cheesy faces, wagons, and lights

Most of the time this is what I get when I ask to take a picture! Silly girl!

Presley got a wagon from Meemaw and BJ tonight for Christmas! She LOVED it! She wanted us to push her around in it forever. Then she pushed her dolls and toys up and down the hallway.

And these are some pictures from Sunday night. We went with our friend Karri to the Riverwalk in downtown Milton. The gazebo on the bottom right is where we got married. :) Presley, of course loved the train and was impressed that Santa was the conductor! And she had to get down on the ground and talk to the little deer! ha ha!

only one week left…

I can’t believe that Christmas is only one week away. It just doesn’t seem possible. Maybe it’s because we spent Thanksgiving day in Louisiana and then didn’t have our Florida Thanksgiving until a week later. So I feel like I have an extra week until the 25th. My Mom and I went shopping last week for like 12 hours and came home with sore feet, sore legs, and a cold but 80% of my presents were bought! ha ha!

Presley helped Mamaw and Papaw decorate their tree before we left Louisiana. She was admiring her hard work!

And this is our tree. Presley decorated the bottom half with the unbreakable ornaments. They are all discombobulated and moved on a daily basis, but I just embrace it because that’s how our life is right now! That big  black mark on her forehead is where she gashed her head open on my nightstand. :( There’s still a mark today and she did it almost 3 weeks ago!

I know this next week will fly by. I just hope I can cram everything that I need to get done into it!

birthdays a little late

Jeremiah’s birthday was November 22nd and mine was December 7th, so clearly I’m a lot late in posting this! I totally forgot to take pics for mine, but we celebrated the day of with just us 3 at Olive Garden. And then a few days later, Jeremiah and my Mom cooked a Pioneer Woman meal complete with the best chocolate cake in existence, and we celebrated then with everybody. For Jeremiah’s birthday, we ate seafood at a local restaurant (can’t remember the name right now) and OhSnap! made him a red velvet cake. It was super delicious!  So enjoy the pictures!

Kole and Presley were just as excited to blow out the candles as Jeremiah! :)

30 months!

So again, time has flown right by me and turned my baby into a 2 1/2 year old! I’ve been meaning to write this post for about a month now. So most of the things that I remember are kinda old news, but I still want to write them down so I can remember later.

Presley says some of the funniest things. If a stranger says Hi to her, she will say “I’m being shy right now” and then bury her head. And she’ll say “Mommy, you ok?” if she hears a loud noise around where I am…like if I’m doing the dishes in the kitchen and she’s playing in the living room. “Be cool” is her saying be careful, but it’s so funny to hear “be cool, Mommy, be cool!” She knows that P is her letter and can recognize it in any word and can almost write it. She can draw a smiley face and can count to 10, but always skips the number 4! And she knows that she’s a girl and can differentiate between girls and boys….like Daddy’s a boy, Mommy’s a girl, that sort of thing.

This one is an old picture, but I just couldn’t resist putting it up! It’s so funny!

On TV, Max & Ruby (Maa Ruey) is one of her favorites…that show is so boring, ugh I can hardly watch it! Peppa Pig is her very favorite right now. (remember her Halloween costume?) She rarely asks for Yo Gabba Gabba anymore. Which is ok, because we were burnt out on that show! She’s starting to get into The Backyardigans and Blue’s Clues. She also LOVES Elmo’s World, not Sesame Street, just the Elmo’s World part! Hopefully Santa can find her some Elmo’s World DVDs!!

Presley loves to draw and color. And she’s really starting to get into imaginative play. It’s a fun age! She loves to throw/catch a ball, play with her dollhouse, and play with baby dolls. She also loves to play with our phones and the ipad. She calls it a heating pad! Ha!

She weighs 26 pounds now. We know that from her having her first ear infection last month and us going to the doctor. She wears 2t in pants, 2t-3t in shirts, and a 7 in shoes. The 7’s are still kinda big, but with socks, they work. Presley is still in a size 4 diaper. It’s because she wears the Target brand and they run a little big.

This was a metal bug that Jeremiah’s dad made. It’s pretty cool, but Presley was a little unsure of it!

Well, hopefully I can update again before she turns 3…who knows, that happens in only 6 short months! Aahhhh!

A Louisiana Thanksgiving

We came to Jeremiah’s dads house for Thanksgiving this year. It was my first holiday being away from my parents and I’m not gonna lie, it was kinda weird. It didn’t even really feel like Thanksgiving. I guess because I’m used to helping my mom cook most of the morning and then eating our “normal” food. I’m glad that Jeremiah got to spend it with his family though and we still get to eat Thanksgiving again with my family this upcoming weekend. Does it get any better than eating TWO feasts? I think not! (:

The swamp outside Jeremiah’s dads house!

All of the Pettys! This was the first time that Jeremiah and his two brothers and their families have been together on a holiday since….ever!

Jeremiah is the odd one out! Ha!

And then finally, the big family group on Jeremiah’s moms side. She came from Pensacola  a few weeks ago to see everyone and it was nice having her and her husband there too!

Presley and Chloe playing in the bird bath. The most simple entertainment is the most fun!

The Florida Pettys! (:  We enjoyed seeing everyone and this trip has been a nice break from our “normal” life. Sometimes just leaving your house for a few days feels like vacation! I hope your Thanksgiving was full of family and food!

thrifting and Miss Piggy

I’ve never been much for thrift stores, mainly because I never find anything in them. Well, Saturday I did! We went to Little Angels, which is a pretty awesome consignment store in Milton. They have some great clothes but, it’s hit or miss with boutique-y stuff. But that day, I got all 3 of these smocked dresses for $35. Score! We also went to the Goodwill store in Pace and I got some shirts. They have way nicer clothes than I had imagined and each shirt is $3.69…..$3.69!! I was pretty impressed! The kids clothes are like $1.50 a piece and books are 79 cents. So at that price I splurged on a book for Presley. ;) It was an old-school Miss Piggy book where she gets rid of her pacifier. I’m hoping the theme catches on at our house soon.

This was a Target find, instead of a thrift find, but I just couldn’t pass it up since Presley is so pig obsessed right now. I can’t wait to see the new Muppets movie. The trailer makes me so nostalgic. Oh, and Presley will for sure be rocking this to the theater to go see it!

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a great candy-filled night! We sure did! We went to Immanuel Baptist Church’s trunk or treat. They had lots of candy, bouncy houses, a gigantic inflatable slide, and free food! (they were some delicious hot dogs too) Presley dressed up this year as Peppa Pig. It is, without a doubt, her favorite TV show right now. And it has made her obsessed with all things pig related! I’m pretty sure no one knew who she was, but that’s ok. She knew she was Peppa and that’s all that mattered!

Presley was laughing in the first picture because she saw a car decorated like cookie monster. She thought that was hilarious!

Chloe (on the left) was a pretty princess being oinked at by Peppa! And then on the right were Peppa, Sully from Monsters, Inc., Rapunzel (of course!) and a football player! I thought they all looked fabulous!

Daddy had the best costume…a handsome dude! And Mommy was a black-eyed P! get it? yeah, it took some people a minute!

I know some Christians declare celebrating Halloween sinful. But honestly, to me, everyday is the Lord’s day. Why give it away to the devil? We always celebrate 10/31 with fun and family anyway, so what’s the harm in getting all dressed up and eating some candy? just my opinion….

This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

corn maze and pumpkin patch

I think you can see from the dirty face above that we had a good time at the corn maze and the pumpkin patch this year! :) Here is a photo collage of our day!