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Monday, December 20, 2010

Piano Playing Prince and Princess

Okay, I just took this picture about 10 minutes ago and HAD to share! Keegan was playing the piano and wanted Lila to play with him, so I put her up there and realized she was sitting without my help. All I could grab in time was my phone, but here they are! She can sit perfectly at the piano, but everywhere else she falls over. While I know that at the piano she has something to keep her stable, I'm ignoring that fact and calling it destiny, it's a sign! ;)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

For Christmas, I Give You the Gift of....

Pictures!! I will probably not have much time to post until after the first of the year, so in the meantime, here's well over 8,000 pictures for you to look at! Starting from my trip with Jonas to the west coast in summer of 2008!

More of Keegan (possible repeats)
October 2009 #1 (Milledgeville, GA)
October 2009 #2 (Milledgeville and Roswell, GA)
October 2009 #3 (Roswell, GA and Tuscaloosa, AL)
October 2009 #4 (Shreveport, LA and Dallas, TX)
March 2010 #1 (LA & GA)
March 2010 #2 (LA & GA)
My Dad's Wedding - -never before seen on the blog!
Alonzo Brown Photography - - If you want to see his website, click here!
Photography by Keegan Pierce - - can you guess what he's getting for Christmas?? :)

Goodness that was time consuming! Hopefully well worth it :) Please let me know if any of the album titles don't match the link, or if any of the links don't work. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Yadda Yadda Yadda!

Keegan is talking more and more every day. He never ceases to amaze me.

A couple days ago, I was watching Good Morning America when a story about Micah Andrews (two-year-old suffers horrific injury and survives) came on and brought tears to my eyes. Keegan saw my tears and got a very concerned look on his face. He went back and forth, looking at me, then the tv, then back at me. Once the clip ended, Keegan grabbed my hand and said, "Mommy, look, it's all done! Please don't cry Mommy." It was the sweetest thing ever! He said it with a look of genuine concern on his face, ahh. He's my little angel.

He has this new way of asking for candy and other things like that. He says "Mommy, I need candy! I NEED IT!" and then I'll say, "Oh, are you sure about that?" he says "Yeah, but only one more. That's it!" So (like the sucker that I am) I'll give him a piece of candy, then we start over, but he reassures me, again, "Only one more, that's it!" Haha

The kids and myself have been sick for the past week. Even though Keegan was running a fever and has had a terribly upset stomach, he still remained his sister's keeper. Last night, after their bath, Keegan said to Jonas, "Careful, Daddy. Lila's sick." He then hopped up to where Lila was sitting on the rocking chair and cuddled with her, as if to protect her.

A few minutes later, we were sitting on the couch and Lila fell asleep. Keegan looked at her closely while Jonas and I were having a conversation, and suddenly Keegan WHISPERED "Shh! Quiet, Lila's sleeping," and he kissed her on the forehead, like he always does when I am putting her to bed (whether it be for the night or just for a nap - he freaks out if I put her to bed without him giving her a kiss). Such a sweetie pie!!

Lila can roll over front-to-back and maybe even back-to-front, although I'm not sure. I've seen her go from her back to her side, but not all the way to the front, but who know what she does when she's in her bed and I can't see her. She will hold her bottle for a couple minutes at a time, and only sometimes, but she's definitely making progress! She can't sit up yet for longer than a few seconds, but she's still young :)
Rule #288. Discipline yourself to save money. It's essential to success.

Time to Play Catch Up!

Here are some pictures taken since the last time I posted pictures!
Sweet action shot of my little monkey jumping off the bed :)


Cooper
"Cheeeeeeeese!"
Here's what happens why I try to get a picture of them together...
And here's what happens if I try too hard...
Silly boys

Christmas card outfit!
And Keegan's... but that's all you get from that! I can't give it away ;)
At Christmas on Caddo Fireworks Festival a couple weeks ago. They had face painting, food, bounce-houses for kids, playgrounds, souvenirs, and fireworks! Lots of fun, but very cold! Oh yeah.. and I got a haircut..a big one!
Keegan's Christmas penguin!



This is one of my favorite pictures of the three of them!

He fell asleep on the way TO the festival lol
Santa Claus! Taken less than five minutes after getting Lila's ears pierced! :)
Me and fat Sophie ;)
My boys
I just LOVE dressing her up :) It doesn't happen very often, but it's so much fun!
Our Thanksgiving bird
And the oh-so-yummy dinner!
Beautiful baby boy :) Although, he's not really a baby anymore :(
Rule #287. Promise big. Deliver big.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Funny Funny

I will try to post some pictures later! I should have some time in the afternoon. For now, I just have a funny story about something that just happened.

