Christmas Break!

We are officially on Christmas Break!!! No more waking up late, rushing Kit to get dressed, fighting over clothing that "tickles", and having to walk her into class with pajamas and no make-up. Woo-hoo!!!
On Thursday, she had her class Christmas party and ate English muffin pizzas, fruit cups, cupcakes, and cookies and milk. Here is her class giving her teacher, Mrs. Kirk, a BIG group hug. We adore Mrs. Kirk and are blessed that she loves to teach! Also, here is the plate that Kit gave her for Christmas that I painted. Kit was so proud.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!

I have to blog this for my friends!

One night while visiting with friends and painting, Kit decided she was done and went into the living room and this is how we found her. I was told that I had to take a picture of this and blog it from my two dear friends, Jennifer and Julie.
Here you are ladies, enjoy!

New Camera - New Pics

Our old camera finally bit the dust (I think with a little help from a certain 4 year old) so we had to get a new one. Now I will try to catch you up on what's been going on around here.

Kit is crazy as usual. Her she is with black bean capped teeth. mmmmm....


Carson got his first official hair cut and our cousin, Jessica (Thank you Jess! muah!), cut and styled it for him. He looks like a little man now. [whistle - whistle]


While we were at Jessica's shop, Katlynn learned all by herself how to blow bubbles with gum! Woo-hoo! Well sort of...at least until she drives her Momma crazy popping the bubbles...

Cruise Videos and this is it...

Just a cute little video of the kids playing with balloons. Enjoy!

Cruise Photos Take 2

More cruise photos.

Here's Kit having fun at the beach. The water was so clear that it was so easy to see all the fish and crabs. John found tons of conch shells.

Then we went to the butterfly farm in St Thomas and we all enjoyed it so much. We learned tons of interesting facts about them. Pssst....Don't tell Kit but We are going to get her a Live Butterfly Pavillion for Christmas. She is going to love it!

While on vacation, we make sure we get plenty of exercise so the buffets don't go to our waistline.

Back in Florida, we went to Billie Swamp Safari that is owned by the Seminole Indians. We took a tour of their 2,200 acre reservation on a swamp buggy and saw tons of real wildlife. So many animals. There were egrets, water buffalo, pigs.... uh and yea, ALLIGATORS! We plan on going back someday and spending more time there. We had a blast. Well maybe not Brother... But he sure did look like a redneck with his arm hanging over the side of the buggy.

Kit being a pill in the gift shop.

Awwwwh, on our way home...finally... It is always so good to be home after a long vacation.

Cruise Photos Take 1

This was the best photographer ever! And not just for us, he was amazing with the other cruisers too. And he was so good you don't even want to ask what we had to pay for the 4 photos we chose to keep. They will be framed and hung up - no doubt. Enjoy.

Got Milk?

Just a quick post to document this day. Carson is weaned. He had boobie milk only this morning and the rest of the day he has been drinking cow's milk. I tried giving him formula yesterday but he let me know under no circumstances was he going to drink that! I tried cow's milk with a little (okay, more than a little...) chocolate syrup and he loved it. Held the bottle all by himself. Now every time I give him the bottle I put less and less syrup in it. I just wanted him to take it. He seems to really like it and not even miss the boobie. Katlynn was that way too. When the time came, she never looked back.

So I'll wipe a tear away from my smiling face as my little boy is growing up.

P.S. He has gotten in his 4th tooth also.

Happy Halloween!

Again for this year's Halloween, we were on a cruise. The whole family went as someone from Peter Pan since Katlynn was dying to be Tinker Bell. She also wanted to be Ariel but had a hard time figuring out how I would make a King Triton, Ursula, and Flounder costume with not much time. So I settled on Peter Pan.

Carson's costume is the only one that I made. I sewed the top and hat (no pattern either!) using felt fabric that I bought on the cheap. He wore some brown pants and some way too big brown leather booties that he already had. I stuck a feather in his hat and called him macaroni.... No just kidding, but I did pull the feather out of a floral arrangement of mine, borrowed some Velcro from my mom, had some elastic leftover from another project and used a brown scarf that I had for his belt and TA-DA! His costume cost a total of $2.48! I was pretty happy about that, can you tell? Ha.
Anyways...We won FIRST prize for the costume contest on the whole ship. We were thrilled! They were selling a dvd of the video footage from Halloween night but there was no sound, just stupid music and they wanted $39.95 for it. Uh, no. So you guys just get to see the pics but I think they are pretty darn cute! (And for those who are unfamiliar with Peter Pan, John is Captain Hook and I am Tiger Lilly.)

Happy Belated Halloween!

Bon voyage!

Aren't these the cutest?


Also, as most of you know, I have been sick before the cruise this time. Let's hope that means that I won't be sick on or after the cruise. Please keep us in your prayers.

Bon voyage!

Shop Till Ya Drop!

