Corbitt House

November and 2 months

2011-11-20T21:40:00.000-06:00

The kids had their Thanksgiving feast at school on Friday. They were so excited about it

My little Indian is so big

You can see the difference in the girls right here, Olivia is doing what she is suppose to and praying, Lizzie eating her food ;-)

Can't believe this is his last feast at ACA

They love the names their teacher gave them. They have been using them all weekend

Since I had my camera, I thought I would take some pictures outside.

I am beyond blessed with these four! I could not ask for more!

Here are Mac's two month pictures. She has changed so much I feel like in the last month

Almost caught her smile here

She is right on track on her growth chart.

At her two month she weighed 10.09 (44%)

22 inches long (37%)

Head (15%) definitely has the smallest head of all my kids!

She is doing a great job holding her head up and is sitting in her bumbo chair for short periods of time. She likes to be held most of the day, especially naps, but I will take that since she does a pretty good job of staying in her bed at night. What can I say she is my last one so I know she is going to be spoiled rotten, but that is ok!

One Month!

2011-10-23T13:31:00.000-05:00

I am a little late posting this, but I took them on time. I can't believe baby Mac is already this old! I wish time would slow down a little. The kids are in LOVE with her, so I'm sure she will be spoiled rotton and never have to want for anything! They do an awesome job of helping me with her when I need it and being very gentle. Grayson is usually the first one up and always comes in to have his morning "chat" before he leaves for school. She is growing and so much more alert. I do have to see she is by far the fussiest baby I have had and the only cure seems to be held, but I don't mind that much ;-)

I love these kids! I am so blessed to be their mother!

Sorry about the drool, I didn't notice it until now, but love how she is looking at her elephant.

Mackenzie

2011-09-15T19:34:00.000-05:00

Here are some of the pictures from Macs first week

Finally I updated!

2011-08-30T08:05:00.001-05:00

So I know I am a horrible blogger! With everything going on this summer, I have just not been in the mood to update, but I also know how much I like looking back and seeing things we have done so I want to do better, especially with baby Mackenzie on her way any day now... I made a video using most of the pictures from our summer adventures. With the heat what it is and me being pregnant, we spent a lot of time inside and I didn't take as many photos as I usually do, but here are some...I hope you enjoy!

Mother's Day

2011-05-08T13:48:00.001-05:00

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Spring Time Fun

2011-04-25T10:08:00.001-05:00

We have been enjoying Spring and all the fun things that come with that! Last weekend we have an Easter egg hunt at Church.

"riding" the rollercoaster for the book fair.

Spring Pictures...One of my favorite, captures how they really are with each other..He is such a sweet big brother.

And they love him!

We took advantage of the kids getting in the rodeo for free on Saturday night. Cooper and his family came with us to enjoy their first rodeo ever.

Every year our school ACA does a fun run to raise money for scholarships. Despite their looks they really were excited, it was just really early.

School egg hunt

Grayson on our date to Ihop

Spring and Birthdays

2011-03-31T21:19:00.000-05:00

Our cousin Emilee came to visit

Happy Birthday Grammy!

Thanks Uncle Adam

Drew took several pictures outside by my moms pretty flowers

Happy 3rd Birthday!

2011-02-16T17:02:00.000-06:00

My babies turn 3 on the 15th! I can't believe how big they are....No more baby left :( They have become very independent, opinionated, 3 year olds. I look forward to the next year as their personalities continue to develop two very different little girls. This year has been fun, because they understand that their birthday was coming and I loved watching the excitement in their faces everyday as they counted down. Here are a few pictures from the past 3 years.

2nd birthday

Lizzie has a mullet going on ;)

1st Birthday

I love pictures like these that aren't staged...They really do enjoy each other

Big 3 Year Olds!

Snow Day

2011-02-05T13:14:00.000-06:00

We had fun staying home yesterday and playing in all the snow. Here are a few pictures, we even had two surprise visitors ;)r

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Snow Day

2011-01-09T21:26:00.002-06:00

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Happy Birthday Poppy!

2011-01-07T21:25:00.000-06:00

Tonight we celebrated Poppy's birthday! We are so lucky and blessed to have him for a father/ grandfather, he has always worked very hard to give us all the things we need and most of the things we could possibly want! Thank you for all the things you have and continue to do for us, we could not ask for a better father and grandfather, it was nice to give back to you and celebrate you for once! We love you!

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Christmas 2010

2011-01-03T17:13:00.002-06:00

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My new Years Resolution is to be a better blogger!

Happy 5th Birthday

2010-11-25T01:06:00.000-06:00

Fall Fun Galore!

2010-10-19T13:06:00.000-05:00

We spent the weekend at a couple of pumpkin patches to celebrate fall, the only problem is the temperature was in the mid-80's all weekend. Cooler weather would make this time of year perfect!

The first place we visited was Bell Farms in Tyler. It is open on Friday's and Saturday's in October and is free for everyone! It has so many things for the kids to do and places to run around. We spent several hours just letting them run around.

This is my absolute favorite picture of all 3 of my kids that Drew took.

Saturday we went to Danville Farms in Kilgore with the teens from church. It is a really neat place to visit as well

Can you tell how tired Lizzie is? She was on her 3rd day of going strong with no naps

Olivia loves Brittany

Eric makes everything fun

My pictures are out of order somehow, these are the rest of the Bell Farms pictures

Olivia waiting in line for face painting

I love that I caught this moment with my camera

My 3 little pumpkins

Grayson's wondering how he always ends up by all the girls

Perfect Olivia picture, just content to hang out and wait on the others

Olivia is not a fan of any loud noises

Summer is ending

2010-09-15T10:39:00.001-05:00


First Day of School

Summer is almost over and we are ready for the cooler weather of Fall as well as the fun things that come with this time of year. The kids are talking about what they want to dress up as at Halloween and going to find pumpkins. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Grayson and his funny faces


	I think Elizabeth looks so BIG in this picture

Olivia as well...Where are my baby girls?

