tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74140330914670980072024-03-05T14:29:04.807-06:00Bass Family BlogThe Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-71242453307333286262015-02-15T20:36:00.000-06:002015-02-15T20:49:26.911-06:00Weekend wrap up! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It might be safe to say that the Bass family was the only family that celebrated Valentine's Day in Beijing. I knew that Valentine supplies would not be very accessible in Beijing, so I made sure before I left to pack some things so that the girls had a normal Valentine's day. I actually think they probably got more for Valentine's day this year because we wanted it to feel as normal as possible....so we spoiled them. The girls ended up getting their first package on Friday night and this was a HUGE treat. Their Lalee, Pops and Uncle Tucker sent them a package with Valentine goodies and the girls were beyond excited! Thank you to everyone who sent cards and for those of you who called! We read everyone and I wiped away tears because I am constantly reminded and grateful for those who love us most! </div>
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Everyone was all smiles! They really enjoyed their American M&Ms, fruit chews from Target (gosh how we miss Target), new loveys, and new pajamas! </div>
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Saturday morning the girls were woken up with a Barbie Deluxe Camper, some new clothes and brownies for breakfast! I honestly think the brownies were their favorite part! </div>
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We then got dressed and ventured to our new little morning brunch restaurant...Great Leap Brewery where the girls had chocolate chip pancakes for lunch and Walt and I enjoyed incredible burgers and fries. </div>
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After lunch, we decided since most people have left for Chinese New Year holiday it would be a great idea to go to the Silk Market and Pearl Market just to look around. I actually had a really great time and prefer the Silk Market over the Pearl Market. The Silk Market was extremely clean and it was all indoors. It was so neat to see all of the different items for sale. This is a place where you go to bargain for all of the "fake" things. I am not a bargainer....I never have been, I never will be. You tell me a price and I will just go with it...I don't know what it is but I cannot bargain like that. Walt is a bargainer. He won't budge. Our driver is a bargainer. He will tell you if you need to go lower. Those two together, you will walk away with a good deal. They also have all sorts of toys here, so you guessed it...Walt bought the girls some toys. It was fun to watch them bargain for toys for the girls. While we were here our girls were once again a spectacle. People had out their iPhones and they would walk around the booths video taping our girls just looking at toys. It is so crazy. I haven't learned how to say "Please, no video," but it is next on my list. Everyone is so shocked that we have not one, not two, but three girls. But like I have said in the past, everyone is extremely nice, and it helps having three cute girls with you when you are bargaining for things. </div>
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Our Sunday was spent going to a lunch spot called The Taco Bar and to the fruit market. This restaurant The Taco Bar is legit. I'm a HUGE Mexican food lover...I'm a big foodie in general, as I can see that the majority of my post talk about my kids and food, but y'all...quite possibly some of the best Mexican food I have ever had. Seriously. Their guacamole was out of this world and the salad that I ordered was devoured in like 3 seconds flat. This really made this Texas girl feel good...felt a little like home...knowing that I can come here and have a slice of what I know to be heaven....it made my Sunday. </div>
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The girls clearly know how to eat Mexican food...all 3 of them LOVED The Taco Bar and we will most definitely be back MULTIPLE times! </div>
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The fruit market. Wow. I am an idiot and thought it was just a fruit market. WRONG. This place has everything. and be everything I also mean any type of meat you can imagine just hanging there, everything. When you take a child who doesn't eat a lot, but loves meat (Eloise) through the meat market, it is not a good combination. I had no idea that meat would be just hanging everywhere, out in the open. I watched Eloise's face in horror as she was putting two and two together. Thankfully, she chose to eat her rotisserie chicken that we had for dinner Sunday night, but the end result could have been much worse. </div>
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The fruit and vegetables though...very fresh. Obviously everything is fresh...even the meat. ha. </div>
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And we were able to pick up fried fruit, nuts, they had grains...I even purchased a baking pan there. Talk about a collection of all sorts of things. It was fun, it was an experience, but I doubt that I will be going back. Although the fruits and vegetables are extremely fresh I like the supermarkets better. </div>
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That is one really great thing here that I have noticed. The fruits and vegetables are so fresh. I think I ate an entire package of cherry tomatoes one day because they were so delicious. </div>
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This past week in school Eloise and Emerson participated in many fun activities celebrating Chinese New Year. On Tuesday, I was able to go to Emerson's class and help her make the traditional dish of Chinese dumplings. These dumplings are a staple for Chinese New Year. This is what every family eats along with drinking white wine. Emerson and I had so much fun making the dumplings, but the best part was eating them. They were yummy. (As you can tell I am doing a lot of eating here.) </div>
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And on Friday Eloise participated in her schools' Chinese New Year production. It was so fun to watch her play the drums and see her with her new classmates. The school production was so fun, and Avanell sat in complete silence for an hour just watching in awe. It was the quietest I have ever seen her! Eloise has definitely dove right in and made herself at home. I am so proud of her for that, and her teachers have noticed as well. She was "spotted" and received the Star of the Week. Makes me feel good to know that she has already adjusted so well. </div>
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And of course my girl made the Newsletter at school....they know a cute girl when they see it and then I just had to show off her little award. Proud of my two babies for fitting in so nicely. </div>
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In other news, I stopped by our house last week and we are set to move in March 1st. Avanell and I are so excited because this apartment is making us go a little stir crazy. </div>
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In Avanell news, little Lady is finally really crawling. I think the marble floors had something to do with it...everytime she would really get started, the floors were so slick, she would fall. But now that we can crawl, she is a little more independent, thank goodness, and isn't always crying for momma. Don't kid yourself though, girl still cries a lot for her momma. I told her it was fine, as long as she still wants to be with me a 13. Then we will be all good. </div>
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One thing we will miss about the apartment (less than two weeks until we are out...not that anyone is counting) is the Children's playroom. The girls LOVE going in here and playing. It is really nice that the apartment provides this....we have had some fun times in this little room! </div>
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And let's not kid ourselves....I had to find a wine that I liked here. Of course Walt decided that we should try out a wine called none other than "The Great Wall" and guess what...it's REALLY good! So...as of now, this is my wine of choice...so cheesy, I know! </div>
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Obviously Chinese New Year is comparable to Christmas in the U.S. I'm so glad that we got here during this time because we have been able to see and do many fun things because of Chinese New Year. On Friday night Walt and I went to Conoco's Chinese New Year party, which would be like Conoco's Christmas party in Houston. It was quite fun and Walt and I both had a really great time. We were able to dress up in full Chinese costumes, eat some yummy food, and we even were able to watch a Chinese opera. As we all left everyone was given a present....a selfie stick! Just what I needed! After the party we went to a fun little Irish pub and had a drink before returning to the apartment. </div>
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On Saturday the girls wanted to go ice skating. So after a fun lunch at a local restaurant called Wagas, with a new friend from Houston, we ventured out to what we thought would be ice skating. Instead it was chair skating, but needless to say the girls had fun. I was freezing cold, Avanell was freezing cold, Emerson was freezing cold, Eloise was freezing cold...Walt had the time of his life. I seriously think he would've stayed all day. He loved it because he didn't have to wear ice skates, so the fear that he had of falling down was gone...he loved running around on the ice. </div>
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My girls are slowly figuring out that they are warm weather people like their mother. When I asked Eloise if she ever thought living in China would be her life she responded with this, "No, I never thought I would live here, and it is good...but it needs to get warm." She is her mother's daughter. <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dznU9TJ4Ab-DR-sGkfsKG-wrdZ_PPi2KIHU_k4P9lhEZ-WXS52VZkkqFHZux9VBzY1Xixtkqvs9CEjmMVm7cg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
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On Sunday we took it easy and went to a little French Bakery to have cake and we ventured to another supermarket called Metro. This will be our supermarket of choice when we need variety, no more Walmart for me....at least while I am here. </div>
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This week in school the girls are doing all things for Chinese New Year. I am going up to school tomorrow to help Emerson's class make dumplings and then on Thursday Eloise is in the Chinese New Year production...she will be playing the drums. I love the subtle reminders I get that the girls are going to a British school: </div>
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This was the email I received today reminding me to help out at school tomorrow...I am Emerson's mummy! :) </div>
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All in all a very good week. The girls are out of school this Friday 13th through the next Monday 23rd for Chinese New Year. We are hoping to catch some really great fireworks! </div>
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*Avanell and I went to an electronic store to get a curling iron. While there she decided to have a blow out in her pants, and mom of the year didn't have extra pants...so I just put a diaper on her. Within 30 seconds (no exaggeration) 7 people (no exaggeration there either) came up to me telling me she was cold (at least this is what my driver told me) They then proceeded to bring over a Dyson blade-less heater and put it right in front of Avanell while I was looking for a curling iron. (Ive told you they are obsessed with babies) </div>
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*Hardly any places here take credit cards. I've gone into two stores thinking they would take credit cards (Toys R US being one of them, as I have an almost 5 year old on my hands) and my driver has had to spot me cash twice. Embarrassing. </div>
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*Emerson has tried every single thing that has been placed in front of her. She just found out that she loves Chinese dumplings! </div>
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*Avanell has approximately 4 top teeth coming in. SO FUN. </div>
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* Eloise has started reading... this has this teacher momma SO proud...I've tried and tried to upload her video, but I can't for the life of my figure out how to upload something that is longer than 10 seconds...any help???</div>
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I love Walmart. I said it. I mean of course, I <i><u>really </u></i>love HEB, but I grew up in a town that had the first Walmart in Texas. And the first Super Walmart. That's right...good ol' Mt. Pleasant, Texas had the first Walmart. Hey...it's our only claim to fame, besides the fact that we have THE Pilgrim Pride Plant...and who wants to claim that? So, Walmart is all I have really known for years. HEB, Central Market, Whole Foods...those are the like the Taj Mahals of supermarkets. I love them as well, but my first love was Walmart. Saturday we experienced the Walmart in Beijing. Good gracious I do not know what I thought I was going to walk into. Actually, I do....I honestly had this secret hope that it would be just like American Walmarts, only everything would be in Chinese... wrong. This was the loudest place I have ever been to...EVER. Everyone had on microphones and they were talking so loud over them trying to sell you produce...and it was in a language that I clearly cannot understand...I left with a massive headache. But..it was an experience, and this is why we are here...right??<br />
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I must give them props to their floral section....it was massive and the flowers were beautiful. Flowers over here are not very expensive, hence why I have already received a humungous bouquet of them....and don't you worry I already told Walt that since flowers are so cheap I expect fresh ones on a weekly basis. </div>
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We did stock up on some must have items while at Walmart....like a Chinese dress for the girls, and of course Disney Princess water bottles for school, some Hello Kitty earmuffs, and pink "ugg" knock offs for the girls to wear to school...but all in all we walked around like crazy people. I think at one point in time Walt and I just laughed at each other. People would just come up to me and want to touch Avanell....I'm telling you, she is a rare find here. Walt was trying to get by a man, but the man was staring so hard at Avanell, just staring, and Walt didn't know how to say, "Excuse me," so he honestly sat there for about 2 minutes while the man just stared at my daughter. I would say that after this trip I do not ever have the desire to go to another Walmart in China...I think I'll stick to the Western supermarket Jenny Lou's. </div>
