, La La and has said ma ma once or twice:)

Her newest trick is clapping and bouncing when you say "yay". Precious!

She is eating 3 meals a day and nursing 4 times.

If you look closely, you can see her two bottom teeth. No others yet.

She still loves Lila better than anyone. My two sick snuggle bugs laying on the couch.

Being a real life baby doll for the umpteenth time. Love those thunder thighs :)

She has graduated to bathing with big sister. They both LOVE it.

Caroline went to the beach for the first time this month. She loved the water and rocked her bikini :)

This month we also had Caroline's baby dedication at church.

The three big Warrens praying for the little one.

Love having Caroline part of this family. Can't imagine our lives without her!

4th of July 2011

2011-07-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

This year (and every year) we spent the 4th at lake LBJ with my family! I love this tradition and look forward to it all year round. We skied, tubed, tanned, ate watermelon, smoked meat, swam, kayaked, watched movies, and had so much fun!!! *You might notice sleep isn't on the list. Sharing a room with sweet Caroline doesn't alot for much sleep :)

Since we have been at the lake and posted so many other lake rat pics,... I thought I'd just share my clean cut, patriotic, family shots.

All the cousins :) Here is the list in the order from oldest to youngest; Ryan, Stacey, Ally, Wyatt, Lila, Caroline, Coyt and Crew. Whew! That's a lot of cousins.

The whole Purdy family shot.

My little 4 pack.

Gp and Honey and all their loves!!!

My favorite thing about the lake is... well...everything, but I especially love spending time and making memories with these crazy people I call family! (Cheese ball, but it's true ;)

Last year for the twenty something!

2011-07-19T19:10:00.000-07:00

June 24th I celebrated my 29th birthday! (So, only about a month behind in this post :) The funny thing about being a mom and having a birthday is, life still goes on as usual. Hello 7 am wake up call. The girls were so excited about giving me my present. (at least Lila was. Caroline was just excited to be involved).

I was so excited to get a bicycle helmet..assuming there was a set of wheels to go with it!

Sounds so dorky, but I have been asking for a bike for a long time. Josh showed me mine and the trailer for the girls and then wheeled out one he had bought for himself too! So much more fun!!

I think this shot of Josh in his work clothes is hilarious. Like a kid so excited to be playing before school :)

After breakfast we had our little playgroup over to our house to play. Lila was convinced that this was my birthday party. It was really fun, so I guess it could count!

Look at these three beauties! They are all going to be in the same dance class this fall! How fun!

Precious one!

Loving my new ride after a family lunch!

Dinner at 135 Prime wrapped up a GREAT birthday!

Twenty something for one more year!

Caroline is 7 months!

2011-07-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

Has it been 7 months already???? I can't believe how big Miss C has gotten this month! She is so laid back and fun I just can't stand it! This is for sure my favorite stage with her so far!

She is still a big, sweet, squishy marshmallow. I assume this is why she isn't rolling over yet. Just too much to move :) (Really I think she just doesn't care to) She has started sitting up and babbling non stop. Da Da and La La La (lila) are her favorite things to say, but mostly just squealing and flirting with anyone who looks her direction.

She is still nursing great and loves just about all the baby food she has tried. Breakfast and dinner are now very messy in this house :)

She sleeps from 7-7 and takes two long and one short nap a day. When and where they are, depends on big sister and her schedule. Poor second baby.

Despite this picture, being outside and Lila are her two very favorite things! She is also really into beards, dogs, earrings and water bottles ;)

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this baby. Can't imagine our lives without her sweet smile in it!

7 years together!

2011-06-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

This year for our anniversary, Josh surprised me with a fun get away to Vegas! We left our precious babes with my parents and flew away footloose and fancy-free :) On the flight that night...so excited!

After a delay on both flights and a 1 am check in!!! we were so glad to get to sleep in in the morning. After we ate our weight in the breakfast buffet, we headed down to the spa for the most amazing three hours ever!

The Spa at Mandalay Bay was voted the best spa in Vegas. It. was. incredible!!! We got a couples massage, a scrub and a body wrap. Not a bad way to spend 3 hours.

After we awoke from the spa coma, we headed down to the pool. The Mandalay Bay pool is a beautiful beach with a wave pool and a lazy river. So fun!

It is amazing how relaxing a pool can be when you aren't in charge of little people :)

Once we were sun drenched and water logged, we got cleaned up and headed to dinner and a show. We ate at Rick Moonen's RM Seafood. Delicious!!! Then we headed to see the Phantom of the Opera.

The set at the "opera house".

The warren's after the show!

The show was at the Venetian. It was so fun to see the other beautiful resorts. We went to ride the gondola boats, but the line was WAY too long. I love this pic. It captured it all :)

...and this one was poking fun at Lila's new attempt to be Vanna White. Any time she wants you to look at something, she displays it like so :)

Saturday we slept in again and then hit the casino floor running. We had a blast playing black jack and Josh even taught me to play craps. It was a blast! I'm officially addicted.

Here we are at Luxor, where we both won some money.

We stopped for lunch at Hubert Keller's restaurant Fleur. (He won top chef masters). I'm a huge fan...and even bigger now!

These tuna tacos were from heaven. We literally had to order three more. SO GOOD!

(actual tiny bite size)

Lobster Mac and Cheese

Sangria

After gambling all day, we got cleaned up and headed over to the Bellagio. They had the most amazing gardens all throughout the casino.

In front of the living picture.

We got to see "O" there. Just like all the other Cirque shows, it was awesome and made me wish I was still 11 and knew no fear!

After the show, you guessed it, we ate a delicious meal at Prime Steakhouse. It sits right on the "lake" with the Bellagio water show in the background. Awesome!

I had to include this random pic. I almost fell off the escalator snapping it :)

We had an amazing time and are so lucky that we have family who will love on our girls while we are away! Thanks Honey and GP.

More than anything, I am so blessed to be married to my best friend for the past 7 years! What a fun surprise!!!!! We always have so much fun when we travel together. So nice to get some time away to actually finish a sentence ;) What a fabulous trip!