I love how sweet they are to each other

Cheeeeeeeese

They love each other

Football time!

Olivia with her first build a bunny

The biggest change this week...No more cribs! They are in big girl beds now and doing great!

On the way to meet their new teachers

tooo cool

Oh Olivia...you are a mess

On Labor day we went to Shreveport with some friends and had fun shopping, eating, and visiting. The kids did awesome!


I love when we capture these moments of sweetness

Vacation at Great Wolf

2010-09-08T13:45:00.001-05:00

Once public school started for everyone else Drew and I took the kids to Grapevine to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge. Our kids loved it!! I have to give credit to the hotel they have created a great kid friendly place. Once we checked in we never left the hotel until time to go home. Since they were not busy we received an upgrade to a great room with bunk beds for the kids. We spent the first day in the water from 3pm until 9pm and the next day from around 10 until we left that night at 8. Grayson was tall enough to ride all but two slides and he had no fear there, he rode them over and over! There was a section for the girls with lots to do and slides that were perfect for their size. It was a great way to finish off our wonderful summer and have some family time to play.

Here is a video of the kids on the slides

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pz1EmKD0Nc

Our July/August

2010-08-10T09:57:00.008-05:00

We have had a busy summer and are now awaiting fall and some cooler weather so we can spend more time outside! The kids went to ACA's summer program and have loved it! I have also loved having some time to run errands and have lunch out without my kids ;) Since we have a little over two weeks without any school, we are going to be potty training 24 7! My hope is that they can start the 2 year old class diaper free, but we will see! Grayson will be in Pre-K and I cannot believe how old he is, we will spend lots of time this year getting everything fun in before he starts going to school 5 days a week. The girls are no longer, babies or even toddlers, they act like BIG girls. While I am sad they are not babies anymore, I am really enjoying this stage of our life where all our kids are somewhat independent and don't need help with every little thing. They are having a blast playing with each other and I LOVE watching the girls interact with each other, especially when they are speaking their "twin" language that nobody else understands! Don't get me wrong all 3 still have their moments and even their days, but overall we are having fun! I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer as well!

Check out her socks in this picture

This is what you would find if you stopped by at any point during the day! They do a good job of encouraging the other and waiting patiently for their turn

One of our ACE play days, the kids have enjoyed the weekly activities with friends
Oh the looks we get at Wal-mart, they are quite good MOST of the time, but I guess because there are 3 people watch ;)
She is such a big girl here

She is proud she did her own hair
The kids in front of the AWESOME tree at VBS
Who me?

This is my favorite picture of these 3! They have been together since birth and I love watching them grow together and look forward to watching their friendship over the years. Such sweet kids! We are so blessed to have so many children at our church that our kids love and enjoy being with. Everyone should be so lucky!
The girls first experience this summer in a "Big" pool....they did so great, those puddle jumper floats are the best invention for swimming!
Not a fan of being "in" the water, but still has a blast
They are lucky to have such a fun and lucky dad!
soaking up some rays
She needed a turn as well
my little fish, he would swim all day everyday!
all at the same time?
Just a trick, they won't really jump!

2010-07-17T14:35:00.002-05:00

The video I made for Drew on his birthday

I am behind on my blog so to catch up I made a slide show of the pictures I have taken so far this summer. We have taken a couple of overnight trips and have stayed busy playing with friends in town. The kids are still going to school this summer and are enjoying that.

Happy 4th!

2010-07-04T13:19:00.001-05:00

We hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July!!

Fun in the Water

2010-05-24T08:32:00.001-05:00

It's been awhile since I have updated. We have finished the school year at ACA and will start summer school in another week. The kids love going to school and learn so much. In our time off from school, I have been working a little with the girls to potty train! They do awesome going when I ask them and we are not far from throwing our diapers away for good! We have spending most evening outside in the water lately or at the Splash park in White Oak. The kids new favorite thing is to play with shaving cream and will do so for long periods of time.

Olivia's swimsuit has stayed mostly dry until today! She just has not cared to explore the water fun.
Who Me?

ACA had their Graduation last week and the program was great. Here is Grayson with his class

The girls did not cry on stage, but they didn't sing either. They became shy ;)

Lizzie
Miss Olivia

Easter Week

2010-04-05T20:30:00.000-05:00

The Peurfoys invited us over to dye some eggs, Olivia was not so sure about being naked around little boys

But she decided it was ok because she did not want to get dye on her pretty clothes
Who needs a spoon, I can just use my hand! So what if they are orange on Easter morning?

They had so much fun doing this!
My sweet kids in their Easter outfits

Opening what Grammy and Poppy bought them for Easter, Cooper and his parents joined us for lunch with family

Easter egg hunt, 3rd and final one!
Lizzie took some pointers from Uncle Adam on where the eggs were hidden

These next two pictures remind me of the fact that I no longer have babies or toddlers, I have Big girls!

Hope everyone had a nice Easter like we did, we began the morning with one of the best services I have been to, and then spent the rest of the day visiting with some friends and family. It not only reminded me of the Hope we have, but also how very blessed I am!

Our Week

2010-03-17T08:46:00.008-05:00

These pictures are backwards and I don't want to take the time to move them around so we will start with the end. Last Saturday we went to the daffodil farm to take some pictures, I love the setting out there and we got some really good pictures. After almost 300 pictures, these are some of my favorite.

