Christmas Pictures

Just a peek at some of our family pictures we had taken this year :)

Flowergirl

The New Playroom

This room has been everything..a game room with a plush sofa, x-box and decked out Texas Tech décor (that was pre-baby of course). Then it became the office, since it is the first room you see when walking in the house, I thought a nice desk and office chair would be a better view for company. BUT.. Chloe got older which meant she every toy that has ever been invented strung out all over my living room. So one night after Chloe and Chad went to bed, I did some rearranging, taking shelves from here and there, moving chairs from this room to that . Just totally rearranging it. It ended up being a cute little playroom for her to strow toys everywhere!!! All I ended up buying for it was cube storage boxes for the shelves. It is still a work in progress but I really like it and so does Chloe! Above the TV, I have vinyl stickers that read "Chloe's Diva Den" that I still need to stick up.

I HEART Vick's

This was one of those sick days when we both were under the weather and daddy was at the deer lease. She found the Vick’s rub and went to town with it. I didn’t care, it kept her happy and it was the first smile I had seen in a couple hours. Kinda a crazy look huh??????

~ Don’t worry it’s baby Vick’s so it wasn’t the regular burn your eyes smell that the regular one is!!!

Five Generations

Lft to Rgt

Kathy Gilbert-Welborn (mom), Chloe Jones (daughter), Hollie Welborn-Jones(me), Willie Mae Gilbert(great-grandma), & Jimmy Gilbert (grandpa)Now this is a big family!!! Once Bryan and Ashley have their baby it will be a total of 187 kids, grandkids, great grandkids, and great- great grandkids!!! Hard to find a name that hasn't already been used. My pepaw's twin sister Jane has a grandaughter named Chloe also... but if we ever have another girl, I have a name picked out already that no one has :)

The Curly Hair Curse!!!

Seriously… check out this tangled mess! This is what Chloe’s hair looks like every morning! Crazy huh!?   Personally, I think she makes a rat’s nest look beautiful!*sigh*

Mozart...or at least I think so!

It's FINALLY here!!!!

I will be going to get it right after work to buy, it seemed like ages ago when she announced it would be coming out in February....ahhhhhhh the wait is over !!!! So Long Insecurity, you've been a bad friend to us...here I come!!!

My TOUGH man!!

Chad has started back up a passion of his that he quit doing a couple of years ago…Jui-Jitsu. I bought him a year’s membership when we were living in Lubbock for his birthday but when he graduated and moved back he really didn’t find a academy that he really loved until now. He is training twice a week on Monday and Wednesday in Allen at Kilgore Academy. His trainer is a third degree black belt under Carlos Machado and he is an active Dallas police officer. Chad was belted up a couple weeks ago to a Blue Belt. It’s a little different at Kilgore Academy because the rank goes white belt, blue belt, and so on. At Pittman’s in Lubbock where he was a blue belt the rank went white, yellow, orange, green, blue, and so on. I’m not sure why they are different from each MMA academies.

Chloe and I went last week to watch him train, needless to say we left because Chloe wanted to attack Chad’s partner he was rolling with. ( I can definitely say that Chloe will not ever have a problem standing up for herself). Chad has been wanting to put her in Jui-Jitsu when she turns three. Honestly I did not have a problem with it. I plan on having her in everything that way she will know what she loves. That changed after my visit. There were three girls in the class and it is sooo not a girly sport. Needless to say I had a conversation with Chad last night and told him my fears of Chloe ending up loving Jui-jitsu and shaving the underneath of her hair so you can see it in a ponytail and rolling all over the ground punching people and breaking arms. He laughed and said that I was right and he would teach her how to protect herself and give her lessons at home.

One last thing~

Dear Lord,

Please do not have the women at Kilgore Academy read this blog, I know they would break my arms and legs.

Amen

A New Look for the New Year

Finally I have a new look!

My character people were just not doing it anymore. My hair is dark now, Chloe's is blonde..plus I just wanted it to be more "real and not so "cartooney". My friend Erin said she would glam it up for me. Soooo. here it is, I love it, and I think it fits MUCH better!