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So we did just that. We ventured out and walked to a fun little restaurant called Big Smoke. I had a really yummy cucumber martini, Walt had fried chicken, the girls had yogurt with granola and truffle mac and cheese. The place was really quaint and quiet. It was great. After that we walked into a French Boulangerie and went to a little French chocolate shop. We then decided that it would be fun to take a rickshaw home. The best way to describe this is a bicycle with a huge covered seat on the back. This little old man peddled faster than anyone I have ever seen and how we all fit on that one little seat I will never know! The girls LOVED it and proceeded to tell me that it was the most fun they have had this whole time. </div>
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This week has been quiet. Avanell and I started a baby playgroup at the girls' school on Mondays. She is the littlest one in her class, but she showed everyone that she means business... she crawled over to everyone's plates and tried to get everyone's snack.... and she made sure to knock down all of the blocks that the older kids were playing with. Yeah...don't mess with Avanell. That's my girl, make yourself known. </div>
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Today I went shopping with a friend to look for a silver dress for Walt's company Chinese New Year Party. Really, a silver dress?! A man must have thought up the color because I could hardly find any silver dresses anywhere. I went with a gray dress and a silver necklace...but seriously? Silver? In the winter? Talk about washing me out! Avanell had fun though, she met a friend in the dressing room and just couldn't get enough of her! </div>
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And HUGE news that I must share. Like I said earlier Wednesdays are our driver's "no drive" days. When you pick out your license according to the city of Beijing you have a certain day you can't drive. I'm not quite sure how this works for the teenagers, but I haven't seen any teenagers driving a car either. So we had a dilemma...we currently live about 45 min away from school (once we move into our house we will walk everyday)...what was I to do? I had to send my 3 and 4 year old to school ON A BUS. This wasn't just a regular school bus, it was like a tourist bus...but still! I about died as I watch my babies drive away AND to make matters worse they didn't even come home until 4:55! And what did they tell me when they got off the bus? That they loved it and wanted to ride the bus everyday! Yeah right...I never considered myself that helicopter parent...but my 3 and 4 year old are NOT riding the bus, except while we are here in the apartment. </div>
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-74613857106124815172015-01-30T21:05:00.003-06:002015-01-30T21:08:20.842-06:00It was a "dog-gone" good reunion Yesterday was a good day. If you know me at all....you know how much I love my dog, Gracie. I didn't hesitate for one second on whether or not Gracie should go with us to Beijing. When Walt actually questioned it I asked him if he would leave Eloise, Emerson or Avanell behind...because if his answer was no, then it should be the same response for Gracie.<br />
I know while we were packing up the house Gracie was wondering what was going on. When we moved in with my sister for several days she wasn't as nervous, but on the Saturday that we left, she knew something was up. Dogs just know....they really do. Gracie was picked up on Monday morning. She flew from Houston to Amsterdam...how many people can say their dog was in Amsterdam, and then to Beijing. She stayed in quarantine for 2 days...and then yesterday a miraculous reunion happened. The front office called to let me know that Gracie had been delivered. She arrived at my door and when I first saw her face she was well...pissed. But, the second she realized it was me, she smiled, kissed me all over and was all kinds of happy. I will even let you know that I broke down in tears. This apartment just wasn't the same without her. Our family was not the same without her...and now she is back where she belongs, with us. As I am typing this, she is asleep on the chair...and in all honesty, this is the first time in a month that I have not seen her shaking all over out of fear for what is about to happen. She knows she is with us and we aren't leaving her behind. <br />
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The big girls started school on Thursday. They are attending the British School of Beijing. Once we move to Shunyi, the girls and I will walk to school everyday....but right now, man is it a beating making the commute every day. It takes an hour to get there from our apartment...so round trip Avanell and I are in the car for 4 hours a day. When we lived in Texas we didn't have to be at school until 9:15, so we left the house around 8:45. Now...we have to be at school at 8:15, so leaving the house at 7:15-7:30 with 3 littles in tow is hard. All the more reason why I am ready to move into our house! Needless to say Avanell takes her naps in the car now...which kind of stinks for me because I have a little one with me in the shower, sitting with me while I dry my hair...you get the point. Avanell is doing better with her jet lag. We still aren't completely cured, but I have to keep reminding myself we have only been here since Monday. </div>
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We love starting our mornings Facetiming with Aunt Poco and Uncle Pat!! </div>
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One of her many naps in the car. Look at those rosey cheeks....we apply aquaphor about 15 times a day because her cheeks are so chapped. </div>
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The girls LOVE school. Yesterday when I picked up Eloise she was in a rotten mood in the car, when I asked her what was wrong her response was: "I didn't want you to pick me up from school. I wanted to stay there forever." So, I have been very thankful for their transition. I was very shocked to hear that they go outside 3 times a day. These little Texans girls that are not used to cold weather have not complained one time about it being cold when they go play outside. I am proud of them for that because it is frigid here! Emerson has already had show and tell and if you know her you know she showed off one of her animals. :) Eloise claims that she already has a boy in her class that likes her...so I am guessing that they are adjusting quite well. </div>
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Last night Walt and I went to dinner with some of his coworkers and their wives. We went to a restaurant called Duck de Chine. Beijing is famous for the Peking Duck. It was an experience. To get there we had to walk through a little art gallery. Once you were in the restaurant you could go back to where the ducks were being roasted. I had to muster up the courage to see this. They bring the duck out to you along with little crepes and "fixings" for your crepe, and this really good plum sauce. As I was fixing up my crepe, I turned to one of Walt's workers who has lived in Houston and said, "Oh this is like a duck fajita!" He just laughed, but the reference was correct, because you add your own little fixings to your crepe. Thankfully I was able to only add a small bit of duck because it was not really my favorite. But their Kung Pao Chicken was great and their fried green beans were out of this world. So all in all the night was a great experience. The girls stayed in the apartment with Walt's boss' daughter...this was nice as it was waaaaaay overdue for time away. </div>
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Today we are going to try to explore the city a little and eat a some recommended restaurants, purchase some much needed items...like a straightener, hairdryer, more food, gloves for the girls...the necessities. I did go to a thrift store the other day and picked up a highchair for a total of 10.00. It is so interesting to me how fascinated people are with babies here. I mean fascinated! Especially a blonde headed baby like mine. I've never gotten such quick and fast service in my life. People just flock to me because of Avanell and everyone here is extremely nice, which makes things easier for me. The other thing that sticks out in my head right now is their portion size. It's so much smaller than our portion sizes in America! I swear after every meal I am still secretly hungry! I guess this is why I came home the other day after eating lunch, and channeled my inner Texan and snacked on this: </div>
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You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of the girl! :) </div>
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-10236670755517885162015-01-28T00:49:00.001-06:002015-01-28T00:49:18.699-06:00And we made it.... And about 35 hours later....we made it. We officially "live" in Beijing. Right now we are living in downtown Beijing in a <strike>hotel,</strike> an apartment until our house is ready in the city of Shunyi. Shunyi is considered a "suburb" of Beijing. Shunyi is where the girls will attend school and this is a much smaller city than Beijing with all of the amenities and facilities that you need. This is good for this very small town girl. Big cities are fun to visit....but they are a little overwhelming when you are from a hometown of about 12,000. <br />
We left on Saturday from Houston around 5:00 p.m. Took a 10 hour flight to Moscow and ended up getting there are 3 a.m. Texas time. We then had a 2 hour lay over, then flew 11 hours to Singapore. Our layover in Singapore was 4 hours. The Singapore airport is awesome. We went through a butterfly garden, the kids played on an amazing playscape, we saw Mickey and Minnie....everything you can imagine is in that one airport and that was really cool to experience. Once we got on our flight in Singapore, it was a 6 hour flight to Beijing. <br />
So many people asked us why we took three flights instead of just taking a direct route....we did this for two reasons.<br />
One, we wanted to experience Singapore Air. If you haven't flown them, find them time to do it in your lifetime. They are incredible. The service was amazing, our seats were so comfortable, and everyone fell in love with our girls. We had staff sitting with our girls playing on their leap pad, teaching them words in Mandarin, giving them new toys, it was really comforting to see complete strangers love on our girls the way they did. Speaking of our girls....they were ALL exceptional. By the last leg of the flight they were a little more fussy than usual, but that was to be expected, and it was nothing that a new toy couldn't cure.<br />
The second reason that we took such a long route was to help the bigger girls with jet lag. I think our plan actually worked. They were so tired from the flight that when we arrived at our temporary apartment on Monday they slept from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. They were up Wednesday morning from 2:30-5, but this has been the only set back I have experienced from them. Avanell is another story...it's like having a newborn again, only when she wakes up every 2 hours the girl wants you to play with her. She is doing better each day and will adjust soon....I hope.<br />
So yesterday we went and visited the girls' school. This was exciting. They were able to try on their new uniforms, meet all of their new friends in their class and they meet their teachers. The girls start school on Thursday and they will go 5 days a week. This is a big change from Eloise's 3 day a week routine and Emerson's 2 day a week routine, but I know they will love school. We also went and looked at our house. It is being completely renovated and we should move in March 1st. Chinese New Year is Feburary 19th, oddly enough so is Eloise's 5th birthday, and everyone here goes home to visit family, so they moved our move in date back a little bit. Our house was looking good and we are just ready for all of our stuff to arrive (7 more weeks to go) and then we will be surrounded by things from home. <br />
We also went to the American grocery store, Jenny Lou's to stock up on food. This was an interesting experience. A small thing of Cetaphil lotion costs 18.00! Good thing we stocked up on a lot of necessities from Costco before the big move. <br />
And now we are here to today....Wednesday. Wednesday is a no drive day for our driver. Here in Beijing every car has a no drive day....and depending on the last digit on your license plate you know the day you can't drive. Our specific day is Wednesday. So, the girls and I have been cooped up in our apartment playing all day. This has been fine, as they have needed an afternoon nap, and it is very cold outside. The high today is 34, but it is currently 28. It has actually been very sunny both days we have been here. I have been very surprised at the amount of people who are actually out and about walking or riding their bikes to get places. It really shouldn't be surprising, but it is surprising to this Texas girl who is used to it being 78 degrees in January. <br />
It's been two days, i've burnt a pizza....using a Chinese oven, gotten about 15 hours of sleep since Saturday, and adjusted to a 14 hour time difference. This is our new normal. For now at least. <br />
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Happy girl on the flight! She loved roaming around and doing her army crawl all around the space that we had. </div>
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See that... that is a bassinet, this is where Avanell slept during our flights. This was the best part about our flight and I was able to enjoy some champagne while she slept. HA! </div>
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My three little girls! </div>
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All of the girls hanging out with Daddy. I think they were watching Frozen at this point. </div>
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I told you she was happy the majority of our flights! Or maybe it is that she LOVES looking at herself on the phone. </div>
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Emerson playing on her leap pad, getting ready to go night night. </div>
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Eloise relaxing on the plane. </div>
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One of the staff on Singapore Air. Everyone wanted to help us off of the flight all because of these two cuties! </div>
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The girls loved Minnie and Mickey in the Singapore airport. </div>
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Here we are yesterday at the American grocery store. The girls LOVED using their own shopping carts to help me pick out food. </div>
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-50026694545352238682015-01-14T21:13:00.000-06:002015-01-14T21:13:07.913-06:00Beijing here we come Ok, it's been awhile since my last post....alright, it's been forever.<br />
I always wondered how people who blogged just all of a sudden stopped.<br />
And then I became one of them.<br />
I get it...life just gets to crazy and too hectic and the next thing you know, your blog has gone out the window.<br />
I do feel like I have done a disservice to my youngest child. Eloise and Emerson have these precious blog books that my sister made for them...I documented every single month of their life...percentages, first smiles, first time they slept through the night.... poor Avanell.<br />
Oh yes, that reminds me...we did add another girl into the mix. Avanell was born in May of 2014.<br />
3 girls...sisters. What wonderful blessings.<br />
