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...