The Gibbons

easter 2010

2010-04-08T11:22:00.006-04:00

The Gibbons Family

My girls

Our Cousin Austin

Their Cousin Chelsea

Christa

Brea

I know..It has been a while again..I hope everyone had a good easter weekend..we sure did. right now I am still coaching volleyball with the GA Juniors. we have only 2 more tournys till we are done. That along with the kids and work is what keeps me busy and going all of the time. Me and Christa just recently got over bronchitis which I'm still hacking away...I have also started getting these allergy shots. I get them in clusters now so this pollen hasn't really affected me yet which is a great thing!!! I'm loving it..no more itchy eyes, swollen eyes, sneezing, etc....

Charlemagne just got the girls head coaching job at the school he is at. So he is now the girls and boys head basketball coach. Crazy huh? Im excited for him though because this is what he wanted and he is a hard worker at whatever he does...its what he likes:)

The girls are growing so fast! Christa is now potty trained..day and night..i don't know if she gets up during the night to go or not but she doesn't wake up wet. We usually try and cut her drinks off a couple of hours before she goes to bed..Other than that she is a big help around the house and with her little sister. She really takes care of her...This morning she got dressed herself and then went to Brea's room and found just about the same outfit she had on for Brea...It was to cute..

Brea on the other hand is reaching her terrible 2s..she thows a fit about everything and wants to be held all the time..she is our "baby"...but she can follow her sister around and do what she does all the time.

I'm so glad i had them close together cause they do play wonderful together!

....until next time...blog you later!!!

Birthday and a snow day ( a long post)

2010-02-13T14:33:00.005-05:00

First of all I just want to say I'm sorry for not posting sooner. My goal was to get this updated quickly after something happened to us...Well here I am catching up again on our lives.

First of all Christa had a wonderful birthday! I can't belive she is 3 already! She has been saying some of the funniest things since her vocabulary has increased. Sometimes she comes home from the sitter and talks to me. I wonder "where in the world does she learn that" or "have heard that". Its kinda scary that she sees or hears something once, it sticks with her.
She has been planning her birthday party a month prior to the party. She knew she was going to have a party and even knew she was going to blow out candles, eat cake, and have balloons. Earlier in the week we told her she had to go to bed so she could get rest for her party. Well the next morning she remembered and the first thing she said was "momma, i'm ready for Christa's party, my birthday party" (note: she refers to herself as christa sometimes) haha...She also knew she was going to have a Dora party. She absolutely LOVES Dora. When we told her it was in a couple of days she was sad. Well we know that for now on when we tell her something at night, she does remember it..lol...On Saturday she woke up happy because it was the day of her birthday. We had a big cookie cake with Dora candles on it, a Dora pinada, Dora streamers, and Dora temporary tattoos. It was a nice little party with some great Dora presents. She is so into Dora right now. It is now easier to get her in bed because she got a new Dora blanket and comfortor...Here are some pictures from that day.....
This is one thing she loves...to dress up and play the guitar. Don't ask me where she got playing the guitar at because no one plays around here....It must be from the station NogGin.,,She those shows

This is the pinada she got. This one was so neat and somebody even had to point it out at me...I guess for the younger kids instead of hitting it they have strings coming out of the bottom of it. We had all the kids get in a circle and everybody got a string. They pull it at once and only one string opens it up for the candy.

Christa actually thought we had to hit it too and that's what she wanted to do so before we pulled the strings we let the kids take 3 swats at it. They loved it!!!

Now time for the Dora cake...She even sang happy birthday to herself. She had been practicing that for a month too....

She had way to much fun so later that night while we were at the ball game my mom was putting her pjs on and she actually fell asleep while she was putting the bottoms on. This was one big worn out 3 year old!!!

HAPPY 3RD BDAY CHRISTA!!!

Now time for the snow pictures.

Christa was waiting to throw snow at me.

Charlemagne kept throwing Brea in the snow and after, she would not get up..she just layed there...This was to funny!

Look how deep it was!

Well that's all the pics so far. It wasn't as long as I thought it was going to be. I hope all is going well with you and yours. I will blog you later!!!

a picture post

2010-02-08T18:42:00.002-05:00

These are just a few of the pictures Christa took for her 3rd birthday. I will post more from her party later when I have time to write in detail. These are the ones I actually ordered..I will post the rest of her pics that were really good later also...

January

2010-01-29T21:27:00.002-05:00

Well this is my post for January..haha..I said I was going to update more often but so far I'm failing at that. Well so far this year has been a pretty good one. Brea is starting to repeat words we say, or try to anyway, and Christa has wore panties for 4 days in a row with only one accident! Oh and we can't forget about Charlemagne getting thrown out of his game this past Tuesday..

First of all Brea~She grows everyday we see her. When we say something she will repeat it. I asked her tonight what her name was and she said "Christa" but of course it wasn't that plain. She also says "I love you" or tries to anyway. haha.

Next is Christa~One morning I went in her room and saw her soaking wet pull up in the floor and her sleeping in her panties. That morning she refused to put on pull ups so I told her if she goes to the bathroom she can wear her princess panties. Well she went and all day long she wore her panties. She never had an accident! The next day I found her the same way so we went the 2nd day with panties on. But that night she ended up peeing in them while she was on her way to the bathroom...poor thing...she was trying..well she ended up wearing panties a couple of more days with no problem but all of a sudden she wanted to wear her pull ups again and not her panties. Its like she goes through stages with her panties...

We also took Christa to see the asthma doctor because the babysitter said she sleep walks and through my research sleepwalking is associated with nighttime asthma and restless sleeping. Ever since Christa has had pneumonia she has had this real deap cough that she cannot get rid of..and if you know her a little bit, she does not sleep at night. She may go to sleep at 12 and wake up at 3 then go back to sleep and wake up at 7...she's just like her daddy in that department..haha..well the doc ended up saying she's to young to diagnose with asthma but he will probably be seeing her in the next 3 years because Charlemagne has family with it. He also said she does have a little swelling in her tonsils and adnoids which he don't consider taking them out until about 5...

It is hard to believe Christa is going to be 3 next weekend!!! Where does time go??

Next Charlemagne~getting kicked out of the game. He said it wasn't his fault. The refs were some terrible ones. Just to start off the first half foul situation was 10-2...guess who was 10?? I didn't not get to go to the game because it was far and plus I had this training I had to go to after work. After the 1st T was called on him he said he got his chair and pulled it up to the end line but staying in the coaching box and he other ref, the one he was not talking to, came and gave him another T with that one ejected him. The ref's write up said that he refused to leave the court..I think this is the 2nd time he has gotten thrown out of a game. One was when he was coaching middle school and this one.

Last but not least Me~Something came good out of Christa's doc visit. I made me an appt to get an allergy test done. If you know me I am miserable in the spring time...around april and may...I usually sleep with a cold rag on my eyes and cannot wear my contacts for about 2 months. well hopefully I can get something done about it this year and get it fixed...I'm real excited about that...

I will hopefully be posting another blog next weekend after Christa's bday party and pictures so stay tuned. I hope all is well with everyone else!

In the meantime...blog you later!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!

2010-01-09T17:56:00.010-05:00

I hope everyone had a great and safe New Years! I can't remember where I left off but we have had a busy time after christmas!

After my parents left we had our Sweet South Tourny which was another great year! We didn't win this year but overall we had a good turnout...Charlemagne's parents came during that and stayed for the 3 days we put it on. Its always good to have our family here to visit. the tournament ended on Wed the 30th. They went home on Thursday and took the girls home with them. I LOVE when they do that:) Charlemagne then had another tournament which was called Hoops in Overdrive High School Shootout which we had teams from GA, AL, NC, FL, MS, and MA to come and play. There were some good teams that came a played. That started on Friday. So me and Charlemagne got to have a New Years together with no kids! I think it was our first one since before the kids. We had a great time! I stayed and worked the tournament on Friday and went to pick the girls up on Saturday. That Sunday we came home to see Daddy. The girls were so happy to see him. It has been since Thursday since they saw him last. We had one day left to rest before we started work on Tuesday.

It was a nice little time off but it was good to be back at work too. They called for snow on Thursday here but it just did a light dusting. Friday morning they called off our school because of the ice. Thank goodness because we stayed up a little late to watch the TIDE ROLL!!!! It was a good game...Saturday (yesterday) Charlemagne had a game but they called it off so we got the girls together and went to Chuck E Cheese. We met his little cousin there to pick her up so she could stay the weekend. Here are some pictures from last night....

So now here we are. Christa has a little stomach bug so she has been throwing up all evening, Brea is laying here in the floor, and Chelsea is pretending to talk on the phone...Oh and Charlemagne had a game which did not get cancelled tonight. If it wasn't for Christa we would have packed up and went.

Before I go I think I told you about a friend, Heather, who I have talked with on the internet but have never met because they live in Utah. She is the girlfriend of one me and Charlemagne's friend. She also has a little girl who is about 2 weeks older than Christa. Everytime we talk we talk about the girls we think they are just a like. Well we got to meet her before my parents came. We drove down to Montgomery for the night to see them since they were in town, Here is a picture of us.

So until next time!! Blog you later!!!

~Tanya~

Just a few pics

2009-12-27T23:47:00.004-05:00

This is just a few pictures from our christmas I thought was cute...

Our Christmas

2009-12-25T23:08:00.005-05:00

I hope everyone had a good Christmas! We sure did! On Wed we left for montomery to see Charlemagne's family and some friends who were in town. I will post some pics on that later..Thursday we can back to madison to spend Christmas with my family. They came from TN and actually got here before we did. The girls had a great time opening presents. As you can see they loved their gifts. That night we got ready for Santa and Christa never went to sleep. The next morning she saw her new bike Santa gave her. She also had a back pack. Brea got her a bee riding toy and book bag. They both also loved their Dora tent!

Here are some pics of our Christmas. You can go look at more at www.lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/random/795

Have a great rest of the holiday and I will blog with you later!!!

Christ and Grandma in their Snuggies

Christa playing with her new computer

Brea in her Princess outfit

Christa in her Princess outfit

Christa said she was going to school in this pic. On her bike with her bookbag

Bre and her bee

She said "Its raining, my house" all day in this tent

Always smiling...she loved her bean bag chair

they really got into it!

Nana and her Bre Bre

Merry Christmas!!!!

2009-12-22T19:14:00.002-05:00

Hopefully this will be a start to many more posts more often. I got my Christmas present early...Charlemagne got me a notebook from verizon!! I am really enjoying it too. This is just a quick post to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I hope yall are done with Christmas shopping and don't get caught up in the mad last minute traffic at the malls/stores. I just got done finishing getting the last of the stocking stuffers for the girls. This is going to be a really good Christmas for them. They are old enough to open presents and know what they are. Santa got Christa a bike...We can not wait to see her face when she sees it. Every time we go into wal mart she wants to see the bikes. I am still trying to find out what to get Charlemagne...I know that bad considering Christmas is only 2 days away...

