Part TWO

Two of my favorite pictures from the pumpkin patch are the top right of Happy and bottom left of all three kids. Aren't they so cute!?!?

This is the part where Brylee and Braelyn fought over a steering wheel and then got to climb through a giant log :)

Some more favorites.. the girls dancing in front of the "haunted house" and Happy's priceless expression (top right) that I happened to catch on camera. She is so funny!

Some more from the pumpkin patch. I just love all these pictures! Of course, I always have to get one with me and my babies. Have I mentioned how hard it is to get two kids to smile at once?! Moms of one, beware! Your day will come LOL

One more addition next :)

Part ONE

Oh, I am having so many dilemmas with Blogger right now but I am going to try to make it work. First of all, I have one million pictures, almost, from the past couple weeks so I have twelve, yes twelve, collages of pictures to get out there. I 100% understand that you do not want to see one million pictures of me, my kids and family but grandparents and aunt and uncles do so skip these if you want, haha! :) Second dilemma is that it is only allowing me to post FOUR collages per post so I dividing these into THREE different posts just to confuse you and make you work for it :)
Last weekend the girls and I were in Fort Worth and really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. If you dont remember how much my kids love Granny and Papa's backyard, here are some reminders :)

I don't know why these pictures amaze me so much but I was so entertained watching Braelyn with this ball. She is so cute!

Then on Sunday we went with Nana, Aunt Misty and Cousin Colton to the Pumpkin Express Pumpkin Patch and Train Rides in Argyle. It was so cute! You ride a little train out to the patch and then there are tons on Radio Flyers to pull the kids around and pick up your pumpkins. So many places to take cute pictures.. as you can see my the numerous ones I took! :)

They also have bounce houses, Braelyn's favorite part!

Is this going to confuse you that you have to scroll UP to read the rest? Cause it's really messing with my head :) Anyways, part two and three coming next!!

TWO more things..

I forgot to share that Braelyn did great in her surgery last Friday. She was a trooper. We had to be at the hospital at 6 in the morning but we managed to get everyone ready and out the door. We talked to her doctor and they took her back (she cried a little) and then 15 minutes later her doctor came out and said she did great. He did mention that she fought them on the gas mask to put her to sleep but my response was "yes, sorry, she is a fighter!" It's sooo true.. anytime Braelyn has to have anything done that she doesn't want to do she will kick and scream (only at doctors, by the way, other than that she is really well behaved lol). She may have inheirted this fighting personality from someone on my side of the family.. I won't name any names :) We met her back in the recovery room and we were home by 11, simple as that. Braelyn was bouncing off the walls by the time Aunt Kristie got her around noon and was booing at the zoo the next day. I am praying this is the last surgery for forever!!! Thanks for all your prayers and comments for Braelyn. We appreciate you so much.

Of course, the best part of going to the doctor or hospital is all the stickers they give you, right? I am not sure why but these pictures crack me up. Weird little kids :)

Pirates?

Dancing with the stickers

And Brylee did NOT like the stickers on her face nor was she amused by Braelyn and Dylan's sticker faces. Can you tell? :)

And the news of the day.. I got a million questions already today about what happened to my facebook.. and the short answer is.. I deleted it. Simple as that. It's time consuming and requires too much update.. why do I need it? I have a husband to spend time with and children to take care of and spend time with so I can only see it as a distraction. You can see all my pictures and updates here. I might change my mind one day but while I was deleting last night.. I deleted my myspace too but that was an easy decision.. I haven't used it in months!! So, keep up with my blog and keep up with YOUR blog so I can keep up with you, too! Lots of keeping up going on around here, huh? :) So, if you need me I still have an email address.. if we are friends, you know my personal email (if you don't, leave me a comment and I will send it to you) and if we are "internet friends" and you just surfed on my blog then email me at my blog email mommyloftin@yahoo.com Life made easy, right? Hope you all can understand where I am coming from. I don't mean to make people mad but this is the best decision for me. It's a cool and rainy day in Abilene, Texas and I am getting kids down for naps... ta-ta! :)

Boo at the Zoo

This past Saturday we took the kids to the Boo at the Zoo here in Abilene. It is always a fun time but packed with tons of people! My kids have cute costumes this year and I was so excited to put them in them since I bought them back in September!!! Braelyn is a monkey (it was her choice) so Happy is a banana! Omg, I love it :) Last year they were an angel and a devil in tutu's, which was fun too!