And this takes me to why I am all of a sudden picking back up my blog.<br />
WE ARE MOVING.<br />
Not just to another state....but to another country.<br />
CHINA.<br />
We are moving for Walt's job.<br />
We move in less than 2 weeks.<br />
My house is in a state of disarray...unlike anything I have ever seen before.<br />
All I can keep thinking about is how I am <i>moving </i>to China.<br />
I know, it will be a wonderful experience. But right now, right in the middle of what is about to take place...it's a lot.<br />
God has shown me in more ways than one that He is here with us...that I need to cast all of my fears to Him, and He will take care of everything.<br />
But man is it hard.<br />
So...I've started my blog up again. Hopefully this will be a way to document our journey, to keep in touch with friends and family and to create another one of those precious blog books for Avanell....just 8 months late. :)The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-8921372172797768862013-07-10T21:46:00.000-05:002013-07-10T21:46:35.972-05:00Be still and knowWhy does it always seem that through tragedy one is almost always brought closer to God? I have always considered myself to be a spiritual person; however, with all of the recent things that have happened in my life, I have often found myself questioning, "Why, God?" This is not the question that I should be asking and it seems as though God has been trying to show me that He is in fact, here, all around me. <br />
Walt and I went to church two Sundays ago for the first time since Lauren's fall. The sermon topic: How to respond when disaster strikes your family. It was quite the moving sermon, and the entire time I felt as though God were speaking to me. Ever since that sermon I have really been trying to look at positives and notice how God is all around. <br />
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Steven Curtis Chapman's song, "Be Still and Know" has popped into my head every night as I am putting my girls to sleep, and when rocking sweet Case. <br />
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Be still and know that He is God<br />Be still and know that He is holy<br />Be still, O restless soul of mine<br />Bow before the Prince of peace<br />Let the noise and clamor cease<br />Be still<br /><br />Be still and know that He is God<br />Be still and know that He is faithful<br />Consider all that he has done<br />Stand in awe and be amazed<br />And know that He will never change<br />Be still<br /><br />Be Still, and know that He is God<br />Be Still, and know that He is God<br />Be Still, and know that He is God<br /><br />Be Still; Be speechless<br /><br />Be still and know that he is God<br />Be still and know he is our Father<br />Come rest your head upon his breast<br />Listen to the rhythm of his unfailing heart of love<br />Beating for His little ones<br />Calling each of us to come<br />Be still, Be still<br />
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As I look at the simplicity of the lyrics to this song, I have found myself realizing that God is trying to show me how he is working. <br />
The first verse, to me, is apparent every day when I am with my two precious girls and around my nephew, Case. Watching those 3 play together, all of the noise and clamor ceases when I honestly take a moment to live in <u>their</u> moment, and see all of the innocence that they portray. To see Case getting excited about certain songs that we all sing together, to watch Emerson walk over to Case with a bottle because she can tell he is hungry, and to see Eloise break down with frustration and say that she is "disappointed in herself" because she made the wrong choice....these are all moments of God. Moments where these children are just being children, and where I am able to see just how pure they really are. <br />
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And as I study the second verse. This verse speaks volumes to me, and I often find myself replaying this verse over and over. I know that God is faithful. Case and I went to see Lauren (his momma, my sister in law) on Monday. I left standing in awe, and being amazed...and I looked at what all God has done since May 26, when Lauren fell. While at TIRR on Monday, I know in fact, that I witnessed the greatest love story I have ever seen. Lauren knows that Spencer loves her more than anything in this world, and that his vows have been tested and she responds to him like no other. My brother, told me just the other day that he is more in love with Lauren today, than when he married her. God is there. God is a HUGE part of their marriage and every time I see them together, I am reminded of that. I see the progress that Lauren has made from the first time that I saw her after her fall, and I DO consider all the God has done. I was in awe when I saw Case take off Lauren's glasses on Monday, and light up all over because he knew that that was HIS momma (she wears contacts), and I was amazed when I heard Lauren singing as sweetly as she could to him. God is constant....and God will continue to allow more progress for Lauren. <br />
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Be still. Be speechless..... <br />
I am speechless. Speechless with how God has intertwined so many lives because of Lauren. <br />
If I am correct Lauren's occupational therapist, speech therapist and physical therapist, all have some tie to Lauren...whether it is going to grad school with my sister, Poco, or knowing someone from UT who knew her... it is crazy. I was teaching Vacation Bible School right when this all happened, and my partner (who I did not know at the time), her sister, was one of Lauren's best friends in pharmacy school. How crazy is it that Lauren ended up at TIRR, in Houston, and Spencer and Lauren just happen to have family who is located here, and we are all able to help out. I can't help but stand in awe and be speechless with how God has allowed things to work. <br />
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And the third verse. I can only hope that through all of this that has happened to Lauren, that someone has read about her story and prayed to God for the first time and then came to know Him. Or that someone found their way back to God after hearing of the miraculous things he has done for Lauren. And I know for sure that because of Lauren, prayer has become much more powerful and meaningful for me...and for so many other people. I have seen that the power of prayer has worked. And I have also seen how strong my brother's faith is, and this has inspired me. <br />
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So, I have been reminded recently to just be still. Let God do his work. As a human this is difficult, and I fail many times and question many things...however, when I am still, I can see how he is all around me. <br />
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I ask that you please continue to pray for my sweet sister in law, Lauren. Please pray that Lauren would become more alert.<br /> That she would begin to initiate conversation.<br /> That as she becomes more aware she wouldn't get depressed.<br /> Pray for complete restoration.<br /><br /> Pray for my brother, Spencer, also. Pray that God would continue to give him strength in this time. That he would focus on today and remember the progress she has made instead of thinking too far into the future.<br /><br /> Continue to share Lauren's story. Ask all you know to pray for her. God is good and he is working.<br /><br /> Isaiah 40:29<br /> He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.<br />
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-73207484431933746032013-07-03T10:15:00.001-05:002013-07-03T10:15:20.610-05:00Quick Update Since my last post, Lauren has been moved to TIRR, in Houston. Lauren has been there for a little over a week and made incredible progress. <br />
Since coming to TIRR, Lauren has<span class="text_exposed_show"> passed her swallow study and is now eating food, and drinking from a cup. She still gets her PEG feedings because she can't eat enough to get all the nutrition she needs yet. Physical Therapy will stand her up from time to time so she can feel weight throughout her legs. Her right side is strongest and she can hold herself up pretty well with a little support and something to lean on. She is starting to move her left hand more purposefully and has waved with it. </span><br />
Lauren's TRACH was removed early yesterday morning. This is a big deal because not only is she much more comfortable but it should be easier for her to speak. She is still not initiating communication on her own but<span class="text_exposed_show"> she is able to answer most questions accurately with time. She knows their dogs' names, address, birthday, son's name, city they live in, where she works, etc... She is having issues with her vision and we are not sure if she is sensitive to light or seeing double. She wears an eye patch because of this. Lauren is still very fatigued throughout the day but is slowly becoming more alert.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Case, their son, is staying in Houston as well. He is getting loads of attention from cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. The Lord definitely knew what he was doing when he blessed Spencer and Lauren with Case, as he is quite possibly the happiest baby that has ever graced this planet. </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Spencer is proving every day that he is one of the most compassionate, loving, supportive men on the face of the Earth. We are all so proud of him and honored to say that he is in fact, our brother, son and friend.</span><br />
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Please keep praying. God is working. I will update again soon.<br /><br /> Jeremiah 32:17<br /> Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You. <br />
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</span><br />The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-38562090452216563582013-06-08T08:37:00.002-05:002013-06-08T08:37:51.500-05:00Praise God from whom all blessings flow <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Lauren is now off the respirator. She has a Trach collar and is breathing 100% on her own with additional oxygen. They might put her back on CPAP if she gets tired but she did very well today breathing on her own. She followed some voice commands and showed the doctor 2 fingers when he asked. The doctors let us know that doing something like raising 2 fingers when asked is very exhausting for Lauren right now. We are encouraged by her improvement! Please keep praying.</span></div>
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-86828029903176071832013-06-04T22:37:00.002-05:002013-06-04T22:37:29.518-05:00Isaiah 26:3-4 Lauren had a good day today. Although she didn't respond to the doctors she was moving her right side throughout the day. She did open one eye for a split second when her nurse clapped in front of her f<span class="text_exposed_show">ace. She should get a Trach and a Peg tube by Friday. This will allow the doctors to remove all the tubes from her mouth and make her more comfortable. <br /><br /> Case is doing great! We have a great team of people at daycare loving on him everyday. He is continuing to grow and he is learning how to clap.<br /><br /> Please continue to pray for Lauren, we appreciate all the support we have received so far. We still believe that God is good!<br /><br /> Isaiah 26:3-4<br /> You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-41876690949106827852013-06-02T19:54:00.001-05:002013-06-02T19:54:10.637-05:00"Because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Lauren has been on the CPAP machine for 24 hrs. This means she is mostly breathing on her own. Although she didn't respond to vocal commands she was moving both arms and legs at different times througho<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">ut the day. They have taken her off all pain medication in hopes that she will wake up soon. We are overwhelmed by the support we are getting from friends, family, and our church family. We ask that everyone would continue to pray for Lauren and share her story with all they know. <br /><br /> Isaiah 40:29<br /> He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak</span></div>
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<br />The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-64974830801621988332013-05-31T07:42:00.003-05:002013-05-31T07:42:48.706-05:00Lauren's Status today Dear Friends, <br />
Here is the recent update for my precious sister in law, Lauren Hughes Wilson. <br />
The MRI results today showed that after the trauma to Lauren's brain she had many strokes. The doctors describe it as anoxic brain damage. They are telling us to be prepared if she doesn't wake up for mo<span class="text_exposed_show">nths. Our specific prayer requests are that the swelling in her brain would go away and that new connections would start to form around the damaged areas of her brain. </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Please continue to pray and have faith that God can heal her. Please share this with everyone you know. I truly believe in the power of prayer. </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">While praying, please pray for strength for my brother, Spencer Wilson, (Lauren's husband), while he has the strongest faith of anyone that I know, this is an extremely difficult time. Pray for Lauren's family and mostly for their sweet 9 month old baby boy, Case. Thank you, I will keep everyone posted, and God Bless. </span><br />
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-43444632665480950892013-05-29T22:16:00.001-05:002013-05-29T22:16:26.434-05:00My family needs prayers right now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been quite some time since my last post, but all things aside, I am asking for serious prayer right now. <br />
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On Sunday, May 26, my sweet sister in law went to church with my brother and she fainted. When she fainted, she ended up having a seizure, as a result of her fainting, she fractured her skull. After doing a CT scan the results showed an epidermal hematoma. They performed a craniotomy on Sunday night around 7:30. Lauren is in ICU, and she is responding to some verbal commands, but it is not consistent. The doctors are hoping that she will wake up in the next couple of days. </div>
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Lauren is an AMAZING mother to my sweet, precious 9 month old nephew. She is an incredible wife, to my ever faithful brother, a compassionate sister, daughter and friend. </div>
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Right now I am just asking for prayer. Prayers that Lauren will recover, no matter how long the process takes. Prayers for my brother, as he is by her side day in and day out. His faith is something that I have always admired, and right now he is proving to be an incredible example of a faithful follower of Christ. Please pray for Lauren's family, her mother, her sister and all of her immediate family that is experiencing pain, heartache, and suffering. Pray that we will remain strong, and that God will keep Lauren out of pain and heal her sweet body and spirit. </div>
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I am just asking that you please share this with everyone you know, as prayer is powerful and right now, prayer is the one thing that we need. </div>