Purdy Family Vacation 2011

2011-06-07T17:43:00.000-07:00

This year for our Purdy family vacation we went to San Antonio! My parents have some points with the Wyndham Properties, so we got to stay in down town San Antonio on the River Walk. Caryn and I decided that since we were doing so many outside activities, that the babies would be better off staying behind. This was a "big kids" only trip. Lila loved having our undivided attention. Caroline stayed with Cha Cha and her best friend down at the lake house. We are so blessed to have such amazing family to love on and take care of our girls!

Thursday morning Josh and I tearfully left our baby and headed down the road to San Marcos. We stopped at my favorite store, the Pottery Barn outlet, and scored big time. We got a new dining room table! Yay! (Luckily, we got to park our truck in the garage all weekend and ride with everyone else).

When we got there, we headed straight to dinner. Several people recommended that we try Mi Tierra. It was a GIANT Mexican food restaurant in Market Square. Unfortunately, the concierge made it seem like a few blocks away from our hotel...so we walked. Little feet, hungry peps, 100 degree temps and a mile and a half walk aren't' really the best combo, Ha!

Sweet Lila walking with Aunt Angie :)

Once we got there, we had a great time. The food was only okay, but a great time.

The cousins were having a blast!

Lila tried so hard to keep up all weekend. Here she is making a HUGE jump :)

On the way back we got smart, and decided to ride the trolly.

So fun!!

We decided to walk over and see the Alamo. Beautiful! Don't think I've been there since my high school choir trip!

If we had been thinking!!!! we would have stopped there, seeing as it was 8:30 and so hot!!! But we didn't. We thought riding the river boat would be a fun idea...

We waited for about 45 minutes in line and then around 9:30 realized what time it was and why the children around us were dropping like flies! Wyatt and Lila both asked if they could go to bed! My mom used her magic negotiating skills and got us rain check tickets to use the next morning!

FYI, early morning on the River walk is awesome!! Almost 20 degrees cooler and about 1/4 of the people.

Lila and Daddy on the River boat.

GP getting some lovin in :)

Walking along the River walk.

Stopping to see the baby ducklings.

After that, the girls headed out to La Cantera to shop and the boys took the kids swimming and to see Kung Fu Panda 2. My friend Kelly was able to join us for lunch with my sweet Goddaughter Olivia :)

We ate sushi at Kona Grill. So Yummy!

We stayed up north shopping all day. The kids and dudes came up to meet us for dinner at Chama Gaucha a yummy Brazilian Steak house. Lila didn't like anything on the salad bar or the meat, so she ate...a bowl of cherries from the bar. Oh well, after two days of no nap, what ever made her happy and quiet through dinner!

The next day was SEA WORLD!!

Lila had been talking about this for almost a month, so she was SO excited.

It was a little warm:) and Military appreciation day, due to Memorial day, so the crowd was to full capacity. Other than that, it was really fun.

Lila is still talking about the beluga whales she saw!

After three days without my baby, (and with my pump) I was so glad to be home!! I think sister was glad to see us too. Another fun trip for the books! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Caroline is 6 months!

2011-06-06T18:56:00.000-07:00

Today Caroline is 6 months old!!!! What??? Half a year gone already? I really can't believe it? I have some friends who just had babies, and seeing them made C look HUGE!!!! She is such a fun, active, big girl. We had a 6 month birthday party tonight. (Lila has started documenting all of our fun stuff on her camera too) :)

We go tomorrow to the Dr. for her official stats, but here are her latest accomplishments:

She sleeps a long 8-9 hour stretch at night now. Woo Hoo!!! Still gets up around 4 to eat.
She nurses in about 5-6 minutes.
She eats rice cereal and a veggie at night for dinner.
She plays in her exersaucer and on her play mat most of the day.
She can roll from her stomach to back, but not from her back to stomach??? Not sure what she's waiting for, but at least I can leave the room still, right?
She has two teeth, bottom middle.
She talks and blows rasberries all day, soaking most of her outfits.
She has not 1, but 2 hair cuts, HA :)
She has just discovered the dog. Lila and Cooper seem to compete for her attention most of the day.

Love this blueberry muffin so much. Happy 1/2 birthday Caroline Caprice!!!

Planking?

2011-06-01T20:13:00.000-07:00

On our vacation one night, we got on the topic of planking. (If you are unfamiliar, it's a ridiculous internet craze where you take a picture face down in a "plank" position. Google it. There are some pretty creative plankers). Not sure how that came up or why??, but it sparked some pretty hilarious texts from our family! Probably not as funny to you, but for some reason this weekend they were SO funny :)

Josh in a sleepy plank.

Stacey and Wyatt doing the Double Plank.

Ally in a kitchen plank.

Finally, Daddy and Lila Truck bed plank.

Ha!

Look Who's Talking Talking...kind of :)

2011-05-31T19:32:00.000-07:00

We spent Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio with my family (pics to come soon) and Miss Caroline stayed with Josh's mom. We missed her like crazy, but enjoyed being able to go to Sea world, many fun dinners and shop all day at La Cantera. All of which we couldn't have done with sweet Caroline. When we got home, I got her practicing saying Mama. She says "Ba Ba Ba" all day, but was trying so hard to copy us. Super sweet girl!!! (Please excuse the voice in the background)

Nana's Visit

2011-05-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

...way behind! Lots to catch up on, but here are some photos from what we have been up to this week. (at least the times I have had my camera with me :)

Playing outside and loving it!

"helping" wash the cars.

More outside play time!

Breaking out the water fun!

Sleeping...well, sporadically :)

Playing in our "cowboy" hats as Lila calls em.

We were with my family lots this week because my Nana came down for a visit with her friend Sam. Nana with four generations.

Love how big these kiddos are getting! Nana has a wonderful legacy that is literally multiplying each year!

Nana and Sam

What a fun visit!

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

Happy (late) Mother's Day!! I am beyond blessed to be the Mommy of these two beautiful, sweet, funny, dark headed girls!! My cup runneth over every day :)

I am so thankful that God picked me to raise them! Even on the rough days, I feel so happy to be their mom.

Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice!!!! Philippians 4:4

Caroline is 5 months!

2011-05-06T13:03:00.000-07:00

Caroline Caprice is 5 months old!!! How is time flying so fast!!! Before I know it we will be celebrating her first birthday :( As you can see from the picture she is still a healthy piece of a princess pie!

