Sassy Pants

2011-06-25T15:37:00.000-07:00

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A guick update!

2011-04-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Sam and I have been sick this past weekend so we have had to stay home. In between his naps and crying spells I decided to work on some of my projects. I actually ended up working on just one since it took me so long. Here it is...its my bible cover that I sewed all by myself. I know...I'm impressed with myself. It turned out great. The fabric is from the Stampin up mini catalog and for the flower I used a big shot die from Stampin up.

Wow its almost been a year!!!

2011-04-01T20:16:00.000-07:00

I cant believe (or maybe I can) that I haven't posted anything in a year! I really need to do better but I just keep saying it and not doing it. Well needless to say we are a very busy family these days especially since out little Sam came along but I am gonna try to do better and also start posting some of the scrap booking things I've been doing on here also...and maybe some of my cards too! A lot of people have been asking me to do it but I just never seem to find much time to make a card or a scrapbook page unless its on one of my weekend retreats and those only happen 3 times a year. Speaking of which we are going in May so if anyone reading this is interested in a weekend away just let me know...we have room for more!

Now for a family update...the kids are doing really well. Hannah started softball a few weeks ago so that's is keeping us really busy. She is not liking it much these days but she signed up so I'm going to make her finish the season. Mallory well she is just Mallory. She is still very adventurous and always has an answer and a reason for everything she does. Just the other day at the pool she dunked Sam in and of course he was freaking out...when Jessica asked her why she did it she said "he just needed to be bapertized". That's just Mallory so no one is really surprised at what she does anymore. Sam is doing great and learning new things everyday. He will be a year old (yes I know its gone by soooo fast) April 30th so we are planning the big party. I think this is gonna be a good one. The girls are way too opinionated about their parties these days so I'm gonna take advantage of Sam's parties while I still can! Well that's all for now here are some recent pics.

Here is Sam after he was "Bapertized"

Here is Hannah and Isabella at thier slumber party!

And of course Mallory Kate!

Our little man is here!

2010-05-09T16:21:00.000-07:00

Samuel William Rogers was born on April 30Th at Baptist hospital. He weighed 7lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches long. Labor and delivery was the best! I was able to breath through the contractions and relax....that is until the Dr broke my water. I had a epidural...and it worked like a charm this time unlike with Mallory. Labor started at 6:30 AM and by 12:14 he was in my arms. He had a little trouble breathing at first because he kept holding his breath and swallowed a lot of fluid but after a short stay in the NICU he was back with us and doing well.

Our hospital stay was very exciting. It started raining and didn't stop! Nashville was flooding and surrounding counties were flash flooding. Jessica had brought the girls to see their baby brother and we had to get them a hotel room because they couldn't get back home. On Sunday when we were suppose to be discharged... we were watching the news and realized that every road in and out of Nashville had been closed due to the flooding. We had no way out!!! I was trying to stay calm but when my doctor came in to do her last checkup before releasing me I started to lose it. I didn't want her and Robert to think it was postpartum depression but I just couldn't control it. I gathered myself and we decided to wait it out and see if any roads opened up. There were no hotels because they were all booked...and all I wanted was to be home in my own bed! To add to the stress the girls were still in Nashville too because they had to stay the night before so we had to get them home too. It all ended up working out...Robert drove the girls home by taking 440 to 65 then got on 840 in Franklin. He then came back to the hospital to get me and Sam and e made it home. At least we have a story to tell Sam when he gets older. The historic flood in Nashville is definitely gonna be a good one. Jessica said we should have named him Noah!

Since we have been home little Samuel has been doing great. His sisters love him to pieces and Hannah is constantly kissing and hugging on him. Mallory has done great..she loves him but doesn't pay a lot of attention to him. She just goes about her day as if nothing has changed. She is not at all jealous like I thought she would be. I cant help being sad when I think of us almost not having him! He is such a blessing and we are so glad that God chose to give us a son. Even though we weren't planning on having him...he has already brought a lot of joy into our lives and now we cant imagine not having him. So here are some pics of our little one and his sisters.

Its been forever!!!

