Oh I just can't wait to be 3!!!! (a ton of pix!!!)

This post is a pretty long one... I have slacked off in posting because of the move, and I won't be able to post for a while... so I crammed it all into one big post =)

 I can't beleive three years have already passed since that wonderful January 27th when my Karly girl entered our lives and just lit up our whole world...

 ... the night of her actual birthday we decided to do a small little simple dinner at Shakey's pizza (NEVER AGAIN!... I remembered Shakey's as a small little pizza place with a few games, just perfect for a quiet yet fun night for a birthday.... didn't know it had turned into a big pizza place with not enough tables to hold their growth. Anyways, didn't get a lot of pictures because of the chaos... but Karly did have a lot of fun!)

 Abby June was excited to celebrate her sisters birhtday too...

 Afterwards we went to Baskin Robbins (Aunt Kate and Uncle David got Karly her birthday ice cream!)

 Then Karly wanted to open her presents from Grandma Kelly, Auntie Maym, Uncle David and Aunt Kate that night,

 You let me open my presents or else =) Not really, i don't know what she was saying but thought it was a cute picture =)

 Karly always has a blast with her Auntie's!!!

 And these blue eyed chicks love to smile for the camera!

 US =)

 Karly Ann and Kelly Ann

 We got little rest before it was time to celebrate some more the next day...

 Karly wanted a Lion King Birthday... which all of us pulled together to make an awesome poster (thanks Amy for Drawing, Katie and Mom for Coloring) don't worry I did the writing and coloring too... didn't just put my family to work completely =)

 Aunt Kate made these Timon and Pumba treats.

 And what would a birthday be without one of Grandma Kathies gorgeous and DELICIOUS brithday cakes!!!

 Mmmmmmm .... Mexican food, the food of the jungle right =/

 Karly helped Aunt Kate with the grub decorating...

 .... actually she just kept stealing the gummy worms!

Pretty Girls!

 and more pretty girls...

 Grandma just loves her Karly girl...

 ... and OH DO I LOVE HER TOO! She is just such a little sweetheart these days! I just ADORE my Karly Girl!!!

 She was SOOO excited to have her "jumpy ting" (as she would say)

 Owie Monkey having fun!

 MayMay and her Tarly

 Girls on a slide!

 Tanner Knox... sooooo close to walking and just a cutie!

 Bella and Aidan

 Me, Mom and Grandma June in the center (light ray =)

 Karly and Brooke were buds all night long!

 We had a brilliant idea to play a game that we have seen Tracy play before at one of her birthday party for the kids, thought it was very appropriate for our HAKUNA MATATA theme. We blind folded the kids, and they had to search through squishy spaghetti to look for gummy worms/spiders etc. Suppose to be fun because some kids actually think its real worms they are searching through...

 ... well after putting a few kids in tears, and some just not wanting to do it at all, and some just cramming spaghetti and gummy stuff all in thier cups... we weren't too sure if that game was a hit or a miss =/ Ah the memories =)

 Still Karly's favorite part, singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 In the words of my brother in law when he drove this commander over that morning... "Look what I bought myself for Karly's birthday! =)" Too much fun! He took all the kids for rides! (these two kids were first!)

 E-man, Jenna, and HailZ

 My BFF Amy and her cutie of a son!

 My Beautiful Mothe in Law and neice!

 Nick and Sarah have settled into parenthood so naturally... here is their beautiful little blessing Reese!

 And man do I just love this little calm beauty... miss Emmy Bleu!

 Here is her exactly opposite yet still a beauty of a cousin who is into EVERYTHING! She was sooo excited to meet her new baby cousin Liam...

 .... who wouldn't be? Isn't he gorgeous?!?

 Pinata time...birthday girl first...

 Owen

 Brooke

 And it was our slugger Bella who did it in =)

 Some of the adults were way excited about some of the prizes...

 some peoples kids =)

 I think we wore Jenna Bleu out!

 Karly got so many neat presents...

 But her gift from us (a F150 truck) was what stole her away for a good portion of the night! =) She is so cute in it!

 

 The people for the bouncer didn't come pick it up until about 10 that night.... and we did not let that thing go to waist. They had to kick us out of it when they came to get it.... soooo much fun!

Happy Birthday my beautiful little 3 year old... you light up of lives and are such a joy to be around... LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY!!!

 With moving, we wanted one more night to enjoy the spa.... TOTALLY going to miss that! (yes abby is going without a diaper, and yes she peed right before this shot =)

 On super bowl, I got bored with game so I decided to have a photo sessionn with these three pretty girls..

 .... make a funny face...

 Lost Ab... thumbs up!

 Hugging cousins!

 If you don't know where she is.... just look for the highest thing she could climb on!!! The other day I lost sight of her for a second and she was on top of two boxes on top of our pool table =/ SHE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE!