This is from when I took the kids last year, the girls were not quite walking so it was a little hard to get to some of the prime places when it was just me;)

They have grown and changed so much!

Where is Olivia's cute individual? Well this was at the end and she was tooooo tired!

Taking it all in

Are we done yet?
He is such a sweet big brother

My new favorite picture of the girls!

He posed like this all on his own....Such a big boy
Great group picture, I'm telling you with scenery around you like this, it's hard to get a "bad" picture!
Helping the girls stay same on the way to the car
The kids loved not riding in car seats on the trail
Last week was Western Week at school...Here are my cowboys and cowgirls

Our Baby Girls turn TWO!!

2010-02-27T20:08:00.000-06:00

The girls turned two on the 15th and I can not believe it! It seems like just yesterday we were making the drive to Shreveport to visit them in the NICU. They may share a birthday, but that is where they stop being alike. It amazes me that two girls raised the same exact way can be totally different, it is definitely our own little experiment!

The girls about 2 weeks old. Can you guess which one is which??

Elizabeth Grace
5 lbs 2 oz, 18 inches long
Now: 31 lbs and 36 inches long

Lizzie has been our biggest "challenge" yet, she is VERY strong willed and keeps me on my feet from the time she gets out of her crib until she gets back in it. But to offset that she is very kind, especially to her brother and sister and likes to take care of them. She loves babies, dolls or our friends little ones, she will just sit beside them for long periods of time and help put their pacifiers back in. She loves Elmo, Dora, Backyardigans, but her favorite is for sure Wiggles! She thinks she is 4 like her big brother and thinks she can do everything he can do.

Olivia Faith
5 lbs 10 oz, 18 1/2 inches long
Now 27 lbs and 35 inches long

Miss Livi is very funny and knows it for sure! She loves to make funny faces so you will laugh at her and she uses them especially when she is in trouble. She is very tender hearted and is crushed when she gets in trouble for something. She would rather be an only child, she loves to play alone or if I take her out by herself she gets so excited. She does love her big brother and the attention he gives her as well. She does not test the limits set, she loves her babies and is content to sit in her playhouse with them for long periods of time. She is like her mommy and needs sleep! She loves to stay up late and then sleep in and needs 3 hour naps daily. She enjoys Dora, Elmo, and The Backyardigans as well, but her favorite is by far Wiggles and she dances to it all the time!

For the girls Birthday Drew was off so we went to Pump It Up with a few friends to celebrate.

Kason came to join in on the fun
As well as their friend Cole
Kalon smiling at his mama

The girls went up and down this slide hundreds of times!
After a long nap we took the girls to Chuck e Cheese

We finished the week with a Sesame Street Birthday Party in the Atrium at Church. Over 20 of their friends joined us in celebrating them. We are so blessed to have so many children that they go to church with, it is neat to know that the majority of them will grow up with them and one day graduate with them. Such a neat way to build life long friendships starting even now!

The girls got into opening presents!

It's my party and I can cry if I want to ;)

Big Brother needed to help them blow out their candles

The cake that I made with the help with Becky!

blowing the candles out

Snow Day!

2010-02-14T20:53:00.000-06:00

I know it has been forever since I updated my blog, but does anyone read it anymore? I will try to do better! We were blessed with beautiful snow this week and my kids enjoyed seeing it and playing in it for the first time, it was even Drew's first time to play in that much snow. We built snowmen and had snowball fights. We woke on Friday at 3am to not only our power being off, but our fire alarms in every room went off every 3 to 5 minutes, so we had to load the kids and go to my parents house to get a little sleep, but the beautiful scenery the next day was well worth it! Here are some pictures I took from the day.

Cheese

My 3 little Valentines
Aunt Marcey came over on Friday to play with us before school...She got Grayson to start a snowball fight with Grammy
Our house with the snow the 2nd day

Didn't think this one through....a little big to lift up top
My parents house

She does not like the cold at all, don't think she will ever move up north

the snowman I made with the kids the first day
Our house the first day

This is what Brittany did when she babysat

Christmas time at the Corbitt's

2010-01-12T16:30:00.000-06:00

Christmas Eve we went to my moms house to have Christmas with all my Cousins and Aunt and Uncle. Here are the second Cousins. Since our kids have no cousins, seconds will have to do ;)

Olivia with Brooke

Our Christmas Tree this year
Edward our elf on the shelf....The kids had fun with him, if you don't have one you should try it out next year.
Grayson asked me a couple of days before Christmas how Santa would get in our house since we don't have a chimney for him to come down. So at the suggestions of some great facebook friends, we tied a house key on the door for Santa to use to get in.
Santa brought the kids Bisquit the dog and they love playing with him...Lizzie shared her drink
Grayson and Bisquits

Olivia in her new bear coat

Lizzie showing off for the camera
Grampa reading Lizzie her new book
Little Diva
Olivia's favorite book New Moon ;)
Less then 2 weeks after Christmas is my dads birthday. We went to celebrate with him.

That's the best picture I could get

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T21:58:00.001-06:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas

Catch Up

2009-12-04T08:43:00.000-06:00

We have kicked off the Christmas season very busy at our house! The kids are really into Christmas this year...Grayson loves Santa and wants to go see him everyday and the girls walk around saying Ho Ho Ho. On Wednesday we joined some friends at church at the Mud Hut. They read a story to the children, Santa came and let you sit in his lap, and then you painted a plate that had Santa's hand and theirs on it to leave cookies on.

The kids having their hand painted

Grayson actually went and sat in Santa's lap!!!! I could not believe he actually did it and on his own!

