Silly Dress Up Party...

For Emory's third birthday, we decided to have a silly dress up party. She really enjoys dressing up, but I didn't want to have a princess party so that her little friends that are boys could come. It was so much fun to let the kids pick out what ever they wanted to put together.

The loot! Thank you Oriental Trading company....

 Ready for the party. This is probably one of the best pictures of our house after all the renovations. We have been living our normal life and I have yet to get good "after" pictures.

 Someone wouldn't take a nap because she knew it was her birthday party that day.

 Cupcake toppers. Super adorable!

 Ella Grace picking her necklace.

 Abi was going for the layered look.

 The Fluellen boys.

 Lovely Lucy. Such a sweetie.

 Emory LOVES being sung to. She was so ready for this moment.

 The girls were enjoying their treat and Gabe was not wanting to be a construction worker.

 Silly girls (and daddy) after the party. Needless to say Emory had a great time with her friends. We were so fortunate to be in the house for her party and that so many people could celebrate with us!

Ho Ho Ho....

Mixed reviews for Santa. Gabe didn't like it one bit, Emory was very excited this year (the first time).

Emory sat and talked with him and told him that she wanted a kitchen and Gabe wanted blue cups. Blue cups are in her dishes play set that he likes to chew on, I guess she figures it's time he got his own!

Emory is Three!!!

What an amazing big girl we have! We are blessed to have her. She is super funny and so kind (with the occasional lapse in kindness to Gabe). She really enjoys singing songs she learns at Mother's Day Out, which makes it interesting for us to figure out what she is singing. She also likes playing with play-do and coloring. Emory likes to eat hot dogs, "pink drinks" from Sonic and popcorn. She was potty trained, but with all the recent moving around, things are not going that smoothly. She is loving her new pink princess room and her new big girl bed.

 Sweet heart!

Birthday fun with brother. One of her new favorite things is to climb into Gabe's crib when he wakes up.

 We ended up at Jason's Deli for a birthday dinner. Gotta love that free ice cream!!

Happy third birthday precious!! You are a joy and we love you SO much.

What We've Been Doing....

Hotel life is not as exciting as you would think. The past week and a half we have been back at our beautiful Hyatt. But tomorrow is our day! Inspections have been passed, all systems go, we will officially live in OUR house tomorrow.

Here are some things that we have been doing while living in the hotel. Grandpa and grandma came for a visit. Cousin Ella Grace had her first birthday party and we celebrated Thanksgiving together. Emory really enjoyed helping grandpa put together Ella Grace's bookcase.

 Gabe enjoyed showing grandma how he likes to eat...

We also have been spending time at the house. Emory is super excited about her princess pink room.

 Gabe was not so happy playing in the pink room.

 Emory found her "time out" spot. She went in her closet, told me she was in time out, and shut the door. Well ok.

 Playing in the hotel.

Gabe found his love of the dishwasher. Can't keep him away!

 We had family pictures taken! Can't wait to get them back!

 Yummy!!!

 Emory and daddy taking turns spinning in the chair.

Gabe is constantly busy and into everything. My goodness what a difference a month can make. He is wanting to snack on cheerios, so we keep some around. Guess we need to keep them out of reach from now on.

 Such a little rascal!

10 Months Old!!!

What a happy little man!!! He is such a joy. Gabe has had such a strange first year of life, way different than when Emory was a baby. Surgery, reflux, colds, ear infection, pink eye, house fire, hotel, rental house, back to the hotel, traveling to Illinois, and traveling to Orlando. He takes it all in stride!

Gabe's fun facts:

He weighs around 19 pounds

He has just two teeth on the bottom (so adorable!)

He says dada

He can crawl!!!

He eats anything we give him and grunts at us when he runs out

He sleeps around 11 hours at night and takes two 1.5 hour naps

He can pull up to standing and take some steps

  Way too busy to sit for pictures! See ya later...

 This evening we had to get out of the hotel room so the kids played in the hall.

 Gabe has started chasing after Emory, she LOVES it.

 Giving brother hugs.

Happy first birthday to sweet cousin Ella Grace! We love you!

Silly Girl...

The other day Emory put a towel on the ground, got her helmet and "rode her skate board." Where does she get these things?!? I would show you pictures of her in action, but she choose to skateboard in her underwear. But a picture of her smiling in her helmet is enough.

Not to happy with blogger currently. Bought more storage and it won't let me add more pictures. Annoyed! So hopefully my genius husband can help me figure it out and you all will get to see more of the kids soon.

More From Orlando...

Continuing with our trip to Florida, after Disney world we went to Sea World. Grant was at his conference so it was me, Jaypa, Nanny, Emory and Gabe. Sea World was so different from Disney world, much more relaxed and so many less people. Emory loved seeing the penguins and dolphins.

Here we are with Shamu.

It didn't take Gabe long to do what he loves best, fall asleep!

 Emory thought the manatees were cool. Her favorite was the dolphin nursery.

 We went to the dolphin and bird show. Emory had a great time. She kept asking "what's that mommy?" My answer 3/4 times was "that's a dolphin honey."

 After a day of swimming at the amazing pool with a pirate ship and water cannons and slides, it was time for Emory's dress up time at the Bibbidi Boppidi Boutique. She wanted to say hello to Sleeping Beauty before we went in...

 Getting her nails done. She must of seen another girl make this face while we were there  because she did it from then on and continues to do it even now.

 Eye shadow. Emory kept asking for more and more colors.

 The bun and the pixie dust! She loved the pixie dust.

My beautiful little girl. She had so much fun! 

We had the best fairy godmother, Maria. She was so patient and kind. And again Emory making the face that I have no idea where she got it from.

 Two Sleeping Beautys?????

 Emory took a nap when we got back, but the hairstyle continued. There was a ton of gel in her hair but it came out very easily with a bath.

 Then daddy joined us again and took Emory on a boat ride at the hotel. It could spray water and they got Jaypa and Nanny!

 We had the most amazing trip and were able to do everything we planned on doing. Jaypa and Nanny were amazing and such troopers to go on vacation with us and help us in every way imaginable. Thank you, thank you, thank you!