Lately..

Cha cha the frog came home with Julie for a week! we got lots of pictures, so i included just one for your viewing pleasure :0)


**Gasp** Sleeping Beauty resides at the Carr house?! who knew?


My sweet little miniature sleeping beauty :0)


A sad face... she was tired of me taking pics, I just can't help myself, what a cute pie!!! we are loving this girl's sweet personality and easy going nature.


cheese!!!


Logan got glasses a month ago!!! He is doing sooo well wearing them and we are so glad that we noticed him squinting a few months ago and got it checked out. he is nearsighted and has a stigmatism. He asks to put his glasses on every morning and says oh great, now I can see!!! whenever we put them on him.




Julie looks so grown up to me in this picture. She looooves GAP clothes, (just like her momma!!!) and when I asked her why she loves GAP clothes she said, "Because I can read the word GAP so easily!!!" go figure :0)


Yes, I am aware that the Gators lost, but Isabel and I are representin'! We still love those gators... :0)

Julie turned 5!!!!!

My sweetest little angel turned 5 last week, and it was an awesome day! We didn't do any big party this year for lots of reasons, maily being tired and having a little baby topped the list. We woke up to a hot pink table cloth on the table with confetti and lots of doughnuts for breakfast, she got to wear her PJ's to school for pajama day, and grammy made cupcakes to share with her friends at school. She wanted to go to Joe's Crab shack to eat again this year, because she loooooves the macaroni and cheese there! LOL! We showered her with tons of presents and let her stay up late. We ended the day by telling her the story of her first day of life and how much we are so very glad she is our daughter.
I cannot believe she is five years old. I actually cried really hard that night because she has grown so fast. The time has flown by, and she will be starting kindergarten in the fall! She is already reading a lot of words, and her vocabulary is astounding! She actually uses words like dubious, complicated, and immunizations (instead of shots). Julie we love you more than words could express, and can't wait to see what God has in store for your life.

more of christmas!

Daddy with kids and santa stuff


the kids got sleeping bags from my parents, and I think those may have been the favorite gift for them!!!


Kids christmas parties at school


Julie and 2 of her good friends, Isabel and Ammie

This is what happened when I said I had to leave... poor guy


"Da Man" this is Logan's best friend Emma, she is very good at telling him what to do!!!

I am catching up soon, I promise!!!!

Kids with loot from Santa

Traditional family photo :0)

Christmas clothes


okay, I promise to upload about a months worth of photos sometime in the next few days, but so much is happening! Logan got glasses, Julie starts kindergarten THIS YEAR and Isabel is already 4 months old and laughing out loud!!! I feel like my life is flashing before my eyes, and my babies are growing up too fast!!! hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years, and I will update soon :)

A love/hate relationship....

With Running.

I know I have posted a ton lately, so don't get used to it! :0) I wanted to record some thoughts about my favorite past-time for journaling purposes.

So I have started back up again with running. I started when Isabel was about 5 weeks old, and have been chipping away at it since then. I wish sometimes that runner's world magazing would do a feature on that first "post-partum" run. Hmmmm.... maybe I should send one in!!! LOL Just kidding!
I remember when i first started running after I had Logan, I ran for 3 minutes, and was beet faced and gasping for air. I mentally prepared myself for a repeat of that performance 5 weeks after my sweet baby girl was born. I told Travis I was heading for the treadmill, and he says to me, "Are you gonna come home crying?" I said "well, I might!" Travis knows me well and knows how much I don't like being out of shape. He reminded me that I should take it easy and to remember to start slowly so I wouldn't injure myself.
I went and did pretty good for me. I remember thinking 3 minutes in to it, jogging at a 12 min per mile pace, "why do I do this again?!" I actually hated it at that point. and did for quite a few runs after that. That is because I knew I was 20 pounds heavier than usual, my knees wouldn't like that one bit, and my feet were going to have to get "broken in" again. I know the pushing and straining it is going to take to get it all back- to be able to run for 30 minutes effortlessly. I am doing a walk/run program so my shins can adjust. My shins hate it when I add to much mileage to soon and usually punish me with shin splints if I don't take it easy at first.
I would say after about 7 weeks of glorified jogging, I am running about 80% and walking 20% of my distance/time. I am not running at a very fast pace, but I am adding some mileage, and that is my goal for now. ENDURANCE. Speed will come later. I come home with endless amounts of energy, and feel like all of my stress stays out on the pavement where I left it. Let's face it, as a mom of 3, my stress sometimes comes in tidal waves! But now that I am in better shape, my runs are more good than bad, and I love it most of the time. I reconnect with God, listen to some new music other than baby einstein or dora, or I just take time for me. It is what keeps me healthy during flu season, and keeps me sane so I can be a good wife and mommy. So when I have a difficult run, or my legs feel like lead weights, I remember all the good things I love about running... and push on.

I did it!!!

I cut Julie's hair. I know, completely crazy. We had a tiny incident with gum, that was in the very ends of her hair, and I thought, no biggie, we will just snip a half inch to an inch and we will be done. I prepped her, got it wet and turned her around. she was looking up while I was cutting and i didn't realize it, so it ended up being shorter than I wanted it to be. After Julie looked in the mirror, she wanted it even shorter. She has been asking me for a long time now to please cut her hair. So... I did.
The rough part? I was kind of hoping with all the weight out of it, the curls would bounce right up and be more curly, but.... they just dissapeared :(

Here is a before picture, we had been braiding her hair after we washed it so it would be really wavy. Notice we are sporting our gator gear! (this was pre Alabama game)
Daddy's Two little Gators

notice the wavy hair on Julie!


Drum roll please........






and here it is! Much shorter for her and much healthier looking in my opinion. Okay lets face it, I really miss her baby curls, but she is a big girl now! *Sniff*

My sweet grown up girl!


I asked her how she felt about it and she said, "mom, I totally love it!"
So there you have it, she is now a pre teen. :0)

It's a hard knock life...

Whomever said that my third would be the best baby ever and be so laid back was totally right! It has been 3 months since this little angel came to us and we can't believe how sweet she is. She is so smiley and loves people. She nurses like a champ (weighing in at 11 pounds!) and sleeps through the night most of the time!!! (don't worry, I am knocking on some wood right now! LOL) She is usually up between 5 or 6 in the morning to eat, and usually i put her in bed with me after that feeding and we doze untill Julie and Logan wake up. It is such a sweet time for her and me, and Travis got a picture of us!




More to come later on her 3month check up stats and what julie and logan have been up to :0)