 Luckily I have this one to help me.... she is a great big sister!

 Two big sisters!

 Darnit, they put up the gate...

 How can I get around this???

 One last dress up before we pack them away...

 Sister Love!

 Watching Mulan with Auntie Maym!

This picture makes me soooo happy!

 So does this one! =)

 Sooo, of course, our new house was suppose to close this past saturday and didn't... we had packed EVERYTHING ready to go for Saturday =/ So we woke up that morning and decided to do a last minute trip to the Living Desert with the kids...

 ... let's get the show on the road huh ab?

 Karly was excited for the first show too...

 .... it was a cute little show... the hawk was my favorite, it flew so close to the audience!

 Ab loved all the animals, she would get soooo excited every time a new one came out! =)

 Doing a number with Granmda Kelly's hair!

 We actually got the idea to go from my bff Amy who had told me she was planning to go with her sister and her kids... we kind of suprised them by showing up the same day they went =/

 I had to take a picture with Kar by the turtle... my fav =)

 This little guy was one of my favorites too though... soooo cute!

 Here are all the kids in Gecko Gulch... Karly, Andee, Ava and Tanner Knox!

 Karly had a blast with these girls! She went home and said her prayers that night... "Tank you Dod for my friends!"

 YAY TANNER!! =)

 This is one animal that I can't believe Disney could make cute in Lion King =) That is one UGLY sucker!

 We ended the day just perfect... the giraffes were out and about for some BEAUTIFUL picture moments!!!

 I mean come on... how gorgeous are they! Karly would say "oh how cute!!" about all the animals!

 the giraffe eating in the background =)

 Abs favorite were the long horned bulls!!!

 She would cry when Ricky would take her away from them!

 At the end of the park they have a really cute train track set up...

 ... the kids just LOVED it!

 And for the ride home, Karly decided to crochet with Grandma Kelly...

and Ab decided to suck on the crochet hook =/ FUN FUN times lately... and busy busy with the move too! And always so blessed!

Change is good...

These past few months have brought a lot of decisions that needed to be made. After a lot of tears, a ton of help from my father in law, and plenty of prayers we decided to short sale our first home and are moving real soon!

 This was a huge decision on my part and VERY hard for me, some nights I would cry and just pray that we were making the right decision and the good Lord really justified to me that we did when we found out on our 4 year wedding anniversary that we got the house we put a bid on AND that we could put our home up for sale. It still breaks my heart to leave our first home, but I am so excited for this new home (which is gorgeous) and new beginnings =) And am soooo thankful for what a blessing my father-in-law is to us!

 Karly's 3rd Birthday is also coming up this week, and in finishing her baby books... it is crazy to see all the changes in her! And the similarities and differences in her and her baby sister Abby... LOVE THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL THINGS!!!

 We have been packing up! Karly will tell everyone... "We're getting a new house!!!!" Abby and her are having a ball with all the boxes. My climbers like to use them as stairs to get on top of the pool table... YES ABBY TOO... she is practically running now, and climbing is her FAVORITE! =/

 My little 3 year old LOVES her razor scooter!

 And I haven't found a thing that this one doesn't love... she SMILES at just about anything!

 Both changing so much these days!

 Another big change... I had let my hair grow pretty long this time and had been ready to donate it for a while...

 This little one was the only thing really stopping me... SHE LOVES MY HAIR... it is like her security blanket. She loves to play with it while she is going to sleep. SOOOO I asked her... "Karly, I was going to cut my hair short like yours so we match and give some sick little girl the rest of my hair!" ... she say, "Ok, ya mom!"

 When I walked in she was kind of shocked and didn't know what to think. But I let her do my make up and then she was on board... now she will look at me, touch my hair and say, "Mom, I like your hair!" =)

 And this one just smiled at me the whole time!

So, yes... many many changes in our lives these days...

 ... very exciting! =)

And I am having so much fun with my new hair =) I wasn't going to go this short, but my husband actually picked out this hair cut and I am glad he talked me into it... and I am super happy someone who needs it will be getting a pretty wig soon =)

CHRISTMAS!!!

I can't even put into words how much we enjoyed this Christmas season. With the age Karly is at she was remembering everything from last year, the lights, the goodies, the non stop on the go scene and to see her face light up with all of it just makes my heart soar!!! AND this was Abby's first Christmas which is always fun... so with all the hussle and bussle of the season I thought this simple video just really summed up the joy of it all...

... some other happy things to share,

...we have two new nephew puppies from David and Katie (Blu and Mugs... too cute!)

... we have a new neice puppy from Paulina (the tee tiny Dolce)

... my friend Sarah had her baby girl on Christmas morning! (Reese you are a little beauty)

... Abby is now walking!!! =/

... Karly has got her razor scooter down to an art! =)

... we are happy and healthy and excited for 2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE... HERE IS TO A JUST AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER, NEW YEAR!!!