All You Need is Love

hApPy HeArT DaY!

happy valentine's day to my little lovette.

my bright and shining star. 

you are beautiful, smart, energetic, and oh, so funny.

you fill my heart with love and my life with sunshine.

i LoVe YoU!

happy valentine's day to my baby love. my bean.

you are my dream baby, so sweet and cuddly.

you, too, fill my life with love and sunshine.

i LoVe YoU!

The First Snow

We finally had this season's first snowfall today! It started last night before Ramsay and I went to bed. I really wanted to wake Mallory up so she could see it, but Ramsay wouldn't let me... he has a tendency to be the party pooper of the family. 

When Mallory woke up this morning, I told her I had a surprise for her and to go look out her window. I probably should've given myself a little more time to wake up because of course she wanted to go out immediately. Man, I'm really glad we don't live somewhere cold because getting all of us ready to go outside took for.ev.er! 

 This was Gatlin's first snow. I  set him on a wooden palette so he didn't have to sit in the cold, wet snow while I took his picture. He stayed there for about 30 seconds before crawling right off and into the snow. I went to help Mallory make a snowball, turned around and he was face down, eating the snow.  Oh man, such a boy.

Mallory was a snow pro this year. She ran right out, took a few laps around the yard while yelling  "SNOW!", and then got right to making and throwing snowballs. Before we went in I let her make a snow angel, thinking she had no idea what to do, but she must have seen someone on tv do it because her angels were perfect.

Most of the snow has already melted. Totally my kind of snow day. Short and sweet.

The PBR

The PBR came to Oklahoma and the Davises were there! Those of you who know me know how happy this makes me! A couple of weeks ago, I sent Ramsay a text telling him about the event, but had totally forgotten about it because I knew we wouldn't be going. I mean, what would we do with the kids? Then, a few days ago, Ramsay came home with a surprise -- three tickets to the PBR! We were going and so were the babies. 

On Sunday afternoon we all got "dressed like cowboys" and headed downtown. I was really excited. We hopped on one escalator, then another. Still excited! Then we walked through the tunnel, found our seats, and sat down. I looked down at the arena and had a mild panic attack. We might as well have been hanging off the side of an airplane. I am terrified of heights and we were really really high up. My heart was pounding and I didn't know if I was going to cry or throw up. It was pretty bad, but I put on a happy face for Mallory (ok, that's probably a lie, but I didn't cry). 

It only took one ride and she was hooked. Like mother, like daughter.

Right before intermission, Ramsay got a text from a buddy of his who happened to be sitting on the front row. He told us that the seats behind him were available and that we should move down. Man, life was good after that.

Mallory meeting fellow okie Cord McCoy

After the event, a few of the bull riders came out for a little meet and greet... and since we were on the first row, Mallory got to shake their hands! Don't worry, I totally played it cool even though I was TOTALLY FREAKING OUT ON THE INSIDE!

Typewriter

For the last year or so Mallory has been "playing ABC's" on my computer. We open Word, she picks a color, I turn the caps lock on and she goes to town. At first she would just hit random letters and watch them appear on the screen. Then over time, she started identifying them. This morning while I was getting everyone dressed, I opened Word for her to play.

After a couple of minutes she started yelling, "I spelled my name! Momma, I spelled my name!"

And I walked in to see this...

To say I'm proud of my smart girl would be an understatement.

things just got a little crazier...

the bean is now a crawling machine. and on super bowl sunday of all days! one second he was inchworming across the living room and the next he was up on all fours zooming around the house. this guy doesn't mess around, he's quick!

Warm Winters

We haven't had much of a winter this year. We pretty much went from summer to fall to spring. And I'm not gonna lie, I could totally get used to a winter-free life. And I think these kids could too...

They're loving all the extra outside time!

Gatlin Gray: Eight Months

happy

{eight months}

gatlin gray!

Today, sweet bean, you are eight months old. I feel like your first year of life is flying by much faster than your sister's did. But then I think about it and I can't really remember life before you.

At eight months you have 6 (almost 8) teeth. You aren't officially crawling, but you do move forward. You get up on all fours, rock, stand up with your hands on the ground (like you're about to bear crawl), and then lunge forward. It takes everything you have, but you get where you're going!

I could probably sum up life at this stage in just a few words:

BIG

you are a big, big boy. i would say you probably weigh around 25 pounds. you wear 12-18 month clothes and a size 4 diaper.

you've got the biggest toothy smile that could make even the worst of days good.

you've got big, blue eyes that are always looking for something to get into.

you've got big hands. i know that sounds weird, but they're so big! 

and they have a crazy amount of fat rolls on them. 

cracks me up.

HAPPY

you are always happy.

we say it all the time, but you're such an easy baby.

you could sit or lay on the floor and play with your toys all day if we let you.

PICKY

you know what works for you and you do not like to change things up.

you have been so stubborn when it comes to your new food routine. 

you do not want to start eating baby food.

things looked so promising at first, but then after two scary incidents we discovered you are allergic to rice flour and now you won't eat anything. nothing. nada. zilch.

we're working on a new sleep routine. it's been a bit of a struggle, but i think we're making progress. 

I took you outside and put you on a blanket to take your monthly pictures, but all you wanted to do was touch the grass. I would sit you in the middle and the next thing I knew, you'd be scootin' your way to the edge. You would go right up to the edge, pull the blanket back, and brush your hand back and forth over the dead grass.

I sure do love you, silly boy.

{embracing} the bean

we're baaaaack!

...and more importantly, we're embracing!

momma and the bean enjoying a little one-on-one time while sister was at mdo.

famous in a small town

see this face? yep, it's cute, but now it's also famous. ok, so maybe not famous famous, but famous enough for this momma to brag about. 

you see, ramsay and i always joke about gatlin's cute little gap between his front teeth. we say things like "this kid's going to give michael strahan a run for his money" and "michael strahan ain't got nothin' on this kid!'. so yesterday when mallory was napping, the bean and i were enjoying some quality time together. he was being way too smiley and cute not to take a picture and i ended up snapping this one with my phone. i sent it to ramsay with a text saying something along the lines of "we should send this to michael strahan!". and well... he did. via twitter.

and mr. michael strahan tweeted back!

see?! what'd i tell ya? famous.

HaPpY nEw YeAr!

We finally managed to stay up until midnight this year! Yay! And in true mommarazzi fashion, I went around and took pictures of everyone at midnight. Nerd alert!

Hello, 2012! Here's to a new and promising year!