My parents and grandmother is coming in on Thursday and leaving Saturday. I am excited to have them here. This is the first time they will be seeing "santa" on christmas morning.

I will hopefully post some pics after christmas is over. have a great one and i will post something soon!!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-25T13:35:00.002-05:00

Well Thanksgiving is around the corner (actually tomorrow). I am so thankful for all that I have. My parents and family, Charlemagne's parents and family, my wonderful 2 girls, and friends! I am really blessed to be a part of a great loving family.

Tomorrow we are going to Augusta to see Charlemagne's family. I took the girls on Friday to Alabama so they can stay until this weekend. They have had a ball...I have been off work for the week and Charlemagne only went for two days. We have had a well deserved break from them. We are so ready to see them again and miss them so much. It is hard to think about what we did before them.

Saturday is the start of Basketball season. They have been practicing but the games actually start. We are excited about this year because he has a really good group of boys he has been coaching since they were in 9th grade. They did really good in their scrimmage game and are very excited to see what the outcome of this year is.

The girls are growing up so much! I know I say that in every posting but they grow up in just a month. Christa is still peeing in the potty randomly but more often then before. She usually goes through about 1 or 2 pull ups a day. She is talking so much now and has such a big imagination. She is always pretending to so something with random things, even it is invisible things..haha..She is so into Dora and Boots now. I have to record it in DVR because that is all she wants to watch. She likes to pretend she is Swiper too...Its funny to watch her..It is hard to believe that she will be 3 years old in February!!!

Brea is 15 months now. She went to the doctor on the 12 for her checkup and she weighed as much as Christa does. She weighed 28 lbs. and Christa is 30. She is going to be a big girl...haha...She even has as much hair as Christa does, curly and black! She loves to do anything her sister does but she is not as independent. She still wants to be on her mommy and daddy, and she IS a daddy's girl...she loves her daddy! She gets so excited when she sees him coaching and we are in the stands.

Life is moving so fast! Thanksgiving is a time to settle with family and remember what we are thankful for. It don't seem that Christmas is around the corner. I love these holidays because family and friends are so important!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and Happy Holidays!!!

Christa is using the potty!!!

2009-10-16T17:58:00.002-04:00

I'm back for just a min. I just wanted everyone to know that Christa is now using the potty all by herself! I'm so excited and she is too. Today she went by herself and pooped...She got of the potty and came and told me and started jumping up and down. She is to funny.

We have been busy with it being Charlemagne's fall intercession last week and mine this week. It has been really nice to be off but I am ready to go back. We went to visit my parents on Monday and came back yesterday. They were so happy to see the girls.

We this is just about all we have been doing lately. I will try and write some more later. Hope all is well with everyone else. Take care!!!

Yes...I am still here...haha

2009-09-19T16:34:00.002-04:00

I know,I know..Its been a long time!!
As you know we have not had internet connection at our house. I am in Montgomery right now on my Mother In Law's computer...(Thanks!:) There has been a lot going on lately. I have got me a job and the girls have been going to the babysitter. Charlemagne has been doing a WONDERFUL job of taking them and picking them up in the evening.

Christa has learned a lot since she has been going. They have been learning their colors red, blue, and yellow. She usually gets them right when you ask her, that is if she is in the mood to tell you..haha...They have also been learning the letters A,B, & C. The best thing of all is that she will go pee pee in the potty!!!! She has just recently done that.I took her to a volleyball tourny one Saturday and she went 3 times while we were there....I was so proud of her. She is talking so much better too. Its like since I went to work she has grown up so fast!

Brea on the other hand is getting around fast! She is so busy with everything. We have gotten her off the bottle and on a sippy cup. It has helped since she is on regular milk now that we don't have to buy formula. She has gotten 6 teeth in all now! But boy she can throw them fits!

Her and Christa play so well together. I really am so happy to have them so close in age. It is getting easier as they grow. But ask me again when they get teenagers and see if I have changed my mind...haha...

My job is going good. I have been working as a parapro at this alternative school. It is fun to work with these kids. Some of them are bad but deep down they are just kids...I feel that this is getting me prepared for the future when I do get my own set of kids in the classroom. I am also still coaching at another high school. We have gotten off to a pretty good start of the season. One of my JV players moved to Varsity which is a good thing. Its always good to see one of your players to move up to the varsity team.

Like I said before, Charlemagne is doing a wonderful job of taking care of the girls in the morning and evening since I have gone to work. He is getting ready for basketball season too. It will be very soon when he starts his season. I am ready to start watching his team play. I think they will have a pretty good season this year and so does he. He has worked with these boys since they were freshman....I am just so proud of him and what he does with the boys and the team.

This is about what has been going on the past month. I will hopefully be getting me a laptop so I can catch up on what the girls are doing daily....I hope everyone else is doing great! I am about to catch myself up on what you are doing with your blogs...

Take care and blog with you soon:)

Just an update

2009-08-19T18:42:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to update everyone on what is going on..Our Internet right now is not working so I haven't been able to put pics up of Brea's birthday yet. I did put them on the shutterfly account. Just click here to view them. BREA'S BDAY PICS

Something new is that I found me a job. It is a pretty good on so far. I started last Thursday, so tomorrow will be one week to the day. It is a paraprofessional position at an alternative school. The kids are real rude but they do listen if you threaten to write them up or take them to the office. They also make them do push up and squats if they misbehave. I have gotten to know some of the kids and really talk to them about what they like to do and stuff like that. It seems like the hardest part is getting along with other teachers when you are a parapro than the students. I am just so ready to get my own classroom!

As well as working at the school I am also still coaching. We had our first game last night. They did ok and it was a real exciting game. We have many more to go so hopefully we will get better.

While I have been going back to work the girls have been going to a babysitter. She actually was a pre school teacher for many years. She keeps one other girl who is Brea's age and used to run an in home child care. The girls love her! Christa has been doing really good but yesterday and today she had to go to time out for her first time. The reason was being mean to Brea...imagine that..haha...

Well I am at the gym writing this and I'm ready to go home. I will hopefully get the Internet back on by next month. So until then, have a wonderful one!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Bre!!!

2009-08-07T15:28:00.003-04:00

Today is our baby girl's 1st birthday. It is so hard to believe that our youngest is already 1...Where did time go? It has been an amazing year with her. Watching her crawl then walk and playing with her sister. They have a blast with each other.

Right now Bre has been walking since about 10 months old. That has made things a lot easier on me. Now she can follow her sister around and play insead of me having to pick her up all the time. I know one day I will miss those "baby" days where I just want to hold and look at her. But right now...I don't:) I love watching her explore her own world right now. She loves to watch TV. That is totally opposite of when Christa was that little. She has also just started clapping. She claps when Yo Gabba Gabba comes on while she dances. She is such a happy baby. She also has 4 teeth now. Another mildstone I am ready for her to be at is when she starts eating solid foods. She can eat some but not a lot because her teeth are in the front. Some other things she is doing is crawling up the stairs and she knows how to get down from the couch. She has not yet mastered the crawling down the stairs yet and really has no intrest in it. She loves to be put down to sleep instead of somebody holding her. That also makes it easy on me..I just go and lay her down with her blanket and she is out!

We are having her party tomorrow so I will post pictures after Saturday. I will also know more about her weight, height and stuff next Wed. when I take her for her first year checkup.

So until then....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREA!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Life is moving so fast!!

2009-07-25T20:30:00.002-04:00

It has been a while since I have written last. There has been so much going on and I'm going to try to remember everything...

First I have been to Phoenix and Vegas and back home. Me and my neighbor, Stacey, had a good time..Of course didn't win any big bucks but enjoyed ourselves. While we were in Phoenix we met up with a friend of mine from college. What are the chances of a friend I went to college with was from the same town we stayed in...

Brea is walking all over the place. She stayed with her grandparents in Montgomery for a week while I was gone. When I got back it seems like they grew up so fast! She walks so fast and has become such a happy baby..I think it is because she can actually move around herself without us holding her. Just in the past couple of days she has also cut 2 teeth. One of them is on top and the other is on bottom. She will then have 1 on top and 3 on bottom (all in a row) She will be turning 1 in a couple of weeks. How time flies by so fast! I am planning the party. I think we are going to have a lady bug party just because we found this cute lady bug outfit...we will have cupcakes that look like little ladybugs and maybe a water slip n slide outside.
Also today Brea had her first major accident today. She was standing in the rocking chair and I think what happened was Christa pulled her legs out from under her and she hit her head on the back of the chair. She got a bump and bruise right in the middle of her forehead...

Christa is starting to talk in sentences. She told me one day "I want shoes off" This is the first sentence I have ever heard her say. She is growing so fast always taking care of her sister..She also saw a cat today and called a "meow". I had to try and explain to her that it says meow...She is to funny and says the funniest things every day....

Charlemagne is about to be back in school. Teachers have to go back Tuesday and the kids the following Wed. So of course my full time job is about to start, being a stay at home mom...haha..It will be a lot of fun this year because the girls are older and I can get out and do more with them...

Anyways, I will try and post some pics later..Hope all is well with everyone..And take care!!

HAPPY 4TH~a picture blog

2009-07-08T13:46:00.023-04:00

I know this is late but we just got home yesterday. We left for Montgomery for the weekend and came back Sunday. Since Charlemagne had his basketball camp on Monday & Tuesday we just stayed with his aunt in Atlanta...

Our 4th was great! Spending time with family is always fun...The girls stayed with their aunt, uncle and grandparents and we came back without them. It is so quiet right now around this house is scary but its nice to get a break..haha...This is my first break away from Brea. I really miss them but it is fun to hang with Charlemagne by ourselves again...

Here are some of Christa's new friends we spent the 4th with...

Brea was so happy to stand on this box...Her face is priceless!!! That is not her gums on the top of her mouth either...its her throat! I had to zoom in because it looked funny...

Christa & cousin, Chelsea, is playing in the sprinklers. We just blew this pool up and by the evening it was flat again. We think it had a hole in it... but they had fun sliding on it anyway...

I just had to put this picture on here! I of course cut me out and enlarged Bre...Her eyes are beautiful in the picture..and her little hand behind her head looks like she was leaning on it...

Christa & Chelsea playing in the pool over at a friend's house...

the 3 cousins (minus Bre)

Chelsea (3 years old)
Christa (2 years old)
Austin (8 months old)

These are just a few pictures I thought was cute from last month that I had on my camera and never took off....