Sunday we went with our small group to Palestine to ride the Polar Express. It was so much fun and well worth the money we spent on it. We had 3 high school guys that were in charge of our car and they did a great job. We had hot chocolate and cookies, they read the Polar Express book and sang and danced to Christmas Carols.....Very entertaining!

He is trying to get Olivia to dance in the aisle with him...no much luck.
We attempted to get a picture of some of the kids....It did not go well
My girls did not want to sit there for a picture! I love Grayson's expression, it does not bother him at all.

Grayson and his buddy Cole...Cole is always excited to see Grayson
Not sure about this picture, but I liked Mallory's expression
Grayson jumped up when asked to dance in the aisle
Santa gave all the kids bells

Olivia only likes Santa from a distance

They are watching Santa and waiting their turn.

watching outside for the North Pole

He loved riding the train and seeing everything

Grayson and Mallory

The kids with their Great-Grandfather
On Grayson's actual birthday we had dinner with my Uncle and his family. His birthday is the day after Grayson's so we celebrated both. Grayson thought it was so neat to share his birthday and cake!

On his birthday
What the girls have to wear to the softball games to stay warm!
I love this expression on Elizabeth's face...She loves hats!

Brooke
Brooke and Olivia

Happy 4th Birthday Grayson!

2009-11-25T00:12:00.000-06:00

Today my baby boy turns 4! I can't believe how fast it has gone by, it makes me sad that in a little over a year he will be starting Kindergarten and then I will no longer get to spend everyday with him! He is so big, and acts a lot older than he really is. I love how sweet he is, he loves taking care of his sisters. I have felt a little bad that he had to go from baby to big boy a little faster than some because of his sisters being born, but he has never shown any jealousy towards them. He loves them so much and God knew just who would make the best big brother for them. I am glad they have each other to play with and entertain. I love Grayson's sense of humor, he is funny and loves to make you laugh. He is into Wiggles, Clifford, Backyardigans, Sponge Bob and many movies. He has a tender heart and always wants to make sure everyone is happy and ok. My favorite is when he comes up to me out of the blue and says "I love you Mommy" melts my heart! Grayson I hope you have the best birthday!

Fall Fest and Halloween

2009-11-01T07:40:00.000-06:00

My pictures are backwards, but the last two weekends we spent at the church doing Fall Fest for ACA and Trunk R Treat. The kids had so much fun being with their friends and getting lots of candy off course ;)

Here is Kason the Pirate

My Green Boy...it may be months before his hair is back to it's regular color with no hint of Green
Olivia enjoying a piece of candy before bed
Elizabeth making kissing faces
My turtle had lots of muscles

The kids with Kason
At Trunk R Treat they had a little train that the kids loved
Grayson and Cole

My Pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch

The girls figured this trick r treating out quite fast and enjoyed taking their bags to have them filled with candy

Mallory and Grayson

Fall Fest

These are the hats that came with the girls pumpkin outfit, but after fighting them to stay on, we used their pumpkin hat that worked so much better

A turtle and a ghost

Pumpkin Patch Time

2009-10-28T11:28:00.000-05:00

A couple of Saturday's ago we went to the Bullard Pumpkin Patch with some friends. I love going to pumpkin patches and was excited to see how the girls would like it this year....They loved it. We decided to leave the stroller in the car and let the girls be like all the other toddlers and wonder around and they did great (Lizzie only almost escaped the area once)

Olivia playing Peek-a-boo
Taking a ride after loading our pumpkins
Olivia pushed
These two pulled

And sometimes Lizzie felt she needed to assist OliviaThis way to the Pumpkins!

And Daddy listenedI'll wait here and make sure nobody takes our pumpkins
Look at my strong boy

Elizabeth needed to inspect each pumpkin to see if it was the one we would take home.My sweet girls...they are so big!
The Corbitt and Porter clan

My 3 little Pumpkins
We rode on the hay ride to get our pumpkins

Some of the kids playing in the corn box

Look at these big girls! They loved feeding the animals the corn

One of the poor chickens that Elizabeth chased the entire time we were there!

Rylan, Mallory, Grayson, Lizzie, Olivia, and Blaze (I think)

Preparing for Halloween

2009-10-18T20:27:00.000-05:00

I am trying to get costumes together for our fall fest on Saturday and Halloween the week after that. I think we will reuse the girls costumes from last year and they will be pumpkins again. They were very excited about trying them on and did not want to take them off!

We spent Columbus day at home with Drew. It rained all day, but the kids enjoyed looking out the window and hearing the rain.

The kids dressed in their UT game day outfits

Last weekend we went to Grapevine and spent the night. We had a day of shopping and hanging out as a family and then on Saturday we spent the day with several friends from our College group. It was fun to catch up with everyone and talk about the past.

It is starting to feel like Fall

2009-10-07T22:43:00.003-05:00

We are enjoying the cooler weather at our house! We are spending more and more time outside playing, which is a nice change of scenery during the day when things get a little ruff! Olivia had her adenoids out and tubes put in her ears, she did great (except for a little nausea), but has only slept all night in her bed 1 night since then! Her language was so clear by that afternoon, I am still amazed at all the words she is picking up each day. Elizabeth oh Elizabeth, she if still learning new things as well, she is my "challenge" daily, she for sure keeps us on our toes, but is so loving and sweet at the same time. She just has an intense personality! The girls have started potty training! Not because of me, I am fine with diapers for another year for convenience, but they seem ready so we have started using the potty more when we are home, we are nowhere ready to give up diapers, but at least we are making progress. Grayson is going to be 4 soon and we can see a lot of changes in him, some good and some bad. His biggest accomplishment this month is no more PULLUPS! He has been potty trained for over a year now, but still wore pullups for naps at home and for nigh time, but we gave those up and he has done great! He now wants a big boy bunk bed since he doesn't wet his bed anymore. I have not been good about taking very many pictures so I did not have many to post, but I will get some this weekend when we are out of town!