2010-04-20T19:10:00.000-07:00

OK so it has been forever since I have posted anything...sorry for the delay but life has really been fast paced at the Rogers house. Baby Samuel William will be here next Friday the 30Th if not before then. I have been having some contractions but they don't seem to be strong enough (according to the Dr not me they feel plenty strong enough to me) or close enough together to count...so we are just sitting and waiting. I am waking up every morning at 4 am for some reason...it could be the fact that it feels like he is trying to kick and punch his way out!

Hannah started playing softball a few weeks ago so that has kept us really busy as well. She is doing great which really surprises me after we tried soccer and it was a complete disaster. With soccer she didn't like the uniform so it was a fight every time we went to practice or a game. I made her finish out the season since she was the one who wanted to sign up in the first place. She didn't do too bad, she ran along with the kids but just wasn't aggressive enough to go after the ball. I asked her if she wanted to play softball when we got the sign up sheet but she said no. Jessica asked her if she wanted to and she said yes. So we signed her up and took her to the first practice...I was shocked when we got there because she just ran right out on the field with the other kids and acted like she had been playing her entire life! When she got up to bat she actually hit the ball! When we left she said "mom I love softball that was really fun" I asked her how she knew what to do and she said they had been playing at school. Anyway she had a game the other night and got to bat 3 times...she struck out all 3 times but was great playing outfield she actually got 2 kids out! She had another game tonight and struck out the first time but the second time she hit it and got on 1st base. Then after 2 more batters she ran home! I was so excited for her... she had a smile on her face from ear to ear! They won both games!

Mallory has been Mallory...getting into everything still and staying in trouble. She has such a strong personality! She makes me laugh and makes me so mad at the same time. She is excited about her baby brother but I know when he gets here it will be a struggle for her since she is so used to being the center of attention so I am going to have to be really creative with her and make her feel special!

Well that's all for now I will try to do much better keeping everyone updated on whats going on but no promises! I will post pics of the baby when he gets here. We are having a photographer come to our house when we get home from the hospital so we can gets some newborn pictures of him with his sisters. Here are a few pictures of the girls for now!

Mallory Kate with her new haircut!

Mallory Update

2009-07-30T15:11:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything...we have been super busy. A few months ago Mallory started limping on her right foot just slightly. We ignored it for a while because when I called the Dr. he asked if she was complaining or if there was any swelling or redness and there wasnt. No cuts bruises, swelling, or redness. So we waited a few days and after it didnt go away we took her to the dr. Again he said it was probably nothing since there were no signs of a break or fracture. He told us to wait about 2 weeks and if it wasnt any better to come back...and it was no better if anything it was worse. She still didnt complain but the limp was way more pronounced so we took her back and they did xrays and blood work to check for an inflammatory disease or pediatric arthritis. Both came back negative so he sent us home and told us to wait 2 more weeks. Well it got even worse. We tried not to talk about it in front of her because we didnt want her to fake it. she is a little bit of a drama queen. So when we got back from vacation it was worse and she started complaining that her leg hurt ... we took her to a pediatric bone and joint dr at Vanderbilt. He did more xrays and has ordered more blood work...in the mean time he has her in a cast to keep her from moving her foot so that it doesnt get any more irritated since it seems to be worse the more she walks on it. So that is our summer drama. Keep her in your thoughts..hopefully they will find out soon what is causing it. here are some pictures of her little pink cast...isnt it pitiful!

More pics to come later of our vacation.

Strawberry Patch!

2009-05-31T20:15:00.000-07:00

We had never been to a strawberry patch to pick strawberries before even though we talked about it a lot it just never seemed to work out. So on this beautiful summer day we decided it was a good idea. It was a very hot day...but the girls had a good time or at least Mallory did. Hannah was not that into it after just a few minutes. Mallory kept trying to eat the strawberries and that was really grossing me out because they werent washed yet. I told her there were bugs on them but she didnt seem to mind. So while I was picking I noticed she was quiet I turned to look and ....Now you see them...

Now you don't. She ate every one of the berries in her basket...then got mad at Hannah because she wouldnt give her any of hers.

She had strawberry form head to toe!