Christa's gym friend Brandon..They were born 2 weeks apart..His daddy is the assistant bball coach...

This is what Christa got into one morning before we left for Montgomery...And this isn't the first time!

So until after my trip to phoenix and vegas.....take care

Trip to the Myrtle Beach

2009-06-29T23:12:00.009-04:00

Christa, Nana (my mom), Me, and Brea

We we are finally back from our trip to the beach. We had a GREAT time but it is always good to be back home. I love being back in my own bed and seeing my wonderful husband! No matter what kind of vacation you go on, it is always good to be back to where you feel the most comfortable...of course the bad things about being home is the stuff you hate...bills, cleaning house, cooking and stuff like that....

During our trip, we stayed at my cousin's house when we went. That is the whole reason for us to go every year because we have somewhere to stay for FREE!!! We left my house on Friday, spent all day at the beach Sat. - Tues, & Thur. Wednesday we went to the water park and on Friday we went to the pool.

While at the beach Christa played the whole time. She never took a nap until she was on the way home. She even found a friend to play with one day. She got braver and braver as the week went on and went deeper into the water. All Brea did was eat and sleep. She also got brave one day and walked down the the water by herself. Yes, I did say walk! She is walking all over the place now! She hardly ever crawls anymore. I am so glad! Here is some pics from the beach...

Brea enjoying the ocean..She got more comfortable with it the last couple of days we were there

Me and Christa taking a break from playing in the shade

The water park we went to had a kiddie pool with slides and waterfalls. Christa LOVED it! She kept going down the slide and even got in trouble by the lifeguard..haha...She went down the wrong way and he said she couldn't do that...It was kind of funny...The water was only 2 feet so she could walk in it herself. We put floaties on her so she got real comfortable with those and started to float.

On Friday we took Kyle and the girls to the pool while our mothers had a day to themselves on the beach. We always give them one day to themselves and I think they really enjoy it. While at the pool Christa had her floats on and Brea sat in her little "car" float...That night we went to eat out at a all you can eat seafood buffet. It was really neat because they had a mermaid there. She even got in the water to swim some. Christa thought that was so neat and got a necklace from her. It was real cute!

Brea swimming in the pool

Christa had her arm floats on and just took over Brea's car float

Christa and Nana getting the necklace from the mermaid at the restaurant

You can also see other pictures from our trip on our web site by clicking HERE....

Although it is good to be home we are leaving for Montgomery this Thursday for the 4th weekend. The girls are going to stay the week with their grandparents and give me and Charlemagne a week to ourselves...YAY! During this week I plan on painting the play room and doing some cleaning..but we will see when the week ends on what I really did..haha..I also leave for Phoenix/Las Vegas next Friday...Me and my neighbor are going for a little girl's trip...

So until next time...Take care!!

The Loves of My Life!!!

2009-06-15T22:51:00.001-04:00

quick catch up and some pics

2009-06-13T10:55:00.003-04:00

Ok..Here is a quick catch up on what we have been doing..

I am officially out of school. All I have left is my student teaching which will probably happen in Jan/Feb. I am so ready to get this paper so I can get a job...I have started my volleyball workouts the first of June. They have been going pretty good. It is amazing how the girls are out of shape and after about two weeks of conditioning they are getting better...

Charlemagne is out of school for the summer but is so busy with basketball. The season is never over. He has been practicing every night and playing about once to twice a week. He says he's going to stop after this week but we will see about that. He said he needs a break...lol..A break to him is about two days then he is back to work...

Brea is still the same. She will take about 4-6 steps then get lazy and crawl until she is about two steps away from what she wants. Then she will stand up again and take the 2 steps. I am so ready for her to start walking..She is such a momma's girl and always wants to hold on to me.

Christa is still in her terrible twos...haha...I have been working on potty training her but it is not working...Although one day she was in the tub and told me she had to go potty. She got out and actually sat on the pot and peed...I couldn't believe it..That was the only time though...

She is also little miss independent! The other day she thought she would take it upon herself to get something to drink. Of all things, Kool aid was sitting on the counter. As I was getting ready to go somewhere she pulled the chair to the counter, got a cup, and poured kool aid ALL OVER the floor and counter!!! I had to mop 5 or 6 times and it is still a little sticky...Oh and speaking of kool aid..she wanted to make some one day so she pulled the chair up and got the packets, opened them and poured them in the container..she then got a spoon and tried to stir..She then had to come and get me to say "drink"....This girl is such a handful!!!!

The only place we have went this summer was to my parents house in TN because my cousin got married. Saturday we went to the wedding. Sunday we just hung around the house and played in the pool. Even my dad got in the pool with Christa..Here are some pictures from that wonderful sunny day...You can also see all the pictures on our web site http://lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/random

Brea always smiling

Christa, Brea, & Nana enjoying their time in the pool

Brea enjoying the out doors

Christa & Pappy..What they do for their grandkids

Our summer is full of trips...Me and the girls are leaving for our yearly Myrtle Beach Trip next week (Fri 19th) We are coming back on Saturday (27th)..That next week we might take a trip to Montgomery. This time with Charlemagne. In Georgia this is known as the dead week in sports so no one can have any type of practices. This is the perfect time for our gettaway. After that me and my neighbor is taking a trip to Phoenix and Las Vegas with NO kids!!! This will actually be my first trip without the girls...I'm so ready! We are leaving on the 10th to phoenix. Flying out of phoenix on the 12th and flying back home from Vegas on the 15th.

Busy, Busy, Busy....This is our life:) Until next time...take care!

Show us where you live Friday ~ Bathrooms

2009-06-12T16:26:00.003-04:00

I know it has been a while since I wrote last. I will update my blog with all of our summer time fun we have been doing and will do this summer. It is going to be so busy. Since I have already taken these pictures this is something quick I could do...This week's theme is bathrooms...

We have 2 baths and 1/2 bath...

This is our daughters/guest bathroom. We decided to decorate in ducks and the curtain adds a little bit of color. It was hard to take the picture because the bathroom is so small. Everything in the bathroom is from the greatest place of all ~ Target

There really isn't much to this bathroom. In the mirror is the towels we got to match. I want to get a long picture to put above the toilet but I haven't found the "perfect" one yet.

This is our half bath. We painted it orange. I was kinda scared with this color when we started but I thought it turned out real nice. Then all we did was add brown towels and rugs. And just like our other bathroom, it is small. Since these pictures, I have put up two pictures on the wall on the left of the sink.

Our master bathroom is so plain (and a little messy). I have been in the process of cleaning it but it seems like it stayes messy or I get side tract with the girls. It is pretty big with a big tub and standing shower. We have to go through the bathroom to get to our closet too. But like I said, it is nothing to brag about because it is plain.

Show us where you live Friday

2009-05-29T08:55:00.009-04:00

Every Friday Kelly's Korner has a Show us where you live Friday. Since I am almost done with school then I will have time to participate. So here it goes...This week's theme is Children's rooms and nurseries:

This is my youngest, Brea's, room...She is about 10 months

This is the view from the hallway~its a real small room~The curtain my mother-in-law made. The top of them are made from blankets and other material.

The crib

These toys stay in her crib. They usually distract her in the morning when I am trying to get a few more minutes of sleep. Its so cute, you can hear her on the monitor.

Our reading/sleep area

Dresser we got from...yep...Target!!!

The closet

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Now for our next daughter, Christa. She is 2 years old

View from the hall~And the bedding is also from Target

The dresser (And you notice in the floor, little girls have to have their church shoes and tutu for dress up time)

The closet...Not a very big one
I love this bear. This dress is monogrammed with her initials. I thought it fit the bear quit nice:)

my little girl is growing up....

2009-05-27T14:24:00.003-04:00

Here is a few videos of Brea getting up on her own and walking..This is the most steps she has ever taken....my lil one is growing so fast..It is hard to believe she will be 1 in August!!!! only about 2 months away:(

Bre is growing right before our eyes!!

2009-05-23T12:24:00.007-04:00

This is an update to tell you Brea is standing on her own and taking a few steps!!

It is hard to think that our baby girl is about to start walking! Just recently she started to stand on her own. Every now and then she would let go of the couch or our leg to stand by herself. Eventually she started to stand without holding on to anything. She will also stand without pulling up on anything.

This gave me an idea to see if she can take some steps. I would put her out a little in front of me. She would stand there for a minute then take one step then fall. She has not gotten to where she can take that first step with one foot and then the other foot. She will catch her balance then fall. It won't be long before she gets the hang of it to take more....

Here is a video of her standing..Excuse the mess:)

Compared to Christa she is about a half a month past her on her firsts. Christa stood up well at 8 months, took her first steps at 9 1/2 months and was walking well at 10...Brea took stood on her own at 9 months, took her first steps at 9 1/2. She is doing well!

On another note we are trying to introduce her to the sippy cup. It is working well. Here is a video of her drinking from it.

Mother's Day

2009-05-12T14:02:00.010-04:00

I just wanted to start out by saying HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the mothers!

Our Mothers day was a great one! Saturday evening we went to Atlanta to stay the night with Charlemagne's Aunt. Christa got to play with Chelsea and Brea with Austin. Morgan, Farah, and Austin also came Saturday. It was a fun night. That morning I had my yard sale. Made some but I didn't think enough. But I guess at least I made something. Since I was up since 5:30 that morning I was really tired that night. So me and Christa called it a night about 12 midnight. Brea was still going strong so she stayed with Charlemagne.

Brea & Austin

Christa & Chelsea

The next morning I got to sleep in and Charlemagne took the girls. That was a great thing. When I got up about 9 Charlemagne was cooking breakfast for all of us. His parents got in about 2 that morning so I saw them when I woke. Throughout the day we had family pop in and out. We had a huge dinner that was wonderful!!!! It was a day filled with family and fun! That night about 8 we came back home.

On another note, Yesterday I took Brea to her 9 month appointment..She is 20 lbs (75th%), 28 1/2" long (75th%), and her head is 17" (25-50th%). He said she was doing great!! The only thing we have to start watching on her is that her right breast has started to develop tissue. Something about her estrogen or something like that..He said it was nothing to really worry about unless she develps hair..lol...and he said a lot of babies get that..

Later that evening after we got home, I was upstairs and Brea was down stairs...She got quiet so I started to make my way down the stairs....Well this is where I found her....

She has learned how to crawl up the stairs..A scary thing...

Oh..and yesterday Christa learned how to cross her eyes..She thought it was the funniest thing..She looks so serious when she does it..I don't know if you can tell but here is a picture of her doing it...

And here is a little clip of her dancing to her favorite show "Lazy Town"

So until next time I blog, have a GREAT one!!!!

Campaign for Petey has a new address!!!