Catch UP

2009-09-22T23:29:00.000-05:00

I feel like it has not been that long since I blogged, but time flying by at our house! We are back to our weekly schedule of school, playing and Ladies Bible Class. I never thought I would like a schedule, but my kids seem to need it and do really well when we do stick to one. We have changed our bedtime routine up some and the kids adapted great, with only crying a little the first night! This leaves Drew and I more time together before bed, which means things get done around our house! Olivia went to see the specialist last week and she will be having tubes put in her ears on Monday and possibly have her adenoids out if they are infected then. Fluid is staying on her ears, which means she can't hear, therefore is not talking like she should and this causes her to have balance issues as well. It should be a short procedure, but pray that it goes well.

This week we spent some time with good friends! We kept little Ryan Kitchens tonight and the kids loved him! They did so well being sweet and gentle.

Saturday night the Phillips family came over for dinner before Jaymie and Kanyon had to leave town. My kids love when Kanyon comes to play, especially Olivia. She follows him around patting his back and "talking" to him

With the beginning of fall comes our favorite thing....football! Saturday the kids wore their new Saturday attire to root on the Longhorns.

Olivia getting ready to run

Grayson was playing with the camera the other night and helped take these pictures
Olivia thinks it is so funny to wear Grayson's shirt

Grayson in his new tent at his Grammy's and Poppys house

Last weekend we went to Mexia for Drew's 10 year high School reunion. The kids went out on Saturday morning to feed the deer in his parent's backyard and play in the backyard.

Football and school

2009-09-08T23:51:00.000-05:00

It is finally football time again and Grayson is so excited, he does not care who is playing he puts his helmet on and runs around the house throwing the ball to the closest person. I also took him a couple of weeks ago to see the Pine Tree game, we really went to see the Brittany and Samantha dance, but he just wanted football. He kept asking me why the players kept going to time out......He said they go on the field and then get in trouble and have to go sit in time out, this statement was very true about the Pirates.

Last week Drew took my parents tickets and went to see the Texans play so we went and watched it with my parents. Here are the kids in their Texan gear.

Thursday was the first day of school at ACA. Grayson is now in Mrs. Debbie's 3 year old class, and the girls went to their first day of school ever! It was so nice to have a little break....I spent my day shopping with my mom and enjoying not having to load and unload the girls at every stop. One day is the perfect amount of time for all three of us ;) The girls did great! I was most worried about them laying on their mats to sleep, but Misty said they did great and went right down. The only incident was that Olivia bit Lizzie, but at least it was her sister and I am sure she deserved it ;) Grayson loved his big boy class, he no longer has to take a nap, just rest for a little while and he no longer takes a sippie cup to school, just water bottle and juice box. To a 3 year old this is huge! Plus this year he will start computers.

Sweet big brother
So Big!

Here is Grayson on his first day of school in the 18 month old classOlivia fell over when we put her back pack on so she just stuck with the lunch kit
He was so excited about the first day! And his new lunch kit and Backpack

She was ready for school! She thinks she should be in the 3 year old class as well! And she loves her backpack and lunch kit, doesn't want to put it down.

Time keeps Flying!

2009-08-17T22:32:00.000-05:00

Oh where has the time gone? The girls are now 18 months old! I can't believe they are so big, no longer my babies....toddlers! They have changed so much in the past 6 months it is crazy! 12 to 18 months is the hardest time in the Corbitt house, something about the transition from baby to toddler and the communication problems just makes it hard for me, but we survived and are having more and more fun everyday. It's funny how with Grayson I noticed every new word or milestone, but not this time, not only do I have Grayson that I am watching, but remembering which girl can say or do what is hard! The girls are so different in looks and personality!

Elizabeth Grace
She is in the 80% for weight at 26.8 and the 93% for Height
She is by far my most challenging child! She challenges everything from the time she gets out of bed until the moment we put her down. She is taller than a lot of 18 month olds and thinks she is 3 like her big brother so she tries everything. She can open every door in our house, including the bathroom (the most frustrating). She is learning new words, but likes to point and grunt (probably because Grayson responds, knowing exactly what she wants). Her favorite word is Nooo and she uses it a lot, she can also say mama, dada, poppy, and her other favorite Adam. She loves her uncle Adam and starts yelling his name and trying to get to him as soon as she sees him. She is Grayson's shadow always wanting to stay with him. She is very caring and sweet, loves to share (most of the time) with Olivia, especially her food. She is very active and always in to something, but that is what makes her funny! She is loving Wiggles like her big brother, she goes crazy dancing to their songs. She defiantly has her daddy's love of music.

Olivia Faith
is in the 18% for weight and 10% for Height (I really think she is two months behind on everything including growth)
She is my easiest child! She is content and happy most of the time. She looks so innocent, but is not by any means. She seems to be a couple of months behind Elizabeth in most things, but in language she is ahead. She says so many words...Mama (her favorite), dada, blankie, banana, night night, luv ya, poppy, nana (what she calls my mother),adam and I am sure there are others. She has started really paying attention to me and trying to copy things I say. She is also answering my questions with yes and no, making it a little easier for me to know what she wants. She is still like her mommy and loves her sleep! If she is not sleeping, something is hurting! Olivia is spending the most time in time out these days because she is biting, this is the only way I know to try and break this habit, she does well sitting there, but it makes me sad that she bites (granted when it's Lizzie she bites it is usually deserved). I love watching her many expressions she makes and right now she has a look that she gives everyone that makes me laugh!
I am enjoying watching both of the girls personalities develop each day! I try to just sit back and take it all in because it is going so fast. I love that two girls born at the same time looking a lot alike can now be so different. When I am just sitting watching them play I think about what my grandmother always said about Grayson. She would always ask me if I was taking movies of him so I could go back and watch it later on. And yes I am trying to take as many "movies" as possible!

