Weigh in

Rose baby (errr big kid....) weigh in
Madelynn @52 months= 35 lbs
Payton @39 months= 30 lbs
Stetson @28 months= 33 lbs

Madelynn, as you can see clearly towers over her siblings. :( bittersweet to me as we used to be asked multiple times an outing if the girls were twins... Not any more tho!! Big sister is clearly bigger!!!

Sweet Payton finally broke into the 30's and is long and lean!!

Stetson has sllllooowwwlllyyy gaining the weight and he is thick and on the taller side. We are now asked if he and Payton are twins. ;)

A change!

So, I've made the decision to get rid of Facebook for awhile, and my goal is to keep my blog updated a little better with the "little" things that would be everyday on FB. 

Sooo... if you wanna keep up with my crazies, this will be the way to do so for awhile!! I will try my BEST to keep that promise. 

Me and my phone have become best buds in the picture department.
Like... literally, these are from a few months ago. This is a smidge of the amount of pictures really on my phone. But pictures worth sharing, non the less.

Here is Paytons first day of Ballet picture. 3 months in and Payton is eating it up!!! 

I've gone hunting with my honey.

Madelynn had her first official dentist appointment... she had 2 teeny tiny cavities in between the back teeth. Her mouth is so so very tiny, and her teeth so very crammed in there tightly, I can tell that dental life for this girl will NOT be fun, or cheap.

I PROMISE, I am NOT the "selfie" type of girl... so don't judge the fact that I am posting a god forbidden mirror pic. ;) I went through this little "curly hair challenge" that I found on Pintrest, and as I did, I kept up with the progress on my phone.

I: -made my own shampoo/conditioner

-Didn't brush or comb my hair for 2 weeks!

-used different products on my hair

The outcome- I had more BAD hair days then good.

Therefore, I did not keep up this trend. I'm still using a few of the "ideas"....and can still tell a difference in my curls.

Stetson. My dear son, keeps me busy.

Here he is "washer diving" AKA looking for change.

Here he is in the bathtub... after having pulled the shower rod/curtain down.

and here he is... climbing. 

Save me form him!!

Heres my sweet baby girl. Can't believe how big she is!!

The girls at ballet

Mini van Parents right hurrrr.

Love my Payton's morning hair.

Nat and I took a day trip to NM to get some more of our stuff from storage. It was a good "parental catch up" day. 

Just cuz. :)

Madelynn had Homecoming week at school. She had fun dressing a fun way every day.

Topsy Turvy Day.

Red, white and blue day (Patriotic)

International day

Neon Day

Spirit Day

My 2 wee lil Lions.

On Friday, they had a carnival at the school for the little kids. Payton and I enjoyed spending that time with Madelynn and her class

It was a fun week, and she wondered the next week why she couldn't up the dressing up trend. ;)

and last but not least, my husband.

I walked into our room to go to bed and saw this. 

P.S. I do have Instagram, and you can keep up with us there also.

mlrose03 is me!!

Thanksgiving.

It definitely did not go unnoticed that we were able to spend Thanksgiving with our families this year. Its been sooo great to be back home and we LOVE spending all this time with our families. We spent the morning with my family, and the afternoon with Nats family..... Followed by some Black Friday shopping.

We had a BLAST shopping Thursday night. If I never got a good deal, I just LOVE to go and people watch... all the crazy, grouchy, mean people... and the happy, lets find a good deal, this is awesome people. We DID find some great deals, and my empty Christmas list, was filled that night!!

Uhhhmm...

So, apparently I dropped off the face of the earth...

It seems that we've gotten into our "groove" of things... and blogging doesn't seem to fit into my groove. ;)

Well, I shouldn't say that. I've started several posts... but have yet to finish them. They were kinda deep posts, so maybe it was more of a battle in my mind as to whether or not to share, or continue to blog about the 3 little people in my life...

Anyways.....

How on earth is it even November?? Seems nuts!! Maybe we've been busier than I feel like... I suppose a catch up on pictures is a must. Mostly just Fall stuff on my camera. 

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch this year... I begged for ONE picture. I told them before we went in... just ONE of all 3 of you... and this is what I got:

;) Love them!!

We painted our pumpkins..

and for Ha...ll...o...wee...n 

(Sorry.. I dislike that word, for some reason. Hate to tell my kids about halloween. I'm a freak) 

We mostly just had a fun, not scary night with the cousins. 

How bout these 6?? Could they be any more perfect??

Fairy Girls.

Never fear, bub the firmans here

So, Life's good. We've adjusted better to the school thing. I'm definitely more at peace about it... Nat is able to take Madelynn to school, so Payton and Stetson don't live as maniac zombies when they have to get up early... I often find myself wondering how in the heck they'll go to school and function properly. Whew, my condolences to their future teachers. They are NOT morning folk.

 A few "things" that come to mind.

-Stetson has been in big boy undies for 3 days now... with NO accidents...  I was determined to do things different with him.. I was NOT gonna push it on him, but rather took a different approach in letting him come to me!! and it worked!! I let him wear undies when he wanted to. Didn't force him to wear them. For a good few weeks, he went potty with daddy when he had to go. It became a joyous occasion to him... He got to where he was peeing in the potty almost all day (Stetson, not Nat... ;) .. but wouldn't poop. One day, he just did it. We celebrated like It was 1999 and ever since, he's told me several times a day (same time, like clock work) when he has to go poop, and does it without fail. To say that I am thrilled would be an understatement. :) Although, there is one down side.... I now spend MORE time in the bathroom.

-Nat and I are taking a trip to MI in Dec... and every single day my soul longs for that vacation. I am slowly trying to prepare for such a trip, us Texan folk don't just have those types a warm clothes needed for the North, nor do we have thick skin... Danielle and I chat back and forth every day about the weather.... they're expecting snow tomorrow... were still wearing shorts, and could take a dip in the pool most days this warm November. We are gonna DIE up there!!! 

- The girls are still goo goo over Ballet... well, mostly Payton... I'm thinking Madelynn would appreciate gymnastics more. We shall see... maybe in the future.

-My sistas started bball season. Be still my heart... no, really... its sooo hard to sit and WATCH!! My heart rate goes a little whacky. Nothing more fun than watching them play sports!!!

-(As we are so often asked) we are loving being back home... It was like we never left!! Serisouly, some days I'm like -We were gone for almost 2 years?!? Insane. Not only does Nat work less here, It doesn't even seem like he works at all!! I guess because in NM I had nothing to do but sit around, alone, all day waiting for him to come home.. That made things worse, and made it seem like he worked all.the.time. Here, I stay so busy, and have so much family time between our 2 families, that I never even notice that he works. I think that is a good thing!!

-He has really gotten into hunting... which I'm grateful for (most days) ;) Poor guy, he had no guy time, no guy activities... I think he was ready for a new hobby. However, the hobby of gun collecting could take a back seat. How many guns is too many?? 

I think that is about it.... I'll get back on this blogging thing. ;)