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I can't even begin to write all of the wonderful things that Lauren does for other people in her life. So, I am asking that now we give back to Lauren, and do for her, as she has done for so many people. </div>
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She has the sweetest spirit, and we are all waiting for the moment to see her sweet face light up again. </div>
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Just please, take a small moment out of your daily life to send positive thoughts her way, lift her up in prayer, and remember this precious family. Lauren's journey is far from over, and we need everyone we can get lifting her up. </div>
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I can't help but always thing of David Crowder Band's song "Shine"
The lyrics are incredible and it is exactly what I am wanting to say right at this moment. <br />
Send me a sign<br />
A hint, a whisper
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Throw me a line
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'Cause I am listening
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Come break the quiet
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Breathe your awakening
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Bring me to life<br />
'Cause I am fading
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Surround me with the rush of angels' wings
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Shine Your light so I can see You<br />
Pull me up, I need to be near You
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Hold me, I need to feel love
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Can You overcome this heart that's overcome?
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You sent a sign<br />
A hint, a whisper<br />
Human divine
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Heaven is listening<br />
Death laid love quiet
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Yet in the night a stirring
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All around the rush of angels
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Oh, the wonder of the greatest love has come<br />
Shine Your light so all can see it<br />
Lift it up, 'cause the whole world needs it
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Love has come, what joy to hear it<br />
He has overcome
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He has overcome
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Please pray, for Lauren, Spencer, their son Case and their families. </div>
The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-80773463736586307082013-04-15T21:50:00.000-05:002013-04-15T21:50:00.114-05:00Baby Evan <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My last blog post was titled "April Showers"...and this would be why. </div>
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2 showers in 2 weekends and a birthday party for my, gasp, 2 year old this weekend. </div>
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This past weekend some of Sue's closest friends threw her a baby shower. </div>
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Sue is having a baby boy, Evan, in July. </div>
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I don't think my house has ever been as clean as it was for the shower, AND I don't think my house has ever seen that much blue! </div>
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We all had such a great time, and the shower was a success. </div>
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What a wonderful time celebrating sweet Sue and her precious baby boy. </div>
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I was absolutely honored to be a part of it!! </div>
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The Mantle </div>
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The "Little Man" drinks </div>
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The favors</div>
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which were my favorite! <br />I know that painting your toe nails blue is not something</div>
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that will be at the hospital, </div>
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and hopefully when all of Sue's friends come to visit, they will have </div>
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blue toes in honor of sweet Evan!</div>
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The door sign </div>
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The yummy spread </div>
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complete with chicken minis from Chik-fil-A because anyone </div>
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that knows Sue, KNOWS her love for fried chicken!!</div>
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absolutely fabulous bow tie cookies!</div>
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the precious cake that matched the invitation </div>
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Such a yummy food table </div>
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2 of the hostesses </div>
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Oh boy, Baby Evan!!</div>
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Some of Sue's highschool friends from Lake Jackson</div>
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how wonderful it is that she still keeps in touch with them!</div>
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Sue with some of her Baylor girls </div>
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After we chowed down on food, it was time for a quick, fun game</div>
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and then came the fun part...the gifts!! </div>
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3 of Sue's friends from Baylor are pregnant as well...</div>
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from right to left </div>
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due in May, due in July, due in August, due in September </div>
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Me and my Sue </div>
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So thankful for your friendship! <br />How grateful I am that our husbands are besties and planned our Italian cruise vacay almost 6 YEARS ago! From that point on I have gained a lifelong bestie!! <br />love you so very much!!</div>
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Sue and Sarah...</div>
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look at that precious little belly!! </div>
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The hostesses with Sue</div>
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We are ALL so thankful for your friendship!!</div>
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BAYLOR GIRLS <br />Sic'em Bears!! </div>
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Sue Bear with her sisters! </div>
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The grandmothers, aunts and momma to be!! <br />They are all so excited for Sue</div>
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Once the shower was over my little girls were allowed to come back home! <br />How thankful I am to have such an amazing friend that was willing to watch my girls ALL Saturday, while I got ready, finished cleaning the house, and threw a shower. </div>
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THANK YOU SARAH! <br />They did not want to leave her house!</div>
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Here my babies are right after naptime...they had have their photo-op with Sue!!</div>
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And the greatest picture of all..</div>
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Sue with her momma, </div>
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and her baby's namesake </div>
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Love Mrs. Mirasol.</div>
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She invited my entire family over for dinner and to spend the night once Evan gets here...</div>
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I KNOW I will be taking her up on the offer!! :) </div>
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What a wonderful Saturday celebrating a WONDERFUL friend. </div>
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Sue, how lucky Evan is to have you for his momma!! <br />xxoo </div>
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It is not a secret to anyone that knows me that my sister is getting married. </div>
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She got engaged in November, which makes for a pretty short engagement. </div>
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She gets married in less than 2 months...</div>
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So, it's that time. </div>
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SHOWER time. </div>
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I love showers. I don't care if it is wedding or baby showers, they are just all around fun. </div>
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Getting to celebrate someone that you honestly care about, rejoicing in their happiness. </div>
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Showers are awesome. </div>
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And how I am glad that we have had and are having so many showers in our life right now...</div>
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it's like a built in party every weekend. </div>
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So, last weekend family members and friends threw Poco and Pat a couples shower. </div>
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It was great. </div>
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The shower took place at the restaurant inside the Crescent Court</div>
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friends and family (except family that is out of state, of course)</div>
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were able to attend, and it was just a wonderful time celebrating the upcoming marriage of my sister to Pat.</div>
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We had a fantastic weekend with family. </div>
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Now we are just ready for everyone to be together for the wedding. </div>
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Here are some pictures from the shower...I, of course, have had so much fun being the make believe photographer at all of Poco's showers. haha. </div>
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Lindsay did a wonderful job organizing everything...</div>
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her hardwork paid off, and she FINALLY was able to get a picture with my little Emerson, where Emerson is actually smiling WITH her. </div>
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Me and Lindsay</div>
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Poco is so lucky to have you for her BFF!</div>
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Made my night that my girl, Randi, came to the shower. </div>
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Even when we go months without seeing each other, we still pick right back up where we left off. <br />Love you Randi!!</div>
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And of course I had to get some pics of one of my all time favorite couples!<br />I mean, I DID introduce these two to each other...</div>
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and YES, they DID get married. </div>
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Just call me matchmaker!!</div>
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Lindsay with her sweet hubby, Jacob</div>
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You two are looking good!!</div>
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Of course my girls came! <br />And Eloise was so excited about coming to the party. </div>
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Girl never wants to miss a party!<br />She was excited that she was able to drink sprite AND eat chocolate cake!</div>
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Sounds like my kind of party!!</div>
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It's a Beta Sweetheart reunion!! </div>
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Lots of great conversation was going on.</div>
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This Mini Emmy was excited about the sprite as well...</div>
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it isn't everyday she gets to drink from a big girl cup AND have soda!</div>
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I was thrilled to be able to take a picture with THE hottest guy at the party</div>
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Still thankful everyday that he chose me </div>
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The bride and groom to be with one of their all time favorite couples!!</div>
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It's not a party unless I can get a picture with the GUEST of HONOR!!<br />Love this little bride...and little is definitely the correct term...what a teeny tiny bride she will be...BEAUTIFUL little skinny mini!!</div>
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Who would have ever thought that 10 years ago when Walt and I were introduced to Pat that he would one day be our brother? <br />These two are the perfect match!</div>
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WHOA...mother of the bride hanging out with some of Poco's friends...isn't she a hottie?? </div>
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Good friends and great times had by all</div>
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Yummy cake!!</div>
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Me and Ash! </div>
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Love you!</div>
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Some more wonderful friends </div>
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This picture shows the pure joy that she experiences every time she is with them. </div>
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This picture is blurry, but I had to have a pic of Pat's momma, rocking baby Case, and of course Mr. David (Pat's daddy) and Leslie..3</div>
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Can't you tell it was a great time?!! </div>
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The bride to be and the momma to be </div>
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Here are the "brothers" about to take a shot. </div>
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And then they rolled out the cake. </div>
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This was what my girls stayed up for... look at how happy they are </div>
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Linds and Patrick... such cuties!</div>
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After my girls had cake, they decided it was time to doze off to dream land.. </div>
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they were so great, and I am so thankful that we brought them.</div>