WIGGLES!

2009-08-10T21:16:00.015-05:00

Last week we went to Dallas for "vacation". This is the first time we have gone anywhere and stayed at a hotel just the five of us. We usually take my mom or last summer we went with Drew's family. The kids did so awesome! Anytime there is no opportunity to give naps, I worry a little bit, but my kids adapted and we had so much fun. We met with friends for dinner, shopped and did a lot of playing. Our theme seemed to be Wiggles. Drew took the kids to play at the wiggles playhouse and then on Saturday we went to the Wiggles Live Concert. Here are several pictures from our adventures.

WE met my friend Kristi on the way in and saw her son Colt.

We then went and spent a little while with sweet Jaidan, who by the way is so BIG!

Lizzie loving on her friend

Wiggles play center

caged in ;)

The kids met Wags the Dog

sweet friends

Carousel in Frisco

Waiting for Wiggles to start

So excited

We were on the 8th row on the end so we had awesome seats! The girls did GREAT for being in our seats for almost 2 hours.

Happy Anniversary!

2009-08-03T00:00:00.000-05:00

Today is our 7 year anniversary! I can't believe that it has already been seven years since our wedding, I remember that day like it was yesterday! I never would have dreamed we would have 3 wonderful kids by now. Our life is so much better than I could have dreamed about on that day! I thought I would share a little about our story, not many people know that Drew and I met at the Campus Ministry in Denton. We knew a little about each other Drew's first semester there, but we actually hung out in a group on my birthday that January, not long after that we started dating and 6 weeks later Drew proposed to me on our medical mission trip in Mexico! So from the time we started dating until our wedding was about 6 months. Lots of people think that is crazy, but I knew after our first date he was the one I would marry so why wait ;)

Drew I am so proud of how far we have come and what we have accomplished in 7 years and I can't wait to see where the future takes us! I Love you!

Here are a few pictures from our special day!

My sweet bridesmaids, I am so glad each one of them are still in my life.

This is my all time favorite picture of us! It is from our rehearsal.

This and That!

2009-07-19T22:08:00.006-05:00

It's been awhile since I posted so here a some of the pictures off of my camera!

The girls at the Porter's pool

Lizzie thinking she will try it!The kids love the water right now (unless Olivia gets splashed in the face). The pink things in Elizabeth's ears are her ear plugs that she has to wear because of her tubes.

We go to the white oak splash park about once a week for the kids to have somewhere different to play

These two have been so sweet to each other this summer! They have had lots of fun playing together!

4th of July! We went with our church to our annual 4th of July celebration out at the Howards. It is so fun, especially for the kids and at the end they have the best firework show! Lizzie found a new friend that would take her everywhere she wanted to go...Brooke Pool is so good with the girls.
Waiting to take a train ride with the Kitchens
Elizabeth swinging with Brooke
Olivia really was happy, I don't know why she was making that face.
When we first got there eating their grilled cheese
The girls love to go and wake Grayson from his nap
Fiesta
The next few pictures are from when two of our high school girls came to babysit

Lizzie's crazy hair
These are from Drew's birthday cookout at my parents house. He somehow managed to celebrate his birthday with 4 dinners, but I guess he is worth it! He works hard for us and never hesitates to stay home with the kids alone when I need a break or just want some grownup time!
Marcey and Lizzie playing
Olivia on a mission

Enjoying her food she does!

See...
Sneaking Grayson's leftovers after dinner

Who is Who??

2009-07-12T20:00:00.008-05:00

I have been wanting to put some pics up of my baby pictures for awhile because Drew and I think our kids look like me.(I don't have any pics of Drew to scan). Do you think they look alike?

Olivia
Elizabeth
Grayson
Grayson
Grayson
Grayson
Grayson
Me
Me (Olivia holds her hands just like this!)
Me
My Dad! (OLIVIA)
me (but Drew did not know this one!)
Me

Lots of fun!

2009-06-22T11:08:00.005-05:00

We have started our summer off playing with friends and getting wet everyday! We invested in a small pool for our yard and it's the best $15 we could have spent. The kids love it and it helps to get us through the "fussy' times in the afternoon. We went to the zoo the other day with the Porters and had awesome weather, especially for June! I think we are done with the zoo until fall, but all the kids had a great time.

The girls loved the birds, but kept trying to grab them.

Poor Amy did not know that by bringing her twin stroller she would have 3 heavy kids to push!

Olivia did well until waiting for the older kids to take a bathroom break before we left, she didn't even move when I put her in the car!
Lizzie content with her Sonic after a day at the zoo
The best thing that has happened the last couple of weeks is that my brother baptized his wife! We are so excited for Marcey and her new journey. She let me and my mom come be apart of this, but I told her I would not post any pictures of her! So here is Adam waiting on Marcey :)
I hope all the father's had a special day yesterday! I think I have the best father in the world and my kids have an awesome father as well! I have to brag on Drew, last week my great-uncle passed away in Arkansas. I wanted to go with my mom to the funeral and to see all of our family, but there was no way I could take my 3 kids, so my husband took some family time off of work and took care of our kids from Wednesday afternoon until I got home at midnight on Friday. He did a great job playing and keeping the kids entertained taking them to several fun places. I am thankful for a husband that has no problem taking such good care of our kids, I did not worry one bit while I was gone! Olivia did punish me a little when I got back! This was the first time I had been away from the girls (except for when they were in the NICU).

