Family

Sawyer got to visit with his cousins

Morgan, Kyra and Hayden

His Great Grandparents were here visiting too.

Aunt Laurie and Uncle Ron are staying for a few days to watch over the kids, animals and house while we go to D.C.

 While we were gone Aunt Laurie, Uncle Ron and Amara helped the kids make pumpkin shaped rice crispy treats.

It looked like they had a wonderful time while we were gone!

Sawyer's 1st Birthday Party

It's party day!

The cake turned out so cute.

Sawyer left his party hat on for about 2 seconds!

So the next reasonable thing to do is to dress up the dog!!!!

Maddie Dawg was such a good sport.

She works for food :)

Russ and Jaylee being all silly

Marshall was keeping an eye on the snack table.

He had it under control!

Sawyer was trying to give Pappa Bob a push.

Sawyer's girlfriend Kennedy came to Sawyer's first party.

They are just 3 months apart.

I love Kennedy's parents, so we are already planning the wedding!!

Well we stripped Sawyer down to his diaper to prepare him for his first cake eating feast.

And........

He didn't want any part of it!

He looked at us like we were crazy people when we were singing to him.

Then we put his little mini cake in front of him and he wouldn't even touch it.

I put some frosting on his lips, and he wanted out of his high chair.

Jaylee and her girlfriends Mia and Vada

Sydney, Jaylee and Mia

It was such a perfect day.

The weather was perfect, the food was yummy and we were surrounded by our family and friends.

Life is good.

Peace and love....

Sawyer's 1st Birthday

October 5, 2012

Today is Sawyer's 1st birthday.  It's crazy to me how fast his first year on this earth with us has gone by.  My Mom and Grandparents came into town to celebrate with us.  His birthday party is tomorrow.

He's not quite walking, but he is starting to stand and take steps.

Great Gramma Bigsby gave him his gift, and Sawyer wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to do here.  He was more interested in the tissue paper at first.

Grammy gave Sawyer a toy choo choo train, and he loved it.

His first year has gone by so so very fast.  Every sleepless night has been completely worth it.

I've really learned to treasure every moment of his baby hood.  I will miss his baby smell, his baby feet, I will miss him nursing and cooing.  I will miss him crawling around saying "Mama"

But I also look forward to his first sentences, and seeing him walk and run.  I look forward to him exploring the world around him as he learns about the world.

With kids you get to learn the world all over again.  Children see things differently, and if you pay attention you can see things like that too.  

Peace and love....

Little Angelina Ballerina

October 3, 2012

Us dance Moms took the girls to see Angelina Ballerina the play in Chambersberg P.A.

Jaylee was really looking forward to one on one time with me, without her little brothers tagging along.

We got there a little early, so we did a little window shopping.

She loved looking at all of the Halloween decorations.

The girls have all been dancing together since they were 3 years old.

It was such a cute little theater, and the kids loved it.

Marshall's First Day of Pre-K

September 4, 2012

My baby is growing up.

All ready for school.

He was SO excited!!

Marshall posing with his big sis on his big day.

This is the same spot that I always posed Jaylee on her first day of school.

Here we were getting ready to head into school, and he still wasn't nervous.

His little lips never stopped moving on the drive to school!

Once we got into the gym he started to get nervous.  He clung close to me and didn't want to sit on the bleachers with his class mates.  And that was ok.

It was time to line up.  Notice ALL of the boys, and only 4 girls!

When we got into his classroom, he remembered his spot from orientation and he sat right down.

He grabbed his pencil, and he was ready to go!

He did so well.

Me on the other hand....

I stayed strong until I walked away from that classroom.

It was so hard for me.  It is just flying by, and once they start school it goes by so much faster.

I love being a Mommy, and it's amazing watching them grow and experience life, but it also makes my heart ache.  I'm so behind on this blog, and he's been in school for a few weeks now and he absolutely LOVES it!!  And that makes it so much easier for me.  He has a wonderful teacher and it's a great group of kids.

Peace and love....