Its been a while...

I am so sorry it has been so long since I have posted.. I hate that.. I want to record every day of my kids lives because I so easily forget but life happens and I get so behind...
For now I will just leave a few pictures and try to work my way back to Easter in a timely manner. The kids are wonderful, amazing and beautiful. Everyday gets better and better...I love every second with them!

Easter, Finally!

I know I have been WAY behind on posting..
We had a wonderful Easter! A week before Easter we had our annual Neighborhood Easter party. I am so blessed to live in a neighborhood with so many amazing people and wonderful friends.
The Easter bunny showed up and Waylon was In love with him... He could not get enough. I wanted to try to get the bunny to see the kids before the party but with how busy we have been it just did not happen. As I said, Waylon could not get enough and cried when he left and kept asking for "bunny come to my house"... Prairie was not so into him but we did get a quick picture....
Waylon did better at hunting eggs this year,but instead of getting as many as he could in his basket, he would find one with candy and sit down to eat all the candy out of that.... Prairie enjoyed egg hunting with a little help...
I LOVE each and every Holiday and any reason to throw a party but I SOOO love Easter!
And I really LOVE that Easter Bunny!

Fiesta Paynea 2011

It is Fiesta time here in South Texas... Anyone who is from here knows the entire town shuts down and Fiesta is quite an event.. This year I got us all ready for Fiesta with a sombrero and a mexican dress as well as a life size bunny pinita... actually that is for our neighborhood easter party tomorrow but it goes along with the theme....
We love living in a city that celebrates and fiesta is quite a celebration. We went down to a fiesta event this afternoon and go so many complements on our no hispanic kids dressed in hispanic gear!!! Ha!
Viva Fiesta!

Beautiful Babes!

The other day we had the opportunity to take some photos of the kids with real bunnies... I asked the photographer if we could get a few with out the bunnies first because my kids will be OCD with the bunnies.... and that they were...
They were the cutest real live bunnies and Waylon could not get enough... The photographer only sent me a few pictures to preview so I don't have them all but here are a few to share.. Waylon would hold them both in his arms and kiss them. Prairie Loved them but only a little at a time... It was hard to say goodbye and in the car ride home and on the phone with Granna Waylon said "I want bunny come to my house"....so sweet... Nathan said if the bunnies stayed as small and cute as they were they cold come home but unfortunately they get big and not so cute....
We had a blast for a few min. with the real bunnies... and cant wait for the Easter bunny to come and see us!

Outside!

One of Prairie's and Waylon's favorite things is being outside... As soon as Prairie wakes up from her nap she is asking to go outside... The love it and we LOVE living in south Texas where we have been in shorts for several weeks now...
The weather is so wonderful here...
With a little pushing from my brother and soon to be sis in law we have decided to plant a garden and some trees....
We have so much in our garden and we can not wait to reap what we have sown....
I like to call it my salsa garden... we have onions, tomato's, 4 different kind of peppers, squash, zucchini, basil, and cilantro..
We also planted an avocado tree, lime tree, and peach tree...
We are having to water and weed a lot but it is tons of fun to watch the process...
Prairie LOVEs the mud.. she eats handfuls at a time....I have to watch her constantly because every outfit will be ruined with all her mud dives in the garden....
Waylon is very busy outside, he loves to take the trash can out to the street and LOVES watching the trash men come on Wednesday and Saturday (which he knows by heart)...
We are having so much fun with them outside and can not wait till Dad is home more to play...

Proud Panthers!

I LOVE that my husband is a coach. My Bff and cousin will tell you that I always said I wanted to marry a coach.... And man, I married the best coach ever! I used to love going to all the games and I would stay up late till Nathan got home and we would talk about each player and the plays and how the game went....
I was so much a part of what he did and the propose of him being gone for 4 months out of the year....
Then came Babies.....
It has been very difficult to say the least... It is hard to be at home with out him in the evenings for practice and 2 other nights for games.. We have made it work though but we really have missed him.
We have been at every home game and several away games... I could not have done this without my personal babysitter who goes with me and helps me watch the kids... But there we are, screaming babies and all cheering on the panthers...
Just so happens this has been the best year Nathan has ever coached...
He has placed 1st place in a tournament, Went the season with no losses, won district champs, and bi-district champs ( his first ever play off win). We will play again Tuesday night for area champs...
This is also his 10th year to coach and be a teacher.
I could not be more proud of him and his accomplishments.
On parent night a few weeks ago the team awarded him with a trophy and had the announcer read something they wanted him to know. All in all they said he was a great coach, and influencer and treated all the kids like they were family. I could not stop crying thinking how I have complained several nights at home alone with 2 crying babies while he has been coaching kids.. Little did I know it means just as much to those kids for him to be on the field as it does that he is home with us.
He has allowed us to be such a part of that team as well. For home games he will come and pick Waylon up an let him go and play soccer with the big boys until game time... He takes Waylon to the JV games and lets him sit on the bench with the players, and he is always there to greet us after the game and makes it seem like we are all that has matter to him. He has had to be the team leader of two teams for the past 4 months and he has had to put up with a lot from each team... all the while NEVER complaining about either....He is our hero and our leader and we are so honored and proud of him for what he has done over the past 10 years and this year...
We are so lucky to have him as ours even if we have to share him for a few months out of the year....
Now, lets go destroy Fred!!!

A few to grow on!

Pretty in Pink Party People!!!

Of course I wanted to get pictures of everyone at the party but that just did not happen... Here are a few pictures of the Party People,,, One of which is my nanny.. We DO NOT know what we would do without her. She loves our children like they are her very own and treats them that way. She is family to us and we love her and are so very thankful God sent her to us. I could not have made it this year with out her....
Also could not have made it with out my own mother... There is just something special about a mother and daughter and a granddaughter... We all have such a wonderful bond and I am so thankful for that.. Granna is the one person Prairie will go to every time and prefers to go to... She has been able to keep both of the kids at any given moment for Nathan and I... She loves my babies so much and we are so thankful that she comes to stay with us all the time...
I and Prairie could also have not made it this year with out her wonderful dad...
Nathan is the best father in the entire world... He loves this baby girl so very much... At one point he said, "Prairie, you never have to learn to walk, I will carry you everywhere you want to go",,,She has him wrapped.. He will buy her anything (very close to a baby prada bag while in Vegas)... He "picks" to rock her to sleep every night, and while rocking her he will sing old country songs... He tells me how he gets teared up thinking of walking her down the isle (when she is 45). If I had a dollar for every day he says how beautiful she is I would be a rich woman... he LOVES her and She LOVES him.. they have a bond and I am so thankful. He is more than I could ever ask for in a father to our beautiful girl. I am so very thankful to God for giving this man a daughter and giving this daughter this father...
Like I had said in the earlier post, we were surrounded by people who love and care for Prairie so very much... Each person there has been a part of her first year of life in one way or another.. it was so very special...
Here is to planning next years party!! Ha!! I love having a baby girl... everything is so much more fun to go over board with and more accectpable to dad!!