Katie's 3rd Birthday!

We had such a great time at Katie's third birthday! She of course wanted a princess party, so she dressed up as Cinderella and we decorated with lots of princess balloons, streamers, and dangling princesses! My mom made an amazing castle for Katie's cake- we were very impressed! Katie loved it of course! She got so many presents, and we finally had her swing set/playhouse up! She actually got it for Christmas from all of the grandparents, but it didn't exactly get put up in time...I think it was a little harder project than we all thought! I hired two guys to put it up one Saturday before her party, and it only took them about 5 hours to do the whole thing! She loves it and wants to play on it every day!

January 2011

Katie is getting so big! She amazes us with the cute/funny things she says like:
"Tell me a whisper" (a whisper is a secret)
"I want to cubble with you!" (to cuddle)
Talking to the baby through my belly button
Feeding Emmi while I'm in the shower...sometimes 3 or 4 scoops!
Singing songs-she knows so many!

We decided not to paint the baby's room since the ceilings are so high and we just moved into this house. I had new bedding made that I love! A lady that I met at one of the craft fairs in NWA made it-I picked out several fabrics and I was so happy with how it turned out! I can't wait for Ellie to sleep in her bed!

Christmas 2010

Ok.... So I am finally blogging about Thanksgiving and Christmas...in April! Oh well-we have had a few things going on, like having a baby, but more on that later!
We had Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house with my family. We had a great time- Katie ate so much ham!

This Christmas we had Jason's whole family in town at our house! It has been a long time since everyone has been able to be in the same place for the holidays! It was a lot of fun to have Katie and Thomas together for Christmas morning-they both got so much stuff! I think everyone had a good time! Mark, Wendy and Thomas were only here for a couple of days, but it was great to see them!
Jason, Katie and I went over to my parents house after we opened presents at our house. The kids had a great time- it was a little louder over at their house with Mason, Katie and McKinley all opening presents and playing with their new toys! We drew names between my siblings and spouses this year which was great- we just bought more stuff for the kids instead! Next Christmas will be even more crazy since we will have two more babies- Ellie and the next baby O'Neal! I'm hoping they have another girl so we will have four girls in a row...poor Mason!

Fall/Pumpkin Patch

We're still here!

So I'm not the best at keeping up with our blog....but we've been a little busy since we posted last! We've built a new house that we have now been in for about 7 weeks, taken a couple of trips, and also...we're having another baby! That's right...Katie will be a big sister in March! And we just found out today that it is going to be another little GIRL! Jason is definately going to be outnumbered....he may have to get another boy dog to even things out (j/k..that's just what we need is another dog!)Katie is getting so big, and she talks non-stop! She loves to sing (all the time) and her favorite songs right now seem to be the ABC song, This Little Light of Mine, and Jesus Loves Me. She is going to her same little preschool 2 days a week, which lets me run errands and get a few things done without her-not that I don't LOVE taking her places! Ha! She cracks us up with the things she says and right now she thinks my belly button is her portal to the new baby! Apparently, you can talk to and tickle a baby inside it's mother if you speak directly into or tickle the belly button! So cute!

Katie also got to go to her first Razorback football game with Jason! I thought they would last maybe half of the first quarter, but they stayed until the 4th! Then, while they were walking back to the car (which apparently was very far away!) Jason asked Katie if she would walk for a while. Katie told him NO! She was tired! So cute!

I am going to try and do a better job of blogging more than every 6 months....but we'll see!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

Easter!

He is Risen!

We had a wonderful Easter! Jason's Mom & Dad arrived in town the Thursday night before Easter. They have not seen Katie in person since she was about 9 months old! We went to church Sunday morning and it was wonderful, then we all went over to my parent's house for a big lunch and for the easter egg hunt....but we decided that next year we will do a dinner and after-nap-egg-hunt! Katie & Mason were a little tired and cranky by the time we finished everything and it was waaay past nap time!

I got a new camera and I love it! It is a Nikon D-3000 and I am trying to figure out how to use it...it has a great auto mode, but it can do so many other things and I think I may take a class to figure it out!

We are waiting for the arrival of our newest nephew....Baby Thomas will be here any day & I know Wendy & Mark are ready to meet him! We all are!

Happy Second Birthday Katie!

I blew out my candles all by myself!

I love my new Max & Ruby book!

My new Max & Ruby dolls!

Today is Katie's second birthday! I can NOT believe she is 2! She is getting to be such a big girl and can do so many new things! Last night we made sugar cookies to take to her class today-she helped with the sprinkles and did an excellent job! Then when I picked her up, we went to play at a local church that has a huge, three story playground! Mason, McKinley, and Aunt Julie met us over there. Then we had Chick-fil-a for dinner (of course) and finished up with cake, ice cream and presents at home! We are having our Dora birthday party on Saturday, so tonight it was just our little family!