Happy Birthday, Coley!

Our sweet Coley-bear turned 1 on April 18th. We can't believe she is such a big girl! She is doing just great with her eating. Some of her favorites are macaroni and cheese, cheese, scrambled eggs, turkey meat, chicken, green beans, yogurt and her favorite is avocados. She eats every last bite! She loves chocolate milk...I know...it's not the best, but I'm slowly turning chocolate milk into just plain milk. But it is all she will drink! She is a super fast crawler, really has no interest in walking at this point, pulls up on everything and everyone, smiles a ton, says mama, dadda, uh-oh, and makes all sorts of grunting sounds. She is down to just one nap in the afternoon (most days) and sleeps so great at night! She has only 2 bottom teeth and for being such a huge 6 month old (or maybe just her head!), she is really quite petite for a 1 year old. She weighs 18.5lbs (8-9%), is 28 inches long (66%), but her head is still in the 99%! We love watching her laugh at Mylie. For the most part, they play well with each other. However, it is pretty funny to watch Coley defend herself from Mylie. She has no problem pulling hair or taking a swing at Mylie. We hope with age, the girls will become the best of friends and really treasure being sisters.


We didn't think that we could love another child as much as we loved Mylie. I know all parents go through this with the birth of their second child. And somehow, you do. You just love them. Your heart flutters with love for these babies. Mylie is so special as our first born. We love that she is independent, strong-willed and so sweet all at the same time. And we love that Coley is our second little girl. We felt like we had to handle her with such caution and concern. And while she scared us as an 8-day old, she too was strong, determined and crossed each developmental milestone with flying colors, putting the little bit of apprehension in the back of our minds quickly at ease. She is so precious. She is so sweet. She will lay her head on your shoulder and be so content. And while she is so content, we are overwhelmed with love and want to remain in the moment for as long as we can. And moments like these are daily with Coley. What a wonderful first year.



Poor baby Coley didn't get a big first birthday party like Mylie did. And we haven't even given her her first bite of cake yet. And David and I went out of town for the weekend on her birthday! We have a lot of making up to do! But she did get to spend a special weekend with her Nonna and Papa (plus saw her other grandparents the two weekends before...they came just for her!) while David took me to celebrate my birthday. We'll post pictures of her at home birthday celebration...once we do it!

Happy Easter!

We had such a great Easter! Grami and GranDan (my mom and her husband) came to visit and we had a fun time taking the girls to the Easter Eggstravaganza at church, going to Easter service, having Easter lunch with Uncle Mike and Shaylee, celebrating Grami's birthday, having a little Easter egg hunt with the girls, relaxing and eating a ton. Hope you had a very happy Easter too!

OKC Visit

David was traveling last week so the girls and I headed up to OKC for a long overdue visit to see Tammy and her family. We had such a great time! Thanks for letting us come and visit! We always love hanging out with you guys and the food is ALWAYS amazing!


We took the girls to story time at the library. Mylie still won't sit down and listen to story time, but she loved hunting for Easter eggs with Casady in the library.




Coley got a Easter egg too.


Miss Coley is very content. She didn't rush to crawl. Didn't rush to eat table food. And hasn't rushed to pull up on things. However, I did find her pulled up in the pack n play after naptime. And after that, she has been trying to pull up on anything standing.






Dawson had to go to school, so we didn't get to hang out with him as much. But when he was home, he played so sweetly with Coley.

Sweater Dresses

All winter I wanted to get a picture of the girls in their cute sweater dresses. I really am terrible about taking "special occasion" pictures. So, when the weather turned cold a couple weekends ago, the girls wore their cute dresses to church. And of course, like all kids, when I sit them down to take their picture, neither will cooperate. Coley would not stop crying and Mylie refused to acknowledge that I was trying to take a picture. This was the best I could get. But aren't the dresses adorable???

Pretty Grandpa...

Grandpa and Cindy came to visit a few weeks ago. Poor Grandpa had to wear a pink, furry flower head band.

Spring Break for all!

We've had a nice Spring so far. We all are feeling much better and so far, seem pretty healthy. We had a fun Spring break from Wee School and spent some time visiting with friends and family.




Of course, the only pictures I got over the break with our friends was of Mylie (no one else...) playing in the play area at the Galleria. Our friends Libby, Trey and Grace were somewhere. And Coley was there too...crawling around somewhere.

My mom (aka Grami or "Mami" as Mylie presently says it) came to visit us on her Spring Break. We had such a great time. Parent/Grandparent visits always go by so fast. Lucky for us, we'll have all 3 sets of grandparents visiting over the next 3 weekends! I am really excited! I know the girls will be too. So, I guess that means it will take us 3 weeks to get the girls back on track, right? Haha!

Grami and the girls after a yummy dinner at Mi Chula's

Mylie and her sweet face wearing Grami's boots around the house

We went to Durant to visit Grandma Shreve. Mylie loves going for a walk on Grandma's cool walker. Grandma and Mylie were the most popular gals when they were taking their walks in this awesome ride at g/ma's new assisted living facility.

I love this picture of Coleybear. She never leaves bows or anything in her hair, but she didn't mind this "princess" headband. She left it on the entire time. Along with her Mardi Gras beads.

This is a picture of Grandma Shreve and the girls from January...just thought it was a sweet picture.

And I had so much fun going to Longview for Dorrie's Bridal Shower. These girls are my college friends.
Nandra, LeeAnne, Me & Dorrie, the bride

Teeth!

Miss Coley has 2 teeth now! She got the first one right around the time she turned 10 months and the 2nd one popped out a week later. She's been nibbling on cheese, puffs and the yogurt puffs, but she pretty much still eats baby food. We're glad these teeth are here! Maybe her nose will stop running for a little while!


And Mylie asked that I let you all know that she has teeth too!