Ivee MaryBeth is turning 2

I still cant believe that Ivee is turning 2 yrs old

It was a fun day doing the shoot of this little girl

I was looking at the pictures of when she was first laid into my arms.

Moments like that will never be forgotten

but with each child as a birthday comes up.

I kind of makes you think More & More...

Thats our big Girl
Ivee MaryBeth Thomas
She is such a Lover & loves to cuddle
She is always concerned about the welfare of other people
she reminds me so much of how Audree was at this age...

She has so many other traits...
Everytime I look at her I see a little bit of Everyone in her
She truely was the baby girl that was going to complete our family
She is a Keeper...

Her all time Best Friend & Sister
hands down is
Little Miss Audree
Every morning she wakes up
goes right over to Audree door & says Audree

I tell her that Audree is at school she will be home in No Time...

When it is getting close to the time of Audree coming
home I tell Ivee & she goes over
& waits by the
window
and when she see audree coming home
She screams Audree Audree

Dirt Girl World
was the theme of her Birthday Party
These our her invites
I loved how they turned out
Way stinkin cute
and worth all the time and preparation for her birthday invites.

I used close lines to make the holder &

put a magnet on the back
so easy hang up on fridge so No one would forget about it...
They Turned out AweSome
It was alot of work
but totally worth it...
Now since those were done...
it was time to plan the celebration.
Dirt Girl World is on Sprout

Slugs Slugs Slugs....

Lillee & Her Daddy's High Tops

Funny story behind the High Tops

So Erik went into Ross

We needed to look for some skater shoes for him...
We found some...

and than we found these... I kid you not they were $5.00
They werent the best looking color...

But for $5.00 we got them

When Erik put them on at home...

They totally screamed Erik

& Lillee.... Lillee fell in love with these shoes
She was actually mad that we didn't get her some
So she would for the longest time walk around the house

With her Daddy's shoes on...
Daddy needed his shoes and well Lillee had them on
She looks at Daddy & says I had them on first
Were sharing...
Isn't it good to share daddy...

He than looks at Lillee Says Yeah your right honey

But Daddy really needs to go

Can I please have my shoes...

As Lillee is walking over to the table she picks up

my phone & says Hold on I got to make a Call...

Well Her Dad ask Who you calling...

she says THE WHa BULANCE.... As in Crying....

cause your crying cause I got your shoes on

and you need to go.

Than after a laugh or two she says Ok Dad you can have

them but you need to bring them back...

ThanXsGiVing

We had ThanXsGiving over at Michelle's & Jason House

It was sure Yummy with everyone pitching in & doing their share

It turned out awesome & Surely was yummy
The girls got full & enjoyed playing with their cousins...

I was Feeding my face... Yummm.... It was nice to go to someone

eses house for some Grub...

Ivee wasnt so sure at first but than she warmed up...
We all enjoyed eachother company.

Rocky & Lillee Love each other & our the Best of Friends
There is a soft spot in eachothers hearts for each other...

Rocky is always up for watching the girls whenever we need him
He is such a Cute Kid.... We LoVe our Rocky
Grandma Linda was enjoying some Family Time too...
We all got so full and Michelle
dished us up some leftovers...YUM
Jason smoked a Turkey & than there was a cooked one...
Both YUmmy...

A Kiss for Her Rocky...



Lillee posing for the Camera I LoVe it....

Auntie Michelle
Taking some time to Pose with
Tommy & Lillee
We got a Fanastic family on Both sides

Daddy was enjoying himself just lounging out on the couch
Eating some food
talking with family...
Laughing & just being with family...
we love when there our family get togethers
I think that is why Me & Erik love
the holiday season.

ThanXs to Michelle & Jason for planning such a
AweSome ThanXsGiVing
and for all those that
pre pared food & was part of the process.
I was a bit sadden that I didn't make
Thanksgiving but I am totally looking forward to
making X Mas Feast...
For that I am satisfied...

Michelle & JaSon
We Surely LoVe these People Alot...
There Down to Earth
And they surely Care for family
They always there when there is Family event going on...