I had to include Lila's pic just for comparison. Crazy how much they look alike!! Caroline definitely has more hair, but just about everything else looks the same. Can't wait to see if they look different as she gets older?

We don't go to the Dr. until 6 months, so I don't know stats.

She is wearing clothes anywhere from 6-9 months. Really long bodied.

She is in size 3 diapers! (Really squishy:)

She still nurses great about 6 times a day.

She (for the first time last night) slept from 7:30-3:30! We'll take it. That's way better than the 3-4 hour stretches she was doing before. We aren't swaddling her anymore and I think it's helping her sooth herself back to sleep?

She still likes the pacifier if she's really upset, but does well with just her fingers on her own. I bet we slowly take it away next month so she doesn't get dependent on it? Lila sort of just quit wanting hers, so hopefully Caroline will do the same.

She can roll from her tummy to back, but not from back to tummy. She doesn't just lie still though. She sort of moves herself around like a clock. She will be facing a totally different direction after about 5 min??

Her favorite activities are: watching Lila and Cooper, playing on her play mat, sitting in the exersaucer, talking...loudly, and being outside.

We started rice cereal this month and she is starting to get the hang of it. She has started grabbing everything, so getting the spoon in her mouth is interesting! More of it gets on us and her than in her tummy, but hey, she's learning;)

She is in one of my favorite phases. Way more active and engaged, but can't crawl and get into everything yet! I am so blessed that God picked me to raise this beautiful, joyful, happy girl. Love you Caroline!

Craziest Week Ever

2011-04-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

Oh my...where to start?? This past week was one for the record books. Once upon a time in a land called Austin a Mommy went for a nice relaxing night away from her family to enjoy a spa day with a girlfriend. While she was there, she got a call that her daughter had another Staph spot show up on her bottom. Not to worry. This was in fact the third time she had gotten an infected spot and Mommy and Daddy knew just what to do. Call the dr. for meds, soak in really hot water several times a day, wash with surgical strength soap, cover with a band-aid and wait for it to open up. Only this time it didn't follow the rules.

We went in to see our wonderful doctor, Dr. Nesmith, or Dr. Willy as the cool kids call him and he had to lance it. We had done this one time before and let me tell you, not sure there is anything worse! We basically hold her down, wide awake, while he cuts her open and drains the sore!!!!! You can imagine how fun that is as a Mommy :( Thankfully, it was going to get better...

...only, it didn't. Over night it went from something the size of a pea to an infection the size of a softball. The tiny spot had turned into cellulitis and was a giant area of infected tissue. It was literally growing as you watched. The meds couldn't keep up with it. We went back to see him Tuesday and were sent to the hospital. Say what?!?! Thank the Lord my sister knew I would be panicking and came to meet me. She took Caroline, so Josh and I could deal with Lila. What amazing servants my family is!! Knowing Caroline was taken care of, made the whole stay that much easier. Thank you!!!!

To shorten a really long story... Many needle pricks and iv antibiotics later, we got to come home. Sweet sick little thing :(

About the hospital :

I've never prayed so much in my life
We have amazing friends around us supporting us!!
Nurses don't get paid enough
My heart aches for the kids who are there all the time
I loath the breast pump
I hope to never go back!

By Saturday we knew it still had some shrinking to do, but we were so glad to be home and decided to watch Miss Ally play her first T ball game with the family. So precious!

I have never seen a kid so happy to run around as Lila was that day! We played all day with all the cousins. Having a quick egg hunt!

Ok, crazy again! That night at bath time, we saw that the spot was hard again! We talked with the Dr. and decided to go to the emergency room. While the company at Providence ER on a Saturday night at 10 pm wasn't the most enjoyable, the procedure was relatively quick. They saw that there was a pocket of puss that the meds couldn't reach. The dr. (Dr. Pepper to be exact) sedated her with ketamine, I think I'm spelling that right? I went out in the hall. Couldn't stand to see her like that. The Chris Tomlin song, " and if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us" kept running through my head and I just prayed. Josh stayed in and said they couldn't believe the amount of puss they got out of her sweet bottom!! Can you imagine how much that had to hurt...sitting, walking, yuck!

So... we got home about 2am Easter morning. Thanks to Honey for watching sweet Caroline! About 9:30 Easter morning, a very weary Lila woke up to open her Easter basket. Good as new. She still had the packing in her hinney, but seemed 100% better. Praise the Lord!!!

A new car for the princesses to ride in!

Two Easter Bunnies:)

We got up and around and went over to my parents to join the family for lunch. I dressed the girls in their new church dresses because, look how cute!

The boys had all changed, so here's just the girls with Honey and GP.

The 3 c's!

After lunch Lila got to go first to hunt eggs!

So happy to see that smiley face again!!

As always, we had a blast with our BIG cousins :)

On Monday we used a lot of this at our house to try to free it from staph germs.

Every surface, toy, couch, bed, etc...was cleaned. Here is some toys getting a bleach bath :)

To answer your questions:

No, we don't know why Lila keeps having trouble with these. They say about 80% of people have staph on them and some are more sensitive to it than others
No, she isn't contagious after the wound has healed.
Yes, there are some preventative things we can try to do. Like bleach baths, change the sheets daily (ha) when she has a sore, and put an ointment in our noses.

Sorry for the length of this post, but that's what we've been up to :)

Family visit!

2011-04-13T18:50:00.000-07:00

Last week the girls and I tagged along with my Mom and went to Lubbock for 5 days. We have lots of family there and since we aren't in school yet, we try to take advantage of our free weeks. I did a terrible job of taking pictures with everyone, but being on the go with Tiny and Bossy all week alone, was about all I could manage :)

Saturday we spent at my Nana's house. Lila loved the rocking horse!!

She made Honey "run" on the treadmill in front of her so she could ride to catch her. (That's the Bossy I'm talking about)

She was a big help while Nana got ready in the morning:)

The rest of the week we spent at Josh's parent's house. Grumps just had surgery, so the girls wanted to help cheer him up!

One of Cha Cha's friends just had a litter of puppies. Lila fell in LOVE!

Always so much fun at Cha Cha's house!

4 months!

2011-04-07T19:15:00.000-07:00

Caroline Caprice is 4 months old!!! She is still the sweetest, chubbiest baby ever! She has learned what she likes and what she doesn't, and isn't afraid to let us know when we are treading too close to the latter. Being the 2nd baby, we are on the go most of the time. She usually does pretty well as long as at least one of her 3 naps is in her crib and not the car seat.