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Talk about great, Case (my nephew) didn't make a peep. Here is Lauren posing with me because Case was already in dream land. </div>
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I had such a wonderful time talking with Lauren, LOVE our chats!!</div>
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and she's getting there...being rocked by Aunt Lauren</div>
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soon to be Daddy Mckamy was taking in some parenting lessons from me. </div>
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and this little love bug made Lindsay's night by falling asleep on her. </div>
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The shower was a success!! Relaxing, fun, great friends...best shower I have been to in a long time.</div>
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Now on to the next shower...this weekend I am hosting a shower with several other friends for one of my besties, Sue. She is having a sweet baby boy in July and we can't wait to celebrate her this weekend!! <br />And then the next weekend...oh goodness, don't even get my started. </div>
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MY BABY turns 2. </div>
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I can't handle it. </div>
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Start the waterworks now.... </div>
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I always gripe about having to pack to go home, and then once I am home...I never want to leave. </div>
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We went home for Easter weekend. We went home for several reasons. </div>
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One was the fact that my Nana was able to go back home. My Poppy passed away in December from pancreatic cancer, and the next day my Nana was placed in ICU...a pacemaker, open heart surgery and rehab later...she is finally doing MUCH better. She still has a long road ahead of her, but she has come leaps and bounds from December 6th. </div>
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Walt was able to take the day off on Friday, so we went home Thursday night. </div>
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Friday was a warm day, that was mainly spent outside. </div>
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I <strike>got up and got ready for the day, </strike>did not fix my hair all day, I took a nice run at the state park, did not wear any makeup and came home and put on lounge clothes. </div>
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It was perfect. </div>
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Lalee loves to garden, the girls love being with Lalee, so they planted their first vegetables this weekend. Here they are with their little green thumbs. </div>
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Emerson trying to get her little shovel in there so she can help out! </div>
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Lalee's two little helpers</div>
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Eloise was so proud of her tomatoes and her mint!! </div>
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And, another reason why we came home was because my sister had her FIRST bridal shower. </div>
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Some of her closest friends from home threw her a bridal coffee. </div>
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It was a wonderful time. I was able to catch up with old friends, drink a great mimosa, and celebrate my sister. </div>
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I know for a fact that my two children ate ALL of the pigs in a blanket that were at the shower, but at least it kept them pre-occupied. </div>
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Me and Lalee with the girls before going to the shower </div>
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Poco opening up some of her gifts! <br />SO fun! </div>
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She was excited to get some of her dishes that she registered for!! </div>
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And this little stinker was BEYOND excited to be Aunt Poco's helper. </div>
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She LOVED being able to help open gifts. </div>
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Oh, Emerson got in on the action as well. </div>
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But, oh my Lawd, can she throw a fit. </div>
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Some of the ladies at the shower </div>
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Caroline was being such a great hostess, writing down all those gifts! </div>
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Super excited about her dutch oven from the hostesses. </div>
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Poco has some wonderful friends! Lindsay drove all the way from Dallas for the shower, drove back, and caught a flight to Corpus to spend Easter with her husband's family. </div>
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What love she must have for Poco!! </div>
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Poco with all the hostesses </div>
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Poco and her sweet childhood friends </div>
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Momma, Poco and me!! </div>
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After the shower, we all went over to Nana's and hung out for a while... then Walt and I drove back to Daingerfield, so the girls could participate in the church Easter egg hunt. </div>
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I must say, my girls were pretty darn good, for no nap. </div>
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This was in the middle of another one of Emerson's silent fits. She was giving me the stink eye. </div>
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Pops was going over the "hunting" strategy with Eloise. </div>
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They had a plan...and I think it worked. </div>
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Eloise was super excited about the egg hunt! </div>
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My girls at the start line. </div>
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Now that is sisterly love. </div>
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They were promising each other they would share each other's eggs. </div>
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They broke their promises. :) </div>
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And they are off! <br />Go Emerson!</div>
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Eloise has this egg hunting all figured out!</div>
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Look who found the "prize" egg!! </div>
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She won a sand truck with shovels! Perfect for our beach club, and hopefully spending some time at the beach this summer! </div>
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Pops and the proud Easter egg hunter! </div>
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Eloise had so much fun hunting eggs with Lalee!</div>
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Emerson is NOW at the stage where she won't look at the camera, and if she does...</div>
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it most definitely is NOT a smile. </div>
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Love my little family!! </div>
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laughing and having so much fun at the Egg Hunt! </div>
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And everyone knows, the best part of the egg hunt, is getting to eat ALL of the candy in the eggs! <br />I'm not sure how many pieces of candy she had had to eat at this point, but you can tell by the picture that her mouth is full! </div>
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And of course there were snacks at the egg hunt! Eloise wasted no time trying out a chocolate cupcake...my kind of girl! </div>
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Don't get me wrong, Emerson had to try it out as well! </div>
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She was on cloud 9! </div>
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The cupcake was yummy! </div>
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After the egg hunt, Walt, Tucker, and I went out to Los Pinos Winery and met up with my mom, Poco and Patrick. We had great food...and a lot of it, great wine and even better conversation. </div>
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It was a night out that I definitely needed. </div>
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Later that night, the Easter Bunny came to Lalee and Pops house... </div>
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Emerson woke up first, and was so excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought her. </div>
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We then had to go frantically wake up Eloise, because Emerson could not wait. </div>
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Eloise loves socks...she is admiring her "Tangled" socks that the Bunny left. </div>
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Emerson has an obsession for monkeys...and she received an entire tube full of them. </div>
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I wish I had gotten her squeal of excitement on video camera...it was the loudest, sweetest, cutest thing I have ever heard come out of her mouth. She LOVED the monkeys. </div>
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Even Gracie was excited about Easter...kisses for Emmy. </div>
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It poured and poured on Easter Sunday. </div>
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The power went out, we had to all gather in the hallway, branches were thrown everywhere, trees were turned over...it was quite the spectacle. </div>
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So that made Easter perfect. It was the cherry on top to our weekend. </div>
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I am thankful every day that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and that we are forever saved by his grace and mercy. I am thankful that one day soon, I will be able to dance in heaven, and see my Poppy again. Thank you God for sending your son to die on the cross for us. </div>
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And to end our weekend...</div>
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Most families have precious Easter pictures with their cute little family. </div>
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My fabulous Easter pictures.</div>
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NOT. </div>
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They planned this...these two girls knew I wanted pictures and they sabotaged me.</div>
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Thank you Eloise and Emerson, </div>
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your momma loves you for that. </div>
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I mean, WHAT is that? <br />Eloise is doing an all bottom teeth smile, and Emerson is literally giving me a face like she just smelled something awful. </div>
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This would have been somewhat cute...if, of course, Emerson had decided to do an actual smile, and not a srunchy nose face. </div>
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And this is it. </div>
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Bass Family 2013 </div>
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This is as good as I am going to get, I guess. </div>
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Who am I kidding...I love these three people in this picture more than life...</div>
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so...this picture is perfect. </div>
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Eloise 3 years 1 month, Emerson 1 year 11 months </div>
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Eloise 2 years 2 months, Emerson 1 year 11 months and 23 days </div>
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Eloise 14 months Emerson 5 days old </div>
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Easter 2010 </div>
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Eloise-2 months old </div>
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Wow...looking at those pictures, Walt and I have AGED. </div>
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But yeah...I love Easter. </div>
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Hope your Easter was as wonderful as mine. </div>
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hello there. it's me, Meredith. </div>
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long time no blog. </div>
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oh...i'll let you know why. </div>
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you see, I live in a household with 2 toddlers. </div>
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I have one who just turned 3, and one who is about to be 2; however, she is already going through that phase that everyone calls, "terrible twos" </div>
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Oh goodness is she going through it. </div>
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I'm talking if you do something that she doesn't like, and you make her mad...it does not matter what is in her hands, she will launch it across the room. </div>
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Hence the reason why I haven't blogged. </div>
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You see, this momma went over to a friend's house one night, and I kind of snuck out...</div>
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Well, once she figured out momma was gone...she was NOT having anything that her daddy was trying to do to calm her down. So, he sat her in front of the computer to let her watch one of her favorite you tube videos, "baby Einstein", and she threw the computer across the room and broke it. We originally thought she just broke the DC jack, and once that part came in, the computer store informed us that she did, in fact, break the computer. </div>
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Thank you for that, Emerson. </div>
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BUT...for three weeks I did learn a lot. </div>
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Walt and I were not on the computer every night once the girls went to sleep...we were paying attention to each other. </div>
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I realized that without the computer to rely on, I can focus on my children a whole lot more. </div>
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And this...is not a bad thing. </div>
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I didn't have my computer the entire spring break, this was a blessing. </div>
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The weather was fabulous every single day, and I cherished every single moment with my children. </div>