Try to make all our CraZy Girls Birthday...

NoVeMber Month What it Brought...

Ivee is getting so big

that little Turkey is starting to open doors

I thought I would have time to
yeah well No time at all...

She showed me the other day

look mom...

Her older sisters taught her how to play Hide & Seek
so she also showed me when she was opening the closet

that she also likes to play Hide & seek even when No one is playing...
But us moms know that Right...
We just love
it when our kids say their playing Hide & Seek
and were not.
Lillee May is getting so BIg...
She is full of life & happiness
She is sometimes a handful & likes to
just blurp out funky sounds here & there...

She has been doing better
She has to go & see a physical Theorpy for
her cirection in her brain
There was lots of test done in Novemeber on her

She had her first CT scan

and MRI

Primary Childrens Treat us very well

I will be working extra hard with her

When they told me everything that was going on

My Emotions were all out of whack what if I did this or that

But the dr.s reassured me several times

it had nothing to do with us.

We also went to Intermountain Hospital & did more labs

When they were taking the blood out of Lillee

She didn't cry she was like Mom I am a Vampirer Princess

& they sucking my blood.

Had the nurses laughing & mommy was so proud of her Vampire.

Than after they got done she said Mom

I want to grow up to be a Dr.

and come back and poke them.

Leave it to Lillee to say something like that.

So January is going to be a Busy Month for all of us...

I hope as me being the mommy & taking her to her appts.

I can do this... Emotionally & Physically...

Her First appt for January 2011 was for her progression of physical ability

She would of had to go through alot but due to determination

from me and study up on what is going on with Lillee...

She will not have to do that part of physical theorpy...

She is now going using the potty on a normal bases...

Even though her brain isnt telling her until later that she needs to go to the potty

She is telling herself that she needs to go when she feels that urge

Also she has set herself on a schedule

Just the other night I went to use the bathroom

Well Audree had a problem in the past not flushing the toliet after using it...

So first thing that came to my mind Audree... I yell Audree...

She comes upstairs and says Yeah mom

I say WHY DIDN"T YOU FLUSH THE TOILET I THOUGHT WE WERE OVER THIS...

She looks at me & says Mom that was Lillee...

I than go into Lillee's Room & ask her if she had used the potty

She looks up at me with a Big Smile (PRICELESS)

and says Yeah I did... Pee & Poop...

I took the browns to the superbowl... He he he

Dad's saying he taught the girls... LoVely...

So Now we got a Money Jar to make it more fun for her

She gets to put the money in the jar when she goes

It makes her feel so Big...

I know we will get through this...

I hope that this works & there will be no surgery needed...

She is showing me everyday that she knows something is going on

and she is also determined that she wants to overcome this as much as we do...

We sure LoVe our Lillee May & very proud of that little Turkey... Mentioning Turkey Moving Along to ThanXsGiving...

NoV 2010

Our Snow Adventure

We made the Snow Man out of Dead Sunflower branches

that was our sun flower during the summer & fall days...

This is the one that I had made...
If you remember Alf off T.V. this is what everyone

said it looked like...

Our Big Storm that came in...

We had a fun time as a family

Building Snow creatures in the front yard

It was My first time building a Snowman Sad but True

The girls didn't mind the snow & the Cold...

We were throwing snowballs & just having fun

Ivee was inside taking a Nap...

Brooke we didn't have her that weekend...

One shot of the neighborhood & the beautiful sunset...


Lillee Loved the Snow.... She built her first two snowmans


She was so proud of herself & So were we...

Here we our busy at work getting the
snowmans body
made...
We worked Great as a Team

Audree had made a snow slideShe would climb up and slide down...
I think next year they will all get snow suits...

It will be fun the girls our getting bigger & now we
can do some more outdoor fun activities...
Like snow sledding...
Building Snow Mans

Snow Angels & all that good stuff that the Snow Brings...

I was running a fantastic deal One Location Hr Shooting time.... $45.oo dollars It makes me feel really good about myself for doing it at that cost...Money is very tight right now for all of us... No one should have to go without due to lack of funds and exspecially if they our trying to capture those memories of their family that year...

