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Archives for October 2016

six years old

celebrations, phone pics, sports, weekend in pictures

six!

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 this seriously goes so fast.   your birthday morning was a sweet one as always.   we woke you up for your birthday breakfast before heading off to another flag football game.

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what a fun day we had together as a family.   just celebrating you and all the things that you love.  another game day down and an afternoon at gattiland.  you ate and played all you could.   we then went home and watched a little more football before having your texan themed birthday party at the house 🙂

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you are really an awesome kid.   so thankful for you and the  s i x  years of fun and love you have brought to our family.

happy birthday buddy!  we love you!

xxoo

 

wrapping up summer 2016

celebrations, cousins, firsts, jack 5, kids, sister, sisters, summer, vacation, weekend in pictures

 the month of july was the busiest month this year by far.   we ended our summer with saying goodbye to our favorite parish priest.  oh my goodness father justin,  if he only knew how much he was missed.   we headed out for vacation bible school with the cousins.  we had a surprise visit from mamas sister.   we bought our first suburban and had a birthday to remember for granny.  oh yes, and after all of it was over we made a move further out to west texas.

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it was so.  extremely.  exhausting.   but the memories were totally worth it.   so very thankful for all the blessings this summer, seen and unseen.   i look forward to a new fall season ahead.   we have a new house and our very first school year to start!

xxoo

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kids

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as the movers were invading the house, i thought yay! we still have my bed, we can do her last monthly picture.  so as busy as you were i snapped a few.  it doesnt show any of the chaos around us.  this is the first time i thought how much i’ll miss this.   mainly because we were leaving this photo spot behind us too.  when we moved in we found out we were expecting you.   now here you have your first birthday and we are packing up and moving out.  this went way too fast.  this was a very hard move for this mama but i’m slowly learning to detach myself and focus on whats most important.  🙂   sweet girl  at one year, you werent quite walking yet.   you waited until the next week to take a few steps and then you went non- stop.  there was nothing gradual about it.   you are a busy body now.  at one year you still slept in mama and daddys room.  in a pack in play of course :p  but yes guilty as charged, you were our roommate until about a month after the move.  i dont regret it at all.  you are a silly little girl who is more into playing with people instead of toys.  you love food.  you love m&ms.  we still arent sure what you are allergic to but you breakout occasionally having us all scratch our heads.  you still love music and will dance forever if it is on.   it is one of my favorite things about you.  you can say “jack jack” “dada” “mama” and “ya.”   you are our joy.  everyone wants to be around you.  you are the best.  we love you birthday girl.

xxoo

birthday girl get away…

celebrations, cousins, firsts, kids, sister, vacation, weekend in pictures

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anna kate,  on your actual birthday,  you woke up at gramps and grannys house and we celebrated with donuts before our cousins headed back home and we headed out for one more day of vacation.

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we stopped in fredericksburg to enjoy some family time and relax before our big move.   we all enjoyed some pool time and a yummy dinner.  you barely made it past dinner time and the boys each bought you a gift on main street 🙂  these gifts coudn’t have been more perfect for you.

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what a fun day we had together!  we hope your year ahead is full of adventure and lots more love!

xxoo

 

her first birthday party

{photography}, celebrations

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what a beautiful day to celebrate you baby girl…  a rainbow in the sky to show just how loved you are 🙂    lots of little friends came to play including your cousins!   you enjoyed bubbles and a little bounce house and just being barefoot in the summer grass.  most of all i think you enjoyed your very first cake.

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oh deer!  our little girl is one!  happiest of birthdays sweet girl.

xxoo

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{photography}, celebrations, firsts

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little love!  you bring so much extra spunk to our days.  so much more joy in our household.  these are very belated posts but i couldn’t not post how much we celebrated you turning  o n e .   from celebrating with a party to having your very own special day.  we enjoyed every minute of spoiling you more than we already do.   you are simply the best.

xxoo