Thanksgiving food + Friends= Wonderful Memories!

We had our annual Thanksgiving with friends last night. It was so much fun and there was so much yummy food! I am so THANKFUL for all my wonderful friends and family. I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams. Especially in times like these, I feel so very fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful people like them. I am truly in a great place and so happy to be where God has put me. Thanks to all of you for making our Thanksgiving so special and sharing your families with us!:)

Connie,Erin, Michelle and I

My mom and me, I swear I never noticed that our eyes are starting to be the same color.....


Mavery holding Ambers' new baby, Brady.

Some of the best girls EVER!!



Erin, Connie, and Michelle

Mom and cutie, Brady

Amber and her baby

5 months old today!!!

My little man is 5 months today!! I can not believe how quickly the time passes. He has had a fun week, he got to start cereal this week and he LOVED it! It was so funny, he was seriously attacking the spoon. The Dr. said we can start with this and then in another week we can incorporate some non-green veggies and introduce a new one every week. He has had a little cold this week so sleeping has not been a high priority on his list, but we have had him in his swing so he is elevated a little bit and can breathe better. He has his very first Thanksgiving next week and I know he will love being with family. Here are some cute pics I got of him this week!!:)

Cold Weekend....

We had a really great weekend mostly at home since it was so chilly outside. Here are some pics from our weekend. Unfortunatley, little man started not feeling too well on Saturday and has gotten a little cold. I took him to the Dr. today and he is just fine, just has the sniffles. Poor baby!



















I am so very excited about it getting colder outside and it was so great to get to use our fireplace for the first time!

I also LOVE to cook as it gets colder, it is mostly comfort foods and of course baking cakes and cupcakes! I made Chicken Enchilada soup and a pumpkin spice cake that was so yummy!

Marks dad and wife, Susan came by since they were in the area and Susan had a little conversation with McKade.....he was quite interested in what she had to say.

We ended the weekend with the Cowboys game Sunday night, here are the kids and Mark all on the couch watching the game and playing Golf on Mavery's PSP.

Holidays, already?!

I can't believe the holidays are here already. It seems like it was yesterday that I was getting ready to have our baby boy, and next week he will be 5 months old already. Where is the time going?

Mark and I stayed up talking the other night about how fast time seems to have gone these past years. I swear when I was a teenager it seemed like time was never going to pass, school went on for eternity, and it felt like it took months for a weekend to come around. These days it seems like I blink and the day is over, or the week begins and a couple of hours later it is already the weekend again. At this rate my children will be grown in a couple of weeks and Mark and I will be in a nursing home before you know it! ;) It is unreal to me that my sweet baby girl will be 9 in just a couple of months....9 years old!!! I still remember when she was born as if it were just a couple of months ago. And now McKade is growing so fast. I wish there were some way to slow down this process and really and truly enjoy every single second of it. I try to catch every cute word Mavery says, and remember the sweet smile on Mckades face, but it is crazy how quickly they are changing. I pray that I can keep these memories of them as long as my mind will allow.

But, as I said before it is already the holidays!! I am shocked to think that in less than 2 weeks it will be Thanksgiving, and just a few short weeks after that, it will be Christmas. I feel so unprepared for all of it. I don't feel like it should be November and to think December is right behind it?? OMG, where is the time going, really?! I am excited for the holidays and the colder weather, it truly is my favorite time of year. I love decorating and being with family and friends. Plus this year will be Mckades very first Christmas and that is always very exciting! I guess I better start getting in the spirit of things, after all it will be here before I know it!

A day with Nana

Yesterday the kiddos and I spent the day with their Nana (my mom-in-law), we went to The Harbor (our favorite) and had lunch, we went into Harbor Girl and she bought Mavery THE cutest little outfit and then we went to see the new movie Madagascar 2. McKade has been to 1 other movie and he did sooo good, so I was hoping he would do well in this movie as well. He was very hungry when we first got there so he had some of his bottle and fell asleep at the beginning of the movie, but when he woke up we didn't even know because he was watching the movie. He was very cute, he even laughed a few times. Mavery loved it as did I and Sharon. It was even better than the first in my opinion!! I would even go see it again!!:) Here are a few pics I took of the kids with their Nana....

Getting a little wet!

Staring at the water fountain....

Animal Crackers......

This afternoon I was making a snack for Mavery and opened a bag of animal crackers for her. McKade is now my little shadow, he hates being alone in a room so he pretty much goes wherever I go. So, this afternoon he sat in his Bumbo watching everything his mommy did in the kitchen from marinating pork tenderloin, to boiling rice, he loves being there and observing. I didn't think much about making Mavery's snack with him watching he never really shows any interest in eating anything. Well, let me tell you, he showed an interest in the animal crackers!! He saw Mavery put one in her mouth and he saw me put one in mine and that was it.....he HAD to have one!! It was so funny!! I didn't let him chomp down or anything but he did suck on it and you could tell he LOVED it! He kept trying to get me to shove the whole thing in his mouth! Needless to say he got to suck on 3 crackers (they kept getting so gross I had to throw them away and get another). So, I guess it is time to introduce rice cereal now. FUN!! I can't beleive my baby will be 5 month in a couple of weeks!!:(


YUMMMMMM..........
Give me more!!

These do not taste like those crackers!!

The BIRDS!!!

This morning when I got up I went to talk to Mark who was in the garage. It was funny because I could barely here myself speak because of the overwhelming sound of chirping. I went and glanced in our yard and I was blown away. There were HUNDREDS of birds in our yard and when I went in I could here thumping against our back door and there were hundreds of birds back there, too. Mark and I both took a whole bunch of pictures. It was an amazing sight, also our cats completley freaked out, to them that was a giant buffet just waiting for them. LOL! The best part was when they flew away, they all flapped their wings at the same time and took off, but the sound was something I have never heard before, it gave me chills, it was so cool. Here are some pics I took...........