There was a field of mopperglows (dandelions) so of course that was Hannah's favorite part.

Here was Mallory eating strawberries again!

When we got done we were so hot we decided to get some strawberry honey popsicles...they were very yummy....although Hannah didnt think so!

2009-05-16T09:11:00.000-07:00

Ok here is more on what has been going on at the Rogers' house...we have new family members their names are Mickey and Minnie mouse. They are turtles that my husband surprised me with when I got home from a weekend I spent with family. Mallory is the only one besides Robert that will touch them so I guess they are hers. She is the one who named them also.
Here are the girls at the hotel after a long night of swimming Here is a picture of me with some of my cousins and thier kids at my uncles funeral.

And next my baby graduated from preschool on Thursday May 14th. It was a very sad day for me and Robert. I cant even imagine where the time has gone.

Here she is waiting for the program to start. She was so nervous I didnt really think she would actually go up on the stage and do her part.. but she really surprised us and did very good. Much better than the time I spent the money on a gymnastics recital and she cried the entire time. That was just last summer.

Here she is going on stage to get her diploma. She is telling her teacher that her favorite center is blocks.

Her with her aunt Jess!

Daddy wouldnt look at the camera because he was crying.

Thats all for now!

Update!

2009-05-15T15:47:00.001-07:00

I am updating...we have had a lot going on lately. I havent posted in a while because we have been so busy. These pics were from a trip that me, Hannah, and Jessica took to Gatlinburg for a girls weekend getaway. We had a blast. I have lots more post to make about other things but need more time...maybe tomorrow. Here is me and Hannah at the Applebarn for dinner.
Hannah doing what she loves most...swimming. We had to tell her the pool was only opened at night because she drove us crazy to take her swimming...she didnt want to do anything else.

Playing mini golf.

Hannah was so tired while we waiting for our table at the Dixie Stampede she fell asleep on Jessica's shoulder.

This was Hannah's favorite thing about the entire weekend...the Dixie Stampede. She hooted and hollered and danced the entire time.

Stars cars museum.

Here we are at the stars cars museum in the flinstone car.

And at the wax museum.

Owen Wilson

More to come later.

Field Trip

2009-04-24T18:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the field trip we went on with Hannah's class to the discovery center in Murfreesboro. Here we are looking for tadpoles.
And we found one..notice Hannah is not getting too close to the net.

Just some old pictures

2009-04-22T12:33:00.000-07:00

For the last few weeks I have been busy getting all my pictures organized and put on disk. Boy has that been a task. Anyway some of my family were unable to attend our wedding and were asking me to post some pics so here they are. Just a few cause most are in albums and I'm not done scanning them yet. FYI we just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on the 12th.... but we have been together for 11 years now. Hardly seems like it has been that long. I actually just got these pictures back not to long ago. I didn't even order them for a few years after we got married...guess its a good thing I trusted the lady who took them.

Our beautiful wedding party...from left to right is Betsy (Roberts niece) Kim, Niki Work, Niki Parker Adcox, Marilyn Roberts, Tanya Jones, me and Robert, Jeremy Motley, Shane Flaherty, my cousin Keith, Jonathan Work, and Allen Cantrel and in the front Trenton, jordan, Will and Andrew... WOW these kiddos were really small they are so much bigger now.
And here I am pregnant with Mallory... I was really pudgy. This was the day I went to the hospital to have her.

And here is Hannah meeting her little sister for the first time. This is my favorite picture of all time.. she just couldn't believe that her little sister was finally here.

And just a little remembering.. Me and Tanya were just talking the night we went out about this cruise that we went on years ago with our husbands. Then I opened a box the other day of pictures and there they were.

This was us at work right before I got married not sure what we were up to... but it was usually no good.
I have had a lot of fun going through these old pictures. I feel like my life has flashed before my eyes the last couple of weeks. There have been tears and lots of laughs. There are lots more to come in the future as I go through them I will post some of my favorites for all my old friends to see. Oh and Joey I am gonna post pics of mine and Hannah's trip up north when I find them.

Easter!

2009-04-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures of the girls for Easter. We went to the mall at opry Mills for the pictures with the Easter bunny.

