How I know the Easter Bunny is a boy!

This year the Easter Bunny left quite a mess at our house. There was string everywhere! The kids had to follow it all through the house and it finally led outside to. . . . . . . A trampoline!!

Here's the part about EB being a boy. As you can see, the trampoline isn't set up all the way. That's because it was put together wrong the first time (or two). My guess is that EB didn't read the directions, but according to him, "the directions were wrong". Whatever.

After the kids followed the string and discovered the trampoline, Conner seemed pretty excited and said something to the effect of, "oh cool, we got a trampoline." Cambria, on the other hand, just looked out the window for a few seconds then nonchalantly said "we saw it already." They had looked out Cambria's window first thing when they woke up that morning to see if it had snowed. Conner said, "Cambria, I told you not to say anything!"

Easter Clothes.

Cambria insisted on matching with Quinley.

Valentine's Day 2010

Since Ryan and I went to dinner for Valentine's day on Saturday night, I decided to make the kids a special dinner ON Valentine's day. They thought it was pretty cool.

Cambria wanted to make a special valentine of just her with Quinley

(cute valentine template from leelousblogs.blogspot.com)

A Little More Catching Up

Cambria begged for months to get her hair cut. I kepts stalling because it was so long and pretty. I finally gave in and let her get it cut. She chose the length and got about 7 inches cut off. She looks so grown up.

Grandma and Grandpa Cox came from Arkansas for a visit and to meet Quinley. We were so happy they came.

Halloween in December

Quinley's first Halloween!

Yes, I realize it is two days before Christmas, but as you might have noticed, I have not blogged for quite some time and have a lot of catching up to do. Blogging makes the "to do" list everyday, but somehow never actually happens, therefore, I have vowed to spend the rest of this week/weekend catching up.

Grandma, Papa, Aunt Jennifer and Gavin came to our house this year for dinner and trick-or-treating. Conner dressed as - - what ever that is . . . Cambria was a witch, and Gavin was a scarecrow (cute). They had so much fun and got TONS of candy!

Quinley Ann

Looks like I was wrong. She came out after all, with a little help. Quinley was born on Wednesday, October 21st at 2:06 PM. She weighed 6lb. 11oz. We went to the hospital at 7:30that morning to be induced. To be honest, it took longer than I expected since I usually have quick labor/deliveries. Everyone had bets on when she would arrive. All the guesses were between 10:30 and 12:00 that morning. After 12:00 and I still wasn't ready to deliver, we had to come up with new times. My guess was 2:05. At around 1:55, the nurse said it was time, and called the doctor. She arrived shortly after, and the nurse told her we had 3 minutes to deliver so that I could win the bet. Four minutes later Quinley arrived!!! She is so sweet. The kids (and Ryan, aka baby hog) just can't get enough of her.

These adorable pictures were taken by my sweet friend Nicole who came all the way from Wyoming to see us. Thanks Nicole, love ya!

Baby Cox Update

I DO NOT THINK SHE IS EVER GOING TO COME OUT!!!!

Conner was about 7 days early and Cambria came 10 days early (induced), so I had my heart set on Baby Q coming sooner than her due date of October 24th. Only 11 days to go so I will try to be patient, but if anyone has any suggestions to get things started, let me know.

Oh yeah, we decided to name her Quinley Ann (against Conner's wishes). :)

Ready for Halloween and a Word of Warning!

Warning about the Material Girls Quilt Shop: If you love to sew . . .or wish you could sew, this store could possibly drain you financially! I don't really consider myself a seamstress, but the moment I walked into this dangerous store, I had the desire to learn to sew. They have the CUTEST fabric ever! And I do mean CUTEST fabric EVER!!! As I said, I don't sew, but after discovering my new favorite shop, I have made bibs, nursing covers, diaper bags, appliqued onesies and my latest creation . . this adorable Halloween skirt (thanks to a little help from my mom).

http://www.thematerialgirlsquilts.blogspot.com/

Journaling says: Cambria was so excited about the skirt I made her, she wanted to wear it the next day, even though it's only September! We had to take pictures because she looked so cute! She calls these her "Hanna Montana" poses.

Cute Hair Day

We decided to try something new with Cambria's hair today. When we finished, she said "that was easy hair." And it was.

We got the idea from here:

http://piggiesnponies.blogspot.com/

Webelo Scouts

Conner finally earned his Webelo Scout badge; the last badge earned as a Cub Scout. Now, he moves on to Boy Scouts. Good job Conner, we are proud of you.

Happy Birthday Conner!

I can't believe Conner is 11! It doesn't seem like 11 years have passed.

He had a sleep over birthday party with his friends the night before his "real" birthday. On Saturday, his actual birthday, we went to dinner with the family and then came home for cake and presents. As you can see, we had a little mishap with the cake. Ryan was moving it to the table so we could sing happy birthday and Conner could blow out the candles; it was so slippery that it slid right off the tray and onto the floor. It was such a mess! Being the awesome father that he is, Ryan ran right out and got another cake (cake #2).

Did I mention cake #1 was doomed from the start? I ordered it over the phone and when Ryan went to pick it up, they had written on it: Happy Birthday Comnner. Umm, who's Comnner? Ryan asked for a discount or for them to fix the cake . . so they scrapped off Comnner and wrote Conner. It didn't look so hot. I'd show you a picture but I didn't get one taken before the great fall.

6th Grade, Already!

Ballet Recital

Cambria had her first dance recital a few weeks ago. She has been in ballet since last August and finally got the chance to perform. I honestly wasn't expecting much - -you never know what will happen their first time on stage. She did great (as far as 4-year-old ballet dancers go). She did the whole routine (watching the girl next to her) and was adorable! She is burnt out on dance so we didn't sign up again. Now she wants to try gymnastics.