Happy Fall !!!

Edward is eating the Gourds, several have teeth marks on them!! Little stinker

Well a few of my friends and some of my blog friends have posted some of there fall decorations.. Well I have a few but I also have a culprit that is eating my gourds!! so my fall had to be moved around!! I wonder what my Christmas Tress is going to look like?? I will only have the top of the tree decorated I guess!!! I love September, October and November the leaves Changing and the smell of burning leaves and bonfires and smores yum yum.

Belinda

My Guatemalan Princess is 2 !!!

I had to post these pictures of what I did while I waited for Elise 15 months is a loooong time.. So I decorated and shopped for clothes...

Referral picture of Elise she weighed 5 pounds and 11 ounces.... Look at all that hair she was about 11 days old in this picture and he one below it.

3 months old

6 months old
Happy First Birthday Baby!!! I wish that we could have celebrated with her :(
Kim Jeff and Elise in Guatemala in Nov ( 15 months ) Embassy Day!!!
18 months
2 years old!!!!

Jumping on her Zebra following her Baptism waiting for the party to start!!!!
Leslie and Miss Priss at the party
Singing Happy Birthday!! She loved it
She got so many presents it took me forever to open all of them!!!
Elise checking out her balloons while eating her Birthday dinner

On August 30th 2 years ago my little princess was born. I don't know much about the day she was born, other than she was born at home by a midwife in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala... I can only imagine what that day must have been like for her birth mother and the day following when she gave her to our Attorney. I think about her Birth mother alot and look at the picture of Elise and her birth mother everyday.. I keep it on our desk in our computer room. I show it to Elise often and tell her who she is and that she loved her very much. Obviously Elise does not comprehend what I am telling her but I know that she will one day. We missed her First Birthday as she was still in Guatemala so this was a very special Birthday for us. Hope you enjoy the pictures and a trip down memory lane with me.

Belinda

Baptized Babies

I thought that this was so funny.. Both kids screaming while Clark was holding them
Me and Jeff and the kiddo's with my Mom, Brother and his son Brett
Jamie & Clark: Edwards God Parents Jeff, Father Margason, Me, Kim & Tim: Elise's God Parents

Me and Kim and her kiddo's, kale and Zoe and Elise and Edward

Ok OK I know I have been absent from updating my blog for a bit now… My mom is in town and I had to orchestrate getting 2 toddlers outfitted for their baptism and prepare for a 2nd Birthday!!! On August 30th we had both Edward and Elise Baptized. It was a wonderful day and the kids looked like little angels… It was awesome we did not have their baptism during mass we had it with just friends and family and the priest at the church that Jeff and I were married at almost 11 years earlier….Elise’s God Parents are Kim ( my girlfriend that traveled to Guatemala with Jeff in November of 2007 to pick her up) and Jeffrey’s brother Tim. Edward’s God Parents are My brother Clark and Jeffrey’s Cousin Jamie.

Belinda

Easy Peezy Recipe

Chicken Al LA Ritz YUMO
I forgot to post this picture the other day.. I think we have a left handed pitcher on our hands....

Ok Ya'll I tried a new recipe from my friend Leslie at http://ourcompletefamily.blogspot.com/.. I only had to call her and had a million questions for this really simple recipe... HA HA.. I had to ask her how to cook the chicken.. Should it be boiled?? baked??? nope she said MICROWAVE yep ladies I said MICROWAVE... so easy. I literally started dinner at 4:45 and it was on the table at 5:45... It had to cook in the oven for 45 of the 60 minutes it took me to prepare it... So KIM ( my friend who reads my blog and has only left me one comment ) HA HA I totally thought of you when I was eating my dinner you could totally make this and it is sooooo good and fast too!! I pared it with some steam fresh peas.. OAh so yummy and minute rice... So my blogger friends you have to try this dish. Here is the recipe:

Chicken Al LA Ritz ( doesn't it sound fancy )

4 to 6 chicken breasts...cooked and diced ( MICROWAVE LADIES)

8 oz sour cream

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 stick melted butter30 crushed Ritz crackers ~Layer chicken in 9x11 or 11x13 (depending on how much chicken you use) baking dish~Mix sour cream and soup; spread on top of chicken~Mix melted butter with cracker crumbs; spread on top of soup mixture~ Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes, until cracker crumbs are brown and the casserole bubbles.

Belinda

Look who's a big girl and in Preschool!!!!

Elise checking out her new Lunch box
Me and Elise before school
Elise and Jeff before school
Elise getting all settled in at school.
Eddie outside playing

Elise started preschool today at the First Baptist Church . She is attending there one day a week from 9:30-2:30. She did really well this morning when Jeff and I dropped her off. She did not even cry. However; when I said that "I wanted to peek in at her one more time before I left", another mom that was walking down the hall heard me say that and she asked me if it was the first time leaving her and I said "yes", and she said " oah you are doing good no tears" well I then turned to walk away and I started to cry... but Me and Edward got through the day. We went to Target and to Wal-Mart and then home for lunch and he took his afternoon nap before heading off to pick her back up. Her teacher said that she cried off and on during the day when other kids would cry ( I guess this was a sympathy cry for her new friends ) and refused to take a nap during rest time, and the teacher had to hold her the entire time through rest time.. but I think for the most part she did pretty well. Her teachers seem really nice and she has a friend in the class, Avery ( my neighbor, Katie's little girl). I have attached a few pictures of Elise looking at her new lunch box and me and Jeff and her before school today. I also included a few pictures of Edward playing in the backyard. I hope everyone is having a great Thursday.

Belinda

Just a little preview

We are having both kids baptised on August 30th and I just went and picked up the dress from the tailor. I tried it on her and had to take a few pictures because I just could not resist how cute she is in it.. I also have a pair of fancy socks and shoes to go with the out fit but this was just a quickie photo shoot.. I love how she looks is white, I think she looks beautiful!!!

Getty up cowboys and cowgirls

Elise was really bouncing in this picture you can tell by her hair HA HA
Edward Carline and Elise. I think Elise wanted to know why Eddie and miss C are holding hands.

I thought the kids were so cute on their bounce and spin Zebra’s. They have so much fun riding them. I also wanted to add a few pictures of our last play date at Leslie’s Eddie and Elise have a ball with Caroline ( Edward's futrue bride ) and Bryce. Hope all is well with everyone.

Belinda