2009-05-07T21:26:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone..If you follow my blog you know I am helping my friend Brooke spread the word for her "Campaign for Petey". She has sent a new message saying he was moved closer to home so he has a NEW ADDRESS!! So if you haven't sent any cards please do!!! It is helping a lot..or if you want to send more, keep them coming! Here is his new address...If you want to see her full blog about is updates just click here: BROOKE's BLOG

His address:

Big Springs Specialty Care Center
c/o David Whitehead Room #417
500 St. Clair Ave. SW
Huntsville, AL 35801

Catching up....

2009-05-01T13:25:00.010-04:00

We have been so busy lately. I started my last class of my degree...I have about 4 more weeks!! I'm so ready to be done with these classes. Since my last post we have been to my mom and dad's house in TN, the girls got sick, and we are redoing our back yard.

We went to my parent's house a while back. We had a lot of fun! My Grandmother got to come up and see the girls too. It has been a while since they had seen them. My mom hasn't seen them since right before Brea started crawling. We really didn't do much..We went to buy them some clothes for summer, took their dog, Boozer, to the lake, and got to see my Aunt Judy and Aunt Bonita as well as my little cousin, Kyle. We had a great time! Here are a few pictures of our stay. You can also see other pictures on our web site.... Just click HERE...

Right when we got back Brea got sick. We took her to the doctor and he told us it was bronchitis. He gave her medicine and she was back to normal the next day.

Just this past Monday Christa started running a 102 temperature. We gave her Tylenol and cool bath and it seemed to come down. A while later it went back up. This was Sunday night. Monday morning it came back up to 102 and with the help of Tylenol it came back down. She slept just about all day long! We called the doctor that morning and they said they couldn't take her until tomorrow (Tues). Later that evening Charlemagne had to take his boys to their track meet so it was just me and the girls. Christa hit her all time high in temperature, 103.1!!!! So I took her to the emergency room. They gave her Tylenol & Motrin and did a strep test everything came back negative. So they sent us home. Let me tell you, our hospital is the smallest in the world..haha..just kidding but really I don't trust them..I only go to them if it is an emergency and the doctors office isn't open. Anyways, we took Christa to the doc on Tuesday morning. He did that flu test and it came back negative...So he said it was bronchitis and he gave us the same meds he gave Brea...We came home and she slept all day again! I called and gave them an update and he wanted to see her. I took her back on Wed. and he got a chest x-ray done. She has pneumonia. Just a small case of it in two places. That scared me so bad! So he gave her a shot and put her on med. She has been herself ever since. It is amazing how your mom instincts kick in when you kids are sick. I knew something was wrong and it was not bronchitis like he said the first time.

During all this Charlemagne is on spring break this week so since we couldn't go to Montgomery we decided to fix our back yard up and make the girls a little play area. I will post before and after pictures when we get done. We got a couple more things to do and we will be done..It is looking great!

Other things the girls are doing are:

Christa: Saying no when you tell her to do something. I think her terrible twos is continuing. She is so funny sometimes. When she hears other people call me TJ, she will start to call me that. And her new word is "Heavy". Her bag was heavy when we went to church Sunday so I told her it was heavy and to be careful. So ever since then she finds something she can't pick up, like the vacuums, and make the grunting noise and say "Momma, it heavy". She is to funny!

Brea: is staring to take the roughness of her sister. I saw them rolling around in the floor last weekend and Bre was just laughing. Of course I don't let her get to rough. She is also moving all over the house and standing holding on to stuff. She can cruse but would rather get in the floor and crawl to it. It can also reach on our night stands and tables now to pull things off. She is growing so fast! She is also eating solid food if it is mashed up. She loves Goldfish crackers too...

This is to catch up on everything we have done. I will post when we get our back yard done which will be soon..so stay tuned...

And one more thing..If you haven't already, DON'T FORGET TO SEND UNCLE PETEY A CARD...he is doing really good...To view updates on him you can click on my friend, Brooke's web site...

"The Campaign for Petey"

2009-04-25T16:12:00.003-04:00

Hello all! I thought I would share this story with you. This story is from my friend Brooke. She also posted this on her blog. This is her Uncle. I thought it would be amazing for him to receive cards from people he don't even know to keep encouraging him to stay strong and that everyone is thinking and praying for him. So PLEASE send him one card...but more than one would be wonderful!!! The address and story is below...Please take part in "The Campaign for Petey"

Brooke wrote:

Good afternoon Friends!

I am starting something that I hope you will join me in. My Uncle Petey is still in the hospital. He has been in the hospital since Feb. 5th..May 5th will be 3 months of him lying in a hospital bed with a ventilator, trach and at times completely out of it. He is improving, but is not well enough to some home. I can't even imagine what he is felling or is going through. Until this week, he was only able to communicate with his eyes and the nodding of his head. He is such a trooper and is really fighting the fight of his life and we are so proud of all he has done so far..and totally confident that with prayers, his strength and determination, and with God's miracle business, he will make a turn around. When he first got to Birmingham, I sent him 3 balloons..(they are still floating) and he loves them..especially the one that sings" Don't Worry, Be Happy"..when mom and dad are there, he will point to it and want it to play and start smiling. He is becoming more aware of his surroundings and has been pushed around the hall today in his mobile bed. God is so good and the progress he is making is amazing.

So, here is what I wanted to start.."Campaign for Petey"..since he is becoming more aware, I really ant him to see and know how many people are thinking of him and praying for him. I know they are there, because they are working...and I just want him to feel the love through cards or letters. I would be so happy if you as my friend would take a moment and find a card for him..(if it sings, it would be great)...and for him to start receiving mail and letters to encourage him. My family is rotating visitation days an I know that they would be more than happy to red them to him..and it will make him smile. It doesn't matter if you don't know him...just let him know prayers are going up! I will really appreciate it if you take a moment out of your day to do this...in fact, if you are a card person, a card a week would be even better. I know I am about to go stock up and keep them coming to him!

After all..laughter is so good for the healing of the body! Thanks in advance!!! And I can't wait to see his room filled with the love from you my friends!!!

Trinity Medical Center
c/o David Whitehead Room 910
800 Montclair Road
Birmingham, AL 35213

It Won't Be Like this for Long

2009-04-22T16:00:00.002-04:00

If you haven't, you have GOT to hear this song!!! My eyes are still red from crying while listening to it...

What's the deal with Twitter???

2009-04-15T12:26:00.002-04:00

I always hear about Twitter on the tv and radio. So I signed up to see what it was all about....Well I'm still trying to figure it out. All you are doing is letting people know what you are up to. I always hear celebs having it so I added the Kardashian sisters as someone I am following. (I love their show!) I don't get on their everyday but I watched the Tyra show one day and there were real addicts on there when it comes to Twitter (or tweetting as they call it). Anyways, so now I am a member as well as a couple of my cousins. If you have it let me know..or follow me..I really don't update it very often because I always forget about it, unless I get an e-mail message about it. Just search Tanya Gibbons...hope to see you soon!!!

Life after Easter

2009-04-14T13:43:00.004-04:00

Well I hope everyone had a GREAT Easter! We had fun..We ended up going to Augusta Saturday night. The girls slept the whole way there so I thought they were going to sleep through the night..We boy was I wrong! Both of them stayed up till about 3 am! I think they was happy to see their grandparents:) When Christa got up the next morning she was asking for her Papa. She walked right past her basket the Easter Bunny left and went up stairs. When she came back down she looked at it and even walked up to the TV (which was sitting over the baskets). Eventually she got hers and started to open everything in it (especially the candy!) Chelsea also came that morning to share Easter day with us. Christa was so happy to see her. After breakfast we left for church. When we got back after church we decided to take some pictures. Here are a few of them...You can see all of them on our shutterfly web site...http:/lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com.

Later on that day we ate and left for home. It was real nice to see family on Easter and spend time with them. This Thursday me and the girls are leaving for my mom's house in TN. My Grandmother will also be there. Stay tuned and I will post when I get back from that trip...

Easter is on its way...

2009-04-07T12:23:00.009-04:00

Well this Sunday is Easter. Last weekend we took Christa and Brea to an Easter egg hunt this church was putting on. It was real nice. They had moon walks, an egg hunt, food, and give-aways to all the kids and adults. Of course we didn't win anything. The exciting thing was our friend's child, Campbell, won a bicycle. She is pictured in some of the pictures below. It seemed like everyone won something around us but us...haha..That's ok though, as long as the kids had fun...

Our plans for Easter is to decorate Easter eggs with one of our friend's, Jackie, and her kids. They are going to have this big Easter egg hunt on Saturday for all the kids. I think it will be a blast! Charlemagne has a showcase camp on Saturday so he more than likely won't be around until later that night. We are plannnig on going to Augusta to see his Grandmother and parents. I don't know if we will leave Saturday night or Sunday morning. The Master's is in Augusta so traffic won't be pretty whenever we go.

The Easter bunny has some thoughts in mind on what to get the girls. Brea is so hard to buy for because she is so small so for her it will probably be teething cookies, a little toy, maybe an outfit, shoes, hair bows, and just some snacks....For Christa it will probably be a little garden set (gloves, shovel, boots, rake), candy, bows, and I was thinking about throwing a kite in there to.

Some other things that is going on with the girls is Brea is walking behind her little toy. There is a video below...

Can you believe it!!! As much as I don't want her to grow up fast, I will be so ready when she starts to walk. It is hard to handle Christa and have Brea on my hips at all times. We plan on going to see my mom next weekend (the 16th). They haven't seen the girls for a while. I think Brea just started to crawl was the last time they saw her. Grandma is coming also. She hasn't seen Brea since she was about 2 or 3 weeks old. She will really be suprised when she sees her.

My Friend Tera came to see us a couple of weekends ago. We haven't seen each other for a long time, since our wedding. That was about 3 1/2 years ago. We had so much fun and she got to see the girls for the first time to..Christa ran up to her like she sees her everyday. It was really neat!..Here are some pictures from her visit...

I have also added some pictures from when we went to Atlanta for my test. Christa had a blast in the hotel room. She ran in circles the whole time and played with the doors..Brea was always behind her the whole time.

This is what has been going on the past couple of weeks. OH...I can't forget about this!!! As you know I have been working out for about a month and a half. Well I haven't been seeing it on the scale BUT I was cleaning the bathroom the other day and thought I would jump on it. I LOST about 6 lbs. I went from about 187 to about 181. My goal is to get to 170...I would love to get back to 160 or 165 but 170 would make me happy to and its more realistic...

On another note that came across my mind just now...Christa is starting to call me TJ. She doesn't do it if no one else is but when anyone else calls me that she will start to say "TJ. TJ. TJ" and look straight at me. Of course I don't want her to call me that so I don't answer unless she calls me momma. She is to crazy!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter and keep posted. I will write about ours next week...

