Presley's Daily Quotes

I've added a new section on my sidebar - Presley's Daily Quotes - which will be updated daily with new inspirational words by the princess herself. Hope you enjoy as much as I do...

A Christmas to Remember...or maybe forget!

This was definitely a Christmas to remember...or maybe forget! We started off with the good news of dad's PET scan coming back clear (what a relief!) and we were looking forward to a great week of celebration. On Tuesday, we found out that Chase had Pneumonia and was contagious and could not be around dad (since we are trying to keep him healthy before starting chemo.) It was a bummer, but we just postponed Christmas a few days...until we all got the stomach bug on Christmas Eve! What a disaster...sure not what I pictured this week would be. Thank goodness we had already had Christmas with Scott's family the weekend before! Nevertheless, we have lots to be thankful for and have had a very blessed year! The kids got more than they could ever play with. Presley got a new selection of dress up clothes and a tricycle. Chase enjoy the paper and bows, but had a HUGE week of 1st! He's now sitting up, crawling, trying to pull up on things and tonight he finally ate some veggies! I'm amazed how fast he is growing and changing! Hope everyone saw the REAL SPIRIT of the season!

Birthday Girl!

We had Presley's 3rd Birthday party this weekend! She is such a fun, sassy, smarty-pants, sweetheart, lovable, make you laugh little girl. This has been the best three years ever and it makes me sad to know how fast the next three years are going to go by. We love you Presley Kate! Here are some pics from her Balarina Party. I learned how to make tutus for all the girls. They all looked very cute!

Cookie Monster

For Presley's bedtime snack, she asked for an M&M cookie. I gave her two on her tray and she asked if she could look at the package. I was busy doing other things and when I came back she had torn open the bag and eaten the M&M's off of several cookies.

New Tricks

Chase figured out a new trick with his swing.

Chase is Rock'n

Chase has been steamrolling all over the floor to get things he wants, but the last few days he's been doing this rocking thing on his knees...will he be crawling soon?

Christmas Cutie

Scott's mom (Mimi) helped us put up our Christmas Decor this weekend (what a lifesaver). Presley is so proud of the tree in her room and you can imagine what a big helper she was! She's wearing her super cute Christmas top her Grammy got her. Once we got it all put up, she said that she wanted to do it again! She said her tree looked "very expensive!" I don't know where she gets these things?

Blessings

Each day I am reminded of how God has truly blessed our family. These two babies have brought such joy to our lives. I had a funny little conversation with Presley this week when we were driving around the neighborhood looking at the houses that had already decorated for Christmas. She loves the lights! I said "Presley, did you know that Christmas is Jesus' birthday? We give presents to eachother because it's His birthday." She said, "Does he have a home?" I said, "Well, He lives in Heaven...in the sky....and in your heart." She looked down at her chest and said "well, hi Jesus!"

Ooh Wah Ooh Wah

Here is our first attempt at video blogging. Presley is singing a song that Scott sings all the time in the shower. Do you think she's ready for Broadway?

Hat Day

With the weather cooling off, we got to wear hats on our evening walk. I thought they looked pretty cute!

Halloween Fun!

Chase was the cutest turtle we've ever seen! Presley was a fairy, but told everyone that she was a princess.

Look at these Little Treats!

Who could resist these little trick-or-treaters! We had a lobster, bat, poodle, fairy, dragon & turtle.

Are We Having Fun or What?

We had a little Halloween Party for some of Presley and Chase's friends. I had all these visions of what I thought it was going to be like -(you know...those pictures in the Parents magazine). When all the kids left and the chaos was over...I think we had a good time? So, I thought the title of this was appropriate..."Are We Having Fun or What?" Here is the group picture we attempted to take. I know there were 6 kids that didn't make the picture!

YUMMM!

Tonight, we fed Chase cereal with a spoon for the first time. As you can see, Presley thought it was just like feeding one of her baby dolls and Chase really didn't like it!

Play Dates

Here's a picture of the "big kids" from a playdate we had with some of our friends. We all got together a couple of weeks ago and had the best time...the big kids played outside, the babies slept, and the moms got to visit! -this week was a totally different story. I guess a day like this is never predictable when you have 5 moms and 10 kids. Here's Logan, Josie, Ella, Brooks, & Pres

Fall Pictures

My friend Mary Alice volunteed to take some fall pictures of our family and the kids. Here are two of my favorites. Thanks Mare! We love them!

Milestones

The kids are just growing and changing so fast. Chase is smiling, laughing, and loves to hear himself talk. He also is getting use to his Bumbo seat. Presley has recently learned to petal her tricycle and her hair is long enough for pigtails.

Big Girl Panties!

Using the "Big Girl Potty" has been a long time comin for us! We've had a potty for over a year now, cute panties, and a sticker chart for months. Last week, Presley made up her mind (with a little encouragment) that she was going to start using the potty and wearing panties. She even wanted to wear them to bed the first night and has worn them all week with only one accident! We are so proud! Just to show you her little personality, after the 1st two times of getting stickers for her chart, she said "Momma, I don't want any more stickers!" So, that was that.

4 months old

Our little Chase-man-doodle turned 4 months old on Friday! It's so hard to believe how fast time flies. When we found out we were going to have another baby, I remember asking "How can we love someone else as much as we love Presley?"...it's so easy! We've been so blessed with two perfect kids! God is so good! Chase has really beefed up in the past two months - guess that's what cereal in every bottle will do for ya! (the doc. recommended it for his reflux) Anyway, he was in the 80th percentile in head, weight, and height. Dr. Rhodes suggested that we start feeding him the cereal with a spoon, so that he can get on veggies asap, because they have less calories. :) We love our little chunky monkey!

Two Peas in a Pod

Love these kiddos!

Just the 2 of us

Don't they look like little angels...but watch out! Presley's little devil will decide to do something that's going to make Chase cry & get her in trouble...hit him on the stomach, take his toys away, put her hair in his eyes, attempt to jump over him, put her finger in his mouth, hug him and not let go, etc...

Crusin

A picture of the future (hopefully not on Military!)...except that Presley will never have a jeep!

lil patch of pumpkins

We took all the cousins to the pumpkin patch today. It's always an excited trip and getting even more fun since we've added to the family. I finally got a decent shot of Presley, Chase looks a little grumpy, and I think the group shot is hilarious! That's Carter, Chase, Emma, Jackson, Brody & Presley.

Pajama Time!

Sandra Boynton's
"Pajama Time!" is one of our favorite bedtime stories. All of her books are super cute! Here's a pic of our two little bundles.

3 little scarecrows

These are Presley's little friends that we pulled out of the attic today.

Roll'n with the Homies

On October 1st, Chase learned how to roll over! This was a shot of his after pose. He's growing so fast! Soon he'll be chasing his friends around.

Pumpkin Pics

Yesterday, we went to buy pumpkins with Nana. It took forever for Presley to pick the perfect one to bring home.

Cobb Cousins

We all spent Saturday evening at Grammy and Pa's house. Here are all the Cobb Cousins...Eden, Jackson, Chase, Carter, Presley & Emma. It's been really fun lately to see Presley & Emma become the best of friends, because they rarely got along with eachother before. Presley has recently started doing all of the little quirky things that Emma has been doing this past year, such as - talking and acting like a baby (or some other language) and pretending to be a cat all the time. It must be some weird 3 year old thing. I hope it passes quickly! Lastly, here is our sweet little man.

Hog Fan!

We took Pres to Fayetteville this weekend! Even though the game wasn't very exciting, we all had a good time. The highlight of Presley's trip was getting her picture made with Big Red & Sooie.