Random Pictures & Events

Clearing off pictures from my phone... sometimes the most handy way to catch Paisley's actions.

Preparing for swine flu... or just helping mommy while she paints the laundry room in the new house because it still smells like the cats that the previous owners had. Yuck!
Becoming quite the card playing expert thanks to ReeRee


Enjoying her uncle Devon

Wearing mommy's heels... quite well I might add.

Enjoying some cartoons in mid August with her winter hat on. This is what happens when you pack up your entire house. Things are not as they should be!

Twinkle Twinkle...

Paisley has been singing lots of great songs with Grandma and Grandma Fay lately. Here's Paisley with her Grandma Fay... :)

New House

We're all moved in to our new house & getting used to our new routines and spaces. With both Paisley and Mike back in school, it's a busy season for the Gibsons. Paisley seems to be adjusting well to the new house. She's expanding her vocabulary all the time, but lately it's been her conversational skills that have really caught our attention. She is very easy to have a conversation with these days, at a very basic level of course!
We're soon going to begin to tackle potty training and giving up the paci. You can tell, especially in these pictures, how the paci has wreaked havoc on her face. She's given it up at the Grandmas' house, but we've got our work cut out for us at home. She's still pretty attached to the paci at naptime and bedtime. We don't let her have it at any other time. Of course, it's pretty hard to resist this face and precious smile. Man, we love this girl!!

Potty training is on the agenda as well... Sure do wish there was a handbook on that one!! We're heading to the Texas State Fair in the next several weeks, so we'll have some fun pictures and maybe a little video to share then... Happy Fall!

First Day of School

On Sept. 11, Paisley started school at First Baptist in Lewisville. She had a great first day! We went to the open house on Thursday night to meet her teachers & let her get familiar with her room. When Friday morning rolled around, she was ready to get started. We dropped her off without a tear; in fact, she walked right in & didn't look back at Mike and I. Of course, trying to capture pictures of the 'first day of school' did not go so well with missy... :) Here she is doing her best to NOT let mommy get a picture of her with her backpack on.
Standing outside of her room, waiting for the teachers to be ready to greet the kids. She's fond of her lunchbox...

Of course, the obligatory mom and dad pictures...

She's been having a great time so far~ they have class on Mondays and Fridays from 930 to 230. So far, we've gotten lots of talk from her about needing to 'share' with the other kids and being quiet at naptime. They've been learning about God in different ways each day. Today I asked her what she learned about God & she said "Bible".. :) Funny & cute.

Summertime coming to an end!

Paisley loves the outdoors... Summer has come to a close here, although it's still hot & humid most days. Paisley has started school & so has Mike. But, we did try and enjoy the outdoors as much as possible this summer. Before we packed up and moved to our new house, we enjoyed some time at the park in our old neighborhood. These pictures were taken there in August...

She's certainly got the long legs from someone on the Harbord/Greer side of the family! Enjoying the balance beam with Dad.

So serious. She has this look on her face frequently. Must be a habit passed along from me, shame on me!

Enjoying her tricycle at Ree Ree & Papa's during our stay there over the last month or so

Papa Mike gave Paisley this water and sand table for her birthday, and she is in love with it. I don't know of too many things that can keep the attention of a 2-year-old for more than 30 minutes at a time, but this certainly does. She loves to put the water into the sand and the sand into the water. As an organizational 'freak', this doesn't exactly fit into the way I would have her play with it, but it's not about me...

Big Changes!

Man, what a busy few months we've had! Mike, Paisley and I are now living with Ree Ree and Papa for a few weeks due to the events that have occured recently. Today, we will say our last goodbyes to our first house. We were so thrilled to sell the house after it had been on the market for about 3 weeks, YAY!

Our Old House

So, Mike worked his tail off this past week to get everything packed up & moved out before school started today. Two PODS, 8 million trips back and forth to mom & dad's and lots of cleaning later, the house is finally empty. I must say, I had a very sad feeling being in the house without "us" in it... And with all of the memories of our first 5 years of marriage & first baby there, it is hard to leave.


However, in 2 weeks, we will gear up to move all of our stuff once again into a new house. The new house is less than 10 minutes away, but is closer to Ree Ree & Papa's house and still about the same distance away from the Grandmas' house. We are SO excited to make new memories in this house & make it our own.

Our New House

Paisley isn't really sure what in the world is going on. She's been with us at the old house with it empty & has said "bye bye" to her room. When you ask her about the new house, she says "moving in a few weeks"... :) and the last few days in the old house, as everything was slowly being packed up, she would go into her room and say "what happened to room??"


She's growing like a weed, and her vocabulary never ceases to amaze us. Mike told her it was time to get out of the bathtub the other night and she said, "no, I'm still playing". She's becoming quite the night owl lately too. When she goes down for the night around 8:30, sometimes she'll play and fidget in her crib until 9:30 or 10 at night before falling asleep. She must get that from Mike.



Other than moving, which can totally wreck all sense of 'normalcy', Paisley will start school on Sept. 11 at First Baptist Lewisville. She's excited & talks about school quite a bit. Mike's classes started today - he's taking 5 classes & is down to what will probably be his last year of classes before student teaching begins. It's Awesome.

First Movie

We took Paisley for her first movie theater experience today & chose the movie Up, since it was really the only one we thought she'd be somewhat interested in. Not knowing what to expect, we just decided to test it out and see how things would go.

To our surprise, we made it through the entire movie! She didn't say much at all, just sat in her seat between Mike and I and watched the big screen. What we learned today is she's not a big fan of popcorn, but does enjoy a good slurpee/icee and reese's pieces.

We had a good time & it was a really great low key family morning...