SCORE!

A follow up from the previous post. I just found some pictures from when Drew was 6 months old. Far from professional, but taken with a professional camera. Ok, I'm feeling MUCH better now :) Here are a few...

Ty's 6 month pictures

Ok. So I'm a horrible photographer mommy. I take other people's kids pictures, but do you think I remember to do my own children? NOOOOO.... I need to actually schedule an appt. for them I think. Funny, I need to schedule an appt. for my kiddos in their own home to have their pictures taken.
Anyway, I've been heartsick that I never got Ty's 6 month pictures (and for that matter, I don't think I ever got Drew's either--but one at a time) Well, as I looked back through some pictures I took in January, there was a great pic of Ty. Here it is and now I can say, "Look, honey, here you are at 6 months old..." Hooray!

Winter Wonderland--Southern Style

So, we had a little snowfall yesterday morning. The weather reports were calling for snow, but we all doubted it. Zach didn't want to go to bed the night before, so I told him that if he went to bed, when he woke up there would be snow outside. He went right to bed and I started praying for snow. :) Carl said "what if it doesn't snow?" I said "I'll deal with that in the morning". Thank goodness when we opened our eyes, we were met with the most beautiful snowfall.

Zach woke up and was so excited! When Drew woke up Zach was squeeling and telling Drew about the snow. They were both just standing there staring out the window. It was precious! So we got dressed and went outside. Here are some pictures.

Zach making snowballs to throw at daddy

Carl throwing snowballs at innocent helpless children.

Catching snowflakes on his tongue

Our little garden knome. We call him Drew.

Happy Birthday Kiersten!

So my sister's oldest, Kiersten, turned 15 this past Weds. I still can't believe it! 3 more years and she'll be getting ready for college! Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself...

Kiersten is also our number 1 babysitter for the boys! She has grown up to be such a responsible, smart, beautiful young lady.

I did a photoshoot for Amy of the kids a couple months ago and Kiersten really liked how her picture turned out, so I thought I'd post it.

Happy Birthday Kierst!

Can it be happening?

Can Zach really be turning 4? It's funny because he's so tall for his age, that sometimes I forget that he's only 3 1/2. I tend to expect more from him, probably because he's the oldest. I know this is all part of the birth order, but I'm really trying to not do that to him. I don't want him to feel like he has too much responsibility and can't have fun, but I also don't want him to be irresponsible and create bad habits. I suppose this is all the balance of parenting...I just can't believe I've been doing this for almost FOUR years!!!! It's incredible to me!

Here's his 4th Birthday Party Invitations...

Another Zach-ism {brought to you by mommy}

So the other day, I was watching Dr. Phil and he had a bunch of singers on and he was talking about how many Grammy's this person had won.
Zach comes flying out of the kitchen and yells, "Mommy! I have a Grammie!" It took me a sec, and then I busted up laughing.
I love that boy!

{Grammie}

{Grammy}

Trick or Treat!

{turtle turtle turtle}
{Handy Manny}

{not such a happy pumpkin}

{Zach and Drew before the candy madness}

Oh the fun we had. We ate hot dogs {Drew's first hot dog in a bun--very exciting}, then we headed out to trick or treat around or neighborhood, which we've never done--always at someone else's house. Then we headed to Amy & Steve's house and went trick or treating around their neighborhood, which is also my mom and dad's neighborhood, so we ended our evening over there for hot chocolate and s'mores. It was a really nice night. Zach can almost keep up with his cousin Kyle and Drew loved his candy {which was all over his face by the end of night}. Ty just loved being snuggled in his daddy's arms and blanket all night {although I'm sure Carl's back was killing him by the end of the night}. Good Times!