i tend to get you so many outfits and then i think i need to have a photo session with each one. you poor deprived third child. 🙂 i love you to pieces…
like infinity pieces…
xxoo
{photography}
jumping back in!
oh my goodness these little loves. between parenting, schooling, having fun and i guess a million other excuses i have not come back to blog much. deep down i miss throwing out random happenings, thoughts and quotes on here. i tend to easily go to instagram and post pictures but lets face it, its not the same. so as late and random as this post is… i’m hoping it will help me jump start one of my favorite little hobbies.
anna kate!! oh you are at a super fun age! 18 months going on 18 really. i love that you love your brothers. you get away with almost anything. even they laugh when you do something totally crazy and not acceptable. you love to give kisses. you give your mary night light kisses every night before bed. it is probably one of my favorite things you do. you play dress up with the boys in all their super hero costumes. it is hilarious. tonight you came running with thor’s hammer and a girly scream sounding like “he ya!” you say “meow” for kitty cat. “me me” for “pretty please” you love to yell for “jack!” as always we can’t get enough of you. you will probably get many new random posts dedicated to you and all you are starting to do 🙂 i promise!
samuel! i’m in complete denial that you will be 5 in november. that just is crazy. i’m soaking up all the 4 year old samuel i can get. even the random tantrums. you are so different than jack ever was. it is such a challenge for us but i love it. you are you and you are such an awesome kid. you have the biggest heart. you tell me “i love you” randomly all day. you love anything creative and messy. this spring is a big deal for you! you will start your first try at t-ball. we are so excited to see you out there. you have been a super big brother to anna kate very loving and patient. jack taught you well.
oh jack jack. i love you so much. this year has been so much fun watching you learn so much in school. you have your good days and bad days.. but hey don’t we all? i learn so much through you. you have got to be the best big brother. you make sure anna kate is well taken care of at all times. you also make sure samuel is doing what he should be doing too. 😉 you have lost f i v e teeth already. for some odd reason the one thought we would lose almost two years ago is still there ?!? you still are in sports mode all of the time. you have a good sense of humor. you are my biggest helper. i wish you didn’t have to grow up so fast.
so this post can be a mini catch up for now. it’s good to be back 🙂
xxoo
happy new year {2017}
what another big year 2016 was for us. so many fun trips and a crazy new move. we’ve got a sports driven six year old, a very creative and funny four year old and an ever busy but happy one year old…we thank God for the opportunities we were given this last year and look forward to what He asks of us this year. happy new year!
xxoo
an old time christmas . . .
so this christmas was full of surprises… we surprised holly for her birthday and chad and his family surprised us for christmas. it couldn’t have been better. of course this has taken forever to get all of my favorite pictures i want to remember on here. here comes picture overload probably, but it captures what a great visit it was! another wonderful christmas eve mass, so much food {that the teenagers magically make disappear} and the kids were spoiled as always. we are so blessed.
{jack you have entered an interesting picture taking stage …}
so many little bodies moving, it was almost all blurry pictures. 🙂
they love christmas eve, they didn’t like knowing it was bedtime 🙂
these little ones love singing happy birthday to jesus in the morning. they also really love cupcakes for breakfast 🙂
so call it picture overload or picture perfect 🙂 there’s no doubt that siblings are the best gift you can ever give your children. so much fun and so much love for all these people…
xxoo
newest little blessing ….
during our christmas break, we welcomed the newest member of our family into our faith. it was such a beautiful sacrament to witness, with all the little eyes on the newest member.
ella gertrude marie
you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
welcome to the faith. you are so loved. we love you so much and look forward to guiding you on your journey!
xxoo
{thank you erika for the beautiful photos 🙂 }
samuel fulton is f o u r
sweet little man, this is a very late post so pay no attention to the date i blogged. i had many obstacles in my way of staying on top of these posts. i wont go without sharing what a fun day we had on your
F O U R T H birthday.
it was so much fun daddy took the day off just for you. 🙂
our wild one, for sure. you enjoyed every bit of this little zoo adventure. your favorite new animal is a giraffe…
samuel, it was a big day celebrating all things you. i can’t believe what big boy you have become. you have gone through many moves at such a little age and you are a trooper! you have the biggest heart along with the biggest smile. you have the sweetest voice that some still struggle to understand what you are saying. you love, love to get messy even when you don’t think you are getting messy. you are very shy but never to shy to have a good laugh. we love you so much big boy and look forward to what
f o u r year old samuel will learn and do!
xxoo
her first birthday party
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.
oh deer! our little girl is one! happiest of birthdays sweet girl.
xxoo
{one}
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
her first fourth…
we came back from vacation and we were exhausted. but daddy still barbecued 🙂 and we enjoyed sleeping in our own beds! whoohoo!
{that’s a happy yell}
happy first fourth sweet girl, next year we might go all out 😉
xxoo
{eleven months}
slow down little miss!
at eleven months you are busy. we didn’t get to do all the photos mama loves to do because of this so called busyness. you are trying to stand on your own. when you take someones hands you try to run off with them. you are silly girl. you love to make us laugh with random out bursts of your gibberish. you love to eat. you love to sit forever in your high chair and munch on anything and everything. you mostly love meat and fruit. you still love to dance and bounce. however, you are getting a little braver at trying to jump. it makes me so nervous. you are a joy. we really could probably snuggle with you all day. we have big things ahead just as you are about to turn one year. i’m hoping it doesn’t make this time go too fast. you are precious in every way baby girl. here’s to eleven months!
xxoo