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So, all in all...if it weren't for me wanting to document on my blog...I might just say, I am done with it all. </div>
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So like I said...the weather. </div>
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AMAZING. </div>
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This is the time when you are happy that you live in Houston. </div>
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From March until May, Houston weather is pretty...well... perfect. </div>
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And then it all goes down the drain. </div>
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But, we are totally taking advantage and soaking it all up. </div>
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I think we have eaten outside every day this week. </div>
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And parks our on our every day agenda. </div>
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Daddy actually took off one day and spent the morning with us. </div>
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Here is that stinker that is so independent, I don't quite know what to do with her!</div>
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watching the airplanes fly by</div>
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she is a MONKEY.</div>
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this girl gives me a heart attack every single time we are at the park...</div>
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it is not normal for a 23 month old to climb the way she does... </div>
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and to not have ANY fear. </div>
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my diva. </div>
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sand angels </div>
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these two are best friends</div>
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and it melts my heart. </div>
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I also had to post pics of a super fun Easter party that we were invited to. </div>
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Breakfast with Bunnies!! <br />They had a petting zoo there and bunnies that the kiddos took pictures with. </div>
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This party was so fun, and I have one child (Emerson) who is beyond obsessed with animals, so she pretty much was in her element, and stayed in the petting zoo part the entire time. </div>
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I can't believe that Easter is just around the corner. </div>
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Emerson and our sweet friend, Cooper swinging. </div>
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This girl is a natural with animals...</div>
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she LOVED it. </div>
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riding on the pony </div>
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Woo Hoo...you go girl!! Look at her with her arm up! </div>
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Best Friends since birth. </div>
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These two are two peas in a pod </div>
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It does not matter what other kids are at any party...</div>
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if they find each other...they never leave each other's side. </div>
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Carson and Eloise=BFFL </div>
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daddy was sweet and took a lot of kids around on the pony ride... </div>
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he enjoyed it at first...</div>
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But then he quickly started giving me "the look" like, </div>
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"How did I get chosen to do this job?" </div>
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I was shocked that this sweet girl would even ride the pony. </div>
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Animals aren't really her thing. </div>
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I don't blame her one bit. </div>
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In the petting zoo, and not leaving. </div>
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Carson was trying really hard NOT to smile at the camera. Little stinker. </div>
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Cute little stinker. </div>
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He loved the pony </div>
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Girl was with all her friends, and wasn't leaving. </div>
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Little Cooper wanted a ride on the pony as well..</div>
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and he looks like he is about to show this pony who is boss!! </div>
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the sweet kids with the animals. </div>
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She was able to get some really good ones of my girlies. </div>
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we had a wonderful spring break, with family visiting, perfect weather, and jammed packed days. </div>
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I have one baby with a double ear infection (even after tubes), who is on the mend, and another baby who all of a sudden has developed a 3 year old attitude. </div>
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and now that spring break is over...we are anxiously awaiting summer. </div>
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exciting weekend coming up...can't wait to blog about it!! </div>
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Eloise started ballet this fall, and she LOVES it. </div>
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These 5 girls have become some of her greatest friends...</div>
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now, if we could just get Eloise to be a teeny tiny bit more graceful....</div>
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And of course, Emerson can't wait until she can participate in ballet, next year, but for now...she enjoys watching Eloise perform every single Friday.</div>
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My sister is getting MARRIED!! </div>
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We were honored to be able to go dress shopping with her. </div>
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These two little girls had the time of their lives! Every time Poco would walk out in a new dress they would so..."OOOO, pretty!!" <br />Her dress is absolutely perfect!</div>
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Emerson loved getting to watch Aunt Coco try on dresses, and was a happy camper all day long!</div>
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The weather in Houston lately has been more like spring. </div>
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As much as I love winter, and the cool weather, we have totally been taking advantage of the beautiful outdoor weather...</div>
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days have been spent at the park... and sisterly bonds have strenghtened...</div>
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My girls were mesmerized by the whole inaguration, and sat and watched almost the entire program. </div>
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The really enjoyed the music. </div>
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Very interesting to think this was the first presidential inaguration...</div>
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4 years ago...they were only a dream. </div>
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And, like I said about the weather...yes, totally taking advantage, but we are also totally taking advantage of Aunt Poco living so close. </div>
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We LOVE Poco living in the same town as us, and we try to see her as much as possible!! </div>
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Best friends for life... </div>
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Yes, and who really gets to eat yogurt, in shorts, in January...</div>
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one of the many perks of living in Houston. </div>
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So those of you that know Emerson...you know that God blessed us with Dr. Doolittle. </div>
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I still can't quite figure out why she wasn't born an animal, because she is beyond OBSESSED with them...but we are glad that she is ours and we get to experience her love for these wonderful creatures. </div>
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We went to the zoo on Saturday, and the girls loved being there...</div>
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Here is sweet emerson getting all excited about going into the zoo... </div>
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Yay...it's zoo day!! HUGS! </div>
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Emerson LOVED the meerkats...</div>
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Her facial expressions at every exhibit was priceless </div>
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Me and my sweet almost 3 year old baby... </div>
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These two girls are MONKEYS!! CRAZY MONKEYS!!</div>
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Eloise's favorite animal was the giraffe... and what a perfect picture!</div>
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and we can't go to the zoo without a ride on the merry go round!! </div>
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daddy is smitten by this little love bug </div>
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and the petting zoo is always a hit.. </div>
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Eloise loved brushing the goat's hair.</div>
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Just taking it all in... </div>
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and then it was time to go home. </div>
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We've been busy lately...but a good busy. Just enjoying our family time, and experiencing life through the eyes of our girls. I am getting ready for a girl's trip next weekend... Walt should have the time of his life watching his two girls...ALONE! haha!!</div>
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I've been experiencing some difficulties on my blog lately. </div>
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I don't know what it is...but I have not been able to upload pictures, and I have literally been trying to upload pics since last week. </div>
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As much as I complain about bath time, it really IS probably one of the sweetest moments of my day...</div>
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Two little girls who are dirty from eating dinner...playing together, laughing, hugging, stealing kisses...getting all squeaky clean...</div>
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Yes, as much as I often complain about bath time, it really is one of the sweetest moments of my day. </div>
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Probably should stop that complaining. </div>
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I love how Eloise's pigtail hair stays put, until she gets it wet... </div>
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Washing Emerson's face... </div>
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and pretending to wash Emerson's huge head of hair... </div>
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Those big brown eyes...</div>
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steal my heart every time...</div>
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and that big smile...</div>
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how could it not make you smile back?? </div>
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stealing kisses </div>
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bath time is so much fun </div>
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when I took this picture of Eloise on the right...I immediately though of the picture on the left..taken of her as a baby. </div>
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Where has this baby gone?? </div>
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The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-54852755697105498242013-01-02T15:46:00.002-06:002013-01-02T15:46:55.997-06:00Happy New Year <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I know it has been quite some time since the last time I posted. </div>
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In my defense, it WAS the holiday season, and we WERE making a lot of memories and having so much fun! <br />I could have posted around 600 pictures...that would do our holiday season justice....but, I decided to make little collages, that I know are hard to see, so that my post wasn't overloaded with pictures. <br />I have my top 5 memories from the holidays all ready to share</div>
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Santa Wonderland </div>
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Oh my goodness. <br />This place really IS Santa's Wonderland. </div>
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It is located right outside of College Station...if you live anywhere close to it, please go. </div>
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It was amazing...the lights are spectacular and there are so many activities for the kiddos. </div>
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Petting zoos, roasting your own hot dogs, smore's, Frosty the snowman, bands playing, Christmas movies going...it was incredible. </div>
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We WILL be going next year, without a doubt. </div>
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Surprising Eloise with tickets to go see The Nutcracker. </div>
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My sister and I went with Eloise, we took her on her own little date.</div>
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We ate at an Italian food resturant, and she was such a big girl. </div>
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She was interested the entire production, and next year we will be getting tickets a little bit closer. </div>
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It was probably the greatest thing I have done with her so far, as her mother. </div>
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Christmas Eve</div>
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I LOVE our Christmas Eve service...we go to a service where the children are allowed..</div>
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they have the children's nativity scene and every child received a book about the birth of Christ</div>