Look at our picture web site for more pictures from this blog and our Easter pictures.

http://Lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/

Enjoy & Take care!!

I know it's been a while...

2009-03-26T11:46:00.008-04:00

This is a picture of Christa and Brea when we went to Montgomery.

I know, I know! We have been doing so much since we have gotten back from Montgomery. Since it was raining and Brea is asleep I thought I would catch up on some things. As you may not know, I am helping Charlemagne with track this year. We were supposed to have a meet today but since it is raining we canceled it. This gives me more time to do my school work. I have to get it done before this weekend. We are going to stay in ATL for the weekend (all of us). I have to be in North Atl at 8 Saturday morning to take the Arizona Education Proficiency Exam (AEPA). Yes..If I pass I will be certified to teach in AZ..haha..And you are probably wondering why I am getting it in AZ..Well I'm going through the Univ. of Phoenix-online to get my Masters so I have to take their test first and when I get a job I will have to change it over to GA. I have one more class to take and I am supposed to student teach in the fall (that's why I'm taking the test) but I want to get a job instead of student teach. This one income is for the birds:) haha..

Another thing I have been doing is going to the gym 4 days a week...I have got to loose this baby weight. I have been going for about 4 or 5 weeks now. I don't see any results on the scale yet but I sure do feel better and am seeing it in my clothes and getting comments on how I have lost weight.

Anyway, enough about me....

As I posted in my last blog I painted Christa's room..Here are some pictures of that...

Oh and one quick story about what she did last night. She has been getting into our bed in the middle of the night for a while. We sometimes do not know because we have a king size bed and I'm a hard sleeper. We decided we are not going to let her sleep in our bed again. Before long Brea will be in there to..Last night was the 2nd night she did not..but she tried. I woke up this morning and went into her room. I found some of her snack in bed and her sippy cup. I then walked down stairs and saw she had gotten her step stool (which was up stairs by the way) and took it down stairs. She had it next to the stove with some of her snacks on the floor and next to the side of the counter. Who knows what this girl does when we are asleep..She really worries me because she can now unlock the dead bolts and lock on the door...Speaking of knowing how to do that..she has locked me out of the house before..

In other words, she really keeps us busy..I'll tell you that much

Brea...on the other hand...is moving around herself. She can now crawl and pull herself to standing...She has gotten two teeth in also..She has been real fussy the past couple of days and has really worked my nerves!! She is also eating vegitables and fruit. I have also given her a teething cookie and those little puffs which disolve in your mouth..She seems to like anything you give her! Here are some pictures of her standing.....

Well there probably is more that I can write about what's going on with the girls, but I will be here all night..and Christa is ready to eat and its time for her nap so I will save some more for later...Until next time...Take care!

Just One of those Lazy days...

2009-03-13T15:20:00.002-04:00

I know it has been a while since I posted last. There really hasn't been much going on. Brea is crawling all over the place and Christa is just being herself. Charlemagne is out of school this week for intercession so he has been home too. The only thing new is that I painted Christa's room. We painted it pink and tan..It really looks good! I am going to have to take pictures with my camera and post them.
We are in Montgomery right now just visiting Charlemagne's family. We haven't been doing anything while we have been here just sitting around. I have been trying to do some school work. I think this teacher I have for this class just gives us busy work. We have to look up a total of 70 resources in all (as a team, with 4 members in a team). Let me just tell you, there are only a limited amount of resources until they start to all say the same thing. It is crazy and I am so ready to get this assignment over with! Well I just wanted to stop by and post a little something. I need to go get Brea now.She's trying to put something in her mouth and only God knows what it is:) So until next time!!

Before I was a Mom...

2009-03-04T22:03:00.001-05:00

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. sI never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her/him down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom , I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow

2009-03-02T11:32:00.006-05:00

Yesterday we went to church. As soon as we got home it started to snow. Later we got to take Christa outside to play. She was so excited. Brea was asleep so Charlemagne came with us. He was throwing snowballs at me and Christa was right behind me watching him. He threw a snowball and hit Christa right in the face...It was toooo funny...But she didn't think so. She cried and did not want to go outside anymore. We left her in the house and went back outside while she watched through the window. He eventually got me right in the chest with one. We had a blast. When we came back in we cooked our supper.

While we was eating our power went out. The time 5:30pm. We layed around the rest of the day. As dark came we got the candles out and I cleaned house (I mean there was nothing else to do:)haha. We got the girls and fell asleep by the fire along with 5 blankets on us. We slept off and on during the night. When we finally got up this morning there was still no power! We left and went to eat at the Waffle House and got back and a neighbor said it just came on. The time 10:30 am!! 17 hours with out power! The temperature got to 51 degrees downstairs and 45 up....I took some pictures of all the snow. This was all from yesterday and a couple from today. We are now nice and warm in the house...Now I am ready for Spring!!!

I love taking pictures of different things. Sometimes I would love to be a photographer..I have also add some pictures I thought was pretty! I took these with just a regular camera...Who knows what I could do with a real good camera:)

This was our house the next day!

pictures update..

2009-02-28T23:46:00.001-05:00

Just a quick note that I have updated the picture web site with some pictures from February at my mother's house. Enjoy!!

http://lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/random

I Don't Want to Eat My Vegetables!!!!

2009-02-26T21:33:00.003-05:00

This was what Christa was thinking for about a hour the past 2 nights while sitting at the dinner table. We had Zucchini and Squash with some yellow rice and pork chops. She loves her starches and meat!! Last night she ate everything but her Veggies so we let her sit with it in her mouth until she ate it. Well this didn't last very long so we made her go to bed. Well we had left overs tonight. So I just put the Veggies on her plate with very little rice. She at the rice and didn't eat any of the veggies. She then wanted a salad, so we gave her some. We even put dressing on the veggies but she would take her fork and scrape the dressing off and eat it. So we let her sit at the table until she decided she wanted to eat. After about an hour we let her get up and take her bath. I put her straight to bed...So if any of you have any ideas on how to get her to eat her Veggies, PLEASE let me know....Charlemagne seasons them up pretty good so you can't really taste how bad they are...

I have also included a little clip of the crying and her just sitting there with her mouth wide open. This is what she did for the hour...She is so hard headed...but you gotta lover her!!!

The day of Love...

2009-02-15T10:52:00.006-05:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day! We didn't do much of anything. We had a game the night before so we got in late. This game was such a good game and had everybody up on their feet! It was down to the last second and we won! There was about 6 sec on the clock and after they made their shot the game was tied. We threw the ball in and Rayshaun dribbled the whole way down. He ended up banking it off the back board and the buzzard went off. He made it!!!!! It looked like we won the championship or something...The boys and Charlemagne stormed the court...It was such a good feeling. We play Tuesday and if we win we will have a bid in the state tournament! and if we lose the season is over. This is the most exciting part of the season. We have to travel to N. Georgia to Hart Co. (I think). I usually don't go to the far games but I got to support my hubby and the boys..We have lost to them both times we played them so hopefully this time we will win! 3rd times the charm...right??

Anyways, back to what my blog is really about...haha....

Friday night was senior night for the team. When they came out Charlemagne gave them roses and a picture of them. Well I was in the middle of the floor taking pictures then all of a sudden Charlemagne came up behind me and gave me 3 roses and a kiss (And the was in front of the whole gym!!) I was soooooo suprised! and happy of course...I would have never thought Charlemagne would do something like that..I mean in front of the whole gym...!

Saturday we just hung around the house. I got up and got my nails done and went to the gym...I found some pictures of me when I graduated college and I got so sad seeing how little I was compared to now! I started crying...So I am determined to get back into my 12s again!! I'm now in 14/16..so really I don't have that far to go. And my goal is to lose 20 lbs in 4 months so I will look at least halfway decent on the beach when we go...They have a little day care so I can take the girls during the day...That helps soooo much! After I did a little running around so I could get out of the house I came back finding lunch on the stove..We ate and just layed around the rest of the evening. We got back up later that night and went to Cracker Barrel...It was so good!! And that was it for our vday!

I hope yall had a good one. Here is a picture of Charlemagne and the girls. We got him a card from them and Christa wanted him to read it, like 3 times...They were so cute!!!

I thought this was so cute of Christa. She layed there pretending she was talking on the phone...She's getting to smart!!

And here is the close up of her face...So sweet!

Christa's Birthday Party

2009-02-10T12:14:00.007-05:00

Well Christa is officially 2 now..It's crazy how time flies by! We had a wonderful birthday party..Our theme was Elmo..We had bananas (elmo's fav snack), pizza (elmo's fav food), brite crawler sour worms (for big bird), cookies (for the cookie monster), hambergers and hot dogs. I think (or hope) everyone had fun. We rented on of those moon walks and the kids loved it..Christa opened her presents and was like "Ohhhh" when she saw all of them. She wanted to open them as soon an everyone brought them in...Eventually the party turned into a spend the night party. She had some of her friends stay and her cousin. they went to sleep watching Elmo about 12:00..I can't wait till she gets older and has spend the night parties with her friends. It was so fun to watch her. She has gotten to be such a big girl!!! Anyways, I have added a few pictures of her big day..I posted all of them on our web site: http://lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/ So check them out!!!

The Moon Walk we rented

Charlemagne & Christa blowing the candle out

Christa & Friends I asked how old she was she said "two" and held up an one on each finger

She knows she loves her $$$
PICTURES FROM THE SLEEP OVER

All of them watching Elmo

The sleepover crew (minus the adult:)

Then they are all out..Notice all the goldfish snacks in the floor

The next morning

Me and my babygirl!!! 2 years old..hard to believe!!

Brea is sitting up!!

2009-01-24T15:06:00.004-05:00

Our little girl is getting so big!! Sitting up and trying to crawl..This is just a little clip to let you see how she is doing..I hope all is well with you and enjoy!!

Also. Here is a video of Christa doing the Head, Shoulder, Knees, & Toes song..Tooooo funny!!

Our new president

2009-01-22T18:09:00.002-05:00

We were watching all the inagraution stuff on TV and when Aretha Franklin sang "My Country Tis of Thee,. Christa started to dance and try and sing the song. I thought I would share the video of her singing and dancing.

Notice her microphone is a spoon. This girl is tooooo crazy!!

Christa is turning 2!!

2009-01-16T12:09:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it! My baby girls is growing up! It has been an amazing two years with her. Watching her learn new things everyday just wows me! Christa came into this world on Feb. 7th 2007. I started to go into labor right after I got home from a basketball game (and yes they did lose:)lol..I didn't know what I was feeling so I called my neighbor Heather (because she had already been through this with Brooks a month earlier) to see what contractions felt like. I called my mom and the doctor. I ended up going to the hospital at about 2 in the morning and had Christa the next day about 4:48 pm.

