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this was Aubrey @ the park 1 year ago .. look how little she was !!

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My girl LOVES her babies !!




Aubrey with her 2 favorites ..Baby Shelby & Baby Paisley



My whole life I have always wanted to be a "Mommy" .. and now that I am a mommy it brings me such joy to watch my little girl grow up and nurture her "babies". Aubrey is exactly like me... she loves to make sure everyone around her is ok and comfortable. She is very maternal . I remember her being 5 months old and going to visit my friend's newborn son and Aubrey reaching out to hold him .. seriously she was only a baby herself !! Aubrey's favorite baby is "baby Shelby". She will be 3 in a few weeks and everyday she plays with her babies , feeds them, rocks them , changes their diapers along with wiping their bottoms with wipes cause she says they poo pooed . I laugh at her at times when she tells me they are being mean to each other so she has to put them in time out. I know she is watching everything I do because she copies me and does the same things with her babies. It makes me sad to see MY baby growing up but it makes me proud to be her Mommy and watch what a wonderful little girl she has become ...



Aubrey + Baby Shelby = BFF's







ready to go .. she has her purse & Baby Shelby





Aubrey playing with her babies ...





Aubrey putting her babies to sleep ..





Aubrey & "baby Shelby"





Baby Shelby goes to school with Aubrey





I made Baby Shelby a matching outfit cause she is always naked !!



Happy 4th Birthday Babies !!

Conner, Madison & Logan-Makenna,

Conner with Mommy & Daddy

 I can't believe it has been 4 years since you were born. Honestly it seems like just yesterday that your Daddy & I were in the dr office getting an ultrasound & I will never forget Carmen, who was doing our scan that day, say 1.. 2... 3... and I remember saying what are you counting ? When she replied you have 3 babies I started crying immediatly & your Daddy .. well let's just say he just had to sit down so he didn't pass out .. :) . It was such a HUGE suprise to know that I had the three of you babies in my tummy. I waited soo long to get pregnant & I wanted to have a baby with your Daddy so bad and the 3 of you were such a blessing !! We were both scared & excited at the same time . My pregnancy was doing great and when I was 16 weeks along I went out on maternity leave because you little babies were killing my back so I couldn't work anymore. I didn't really have any complaints about my health when I wasw pregnant until I was 24 weeks and then that's when things went down hill. It seems I was having contractions for a whole week and didn't know it. I honestly thought Ms. Madison was just having a party in my tummy because out of the 3 babies Mady was the most active. Conner was squashed at the bottom & Makenna was WAY up top almost between my ribcage. So on September 14, 2006 @ 6:15am I called my dr & they told me to come in so they could check me. I got your big sister ready for school ( she was 8 years old & in 3rd grade) and then off to the hospital Daddy & I went. On the way to the hospital Daddy & I were talking and then we realized that it was contractions I was having because they were only about 1 minute apart and starting to hurt really bad. When we finally arrived at the hospital I changed into the little gown & they checked me. I was 4cm dialated & 100% effaced .



Madison w/Mommy & Daddy



I had no clue what that meant at the time but soon learned that I was in active labor and they needed to stop it asap because you guys weren't done cooking yet. The nurses gave me all kinds of shots and medicines in my iv & were able to stop my labor for a full week, but we learned September 18th that Makenna had passed away in my tummy. I was devastated but still hopeful because Conner & Mady were ok in there still. I remember having a goal of October 31st praying that you would just stay in my belly until then so you could get stronger but the morning of September 21, 2006 Conner decided it was time to come out first then I had an emergency c-section to get Mady & Makenna out of me. There is so much more I want to tell you but this is really hard actually putting this in words.... I have wanted to write it down but everytime I start to do it I stop because it's so hard. I miss you babies more than you will ever know . I know God chose me to be your Mommy & for that I am very grateful but I am selfish in the fact I wish you were all still here with me & Daddy & Shelby & I know if you guys were here that means Aubrey might not be here and I can't imagine my life without your spunky little sister. I know you sent her to me because she is truly a miracle & has the personality of you girls all had crazy & active & stubborn but I feel like she is like Conner in the fact that she does have her moments sometimes where she is just chillin not acting crazy .... Aubrey truly has helped me in dealing with the loss of you three babies ... She makes me wake up & face life when I just wanted to go hide under a rock & mourn my huge loss... So today on your birthday we are going to visit your grave & release balloons & just pray and thank God for the time we did have you in our lives.











at babies grave to release birthday balloons





I love you always,



Love, 

 Mommy









so much to share .. but not enough time .. YET !!

I haven't updaed my blog in ages but so much is going on with my family. We are trying to get in a new routine with school starting for Shelby who is now a 7th grader & Aubrey starting Mother's Day Out twice a week. I am changing my work schedule around so I can be home for the girls & Mike is super busy with work right now. I want to post more but I have to get to bed .. Church in the morning !! :) But I will leave you with a few pics of the cutest girls ever on their 1st day of school this year !!

I will share our vacation adventure in my next post .. We had a very eventful vacation this year to Seaworld in San Antonio ...

~Nichole

Shelby .....

Look at our daughter ..... She's so pretty & growing up WAY to quick for my liking !!! I really like this picture & wanted to share ......

p.s. Notice all the "handmade signs" on her walls I talked about in my last post ... also the dalmation dog on her bed was the best $2 I ever spent when she was 4 years old. She has slept with "Patches" every day for the past 8 years !!!

~Nichole

1 year anniversary of my blog !!!

Wow I can't believe I have been blogging for 1 year ..

Lately I have been learning how to sew & making little outfits for Aubrey. It has been alot of fun & I am getting pretty good at it .. LOL !! Shelby won't wear anything I sew so for her. She's to cool to wear clothes mom makes .. but right now Aubrey will wear my clothes I make SOMETIMES ...

This past weekend we had fun just hanging out @ home. We made personal pizzas, baked cookies & painted ... the girls really enjoyed spending the time with us and Mike & I really enjoyed just being home with the girls.

We painted our faces ...

Made some cookies .....

Yummy !! They were awesome !!!

Speaking of our girls ....

Shelby turned 12 in April & is about to go to 7th grade !!! WOW !! Where did our little girl go ? She's definately turning into a teenager but she is still sweet when she wants something. She loves to draw & is very creative . She is always making signs to hang all over her walls in her room. She love anything zebra print or lime green. She's at that stage where she loves to take pictures of herself but won't let me take any of her which is sooo annoying !!

Aubrey is also growing up soo fast. She is fully potty trained ... YEAH !!! She loves to sing . I think her favorite songs are abc's, twinkle twinkle & Jesus loves me .... cause she is always singing those 3 songs over & over all day. She's very friendly & always wants to know eveyone's name when she goes places. It's really cute. She talks ALL THE TIME !! She always asks Why ? to everything . She tells us "Don't say whatever... that's rude " and " Wanna see my booty crack ?" which she thinks is SOOOO funny . She's very funny & knows it. She also loves taking pictures of herself with our camera but doesn't care for us to take her picture anymore. I can sneak them sometimes but she has to be in a good mood for it to turn out good.. lol ... She tells us "no papparozzi "

Britanee graduated from high school in June ... YEAH !!! She just started working @ Sally's Beauty Supply. She's pretty much always with her boyfriend so we don't see much of her anymore but .. she's 18 & that's what they do @ that age !!!

~ Nichole