She is smiling all the time and will turn inside out if she catches your eye.

Sweet strawberry was starting to sleep a little better. A 6 or 7 hour stretch, but then she got Croup and an ear infection :( ...So we are back to getting up pretty much every 3 hours! Mommy is ready for her to get the hang of it pronto!!

Her favorite things to do are watch Lila, talk to Lila and lay with Lila.

Good thing the feeling is mutual :)

Visitors

2011-03-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

Over the past two weeks, we have had lots of visitors come to Waco. I told you how much Lila loves an event and so you can imagine how excited she was to host some of our favorite people. I did a terrible job getting pictures of everything, but we sure had fun.

First, Josh's parents came in for the weekend. It was their spring break and they drove down to get some much needed hugs from their Warren girls.

The weather was beautiful, so we took them to the zoo.

Lila high-fiving the orangutan that was right up against the glass!!!!

We also went to get artsy at Practically Picasso.

Caroline looks a little confused after we painted her feet :)

That same week, my sister Caryn came in and stayed with her four boys.

Hugging the marshmallow!

Double hugs for these two cuties.

The 3 Cs.

The "big girls" as Lila says.

The day after they left my wonderful friend Kelly came in town with her mom and baby Olivia for a couple days.

These two are exactly one month apart and are so cute together!

I guess it's on us to do the traveling now, but mad was it nice to see everyone without having to drive!

Attempt to catch up!

2011-03-28T12:44:00.000-07:00

Dear blog,

Poor, poor blog. I have missed you so. I really do love being able to chat and update you with all the events of my little family. I hate that I have gotten so behind. You have been on the long list of things I can't seem to find time to do.

Things like...
clean the house
fix my hair
cook a healthy dinner
wear make up
work out
shower
fold the laundry
and so on...

Since most of the others effect my hygiene :) or the well being of the others who live with me, I have put you on the bottom of the list. I will try to do better this spring.

Sincerely,
Kacey

Here are several different posts crammed into one :)

Lila is a girl after my own heart. She loves a good event. Family dinners, football games, parties, but especially birthday parties. She loves getting invitations in the mail and can actually tell you at any given time who's birthday is coming up next. One Saturday the ~~guilt of always dealing with the newborn and not playing with my daughter~~ awesome mom in me, let her throw a great pretend birthday party. Like our favorite book as of late, Pinkalicious, we needed to have PINK everything.

We pretended it was everyone's birthday and sang to them individually. Even Daddy and GP got a turn in pink :)

Caroline still has lots of hair! HA, yes that's THREE ponytails she's rocking!

Lila is becoming the BEST little big sister around. She loves reading, singing and making Caroline laugh. I love watching them together.

MELT. MY. HEART.

Daily, I find Lila with some different form of makeup on! Ruined my lipstick, but looks pretty cute :)

With Mommy's help...make up is a little bit better.

Again without help! Wild Child!

Love these 3 that are keeping me on my toes.

Papa...Paparazzi

2011-03-16T20:09:00.000-07:00

Last week I took a Mommy Paparazzi class to learn how to use the "M" or manual setting on my camera. A wonderful girl named Rachel Russo came into town from San Angelo to teach us "mommies" how to take better pictures. After learning all about ISO and shutter speed ???, I basically walked away knowing...I need to practice, practice, practice and I need a better lens for my camera. Here is the paparazzi practicing at the Arboretum.

A precious model came out for us to practice on.

Caroline was there all day with me, so she got her turn to pose too. I think she hated all the attention :)

I haven't had the time to practice using all the settings, but love that now I understand what they even mean!

Jenn's Baby Shower

2011-03-16T19:50:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I helped throw a baby shower for a wonderful new friend, Jenn. She is married to a friend I grew up with and was friends with several of my buddies while she was at Baylor. Such a small world. Lila loves playing with her son Russell! She is having a precious baby girl the first of May. I'm sure Caroline will love playing with her too. Here she is posing with the Audrey banner :)

We threw a late afternoon Tea and Cupcake shower. Here are some of the teacups.

...and of course the cupcakes :)

The hostesses

Nicki made these cute button skewers for the fruit kabobs.

Some of the decor.

All the loot!!! Audrey is going to be one well dressed girl!

3 Months

2011-03-06T12:08:00.000-08:00

Caroline is three months old today!!!

She is so happy and chunky and edible...I could just eat her up!!

There is no well check this month, but on our home scale she is around 14 lbs and is fitting into 3-6 month clothes.

She is smiling all the time and laughing (for Daddy) :( Not for me yet.

She still looks so much like Lila it's scary.

She has officially found her hands and has them in her mouth all the time.

She can ~~roll~~ fall from her tummy to her back.

We moved her to her room at night time and she is doing okay. Her sleep is very sporadic. One night she'll do a 5 hour stretch and then the next three she is up every 2-3 hours! I am ready for her to start to get the hang of it, so I can feel normal again.

Other than the lack of sleep, we are having so much fun with this girl. Can't wait to see what he learns this next month!

Lila talk

2011-03-03T12:49:00.000-08:00

Lila is growing up right before my eyes!!! She says the funniest things and has the sweetest little personality. I feel like I want to freeze time and keep her this size forever. For my records I want to write down everything...but these will have to do.

"That's my favorite" everything is her favorite...cup, shirt, song, all the colors, etc...

Adding "in the whole wide world" to the end of every sentence :) "I love you Mommy, in the whole wide world"!

Lots of talk about dreams? "My dreams have come true". "I did that in my dream".

Very concerned about how our family fits together. "I am the big sister like Angie is the big sister. And Caroline is the littlest like you". "My grandmas are exactly the same. They are both tall"!

...and my latest favorite, "Mommy her boobies look like yours". I hear the little mermaid in the background and am flattered. I turn and it's Ursula the giant octopus on the screen!!! Oh awesome ;)

Our little "helper" is involved in everything that goes on in this house.

Skyping our cousins.

A couple of snaps I took while she was getting her 2 year pictures taken.

Beautiful, sweet, funny Lila. Please don't grow up so fast!!!!!

