thankful {day 3}

I am so sad and on the verge of tears thankful that this baby is healthy

and growing just like he should be.

He crawled, not army, scooting himself across the floor crawl, but actually crawled yesterday and I got to watch it for the 1st time!!

I am amazed by him everyday!!

thankful {day2}...

today I am SO thankful for my friend...

I called her...

I said, "lets take the kids pictures!"

because we have been wanting to do it for 2 months now...

so we did...

and we didn't have fun!!
this picture makes me laugh...

I insisted that we take a pic together, because one day we will want to remember that we decided to do crazy things like taking our 6 kids pictures!!

So we left Mia with Slade, Easton with Aniston, and gave the camera to Braxton.

We posed for the 1st picture, glanced around and Mia had started to wander off towards the creek that was behind us.

AHHH we both screamed...

And Braxton took a pic...

I love it!!

And I am thankful that I can call her my best friend!!

A month of thanks...

I love November, and not just because my birthday is this month!

I love the season change.

I love wearing sweaters. I love making soup and bread on cloudy days.

I love Thanksgiving.

I love that Christmas is just around the corner.

It seems that everyday I feel a moment of gratitude for something. I have a lot to be thankful for! Sometimes its easy to get caught up in everyday things and the little things that I am thankful for become lost in the madness.
For the next month I am going to share one thing a day for which I am grateful for.

But 1st a little halloween overview...

AWWW... He melts my heart!!

My little frog...


Not really sure Easton liked trick or treating as much as the girls did...

Taylor Swift, A cute little frog, and a fairy!

Even though she has only eaten candy since last Thursday.

She still is THE cutest thing ever!!

Today I am thankful that Halloween is over;)

one of these days...

one of these days i will get caught up...

one of these days i will take a vacation...

one of these days i will do nothing but snuggle on the couch with my girls...

one of these days i will finish decorating the kids rooms...

one of these days i will learn to say NO...

one of these days i will deep clean my whole house...

one of these days i will sleep in...

one of these days i will stop feeling guilty for not being able to do everything for everyone...

one of these days i will watch all the movies i have been wanting to...

one of these days i will get to go on a date with my husband...

one of these days i will not feel overwhelmed or stressed...

one of these days i will get back to blogging, because i have missed it so...

one of these days i am going to get this made into a canvas print...




but today is not one of those days...

It's been a little crazy at our house...

Emerson had her first day of preschool...

We have had an overnight field trip to Gooseberry!!

Easton turned 4 months old...

has rolled over...

and almost mastered sitting up...

He has outgrown his bassinet...

which has required a huge switch to take place at our house...


(this I am not proud of)

But this is my office/craft room. I am giving it to the girls, in order to get the baby in his own room...
I am in the middle of a huge and massive switch...

which is consuming my days...

I am unplugging my computer right now...

I may not be back for days...

I am boxing up so much stuff...

I am going to paint...

I might be crazy by next week...

On the 25th

my baby girl turned 4...

So we celebrated with a girls day out (plus Easton)

We started the day out with some lunch...

Where she got a sundae, just because it was her birthday!!

Then she recieved an important phone call from Grandpa Chad,

wishing her a happy birthday!

She wanted Grandma Tracy to take her to get her ears pierced for her birthday.

I didn't think that she would really do it...

But we went anyway...

She picked out her earrings...

she sat in the chair and
she let them mark her little ears...

she was calm, cool,

and collected...

and then it was done...

There was not even a tear...

from her anyways...

The cutest part was unphotographed...

It was when we walked up to get Aniston from school...

Emerson showed Aniston her new earrings

and Aniston squealed with delight and hugged her so tight.

All by the fence at school.

It made me smile...

and tear up for the second time that day...

Man, I love these kids of mine...

3rd grade...

HMMMMM...

3rd grade...

I have a 3rd grader...

the cutest 3rd grader...

in her "skinny jeans and ballet flats..."

A 3rd grader who couldn't sleep the night before

and who couldn't eat her breakfast because she was so excited!!

I think that I was just as excited as she was!

This is an exciting new year, so many new experiences, so many new things to learn!