The Fitzgerald Funhouse

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

A Big Girl Room for Reese

Well, I'm not going to lie...I might have cried a little bit as I took the last pictures of her "nursery" and toddler bed. Our baby girl is almost 3.5 years old, so I suppose it was time. She is so excited that she now has a big bed. Her entire nursery was a portrait out of the Pottery Barn catalog. They discontinued the 'Hayley' bedding, so I chose flowers, butterflies, and lots of pink. Reese loves it! We kept her walls a soft green and I'm slowly taking down the owl decor and looking for "big girl" wall art. :( Here is the before...

And now here's the after...

I still need to find some decorative pillows.

EXCITED!!

I never want Reese to be sensitive about her freckles. Occasionally some insecure soul would make fun of mine when I was at a young age. I want her to NEVER doubt how beautiful she is and hopefully someday she will love her freckles like I do. :))

I just can't bear to take down her baby pictures that are still up...maybe one day!!

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

A Louisiana Christmas

We left to have Christmas with Matt's side of the family on Monday, December 27th. We had planned to leave earlier, but due to the Winter Storm Goliath, we were delayed by a day. We were able to spend 3 nights in Monroe, and I swear...our time there is never long enough. We always have so much fun seeing everybody and just spending time together. This trip was no different. It was full of lots of memory making!!

What's a road trip without a giant bag of party mix?

Thrilled to be with cousins!

Dog piling Uncle Matt/Daddy

Tuesday night, Andree' and Larry were sweet to keep the kids so that Matt and I could go to dinner with this great group of friends.

Wednesday morning, while Matt went with his Dad to the deer camp, Emily, Andree' and I took the kids to the trampoline park. It was Reese and Brooks' first time. It was a HIT!

Sweet boy watching the big boys play basketball.

Getting in on the action ;)

Thanks for the coke icee, Aunt Em!

These two....

Wednesday night, we all went to Jack and Emily's and ordered in pizza, relaxed, and let the kiddos play their little hearts out. It was the perfect ending to our wonderful trip. Brooks ate two pieces of pizza, and then went for Charlie Claire's plate too.

These girls loved playing together so much!!

As always, we can't wait for our next trip back to Louisiana!! :)

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!! We always start the morning with seeing what Santa brought the kids and what goodies we all have in our stockings. We opened presents as a family, put on our Christmas pajamas, then loaded up and headed to Mom and Dad's. Santa always stops off at Mimi and Pawpaw's to leave all the grandkids a present too. (Yes...spoiled with love!) Our entire day was full of making memories, lots of good food, spoiling each other with gifts, and all together being thankful for our many blessings.