For my records

Meeting Precious Olivia

2011-02-25T21:30:00.000-08:00

This last weekend we traveled south on 35 down to San Antonio to meet my BFF Kelly's baby girl Olivia. We left Lila happy as a clam with her cousins and were in charge of just one little baby. It's amazing how much easier life is without Miss Priss :) Thanks Aunt Angie and Marky!

Kelly and Marc asked us to be Olivia's Godparents. We were so honored and couldn't wait to finally meet her!

Olivia is one month older than Caroline and is SO precious. She is the only other baby girl I have met that can rival Caroline with all her hair!

The first trip of many to Anthropologie :)

Kelly meeting Sweet Caroline!

Kelly's sister in law, Kate has a baby girl the same age too! It was so fun having all these babies around all weekend, and even more fun getting away with them for some Mommy time:)

Holding Olivia during her Baptism!

Thank goodness Caroline slept the whole time and didn't try to steal the show!

The Beautiful Williams Family!

We had so much fun and are so glad to be Officially part of Miss Olivia's life!!!

Who's Who?

2011-02-13T17:58:00.000-08:00

I'll never tell :)

They both LOVE the singing sunshine!!!

Snow Days

2011-02-08T18:23:00.000-08:00

This crazy winter weather has made our days seem R.E.A.L.L.Y.L.O.N.G!!! I can't imagine if we lived up north! What's a girl to do when you are trapped indoors?? Throw birthday parties of course. Lila has quite an imagination and her party plans cracked me up. We threw a party for every member of our family, canine and human:) Each with their own theme. Ariel Mermaid to kitty cat.

First you need the proper attire...

Then you need a craft/activity.

Then you need to open presents! For Daddy it was a pear :)

Then it's time for the big moment...blowing out the candles!

Thank goodness we finally had one day that actually brought enough snow to play in. She LOVED it!

Getting dressed I quickly realized, we don't have any snowy clothes. I haven't been skiing since college and I guess my wardrobe has suffered because of it. Anything we did have must have been loaned out to who knows who at this point? The best was Josh wearing oven mitts in place of ski gloves! Such a great Daddy!

Now come on Spring!!

Two Months Old!

2011-02-06T14:39:00.000-08:00

Caroline is TWO MONTHS OLD today!!! We...are...in...love!!! She just gets chubbier and cuter every day! She is smiling all the time and is trying to "talk" a little. Her favorite person in the world is still Lila Lew:) She eats every three hours, even through the night. I hope she learns soon how to get/give a little more sleep! She is still very laid back and goes with the flow. I take her on Tuesday for her official stats,...but according to Dr. ...Me...she has almost outgrown size one diapers. That means she is 11-12 pounds. She wears size 0-3 month onesies pretty tightly and can pull off some of her 3-6 month ones. That means she is really long :) Voila! See no need to go in and get checked out (and git those pesky shots)!!

This month she...

had lots of pictures taken for her birth announcement.

Don't forget sweet LEW.

She took her first nap in her crib :) (Still sleeping in our room at night).

She became the living baby doll Lila has always wanted :)

Can you find the real Caroline?? Creepy and Hilarious right?!

She had her first experience with snow...and hated it. She much prefers the warm indoors.

This past month has been exhausting and so fun for our little family. Caroline makes everything so much better!!

Future Cheerleader

2011-02-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

Most Monday nights we spend cheering on my nephew Ryan playing basketball at the family center. Lila has adored this little man since she was a tiny babe and the fact that Ally is there to dance with just put the icing on the cake! I wish I had video of this little cheerleader, but you can get the feeling from the attitude in this picture :)

Ryan in action!

Coach of the year, "Marky" as Lila calls him.

We LOVE watching you play Ryan, and can't wait to have our own little dribblers there one day!

quick trip

2011-02-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday we made a quick trip down to Austin to see Grumps and Cha Cha. They live 6 hours away, so whenever they get that close to us, we jump at the chance. We met them along with Josh's Aunt Connie and Uncle Donnie at one of our favorite places, Matt's El Rancho on Lamar. It was so worth the hour and a half drive to eat their delicious pork tacos :)

Lila loving the cherries off her ice cream!

I love that we can enjoy the "big city" perks with such a quick trip!

Sharing :)

2011-01-27T16:10:00.000-08:00

Can't imagine where Caroline got this cough???

Too Big

2011-01-17T19:09:00.000-08:00

I was holding Lila today before nap time and she just seemed SO big!!! I guess having Caroline around has made her seem like such a big kid. She should still be a baby herself... right? I wish I could take a timer and slow things down. I am loving this stage! She is exhausting most of the time and talks non stop, but the things she says are priceless. I wanted to take a minute and write down some of my favorites.

She wants to say the prayer before dinner every night and this is how it goes, "Thank you God for my Mommy". We have tried to get her to add on to that, but she won't. I have to admit, I love it :)
She LOVES her sister and is always singing to her. She sings You are My Sunshine in this high pitched adult voice...HILarious!
She answers the question, "who wants to_____"? "Lila dos"!
She counts "one, two, three, four, five, SIXY, seven...
"No Mommy, you not" or "be quiet Mommy".
Telling her toys to go to time out. (The best one was Gerald the Mermaid. Her GP's name is Gerald. Ha)

Here she is jamming on some tunes. She does a daily "dancy dance" for her audience :)

"Helping" with every move Caroline makes.

Being Mommy to all of her baby dolls and princesses.

Doing her art work to show Daddy :)

Oh Lila...you are the funniest, sweetest little 2 year old in the world. I love you so very, very much. I hope I can always remember you this way!

Precious Cousins

2011-01-12T11:34:00.000-08:00

I titled this post Precious Cousins because I can't seem to think of a better word for these precious pictures! For new years we drove up to Dallas and did something we have been DYING to do for several weeks...

We got to meet those precious Smith babies!!! Lila has been talking about Coyt and Crew since before they even arrived. She has dubbed her tiny twin baby dolls Coyt and Crew. One day they were Santa and Jesus??? Hilarious..., but C and C is much better :)

Caryn and I have been beside ourselves that we hadn't held and loved on our newest nephews and niece, so this moment was SO sweet!!

Uncle Josh with the boys.

Angie gave us these C shirts made by Krispybananakids a while ago. We were so excited to get them all together in them. How precious!!!