Keegan just woke up and came out into the family room. He asked for his juice, which he gets every morning, and then we both headed for the kitchen. He was in front of me, and I said "GRR I'm a mad dinosaur and I'm going to eat you!" Keegan then turned around and stuck his hand in the air. He said "No Mommy! Don't eat me!" He then turned back around and as he walked further into the kitchen, he said "Don't even think about it!" It was SOO funny, I just about died laughing. He continues to amaze me with the new things he learns every single day.

More to come (hopefully) later!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Pictures!

I didn't realize how little time I would have to post in the blog with two kids! Sorry every time I post nowadays it's so backed up, but hopefully you'll still enjoy them just as much!
"Peace" :)
Getting so big!! She's in the 95% for weight, and the 90% for height (means she weighs more than 95% of baby girls her age, and is taller than 90%!)
My silly sweetheart
Oooooh Sophie
Keegan absolutely loves Kevin. Kevin taught him to act like he's playing the piano on the ottoman to try to get Keegan to play quietly. At one point, Kevin stopped doing it and Keegan yelled: "Kevin do it!!" haha
Keegan got to put the "krabby patties" on the wall. I think it's so cute that he actually calls them that!
His room all decked out. He only sleeps in his "big boy bed" (well, for half the night, until he wakes up and comes into our room to sleep for the rest of it!) Tomorrow someone is coming to pick up his crib, which he hasn't slept in in about three weeks now!
He was sad but trying to put on a happy face, sweet boy
This is where he sleeps the second half of the night (usually from about 3:30 on) - mommy and daddy's "grosse bett" as he calls it
She's getting closer to sitting up on her own but still probably a couple months away. She is at the age though where she would much rather be upright than laying down! Isn't she just beautiful?? :) :)
My two angels

To add to Keegan's phrases list - tonight, I was on the phone and had a rather serious look on my face (it was more just a focused look). Keegan laid his head on my lap and said "Mommy what's wrong?" He's so sweet.

I "cooked" him dinner tonight (gotta love the microwave...) and sat on the couch waiting for it to finish, and as soon as I sat down Keegan said "Mommy it's ready!" and pointed into the kitchen. There were two minutes left but it was still so cute because I've never heard him say it like that before, he usually says "Ready?" whenever he's about to jump or something and he wants me to catch him.

I turned on the Christmas tree lights tonight and Keegan got all wide-eyed and said "Wow, Mommy, look at that!"

Ahh he's growing up so fast, it's exciting, sad, and scary all at the same time. He definitely isn't a baby anymore!

As for Lila, she is just doing her thing, she rolls over front-to-back quite a bit now. She is teething so it's not the best time, but "this too shall pass." Her laugh is ADORABLE, I will try to capture it on video :)

Rule #286. Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

Funny Things Keegan Says

No pictures right now, I'm on my laptop and all the pictures are on my desktop! Maybe tonight, after Jonas wakes up.

This morning, Keegan said "Candy?" I said "I don't think so mister." So he said "Okay, candy after dinner." He's so smart.

Yesterday, Avery was over here and she and Keegan were playing in his room. Jonas went in there to join them and Keegan yelled, "No Daddy WAIT! Get out! Close the door!" and he pushed Jonas out of the room! He's so silly.

Both kids have runny noses and are pretty congested right now. Keegan saw Lila with a runny nose and said, "Uh oh Mommy. Lila sick. Lila big boogies."

We don't get on Skype very often to see family, but we did yesterday and Keegan remembered all of my siblings! He was dancing for them and having a good time, he loves video chat.

We had a pepper spray incident recently. I wasn't thinking and I left my purse within reach, and my pepper spray was inside. It has a rather tricky lock on it, but somehow Keegan managed to open it and spray it when I was in the restroom. I hear him calling me and asking for a drink, repeatedly and kind of in a panic. As soon as I opened the door to the restroom, the smell was suffocating me. Keegan and I were coughing and gagging, I just threw the door open and let Keegan and the cats run out. It was so bad, I had to step outside to catch my breath, run inside as fast as I could to grab drinks for Keegan and myself, and grab sleeping Lila (her door was closed and the smell hadn't reached her room, but I didn't want to take any chances) and we had to spend the next 3 hours outside. When Jonas got home (my hero) the smell wasn't so bad and he was able to stay inside for a little bit to set up some fans and spray some air freshener.
Anyway, I was telling Jonas's coworker Kevin the story, and Kevin thought it was hilarious that Keegan was crying and yelling "Drink!! Drink!" so Kevin cracked up and said "Drink" like it was so funny. Keegan saw him do this, and now every time he sees Kevin, Keegan throws his head back, laughs, and says "Drink." He remembers the silliest things!

He likes to sing songs, but he only sings them partially. His favorite song to sing is "Tomorrow" from the movie Annie (the sun'll come out tomorrow), it's so cute.

I have some recent videos, I will try to post them. Things are starting to get hectic, with the holiday season and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Hopefully tonight I can post a lot before tomorrow comes and I start really stressing out about Thanksgiving dinner!