My Family

New York...

Sunday, November 28, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 1 comments

We just got back from gorgeous New York City. We were able to stay a whole week & only accomplished 1/3 of the things we had planned. Our trip was sooooo awesome, I couldn't have asked for a better week! We spent so much time walking through the city & through Central Park... almost daily, I think one day, we walked 12 miles & of those Aubree walked about 8 miles. I'm going through my 1,000+ pictures right now (NYC in the fall is a photographers dream place - poor Garrick, he's so sick of me & my camera!)

Anyway... A few pics of our first full day there, with more to come! :)

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Playdate...

Friday, November 12, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 0 comments

I finally have a "Stay-at-home-Mom", friend... who happens to live 2 blocks away (YAY!)

So while our men spent the day golfing together, Laurie & I enjoyed a cup of coffee in the morning - watched the kids, went to the park, took some current pictures of baby Cole & just relaxed. Our day ended with opening up a bottle of Chardonnay & ordering-in Chinese - If I could have such a nice day, filled with good conversations everyday - I'd totally do it! ;)

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I miss my blogging...

Monday, November 8, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 0 comments

I've wanted to do so many posts, but can't find the time to do anything these days!! I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I have two crazy, rowdy kids who hardly ever seem to sleep anymore!!

I like how I just wrote that & Preston just NOW woke up from his much too short nap! :)

Well, I'm running out the door to get stuff to make Garrick lasagna.... So here's a couple pictures, with the hope I do some more posts!! :)

These were taken at a beautiful ranch, about 20 minutes outside of Gainesville - we were there for a barn party... The kids had a blast!

Aubree - 3

Preston - 9 months!!

Not the best picture... but shows off this little man's FOUR teeth!!! His eyes are still blue, but are turning into a more steel green... I think he's the cutest little boy ever!! He's so much fun & he's a big CLAPPER!!! I love how he claps all the time now... so sweet! :)

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3 years & officially 8 months...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 0 comments

Aubree is a full-on THREE year old, attitude & all! ;)

Preston is a crazy, fast, loud & very happy EIGHT month-old...

They LOVE each other... Like crazy!

It is CRAZY!

I'm tired... These two are a lot to handle! :)

But, I love it & I feel very blessed to be their Mother.

GOD IS GOOD!

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Aubree's THREE!!!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 4 comments

Lately.... I've been too tired, so I'll put some pictures up now, with the hope that I'll add more later.

The day came, that I never thought would come... MY BABY turned THREE & it just seems way too crazy. When people say, "children grow up so fast" - I knew it was true, but now it just feels scary!

Aubree has never had a Birthday PARTY before, so I figured I could throw a little something together for her... mainly because we have so many wonderful friends here & I also think this is the first birthday that she'll actually remember. We did an Ice Cream Sundae making party & Aubzy's had a great time! She got so many nice gifts (Thank you everyone!!!) & she is still talking about her special day!

I love this picture below... It's Aubs on her FIRST Birthday, I can't believe the little lady she's transformed into... It's completely amazing (I also can't believe I only had a point & shoot digital camera during that first year of her life... I LOVE my camera!) :)

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TWENTY-EIGHT years... SEVEN months & TWO weeks...

Saturday, September 4, 2010 Posted by Dana J. 2 comments

The break down...

Garrick turned 28 a week ago...

Preston is almost 7 1/2 months...

Aubree will be THREE in 2 weeks!!!!!

I can not believe how busy life has been lately! Garrick started his first mod, in his second year at UF & also turned 28, at the end of the first school week - way to kick off the year! We had a fun get-together to ring in his birthday.

My Mom came out for a two-week visit, which was much-needed & just really, all-around wonderful. I miss her already, but truley cheerish the time we spent with her! :)

Preston is... well, I'll take the plunge & say it... crawling!! It was funny... Aubree started crawling at 7 months, 8 days. Preston started crawling at 7 months, 7 days... I hope this isn't the beginning of the notorious "sibling rivalry". We had a few bets going, we really weren't too sure if Preston would beat Aubree in the crawling department. The next milestone will be, walking... Aubree was a walker at around 9 1/2 months - I wonder if Preston will follow suit.

Aubree will be THREE.... THREE (I can't believe it!) in exactly two weeks!!! Where did the years go?? Seriously... where did they go?? Aubree is a pretty wonderful little girl, however - I do see us entering into those frightening, terrible three's (yes, I believe the rumor may be true... no such thing as "the terrible two's"). Overall, I can't complain. She loves imaginary play, she loves to to pretend I'm Aubree & she's the mom. She's very into mothering Preston - dressing him up, feeding him, checking to see if he has any teeth (every day!), of course - all of it is pretend play. Every now & then.. I'll sneak off to take a quick shower & leave those two in Aubree's room together - I'll peak back in after about a minute & I'll see a pink wash cloth on his head & she's just telling him what to do... Oh, poor Preston!

Tomorrow is the first Gator Home game... so of course I have Orange & Blue pride!!! I'm so excited for this football season; in about 9 hours... we'll be walking to campus to cheer on our beloved Gators!!!

GO GATORS!!!