Since it was new years...we couldn't resist.

Honey with her newest 3! Doesn't Caroline look like she could eat those two for her snack;) Precious babies!

Coyt and Crew are used to having a snuggle buddy, but Caroline was a little surprised :)

New Years Day was the Tech bowl game. While Josh, Stacey, Honey and GP went to the game Caryn and I stayed behind nursing babies. I don't feel like I was much help to Caryn, but it was so nice to visit and have some company with someone doing the exact same things.

Sisters in their game gear!

Warren fam.

Thanks Smith boys for letting us come play. You are all four PRECIOUS!!!

Caroline is one month old!

2011-01-06T13:31:00.000-08:00

Caroline Caprice Warren is one month old today!!! The weird thing is I totally believe it. I actually feel like she has been with us WAY longer than that. She has traveled to Lubbock and Dallas, celebrated cousins birthdays, Christmas, New Years, and been all over town. Such is the life of the second child :) She is still a very good baby. She usually does at least one four hour stretch at night and sleeps all day between her three hour feedings. As you can tell she is still nursing great :) She is such a happy baby and a joy to be around. I can't imagine our family without her.

Everyone who sees her says the same thing, "look at all that hair"! I wanted to show some pictures of where she got it from.

Lila at one month. Little clones!

Josh at one month. See any resemblance? Ha!!! Lets just hope my girls never grow as much facial hair ;)

Christmas 2010

2011-01-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

Due to no nap and staying up late...Lila had to be woken up at 8:00 on Christmas morning. As you can see, she wasn't too thrilled about that.

But, when she saw that Santa had come, she was excited!

The big girls checked to see if the cookies were gone

While Sleeping Beauty put on lip stick and new shoes :)

After playing with our new toys for a while we loaded up and drove to Granny's house in Crosbyton to celebrate with the extended family!

Granny with her newest great!

Lila loving time with Daddy.

Present craze!

I didn't get any more pictures of all the fun the cousins or the grown ups had because, I. was. always. nursing. All weekend! Every fun moment, but totally worth it. Just look at this Christmas present :)

Thank you Lord for blessing us SO greatly! Especially for sending your son Jesus. What a fabulous day!

Christmas Eve at the Warren's

2011-01-05T18:30:00.000-08:00

This year we spent Christmas in Shallowater. We assumed that we would have to come up sometime in January to celebrate, but since Caroline came 2+ weeks early, we were able to be there for real Christmas :) The drive was less than fun with a baby who needs to stop to nurse and a toddler who needs to stop and go potty and talks NON STOP. We planned the timing to be when Lila would nap half of the way, but my headstrong girl told me when I told her it was time to go to sleep, "Mommy, I not close my eyes"! Guess what? She didn't :) That new found attitude is for a whole other post...

Sweet Caroline snoozing on the trip.

One very happy Mommy and her girls on Christmas Eve Morning!

Cha Cha and Grumps with their 5 grand kids!!!

After nap time we had our birthday party for Jesus with a delicious red velvet cake. Then it was dress up time. (That explains the lovely outfits we had on for the rest of the night)!

Sweet cousins ready to open presents.

Blaine SO excited to get his dragon castle!

Sweet Presley and a new Sparkle Barbie.

Mia got a bike!!!

Lila got this hilarious pink piano!

...even Caroline got in on the action.

After many more presents, we had a jam session!

Lovin' on aunt Rox.

The kiddos spread their reindeer food,

and set out the cookies and milk for Santa. Then they were off to bed. Time for grown up presents.

All the "kids" in our new fleeces. We always have so much fun when it's just the grown ups, but between Santa and new born hours, I was ready for bed. After a short night we woke up for Christmas Day!!!

Purdy Family Christmas...sort of :)

2010-12-30T18:56:00.000-08:00

Ever since we got married we have taken turns with our families for the holidays. Every other Christmas is spent in Waco. This was our off year. (and boy was it off) Normally, this means we would get together either before or after for a few days and celebrate Christmas. This year was far from normal.... The horrible pictures I took fit perfectly with this strange year :)

Because of the babies, we couldn't all get together like we would have liked. Calling adult gifts a wash long ago, we all decided to just buy for the kiddos. Mom and Dad had been in Dallas helping with Coyt and Crew when they decided to bring the two big Smith boys, Stacey and Wyatt, home to give Caryn a bit of a break. Once we realized all the Purdy cousins would be together, we threw together a quick celebration.

It started with a visit with 6 of the cousins to Santa. (I haven't seen my parents since then to get a copy of the actual picture, but I will try to upload it later). I did get this lovely shot of Lila and I waiting in line. An hour and a half later we got all the kids in with Santa!

After a delicious Christmas dinner of Rosa's the kids got to open gifts! Lila in action!

Caroline tore into hers :)

At the end of our night all the kids got to go into Mom and Dad's room to open their presents from them. AKA...there was no time to wrap the presents ;) All the boys got a pair of boxing gloves...and the opening stopped there. It was so funny to watch a seven, a five and a three year old fight to the death!! Here is Caroline trying out the chair that GP painted for her!

We had a short, great time playing with all of our cousins and were so glad that we got to have even this quick version of Christmas with them.

Caroline had so much fun that she was too tired to stay awake during bath time.

Can't wait until next year when we can all be together!!!!

Precious Moments

2010-12-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

I walked down the hall at bed time and saw this...

Be still my heart! Those 3 make me feel so blessed! Apparently reading a story with big sister is just what Caroline needs to fall blissfully asleep :) I mean come on!!!! How sweet!

3 Weeks old!

2010-12-28T09:53:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas season with lots of posts to catch up on. Until then...Caroline is 3 weeks old!

I feel like time is flying!!! Poor December babies...they don't get a break. This week she met Santa (for the second time), did some last minute shopping, celebrated Christmas with her cousins, drove to Lubbock for real Christmas where she was passed around like a rag doll and did it all without any trouble! Caroline really is the best baby ever. I am so glad to be home and have Josh off this week. Hopefully we can soak up some quiet time with our girls before the new year :)

Two weeks old!

2010-12-21T16:16:00.000-08:00

Caroline is two weeks old!

We went to the doctor today and Caroline has gained 14 oz in the 11 days since our last appt :) Surpassed her birth weight and is now 8.4. She is doing great! ...and think today is just now her official due date!

