November...

We went to the zoo.  The kids had fun watching all the animals and running around.

My little Kayli girl is starting to smile some more.

These two kids are so funny.  They are playing a lot better together lately.  (I think Whit is supposed to be the Rockstar and Taylor is his biggest Fan:)  I love her in my boots, I just wish we didn't have hard wood floors.

I love these girls!

Kayli's Baby Blessing
Kayli was Blessed on November 20th.  It was a great day.
My Mom made her beautiful dress.  She did a great job.  Thank you Mom, I love it!  She looked so sweet in her long flowing gown.

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was our first Thanksgiving with our little family.  It was nice to relax, spend the day together and eat yummy food.

Thanksgiving morning when I woke up I could hear Whit and Tay getting into something.  When we came downstairs,  we found Whit with the Christmas tree out of the box that he had pulled up from the basement.  He had been so excited to to put up the Christmas tree, he didn't want to wait one more day.  The kids had fun helping me put up the tree and all the Christmas decorations.

This was one Sunday after church the kids were having fun playing on the couch while I was trying to take some pictures. (... and Whit did not wear those clothes to church, he just comes home and changes before I can tell him to wait for a few minutes.)

October...

Whit went on a field trip with his class to the pumpkin farm. I came along with Taylor. They had so much fun. I think Whit's favorite part was riding in the school bus, he didn't even want to ride home with me.

There were a lot of fun activities to play.

Then we rode the tractor out to the corn maze and we had to find our way through the corn maze to get to the pumpkin patch

When we got home we carved and painted our pumpkins.

Kayli is such a sweet girl.  She is happy and sleeps all the time.   One Month Stats: 10lbs. 2oz.

The kids love painting and doing any sort of crafts.

Whits school halloween parade...

Jake decided to go as missing man on the milk carton for Halloween this year.  It also doubled as a great entertainment for the kids...

 Iron Man and Rapunzel made a pretty cute pair. 

I tried to take the kids trick-or-treating around the neighborhood but as soon as they saw a haunted house with the scary sounds they started crying and wanted to go home.   But trick-or treating at the medical school turned out much better.

No More Training Wheels

All summer long Whit kept asking me to take off his training wheels.  I wasn't quite sure he was ready, but one day I came outside and found him on his bike with one training wheel.

 

I really shouldn't have been surprised, he always figures out how to do whatever it is he wants.  He was so pleased with himself that he could take off his training wheel all by himself and ride his bike.  He rode it around like that for a few hours until dad got home to take off the other one.  It only took him maybe 15 minutes to figure it out.  Now he's doing awesome!

Whenever we go to this park we see a few people riding these bikes that you sit low in.  Whit always thinks they are so fun.

So he wanted to try it on his bike.  Good thing he did it before he took off his training wheels. 

Spit Up!

She's cute but she sure does spit up a lot.

  If I wouldn't have heard the splatter I would have wondered what happened,  her face, clothes and blankets were all dry afterwards.  I'm not sure how that happened.

I just can't get enough...

Of this sweet little girl. Kayli has been so much fun.
I love her big eyes.

I love her long legs, long toes and long fingers.

This little girl is just so fun and silly...



I was so glad my Mom could come to visit. The kids were so excited to have Grandma here. Thanks Mom for all your help!








(Whit loves to sing "I just can't get enough" around the house, but that's the only part he knows so he sings it over and over. Thus the phrase is always in my head:)

First Day of School

Whit is in Junior Kindergarten this year!

A few days before school started, we went to the "Meet and Greet". Whit was so excited to go to school and meet his teacher. I took these pictures that day because I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to take him to school on his first day. (I was hoping to be in the hospital with a new baby since she was due on the 31st of Aug.)

I love how big his backpack is:)

Whit had fun going to his school and playing in the classroom for a little while, but when we were leaving he was confused he didn't get to stay and have school.  I told him he gets to come back in just a few days.   

  I was so happy that I got to take Whit to school on his first day, since Kayli didn't come until early the next morning.  He had such a big grin on his face.
Before school...

Taylor wanted to be in all the pictures with Whit.

After school...

Jake took Whit to school on his 2nd day. Then the next week after I got home from the hospital Grandma was here to help take Whit to school. For the first few days I was so excited for him to go to school since I knew he was excited but then the next few days it really started to get to me and I was sad that my Little Boy was already big enough to go to school.
His teacher, Mrs. Gordy gives them "Happy Grams" if they are good at school and I love how excited he gets to show me his "Happy Gram".