This is Christa when she was pulling up on things.

It was fun to watch her during her first year. First a bottle, then rice, then baby food, and now adult food. And boy does she have an appitite!! Holloring "Eat, Eat" when she gets hungry.

Also during her first year, watching her lay around, then sit up, then crawl, and the amazing first steps! Now we can't stop her from climbing on the couch, chairs, desks, and early in the morning feeling her climb into our bed with her doll and a book saying "watch" and pointing at the tv. The first thing she wants to do in the morning while I am still trying to wake up is watch the Polar Express. Watching her know every little thing to that movie is crazy!!

Here are a couple of pictures from her first birthday. Look how much she has grown!

She is now becoming a little lady wanting to put deoderant on in the morning and say "teeth" to brush her teeth. She also loves her jewerly and shoes. She walks around the house with just her church shoes on and a diaper.

Watching her with her sister is also funny. She wants to be involved in everything! She tries to change her diaper and when she rolls over she taps her bottom to get her to roll back over. When she don't want Brea to touch what she has she taps her hand and says "Mine". That is one word I wish she didn't say!!

Christa and her little sis, Brea

Oh! and the amazing prayer she has just learned in the past couple of weeks. When we sit down at the table she wants to grab mine and Charlemange's hands so we can say Grace. And at the end she even says "amen"..of course not that plain.

So another year has gone by and I'm starting to plan her birthday party. Stay tuned for a blog about that!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Just a couple of pics...

2009-01-14T12:02:00.004-05:00

Just thought I would share a couple of pics I took with my phone the past two days..

Brea is sitting up!! I can't believe it!! She of course falls a little after, but she is getting better. She is also getting on all fours trying to crawl..This is a real good picture of her (I think..)

Then you have our crazy one of the house. I thought she was being awful quiet so I checked on her. Found her sitting in the floor marking all over her face and arms...Check her out!!

And what's funny about it, she was sitting right beside me...I was sitting at the computer and she wanted to "daw" (draw). So I gave her some paper and she got some dry erase markers. Well I was so wrapped up in getting my student teaching letter together I looked down and there she was....But you gotta love her...

Oh!!! I have to tell you this one...!

Every night we put Christa to bed..Well she stays and goes to sleep but by the time we go to bed she usually wakes up. Last night we were laying in bed and Christa kept coming in there trying to get in bed with us. Well after a couple of failed attempts she came in there (which was the last time). I looked down from the bed and she had her baby doll in hand and looking up at me with the saddest face!! She was even pouting her lip...So cute and hilarious!!! I couldn't do anything but laugh and get Charlemagne to look at her..While I was laughing and he was smiling while getting on to her she had the most serious look on her face (still with the lip pouting). It was so funny!!!! It's one of them moments you just had to of been there to get the whole feeling....

Life after the holidays

2009-01-09T21:31:00.004-05:00

Well the holidays have come and gone. It was good to see family and have Charlemagne around the house again but it is also good to be back on our normal schedule. Before the holidays came around I started to get Christa and Brea on a good schedule. It didn't last when school got out. They made their own. Everyday was different, they took a nap late and went to bed later than they used to. Now that family is gone and Charlemagne is back in school they have been back on their schedule and amazingly been doing it without a fight. All I have to say is "its nap time" or "night night time" and Christa will just walk up the stairs and go to bed. It has been wonderful!!!

Today we went to see Christa's old babysitter, Susan. It was good to see her and the family. I didn't know if Christa would remember her or Leah or John but she knew where she was as soon as she saw Leah. It is so amazing how much she remembered while she stayed at their house. She was such an amazing sitter and I wish she could continue to keep Christa and Brea.

Brea is growing up so fast!! She is sitting up now! Of course she falls after a while but I can't believe it. Today she got up on all fours. She still hasn't mastered how to move her hands or her knees to crawl but she will very shortly. I have also started her on cereal about a month ago. It has been a struggle to get her to keep it in her mouth. Christa took cereal so quickly but Brea wants to spit it out with her tongue. I think I get more on her bib then I get down her throat.

There are a couple of videos of Christa I wanted to share.

This one is of her dancing to her music. Like I said in my last post, she loves to dance but didn't at the gym. She got this little radio for Christmas and it plays music and you can stick it on the refrigerator. She loves it! As you can tell....

This one is when she was sitting on the potty. I have tried to get her to pee in it but she won't. Well I tried to give her water while she sat on it this time thinking she would go since she hasn't been all morning long! Well she didn't pee but she found out how to poot in the toilet..She thought it was hilarious!! and I did to...You can see it on her face then when she did she would start laughing.

They are two funny little girls and I am so happy to have them in my life!!!

Our Half Time Show

2009-01-04T22:55:00.005-05:00

Yes I'm talked about Christa. We were at the Hoops in Overdrive High School Shoot-out @ Kennesaw State yesterday watching our boys and girls play. We stayed all day because Charlemagne helped put the tournament on. During the half time of the girls game, we let Christa get on the floor in front of everyone. She usually dances when she hears music but this time she froze. The MC even gave her the mic and tried to start dancing with her. I have never seen her stand so still in her life. I was really crying because I was laughing so hard. I have a video of it. It was toooo funny!!

She stood there for about a min just staring at everyone in the stands then just dropped the mic and started crying, but she didn't go anywhere. Charlemagne had to go and get her from the middle of the floor. I hope we didn't scar her for life...:) haha

After he held her a min she got right back out there. This time she was walking all over the floor waiting for one of us to chase after her. Someone rolled her the ball and she just watched it roll past her not going for it. Then someone else rolled the ball back and she watched it roll past her again, not moving a muscle. It was to funny.

Sweet South Tournament Champions!!

2008-12-31T21:00:00.002-05:00

This is just a quick note to say that Charlemagne's team got first place in their tournament today! I am so proud of him and the boys. They really played hard the past 3 days. This is the 8th year (i think its 8) they have had the tournament. This is the first time they have ever won it. The girls also won..We are sooo proud of the teams! I just hope it continues the rest of the season.

I hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR and are safe with their travel tonight...I will post another blog next year:)lol..I just love saying that:)
Take care!

Christmas cont...

2008-12-26T21:52:00.003-05:00

Can you believe Christmas has come and gone already?? I can't. Well I hope everyone had a good one and didn't blink to fast..b/c it did go by fast! We had a real good one. As I mentioned in my last post, we had Christmas with my family. Charlemagne's parents came up Christmas Eve and brought Austin..We got to spend it with them. We woke up the next morning and Santa came. I think Christa was in Heaven when she saw all the toys! She was so much fun this year! Here are a few pictures of that morning.

That evening Morgan and Farah came and we all packed up and went to Augusta to have Christmas dinner with Grandma Julia..We had fun there to. We ended up coming back that night and just laying around the next day while we watched Christa play with all her new toys.

OHHH..One more thing. Christa has never really been the child to just sit and watch tv. BUT we found a movie she loves and will watch it over and over. Its the Polar Express. Thank goodness its a movie that I like as well and knew every word to now:)

You can also find these pictures on our new web site..... http://lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!! Love you!!

~Christmas with my family~

2008-12-16T23:52:00.011-05:00

I know it has been a while since I have written. Sorry about that. We have been so busy! It started when I went to TN to stay with my parents for a while and to pick up my grandmother. We left to come back home last Monday and she stayed with me the whole week! We had so much fun. My grandmother is the best! She moved to TN also so she is farther from me and I don't get to see her as much as I would like. I probably call her everyday to see what she is doing. That week we clean house and went Christmas shopping. My parents came friday and my brother came saturday. We had Christmas at our house. It was nice for all of us to be together again! Living in GA I don't get to spend time with them either like I would like to. I am so used to being in the same town as all of my family. I would have never thought that it would be hard not to have any family here, but with 2 kids, it is so hard. I am thankful for the friends I do have that loves to watch the girls when I need them to. Here are a few pictures from our christmas...

As you may know, or may not know, I put all my pictures on a web site. Well that web site got suspended. I think I was supposed to buy something for it to be in "good standing". Which I was not going to buy anything..So...I had to find another site that would let me share photos for free. This is when I found the shutterfly..It is a neat little site and so I am in the process of putting our christmas pictures up. Feel free to visit and leave comments on the site. It is still under construction though. The link is: http://lifeofagibbons.shutterfly.com/ . Enjoy!

Brea's doctor visit

2008-12-10T20:57:00.010-05:00

I took Brea to the doctor today. She has grown a lot. She weighs 15 lbs. 7 oz (a gain of about 1 lb & in the 75th%-90%). Her head circumference is about 15' (gain of about 1 inch & 50th%). And what amazed me the most is her length. She is 26' long (a gain of 3 inches & in the 97th%!!) I think she is going to be so tall..Hopefully we will have a successful volleyball or basketball player in our hands:)
Our other one I is taking up cheerleading at the moment...lol

I forgot to post in my last blog that we went to the Christmas parade here in Madison. We met one of our friends and her kids along with a couple others. I just wanted to post the picture of Christa and the girls at the parade. I was surprised, but she didn't even get scared. She watched so intensely though. It is so much fun to do these things with her now that she has gotten older. I can't wait to see her face at Christmas when she opens her gifts. She amazes me so much!!

Christa & Friends

And we can't forget about Brea:)

Oh..And another thing I forgot to tell you. I just wanted to share with you the imagination my child, Christa, has. I found her pretending to feed her baby doll one day. As I watched, I noticed she does the same things I do when I feed Brea or what I do when Christa eats. I just wanted to post a few pictures of this. It was so funny!!

Pushing her baby's chair up to the table

Feeding..Notice her mouth..To funny!!
Feeding the baby...notice her putting her hand under the doll's mouth. I do this exact thing when she puts to much food in her mouth so she can spit it out. The are amazing how much they learn!!

Feeding the baby (continue) and now she is throwing it away..lol

So until next time...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas is getting closer

2008-12-09T22:14:00.002-05:00

Well me and Charlemagne took the girls to see Santa Claus last weekend. They did real good! When we were standing and waiting on the people in front of us, Christa was watching the little girls in front of us. They were crying when their parents was trying to get her to sit on his lap. I was just thinking to myself "oh great, Christa is going to watch them and do the same thing". But to a suprise she didn't. We did have to put Brea on his lap first and then Christa followed. I guess she saw he wasn't a bad guy after all since he let her sit on his lap. We of course got pictures, but we will get them this weekend. I will post that picture when I get it.

On Thursday, me and the girls are going to my mom's house in TN. We are going to pick up my grandmother and bring her back to our house on Monday. She is going to spend a week with us..I'm so excited!! I love when she comes and stays because I love spending time with her! Next weekend my parents are coming down and we are going to have our Christmas. I have all my shopping done for them with the exeption of a couple of things.

