Past 3 months..

Annalee says hiii...we are back.  It has been a while! That is what moving, starting new jobs & having a little one will do to ya! Here is a quick recap in pictures of what we have been up to the past few months.

8 months & decided eating her stickers is more fun than taking pictures with them.

Right when we moved here we went to the Wylie coaches party and the biggest raffle prize there was  73'' TV and guess who won it!?? Welcome to Abilene! It is currently residing at Dallas' parents because we did not have room for it.  I don't think Kerr is going to give it back!

 Annalee starting crawling and pulling up on everything she could.

 We had pictures for the Wylie Football program as Dallas was officially coaching football for the first time. He is super busy with practice, Jr. High games, and scouting for the high school team.

Here is one afternoon activity you won't see in Katy...rooster chasing.  This rooster showed up literally on the doorstep and would not leave! He would let you pet him and was really not scared of humans.  Let me tell you he sure was annoying in the morning though!

In September, Erin & I went to Chicago to see Lacey!  It was so much fun seeing Chicago & being with sweet friends!

Wylie Football Game

9 months

2 cute little teeth! (Now she is getting her top 2)

Wylie Jr. High Pep Rally

10 months

 

 In October, Crystal & I went to Amarillo to see Grandpa & Grandma.  We had a great time shopping and hanging out with G & G!

 

Kelsey's shower was this past weekend and she got a ton of gifts for sweet baby Presley!  I had fun making my first diaper cake as part of the decorations.   

Friends since we were little!



Taking pumpkin patch pictures this past weekend too.

Annalee is very close to walking now!  She will take about 5-6 steps before she falls down.  She loves clapping, taking baths, dancing and getting to be a spoiled little girl by all the family in Abilene! Ok, maybe I can get another blog in before 3 months past next time.

More Summer

More summer fun to write about...

We celebrated Dallas' first Father's day back in June. Annalee took him shoe shopping for new tennis shoes...his favorite. She also made him a cute little book with pictures of them and bought him a case of Mountain Dew.  She is one blessed little baby girl to have such an amazing dad!

A few weeks later we went to see Abe & Courtney in Corpus with my parents.  Abe had to work pretty much the whole time we were there but Courtney was a great tour guide.  We went to the beach, to the 2 story Whataburger on the Bay, got to see Kelsey & her family, ate delicious food all weekend, went to the Texas State Aquarium, and just enjoyed family time.

Annalee went home with Mom & Dad to stay with Babs (Dallas' Mom) for a few days.  She got to go shopping, see Grandpa & Grandma, drive Uncle T's new (old) truck, and enjoyed being the center of attention.  I'm sure she made sure to keep Babs busy the whole time! This was the longest we have been away from her and we definitely were ready to see her!

The Monday we got to Abilene I had Annalee's pictures taken by Courtney Cochran. They turned out great and Annalee was a happy little model for almost the whole shoot!

Then we celebrated the 4th of July that Wednesday.  We made an American flag out of cake balls and shot off fireworks at Dallas' parents house then went to watch the Coliseum fireworks also.  Annalee got her first tooth the next day and was pretty fussy so she did not enjoy the loud fireworks at all!

That weekend we headed to the Frio for our annual trip with my family.  It was a relaxing weekend hanging out in the river.

 A few days ago Annalee and I went to College Station to hang out with the Heifrins and Charlee.  Misty and I made Jency & Annalee a few bows, got pedicures, & went to Cafe Excel (mainly for the dessert :) ).  Annalee enjoyed all the entertainment Jake, Levi, and Jency provided.  There was always something to watch or to yell at.

Annalee Update: She has 2 teeth now, sits up, loves growling at people, kind of crawls..it's more like a worm/frog hop looking crawl, she is pulling up on anything she can, definitely has a little attitude when she does not get her way, and the sweetest little smile & giggle ever.  We enjoy watching her learn and grow every day!

Finally caught up! Now back to packing up the house...

Beginning of Summer

A lot of catching up to do...

The week before Annalee went to the hospital we celebrated our 3rd Anniversary!

Back in May the weekend after Annalee was in the hospital we celebrated my first Mother's day.  After that crazy week Annalee, with a little help from her Daddy, knew exactly what I needed...chocolate covered strawberries & a massage.  It was the perfect Mother's day present and was followed by flowers sent to my office on Monday morning with a sweet note.  I must say I have an amazing husband.

Dallas had sports banquet the next week for BDJH.  And since their school colors are green and orange...what better to wear than his grandpa's green suit with an orange tie.  He said he got a lot of compliments! Only Dallas.

That Wednesday Annalee got the drain taken out.  It was a 5 minute appointment and they just cut the drain and pulled it right out.  For driving downtown & my copay...I could've done that! She is just fine now and will just have 2 tiny little scars from it all.

Big Girl waiting for her appointment

The following weekend Lacey came in from Chicago to hang out with everyone while she was on her break from PA school. Also, most of my family came in town for Memorial Day and Crystal & Tim came over from his parents house in Spring to see us for a day too.  It was a very relaxing & fun weekend!

Nap time with Pa

Pulling hair is her new favorite thing & Aunt Crystal long hair was perfect for it!

Most of the weekend was spent in the pool

Sugarland Skeeters baseball game

Annalee has been growing so fast and seems to be doing new things everyday.  She eats all kinds of foods now, army crawls everywhere and is pretty quck at it too, would rather use her feet to hold things, can almost sit up on her own, would rather watch HGTV than the baby channels, will chew on anything she can find, and loves playing with your face or pulling your hair.  She is also quite vocal now and will tell you all about it.  Here's the past 3 months..

4 months

5 months

6 months

She loves mac & cheese!

Last weekend was Abe & Courtney's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony & reception.  We decorated the Ball Ranch for rehearsal dinner and also Courtney's lingerie shower that night (I didn't get any pics from the shower but it turned out so cute!).  Here are a few pics from the weekend:

Rehearsal Dinner

Mema T.

Mema Green & most of her grandkids



Aunt Amy curling Jency's hair for the wedding

The Newlyweds

Sisters

+ sis-in-laws

Mom & Dad

Broadstreets - Thank you Kerr for all the pictures! :)

On Sunday we celebrated Mema Green's 80th birthday by having a brunch in the barn.  It's always a blast when the whole family gets together!

4 Generations

And our biggest news for the summer.....

My packing helper



We are moving to Abilene! Dallas will be teaching math and coaching football, basketball, and track at Wylie JH next year.  We are very excited and everything is happening very fast since we found out.  We will definitely miss our family and friends here in Houston though!