~Ball~

Aylah's recent favorite activity is to sit with me on the yoga ball and bounce up and down. After a complete workout, I put the ball away in order for my legs not to get too tone and Aylah thought she'd give it a try on her own ball. It didn't quite work out the same.

~Playgroup Lunch~

We have a playgroup at my house on Thursdays from 11:00 - 1:00. My southern friend:) Stephanie and her lil' ones (William and Luke), Megan and her lil' ones (Cayden and Kyah), and Carrie and her lil' ones (Kate and Julia) come. We always have a great time, especially at lunch...when everyone just digs in and shares whatever with whomever!

~491~

491 is the total number of videos we've taken of Aylah since she was 2 days old.

Enjoying Winter

This is Mike. Shana decided to have a little fun today and shovel our walkway. I thought that you would enjoy the pictures. Love you babe.

GRR..What a Face!

~Crazy Cute Hair~

This crazy cute hair style was inspired by Small Fry. Aylah wore it proudly to church Sunday and received lots of compliments, but she usually does no matter what her hair looks like :)

~Sweet Potatoe Fries and I Shut My Mouth~

My dearest friend Becky told me about these sweet potatoe fries. All you do is cut up the potatoes, drizzle a little olive oil on top, and cook in the oven for about 30 minutes. I'll tell you, these fries are delicious! No butter, no brown sugar, no nothing! What a healthy lil' snack for me and Belle. Thanks Becky!

~Night, Night Kisses~

Sweet Aylah loves her daddy so much!

~14 Months~

Our sweet Belle is 14 months old now! She's absolutely wonderful in every single way!

We love you baby girl!

(woohoo---I love those Texas bows:))

~Frozen Shirt~

We have had some extremely cold days here, to say the least. So Mike and I did a little experiment of our own in our very own backyard a few weeks ago.

Some pictures of the results!

There's nothing like -22 degrees!

~Lil' Not So Happy Snowbunny~

My "Not So Happy Snowbunny" did not like the freezing cold weather-even with all the beautiful snow!

Here she is standing in the snow by our driveway.

Okay, she's getting serious now. I'm going to take her inside instead of taking more pictures!

~Bathtime Hair Do's~

My dear friend Kelly called and asked if I wanted to get out of the house and run some errands with her and her sweet daughter Brooklyn last Thursday night. I obliged, considering it has been below zero temperatures (not including wind chill) for the last couple of days and I hadn't left the house at all except for church! My wonderful husband said he'd take care of Aylah, so I could take my time and enjoy the evening out...and then I came home to these pictures of Aylah's new hair salon in the bathtub. She always has so much fun with her daddy!

{Please know that the following titles are Aylah's actual words}

OH daddy, momma is not going to like this.

after daddy tells her, that I'm not as uptight as she may think I am, she says....

Okay, maybe we can get away with this hair do.

And just what does my royal highness think of this one?

Yah...now we're talking! Let's get crazy!!!!!

~Backyard Visitors~

This morning we had some visitors in our backyard. We all enjoyed watching them out the window, and they enjoyed keeping a good eye on us as well! They are such beautiful and graceful animals.

~Snow Suit~

We all 3 spent the afternoon picking up sticks from our yard...and lucky for Aylah, she got to wear her snowsuit for the 1st time.

Aylah is extremely busy taking such good care of her daddy and making sure that there isn't any snow left on his head.
Thanks grandma for the snowsuit!

~Are You Kidding Me?~

~Boomer Sooner~

Oklahoma plays Florida tonight in the National Championship-for anyone out there that doesn't know that-shame on you!!! So here's to the Sooners!

Aylah is supporting her many personalities throughout this photo shoot!

Her "sweet" side-

Her "watch out here I come" side-

Her "crrraaaazzzyyyy" side-

I think she might be yelling-Boomer Sooner in this pic!

~Sock Shopping~

Aylah loves her shopping cart--she truly enjoys taking everything out of it, then putting it all back in...over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again!

I love the little swish sounds she makes as she's shopping.

~Great News~

I'm sure most of you probably know this already, but I was reading an old MckMamma post and found this information: I haven't looked in to it yet, but I'm sure what she says is true!


From MckMamma's Blog:

Have you found a way to preserve you blog, either in book form or printing it off, so that you will have it as a momento for your kids later down the line?

Yes! I have! I use Blurb.com. You can download their free software, "slurp" your blog right off the internet, and have it printed into hard or soft cover book(s)!!

Happy Wednesday!

~Christmas Day~

We spent Christmas day at meme and papa's house!

Aylah is reading her new most favoritest book with Nanae.

Aylah loves her teapot and teacups.
Helping Papa open his big Christmas present.

~Better Late Than Never~

Mike, Aylah and I went to Texas for Christmas this year and enjoyed every single minute we were there! Sorry this is so late, but here are some pics of the trip...

My sister Lauren, Aylah, Nanae, Meme and Papa

Aylah looooved her Auntie L pushing her around the house on this caterpillar!

Aylah is saying "Huh, which one should I open first?"

Aylah loved her blanket Auntie L made for her and Aylah played with meme's old necklaces the whole time we were there more than any of her toys!

It's always been a tradition for my sisters and I to take our picture in front of the fireplace in our Christmas pajamas on Christmas ever. So here Aylah is finishing a big glass of milk before bedtime. I love the snowman staring at her saying---"Maybe you can leave me some cookies and milk instead of Santa!"

My all time favorite video, because Aylah says "mama"!!!!