Last, Brea is rolling over!! I can't believe it. She is growing so fast! I take her to the doctor tomorrow for her 4 month check up. I can't believe she is 4 months already..Before I know it she is going to be crawling then walking..I will post how much she is grown when I find out.

So until I have other random things to post, take care:)

Our Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T15:48:00.021-05:00

I hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving. Our thanksgiving started when Brea went with her Grandma and Papa to Alabama (I was thankful to get a little break:) They came and got her on a Saturday. We left for Montgomery the following Thursday (Thanksgiving Day). We had wonderful food and a great time! We didn't do much after we ate or the next day. Just layed around and watched basketball.

Grandma Julia feeding Christa

Christa and Chelsea doing wordsearch books.

We did go to Chuck E Cheese so the lil ones could play. Christa had a blast! When Chuck E came out to greet the kids, Christa ran..It was so funny..I don't know what she is going to do with the Santa Clause this year. I have never see the look on her face before. She was terrified!

Chelsea and Christa at Chuck E Cheese

We came home Saturday because Charlemagne had his first ball game. They won that one. Needless to say it was a long day that day and we were all wore out!

Sunday we went to church and spent the rest of the day with one of our friends, Wanda. She is such a good person and sort of took the girls in. We played Christmas music and hung out by the tree. I posted a video of Christa dancing with Brea. She just grabbed her and started dancing, and what's so funny, Brea liked it.

I hope you can tell and that its not to dark. You can hear Brea in the background..

So Monday rolled around and Charlemagne is back at work and I am back at home with the girls. We got my kitchen painted RED. It looks so good! And thanks again, Wanda, for the help..(I told you she was such a good friend:) You can kind of see my walls in the next picture of Christa.

I also stayed up till 2 in the morning trying to finish my paper I procrastinated on it. BUT, it is done and so is the class. I am so relieved to finish this class and start a new one! I have a 2 week break and then start my next one. When I started this Masters degree I doubted myself, and now I am 3 classes away from finishing. It really has gone by so fast. I am trying to get a position next year so I don't have to student teach. If that don't work out then I will student teach in August for 12 weeks and be done with my degree! I'm so ready!

And then we come to today (Tuesday). I tried to feed Brea some cereal today. She did ok. I think she only swallowed one spoon, the rest she spit out. But I remember with christa it just takes time. I also kept one of my friend's girls, Kiera. We took all of the girls

to the Christmas parade here.

Brea after we fed her..She is growing up to fast!!
Kiera and Christa eating lunch

Christa has taken over Brea's toys..She wouldn't play with them when she was small enough to. I just had to put this picture up.

Anyway, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Christmas will be here before we know it. I can't wait. Christa is going to have so much fun this year.

My plans for Christmas (so far):

--I think my Grandmother is going to come in a couple of weeks and stay with us for a week and then my mom, dad, and hopefully brother and fam will come the following weekend to have our Christmas.

--Charlemagne's family is coming to have Christmas with us the week of Christmas.

--When Christmas comes around it is time for the Sweet South Basketball Tournament. We have 32 teams from all around and out of state to come and play. It is 3 days of great basketball! We are so busy with that we are wore out every night. But it is fun to put it together.

--The last day of the tourny is New Years. So we will be spending that at home.

Christmas time is so busy for everyone. We are Thankful for everything in our lives and then Christmas we get to spend time with family again. It s the best time of year!!

I've rambled on enough so until Next time....

Oh! I also posted the rest of the pictures on our web site...

http://www.thegibbonsfamily.myphotoalbum.com/

ENJOY!!

Christmas will be here before we know it...

2008-11-24T17:22:00.008-05:00

I know its kind of early but me and Christa put our tree up last night. It was really her first time of helping put it up. She would do something for a second and then find something else to do. Then I would do something different and she would help then find something else to do. She has such a short attention span (but don't all kids at this age:). It was also her bed time so she was real sleepy. I posted some pictures of us putting it up.

On the other hand, Brea has gone to Montgomery with the grandparents. They wanted to keep her by herself since they kept Christa by herself. I forgot how it was with just us and Christa. It has been so quiet around the house but it is kind of nice to have a break. Brea is so demanding at this age that I forgot what it was like not to have to feed a baby every 4 hours! I miss her and we will go and pick her back up when we go to AL for Thanksgiving. Me and Christa have been having a good time. Today we went to our friend, Wanda, hair shop and played. Christa loves to get her hair done there and plays with the rollers. We lost track of time and stayed there ALL day! But now we are back home and I really need to start to clean before Charlemagne gets home from basketball practice. I posted some pictures of us and the tree..So until next time, take care....

She was helping put the limbs on

Then she had to get under the tree

She also helped with the beads

and the ornaments

"yay!" she put it on all by herself:)

You Have to watch this

2008-11-23T13:10:00.002-05:00

My friend (and neighbor:), Heather, posted this to her blog and I just had to pass it on! You have to watch it. It made me start tearing up! It is a powerful message to everyone!

http://www.rhchurch.org/pages/cardboard-testimonies/

Take care!!

Its been a while

2008-11-17T23:16:00.002-05:00

This is just an update on what's goin on in the Gibbons household. Charlemagne has been busy with basketball..And when I say busy I mean busy! He leaves for school int he morning around 7:30 and doesn't get home till 9:00 at night...(and that's on a good night) Their first game is this Thursday..So it will be over before we know it...I'm ready!! I am ready to see my husband again:) But that's what I get for being a basketball coach's wife..But I do love it and I love basketball so that helps a lot! Also, I have started workouts for my volleyball girls. This is my chance to get back in shape to. I am excited! Its just 2 days a week so its not to bad.

Me, Christa, and Brea just got back from seeing my parents in TN today. We had a wonderful time! Didn't do much but lay around. That feels good when its 50 degrees and dropping (and this was during the day) Christa is to funny and so much fun to just sit back and watch. She is starting to say more words or at least trying. Brea is smiling so much! She has grown so fast and is such a good baby. I began wondering about her because I think she had a little colic until I changed her bottles and she has gotten so much better about crying in the evening. Now she only cries when she needs something. I will try and post some pictures up from our trip soon.

Other than that, this is what's been going on. Not much, just staying busy with basketball, workouts, and of course the girls...Oh and the holidays coming up. We are going to AL for Thanksgiving and staying home for Christmas..These are my two favorite holidays because they both involve family. So until next time, everyone take care!!

Our little Chef (takes after her daddy)

2008-11-07T22:35:00.003-05:00

This was way to cute! I had to share it..You know she takes after her daddy!! I don't know if you can hear it at the end but she says "mmm, good"

& excuse my voice (I hate hearing myself talk) plus I'm sick:)

Some videos from Halloween...

2008-11-06T09:02:00.005-05:00

Here are some pictures from Halloween and ZooBoo..I hope you can see them. I know they are dark..

Christa trick or treating

Christa jumping on the MoonWalk at ZooBoo

Halloween in Montgomery

2008-11-03T22:17:00.017-05:00

Brea's first Halloween

Brea didn't want any part in the pictures

The only way we could get her to sit was to give her a sucker

I know its been a while since I have written. I have been in Montgomery for Halloween and my college alumni volleyball game...For Halloween, Me, Christa, and Dr. Gibbons (Papa) went to the Montgomery Zoo for ZooBoo. The kids dressed up and got to play games. They had a scary ride through the zoo for the kids who liked scary stuff and a hay ride for the lil ones. We went on the hay ride. Christa had a great time!! When I say great, I mean GREAT!! She didn't want to leave. When we got to the car, I got in and they opened her door. She started waving at me and trying to shut her door. It was the most funniest thing ever. We finally got her in the car and she fell asleep before we got out of the parking lot...Here are a few pics from the ZooBoo...
Papa, Christa, Me at ZooBoo

Choosing which duck she wants

She loved the Moon Walk..I had to trick her to get her off

On Halloween night we went trick or treating with Sarah and Zach Underwood. This was Christa's first time actually trick or treating herself. We went last year but I had to push her in the stroller. This year she got to walk door to door herself. She had a blast! Zach taught her how to walk up to the door and ring the door bell. Of course she wouldn't say "Trick or treat"..She still can't really talk that good. The first house she went to she wanted to hold the candy. She held it until she didn't have anymore hands, then she figured out that's what her bag was for. She always wants do do things herself. You can't tell her anything...After she let them put the candy in her bag, she would run to the next house. If you have never seen her run it is hilarious!! Here are a few pic from Trick or Treating....I will try and post the video to...If I can figure out how..

Zach and Christa waiting

Christa wants her candy

The next day, I had my Faulkner University Volleyball Alumni game. It was fun to see all the girls I played with..Here are some pics of me and some of the girls..Some of them was on Halloween night...

The Alumni

Me and my bestest friend, Jesse!!

Halloween Party with some of the Alumni

2008-10-22T21:49:00.014-04:00

I know its been a while since I have written..Sorry about that. Not much has been going on though. Just keeping the girls and volleyball..We placed 3rd in our region play and now we are going to sectionals to determine who will playing in the final four! We are hosting that so I am excited to watch the teams that will be moving on. Anyways, the girls are good. We carved out pumpkin tonight. Christa got to actually help and she knew what was going on this year. Last year when we did she was only 7months old. It was real exciting to watch her.

She started drawing on one side while Charlemagne drew the face on the other. After we cut the top off they cleaned it out. Charlemagne does not put his hand in it so Christa wouldn't either. They cheated and got a spoon to do it. That used to be the most exciting part, putting your hand in and feeling it all slimy and stuff. But Christa finally started playing with the seeds and that was about all the touching she was going to do. I couldn't get a good picture of her with the pumpkin when we got done because she wasn't interested. So I did the best I could. I have added some pictures of her during this exciting time in her life:)

Helping Daddy draw the face

Helping clean out the pumpkin

After Charlemagne got the stuff out of the pumpkin, she picked the seeds out

This is what Brea did the whole time

I don't know if you can see but her face lit up when we put the candle in the pumpkin...

You can see more pictures on our web site: www.thegibbonsfamily.myphotoalbum.com

Growing so fast!!

2008-10-15T23:15:00.004-04:00

Well I hope this finds everyone doing well...Brea and Christa are keeping me busy..I thought I would like this staying at home thing but I think I would rather be at work...! I am just grateful that I get to watch them grow day by day and do the most craziest things known to man!

