Tucker is trying to sit

We have been "c" sitting all morning. I can sit for about a min and then I fall to my belly

Presley writes

Presley an I were playing school today and we got her to write her name. I can't get over this stage of her life. She is learning so much so fast!!

Tucker at 2 months

Tucker had his 2 month check up today. I was sure he would be close to 10 lbs but nope. Not this peanut. His stats at 2 months:
8lbs 13oz 8%
22.75in 95%

I am not sure how accurate that height is because of how they measured.
Tucker is such a sweet little man. He had such an exciting start to his life but you would never know it. He sleeps a lot but when he is awake he hardly makes a sound. He is as alert as hia big sister was as a baby. He is already standing with assistance for a lengthy period of time. The doctor said " he may be a peanut but he is a sturdy peanut."
I am so proud of how well he is doing. So is his sister. She is constantly saying "this is Tucker. He is mine." we are a blessed family!!

Halloween 2011

This Halloween was super fun! I have lots of pictures I want to upload to this post but getting the post written first is the priority!!
We all went as pirates. Presley originally wanted to go as a princess's but when she walked in to the store and saw a sword she changed her mind to be a pirate. Dallas then went online and found us pirate costumes and Tucker and parrot! He was such a great parrot!
We had some neighborhood friends come over before we headed to trick or treat for some taco soup. The kids played until dark and then we gathered them up with their buckets and headed out for some candy. They kids had a wild time. As for Tucker...well his first Halloween was snuggled in to mommy in his snugly and he was happy as a parrot!!hahahaha

October in Mt Vernon!

This year has been one busy fall season! Living in Mt.Vernon, VA has been such a blessing during the holidays. Our little community of Stratford landing is so small and close that it really doesn't feel like we are living so close to DC.
This week leading up to Halloween the kids have had so much to do. Presley got to dress up for a Fall Festival at her school and I got to go to her little class party and see all the little costumes! We also went with Mia to her school's Fall Festival and had another opportunity to dress up. At Mia's fall festival Presley had her face painted like a butterfly. I have to tell ya it was so beautiful and the lady did it so quickly.
This past weekend we had a birthday party, a hail and fair well, and a pumpkin carving contest all in the same day. Then on Sunday we had church and the neighborhood Halloween parade! Since we had so many opportunities for dressing up I thought I would add some pictures!!
Enjoy them an we will post more of our actual Halloween night later!!
Happy Halloween Eve!!

Cupcakes with Class

We celebrated Presley's birthday today with her Preschool class. She was so cute when I showed up. I totally expected her to get all excited and jump up and down like she normally does when I show up to pick her up. NOPE! Instead all the other kids got excited and Presley saw me and just said "Hey Mom. You got my cupcakes?" She cracks me up.
I was so grateful that it was a beautiful day because we were able to do the cupcakes outside at the playground on some picnic tables! They all loved it and most importantly Presley loved it!

Cupcakes at MVPreschool-April 2010

Big weekend!

Presley's 3rd Birthday and Easter!!

We had a great weekend. First, Saturday was Presley's 3rd birthday and we got to celebrate as a family. We woke birthday candle up and did our pancake breakfast with a her first birthday candle. She loved hearing her daddy and I sing happy birthday to her.
We then opened some gifts and then got ready to head to the movies. We went and saw Rio. What a cute movie. Presley danced every time a song came on. She can do a great Samba! =) After the movie we took her to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. She ran around like a crazy person and barely ate a thing!
When we got home we decided to dye some easter eggs. We didn't have a lot of chance before that and wanted her to get to do it with both of us. It is really hard to dye eggs with a wiggly, spastic three year old! She was more interested in splashing in the dye than actually taking the time to wait on the eggs to get done!

Then we woke up this morning and she found her Easter basket next to her seat at the table. She did her normal GASP, followed by "Is this for me?!" While we ate we read the Easter story so that we could get all of us on the right mind set for the day. It was a sweet and beautiful moment sharing the Easter story with Presley at an age she is really starting to understand.

When we got home from church and lunch we did a make shift egg hunt in our back yard. I felt bad that Presley had not done an egg hunt yet due to bad weather in the area. We had so much fun. We hid eggs for her and she even hid eggs for us. Which meant dumping all the eggs in two piles and then shouting in her loudest voice (which is loud) exactly where the eggs were! It was a blast. We played with the bubble gun we got her for Easter and then came in and put together the 2 puzzles we gave her for her birthday.
I also decided to get a picture of the new little Gipson. My belly has really grown this week. It is a full on bump! Plus the little one is kick, kick, kicking ALL the time. I even felt little bit on the outside a few times last night. Unfortunately Dallas missed it because he was up working.

It was a great weekend!!!