oh how next year will look so different! we enjoyed the holidays loving on our babies…
watching them decorate the house and discover all the sweet things about the holidays…
next season will be just as exciting!
xxoo
Archives for January 8, 2016
NYE 2016
this was the second year to host new years at our house, so i’m going to go ahead and call it a new years tradition. i look forward to it as much as christmas 🙂 it was such a great new years eve here. last year, all the adults went out and this year we decided to stay in. it couldn’t have been more fun. i haven’t laughed so hard in the longest time! we created some great memories…
{and as always mainly took pictures of the kids…}
{ak discovered her toes can reach her mouth just before the new year!}
{ it was sparkling pear juice… 🙂 }
we look forward to see what the new year holds…
happy new years 2016!
f i v e months
oh little miss forgive me for all the pictures, but my goodness…
five months looks cute on you….
anna kate you make everyone happy. at five months we know you love to nurse. you love to sleep near us. you are still swaddled and i’m so scared it won’t even be for much longer. {i love the swaddle stage} you are laughing and singing a lot. you always need a burp “blanket” with you because a cloth just isn’t gonna do the job. you are rolling over from back to tummy just in this last week. you are trying so hard to get to the things around you. it was on our trip to chad and mendy’s that i realized how much you were reaching out and grabbing for toys! you were the biggest blessing this last year. we are so thankful for god’s perfect timing with you. happy five months!
we love you ak!
xxoo
just one more…
a little meet up with the cousins never hurt anyone… 🙂 the sunday after christmas the cold weather finally blew through. we met up with holly and travis and the kids for mass and lunch. it was so good to be able to see them one more time before they headed back home.
xxoo
christmas day 2015
what a treat christmas day was this year, jack and samuel you had quite the surprise waiting for you under nana’s christmas tree
we headed off to the park and spent the afternoon playing with your new toys!
it was so crazy how warm the weather was this christmas. jack you were a pro on your bike and loved going so fast! samuel you were still a bit nervous and preferred racing daddy by foot.
we headed back to the house and enjoyed a wonderful lunch together.
anna kate you can really steal a show with your smiles… nana made you your very own blanket for christmas. you clearly loved it!
it was good to be together again and we feel so blessed that albie’s job allowed him to be home for the holidays…
of course this year was the first christmas with anna kate in our arms. last year, the best christmas gift to me, was papaw wiping a tear from his eye when we surprised them with the news of grand-baby number three for them. i will never forget that. this year was very hard without him there with us… but we take comfort in knowing how proud he is of us for still getting together, eating all the yummy treats, spoiling these little babies and honoring the ONE who has blessed us all and given us the graces to get through this year…
xxoo