Moving Announcement Picture!

In the midst of the crazy unpacking and organizing that goes hand in hand with moving, I stopped to take a few fun pictures for a moving announcement.  My sister-in-law and my friend had both done these before, and I knew one day I wanted to do it too!

 

Of course the girls colored, cut and played in many of these boxes, but most of them went into the attic.  That's right, we will be moving again in a few months!  We just couldn't swing selling a house, having a baby AND buying a house in a new area.  We opted to rent for a year, and we are SO thankful we did!  Any ideas for next year's moving announcement??  :)

Thanksgiving 2013

Oh, yes!  I am going that far back!!  I am slowly but surely catching up. :)  By Easter I might even be blogging about Christmas!! :)

When we moved, it was a tad bit easier to say goodbye since we knew we would be back in just a few weeks to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mark’s family.  We made the trip up on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving with the three kids, including 6 week old Harper.  In case you were wondering, that was a BAD idea!  The trip should have taken about 4 hours.  It took SEVEN.  It was also the trip we realized that Harper is not a fan of being in the car at night.  UGH. 

But spending the week with Mark's parents, his two sisters and their families made it all worth it!  I was still up most of the night with a colicky Harper at that point, so it was so nice to have friends stay up with me and keep me company!  I was horrible at taking pictures, so I only have a few.  We snapped this one as we loaded up the car.  Actually, I may have had my husband unbuckle the girls when I realized that we didn't get any pictures!  Sorry, Babe!  :)

Then Beth took over the camera so I could be in one too.  Notice anything??  This was the last day of our trip, and I pulled out our last clean clothes for the car ride.  Yup, I accidentally dressed myself to match the big girls!  haha!

I love this sweet one of Harper getting in some serious snuggle time with her PonPon!  She slept like that for hours!  Although Harper sleeps GREAT at night now, some things haven't changed.  Just the other day, Landrie said, "Mommy, Harper sure doesn't like to sleep in her car seat!  She only likes to take naps in her crib or the Moby Wrap!"  Maybe it's because she likes to snuggle and sleep on her tummy?  Who knows!

 

We are so thankful for so much this year!  At Thanksgiving we were celebrating a new career, a new home and a new BABY!  We loved reflecting on the good gifts we have been given as we spent time with so much sweet family!  Harper is grandbaby #9 for Mark's parents, so things were always hopping!!

Houston Zoo!!

Today was one of those rare gorgeous days in Houston, so we took advantage of it by visiting the ZOO!!

The sisters were all ready for a fun day!

Tatem loved running around, out of the stroller most of the time this visit.  It's amazing how much my "baby" grew up when Harper arrived!

Tatem seems like less of a baby, but Landrie seems just plain grown up!  She soaked in the info about the animals and knew exactly which ones she wanted to visit.

They loved the sea lion show!  Each of them said it was their favorite part.

We might just have to check out Sea World after seeing how much they loved this guy!

At one point, Mamma Landrie told Tatem, "You can come sit in my lap, TayTay!"  She has the mommy voice down pat:)

Time for a picnic lunch!

Harper was out like a light in her Shelly swaddle. :)

 Better than any stroller ride!

Enjoying some PINK cotton candy with my three girls!  The whole time we ate, the girls listed everything pink they could see.  It took awhile!  Haha!

If you e ever been to the Houston zoo, you probably remember this guy!  The girls were so confused about why I wouldn't let them drink from it!  

Landrie squealed and took off running when she saw the carousel!  I don't think Tatem remembered it from the last time we were here, but they both loved it!!

Our family sure has grown since we came here with just little baby Landrie!!

We finished off our day with a walk for the big girls while I fed this cutie on the car.  I'm sure we will be back soon!!