Happy Birthday To My Daddy!!!!

To My Dearest Daddy

I would just like to say how much I love you and appreciate all you are to me and Scott and the girls and the boys!!! I tried to send this little birthday wish to you via the email yesterday but all I got was a return saying it was unable to send it!!! Sometimes email makes me so mad!!! However this is my only other way to get this message to you. I hope you dont mind the rest of the world knowing you are another year more seasoned. We love you and wish we could have been there with you yesterday but I hope this will make up for it. I love you Daddy!!!

Haircuts....From 1 to 4 in Two Days!!!

What did I do?!? Believe it or not these 2 pictures were taken 2 days apart. Notice how a haircut can make your baby look like a big boy all of the sudden.

My Little Porcelain Doll

When Baby "L" was born, some friends of ours gave him this beautiful dedication/christening outfit. I guess with the move we werent able to dedicate him at our church so instead I dressed him up and did a little mini-photo shoot with him and this is what I got. This sweet little porcelain face made me fall in love with him all over again. Dont you just want to kiss those chunky little cheeks?

This is a full body shot, and as you can see he isnt all that sure he likes his little baby doll look!

And as you can see here, he is checking out his little gittup. "Mommy, does the smocking on here make me look fat?"

Little "O" Says Doctor

For anyone with children, waiting for your baby to talk is like watching to see water boil. You sit and you repeat things over and over and over trying to get that satisfaction of that one word and yet to no avail they refuse to say anything. Well up until a few days ago Little "O" vocabulary was limited to "ball, Daddy, Mommy, baby, sissy, and tea" did I mention his favorite word is ball. He says it ALL THE TIME!!! Well, the other night we were sitting down to our family pizza night and we were discussing the fact that "H" needed to go to the DOCTOR (which by the way is the meanest word you can say to "H"). Big Papa then said he needed to go to the DOCTOR as well for something he was dealing with. Then out of the blue this sweet little voice beside me shouted out "yeah DOCTOR"!!! I nearly fell in the floor with disbelief, but then he said it again and realized we would cheer for his new word and so this is what we caught on tape after this burst of brilliance....

My Happy Little Sumo Wrestler!!!

I think the title says it all......19.5lbs at 4 mos

Merry Christmas!!!!

Well, I would say the best Christmas present this year (after the birth of our Saviour) is God's gracious gift of a new house five minutes away from Big Papa's work. We have actually had the ability to spend this entire Christmas break with him and life has never felt so sweet!!! We are living in our answer to many prayers!!!


Of course you could just look at these faces and see just how happy everyone is to be close to Daddy again! Minus the tired boys who weren't sure they were convinced Mommy's photo session was all that fun.

Now, we are one big happy family again!!!! And no they do not all sleep in the same bed, even though that sounds super fun to them!!! They do however have unique sleeping arrangements. One is actually using my closet as a bedroom. Can you guess who? (hint: he is small enough to fit in a bassinet) But like I said, they would sleep like this every night if we would allow it!

Home Sweet Home

Ok!!!! So it has been a while since I blogged, but here are the updates. Baby "L" is home from the hospital and is doing great. He has decided to start waking up at night again so sleep is much desired by me. However, after being in such a scary situation with him a little sleep seems very petty. This little guy is a treasure to us all and we will probably be a little freaked out for a while.

Next, we have now officially moved into our new house and are loving every minute of it. We have lovely neighbors and are beginning to see an end to the boxes. However, the best part about it is that Scooter Boo is home as early as 4:30 and we have the entire evening to be with him. I guess God let us go through this trial to show us just how blessed we are to have Big Papa home. We have been through the ringer these past 2 years and we are so happy to see the peace that is here. Welcome home Big Papa!!!!!

Well until we have a computer set up in the new house I will be a little silent on this end but hopefully we will be up and running soon. Until then you can see pictures of the kids if you click on to DANA K PHOTOGRAPY in my friends list and click onto the kids youtube link in her blog. It starts up on its on and it is such a great slideshow. And if you like what you see I can give you her number to set up your own photo session and create your own masterpiece of photos.

Until next time....have a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!

Please Pray!!!

To everyone who visits this site, I am asking you to please pray for our sweet Baby "L". Monday night he spiked a fever and we took him to the emergency room to discover that he possibly has bacterial meningitis. We do know that he has the bacteria growing in his blood and until they can perform a successful spinal tap to test the fluid for meningitis they have to treat him as if he does have it. He does seem to be getting better, however they are having to give him some very aggressive antibiotics and have tried unsuccessfully to retrieve any spinal fluid from him in the past 3 attempts of a spinal tap. Needless to say, poor Baby "L" is not happy with the world, and as any of you can imagine, me, his mommy (who is supposed to protect him at all cost) am feeling a little defeated by this sickness. Just please keep my sweet boy in your prayers.

Who Needs a Barber.....

......when you can just shave your head down to the bare skin and let your 6 year old do it for you? "F" came running when Big Papa called out that he needed a hair cut. All the girls love to shave his head and they are actually getting pretty good at it. I just have to do a few touch ups here and there, but hey, it sure saves money that we can use elsewhere.

Its Harvest Fair Time.....

....Thats just another name for Halloween that we church goin' folk say so we can enjoy the candy and costumes of Halloween without feelin' like we are celebratin' the evilness brought on by this event. Any hoo we went to the local church and had a blast riding on the fair rides and getting candy and eating funnel cake (Scooter's idea-no joke) and watching "B" get stuck in the fun house. We had so much fun we even forgot to eat dinner (unless you count candy as dinner).

Baby "L" was bundled in his multi-layered sleepers and Big Papa's knit hat. Not to mention the warmth of my body (because he wanted me to hold him the whole time). Aint he cute!?!

And Little "O" stole everyones hearts as he peered out from behind the big Superman cutout with his sweet big brown eyes and his cute little cat whiskers. He had no idea what he was looking through but it sure made for a sweet picture.

I dont think you could have found more excited girls then these three! They have been talking about this fall fair ever since we went there last year and they discovered this new excitement. "K" and "H" even rode on this crazy spinning thing that we were sure would make them throw up....nope but "K" did cry after she was off. She cant handle over excitement!!!

Along with their older sisters excitement and anticipation for the rides, these two were giddy for the candy. They played every game they could find to win candy and even made sure they picked things they could share with Little "O". It is so funny when you hear your children questioning strangers if their candy has milk in it. I guess they hear us questioning each other constantly to keep checks on Little "O"s allergies. I must say that boy ate enough suckers to make even me sick.