The bunny was really nice and kept Mallory busy while I paid for our pictures.

Here are the girls coloring eggs!

And of course Mallory had to try to eat the egg before she colored it...then acted like she didn't do anything when I screamed for her to not eat it.

We had a really good Easter with the girls. My sister in law and her family came over and we ate lunch and hunted eggs. The funny thing about our plastic eggs is that they are about 10 years old. They are the eggs we used when our nieces and nephews were younger and we had egg hunts with them at my Mother in Laws house. It was kinda sad that she was not here to watch the girls this year because she always loved this time of year. I can remember this time last year when her and Hannah were outside picking "mopperglows" (that's what Hannah calls dandelions). We really miss her a lot and it amazes me how much the girls miss her even though they are so young they remember her as if she were alive yesterday. It makes me sad for them.

On a lighter note I have decided that Hannah is probably ready to go to kindergarten and really acts like she wants to go... so we are going to send her. I am also going to be sending Mallory to the christian school here in town 2 days a week to get her out of the house. She really needs to work off some of her energy and I think it will be good for her to spend time with other kids her age... so wish me luck with sending my baby to kindergarten...its hard for me to believe that she is almost 5 already. Everyone always says that babies grow up fast but I could have never imagined it would go this fast. It seems just like yesterday I was holding her in the hospital and I can remember every moment.

We are headed to the beach in July. We are going to be staying in Fort Walton so if you have any ideas on some fun things for us to do or good places to eat please let me know... I havent done as much research for this vacation so I need all the help I can get.

Not so funny at first but now funny!

2009-04-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

Well we have an artist in our family and I bet you could never guess which one...Mallory. I was spending my Sunday afternoon after church with my mom and Hannah shopping while Robert was "Watching" Mallory. She somehow got upstairs into my scrapbook room and got a sharpie marker...While she also took all my paper out and spread it all over the floor and threw a couple other things out of place. (this is how I know where she got the marker). She went downstairs to the toy room and just started drawing all over every inch of the toy room. All the while my dear husband was sitting on the couch and (you can see into the toy room from the couch) he never saw what she was doing. It had to take her some time because she was very meticulous about it. Here are just a few pictures he tried to clean some of it up before I got home. I now have 2 places on my carpet that are colored on and several toys that are ruined but I was able to get it off of some things.

Me and my friend Tanya and our husbands went out to dinner while my friend Jessica kept the girls. Here are some pictures from their fun night without parents. They said they had a slumber party.

Here is Olivia after she realized the horse sitting beside the toy box she had been digging into for a few minutes..It was hilarious when she turned around and saw the horse she trembled then smacked it.

Here they are in Mallory's big girls bed!

Princesses!

Playing dress up

Here is what they called a slumber party. Check out Olivia's pigtails!

Eating popcorn.

Here are daddy's dancing with their babies I wish I had gotten a better picture but I didn't have my camera on when they started. Here they are playing bumper cars. We had a great time hanging out and watching the kiddos play...they got along so good. Cant wait to do it again.

Catching Up!

2009-03-28T20:23:00.001-07:00

We have been really busy lately so it has taken me a while to post. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures..I love these because it shows that my girls really do love each other even though they fight all the time. I really need to remind myself of this the last couple of days because it seems they cant get along at all. They spent the whole day today fighting.

As most of you already know we have been working on Mallory sleeping in her big girl bed since she climbs out of the crib. So we took the front off the crib and turned it into the daybed. The first night is captured here Hannah slept in there with her and we had no problems. The next night Hannah said she wasnt going to be sleeping with Mallory anymore because she kicks too much...funny coming from her since she fops all night. Mallory has done really well with the transition to her new bed. She actually went in there on her own for a few days to take a nap. When she wakes up in the morning she knocks on the door for us to let her out.

Hannah never poses for me to take her picture I have to beg and bribe but I thought this one was cute and sassy... Typical Hannah!

I want to plan an easter egg hunt here at our house on the Sat before Easter I have a ton of eggs that I have accumulated over the years. The kids all had a really good time coloring and hunting eggs last year so I figure we will do it again. Let me know if you are interested in coming so that I know if it is worth planning or not. Hope to see you all here. Here are some pictures from last year its unbelieveable how much bigger they all are now.