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Afterwards we started our own new tradition of eating at Papa's Brothers Steakhouse, </div>
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coming home, making cookies for Santa and reading Twas the Night Before Christmas </div>
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Christmas Day </div>
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Christmas Day was spent with just the 4 of us, and it was wonderful. </div>
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We spent the morning opening up presents, we played outside with the girls' new toys, and then we had a fabulous dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, cheese, salad and wine. </div>
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The girls favorite gifts were the Barbie Jeep, Eloise's helmet, Emerson loved her markers and coloring books (and her A-Z zoo) and the drum set. </div>
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Christmas at the Bass' </div>
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We went home to Daingerfield the day after Christmas</div>
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We were able to experience snow, build snowmen, make snow angels, hang out with family, and just enjoy being together. </div>
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It was perfect. </div>
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New Years at my mom's </div>
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We left to go to Dallas on Saturday where we rang in the New Year with my mom. </div>
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My sister Poco and her fiance' and my brother and sister in law and sweet little nephew, decided to come up as well....we were just missing my older sister and brother in law who are in North Carolina. </div>
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We opened gifts, hung out, visited my grandmother who is in a rehablitation clinic doing physical therapy, and the older kids went out to dinner for New Years and rang in the New Year together. </div>
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All in all we ended the year making wonderful memories and ready to start a new year making even more special moments. </div>
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I know 2013 will be memorable.</div>
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I can't wait to see what God has in store. </div>
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<span id="goog_1384887293"></span><span id="goog_1384887294"></span><br />The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-24131821632660046922012-11-26T15:49:00.000-06:002012-11-26T15:49:23.542-06:00Let me take you back to August... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have to back track a bit..back to August. </div>
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In August, I went on a weekend trip with my momma and sisters to New York. <br />I love New York...besides London, it is quite possibly one of my most favorite places on Earth. </div>
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Just everything about it.... </div>
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the shows, the buildings, the shopping, the food...all the commotion. </div>
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Ahh..it is wonderful. <br />So, for 3 days, I ventured to New York with my girlies and we had a blast. </div>
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It was my 30th birthday, but it was also just a great time to be together with the girls. <br />We arrived on Thursday afternoon, and quickly checked in to our hotel to get ready for our broadway show. </div>
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Here we are before the show...having a little girl bonding time over drinks. </div>
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After the show, we went and had some late night sushi, and it was great. The atmosphere was wonderful, and the conversation was just as fabulous. </div>
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The next morning we got up and went to eat at Colicchio and Sons, and the food was AH-MAZING. </div>
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We did a whole lot of eating on this trip, but it was totally worth it. <br />Here are the sisters before eating lunch. <br />Such fun times. </div>
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Then it was on to do some shopping in SoHo...and of course we had to stop by at Dash...</div>
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Just wished maybe we could've seen the Kardashians...</div>
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We are our own version of Kardashian sisters... </div>
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After some shopping and touring the city, we went back to our hotel room to change for dinner. </div>
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We ate at Ed's Lobster Bar. </div>
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Holy moly.</div>
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This place is a little hole in the wall with incredible food. </div>
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If you like seafood, this is your spot. </div>
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We had lobster, lobster bisque, lobster rolls, everything was top notch.</div>
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Heck, we liked it so much, we bought shirts!!</div>
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After dinner we ventured to a cute little pub for after-dinner drinks. </div>
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This is where I officially rang in my birthday. </div>
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My 30th birthday...maybe that's why I haven't posted pictures...</div>
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trying not to revisit the fact that I am 30. </div>
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My birthday buddy!! <br />We've spent almost every birthday together!</div>
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Hey!! I'm 30!! <br />Celebrate!!</div>
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The next day we went and did a lot of touristy stuff. </div>
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We had brunch at Markt Resturant, it was yummy as well. </div>
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She got stuck several times, and wasted a little bit of money on her subway ticket because she kept getting stuck...here she is ready to conquer the day and GET ON THAT SUBWAY!</div>
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I had already been to the Empire State building, and although it had been some time since my mother's last trip, we decided to tour the Rainbow Room instead..definitely recommend this. </div>
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After touring the Rainbow room, making a stop at Magnolia Bakery (their banana pudding is TO DIE FOR)..we went back to the hotel, changed clothes, and went to The Met. <br />My mom was an art major in college, and LOVES art...so this was right up her alley. </div>
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I wish we could've stayed longer, because she enjoyed it so much, but we had to make it up to the rooftop for drinks (highly suggest doing this as well) and then we had dinner reservations. </div>
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I LOVED being on the rooftop of The Met. <br />We were overlooking Central Park, and it was beautiful! It was so fun to be up on the roof, hanging out, acting like a local. haha!!</div>
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Poco and I would move to NY in a second...if we could. :)</div>
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Cheers! Love you momma!!</div>
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We so felt like we were on Sex in the City..hahaha!! </div>
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and then we finished off our trip with dinner at Serendipity 3...</div>
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and we were even able to see an old childhood friend. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very excited to write this post! Over on this </span><a href="http://www.northhillshospital.com/blog"><span style="font-size: large;">blog</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, I am being featured as a guest blogger today! Every Thursday this hospital features every day women that are somehow trying to stay balanced in this crazy thing we call life! I have loved reading other women's post about how they manage to stay organized, remain fit, and continue to maintain a happy healthy family. In fact, I loved it so much, I became a follower, and you should too! Different women, with many different tips to benefit your family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have a fabulous Thursday....we're one week away from Thanksgiving!!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~xxoo</span></div>
The Bass Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207544188632535157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414033091467098007.post-22334593805591577492012-11-12T15:32:00.000-06:002012-11-12T15:32:15.188-06:00This little cheerleader went to Baylor...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, Halloween came and went, and now it seems as though we are already into the holiday spirit. I LOVE the holidays, and I can't believe that next week is Thanksgiving, but I am quite excited. Cooking, being with family, watching football, playing games...it's good. </div>
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So, for Halloween, the Bass girls went as Baylor cheerleaders. </div>
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and momma went as a Tiger cheerleader..pulled out my old pep rally outfit from my senior year, and wah-la...you have a Halloween outfit. </div>
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Halloween this year was quite fun, and quite different from last year... </div>
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the girls actually cared about the candy, and Eloise was really into going up to the doors and saying "Trick or Treat...no peanuts!" We taught her to say this since she has a severe peanut allergy...and she said it at every door...and her sweet little boyfriend started saying it to. </div>
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Guess what? <br />We came home with NO PEANUTS! <br />I was extremely appreciative of all of the people because they really were very cautious. </div>
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Here we are ready to go over to our neighbor's house, Miss Joan....after that, we made a trip to Miss Jasmin's (their homecare provider) and then we went over to our 2nd annual Halloween party. </div>
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Emerson LOVED getting candy, but thought it was extremely strange that strangers would open up their doors and give you candy...sweet girl, just stayed behind and let Eloise do her job for her. </div>
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About to say Trick of Treat to her first person of the night...</div>
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We love Miss Joan!! </div>
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and then we went to Miss Jasmin's...she's so funny! <br />Love her bat that she put together, and don't you LOVE Eloise's makeup!? </div>
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Probably 3 of my most favorite people right there!! </div>
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Then it was off to our friend's house for our party.</div>
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It's always so fun..hot dogs, hot chocolate, cupcakes, lots of friends...</div>
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Here is my cheerleader with HER batman. </div>
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Oh goodness...baby yoda showed up as well!! </div>
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The crew...cheerleaders, olivia, superman, pirates, batman, and a hippie!! </div>
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4 sweet friends</div>
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and they are off!! </div>
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thank goodness the people in this neighborhood were nice...our children just walked in. </div>
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Daddy waiting with Emerson because she was too afraid to go up to the door. </div>
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Halloween was a success...and our week was far from over. </div>
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Baylor's homecoming was the same weekend. </div>
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So, we spent Friday down at our friend's ranch...and just had a nice relaxing Friday before waking up early to go to the parade. </div>
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If you know Emerson at all...you know is she OBSESSED with animals. </div>
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I've honestly never seen anything like it. </div>
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This girl was in heaven...between feeding the horses, cows and goats...she was a happy, happy girl. </div>
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And then there was Homecoming on Saturday. </div>
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We woke up early to attend the parade, then went to George's, tailgated and made it to the game. </div>
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It was a great weekend... </div>
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Here is Eloise and my sweet niece Presley...</div>
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They were all ready for the parade</div>
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the huge Baylor balloon that Emerson was enthralled with. </div>
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I will admit I was a little disappointed in the floats this year. </div>
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But...the parade was still great. </div>
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Here is the Judge's Award winner. </div>
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Miss Emerson tailgating before the game. </div>
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Loved watching these girls play...</div>
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They didn't care they were getting dirty! <br />Here we have one playing in the dirt, one feeding her baby, and one reading an Elmo book. </div>
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Such sweet girls. </div>
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and Eloise randomly joined a group of girls doing Baylor cheers...</div>
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Here she is doing the "Y"... she is a cheerleader at heart. </div>
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Me and my Fav Baylor Bear </div>
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Sue and Eloise saying cheese!!</div>
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The game was delayed during halftime because we were about to get a horrible rainstorm. </div>
