Well, the year is coming to a close...

This is it-the last day of 2009. I've heard a lot of people say that this year has sucked for them. It makes me sad to hear that. There have been a lot of difficulties, sure, but I can't say if (for my family and for myself) there's been much more than normal. God has truly blessed me more than I could ever imagine. I certainly don't deserve it. Daniel lost his job this year. He lost it for a month and then got called back because they needed him. Huge blessing right there. He didn't need to learn a new job or meet new people. He has the same pay he did have and the same schedule. It's familiar and comfortable. My mother-in-law, father-in-law, and their six kids still living at home finally got their new house put on their property this year. Another huge blessing. They were living split up in 3 different houses for months waiting for this house to be finished (it was several months behind) and finally they got to move in. Our little 1987 toyota has lasted us over a year since we got it. That's HUGE. It seems like since Daniel and I have been married we've gone through a car a year (close anyway). Hopefully this little thing can last us until the end of February. Then there's always not having a lot of money, but God still provides for us. We have everything we need and a lot of things we want (even if those things aren't brand spankin' new). To sum it all up, I'd say 2009 was a good year! Here's hoping for a great 2010!

Now for some pictures! Sorry for the picture overload... (I uploaded a new way today, so most of the pictures are cut off. Just click on the picture and you'll be able to see the whole thing.)

weekly-ish update 1

The girls were sick for about a week and a half. They're finally over it, thank goodness. I hate when they're sick. I feel so bad for them when they can't breathe through they're little noses. So we haven't put our Christmas tree up yet. It's killing me! I'm the kind of person who likes it up the day after Thanksgiving and Daniel's a Christmas eve kind of guy. We (well, he, but it's pointless to argue with him) decided that we'll wait until December 21st to put the tree up so the kids won't get into it. I can't wait!!! I want to take Christmas-y pictures soooo bad. Maybe it's a good thing we're waiting since I hurt myself (if you don't already know, more about it in a minute). Mamaw put her tree up already and the girls saw it. They love it! Daniel did almost all of our Christmas shopping online this year. We have a little left to do so last Saturday (Dec 12th) we were going to finish. I was carrying Ashlin to the car and stepped wrong or something, twisted my ankle, and fell. In order to keep Ashlin from getting hurt, I twisted mid-air and hurt myself worse. Ashlin didn't get hurt at all, though, thank the Lord! I went to the doctor today (14th) and the x-ray showed that I have a broken foot. Yay....lol. 24 years old and I have my first broken bone ever. I have to go to the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday to see if I need a cast or a boot. Kelsie's been cute with this, though. She'll randomly come up to me and say, "Mommy, you k now?" or when I get up to do something (hopping or with crutches, of course), she'll say, "don't walk, mommy!!!" Ashlin's getting to where she tries to copy almost everything we say. She's learning to talk sooner than Kelsie did. She's not great at the words she does say, but just her trying is adorable. Mamaw has 2 goats (a baby and her momma) and they were bleating and so Ashlin tried to do it, too. It was so cute. She said Papaw for the first time today!!! She still says "bah-bah" for Mamaw, but she'll get there. Here are some pics...enjoy!

Ashlin seeing Mamaw's tree lit up for the first time. Her Uncle Mark is holding her.

Mamaw's Christmas tree (I didn't even try to get a good pic...sorry for the poor quality)

Lil' Ashlin

She wasn't smiling, but I wanted to include a picture of Ashlin in the butterfly wings. She walked around for about an hour in these things. She loved them!

Kelsie on the bouncy zebra...even though she's a bit too big...lol.
I don't know why I'm putting these up, but I felt inclined to add pics of my injury...lol. Excuse my ugly foot, but please note my ankle (that there is one). This is my good foot.
This is horrible quality, but this is my broken foot. You can't see how bad the bruise is (it covers most of my foot), but the break is where the bruise is the worst. Also, no ankle...my foot is too swollen.

It's snowing!!!

Well, not now, but it did this morning...the first snow of the season! I got the girls bundled up as soon as we woke up and we went outside and played in it. They had so much fun! It was Ashlin's real first time in the snow (she was only 3 months old last time she saw some and couldn't care less). Here are some pics...enjoy!


