5 years old today!!!!

Well, I can't believe this day is here and almost past now.

My miracle babies are now 5 years old!

I will never forget the day they entered this world, although I didn't get to see them actually come out in the OR, but I will never forget the events that lead up to that moment before I had to be put to sleep! We have been so blessed over the last 5 years and are very thankful to have such healthy and beautiful 5 year olds!!!! We love you Kayla Nicole and Cooper Dean so much and can't wait to see what the next 5 years has in store for us all!!! Happy Birthday to our babies!!!!

This picture was taken at the fire station on there birthday. We went to visit daddy for a little bit since he had to work. I had to do another one of them on the fire truck since I had one done when they were 1 year olds! I love seeing them in the same type of setting just years later! They have grown so much!!!

2011 Family Pictures

On April 10, 2011 we met a friend of mine from High School who I was in Choir with and she took some pictures of the kids and us! She started a photography business and I have really enjoyed seeing her pictures on facebook and then one day my mom said she was told about Mindy that I went to school with and that she does photography. Mom decided she wanted in some of the pictures and that she would pay for it all for us to have the pictures done. We mostly wanted the kids and just some of the shots of the family. I called Mindy at the last minute and we made the plans. We were originally going to be in Alvin on some property that has two barnes and some other things, but the people were not home to give us permission, so we decided to drive down the road to the Alvin train station/depot and see what we could get out there. Mindy wasn't sure if there would be enough to do out there until we saw the park, swings and a decked area and so we made it work! There is a first time for everything and this place was amazing for pictures!! I am so happy with the way they turned out and Mindy was so good with the kids and they loved her!!

Anyway, I thought I would just share these here, and some are on facebook as well! They really did turn out great!!!! Enjoy!

New year and not a new post for almost a year now!!

Well 2011 has come and I realized that it has been almost a year since my last post! I am not a good writer/blogger as it is and I just let this get behind!!

We are just trying to keep the kids well and not sick! This February we have had the Flu in our house (daddy got it this year) and so we are praying that both the kids don't get sick either!! Cooper has started running a low grade fever this weekend, but it is not the flu so that is good, but I still don't like him even running fever!!!

I will start on an update with Cooper first.....

We signed him up for Tball this year and he is having so much fun already!! He loves his daddy teaching him the sport and does everything just the way daddy says!! Daddy was big in baseball and I think Cooper will follow in his foot steps and be just like daddy!! They have already had 3 little practice games this month and opening day is this coming Saturday and we will be apart of the parade in La Porte!! This should be fun!!!! We have a full season ahead of us for just starting out in Tball, but it will be fun!!! I have included some pictures of Cooper during the first practice game that we had!! One of the kids grandfather is a professional photographer and he got some great shots of all the kids!! I just love these of Cooper!!!

Kayla....

She is taking dance at the preschool that they attend and she loves every minute of it!! We watch her at home and she just has a passion for dancing! We love to watch her because even on TV shows she is trying to do dance moves like they do, so she really loves it and is not ashamed of it either!! She had a dance recital for Christmas time and they were so fun to watch! She will have another recital coming up in May for Spring time and they are going to be doing some tap dancing which I am excited to see!! I have included some pictures from her dance recital this past December! I love her face in these pictures!!

So other than raising 2 four year olds we are doing great!!! I love this age and all the fun things they are learning and getting to do like Dance and Tball!!! I will try to do a better job with keeping up with the blog too!! I keep up with Facebook much better and I have tons of pictures there!!

Have a wonderful May everyone!!!!