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Is it Halloween or Christmas?

Santa brought Hannah a dress up box full of princess dresses, costumes, ears, wings, and shoes!

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Christmas!

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Christmas!

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merry Christmas!

It's been almost 2 months since I've blogged. I'm blogging now from my phone as its the way I survive these days.....phone, email, work, texting. My New Years resolution may be to unplug more often. We'll see how that goes! I'll try posting pics later.....from my phone. Merry Christmas!

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Hey Texas, it's October, it's Fall, and it's 90!

Really, Texas.....it's Fall.  It's okay to be cooler (like below 85!)  It was 90 last week so Hannah and I spent a lot of time outside playing at the park, running around outside, she even wanted to get in her baby pool in the front yard it was so warm!  I'm ready for the cooler weather to stick around. 

Ghostly mantle

Those are some scary feet, I  mean ghosts!!!!!!!!!!!!

All about Hannah

Where do I even begin with Hannah Bug?  She's growing up so fast, too fast for my comfort.  She's a talkative, precocious, sweet, funny, energetic, smart, caring, lovable, 3 year old.  THREE!  Wowza.....where have I been for the last 3 years (work!?)?  Her energy and her ability to talk from 5:30 AM to 8:00 PM never ceases to amaze me.  You would think her jaws would be tired.  She's quite outgoing and loves to be active.  Recently, she attending a cooking class with Nana (with Brownie) and made fancy mac n' cheese and herb salad.....then came home to eat a pb & j sandwich with chips.  That's my girl.  She's an eater.  She certainly has her own mind and personality.  She knows that her favorite dress (and the only one she's wearing these days) is the green dress and she knows exactly how she wants me to fix her hair every day (tall pony with a braid) and don't let that uber sweet smile fool you, she knows how to push all of the Mommy and Daddy buttons, but also knows how to give the sweetest of hugs to bring us down from the ceiling.  Oh, Hannah Bear, you're a hot mess, but we wouldn't change one thing about you! 

It's October!!!!!

 The Halloween wreath on Hannah's door. 

 The mantel with the candy corn trees

And everyone in my world knows that means only ONE thing.........it's PUMPKIN TIME!  I love pumpkin time.  Love.it.  Pumpkin bread, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin candles, sweet cinnamon pumpkin hand soap, pumpkin patches, pumpkin cookies, and of course PUMPKINS!  Let the pumpkin madness begin! 

Meet Miss Quinn (and blog hello to the fabulous Miss Kate)!

Quinn entered the world almost 2 months ago!  Her Mommy is my good friend Kristen (also the Mommy of Jack and Kate).  All I can say is that Quinn is a cutie pie and Hannah was smitten from the very beginning.  She and I fought over who was going to hold Quinn first.  She wanted to "pet" the baby, hold the baby, and if Hannah could breastfeed, she would have fed the baby too!  Hannah and I spent an afternoon with the Turpin clan and had the best time.  We ate lunch, made ghost feet prints, and got some love from Kate and Quinn.  Speaking of Miss Kate.  I just love her.  She has the cutest, most excited way of saying my name, "Traaaacyyyyyyyyy".  She's very excited to say "Tracy"......I'm very excited to see Kate too! 

Hello, blog, it's Tracy.

I cannot believe how much of a blog slacker I have been.  I'm so ashamed.  Life certainly got 100x's more busy since school started.  My work life has taken over every ounce of free time I have.  It's quite sad that I'm "that" mom that is struggling with balancing work, home, Hannah time, Richard time, running, social time, and finally  Tracy time.  I read about "those" mom's in magazines, in my online mom's group, see news stories about them, and here I am.....THAT mom that is juggling every ball and trying really really hard to not drop any of them.  So, I'm sorry blog for not updating you more often and SORRY to my family and friends (especially those with newborn cuties) that I haven't been a very good friend lately.  Now, on to massive blog updating!

xoxoxox,

Tracy

Birthday Fun!

Cupcake Theme Birthday Party

I'm proud and glad to say the 3rd Birthday Cupcake Theme party was fabulous!  We shared it with friends and family from all areas of our life that's know us and Hannah since she was born.  Anyone that knows me knows that birthdays (and Halloween) are my favorite holidays.  I love to pick a theme and carry it all of the way.  This year I chose a "cupcake pink and brown" theme for Hannah's birthday party.  Who knew the world of cupcakes and cupcake accessories exploded since the time I had cupcake parties as a kid?!  Holy moly.  It was really hard to not go overboard with the cupcake glory of http://www.etsy.com/ or Wilton!  I had a great time picking out the paper for the cupcake wrappers and cupcake toppers.  Regardless, Hannah (and everyone) and a great time.  The cupcakes were delicious even down to the last crumb!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Hannah!

Three years ago I would have never known the true meaning of  words "tired, joy, happiness, and love".   The first 6 months, I'd never been so tired in my entire life, in the first hours I never knew what true joy and happiness felt like, and in the first seconds I never knew the feeling of true love.  In the past three years we've watched Hannah grow from a newborn totally dependent on us for everything to a independent, talkative, sweet, caring, loving, funny toddler.  Happy 3rd Birthday, Hannah Banana!  We love you!

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Happy Birthday, Jack!

I couldn't let the day go by without saying, "Happy Birthday to JACK!"  Jack was Hannah's first boyfriend and we will always celebrate August 14th as JACK! day.  We'll eat a red velvet cupcake, visit his bench, and do something unexpected and nice for someone else today as a tribute to the something nice that JACK! did for us......he made us realize that life should not be taken for granted, that it's a gift we're given, and that we much "laugh harder".  Kristen (Jack's mom) posted the tribute video on her blog and as I'm watching it, Hannah ran to see what I'm watching on the computer.  She knew right away who it was.  She yelled, "JACK!".  I'm so grateful that she remembers him.  It was so sweet watching her watch the video that I had to record her.  I told her today was Jack's birthday and she began singing him "Happy Birthday".  Tears flowed.......smiles....and tears.  Happy Birthday JACK!  Thank you for reminding us of how precious life is.  The red velvet cupcakes are on me today, my treat, in memory of you. 

Sneak Peak

We took Hannah to Portrait Innovations for her annual birthday photo shoot.  Like always, she's a ham for the camera.  Richard went with us this year and he made her laugh and laugh which resulted in some great photos.  I just have to mention the best photos were when Richard was riding around the studio riding a stuffed animal giant dog.  It was fabulous!  On another note......3?!?!?!  When did that happen?  When did three years go by?  I must have been asleep for the first year, crazy busy the second year, and this past year, I'm just now getting organized and have learned how to balance work, home, and family.  Maybe this year I'll learn how to play more, relax more often, and have more fun! 

Here's a sneak peak of the "I'm 3" birthday photo shoot!

New big girl twin bed!

Thank you to the Simplicity recall of the 4 in 1 cribs, Hannah is the new proud owner of her first twin bed.  She is so excited about her new bed (we are too since it was a Craigslist score)!  It has storage underneath the bed, which is currently the location of the dolls.

Hannah's Reading Corner

I found this really neat idea on another Mommy blog and thought it was a great way to store and display books.  Richard is super handy with a circular saw and a tape measure and VOILA'! A bookshelf!  I added some fancy decorative touches (curtains, rug, new bow holder, and a shelf)! 

Family Trip to Colorado!

We took our first official family trip.  We visited the fabulous Jeff and Gina (and their super cute 6 year old Catherine).  We spent the days touring Denver, Cherry Creek, Boulder, Estes Park, and the great city of Parker.  We had a fabulous time!  Hannah did great on the plane thanks to my super duper "mom bag of goodies" kept her busy and not trying to run around or fly the plane!