Christmas Tree Farm 2009

Paisley's waiting to get on the hay ride and get out to the trees
Paisley and Daddy

and Mommy

she's seeing how much touching she can get away with

we all finally decided on this one for Paisley's tree to go upstairs

Enjoying the free reign to run around like a crazy girl

the pretty, quaint red barn at the Wall Family Tree Farm - Terrell, Texas


The three of us had a great time - for sure an experience worthy of making time for every year. Merry Christmas!

November Wrap Up

The month of November has really gotten away from us. We had a great Thanksgiving with all of our family at various times during the last week. Paisley had a rough weekend of being sick last weekend, but is now feeling much better. Here's what Paisley is up to day-to-day (mostly things that mommy and daddy want to remember at this stage):
-Pais just turned 28 months this week and still only weighs 26 pounds. She's just as tall as ever.
-She has started using phrases like "you know what" and then proceeds to tell you a story. Or "actually, ...".
-She frequently will suggest an alternative when you offer her something she doesn't really want or you ask her to do something she doesn't want to do. She'll say "how 'bout..." and then give you her most superior suggestion.
-She loves school and is very excited to go every time.
-She is still not interested in potty training. Mentally, she is very aware of all the details, but has not one single desire to actually do it. I've even prepared "treat" jars with play-doh, markers, stickers, new crayons, and other "crafty" things and she won't even consider it. Ah, it'll come in good time.
-She loves crafts. And, for some reason, she thinks "crafts" is "craps". So, that's worth a good laugh from us every time she says it. I have been trying to correct her, but the f-t sound is very tough for her right now.
-Her favorite song to have us sing before she goes to bed at night is Jesus Loves Me.
-She is sleeping like a champ in her big girl bed now & we have absolutely no problems. Her "set up" includes a turtle that projects stars onto the ceiling, and the light has to be orange. She also has to have the radio on and the fan on. She needs her 'froggy' and her purple blankie.

We spent Thanksgiving morning at the Ft. Worth turkey trot & she had a blast. We had the Harbords and Papa Mike over for the rest of the day. It was a blast - a lot of cooking, but a lot of fun. Today, we took Paisley to the Christmas Tree Farm in Terrell and it was just perfect. Paisey had a great time picking out her own little tree and we ran around and had fun for an hour or 2 before we headed back home. Pictures to follow in seperate post...

Great night!!

Pumpkin Patch!

Papa Doug, Ree Ree, Aunt Heather and Mom and Paisley took a trip to the pumpkim patch yesterday. Paisley has been talking about the PP for several days now, and I asked her, so do you want to get a big pumpkin or a baby pumpkin, and she said "a baby one"... so we played for a while out in the area with the big ones and then picked out a baby one for her before we left.

Holding onto Papa's head for dear life :)

Showing off in one of the props out in the field.

Climbing up on a big pile of pumpkins. She wasn't too thrilled about having her picture taken. What a difference a year makes! Last year we took her to the Dallas Arboretum and she had a blast, looking back on that time, she seems so little compared to today.

It was a little bright, since this weekend has been the first bit of sunlight we've had in so long, I won't complain. It was a beautiful afternoon & a great way to spend time with family. We missed daddy while we were there!!

October Fun!

Paisley and I made some cupcakes last weekend and had a blast!

Yum!

Its been a challenging few weeks at our house. We were thinking Paisley was ready to transition to a toddler bed after many restless nights in her crib & an attempt to climb out (a first for her). But, the new bed doesn't seem to be working out very well with only 1 night that she's made it all the way through in about a week and a half. She's having a hard time going to sleep, sometimes taking us 2 hours to get her to sleep, and then is completely freaked when she wakes in the middle of the night. So, we may go back to the crib for a while.

Right before this big change, she had completely given up her paci! It was awesome and she was doing really well - until this new bed stuff came into play & out of our own weakness & desperate need for some sleep, Mike and I gave it back to her at night. Shame on us! So, as I am sure all parents can relate to, we've been playing a little 2 steps forward/3 steps back this month.

More than anything, I just want to figure out a way to help her sleep better. There's no good feeling, as a mom, that comes from knowing that your kiddo is sleep-deprived! So, anyways, hopefully we'll get this figured out soon so she can feel at ease and so can Mike and I.

Paisley Goes to the Fair!

We took Paisley to The Fair last weekend. It was rainy, but she had a great time riding some rides and eating all kinds or fried stuff. It was super crowded though and we were adventurous this time and rode the Dart Rail - and that was packed as well. I don't think we will ride it again with Paisley anytime in the near future as we got a little cranky (and loud and handsy) .

She really enjoyed the swings...they were one of the very few rides she was tall enough to ride. Most rides in the kid area required you be 36" tall to ride and she is right at 35". Next time it will be on!

So we went into this little area for kids that allowed the kids to fake plant stuff and pretend they were farmers. Paisley got to be a farmer and wear this awesome apron and dig in the garden and even milked a plastic cow...fun times.

This ride was one where she wasn't tall enough to ride it by herself, but she could ride it with an adult if she was 32" tall. Cassie wanted to ride these fish, but I wouldn't let her - it looked like too much fun to pass up. This was actually a pretty jerky ride and wouldn't recommend it!

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!