First time in the snow. The picture I got with the look on her face when she first stepped out in it was really blurry. She had a huge smile on her face. To bad it didn't turn out, but this one is really cute, too.


The girls playing together. I love how Ashlin is looking at Kelsie.

Up-close cutie pie!
Black and white with a blue tint


Kelsie eating snow...obviously...lol.

Trying to catch a snowflake on her tongue

The girls staring a little boy playing in the snow

She couldn't tear her eyes off the boy...even after I gave her a snowball

It's been a long time

Wow...it's been a long time since I've posted anything. It was a little too much work to try and keep up with my 365 project. I was constantly falling behind with my posting which made it quite a job when I finally got to it. It makes more sense for me to stop doing it, but I like the idea of posting updates on the family and how things have been going. I haven't decided if I'll do weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly updates (I don't know if my life is interesting enough to update weekly...lol).

I'll let this be my first update. Since I posted last, Kelsie had her 3rd birthday. We had her party at the park and she had such a great time. The weather was perfect, too. She had a great time playing on the playground with Ashlin and her cousins Abby, Jada, and Reagan. Mamaw pushed her really high on the swing saying she's make sure she didn't send her to the moon, but Kelsie wanted to go to the moon...lol. She talks about the moon almost every night now and if she can't see it, she has to ask me where it is.Kelsey Jo and I took the kids to the park cause her brother was coming to town for Thanksgiving and we were thinking about doing a little photo shoot with the family (just for practice) and I wanted to scope out locations in case we did. I didn't end up doing the shoot (Kelsey Jo's mom didn't want to take time away from my family so close to Thanksgiving), but we had a great time looking for nice spots anyway. I got some cute pictures of Kelsie and Ashlin. The big (main) picture in the storyboards are from that day at the park along with the one of them in the leaves. These are the first storyboards I've ever made :o).
Thanksgiving was great. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Peabody's first (Daniel's dad's side of the family). That's always awkward. When we left there, we went to my mother-in-law's and we had a blast. I love the family gatherings over there.
I took the girls to get they're Christmas pictures made. I like that they have backgrounds I don't have and the photographer was great at getting the girls to smile at the same time, but I think I may like being the one to take them. If I ever get the materials to make my own makeshift studio, I may never take them somewhere else again. I really like being able to say I took their pictures and then there's the instant gratification of having the pictures as soon as I'm done with the shoot. No waiting around for them to be shipped (unless I'm getting prints). Not to mention one of the most important things...I tend to fall in love with all of the poses and I can only buy one or two. When I take the pictures, they all belong to me.

The girls are sick right now. They've been battle low fevers for a couple of days and they have runny/stuffy noses. Ashlin's nose is worse. The poor thing has a hard time nursing. When she's sleeping, she tries to breathe through her nose, but can't and she stops breathing for a couple of seconds and then breathes through her mouth, but that startles her and sometimes wakes her up. I just hope they get better soon.

365 project: Day 088

The sky was a gorgeous blue today and I love how the leaves stand out against it.

365 project: Day 087

Today's picture is just a leaf. I love fall so I thought I'd take a picture of the leaf...lol. I boosted the saturation of the big leaf and the little yellow leaf and I desaturated the grass. It was very green and it didn't let the leaf stand out much. I like how it turned out.

365 project: Day 086

We went to Horn of Plenty, a local produce market, to get our carving pumpkin today. I only got tiny pumpkins for the girls to color when we went to the pumpkin patch because Daniel wanted to be part of the pumpkin picking process, as he called it...lol. When we got home, we carved our pumkin. The last picture left to right is the Peabody family pumpkin, Arnold the pumpkin (I drew that and I named him Arnold...it seemed to fit), Kelsie's 1st pumpkin she's ever colored, and Ashlin's 1st pumkin she's ever colored.

365 project: Day 085

My sister-in-law, Rachel, and I took the girls to the pumpkin patch today. They loved it! When we were on the hay ride, Kelsie saw our car and said, "Dat's a MY car!!!" She was so proud of herself...lol.