navy or nash

look at that cute little belly.. we really haven't seen zana at all while she is pregos... i am so excited to see her at the end of feb and see how much her belly has grown.. is it navy or nash inside there? we will have to wait until july to find out, it's going to be a surprise...

merry christmas

this was drake's first christmas and he didn't miss anything.. stella was so excited this year and she got lot's of presents from santa... we always spend the night at my mom's with my sister and her family and my grandma.. we have so much fun together and look forward to it every year..

knotts berry farm

we all bundled up this year, it was so cold... our family really loves being together, can't you tell...

pancake house

our favorite place to eat is the pancake house... we took a couple years off, but i think we are back.. this is such a great way to start off christmas eve and then head to the berry farm...

i am on a blogger break

big boys

so drake is 2 and 1/2 months older than cooper blaine but you would never know because they are almost the same size... drake is 15lbs and cooper is 14lbs.... all i know is cooper must be getting some good milkies from his momma...gotta love it..

sisters

SERIOUSLY could we look any more different?

cold

here we are on a sunday night just enjoying the cold weather... all we were missing was a cup of hot coco...

santa clause

drake and stella love santa clause, can't you tell....

thursday fun day

stella and tana went to the mall to do some christmas shopping...

stopped by to say hello to santa and let him know what they wanted for christmas... stella wants a puppy(stuffed one with a leash) and tana wants patches(her baby doll she lost)....

and then have a fabulous lunch at hot dog on a stick... corn dogs, french fries, and lemonade, it doesn't get any better than that.. by the way tana did not take off her hat the rest of the day... what a fun day, until next time girls...

adult dinner

every year we have a adult christmas dinner to get the holidays started... the dinner was fabulous and the company was even better... until next year brothers and sisters..

isn't she beautiful...

zana and ren came down from arizona to party with the shepard family...

arizona

so we had a fun weekend up in arizona with stella's auntie nana and uncle ren.. we went up with my parents for a pre thanksgiving because zana had to work and i was spending the holiday with my in laws, so we celebrated early with our parents in az.. my mom outdid herself, there is nothing better than your moms cooking and of course her famous chocolate chip cookies.. we love arizona, i am craving a diet coke with fresh lime from sonic (they bring it to your car).... we went there everyday and i am going through with drawls.. ca needs one asap... the weather was great, it just started to cool down a bit.. so ren took jereme duck hunting for the first time and stella walked in the house with a dead duck and of course i freaked out, we are not hunters like the knights.... they also went golfing and we did some shoping, had some great food, and of course saw twilight(loved it). zana had a lot to be grateful this year because she is pregnant (we think we her little girl navy due in july) and they just bought their first home... we are so excited for their family... thanks for such a fun trip.... love you both and see you soon...

playgroup

stella LOVES to have her friends over and i just LOVE to drop her at her friends house....

brother and sister

we love our pj's........

love hate relationship

these girls just love each other... they fight like crazy but would die with out each other..

brother

4 months old, i can't believe how big my boy is... we just love him and think we are going to keep him....

halloween

all the wicked witches.. stella with her cousins chloe,lucy, and tana.. sadie, where were you?

drakes favorite uncle. we love our uncle guy...

stella turns 2

so stella had her birthday party at chuck e cheese's and she loved it... she had never been there so i was a little worried but she wasn't even afraid of chuck e.. she was up there dancing with him and having a blast.. all her cousins and little friends came to help her celebrate her special day... i can't believe she is 2, i love it she is such a little lady, we even flat ironed her hair for the occasion... happy birthday stella monroe...

stella did not know what to do with all her presents.... we are all stocked up with princess gear for the whole year...

stella had practice to blow out her candles all week long (with a candle).. she did it on the first try, so fun.. she also sang happy birthday with everyone to herself...

stella eating her pizza crowned for the day..

family night

we had so much fun with the fenns for family night... we went to the pumpkin patch and it wasn't that crowded due to the wind.. i'm just glad we made it out alive considering a huge teepee fell and almost killed my daughter... very scary....