The Twins are Here!!!!!!

2010-12-17T18:39:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I became an aunt again to two new precious babies!!!! Crew Anderson 5.14 and Coyt Austin 6.6 are here!!!! They came into the world to their proud parents and two older brothers yesterday afternoon in Dallas. I was heart broken to not get to be there, but a long day at the hospital with a newborn and a two year old didn't sound like a very helpful thing to do to anyone. The whole family is going home tomorrow...can you believe it??? Tomorrow!! Healthy mom who delivered both boys naturally and two big healthy twin boys!!! Praise the Lord! I can't wait to hug and kiss those precious C's!!! Lots more pictures to come :)

Hacker

2010-12-17T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well, I just noticed that my blog was hacked! My oh so sweet husband changed the name of our blog! We were talking about how it needed a better name now that the + 1 was actually here, but I guess he thought he was really funny. Until I change it, Warren Peace it is :)

Santa Visit 2010

2010-12-17T14:52:00.000-08:00

This morning, with Cha Cha's help, we went and met Santa!!! I was a little worried, because every time we would ask Lila if she wanted to see Santa, she would say "I not"! One of her more popular phrases right now. Once we got there, she was really impressed by the giant tree and Rudolph. When it was our turn to go, she was fine talking to Santa as long as Mommy was holding her. I sort of just plopped her down :) After a few tears, she was laughing at the photographer and smiling. As you can see, Caroline was easy going as usual. Love the tradition, esp with the "real" Santa :)

One Week Old!

2010-12-14T19:05:00.000-08:00

Caroline is one week old! She has joined our family beautifully and now we can't imagine life without her! While I don't think any baby is easy, she is the most calm and easy going baby I have ever been around. She eats every 3 hours like a champ and even has gone for some four hour stretches at night. She really only cries if she is hungry or needs to burp. She sleeps most of the time and just looks so darn cute!!!! Here are some pics of what we have been up to this week.

Countless photo shoots while being "loved on" by big sister :)

LOTS of snuggle time with Daddy and Mommy!

Being stuffed into her stocking for pictures and making the whole world just seem better :)

Lila has been doing really well adjusting. We have had a few more accidents than normal and really don't want to be away from Mommy, but all things considered she is doing great! She wanted me to be sure to know Caroline is too little to play on the slide :)

Getting a haircut from Honey's beauty shop.

So pretty!

~~Bossing~~ Playing school with Honey and having rest time.

Pretending to sleep with Caroline.

Playing with our sweet cousins!

...and copying everything Mommy does with Caroline with her own "Baby Caroline". (She even gets out a boppy, lifts up her shirt and "feeds" her baby :) Love this big sister!!!

Week one was fabulous. I hope the weeks to follow go as smoothly!

Day 3

2010-12-12T18:14:00.000-08:00

Day 3 was last Wednesday. I tested strep B positive so Caroline needed 48 hours of antibiotic. That meant we had to stay at the hospital until 4 pm. Fine by me, a little bit longer with help and meds :) That morning Josh had to go to work again, so I got to have quiet snuggle time with C. Love....

After breakfast Lila and the Warren's came up and visited and entertained. Singing songs with Cha Cha.

Uncle Stacey getting to meet his newest niece!

Caroline all dressed up and waiting to go home :)

One excited Daddy daughter duo. Love...again!

Caroline's first car ride. All dressed up for the big occasion!

Welcome home baby girl!

Thank goodness Honey came to stay with us when we got home. Here is our first "bath" before bed.

Lila loving on her little sister. (They do have the same parents. Caroline was just a little bit jaundice).

Home sweet home. She has been sleeping great in her bassinet.

...and when she doesn't feel like sleeping, that's what Honey is here for :)

Day 2

2010-12-10T20:03:00.000-08:00

Day two started off really calmly. We sent Caroline to the nursery to sleep, so I actually got several hours of sleep at night (none all together, but sleep all the same). Josh had to go do rounds at the hospital around 6, and our family didn't get there until around ten. Caroline and I had a few hours to lay in bed and bond together. It was so nice :) Did I mention that she is a very peaceful baby?

My sweet nurse gave her a second bath (after the initial one) because she has SO much hair and I asked her to. Caroline didn't much love it, but boy did she look precious!

Josh's family got there just in time to see the pretty girl.

A mid-morning photo shoot :)

Aunt Angie got to stop by after her father in laws visitation.

Daddy hurried back to see his newest baby girl.

Lila had been at Mother's Day Out all day and was SO excited when she got to come up and play with "her baby". Seeing them loving on each other just melts my heart!!!

The Warren family of 4!!

Sweet sisters I love you :)

Caroline is here!!!!

2010-12-09T20:53:00.000-08:00

Caroline Caprice Warren was born Monday afternoon at 4:33! She came in at a healthy 7 lbs 10 ounces and 20 inches long. We are SO blessed and in LOVE with this baby girl.

Monday early morning I woke up about 1:30 am with some very strong contractions. They were about every 6-7 minutes for several hours and then got to 5 min around 5am. I called Dr. Rister and he said to come on in. So, I woke Josh up ( who was mad I had let him sleep) and called my mom to come watch Lila and we were off.

It was about 6:00 when we got to the hospital. Of course, as soon as we got there the contractions stopped! They checked me and said they weren't sure it was in labor or had false labor at home. I was so frustrated not knowing what was going on. Dr. Rister got there and checked me and said I was about the same as I was in his office last week. He said he wanted to check me in a few hours to see if I was progressing or if what happened at home was a fluke. I could either stay there or go home and come back in a few hours. We decided to stay there. I was feeling so disappointed. Sad that I had misread labor and sad that Caroline wasn't coming yet. By now it was 10:00. I was just ready for them to let me go and get on with the day when Dr. Rister came back. Prepared to hear him say "this happens to a lot of people" and send me home, I was so surprised when he said I was at a 4/5 and needed to go to a L&D room!!!

By about 2:00 I had progressed to about a 6 and then slowed down. They decided to put me on some potosin to speed things up. I got my epidural and by 4:00 was ready to go.

Here we are waiting to meet this little peanut!

I couldn't make myself walk around the room without shoes on, but everyone thought this get up was a little ridiculous:)

My parents anxiously awaiting!!!

