Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and kicking off the New Year with a bang! Of course, again I haven't written since July. My poor 2nd child has no documentation of her growth or silly things she is doing, so I wanted to just give a little 2013 round up on the kids and share some pics from the holidays! 

The biggest thing to mention is that we just moved from Austin back to the Big D!  Well, sorta...we're out in the burbs in Frisco.  We already miss Austin and all of our great friends there, but super happy to be back near our friends and family here!  

 Elise Cassidy - 22 months old 
-She is not shy. She'll tell you "I tooted" or even better, she'll call the family out (even in public)..."Daddy tooted" 
-Goo Goo is a really silly nickname from when she was a baby and now it's taken on a life of it's own. Everyone calls her Goo Goo and now she even talks in the 3rd person with things like "That's Goo Goo's baby". We need to make that one die, so she's not 16 and still going by Goo Goo :) 
-She is self Potty Training which is crazy to me. She is such a copy cat with her brother and in this case it's awesome. She is not consistent, but proactively going. I'll be super pumped when I'm in a diaper free house!! 
-Out of now where she started saying "Bless You" if you sneeze. 
-In the morning she'll out of no where say "Good Morning, Mommy" 
-Her vocabulary is just crazy to me. She is not even 2 and she is talking in full sentences, has good manners (please and thank you) and actually has a really silly sense of humor. 
 -She is going to daycare part time and spending the other days with Jo Jo (Blake's mom). Boston thinks she has 2 schools...I hate to lie, but there is no way it would fly with Boston if he knew Elise got to spend half the week with Jo Jo. He would be all over that! She cry's every time we drop her off at daycare and literally runs out the door with JoJo! 

 Boston Alan - 3 (almost 4 years old) 
-Boston is getting to be such a big boy. The things he says and come up with blow my mind every day. It's like he's a little man, rather than a little boy. With that is coming some attitude, which is awesome, NOT! This new phase may cause a few gray hairs, but by the time I stress out about it, it will hopefully be over. That's usually the way it rolls :) 
-He is super great with his sister. He told me the other day that she is his "best friend". They LOVE and FIGHT hard, which I assume will not change anytime soon. They are either hugging and kissing or pushing and clawing at each other. There is definitely never a dull moment around here! 
-Lately he started asking for "Fresh Donuts" on Saturday morning. Living close to Blake's parents has been a huge blessing in so many ways, so now BePaw (Blake's dad) has made a weekend ritual of bringing donuts to the kids. It's so fun to have them so close. 
-He is a smart cookie. He doesn't forget anything and you can't sneak anything passed him anymore.  And he comes up with a lot of ridiculous things too...like last night he couldn't go to bed because his "pillows were too cold"...ummm, what?

Video: White Trash Sledding during Icemaggedon

Video: Yelling at the Cookies (just a little taste of my CRAY kids)

And some fun holiday pics!  The Idol's came in for Christmas and then my family, including my Omi, came in on New Years!  It's been busy and fun!  I'm sad it's all over, but I'm also pumped for a new year!!

Since I'm so behind...we'll start with Halloweeny!  Trick or treat, smell my feet!

Getting bundled up...

 ...because it's Icemageddon 2013!  Someone wasn't a big fan of the snow/ice!

 And we fast forward to Christmas Eve!  Kids acting silly in their new chairs from PaPa and Omi.

 Check me out...

 Christmas Day at the JoJo and BePaw's!

 The Idol's + Mikwon (we got a bonus visitor for Christmas)!

 The Dudes!

 My main squeeze...

 Silly pic of the Bern/Idol fam!

Elise Sandwich with JoJo and Omi!

 My Omi with Elise...so sweet!

 And with Boston!

 And the kiddies with their PaPa!

There, yay!  I feel accomplished now and signing off to kick 2014 in the booty!  I'll try to come back sooner this time!  xoxo Heather

Went to see Mickey and the Fam!

I just went to download pictures from my iPhone and had over 200...eek!  I feel like if I don't document them here than they'll be lost to the world.  I'm going to try my hardest to do a few back to back posts with some summer fun, we've been having!

We went to Orlando with my family!  We got to hang poolside and did one day at Disney-Animal Kingdom.  It was a great time hanging out with the Cassidy fam!

Our fun double date night out with my brother, Clay and his wife, Lindsey!

 Silly kids, playing in the pack n play piled high with pillows!

 BIG turtle on our walk to the pool!

Ok, this was hysterical!  I was about to snap this pic and Blake jumped in the pool at this tower of peeps as I took it, but somehow stayed out of the shot.  Clay and Lindsey's faced were in total panic!  I DIED LAUGHING! (and still do every time I see this pic)

A little day trip to Animal Kingdom!  This was the safari ride!