Waiting to Go Trick or Treating.... Halloween Eve......
Our Family full of Vampirers....
Lillee decided that she was going to be a Vampirer Princess Bat
So I made her some Wings to go with her costume...
Than of course she needed a Crown
She had a Bawl letting me paint her face and make her
Really come to Life...
Audree LoVes playing the role of whatever
she is protraying that is for s

Audree loves playuing the role of whatever
she is protraying...
She to has a good time letting my imaganiation just go
and letting me put makeup on her
I just let my hand kind of flow
and this was the result
She loved it...
For Audree I Like the fact
That I get to dress her up for School and
for halloween this year we celebrated
Halloween on the 30th of Oct
Due to respect for the Sunday
Here in Utah

Pictures our out of order I am sorry
Still just trying to get a hold of this blogging
I enjoy blogging that is for sure
I love the fact I will be able to
come here and see what I journaled
When I get around to scrapbooking this year 2010

Erik and I Erik had this costume from years back
it still fit he said laughing....
I thought he looked very handsome as my knight...
He agreed that he would wear if I dressed up to
Well I wasn't planing on it due to lack of funds...
But with some fabric in the garage some old clothes I threw this getup together....

Here is Ivee Going Trick or Treating
Even though it was cold and raining outside
She was such a trooper really wanted to be apart of the action
Lillee not so much she was cold and rather
be with Grandma & Grandpa Bock
We hit all the houses pretty much
in my mom's neighborhood
LoVe Trick or Treating there

Ivee would go up to the door and just wait for the kids to say
Trick or Treat and than she would
look cautionsouly around and wait for daddy
We had a great time trick or treating
Adults that went
Erik and I
My Sister Misty
So it was our girls & my sisters Kids

Ivee royal carriage
Funny thing
She got tired flapping her wings
So Thanx to the stroller
and the knight
being a good sport
and pushing it
Ivee's little hands and her nose
was bright red
but she didn't let that bother her at all

Halloween is my all time faviorte Holiday
I love everything about it
Ghouls Goblins Ghost Vampires
Everything
I like the Cute Stuff
Not the Blood and Gore
I can do without that
Funny thing about me

and Erik we Love the holiday
But we really dont care for the Horror Movies
Erik likes to watch the pretty intense movies
me on the other hand
Lets just say if I can figure the plot of the movie
It isn't interesting anymore
So I just don't do Horror
Cause Usually you can figure out what is going to happen
and sometimes it is like
really why did I watch this
My Mom on the other hand
She LoVes Those kind of movies

Now SCI FI Different story

Here is the Goof Bunch group
We don't get Brooke on halloween
She usually goes with her Best Friend
Oh How I cant wait for Next Halloween
Were all going as.....
Thought I was going spill the Beans.....
Nah You will just have to wait and see
I will say one thing we let a big bucket of candy outside
and was totally impressed to come home to an empty Bucket...
I was TOTALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT...

Audree's School Parade

Audree Kamille Vampirer Princess.... Woke up early in the morning to do her hair and Makeup before I knew it .... Did it really take an Hour to do this all.... Before I knew it we had to be out the door dressed and ready to parade around her school... Thank goodness My mom had taken Lillee for the night so I could get Audree ready...and Ivee and myself...

Audree was truely playing the part..... That is what I LoVe about her so much... she is truely different and doesn't care what people think of her... it is in her nature to not care about others and there negativity... She cares how others our feeling....
She cares about others that is for sure
She is herself and I am very proud of her
sometimes I have to tell myself
she is a kid and kids do that
and if they don't well there missing out....

In her Classroom they had a Game that they had to draw a pumpkin and her classmates had to guess Who am I ? when I looked on the board I knew exactly which one was Audree's.... Way stinkin Cute...

Ivee was talking to everyone in the hall saying Hi..... Which isn't like her at all... I don't know if
she was just scared or if she was really having fun.... It is hard to tell with her sometimes... IN the classroom she couldn't wait to get out of the stroller and give her sister a big hug... They our the best of friends...

