Baby blessing

We had a great weekend with the Guthries coming into town for our baby blessing! We went out to dinner and while the boys/men went to see Bateman us girls and baby too went to the Cocoa and Cupcake cafe' and talked girl talk, it was fun! Oh and the kids had fun too. I didn't get any pictures with baby D with his dad so here are some pictures I did take that weekend. I love the picture with Mike and Sloane wearing the same colored shirt and shorts, ha! Who wears short in the fall/winter anyways, MINE DOES! 

Update on JR

This is his favorite hat by the way. He's made a fish one and now this leaf one and it has his name on it, I think that's his favorite part. He wears it to school the next day, all around the house and Yes even to bed. I am sure the next one will probably have turkeys on it! He is such a great kid, we are so blessed to have him in our family. He does not need speech therapy anymore and his preschool teacher said that he will be more then ready to start kindergarten next year, Yay! His preschool teacher is so amazing, she's been wanting to retire for the past couple of years but I told her that she couldn't until he goes off to kindergarten next year, she's amazing! He is amazing, talking so good and he's got a funny personality. We are still working on transitioning from thing to thing, he still has a hard time with that but I am confident that he will have that down to before next year! 

Decorating for the Holidays!

 Got this pumpkin idea off of Yep you guessed it...Pintrest!

I can't believe she's TWELVE!!!

For her twelth birthday we let her get her Ears pierced! She was so excited. I took her and some of her friends to the mall and they got to root her on and then they went and did a little shopping and then I took them to get pretzel bites, YUM! She had a great birthday. I figured that fun, friends, pretzel bites and shopping is better than a party and way less stress!! She enjoyed her first YW activity...decorating pumpkins! She's lovin' life!

Yes, That's Duct Tape!!

We CANNOT keep clothes on this boy! It's a struggle everyday to keep them on him! We have to bribe, Fight you name it, all that just to keep his clothes on or just get him to wear clothes at all! I should have taken a picture of him the other day, he went with his siblings to the park dressed just like this and a pair of shoes that each shoe was different and they were too big (his older brothers). He looked like a he was a homeless boy. We call his diaper a loin cloth because if he was Tarzan he would be the happiest kid in the world! I have never had a kid that hated clothes as much as this kid does. So because he will only wear his "loincloth" we have to duct tape it on because....YES he will take it off! No he's not ready for potty training, we've tried that too! Oh well! I have given in!

McDonalds at the park!

For most of the birthdays, mema wanted to treat the kids to McDonalds for lunch and then go to the park to play! It was a really nice day, not to cold and not to hot! You could tell I don't get McDonalds very often for the kids because the little boys where ohhhing and awwing over their happy meals, Poor deprived little guys! Mema had fun watching them all play and it was fun!

Mema Finally got to come visit!!

 This is my favorite picture of mema and her baby! She just loved holding him and rocking him. Whenever he would cry she would want to console him. He loves his mema! She looks like and angel in this picture.

 I love this face of sissy!

 Mema and her little kids! These two kept her on her toes the whole week and a half that she was here. She had to take them on walks, feed them, take them to the park, ect. They love their mema!