Papa Martin's Halloween Party

We went up to my dad's house for a Halloween Party and it was a lot of fun. Lexi was so excited to go up there and then once we got there she was really shy for a while but once she warmed up to everyone she did great. Lexi is a witch and her baby sister is her black cat. They looked so cute. Thanks for having us up Dad!

Sisters

My cute little witch

Maylie, Lexi & Papa Martin

Girl Party/Sleepover

Lexi has been having a hard time adjusting back into life with Maylie especially now that I am working again. If anyone has any tips on how to handle a jealous child please do share. One thing that my sister told me is to take special time to do things with Lexi, so this last weekend Lexi had a little sleepover in my room. We kicked Brody out and he had to sleep in the basement AKA man cave while we watched Princess and the Frog and ate popcorn, redvines and other candy. Lexi had a lot of fun and she loaded my bed up with tons of pillows and blankets. She even slept in for me the next day. Thanks for making my Saturday night extra special Lexi!!! I love these girls...

Welcome to the Family Baby Ty!

My oldest Sister Tara had her baby 6 1/2 weeks after I had Maylie. She named him Ty Douglas Jackson and he is so sweet and tiny. From day 1 I have just loved all my nieces and nephew... now I can say nephews! Congrats to Tara and her family, Ty is beautiful! Here is a picture of him and Maylie side by side. Maylie looks like a giant because Ty is so small. It is crazy how quick they grow.

This picture looks like Maylie is trying to beat him up. I am sure she will be doing this in another 9 months or so until he gives her the toy he is playing with.

Back to work...

I went back to work on the 8th of October and I was so sad to leave the girls. My first couple days back were pretty easy because the girls were with my mom and then Brody. The first day that I left our babysitters house I shed a few tears but I am doing better now. We have an amazing babysitter (Amanda) she is so nice and I can just see how much she loves the girls and Lexi has a great time playing with her daughter Sadie. I think there are pro's and con's to working and staying home with your kids. I love being with my kids and having time to go play and see the their cousins. We did lots of fun activities with Carter, Ava, Tara, Jackie and my Mom. Thanks to those guys for making my 6 weeks at home so enjoyable. I missed my work friends lots too. My first day back we had to spend a lot of time catching up on stories from while I was gone. It was nice to come back to a big group of friendly and excited faces. As I walked in the hallway I heard one person say, "Welcome Home!" LOL One reason that I really didn't like having to come back was I had to drive the truck for the first week because my jeep was in the shop :( I never knew how attached I was to that car until it was gone and I had to drive around a giant truck. I can't really park the truck, I usually took up 2 sometimes 4 parking spaces. It was a workout trying to get the girls in and out of the truck too. Now that my jeep is back I am much happier and so is Lexi because she can watch her movies in the car.

Here is a picture of how far away I had to park from everyone so that I didn't hit any other cars. Proof of how horrible this truck is to park.