Grayson loves his uncle Adam's hat
4 generations of Williams

The kids with their great-grandfather on father's day!

Lots of Pictures

2009-06-06T23:14:00.008-05:00

We have been spending lots of time outside in the water lately. The kids are having a blast so far this summer!

The girls love to go in and wake Grayson from his nap....He loves it too...most of the time!
Lizzie has learned to ride Grayson's old four wheeler...she does a good job for just learning...I love the helmet.
The kids favorite place it the White Oak Waterpark, so we go at least once a week...This is the closest Olivia gets to the water on her own

Maybe I'll get in?
Hanging in their diapers with Cole

Since we are spending so much time outside we purchased a little baby pool from Wal-mart..The kids get in at least once a day.
This is how Olivia spends her time....She loves to watch!

Love naked babies!

Happy Memorial Day!

2009-05-25T22:30:00.003-05:00

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!

And they are done!

Lots Of Firsts

2009-05-22T21:11:00.000-05:00

Its been awhile since I updated on everything going on at our house. The kids are growing everyday! With a 3 year old and 2 15 month olds I spend a lot of my time breaking up fights, but the kids are spending more of their time playing together as well. The biggest change is our "fence" has come down in the living room so the girls now can go wherever they want! But the best thing is Olivia has finally decided to start WALKING!!!! We have known she could do it if she wanted to and why we were in Dallas a couple of weeks ago she just took off walking. Everyday she walks more and more.

We visited the splash park for the first time this summer and it was the girls first time ever. It went just like I thought it would, Lizzie ran out right in the water and played and Olivia spent all her time just watching hanging out by me.

The Corbitts came for a visit last weekend
We love Pump It Up! We have been going to the little pump it up and the kids seem to like it!

I'm a big girl, I can do the slide all by myself!

We have been playing outside and after many fights over the little tikes car we broke down and bought a new one!
Who me?

Daddy's little helper!

See how big we are now! Thanks Cole for our outfits!

Grayson had his graduation on Wednesday! He is getting so big! He did a great job singing the Teddy Bear song!

"Dancing"

2009-05-16T14:23:00.002-05:00

One of my gifts that Drew surprised me with for Mothers day is the new flip video camera. It's tiny so I can keep it in my purse, but will record up to an hour of high quality video. I tried it out on Elizabet as she dances to the kids favorite song. They love this sugarland song and always start dancing when they here it.

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Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T20:58:00.006-05:00

I hope everyone had as great of a Mother's day as I did! We started the day with a great service at church, we then just picked up lunch and went to my moms so we didn't have to fight the crowd. It was a nice laid back day! I know that Mother's Day is to honor mom's, and I do think I have the best mom ever! (Nobody else would sign on to go to Dallas with three small kids and a hotel room for some fun;). It's nice to have a mom who no matter what always makes you feel so special and important! I love how Grayson is getting holidays now, He told me "happy Mother's day" many times today, as well as told his dad that I am a princess (it's hard to argue with that), but today also reminds me how very blessed I am to be given 3 amazing kids to raise! On our worst days, I would not change it at all, I love that I get to stay home and be the one to teach them new things. So happy Mother's Day to all you moms, I hope you feel as special as I do!

Elizabeth is trying to give Woody a kiss here!

My three sweet blessings!

They love this thing!

2 videos

2009-05-06T21:43:00.003-05:00

Saturday was ACA's first Fun Run. Grayson's age ran 1/4 of a mile and he did awesome! He ran it in 2minutes and 33 seconds, I thought that was great for his first run. Here is a little video of the warm up and run.

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After brushing the girls teeth with a baby toothbrush and having them bite down harder and harder, I decided it was time for an upgrade. I bought them the cheap toothbrushes at Wal-mart that light up for a minute to teach you to brush them longer. The girls do great letting me brush them and then I let them brush for another minute. They do great that is until it is time to put them up.

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Video of Olivia

2009-04-26T21:14:00.001-05:00

Olivia is screaming with excitement when the dogs come over to see her...most kids would be terrified of them.

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Update and Pictures

2009-04-24T22:57:00.005-05:00

We have had a busy couple of weeks at our house. Easter we had a great service at Alpine, Drew's group sang two songs and then we had lunch at my parents house. This year Easter also fell on my brother's birthday so we had two things to celebrate. A week ago Friday Elizabeth had tubes put in her ears and her tongue clipped and she is a different child! The Dr. said her ears were so infected that any adult would be screaming with pain...I guess she has a high tolerance to pain! She can actually hear and her words were clearer that afternoon,but the most important thing is that she has slept every night all night since her surgery!!!!! She is a much happier child as well. Here are several pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Lizzie and her many faces
Olivia is obsessed with chairs! She loves to climb into them and just sit so proud that she made it!
See we can be sweet to each other
Grayson was given a weed eater and goggles by my parents
Elizabeth did not feel well the week before her surgery because of her ears and she had a cold/allergies. Aunt Marcey made it better!
Helping Uncle Adam open presents

I love the girls Easter outfits this year and Mindi made the cutest bows to match!

Little Man
So grown up!

Elizabeth after her surgery..she rode to recovery in her bed and then watched cartoons for a little while. But once she noticed her iv in her foot, she messed with it until they just took it out!

The kids went to their first rodeo last Saturday Night!

We have always gone to Dairy Queen in White Oak, but it's been awhile. This is the first time the girls got to play there.
Big brother is always so sweet and takes care of his "girls"
This is how Olivia is most of the time....smiling!

Easter parties and Bunny

2009-04-11T17:03:00.007-05:00

Since we have church early in the morning and Drew has to leave the house before 8 to sing, the Easter Bunny came to see us today during nap time!

