it's november and we are decorated!

we loaded up in the radio flyer and walked to the end of the street for our tree today! i love this tradition we have of walking a few houses down. not too far at all & the kids love it! i still can't believe it is november and we are decorated!

 

fun games of peek-a-boo in the trees

 

running back home & excited to decorate

all clean and ready for bed after watching the Elf on the Shelf movie.  totally puts Henry in the mood for "Elvis" to make his appearance.  hhmmmm....when will that be? on his birthday maybe??

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

gobble gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 2012
Henry: almost 5
Fran: 22 months

turkey #2

turkey #1
5 years ago this exact time this little turkey was due to pop! he decided to cook for 5 more days before he made his appearance! so we are 5 days away from turning FIVE!

i couldn't resist

these were just too cute from this morning. i have told myself i need to get my camera out more often instead of filling up my iphone.  it is beautiful today and the perfect time to snap a few while they were both doing some of their favorite things.

carrying her snack....that is probably the first word she learned! this girl and her snacks. she will eat hers and everyone else's!

now this is exactly how i picture him when i think of him.  that little smirk on his face is too cute. if his momma would let him wear a jersey every day he would be in heaven.  of course when he was younger i thought he will never wear jerseys! this is one of those battles i just can't fight! the football is in his hand for just about every waking moment at home.

two toe heads in november. please don't grow up!

the month of sugar

pumpkin patch october 2012

celebrating sweet amy dibias patwa

she is still fighting, and fighting so hard.  we celebrated this sweet lady for the 3rd year in a row & it was definitely the most emotional one yet. watching her stand up out of the pedi cab and walk over that finish line just brought a flood of tears from all of us but it was also a day to be so thankful. thankful for this friend who still manages to smile the biggest smile even though she is in so much pain. she still wants to know all about me when she has even more going on in her life. she still remembers to do the West Charlotte hand signal when taking our high school girls photo.  she still wants to make our monthly high school girls dinners even though she is constantly attached to her oxygen machine and is always in a wheelchair. and of course we all can't wait for those few precious hours that we get to spend with her on those nights.

i believe in miracles and i believe our God can heal Amy. fully heal. i've seen it happen before and i know amy can be one of those. all we need to do is join in prayer to Him. He listens and He answers but only if we speak to Him. she is still "fighting like a girl" and she is ready to win this battle. let's all pray together for this sweet precious friend. we have too many years ahead of us where we want to share memories together.

so, on to another pretty lady....the sugar month is what i like to call october. now that we have krispy kreme ONE block down the road it has caused quite some trouble...or maybe i should say fun. when the HOT NOW sign is on they are SO GOOD.

we take our doughnuts seriously around this house. down to the last sprinkle.

family photo halloween 2013: this is how we do it (yes that would be Walt under that blue costume)
lucy: cowgirl
henry: spider man
fran: alice in wonderland
walt: monster (a really cute one)

love these two to bunches

alice sporting one shoe off

collecting some loot

checking out the loot....SCORE!

cowgirl and spider man

as long as she had some sugar in her hand she was fine in the stroller but she did do some door to door "tick or teet" as she would say

"why can't we dump our pumpkins yet?"

 

sugar overload!!! of course it was the first thing she went for this morning. i think i will be taking it all to the office for myself. not afraid to do it.

end of summer pics

 

i can't forget to document the end of the summer! too many big moments that we can't let slip by on the blog!

 

end of summer for me meant wrapping up lots of loose ends at work and leaving the office every day right at 5:00 with no work at nights and weekends so i could have more time with my 3 favorite people! it has been sooo nice. back to real reality.  still busy days and weekends but a different kind of busy. normal busy i guess you can call it.

 

both of the kiddos have really been changing so much in each of their own little way. fran is just talking up a storm but at the same time entering her stage of life of being a total challenge. the month of september she decided she wanted to wake between the hours of 5am and 6am every day. that was fun. she has started singing her abc's, twinkle twinkle, and the little monkeys on the bed song. i keep taping them because i don't ever want to forget her cute little voice.

 

henry has really begun to mature in so many ways-- with his thoughts, questions and just the way he completely loves to be responsible and take care of himself and his sister. we had his teacher conference last week and some of the words they used to describe him were: dependable, most resourceful, & best helper.  he must be on a growth spurt because the boy is eating everything in the house! 26 more days till turning FIVE!

 

 

had to photo her first brownie batter experience. she almost stuck her whole head in the bowl. it was a strip down to our bloomies kind of event.

 

 

henry's trip to the dentist.....all clean report (unlike his mom)
 

CGC nine and dine....winner winner chicken dinner

 

fun dinner with my "myers park girls" celebrating my 35th. i'm old! but so thankful to have had each one of these great girls in my life for so long. i love each one of them so.much.
(mary, me, courtney, melissa, catherine & margaret)

 

saving one of the best photos for last.....Emmett Robert: 6 lbs 4 ozs

He decided to come into the world a few weeks early being born on September 20th.  He is so tiny! I have already forgotten how little they are in the beginning!! He has been doing great and Mindy & Jeff are just loving every moment...and so are Honey and Sam!