Very Thankful..and Very EXHAUSTED!!

That pretty much sums up how I was feeling after hosting my first Thanksgiving! We all had a great time though. Thank goodness for my Mom and Grandma helping out... I could NOT do it alone! Our feast included: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry, rolls, corn, pumpkin pie and cheesecake..WHEW! It was all very yummy and I made sure everyone else took all the leftovers so I can't eat them!

What i'm most thankful for

a pic of the whole gang

Luke's first thanksgiving!


me and my sister w/our grandparents

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Time to DECK THE HALLS!!!

My BIG Girl...

Went Pee-Pee in the potty today for the first time! Yes that is a picture of her pee, may be gross to you.. but it's a memory...cutest pee i've ever seen! Anyways, she was SO proud of herself and I of course made a big deal about it so that made her feel so much more excited. To celebrate her big accomplishment, she got 2 pieces of candy corn and boy did that make her feel special! I hope she keeps up the good work, but in a way it of course makes me sad! (every little milestone makes me sad, i'm such a a baby) My baby girl is no longer a baby... she's a BIG GIRL!!

her fake little "cheese" smile

so excited!

I love you so my paigey girl!!

Wordless Wednesday

Is this a bad sign???

This is what she did after I asked her if she wanted to use the big girl potty and wear pretty panties....

Put them on her head!!! All by herself thank you very much!!
CRAZY girl!!

Hopefully she starts thinking differently about it REAL SOON!!

Halloween

WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

We Had a GREAT Halloween this year! Kaylynn was with us this year for Halloween and it was so fun to watch her and Paige together! Paige is starting to get the hang of how things work too, it's so cute.. she won't say trick or treat but she did say thank you! We started our weekend off by going to Kaylynn's school festival Friday night. They had a cupcake walk, games, and a haunted library. My parents and grandparents came too and we had a great family night!

Kaylynn.. Miss Butterfly #1



Paigey.. Miss Butterfly #2

This was the best picture I could get of both of them together

On Saturday (Halloween) we went to our friends Art and Kelly's. There, the kids decorated cookies & cupcakes, and carved pumpkins. We then got them dressed up and went to their church for "trunk or treating".. we all had so much fun! After that, we went back to their house for some yummy homemade Chilli and a bonfire!

The kids decorating their cookies




Well, 3 out of 4 kids decorated while this one ate them..

Kaylynn and Grace






Think she has enough sprinkles????

Can't forget about this cute little pumpkin!




Hannah Montana and a Butterfly

Baby "Luke Dawg" as AJ calls him

Daddy and Paige waiting for the train ride

Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween too!!

<3

Play Doh and Pumpkin Carving with Grandpa

My Dad came over last week to help carve pumpkins since James was gone allll last week (again):) We of course waited for Kaylynn to get out of school before we started the pumpkins so in the mean time, Paige and grandpa had fun playing play-doh outside! Paige loves play-doh, and i'm happy to say she no longer tries to eat it!

my little goof ball!

After Kaylynn got home, we got to work on our pumpkins!
Heres the before picture.. best picture I could get of all three of them, at least 2 were looking at the camera! Luke was just too fascinated by the pumpkins to look at anything else!



cute boy!

hard at work... don't ya love my Dads gloves? :)

she enjoyed coloring on hers... kept her busy though!

The finished products!

Trick or treat!


Paige and Lukes... artwork by Paigey

Kaylynns kitty