14 months old!

Cosette turned 14 months old this week! This past month, she has changed the most! She can now make several animal sounds (she often wakes up meowing), knows some body parts, and even uses the potty at least once a day. Most of all, she is a speed walker everywhere she goes! Yikes!
She is also very mischievous. She is a hitter and makes Cash cry at least once a day. She just always seems to be up to something, although her favorite thing is still looking at books.
Here is her "I'm up to something naughty" look:

Cosette is going to be a clothes lover, I think. Here she is wearing her scarf, which she will put on and wear around the house often:

As I mentioned, Coco is Miss Mischief. Here, Cash is choking her...and she is laughing! I'm trying to pull them apart. Hmmm...I think I'm in for it with this girl!

Christmas in Texas (finally!)

Our Christmas pictures were very few this year! Our camera died, and we forgot to bring our charger. Then, when we got home and did our own little family Christmas, I realized that I had left my camera at my friend's house. I got it back yesterday, so voila!

Our first day in Texas, we went to play on the playground of Fox's old elementary school. Cash loved the seesaw!

Chillin' on the slide:

Relaxing in Grandpa's chair (a favorite activity):

Another photo shot by Cash:

Christmas morning:

All of the cousins got matching blankets. We let Cash sleep in with them, but he kept getting up to play with Grandpa Rick's computer in the dark:

On Christmas Day, we headed to the Waxahachie fire station, where Fox's brother Richard was working. He showed Cash all the neat equipment. Cash was so excited to sit up in the fire truck!

Uncle Richard, our favorite fireman!


These are the few Christmas pictures not excessively blurred by little fingerprints on the lens...oops! We have had our digital camera for 5 years now, and it's still hanging in there. It is huge and bulky, but we just can't bring ourselves to buy a nicer one until this one is completely dead. Hence, the permission given to our children to play with it (in hopes that they might break it and give us an excuse to get a new one. Shhh!)

Happy Anniversary to Us!

I couldn't find any decent pictures of just Fox and I, so here is a random one Cash snapped a few months ago.

Yesterday, Fox and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary! Wow, time flies! Kelsy came over to babysit for us, and we are so grateful. We hadn't gone out on our anniversary since 2006!
There really isn't too much to do in Logan. First, we went to the bookstore. Then, we went to see Avatar 3D. The entire theater was given the wrong 3D glasses (the lenses were mixed up), so it was pretty funny to see everyone slowly figure out that the glasses didn't work. (A lot of--"It's still blurry!"shouts--pretty amusing). We both really enjoyed the movie, but I thought it was a little too long. All movies should be 90 minutes! Finally, we went to dinner at Angie's, which is Logan's local down-home restaurant. We had a really good time.

P.S. Our drive home from Texas was long but smooth. The weather was perfect. The only incidence of note occurred around Moab. The kids were getting really fussy, and there just happened to be a man relieving himself on the side of the highway in the snow. Well, to get the kids to stop crying, I made up a very animated story about proper emergency toileting practices. It was such a huge hit that "Don't Ya Go A-Pee-Pee in the Snow" has now evolved into a series of bedtime stories and songs that Cash begs for every night. Yep.

We're Here!

Hi everyone! We have arrived safely in Texas, after a 2 day drive totalling 24 hours of drive time! The kids were amazing. No potty accidents or tantrums! We got to Fox's parents house at around midnight on Sunday. Cash and Cosette were so happy to be out of the car that they were doing cartwheels and backflips. Okay, they were running (or crawling) around in circles! Thank you to everyone who helped us get here successfully (you know who you are!). We appreciate it so much.

I have to say, I am so glad we are in Texas right now. When we left Logan, it was 13 degrees. It is over 50 degrees here! Just taking the kids outside without coats and hats and gloves is so awesome. Please pray that the weather in Utah is good when we had back this weekend.

We love you and will update some more when we get back. Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday, Fox!

Dear Fox,
Your birthday came recently. (I won't name when or how old you are, since you are concerned about privacy). This was a very memorable birthday. It all started when we dragged the kids out in the snow to drive to Sam's Club to pick up their huge cheesecake you have been wanting. Turns out, they no longer stock those cheesecakes. No biggie, I decided to make you one.
You went out to lunch with your friends. Turns out, your car wouldn't start afterwards. Your afternoon of hanging out with your friends and family turned into an afternoon of trying to fix your car.
When you came home, you were presented with a giant homemade cheesecake and got so excited. Turns out, the cheesecake was beautiful on the outside but totally gooey on the inside. (Curse you, wonky oven!) No biggie, you had ice cream instead.
Later on, you helped bathe the kids and had so much fun. After the bath, when Coco was taken out, turns out she was pushing out a "biggie" at that moment, which somehow got flung about the bathroom when we tried to have her sit on the toilet to finish. No biggie, you cleaned it up.
You ended the day smiling and having an excellent day after all. Wow. You really are growing up. Here's to a memorable year!

We love you!!

Thanksgiving

Blogger is finally letting me upload pictures! I've been trying for weeks! We had a great Thanksgiving at Charlie's. His house is so fun! Fox had a blast helping Charlie build the floor on his house addition. Cash and Cosette were in complete heaven with all the animals. The food was excellent. Good times!
Looking at the pictures, I just realized I got more pictures of animals than people--oops!
Matthew showing Cosette his bunny. Coco screamed with glee!

Matthew's other bunny playing dead...pretty funny!

Cash on a haystack!

The men at work:


Okay, I need to just keep a big post-it on my camera that says: Take pictures of family! Next time!

The Traditional Cream Puff

(Thanks for being the photographer, Auntie David!)