Audree was the first to get the bean bag into the Haunted House.... First Try the lady
in charge chuckled and said You don't play sports at your house do YOU... I said that just wouldn't be the Thomas family if we didn't....

AweSome Fantastic Job on the Haunted House... We have alot of Creative people in our neighborhood and school.... Were truely lucky to have such a Group

Audree at the decorating Cookie center....
She had so much fun in her class I can see a HUGE
difference with Audree this year... ThanXs to her caring teacher that really I can see is on the same page as Audree... and truely understands her Free Spirited self..

Audree & Her Head Piece

I wanted to add something to her costume
that would really pop
and well this is what I came up with
Every Princess needs a Crown right ? Right

Just Some different poses.... Our Girls LoVe HaLLoWeen I guess you can say they got an imagination and you got to have a OPEN Imagination to LoVe HaLLoWeen Which I am proud to say I still do... I LoVe everything about HaLLoWeeN....

LoVe this Shot of Audree....


She isnt Scary She is Beautiful...................
Lillee May with her Head Piece for her Princess Vampirer Bat Costume.... She loved her hair piece and the earrings that we had made her... She was ready to get her costume on and go Trick or Treating that day...
She is getting so big and her imagination is so wide... she takes after her sister Audree... Very Open to playing and going along with the flow of what is happening around her... Rarely gets Board a Keeps Going and Going and Going...
Our sassy Cute Girl... that is For Sure.....
Ouf Goof Ball

Mom's First Attempt to making a Halloween Wreath Well I would have to say I did a Dang good job.... I LoVe to craft and just let creativity Flow...
What a Fantastic Way to Recycle your Used Liquar or Beer Bottles you turn them into these.... SPOOKY BOTTLES Candle Holders....I fell in love with these and will continue to make alot of them for gifts and to sell them next year... They were a hit this year and it was a fun way to use all the Halloween decorations that had gotten ruine or couldn't be used and I just happened to use them.... I have a bin I throw all my stuff in that I think I can use over and well that bin is paying off... I am excited to come up with more fun ideas for KraZed Design and Craft Night....


PUMPKIN CARVING WHY CANCEL IT DUE

to the Weather outside

Erik Came up with a Plan

Do the Carving in our Garage

Pumpkin carving was going to be canceled until Erik said why don't we do it in our garage we can setup the long table in the garage borrow the Heat blower that our brother in law uses for work and have everyone over... It was a Hit & a Half Everyone had fun fun fun.... Then we had Bake Potatoes and Hot Chocolate...
Here is the whole gang in our garage.... We used a door from inside our house that we needed to replace for another table top... I said why don't we just use this door for another table... And well it worked perfect...More Room and More Fun for everyone... G&G Bock furnished all the pumpkins....
Erik and I were so Glade that we decided to not skip the carving due to the cold wet weather...
Our Mad Scientist at work creating there Pumpkin monsters.... He he he he We LoVe HallOween....
Lillee & Ivee Such Good buds Ivee is such a LoVer to everyone....She LoVes Halloween and was having a bawl in the garage listening to Halloween music Dancing and carving her pumpkin She wouldn't have anything to do with the guts... Maybe Next Year...
Somewhat of the Whole Gang....... Lillee Dancing around the garage singing Creepying Creepying creepying little black bat.....
I LoVe My Family and the way we just have so much fun doing whatever were doing together... Truely this is what A Family is all about...
Such AweSome Parents and Grandparents to us.... Were very lucky to have the relationship we do with these wonderful people.... ThanX you For everything YOu Two.....

Ivee MaryBeth went Potty in the Training Potty in the garage next thing I see Her pants were down Diaper off and well she was sitting on the potty that was put out in the garage awaiting ever so patientally for Ivee... than the Potty will be BYE BYE....
We had a million seeds in the garage and were totally excited to be putting those seeds away for next year when we plant our pumpkin patch in our backyard... Continue on with Halloween NIGHT NEXT TIME....

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& Blogging is out a Whack.....
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