Snow Day!

2009-03-03T18:46:00.000-08:00

We have been waiting for a snow like this for sooooo long and when we woke up Sunday morning there it was. Hannah woke up and said "its Christmas again" she thinks Christmas is when it snows because of the movie Christmas Story. That movie is one of her and Mallory's favorites we have watched it 1000000000 times...they love Ralphie. Anyway here are some pictures of us playing in the snow... none of Robert because he wouldn't come out he said it was too cold. (and he wonders why he is never in my scrapbooks) We couldn't build a snowman because the snow kept crumbling but we had a great time.

Here is Mallory being buried in the snow.

Here are the girls getting ready to go sledding...check out my snowman pajamas..he he

I flipped them over... oops!

The snow was almost to Mallory's knees.

Here we are trying to build a snowman but it wasn't working.

Hannah making a snow angel.
So...Mallory decided to make one too!

Here we all are Robert came out long enough to take a picture.

After playing int he snow we headed to Nashville to see Playhouse Disney on stage...Jessica bought tickets for Mallory for her Bday present...but everyone was tired.

Disney Scrapbook!!!

2009-02-23T17:39:00.001-08:00

There were alot of people asking to see my scrapbook of Disney and I forgot to take it to the birthday party so here is the Disney album that I have been working on since Oct. Actually I only spent 2 scrapbook weekend retreats working on it. We just got back from the last retreat last week and we had a blast and I got alot done that weekend...however all those tiny pieces I had to cut out on the cricut and glue together took up a lot of time and it can be nerve racking...so I did use some stickers on some of the pages. They are not finished yet still more to come.

Peter Pans Flight was absolutely Hannah's favorite ride.

I still have one picture that I need to print off and put in the end frame but my printer got jacked up while we were printing off pictures.

This was one of Hannah's favorite rides...she rode it over and over and over again with her daddy.

Thanks Carolyn for the flip flops you cut out for me.

This picture of us was the worste picture ever... we had to get straight out of bed and head over to chef Mickey's and had no time to get ready..that's what happens when you make reservations for 8 in the morning for breakfast.

Woody and Buzz were Robert's favorite characters.

This was Hannah's album, Mallory's album is the same I am not creative enough to come up with 2 different ideas for each scrapbook and I am happy that I at least got 2 Disney scrapbooks almost finished.

2009-02-22T11:54:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics of the kiddos playing with new toys from the partyHere is Mallory with her stroller from aunt Patrice and her dog from Reagan and George. Thanks!!!

Thanks Isabella for the My little pony it is really neat.

And thanks again Nana for the washer and dryer as you can see it has been put to good use.....this is gonna be our new "time out"!

Here is Mallory trying to help Hannah in.

Birthday Party!

2009-02-21T17:47:00.000-08:00

I had not spent as much time planning for Mallory's party this year... we just had way too much going on lately. It turned out great though. The kids really seemed to love the balloon artist/ magician. I hope all of you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for the gifts and most of all thank you for coming to the party. I am going to post some pics... if I forget to put your kids in im sorry I will do my best not to forget anyone. Thanks again for helping to make Mallory's 2nd birthday so exciting. The first picture is from Mallory's actual birthday 2-12... we took her out to lunch at the Mexican restaurant. (she was not happy that they put frosting on her face)
And a very special thank you to Jessica for helping to make all this happen. :)

The ballon artist was able to make a Strawberry Shortcake for Hannah!!!

Isabella with her crazy hat.

Spiderman!!!

My Sister-in-law and her Giraffe!!!

Mallory and Olivia picking "strawberries".

She very patiently waited for her bracelet.

Me and Olivia.

T.J. with his little martian man.

Mr. Scott Tripp making spiderman.

And a landybug for Mazaria.

The kids thought he was really funny.

Eating lunch.

I love how the cake turned out. The owner of Sweet Spot bakery in Murfreesboro does a wonderful job on cakes...they are delicious.

Here is Mallory playing with some of her toys...thanks Olivia.