I am still trying to potty train Christa but it has not been very successful at it. She is throwing fits now and is jealous every time I sit to feed Brea. She wants to grab my hand and pull me somewhere away from her sis. As you know, or my not, we have her sleeping in a big bed now that is in the guest bedroom. She has now found out how to climb out of her bed, open the door, climb on our couch that is at the end of our bed and into our bed. Charlemagne will wake some mornings and find both girls in bed with us...(nice little family of 4) I'm just so glad we got a king bed...I couldn't imagine us doing this with the little full size we had...lol...That would have been a sight to see..

Christa also knows how to drink out of a regular glass. I usually give her one when she eats lunch or supper. She knows how to drink and pour it out on her tray when she doesn't want anymore...God help her..(or me:)

Brea is starting to hold her head up really well...She is also making loud sounds. She made one sound so loud and long one day, Charlemagne thought it was Christa...She is now such a happy baby...I changed bottles on her and I think that helped on her colic I thought she had...We took her to her 2 month check up last week and the doc said she was "perfect" (that's his words he always uses to let us know everything is good). She weighed 14 lbs. She is the same as Christa was at this age except she is 2lbs heavier. The doc said to make sure I don't feed her over 30 oz. Which I feed her between 30 and 36...So I really have to watch that now..I can't help it she's always hungry:)lol..Last night she finally slept through the night..We put her down about 10 and had to wake her at 7..I had to go and check on her..It kind of scared me she was sleeping that long..So hopefully I will start to get my rest...(cross your fingers:)..

I have one more bed time story to tell before I close this blog out...Brea was waking from her nap today so me and Christa went in her room. Christa was climbing on the rails to look at Brea. I left the room for a sec to get something and then come back...Christa was in the crib trying to wake Brea up...It was to funny and the look on her face was priceless....She was just smiling away...

Everything else is good here...I have a couple more weeks of volleyball then I and the girls will be going to spend a week in Montgomery with my sis in law and her new little addition. I am sooo excited about that trip..That is also the week Basketball season starts up...We will be even more busy with that...So until next time....take care:)

Road Trip continues....

2008-10-06T23:33:00.010-04:00

Ok..So now we are at my mom and dad's house in Lynchburg, TN..We had fun but busy. We arrived that evening and layed around. When we were fixing supper that night my mom got the sour cream out of the fridge and layed it on the counter..Should of known long legs reached up and got it. The result of the incident is shown below:)

She had it on the floor and cabinets..She was also rubbing it on her arms like it was lotion..It was tooo funny!!!

That next morning (Sat.) we got up and went to Scottsboro, AL. Most people are like Whoa! All the way to Alabama, but it was only an hour away..Not very far. We got to see my friend Erica's baby, Aly Grace...We stayed with my Aunt Bonita and got to see my cousins Heather and Nickie..They got to see Brea for the first time...Also, the next day got to see my Aunt Judy...

While we were there we received a new stroller which was a hand-me-down from my cousin Jimmey...Its real nice and the girls love it..THANKS JIMMEY!!!

We headed back to TN to spend some time with my dad and then headed back home on Monday (Oct. 6) just in time for me to go to volleyball practice...We had a great time seeing family! I hope to make it up there again soon....Hope all is well with everyone and hope to hear from you soon...Until next time....ROOOOOLL TIDE!!

Road Trip

2008-10-06T23:10:00.011-04:00

Ok..We have been busy over the past week. I have updated with the places we have gone...

Wed & Thurs. (Oct 1 & 2)
We left for Montgomery to go and see our new Nephew, Austin Charlie. He is such a wonderful baby. Congrats to you Morgan & Farah

Christa loves her new cousin

Me, Charlemagne, & Christa admiring Austin

Austin Charlie Cook

Proud Parents

Morgan & Farah

We didn't get back from Montgomery till Fri. morning at 3:15..Then we were on the road again at 11:00 Fri morning. Charlemagne went to a coach's clinic at Clemson while Me and the girl went to see my mom in TN and my aunt in Scottsboro. It was a great trip but busy...( pics and story are in the next blog..stay tuned:)

Nap time

2008-09-29T13:45:00.003-04:00

Well Christa was trying me today. I couldn't help but laugh but couldn't do it in front of her. I was trying to put her down for a nap. She usually goes to sleep on her own, but not today. I put her down in the bed and, the first of many times, went to go and check on her. I crack open the door and she is laying in her bed with no diaper on. She has been doing that lately..She has pee in the bed once doing that at night. So I smacked her little bottom and put the diaper back on her (trying to potty train but not working yet). I left and cracked the door. I went downstairs to start cleaning and heard her playing with her toys in another room (2nd time she's up). Went upstairs and put her back in bed then left again (stupid me, with the door cracked). I hear her for the 3rd time and went to check on her. She was in our room playing. By this point all I had to do was giver her that look and she went right back to her bed. Well I left again and CLOSED the door. I hear her again playing..I left her there for a min then went to put her back in bed..this went on for about 4 more times with spankings in between. She has finally cried herself to sleep 1 hour later...

I thought it was so funny how she was consistent at what she was doing. She wanted to play, not nap. As a parent I really didn't care what she did but I have to keep her in that routine with napping at the same time and let her know that she can't do what she wants to, she has to go by the rules. It was so hard for me to tell her to take a nap. I wanted to laugh because it was funny. Anyways, I thought I would share this story with you. So until next time:) Take care!!

(This picture was taken after she finally went to sleep. Such an

Angel! You just gotta love her:)

~Being the oldest Sister~

2008-09-22T00:26:00.002-04:00

OK...Well having two kids 18 months apart is hard so far but has its good moments to. Christa has just started to cry every time Brea cries. Its like they feed off of each other. Needless to say, they have tested mine and Charlemagne's nerves! Lately, Christa has started to cry and scream every time she don't get her way..I don't know if she is about to hit her "terrible two's" or what but she is not going to be a happy camper if she keeps it up..!;) Brea, on the other hand, cries all of the time! I don't know if it colic or what but I am definitely going to talk w/ the doc when we go back for her 2 month check up. She has been sleeping in the bassinet beside our bed but tonight I am going to start putting her in the crib in the baby room. This will hopefully give us a break from all the little noises she makes when she sleeps.

Although things sounds rough, when I watch Christa play (when she's not crying) and watch Brea sleep (when she's not crying), I think how wonderful I have it..A great husband, two loving daughters and great family and friends that back us up..Life really couldn't be any better! Watching the girls grow up is so amazing to me.
Everyday I think Christa says (or tries) to say a new word..I am trying to potty train her also. She knows when she is wet or goes #2 but doesn't tell us before she goes. She just touches her diaper or says "poopy" and brings us a clean diaper. She does know when she has to go #2 before she does it in her diaper though. She will come up to me or Charlemagne and say "poopy". So we go and put her on the pot..She has not yet went though. I guess its just a matter of time before she does...I am so ready for that day to come!! (ANY SUGGESTIONS TO HELP ME IN THIS AREA ARE WELCOME:)
Brea is the same...Cry, eat, sleep, and poop..and starting to be awake more during the day..When I hold her and stare she smiles so much...And starting to hold her head up really well...

Well anyways, its 12:40 am and I am trying to get this paper done...Usually this is the only time I get quiet so I can do my school work...So until next time...Thanks for listening to me complain and appriciate things that I have...

~Mothers~

2008-09-17T23:51:00.002-04:00

This is to funny (and true). I just had to post this incase anyone hasn't read it....

I think it goes without saying that it takes a very special person to be a Mother. Being a parent changes everything. But being a parent also changes with each baby. Here are some of the ways having a second and third child is different from having the first.

Your Clothes
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your doctorconfirms your pregnancy.

2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.

3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

Their Clothes
1st baby: You pre-wash your newborn’s clothes, color-coordinate them,and fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau.

2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothesare clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.

3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can’t they?

Worries
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pickup the baby.

2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake yourfirstborn.

3rd baby: You teach your 3-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.

Diapering
1st baby: You change your baby’s diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.

2nd baby: You change their diaper every 2 to 3 hours, if needed.

3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start tocomplain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

At home
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.

2nd baby: You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your olderchild isn’t squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.

3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

Brea

2008-09-14T22:27:00.003-04:00

We had a good weekend...Going to the gym Saturday and coming home watching football...and finishing off the weekend by going to church today. Usually I take Brea in her car seat into the church. Today was a different day and I decided to hold her the whole time. She stayed awake during the service too. As I held her I would just stare and remember how much I love my family and what a great one I have! She would stare back at me as I wonder what is going through her mind..Before I knew it, she gave me the biggest smile! She has smiled before but while she was smiling she gave the loudest coo ever...I was so excited to hear that...Its only been 6 weeks and she is growing everyday...

Christa's accident

2008-09-13T22:54:00.000-04:00

Well its not the first major accident she has had. The first accident she ran into the corner of the wall. She was about 10 months old. She got the big knot on her forehead...She couldn't walk straight afterward. Scared us to death...
Yesterday she had her second accident. She has a big, busted lip today from it. It started when I got her down out of her highchair. Charlemagne's mentee , Eli, was going with him to the high school football game, so he came to our house first. Christa started to show out for him...She plops on the couch. She did it once and landed on the cushions. The next time she missed and hit the side of the couch, the hard part on the bottom. She had so much blood coming out of her mouth, I thought she knocked a tooth out and all I could think of was her swallowing it! It ended up that she knocked her lip into her teeth so she had a big gash on the inside of her lip. She cried for a min, until the bleeding stopped. Well I guess she didn't learn the first time, and started to run into the couch again, showing out for Eli.
We woke this morning and I looked at it and it was black and blue. It doesn't phase her none but you can tell she has a fat lip....

Starting out

2008-09-09T23:02:00.000-04:00

Ok. So I finally am going to try this new blog thing. I will start out by telling you a little something about our family. Me and my wonderful husband, Charlemagne, have been married for 3 years this December. Wow how time flies by. We met in Montgomery through my roommate and his sister. Such a small world:) He moved to GA while I finished my degree. I finally got to move in 03. We moved to Madison, Ga where we reside now. He coaches basketball while I coach volleyball. We had our first child, Christa, on February 7th, 07. She will be turning 2 this Feb. It is so amazing watching her develop and grow. She learns so quickly it amazes me everyday. We also have another daughter, Brea, who was just born on August 7th, 08. Christa and Brea are exactly 18 months apart. Brea has really grown in just a month. Watching Christa with her sister is so fun to watch. She is so helpful by bringing me diapers, pacifiers, giving hugs and kisses, and keeping me busy!! I am staying at home with them this year while coaching volleyball. Charlemage couldn't be the best Daddy in the whole world. He is so wonderful to the girls. I have to officially say that Christa is now a Daddy's girl:)
I'm hoping to start this blog to update everyone on how the girls are doing and what little things they are learning. Hopefully the blogs I post in the future will be entertaining to some of you.
So until next time......