Coat Shopping...

Well, we decided it was time to take Ella shopping for a good, heavy coat.  Neil has several different coats and my Granny just called the other day and said she picked him up a nice, thick one that she is mailing, so he seems to be covered in the coat department.  Unfortunately, I didn't know what size to tell her for Miss Ella, which left her with zip, nada, zilch in the coat department.  This, of course, left the "mama bear" in me with this unsettling feeling that the first major cold snap was going to catch me off guard and my sweet baby girl was going to be freezing, wondering why her big brother was all nice and toasty, and the stores would be all sold out of coats!  (A bit dramatic, I know, but you moms out there know what I mean about the "mama bear" thing!  It doesn't always lead to rational thinking!)  Anyway, I couldn't handle the thought any longer, as temps are beginning to dip more and more into the 50's at night, so off to Sam's Club we went to check out their coat selection.  I was thrilled to find EXACTLY what we were looking for!  Bobby snapped a pic of Ella sporting her new, VERY PINK, coat.  It's a bit big, as you can see, but she loved it and it will most definitely keep her warm and fit her nicely all winter.  So, I say that a warm, happy girl equals crisis averted!!!!!  Score one point for "mama bear"!!! ;)

Here is our little, pink Sweet Pea! I am not sure who was more excited, her or her brother.  Neil wouldn't let me put it back on the rack.  He kept saying over and over that we HAD to get it for her...it was so sweet!

Speaking of Music...

Anyone who knows Neil knows about his infatuation with drums and pretty much anything to do with music.  Yesterday I was able to get a video of him "drumming".  When he was younger we, and other family members, bought him toy drums with plastic drumsticks because he liked them so much, but, when he busted the faces on every single one within days of getting them and broke several plastic drumsticks in half, including a digital set from our neighbor, we decided to buy him the good, old fashioned wooden ones and let him drum on the couch to alleviate some of the noise.  He used to drum on the ottoman at the house, but, since it is now in storage, this is what he has come up with.  Pretty creative if you ask me!

AND, so she doesn't feel left out, I snapped a couple of pics of our sweet little princess who, as you can tell, is really getting the hang of this picture-taking thing! ;)

Look at all my teeth!  I am currently cutting FIVE more ALL AT THE SAME TIME, including my top molars!  

 

 

 

And my hair just keeps getting blonder each day!

Our Life Set to Music

Thanks to my friend Bethany and her cool idea to add music to her blog, I followed her link and figured out how to download some music to my blog, too, so, if you want to hear it, just turn up your speakers as you are reading and enjoy!  I chose songs that have really spoken to our hearts over the last several months, especially when we were struggling with unemployment and not knowing where God was leading us.  It was even a going family joke that the first song, Walk on Water, was our family theme song. ;)  It seemed like every time we turned on the radio, there it was.  It got to where we just burst into laughter when it would happen.  Somehow, we just knew that God was speaking to us through the words of this song.  Sounds crazy, I know, but it sure is interesting how it fits our life pretty much to a tee!  I just love worshiping and praising the Lord through song and these are just a sampling of some of my favorites.  If you like music, too, I hope you will enjoy turning it up as you read!

Happy September!

Well, here we are already in September, and, once again, I wonder where all the time went!  2010 seems like it just got here yesterday and the holidays are already right around the corner.  It is even more evident here in Missouri where the mornings are already in the 50's most days...something we Texans are definitely NOT used to this time of year!  Neil keeps asking Bobby and I why it is so cold here! ;) 

We thoroughly enjoyed the long weekend with Bobby home!  Our time with him is so precious these days that we try to soak up every single second and make it count.  Unfortunately for the blog, we were SO busy soaking it up that we weren't very good about remembering to grab the camera! ;)  BUT, I looked on the camera this morning and realized that, thanks to my wonderful husband, all was not lost!  (Thanks Honey!)  Here are a few random pics Bobby took over the weekend of the kids playing and a video I captured today during lunch when, out of the blue, our little Ella started holding her hands in the air and shouting "touchdown!"  (Bet you can't guess who taught her that one!)  Of course, big brother eagerly joined in, too, especially when he saw the camera...he is such a ham!

Her first riding toy from our dear Katy neighbors, the Suto's!  She LOVES it!

Sweet little smiles!

Neil reading his Toy Story pillow book from Granny

And here they are, making their Daddy proud! ;)