I guess boys don't really have the stamina for shopping like us girls do. We went to Mervyn's the other night ands Carson didn't last 15 minutes. How sweet is Dad for putting the shirt there in the cart so it would be a little soft on his "big ol' pancake head"?

Shots x 7!

On Tuesday, both kids went in for their shots. We were really worried about Kit getting hers. To both her Daddy's surprise and mine, she DID NOT cry. Not even one drop. Momma was pretty close. And of course, Carson cried but only on the last of his 3 shots and just for a sec.

Here's Kit getting the shots and showing off her 4 band-aids after. She said the last one only hurt a little bit, like a sticker.


So for a job well done, we promised the kids we would take them to the park. Carson didn't last long. He fell right asleep while swinging with me.


Katlynn had a blast. You wouldn't have even known that she had just gotten four shots without the band-aids on her arms. What a BIG girl, she makes me proud!

Blessing of the Animals

Again this year we had Blessing of the Animals day at school. We brought Lilly this year. I figured little is better this year since John was on shift and we had Brother with us. I didn't think I need a big dog to drag around too.

And let me say it was pure chaos again this year but the kids always have so much fun. This year we had a ton of dogs, a few cats, turtles, hamsters, horses, miniature pony, goats, and butterflies.

Here's Kit's best friend, Emma getting her turtle, "Katlynn", blessed. BTW, we have a fish named Emma.

(Another) First Day of School

Kit started PK-4 this year at the same school as last year. She was very excited to start. And to make things even better for the first day, her Auntie Audrey was in town and got to take her and pick her up!



I was so proud of my little, I mean BIG girl! When we dropped her off, kids were crying and wanting their mommies; Kit just smiled and got in line and waved by. No tears. Well at least not from her.

When we picked her up after school, she was thrilled! She had so much fun. Can't ya tell?


And as a super side bonus, my dear friend Jennifer is teaching one of the PK-4 classes. Her son has started Kindergarten there this year. It is such a joy to get to see her more often, even if it is just through the drop off. She is such a strong super Christian, the kids are going to learn so much from her. The school is absolutely blessed to have her!

Summertime...Is it gone already?

Sorry about the lack of posts here lately. It has been a very busy time for the Nevill household. I will start where we last left off and get you updated.

This summer we spent a lot of time at the library reading tons of books!


Katlynn went to Vacation Bible School and her best friend Emma was there. They had a blast! She learned so much and so many cute new songs.


And Carson, well....He's been eating. and eating. and eating. He is not like his sister was with food. Kit was ready for table food and was able to do it herself pretty early. Carson on the other hand, chokes everytime you give him any table food, screams when you are not shoveling in the baby food fast enough and is quite the messy eater. Oh yeah and to make my life harder, he refuses to take ANY kind of bottle with ANY thing in it. Oh, Brother!

Cooling Off

So weather.com says it was only 97 degrees yesterday but I know it had to be more. It was H-O-T! So we took a little dip in our pool. Yes, our pond made into swimming pool. And you do remember correctly, it is in our front yard. I know what your thinkin' but it was really hot!
Anyway, we did cool off and had tons of fun.

Here's a little video showing how Brother kicks his feet in his little floaty. It's the best thing ever, just got it at Target. Kit loves pulling him around in it too.



Hope your staying cool!

Happy BIRTHday Saige!

Happy Birthday Little Miss!

Born July 10, 2008 at 9:09pm
Saige Ryhann
7lbs 15oz
20 in long

Proud parents!


Proud Great Aunt and cousin!

Carson's First Video

I hope this works....



Just a cute little video of Carson and him being shy. It's the cutest thing! Speaking of cute, the little guy now has two bottom teeth! Maybe he won't be so cranky anymore, ha!

Five signs your baby may be teething:

• She looks like the winner of her own personal wet T-shirt contest.
• When she chews on her fist, the expression "self-cannibalizing" leaps to mind.
• You've exhausted all other explanations for her crabbiness.
• You've exhausted all other explanations for your crabbiness.
• When you look in her mouth, you see teeth.

Hope you had a Happy Indepence Day!

I know we sure did.

Katlynn waited patiently all day and then at dark, she got to go with her Daddy and pick out fireworks.

We only bought small fireworks this year since we are extremely dry here and Papa Ronnie was out of town (he usually gets the BIG stuff). But the kids still had fun watching them even if they were small.


Kit also got to do sparklers and morning glories by herself. We explained to her that it was America's birthday and she asked, Is her going to have a party? Well sweetie, that's why we are shooting fireworks, this is her party.


Brother had a little excitement too. We have frogs on our front porch at night that are eating bugs attracted to our light. Here is his first look at one. I had to keep him from trying to put the frog in his mouth, yuk!

You can call me....

The other day, Grannie Bay once again got Katlynn and Kayla's name mixed up. Katlynn tells her, "You can call me Kayla". LOL, how funny is that?...

Sleeping Sweeties

The other night I woke up about 2 am and couldn't sleep. I got up and messed on the computer a bit and when I went back to bed this is the cuteness that was waiting for me...