Thanks Hayden...we missed you.

I now know who is ironing my clothes from now on...Thanks NaNa!

More pics to come soon of her palying but I wanted to go ahead and post these.

Discovery Center

2009-02-10T14:30:00.000-08:00

We celebrated the Chinese new year with Olivia, Jason, and Tanya Jones and Jeremy, Allison, and Issabella Motley... here are the pictures from that night. We had a good time.
Here is Tanya and Olivia on the plane..

And here they are again coming down the slide... Tanya scared Olivia to death... look at that pitiful look on her face.

Isnt this the sweetest... Olivia giving Isabella a hug.

Here is Hannah on the drums.

Here is Hannah Trying to convince Isabella to come in the house for "Thanksgiving dinner".

And here is my Little Miss Sassy Pants trying to boss around all the other kids in the house... but they pretty much just ignored her.

Here is Isabella... she has a great smile.

And here is Tanya with Olivia and Hannah playing in the water.

Now To update on my family... Mallory has had an ear infection since Friday and we are struggling to get her to take her medicine. It takes 2 of us to hold her down and shove it in. She throws an absolute fit. Now to top it off Hannah didnt go to school today because she has a runny nose and a really bad cough. My thoat is hurting...Then my husband calls me at work and says to get him an appoinment because his ear hurts and now he has an ear infection. The doctor told him it is the kind normally found in kids. I have a scrapbooking retreat this weekend so everybody better start feeling better. I have lots of scrapbooking to catch up on.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-02-05T18:01:00.000-08:00

Well we have been busy little bees around here. Wednesday we went to gymnastics in the morning. That is when I really remembered how hard mommy and me gymnastics is and how I cant wait till Mallory is on her own in gymnastics. It really wears me out having to chase Mallory around that huge gym. After gymnastics we were off to the dentist and Hannah was so excited. She really loves going to the dentist, However Mallory was not so excited. She really hates to be held down and I was preparing myself for the worse. She actually didn't do bad...at first... but after a few minutes she really started to put up a fight and started crying. I had Hannah on one side loving it and Mallory on the other side screaming. Thank God Jessica was there... her or my mother always go with me because it is hard for me to concentrate when I have two that usually get called back at the same time. So we got a great report, after last time I have really concentrated on keeping their teeth clean. We didn't get a bad report last time I just learned a lot about kids teeth and where all the problem places are so I know where to brush. So I was really happy no cavities and no build up yeah!!!!!

We have also been busy making valentines for Hannah's preschool class. And let me tell you I have never been happier to have a project finished. I always stress myself out trying to be crafty. I want to do something nice but then when it comes to carrying it out I usually don't do so well but this time I did and Hannah helped. Here is the finished project.

What to do?

2009-02-03T14:52:00.000-08:00

This is my first ever blog... it is all the new hype among moms and scrapbookers so I thought I would join in. This will help to keep my family and friends in tune with what is going on in my life since I don't do a very good job of calling people when I should. So for my first post I guess I will write about my problem with Hannah and school. Hannah's birthday is August 21... she will be five this year which means she can start school, however I'm not totally convinced that she is really ready. She has been a stay at home kid since birth and just started a 2 day a week preschool this past August. She is a very opinionated kid (not sure where she gets that from he he) and I'm not sure she totally gets that school is not an option and not just a play date. I hate to send her too early but if you ask the school system they would say send her if you ask parents they would say keep her out one more year (even though they are sending their kids). So I don't feel like I am getting honest opinions. My only options are to send her and hope she does OK or send her to a preschool program here in town that is expensive (or at least to me it is because I'm not used to paying for daycare). Only problem with sending her to the preschool is that I would have to pull her out of the school she is in now and start her next week at the new preschool because they have an opening otherwise she may not get in this fall because they have a very extensive waiting list. They don't usually have kids drop out in the middle of the year but this has happened and that is why they have an opening. I cant send her to the public school preschool because she will be 5 and they only take kids that are 4. I really don't like the idea of switching her in the middle of the school year but looks like I don't have much of a choice. So anyway lots of prayers for me as I make this decision.