Slacker

Well, this past week I have been worn slap out once the girls are in bed. I just haven't been able to muster up the energy to post anything! The girls have been saying and doing the funniest things too! Of course, I can't remember a one of them now! To give my brain a rest I think pictures are the best way of "catch up" right now!



This picture captures Elle's personality perfectly! She is my wild one!





I was desperate for family pictures for our Christmas cards. Since my photograph/BFF left me for Tennessee I had no one to take our pictures in time. The pictures are such horrible quality that I scratched the whole Christmas card thing this year. However, how sweet is Soph holding Elle's hand?! Love these sweet babies!



Elle is into everything. Literally.



Momma's little "helpers". Soph is real into helping me these days. And what a helper she is...I'm always finding dirty dishes stuffed in random places that she has so graciously decided to take out of the dish washer and put away for me.




Baby Elle came with us to story time this week. Typically it's mine and Sophie's special time, but Elle enjoyed it so much that I think she'll start tagging along!

The.best.picture.ever. Soph likes to put make up in the mornings with me. I ran into my closet to get dressed and when I walked out I saw these beauties and about died. They were perfect. I mean she couldn't have done them better if she tried! Hello Flo. Nothing would be more spectacular than if she wore this get up too!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL!!!! I just love this time of year!!!

I'm here, I'm here

Lord help, life has been crazy since my last post! I feel like my life goes in these cycles of being so busy that I don't even sit down until the girls go to bed and being uneventful. I wish life would even out instead of being a roller coaster! But I guess that's just life...and the time of year it is!

We've had some big changes here. Well, really just one...Joe has a new job. He is now a district manager for Aramark. It's his first week and he is loving it so far! Yay!

My MIL came a few days for Joe's birthday. We had lots of fun shopping and being with the girls!

Joe turned 30! Such an old man ;).

The girls continue to grow and mature every.single.day. All of the winter clothes that I have gotten Soph were huge when we purchased them and now fit perfectly. I'm getting a little concerned that come middle/end of winter she's going to grown completely out of them. Let's hope she slows down a bit.

Soph officially starts Montessori in the Spring. I have very mixed feelings about this. I know that it'll be beneficial to her and that she'll love it. But I know this is just the start of me having to let go. I'm not sure I'm ready for that. Home school, anyone??

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving tomorrow! It's one of my favorite holidays! I'm also looking forward to decorating for Christmas this weekend! I'm trying to convince Joe that we need two Christmas trees. So far he's not buying it. Literally. Ha!

Hope y'all have a fabulous Thanksgiving!

Talking Points

I know I say this every time but Soph is talking more and more every day! I love it! She is such a fun little side kick! I understand that no one is going to care about all Soph is saying these days so this is totally for my memory!

- After seeing our play/swing set had been completely busted to pieces by the wind. Literally....
    "Oh no! The slide fall down. It broken. It hurt. It cry."

-  My mother-in-law is coming into town tomorrow so I was talking to Soph about it...
    "She Ellie Nana too"

- Her calling Elle "Ellie" is funny too! Although her name is Ellie no one calls her that. Soph just randomly started calling her that.

- After hitting her knee on the table...
    "My knee got beat up"

There was another conversation that cracked me up, but I think it may be a little gross to put out there on a blog, ha!

We went back to the doctor and pretty much ruled out Soph being lactose intolerant. He put her on some Zantac, but would also like for her to see an allergist in case she has a food allergy. We'll see how this goes. Poor thing has had a terrible tummy since she was born!

I need a personal assistant

Ok, well, I don't see a personal assistant anywhere in my near future. Or future at all. So I guess it's just me. I would be lying if I said that my life wasn't turned upside down once Elle became mobile. This child is every where and into every thing! For whatever reason (my husband says it's my doing), my girls are pretty clingy to me. I love it, but it does make cleaning/organizing pretty difficult at times. A couple of weeks ago I was completely overwhelmed. I'm sure y'all could tell by my posts, ha! I knew that I needed to get my act together. I had to get more organized. For several reasons that I won't waste time to explain on the blog, I didn't try to get back to a schedule after Elle was born. I have to live by a strict schedule/list or else you'll find me in lala land. Seriously.

For the last two weeks I have started cleaning first thing in the morning because the girls play best by themselves in the morning. It has done wonders! I have also brought back my trusty cleaning schedule! Another break through. And then tonight I ran across this blog. And that's when I heard the angels singing.

If you love lists like I do, do yourself a favor and check this blog out! It's amazing!

And because I hate to leave y'all with out any pictures...



Another classic outfit by Soph! Please check out her little tutu tucked into her tights. Bless her.



Chatti Patti

I don't know if y'all remember me telling about Elle coming up to me and just shootin' the breeze. I'm pretty sure in her mind she is convinced that she and I are having a legit conversation! Especially at the end when I ask her if she is suppose to be doing that (motor-boating). I don't care if she is motor-boating unless she is eating, at which point, food is flying every where. I love how at the end she seems to comprehend what I saw. Watch her little face. She's just too precious for words! I love this baby girl!

