Life in Texas

It's the end of October and still hot enough to get wet.

Sophia often asks what happened to my other house? I tell her it's still there, we just live in Texas now. She says she wants to go there. I don't blame her. Sometimes I want to go back too. (OK, a lot of times.) Not to our small apt. I don't miss that thing. I just miss what felt like home to us for so many years. Rob will be the first to tell you change is not easy for me. It's been quite an adjustment. Things are different here in so many ways. I'm not complaining. A lot of things are good changes.

It takes me about 20mins to go anywhere (except the grocery store, 10mins).

Strangers are nice here and want to talk to you and help you. I've probably talked to more people at the grocery store here in the last few months than the entire 4 years in DC.

I have 2 more bathrooms and a lot more house to clean.

I keep thinking because it's a little overcast in the morning I'll be able to wear a scarf or boots, not the case.

I've become a spider killer, cricket catcher, and weed wacker.

I'm also the sprinkler system, we don't have. ( we got old sod pulled a couple weeks ago and new sod layed so I've been watering every day!)

HEB (the grocery store) makes fresh flour tortillas daily -yummy

Rob and I have a new addiction- Blue Bell

Life here is good! I get to wake up every morning to 2 smiling girls and spend each and every day taking care of them. And when I'm lucky I get to see/spend time with my husband ;) Before I know it life in Texas will feel like home.

Still Cleaning them

2 weeks ago Scarlett became twinners with her sister. How I forgot to blog about this, I know not. I know I posted it on fb though. Only 4 more weeks of cleaning 3x/day. I'm not counting down or anything. She looks so cute. Even in the photo below when she's crying, "Mom stop taking photos of my new earrings already."

She turned 5 months on Sunday. I can't believe how much she's grown. She loves watching her big sister run around in circles and dance. It always brings smiles and giggles to Scarlett's face.

During wake time she is becoming a permanent fixture on my hip. I don't mind though. I love having a baby to carry and hold. She keeps me smiling all day. She's been a little fussy the past couple of days, maybe teething? All in all she is still such a happy, easy baby. She makes me want another baby!

My 3 Loves!

Our Daddy has been working an insane amount of hours over the last 6 weeks. We are talking 15 hour days. We don't get to see him much, let alone spend quality time together. So when he has a day off we try to make the most of it. On this day we went to the Zoo ( thank you groupon for the awesome deal on a family pass). While there I realized that Scarlett doesn't have any photos of just her and Daddy so I started shooting away and came out with some adorable ones.

Sophia loved seeing the animals and there is a little kiddie play area with water and sand and then she was in heaven.

I heart my photo wall

So this is my new favorite wall in my house. I got the idea from here and adjusted it a bit. I used 12x12 frames and prints. I got the frames on sale from Michaels for about $4.50 and got the prints at Costco for $2.99. So it ended up being very budget friendly. As frames and enlargements can get expensive.

October means Pumpkins

Last year around this time we had just come home from our 6 week tour of the west coast family and I was feeling so sick from morning sickness; hence, Sophia did not get to go to a pumpkin patch. This year I bought her a fake pumpkin at Michaels Crafts and she liked it. But then a few days ago she informed me she wanted a real pumpkin. I had intended to take her to get a real one, I just hadn't gotten around to it yet.



She had a blast trying to pick up the big ones.



In the end we just bought a couple of little ones. She came home and wanted to paint them right away. Might head over to Walmart and get a big one for carving. We'll see.

We had a nice morning enjoying the cooler temps. Still not cold enough for sweaters though as you can see.

Scarlett's Blessing- 3 months

Last month Daddy gave Scarlett a beautiful blessing. One that brought tears to Mommy's eyes.

We love this little girl so much ( all chubs and thunder thighs included).

She continues to be such a happy, easy going baby. She hardly ever cries.

She loves to suck her thumb and bat at things, smile, giggle, watch her sister play, and just recently she started grabbing toys and bringing them up to her mouth so she can suck on them.

My Mom and Dad were her for the special event. We had a wonderful weekend with them both here.It was hard to see my Mom go after 2 weeks. She helped me unpack and when she wasn't unpacking she was watching the girls so I could unpack and run errands. We miss you!