Ready or Not Disney, Here We Come!!!!

So, we are ready and packed for our 8-day Disney trip. The girls were in bed by 7 and the car is loaded. We have a real early start in the morning, so hopefully I can get this blog caught up and ready for pictures when we get back. As you will see in this next video, Kegan is all ready for the Disney princesses and was practicing her Ariel performance in our closet, with Truly acting as her captive audience. Funniest thing is Kegan practicing her bows. She is such a "closet diva"!

Subtitles on: "wish I could be......a part of your world!"

Kegan and Truly decided to help pack by placing random stuff and toys in bags

Princess Aurora aka Kegan. Nanny Jen made this beautiful dress for Kegan. Truly has a Snow White one and Ava Cinderella. They will be so cute!

Truly tried to mail herself back to Nana after we got her package

This is Kegan performing in dance class. She is the 3rd from left. We got to actually go in the room and be their audience and they all did really well....for 2yr olds.

Truly turned 1yr old November 4th. I was at work and Poor Madison braved the doctor with

both girls alone! Such a brave good Daddy.

Poor neglected Truly enjoying her bday cake. We are celebrating her birthday in Disney along with Kegan's so she sort of got shafted on her actual bday.

Now lets rewind a bit back to Halloween. I really don't have any good pictures of the girls in their costumes becuase you just can't get them to keep still and pose....well I can't anyhow

Truly the pink poodle and Kegan the sneaker wearing ballerina

The people at the girl's school, however, can get them to sit still and take really cute pictures. I should have taken the time to scan them before I posted them, but these are just pictures of pictures with my phone camera, so sorry about the quality.

for some reason I didn't take one of Kegan by herself, but it is kinda depressing anyhow. She looks so old. Like a real big girl:( It is going by way too fast.


This is a true Truly picture. She is about this cheesey most of the time.

Even before Truly mastered walking, she was an avid climber. She loved climbing this ladder and sitting a it like a table

Kegan decided to climb on with Truly, but then realized she had been working on some stinkies while climbing, so she quickly got up.


This picture is included because there is some genetic link in our family, that makes us all sit with our leg over the side of the chair. I got it from my Dad and apparently both girls got it too! Strange?


Even though we don't see Paran Aaron often, Kegan still loves her "Pan".

Today we decided to heck with the American Academy of Pediatrics and turned Truly's carseat around. As you can see she was enjoying the new view and the movie


I think she is working on tooth #8 because she is keeping her fingers in her mouth lately.

This movie thing is great!

Truly is developing this nasty habit of saying "eeeeh?"

and for the grand finale.....Truly can walk. She started officially walking October 29th. She is still perfecting it, but has finally decided it is better than crawling. This was video from Halloween day. Figure if she can do it in tights on hardwood it's official.

Around the House

These are a bunch of random pictures that Madison and I send back and forth on our phones when one of us isn't around. My one rule about him staying at home loving on our sweeties without me around is that I get daily pictures and videos. He does a great job. The only downside is that the videos are poor quality and short to keep text message length, but they suffice to keep me going while I'm away.

Yummy chocolate!

pureed spinach???? not so yummy!

....and mangoes, just make you downright sleepy.

This Snow White bow just sets off this outfit, don't ya think?

This was a super cool train exhibit at the Children's hospital I saw as I was sneaking across the street for some Starbucks at work. I tried to get Madison to get the girls over to see it, but they were napping. It was really cool.

This was Truly with the stomach virus on our way back from Mississippi. I got it the next day and I did NOT look that happy.

The girls hanging out in the back yard while we burned some stuff in the chiminea on one of our first cool evenings



This kitchen set and the princess table and chairs were some great Craigslist finds....I love used stuff!

Please notice in this picture that Madison really thought Kegan's ruffle socks belonged like this? In his defense, I do suppose he never donned a pair in his youth. Guess they just didn't go with the mesh half-shirts and mullet:)

Swinging in this cool flower coat is fun. Apparently makes you super cheesy too!

Ohhhh, look how nicely Kegan's bike goes with my outfit today!

Hey sis, is it alright if I take it for a spin?

Truly is a climber, but still no walking....well, actually she is taking steps on her own every now and then, but it isn't her preferred mode of transportation just yet.

I did some fall planting, and this is what I have so far. What hasn't been habitually peed on by Cisco or pulled apart by Truly is looking really good???!

We are hosting a Halloween party this year and we were trying for some spooky lighting. It isn't all together in this picture, but you can get the idea.

The girls are starting to have a great time playing together. Just today Madison said he left them playing in the backyard while he cooked dinner. They just crack each other up and it is soooo sweet.

More of Our Monkies at the Zoo

A week before we headed to the zoo with my parents, we went with a few friends from work and their kids. The kids all loved it. I think Kegan would be perfectly fine if we went every week. Next year we are getting a yearly membership for sure.

All the kiddo's checking out the turtles and crocodiles, even Truly had a blast since she was able to get out of the stroller and cruise around

Kegan posing with the boys, Trey and Grayson

Some more posin with the boys, poor Truly was zonked and not interested in pictures

Trey trying to show his Dad the aligator and Kegan looking so sweet and innocent???

Cheese!!

Hey guys, you see this big thing?

Truly and her sweet dimples looking at the fish

Wonder if mom would be smiling if she knew about her friend hanging around for the picture???

Two of my sweeties. Aren't they so cute!

This is an extra thrown in. I cut Kegan's hair this past Saturday. I have been dragging my feet about making her a real appointment and when I was drying her hair, I was tired of it being so scraggly in the back. It is probably not straight, but thankfully her hair is curly. It does look much better, just hope I remember to make her an appointment for her 2nd haircut. Almost 3 years old and getting her first haircut.

Nana and Pawpa Autin visit

So it is embarassing that it has been over 2 months since my last blog!!! Sorry guys. This is a short and sweet blog too. It is just some pictures mom sent me after their week with us. It was a great visit, but even for a full 6 day visit, it seemed so short. We did a lot of hangin around, but the highlight of our trip was an entire day at the zoo. While we were taking a break in she shade at the Great Barrier Reef exhibit, Kegan was really having a great time entertaining us with her interpretive dance moves. This is just a short sample of her long performance.

The visit began with a manicure by mommy

Then we went to Grapefest and enjoyed some yummy icecream with lunch....actually I think it was lunch

Nana decided to have some fun with the girls and drag out the sad half deflated pools....they are all definitely ready to be retired


Truly happy to be in the car....a rare occurance, but with Nana entertaining, it is always fun

Our sweet family enjoying the "museum of living art"

Truly still trying to figure out "who is this man with the strange accent"

Kegan has her Pawpa wrapped

Kegan had to stop and pose with each bronze statue at the zoo, this was one of them

This is more great dancing by Kegan