What?? No naps???!!!!

Nothing new in the "Q" house. Soph is still doing her nightly costume changes. It's still stressing me out. This morning "slicked back willy", AKA Soph with Vaseline in her hair, welcomed me. That was a nice surprise at 6:30am. All my brilliant ideas for getting Soph to stay in her bed are failing miserably! I welcome any suggestions!

Soph has also stopped taking naps. Not that she doesn't need them. Ohhh, she needs them! Come 4pm our house could be mistaken for the wailing wall. However hard it is now maybe it's a blessing in disguise! More than likely Soph will be starting Montessori in the Spring. The only classes that the school have availability in are from 12:15-3:15. Right smack dab in the middle of Soph's naps. Sooo...hopefully I'll be thankful to be going through this craziness now instead of her getting kicked out of pre-school. Ha! She's not really that bad!

Soph at 6:30am...maybe she slipped out to the club lookin' all fancy?!

I'm pretty much over cleaning her room 3x a day! "If you can make the mess, you can clean the mess". Btw, her room was spotless when she went to bed. Apparently she's taken a midnight shift  called "let's destroy our room".



Baby Elle just hanging out waiting for Sissy to finish so she could play!

I know I've said this a million times, but it seems like everyday the girls enjoy each other more and more! They just adore each other! Yesterday while Soph was having "quiet time" in her room Elle crawled back there and just sat outside her door. Sweet little thing! And despite what the picture looks like I'm not wearing jean shorts! They're gray khakis. Annndd...Soph dressed herself. I didn't have time to argue. Obviously.



What in the world??

I'm not sure what happened with the post below. I guess I hit publish instead of save? Oh well, it'll have to wait :). Gotta go finish lunch! Happy Sunday!

What have I created?

Yesterday I could tell that Soph was getting a little restless being inside all day. I was trying to get creative on what I could distract her with. Since I've been planning her birthday party I thought that maybe she could help me decide on her invitations. I've been stuck between a couple and thought she could be the tie breaker. Wrong. The child didn't like any of them. I would ask her if she liked this one. "No!" was her response. Then she happens to see one of the cupcake toppers and says, "Ohhhh, look at that! Like that one!" Haha! I cracked up! I thought that she was just giving me a typical "no" response of a two year old, but apparently she knew what she wanted. As if I should be surprised! This should be fun when she is a teenager!


Soph brought me a shirt and belt of mine that she wanted to wear. How cute is she?



Soph has been stressing me out with her changing clothes 6x a day. That is not even an exaggeration! Now she has even started getting up in the middle of the night and changing PJs. What in the world?? She has always been the neatest child. And when I say neat I mean she never made huge messes. Well that is out the window! She loves to take my clothes out of my closet and put them in different places. The other day I was putting my make up on and the girls were playing in my closet. They just kept laughing and having themselves a good ol' time. I loved hearing them having so much fun together until I turned around and saw that they (and when I say they I mean Soph) have dumped ALL my shoes out of the shelves. Lord help, I about lost my religion. I hope we get out of this stage fast!

Chit chat

The girls have been cracking me up lately! I'm sure it's mostly because I'm there Mama, but they're a hoot! Sophie has been talking a mile a minute lately. I can understand her for the most part, but sometimes she just talks so fast that I can't understand a bit of it. I just get really excited with her and that seems to work! They other day Soph and I had a conversation and it went something like this. Imagine it in the sweetest, most delicate voice (that she did not get from her mama! ha!)....

Soph: "What's that"
Soph: (Answering herself) "It's a trash can. I throw up in trash cans."
Soph: "Where is the trash can? There it is"

Ok, so that was more of a monologue. And also pretty sad; she does actually throw up quite a bit. Poor thing! Btw, Soph has had more "episodes" of throwing up. We went to the dr and he has her off diary completely. We'll see if this helps.

Elle has decided to do some talking too. She thinks it's hilarious to drop/throw things and say "uh oh". She crawls around the house saying alternating between "uh oh" and "quack". All I hear is "uh oh. quack. uh oh. quack...." It's too funny!

Elle had some Southern "firsts" last week. Grits and Dumplings. It was my first time making dumplings and I've gotta be honest. They were amazing. I was shocked! My aunt and uncle are coming over for dumplings  tonight and y'all know that they're not going to be nearly as good! Why does that always happen? My cooking never seems to turn out as good when I have company!

This child is the messiest eater. Period.

She loved the dumplings. It's in her genes.

Trick or Treat!

Last night we had some friends over for chili and to go trick or treating. Soph once again refused to wear her costume. That was a waste of money! 



Sophie and I made cupcakes, but they didn't turn out as cute as I had envisioned. I should've done the owl cupcakes like I had planned!





checking out her loot!



I guess Joe took a picture of the girls this morning. Please check out Elle peeping around her big sis!

My sweet babies!