2008:

2009 Boo at the Zoo:

Baby Corbin in his tiger suit :)                              My monkey Braelyn

Happy the Banana :)                                                              

Braelyn with Chris and Adrianne                                    Kaden the skeleton

Kaden, Braelyn and Camryn.. love that face, Brae :)                                                    

Uncle Stinky and Happy                                       Me and Corbin :)

Our babies

Our Family

My monkey and banana :)

Dylan had gone to see his mom for the weekend so he didnt get to come but you will see his costume soon! :) It was really a fun day and all the kids were so cute! :) Can't wait till next year!!

Pumpkin Princesses

You might remember that Braelyn and Brylee have the world's greatest Nana and we love her so much! Yesterday we got a wonderful package in the mail from Nana and Papaw with Halloween shirt and lots of candy! Nana loves holidays and we get a package for every holiday, every year, full of goodies. Nana and Papaw have a great pool at their house so when I told Braelyn that they sent us all the presents she said, "Oh cool! Nana probably wants us to come swimming at her house today!" I laughed. We will have to work on which seasons are "swimming seasons" :) Thanks, Nana and Papaw, yall are the best!

These two just melt my heart! I love them so much!!

Welcome Back! :)

Well I had no intentions of fully neglecting my blog and facebook pictures for a FULL 3 weeks but it happened. In fact, I was just thinking the other day that I was going to try to get more posts than the previous month and look at me.. Here I am with my first post of the month on the 14th of the month! Whoops! But I am back. I just always get the feeling when I get behind on my blog that it is going to take me so long to get caught up so I keep pushing it off.. do yall get the same feeling? Dang blog with its guilt! :) So now I am playing catch up again and picking and choosing which life events to document on here LOL Here goes..

Hmm.. it's probably been three weeks now but we went to the Hot Air Balloon Festival here in Abilene. It was a good time. We went during the day once so the kids could do all the rides and games and then went back at night because they do the big balloon glow. It's pretty cool... it's really cool for Abilene, ha!

And we had to play peek-a-boo in the car on the ride home.. :)

Just a couple days after that Braelyn wanted to make brownies.. how could I argue with that?!? We got the brownies all ready and as I was about to pour them in when Little Happy just reached over and stuck her hand in the bowl. Braelyn was shocked.. she looked up at me waiting for my reaction. I couldn't help it.. it was so funny and they persued to make this mess below. This is sooo Happy's personality.. to be daring and not care but reach out and grab what she wants... and Braelyn would never do such a thing. She is sweet and gently, always obeying the rules. I love them both so much!

This is THE MOST RANDOM POST EVER!! One night we went bowling LOL Here are the pictures.. :)

Dylan is such a character!!!

And finally one of Jeff's favorite nights of all year.. Abilene Cruise Night! This really is a cool event.. it is SO Abilene, so small town and people love it! Show up with your cars and cruise and afterwards there is a car show, dance and other fun stuff. The people here look forward to it all year long and thousands of people line the streets on the cruise route to watch!

I LOVE THIS ONE OF DYLAN'S FACE!!

OUR FRIEND CODY'S BABY BOY, TRENTON! HE IS SUCH A HAPPY LITTLE GUY AND SOO CUTE! LOOK AT THOSE BABY BLUES!!

Oh my goodness, are you up to date on the most random things in my life ever? I think so :) I had to pick and choose topics and photos just so I could get my blog back up to speed but here we are!

You might remember this post asking for prayers for Braelyn. Things have progressed the past few weeks and we have made (or been forced to make) the decision to go ahead with her third surgery.. more tubes in her ears. You can read the summary of Braelyn's medical history on that previous post but after much discussion and prayers, Jeff and I knew thats what we had to do for Braelyn. There is no way she can make it through all winter without tubes in her ears and we cannot let her run the risk of hearing damage or eardrum damage so I am begging you to pray for us FRIDAY MORNING as we send our precious firstborn in for her third surgery in her teeny, tiny life. We are confident in our doctor and the decision he has made but it is still very worrisome, even the third time around.  Braelyn is the epitomy of strength and I know she will do great, better than me crying in the waiting room, but I appreciate, in advance, the prayers sent up on her behalf. She is a priceless jewel! Friday morning early.. boo!

In good news, my grandmother has finally made it home from the hospital and rehab after many months of worry and stress. She is home and is still awaiting a couple procedures but vastly improving and we are so grateful!!

If you read all of this, you are a trooper, too! :)