Check out Erin's blog, she has a blog button on the sidebar. I dont think she has any set prices yet, but you should check her out if you are interested! She is very talented and creative, and you may find some great DIY tutorials while on her blog. While you are there check out her birthing story, it floors me everytime I read it. She gave birth to her son and it became a not so perfect birthing story resulting in a 14 day stay in the hospital for herself and having to be resuscitated 3 times. Her story definitely shows God's miracles being performed, the power of prayer, and her living to tell her testimony about it!
THANKS ERIN!!!!!

It's kinda EXPLODED!

It started out as a simple crafting project for myself (thanks to Erin @ http://www.everbrooke.blogspot.com/) , then turned into lots of orders for different frames. Check out my crafty blogspot. Remember the blog is just starting, I should be adding things periodically. I have some super cute things Im working on! Stay tuned!

http://www.gypsybelleboutique.blogspot.com/

Eva's 50th Surprise party!

For those of you that know me well. You know I love a good party..especially birthday parties. Everyone should have a celebration on the day they were born!!! Growing up I always had the best times at my birthday parties, I have so many great memories from them. Also as an adult I think a great party is needed for those milestones :)

Sooo, my mother in law's 50th bday is coming up, so we planned a surprise birthday party for her. Friends and family showed up and it was a big success! I think she was surprised!

Happy Birthday EVA!!! Hope it is your best year yet! Your a wonderful mother, MIL, and fabulous GIGI!

LOVE YOU!

Mr. Mom

YUMMY breakfast!! Messy hair and popsicle, strolling in the house..

Daddy picked her a flower for her hair

Playing in the truck...she loves this!

So tired! Messy hair and popsicle EVERYWHERE!

Chad took a day off last week to stay at home with Chloe and have a daddy/daughter day. They had such a fun day together, and she was exhausted when I got home. She loves her daddy so much!

Chad sent me pictures throughout the day. She stayed in her PJ's all day and her hair was never brushed! Oh yes and she has popsicle all over her!!! She looks a mess!!! Did I say anything? Absolutely not....

they were having way too much fun making memories!

Swimming and Riding Horses

Chloe and I spent the day at the mall on Sunday. I needed some MAC makeup badly and no one around here sells it except for Frisco. Chloe loves that mall, so I knew it would be a long day. We started of with her daily leisurely swim in the bathtup and brushing the teefers. She will not let me turn the water off until it gets to the very top, then she hangs on to the edge and kicks as hard as she can. It results in a big mess, but usually gets my floors sparkling clean, and she has the time of her life :)

The first stop a the mall was getting my makeup, after that we went straight to the carousel and she rode four rounds. She was waving the entire time! SHe did not want to get off, so I told her they needed a break to go have water and a snack. Next we went by Santa so she could wave to him at a distane, I asked her what she didwhen she got to sit in Santa's lap and she said "Whaaaaaaaa" with a little smile! We headed to the playground and she wents nuts, she made several friends and I must say she has gotten tons better at sharing! We then made our way to Build-a-bear, she didnt want to go in , so instead we had an Elmo ballon made by the clown outside. Over to Sassykatz we went and she was pretty much a party crasher. She headed straight to the runway pushed the 10 year old girls back and started singign and dancing to Miley Cyrus' new song! It was so funny and the girls had a blast with her. Some ice cream song came on that had dance moves to it, it was so cute seeing the girls dance and sing to it. Chloe was posing and shaking her hips the entire song. I cant wait for Chloe to be able to have girly parties and sleepovers with her friends at the house. By this time she was exhausted so I stopped by and got her a cookie and we went home :) What a wonderful day spent with my sweet little Chlo-Bear!

Here comes SANTA!!!

Wow! Chloe DID NOT like Santa this year! We went to The Village in Allen to play in the kids area and saw that Santa had no line, so I decided to have her picture taken. She wasnt even in a Christmas outfit, she was decked out in Tech gear since they were playing that night. As soon as we went in she clutched to me. I sat in his lap with her and she was fine, as soon as I got up for 2.2 seconds she was in tears! So needless to say we have a "priceless" pic of Santa this year! As soon as she got down she was just fine, she even waved bye to him :) Now when you show her the picture she says "Lap" then does a fake cry... she is so funny!!!! We ended the trip playing in the village then at Elizabeth's Cakes for a cupcake!