Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few more pictures to hold you over for the next week or so while we're off to the beach celebrating our blessings!

Look at these precious little treasures. They cannot get enough of her! She is 5 months old today and are still telling me on a daily basis how excited they are that she is out of my belly. Praying their love for her never grows old.

Samuel had his first birthday party that he went to just by himself. He was so excited. He wanted to make his friend a cape. So, we worked away. He was so proud when it was all finished. And better yet, his friend loved it!

One happy little boy

I sent all the males outside to rake some leaves. I pass the back window to find this:

Apparently, rake fights are more fun than raking.

Don't forget to look for the blessings, they are all around!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Catch All Photo Post

The 'A' Team (Andy, Amy and Annabelle) went to a wedding and it was past Annabelle's bedtime, so we brought the trusty *Woombie to put her to sleep. Here she is with one of her favorite people on earth, Miss Kate!



Fall artwork with Samuel K.

Mommy and Annabelle reuniting after our first evening away from each other. Annabelle would not stop grabbing my face and kissing me all over. It was precious. Not sure who missed each other more, though.

The whole clan went together to vote. Training them young!

Art time gets a little out of control in this house!


Samuel's first trip to the dentist. He did fantastic. Perfect teeth they said.





If you are interested, in my opinion, this Woombie is the single best item for babies. She sleeps like a charm in it! I wish I knew about it with the boys.

Hearing Back From the Boys - Pt 4

I dropped the ball for awhile posting on their responses back from you all, but here are a few more.

Our Escape Artist

Gamba has escaped from our fenced in back yard more times than we can count. Everytime he is just in the woods next to our house sniffing around. But, this last time he was gone for over 3 hours!

We had previously done some things that we thought would alleviate the problem but Gamba thought it was just a fun game. He was successful at getting out no matter what we did. Andy refused to be defeated by a dog so he decided he was going to win this battle once and for all. He buried trenches:

Filled them with gravel and concrete:

(Notice how Gamba is plotting even in the midst of it all).

Hired some cute kids to do some labor:

And then covered it all up with dirt again:

So far so good. Gamba has made some pretty pathetic attempts at escaping but it looks like Daddy has won! And Gamba is not happy:

All About Annabelle

I'm way behind in posting pictures, so here are a ton:

4 month birthday

12 lbs 12 oz. - 50% (slimming down)
24 1/4 inches - 50%

A lot of photos these days look like this: fist in mouth, drool all over shirt.





In her exersaucer and loving it.


Same with her jumper

And her new woombie. Ridiculous, I know! She doesn't go down for a single nap without it.

I've made a lovie for most of her friends, it was about time she had one of her own:

Bubble face!


She curls her tongue when she smiles. It's absolutely adorable.

A tribute to Joseph and his frog faces!