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Well...it didn't hail like they thought, but it rained..and our girls played in the rain, and had so much fun. </div>
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Thankfully, I brought dry clothes... </div>
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but they look like they are having so much fun. </div>
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So...after the rain, everyone left.. </div>
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and Eloise was insistant on watching the cheerleaders, </div>
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Walt didn't know what to think (this whole girl world is all new to him) </div>
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Plenty of seats were available, because people left... so we went right down to those cheerleaders in the very front row...</div>
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Both girls were amazed. </div>
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and look who came to see Emerson...</div>
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THE Baylor Bear!!</div>
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and then, the cheerleaers asked if the girls wanted their picture on the field...</div>
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Eloise was SOOOO excited! <br />She could not believe that she was with THE cheerleaders...</div>
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her dream came true!</div>
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And this is how they were the entire second half... </div>
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Once the game was over, they allowed everyone on the field...</div>
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Look at Eloise..strutting her stuff </div>
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and daddy was SO excited to go on the field.. </div>
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He was like a little kid in a candy store...</div>
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excited to be on the same field as his beloved RGIII...to think, he stepped right here....</div>
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Following the leader...</div>
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What a perfect end to a wonderful, wonderful week! <br />My cheerleaders can't wait to go back to another Baylor game...and they keep walking around saying "Trick or Treat" thinking that I will automatically give them candy!! </div>
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I love doing experiments. </div>
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I love crafting, I love having two toddlers where I have a valid excuse to go and buy things where we can get messy. <br />Pinterest is all the rage...and I have tried out some experiements on pinterest...and like anything</div>
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So...here are some experiments that we have enjoyed lately. <br />We went outside Thursday morning around 8, and did not go back inside for a snack break until 10:30...I would say that these 2 fun things were, in fact, a success. </div>
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I set up one tray and covered the bottom with baking soda, then with old paint bottles, I put vinegar in it and mixed them with food coloring. </div>
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I let the girls squirt out the vinegar and they had so much fun watching the fizz. <br />This was Emerson's favorite. She was enthralled for about 45 minutes...which is an extremely long time for an 18 month old. </div>
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If you look closely at her face she was almost through with saying the word, "WOW!"</div>
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The next activity is "cloud dough" </div>
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and let me tell you, this has to be better than a sand pit...it smells good, and it hardly cost anything. <br />You mix 8 cups of flour with 1 cup of baby oil (we used baby oil, but you can use cooking oil, if you are afraid your child will try to eat it.) <br />This stuff makes amazing shapes, and smells so good. </div>
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Eloise was so proud of her "cupcakes" that she could make. This was Eloise's favorite. She asked to play with this again after nap, and even the next day. She stayed in her "cloud dough" pit from 8:30-10:30... very successful. </div>
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And I had to include this in our post, because this is the first year that the girls have really been able to get into all things fall. <br />We went to the pumpkin patch on Saturday and brought home a pumpkin to carve. Eloise was super excited. I drew out several faces for her, and lucky for us, she picked the easiest one to carve on the pumpkin. They were so excited to do this with their daddy. I think daddy was just as happy. </div>
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My child does not like to get things on her. <br />She insisted on wearing her swim goggles and taking off her shirt...</div>
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I figued it was a win win situation...I wouldn't have a nasty outfit to clean up. </div>
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Here we are about to draw the face on the pumpkin. </div>
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and the carving begins!</div>
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So proud of her pumpkin. </div>
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We asked her what she wanted to name her pumpkin and she said "poppy." <br />(She has a super poppy, her great grandfather) So...Poppy the Pumpkin now graces our doorstep. </div>
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Even Emerson was so proud of the pumpkin...although she really didn't care to help. </div>
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And we ALWAYS start off our Monday mornings with muffins. We make enough muffins to last the girls until Friday... then Saturdays they are able to have doughnuts with daddy. <br />Eloise LOVES to help momma with muffins, but today, Emerson decided that she wanted to get in on the action. She is getting so big, and talking up a storm. </div>
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was AWESOME. <br />It didn't hold Eloise's attention as long as the cloud dough, but oh my goodness...why didn't I know this before. </div>
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This is another pinterest find. </div>
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It's 1 1/2 cups of clear glue (we used Elmer's) and 1 1/2 cups of Liquid Startch (found in the laundry aisle)...you mix these two together, I then separated it into three bowls, added food coloring and we literally had slime. </div>
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It was AWESOME! and I cleaned the entire kitchen while they were preoccupied...like deep cleaned it. </div>
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Emerson liked watching Eloise better...because she is way too much of a girly-girl and can't stand being dirty. </div>
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"Here, Emmy C, take some" </div>
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She was determined to make a jump rope... I think she did pretty good!!</div>
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and of course... our favorite activity of all, is always reading. </div>
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I hope it always stays this way...and they stay this close. <br />Best Friends. </div>
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Seems like we never attend weddings anymore. I guess maybe it is because most of our friends are married...but, this wedding experience was quite far one of the best that I have ever had...</div>
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maybe because I had two girls tearing up the dance floor. </div>
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We did go to a wedding last year, but both girls were still young, and Eloise hadn't quite figured out how to get her groove on...and now that she has, little sister, emerson, has followed in her footsteps. </div>
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It was a beautiful wedding celebrating the marriage of two wonderful friends...</div>
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and now we can't wait to see what God has in store for their life together. </div>
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But, before the wedding pictures...just had to throw in two pictures of my sweet girls..</div>
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Here they are showing each other some love...so sweet to each other...99% of the time</div>
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and then just a picture for the world to see what I live with. </div>
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This pretty much sums up my night, every night...</div>
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An Elton John wanna-be and a bunny, butterfly winged-ballerina.<br />
I think I might be the only semi-sane one amongst my family...</div>
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but that's ok.</div>
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I wouldn't have it any other way. </div>
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So, Saturday was such a fun wedding! <br />
Walt was in the wedding...so this meant that since the wedding started at 5, and we live about 45min away from the church, I had to start getting ready at 1, to have everyone ready and there by 5. </div>
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I am not joking... </div>
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mainly because I was semi-paranoid that I was going to forget something, and Walt was in the wedding. </div>
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Here are my two little loveys ready for the wedding...</div>
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If you look at their dresses, their are two love birds on the right...</div>
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and off we went...until I realized that we were almost out of gas, and there was not a gas station in sight. Seriously? How could this happen to me? I mean I started getting ready at 1:00, and we were going to be late for the wedding. </div>
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Thankfully, Eloise understands what it means to RUN, and we high tailed it into the wedding in the nick of time. </div>
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But then, I didn't even get to watch the wedding because Emerson is 18 months, and she would much rather be walking around... so, Walt sat with Eloise and I walked around the church with Emerson. </div>
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But, that's ok. </div>
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The reception was held at the Houstonian...</div>
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and my girls took over the dance floor. </div>
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They didn't even eat dinner...</div>
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all they wanted to do was DANCE. </div>
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Must take after their momma! </div>
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My girls with the two little flower girls...</div>
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They all had so much fun...</div>
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girl talk right there!! </div>
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She made my almost have a heart attack about 5 times...</div>
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she keep walking over to the cake because she wanted to touch the flowers.. </div>
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I had this mental picture in my mind of the cake being ruined because of the littlest guest. </div>
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watching the bride and groom take their first dance </div>
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loving her life! </div>
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strike a pose </div>
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this was around 9:00. </div>
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We thought they were going to go to sleep and we were about to leave... </div>
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we were wrong! <br />
They fooled us...</div>
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just a little cat nap.</div>
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Eloise dancing with her daddy...</div>
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he's waited two years to have his girl dance with him at a wedding </div>
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Em decided she needed to sleep a little longer </div>
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One of our friends dancing with Eloise </div>
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and then they brought out the costumes...</div>
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and man, did Eloise love the costumes. </div>
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she LOVED them. </div>
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YES...</div>
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let the fun times begin! </div>
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we might have kids...but we still got it!! </div>
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me with the beautiful bride </div>
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Whoa...costume change </div>
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Look who woke up!! </div>
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And she was ready to party!! </div>
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kisses for her one true love!! </div>
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And how long did we end up staying? </div>
UNTIL THE BRIDE AND GROOM LEFT. <br />
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My children were rock stars! They partied until 11:00!! </div>
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and woke up at 7:45 the next morning, but HEY...it was fun..and we had a blast! </div>
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and here are some videos...</div>
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they are pretty shaky because they were taken on my camera..</div>
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but...</div>
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at least you can see that I have a dancing machine on my hands. </div>
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Both girls were so much fun, and I am hoping that we have another wedding to attend in a year or so, that way Emerson will be rocking the moves just like her sister! </div>
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Congratulations to the bride and groom...</div>
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we love you both so much. </div>
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