The Booker Post

It seems like just a while ago, I started this blog for friends and family to read about all the happenings of our brand new baby girl and to share pictures of how she's grown. Today, I'm telling funny stories about all the things she says and does, along with her baby brother. It just doesn't seem like it has been 3 1/2 years! Today, we were sitting at lunch, the kids were eating and I was watching. Callie says to me, "Mommy, are you happy?" Now you may wonder where she got a question like this, so let me explain. When she gets in trouble I tell her, "Mommy loves you very much, but I'm not very happy with you right now." So as a way of gauging her behavior on any given day at any given time, she asks me this question. So I reply, "Yes, Callie, I'm happy." She says, "You're happy to me and Gabe?" (Yes, this is her quote, she says "to" instead of "with") I respond, "Yes, you've behaved well so f...

Here's a picture/update for the last month. The last part of September was focused on spending time with our friends, Eli & Chloe. (Oh yeah, and some mommy time for Elisha & me as well!) They moved to North Dakota the first part of October. We will miss them a lot because as you can see, there were always lots of smiles, laughs, and heart tugs when we were together! Callie and Chloe saying good-bye to each other. I've been trying my hand at some "artsy" photos because pinterest has stirred my creative juices. :) So this is back to Callie and Chloe in the park at their last play date(tried so hard to get these to post in order). The last week in September and first weekend in October the kids and I made a road trip down to Beaumont & Houston. We spent some time with cousin Jolina at Grandma Foshee's house. We were also able to see Uncle Alden, Aunt Evelyn, Aunt Debbie, Aunt Theresa and Uncle David. It was so good to see everyone, especially since we wo...