Lizzie trying to get Graysons loot

Lizzie makes this face anytime she sees the camera
Was not ready to wake up!

Grayson hunting eggs at school

The girls just stayed in the stroller and watched

Amy and I made cupcakes on a stick for Grayson and Mallory's class party. I was impressed with how easy they were and how they turned out. Perfect size for kids without the mess.

These pictures Clay came and took last year at Easter. Olivia would never open her eyes for a picture.

Elizabeth on the left and Olivia on the right
Already waving
One of my favorite pictures of them from last year!

And then here they are in their Easter baskets this year....Don't quite fit!

Almost time for Easter!

2009-04-07T21:00:00.005-05:00

Well it is almost time for Easter! We have been talking about the Easter bunny (Grayson is really into him this year) and then why we celebrate Easter as Christians (he does not get that part as well, but we are working on it) I had been looking for an Easter book, but could only find the ones about the Easter Bunny, but I found one talking about going to church on Easter and why for under $5 at Lifeway and Grayson is liking it. We are also enjoying the warmer weather (well last week) and taking advantage of going to the park and playing more outside. While it is still hard with one walker and one crawler we are making the most of it. We met with the specialist today and Lizzie is scheduled for surgery on Friday the 17th to have tubes put in her ears and she will also have her tongue clipped. We have thought from the beginning she needed her tongue clipped, but our dr does not like to put her under just for that, so this will work out well. Poor thing is saying huh a lot because she can't hear and every time she tries to say a word we can tell her tongue is not working for her. The fluid in her ears is also creating balancing issues which make walking more difficult. So hopefully this will fix both, but mostly hopefully it will help us ALL get some sleep. Lizzie has inherited both of her problems from her mother, seeing as I have had my tongue clipped and tubes as well!

Olivia is doing well, we are done with our daily breathing treatments hopefully forever, but maybe at least until winter. She is not walking or really trying for that matter. I really think she could, she just sees all the times her sister falls and gets hurt and all the places on her face and says no thanks.

Grayson, is growing up so fast, he is no longer a "baby". He does not take naps regularly anymore (creates problems since mommy is not getting sleep at night) And is really enjoying being able to actually play with his sisters and have them interact.

Here are some pictures of our "naked" Easter bunnies

Do you see the skid marks on that face???

A few rare moments of togetherness and happy.
Such a big boy

Who needs to be out there walking and falling, I am completely content here just watching

Happy Birthday Grammy!

2009-03-26T23:17:00.004-05:00

Today we celebrated my moms birthday, me and the girls went to lunch and spent the day with her and tonight everyone (well not the girls, mommy needed a break) went to Outback to celebrate and then to the house for cake and presents. Some of my fondest memories as a child is going to my grandparents house anytime someone in our family had a birthday. We would have dinner, eat that person's favorite cake and open presents to celebrate that special day! It always made your birthday that much more special! My mom always did the same for us, we always had balloons and a banner on the fireplace with so many presents you thought it was Christmas morning. Everything was about you and your day, you picked the cake and you picked what was for dinner. I am trying to do the same for my kids so they feel just as special as I did every year and although we don't have my grandparents to help make our day special I know they would be proud that we are trying to carry on a tradition that they started! So happy birthday Grammy! I hope your day was even more special than you had hoped and just know that there is no way we could make it at our house without the help and encouragement you offer to us every single day! We Love YOU!

Update

2009-03-21T22:58:00.000-05:00

I feel like we have been doing nothing, but running around lately. We have been busy doing different things, but we have also spent LOTS of time at the drs office. The kids have been on more medicine for ears already this year, than all of last year combined! Lizzie's ears are not clearing up so she has an appointment to see about having tubes put in at the first of April. So with all the sickness it makes it a little difficult around the house. The kids are still having fun despite the sickness. We spent this week of Spring Break going to pump it up, the zoo, and playing with friends. The girls are still growing and changing everyday and Grayson is learning so many new things.

Grayson has started asking for us to take his picture and then posing.

You can see all the toys they get out everyday

Since Lizzie has not felt good she has become very attached to her blanket. I usually try to get the kids to leave their blankets in their bed, but when you don't feel good there are always exceptions

Olivia loves to climb into any chair, she is always so proud of herself

Fun Bath time pictures

Here is my attempt to get a good picture of them in their St. Patricks day outfits, but that does not happen. Mindi made the really cute bows for me.

See how picture time goes these days

Grayson got a new bike and he is so proud of it.

Our day in the Park

2009-03-06T22:44:00.002-06:00

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Finally Birthday Pictures!

2009-03-03T22:43:00.005-06:00

Ok so here are the pictures from the girls birthday, I did not get a family photo! You can tell they are not my first??? I have a family photo from all three of Grayson's birthdays. The cute bows were made by Mindi! If it was not for her great talent we would not have any bows! We had their birthday at the church atrium since we have no space left at our house and it was a great place to host it.

Lizzie loved her doll when she saw it and still loves it today!
Grayson and Mallory trying on the girls hats

The girls ate their cake themselves, Lizzie took the entire piece and shoved it in her mouth and Olivia picked at the entire piece taking her time and not making a mess! Just like their personalities! I was telling my mom about my "strong willed" child Lizzie and how we will go round and round and she was very quick to point out that she did in fact get it from me, the only difference I chose to be good, Lizzie.......well we will see!

This is the first pic of Lizzie that I really see that she looks like my baby pictures.
Yes I am funny and I will take my sweet time to eat my cake

This is one of my favorite pics, she is looking at him like ok what do I do??

Marcey's parents came to the party and played their own games