On my birthday

Here we are....this picture is a whole lot better than the one of me in our family picture. O-well. :( I still am having a hard time getting over how 80's we looked in the picture.(see below if you want) There will be another, hopefully better family picture soon. Anyway, I only felt really old for the first couple of days after turning 31. Now I don't feel it anymore. I guess I am as young as I make myself.
John and I are going to be taking the girls to NEMO on ice on Nov.11th. I am sure Kaitlynn will love it. I will let you all know after we go. I too am excited to go. bye

Planning

Well.. a few days no blogging. I have no new pictures, and really not too much to say. However I have been playing online on TheKnot.com and have been trying to get organized with my wedding planning. So far I have created a wedding web page. You can view that at http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/amykulp&johncollins Wow what a long link!! anyway come and see us there too! We will be getting more plans in action soon. The time is ticking away on us. Before I know it I will be Mrs. Collins! I am very excited.
thats all for now folks. b-bye

1st family photo

Well it wasn't planned, I hope you can tell by what I am wearing. But here we are,... it is about time, some would say. We are going to have to make a habit of this and work on our color coordination too :)

Kaitlynn Ann

Little Kaitlynn, she is getting soo big, what a silly girl she is!!

Payton Alina

Here is our baby Payton, what a cutie with her monkey hair!! She is almost 6 months here

20-11

Well I am twenty-eleven today, and I say, I don't feel too much older!! John and I took the girls to get there pictures taken today. Payton's six month old pics and Kaitlynn's 2 1/2 year pics. They did really well. Of course Kaitlynn was a tough cookie, she is so hard to get to smile. Unless of course we are at home, then she is all about the camera and saying cheese. Payton did very well too. We will get the pictures on the 27th of this month. When we get them I will post them.
We also got our first family picture. I was not too excited about it, this was not planned for me to get one done. We are a bit mix matched in the picture, you will see. Anyway. blog ya later, baby just woke up.

what they do when you are not looking. Kaitlynn was trying to pick Payton up. How scary, well wouldn't ya know, Payton had a huge smile on her face because her big sister was picking her up? Scary for me, fun for them. A potentially dangerous situation, caught on camera.

New, New, New

Well here is a photo of our room, with the new carpets and new wall color. If you ever saw it before, it looks totally different now. SOOOO much better. We just love it!

Well here is an ok picture of me with Kaitlynn. You can see our new carpet here.

what happened Mom?

After a day of wearing her hair in french braids we took them out. And she looked in the mirror at her hair and came running over to me to ask, "What happened Mommy?", she was wondering how her hair got that way. How funny!! Oh and yes we let her run around in her new panties! We will have to put a stop to that soon, she is just too proud of them right now. What a big girl she is.

My little bug

Payton is smiling so much now. She is so precious.

What a precious moment.
take a look at the carpet, we now have new carpet that you can see in the next few pics

Long time no Blog

Well, time for an update on what has been going on with us. We have been working every weekend painting the inside of our home! What a job. We painted the playroom, family room, office and our bedroom. Poor John has to go to work to get a break from the work we are doing on our house!!
Just this last weekend we got our new carpet put in. What a huge difference that has made!! WOW, I can't explain how wonderful it is. It is soo nice to feel comfortable laying on our floors. Not that it wasn't clean, there is just something about new carpets. Oh and the modern color probably helps too! We are no longer shagadelic people! (hee hee)
I will be putting some pics on here for you all to see.
Kaitlynn is still doing very well on the potty training thing. I guess we are past the training stage. She likes to have her privacy now. Telling us to get out and close the door when she has a #2.!! She is growing into such a neat little person. I just love her. My little Payton is getting big too! The time is going by soo fast she is already 5 months. She has been rolling over for a while, but now we have to watch her. One minute she will be in one spot and the next she will be somewhere else. She loves to jump in the johnny jump up, and to stand....A lot...I am always in amazement that I have two beautiful daughters, what a blessing they are to me. Well once again, blog ya later