Big sister Angie

Sweet Caroline :)

So in love!!!

After keeping her to ourselves for about 15 minutes, we brought in the family to meet her.

Josh's family was in Shallowater waiting on the green light to come. Once we got it, they jumped in the car and hurried down here. They got here just in time to meet their newest grand daughter.

Roxann Josh's sister and Mia Grace.

After we got moved to a room, my sweet friend Kristiana, who had been watching Lila and Ally, dropped them off at the hospital. Lila was SO EXCITED to finally meet Caroline.

"That's my baby sister"!!!

All the girls.

We had the most amazingly smooth and easy day with baby # 2. We feel beyond blessed by all the family and friends we had praying and surrounding us. One major missing person, my sister Caryn. She is way too far along to travel. It was so sad not having her there with us:( We sent her pics all day long. Not to worry, there are lots more pictures of Caroline coming soon.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party!!

2010-12-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

On December 1 we celebrated Lila's 2nd birthday! Her favorite book since I can remember has been the Very Hungry Caterpillar. I thought she would love a party about the book, so I ran with it. Because of a certain ticking baby clock, we had an easy Wednesday morning party with just her little playgroup of friends over to the house. I really was worried that I was going to have the baby and have to cancel, but luckily we got to party on and celebrate Miss Lila Lew!

Clearly a broken record, but b/c I'm in my 9th month and didn't want to over do it, I did a little planning and decorating every day for a week or so. Spreading it out just meant that Lila got to get more and more excited every day with each new addition! By Wednesday morning, she was going all over the house singing about her Caterpillar party and how it was HER birthday!

Here she is coming out of the caterpillar tunnel eagerly awaiting the start of the party :)

The banner on the mantle.

Balloon caterpillars around the house.

Again, the excited birthday girl!

Lila's birthday book.

2nd year pics of Lila and how she has grown!!

Tissue paper butterfly up on the wall.

...and sun in the kitchen.

The food table.

I had the fruit from the book for the kiddos to snack on. In the kitchen I had the "sausage and cheese" for the Mommies.

The guests made tiny little canvases with a thumbprint caterpillar to take home.

The cake.

Thankfully Josh was able to take off work for a couple of hours to help out. After the kids ate, he read the Very Hungry Caterpillar to them. Notice who was most captivated by this :)

When the story was finished, the kids all got to tun into butterflies too.

I think the boys becoming butterflies was the cutest thing!!!

Even though it was a little cold, the kids all played outside.

Then it was time for cake!

Lila has been singing the Happy Birthday song to herself for about a month and practices blowing when it's done...So she was really excited when it was for real!

Then came present time! A big girl jewelry box from GP and Honey:)

I forgot to mention that since the party was in the middle of the week, none of our out of town family or cousins could come. And Angie and Ally had strep. Luckily, Honey brought Ryan with her from school and made the party! Lila was attached to him the whole time! You can't tell, but I think he enjoyed the adoration :)

I can't believe my baby girl is officially 2!! On to the next year!!!

Baby update

2010-12-03T12:00:00.000-08:00

I feel the need to update the blog on baby Caroline. She is growing (as you can tell) bigger every day! I went to the doctor last week and found out I was already dilated to a 2-3 and 75% effaced! I was so excited that things had already started moving right along. Never had that with Lila. I have been having contractions this pregnancy since around 20 weeks. On Saturday I had regular contractions from 5 until midnight. I thought for sure something was happening. They even got to about 5 minutes apart. But, obviously they stopped. That same day I lost my plug. Again, thought for sure that meant baby, but no.

I went back to Dr. Rister on Tuesday and was expecting really excited news, but after all those contractions, no change! He said I just may not go beyond a 3 until I'm in actual labor. He said he wouldn't be surprised to see me have her at any time, or she could wait until the 17th (our induction date). Because I'm due the 21st, the week of Christmas, we may induce a few days earlier.

The phrase "any time" has gotten me all crazy. I feel like every contraction or pain is it! Every time I leave the house I look around and see "is it in descent enough shape if I were to be gone for a few days"? We had Lila's birthday party (pictures coming), put up Christmas decorations, packed our bags, and are READY!! I know it's all in God's great timing, but I am going crazy here :) Keep cooking Caroline until you are ready to go! We'll see you in two weeks, or less!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

This year was our Purdy Family Thanksgiving. Luckily for us that means we get to stay here in Waco and don't travel anywhere. Being in my current "condition" that was great news. We spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday over at my parents house with all of our sweet cousins. Lila couldn't have loved anything more :)

Because we probably won't all be together for Christmas until January, due to three new babies!!!, Angie surprised all the kiddos with Snuggies. H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S!!! They all thought they were like royalty in their "robes".

Another first for Lila Lew was going to the movies! Mom, Dad and Uncle Mark took the kids to see Megamind in 3D. Love little miss in her 3D glasses :)

Us sisters got the treat of going to a grown up movie, Morning Glory. When we got home we saw this beautiful Turkey Mom had mad with all the kids. Lila thought she was so big making her own fruit loop skewer.

Thanksgiving day was fabulous. Turkey, football and as Lila says "just being lazy". Then Friday we went bowling. Lila and Ally actually broke a 100! So fun.

All of these fun activities with the big kids will ensure what Lila already thinks...That she is in fact a 4 year old, not a 2 year old. We had so much fun loving on our family. SO thankful that they are mine!!!

Big Two Year Old!

2010-11-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

Oh my precious Lila.... I can't believe that you are two years old tomorrow! How is that possible? I feel like you are still my little baby. My sweet, funny, curious baby. Just home from the hospital, but your not! You are a big, GIANT two year old! You are the most talkative two year old I have ever met. You say something new every day that amazes me (and lets me know you are watching my every move:) You love to sing and dance. I am so proud of you and the little girl that yo are becoming. You have such a happy spirit. I pray that it will stay that way forever. You LOVE your family so much; Mommy and Daddy and your extended family (dogs included). I love the age you are right now the best of any we have had so far! You are SO MUCH FUN!! I am so glad that God picked me to be your Mommy :) Happy Birthday!!!

Just Because...

2010-11-28T12:29:00.000-08:00

... I love this girl :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-24T19:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving from our little crafty Turkey!