 Giant Tree in the background!

 Watching the Lion King Live show!

 Boston was very mesmerized!

My Mickey's!

 And the recap!

 Family pic on our walk to the pool!

Mom and the Mooo-stache! 

 Tired girl at the airport on the trip home!

So this was the kid-full vacation and next you'll get to see our kid-less vacation in Napa!  Oh, it was so fun, too!

I'm not a Chicken!

Oh my goodness you guys.  I haven't posted since the kids birthday!  I've totally neglected my poor blog, so thought I would at least get some recent photo's and kiddie updates up here.  We are entering summer which is always CRAY with trips and fun stuff.  My mom always says "you have to say no to some things, or you'll always be too busy".  The problem is that I don't WANT to say no, because everything sounds so fun...but then we run around from town to town like crazy people!

I can't believe how big my kids have gotten.  Both of their vocabularies have exploded, but obvi in a different way. They both like to hug and kiss each other, which melts my heart.  Although Elise has to be in the mood.  Boston will hug to much and that girl will whine like the world is ending.  I'm afraid she might be a bit of a drama queen...Lord help us!

Elise:
Elise is talking up a storm and quite the diva. She is saying: BoBo, DaDa, MaMa, Baby, What's That?, Who's that?, Why Why (her younger man boyfriend Wyatt from her class that she LOVES) and she shakes her head yes and no at the appropriate time, loves to wave, blow kisses and give nice juicy open mouthed kisses.  She also pants like a puppy every time she sees one.  She is just as naughty as her brother was, trying to push the limit and see what she can get away with.  She will scream when she wants something and as soon as she gets her way, she'll smile at you, like "i gotch ya"!
Boston:
Bo is so fun at this age.  It's like having my BFF around, well, some of the time.  Here are a couple of my fave things he's said lately.  
Boston: "Mom, am I dead?" Me: "No, You are definitely alive and kickin'" Boston:  "I'm not a Chicken"
Blake:  "Boston, you're such an optimist" Boston: "Daddy, I'm not an Octopus!"
Boston:  "I do not love naps, Mom, but I DO LOVE CHOCOLATE"


Both kids were home last week with some sort of viral rash (maybe chicken pox).  It was a rough week trying to work and have 2 kiddies at home.  Thankfully JoJo (Blake's mom) came in early on Thursday and as Boston would say "She saved the day".  

Here's a really cute video that JoJo took of Elise in the swing and she is calling out her fave person's name "Bo Bo".



Our sweet neighbor, Stella, across the street that adores my kids!

 Boston at the dentist!

 We did a surprise visit to Yo Gabba Gabba!  Boston didn't know where we were going until we literally walked into the auditorium.

 My sweet lovey wearing one of my dresses from when I was a baby!

 Cold day at the park!  I had to wear Boston's hat.  LOL. 

 Sittin' in a box!

 Crazy hair and face paint.

 Elise and Abby hanging in the diner!

 Sweety pies!

 Go Sox!

Bo and I went to a carnival and he got to ride a miniature horse!

 He was very intrigued by this horses big "Weenie"!

 We also got his face painted.  He chose a ladybug.  

 Goo pushing her bebe in a stroller. And that's how she says it.  "Bebe" in a really deep voice.

 Jammie Party!

 Yumm!  Messy girl.

 So this is really funny.  Blake went on a guys fishing trip and kept sending us pics. Boston got a Swedish Fish candy and asked me to take a picture of him with his fish to send to Daddy.  And all weekend he kept saying when he gets bigger he gets to go fishing with Daddy.

 Typical night at our house.  Juggling to crazy kids...but DON'T SPILL THE WINE!

 CHOO CHOO!

Pre-game Pic!

 My kids school pics.  Elise was not having it.  But she is still cute when she is pouty.

 Muffins with Mom!

 And this is the BEST!  Bostons questionnaire about his Mommy!  I totally want to be Batman when I grow up...

 Sticking her tongue out like her brother used to do.  

 We did surprise visit to Houston a couple weeks ago and they heated the pool!

 This was lunch over the weekend.  My kids are usually glued to my hip, but I got a little break, because they only wanted their JoJo!

 Beth came in town and we had a fun girls weekend!

 Kiddies in the cooler!

Okay, ACKKKK!  Stella saw this snake slithering across our driveway.  Screamed for her Dad and he killed the sucker.  It was gross and huge!  You can see it's as tall as Stella!

 Sweet girl!  

 Sooo interested in what her brother is doing.  

Ok, that's all for now folks!  Hope everyone is having a fab week!