Halloween Happiness...

Had sooooo much fun trick-or-treating!! Lilee tippie-toed her Tinkerbell self all over the neighborhood and collected a ton of candy.  Of course I'll be assisting in making sure it all gets eaten!  Is it bad to steal your 3 1/2 year olds halloween candy?

Milestones...

Lilee's first "Big Girl" bike!

Thanks Nana and Papa for making her smile!!

She's in deep concentration...

Go Lilee Go!!!

Ta-Da! She did it!!

The simple things...mean the most.

Just A Thought...

Just read a quote that made me smile...had to share. 

~Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says...

"Oh crap, she's up!"~

     

HaHa...Love it!

Carvin' Out Some Fun...

The Girls Are Up By 1...

The score...

Girls         02

Boys          01

We all got to go with Em to her ultrasound this week (except for Lilee...she was in school). It was so amazing to see little Charlee moving around and doing so well. Hearing that little heart beat and seeing that little peanut...(sighhhh)... makes me want another one like ASAP.

I had it all planned out... (me, have something planned out...I know, I know...what's new!). We were going to wait a little longer hoping the housing market would get better, then put our house on the market and start looking for something bigger. Something that would accommodate more than a family of four. Something that we could plan on staying in...for many years. But I don't want to wait too much longer...life's too short to have everything perfectly planned out. The surprises are what makes life exciting. Besides...right about the time I think I have everything in line...that's when God reminds me of something I promised Him a long time ago. I promised to give up control, and let Him guide my steps. It's not in my character to "let go". It makes me craaaazy anxious to allow my life to be unplanned. But I know HIS timing is perfect, not mine. Right at this moment, as I’m typing this…I look over my shoulder at the best surprise of my life. She’s wearing her dance recital dress from last year…that she says makes her look like Cinderella. Watching her…sitting in the middle of her playroom floor, quietly coloring, humming The Little Mermaid song. I think to myself…”we didn’t have Lilee planned, and she’s filled my heart in a way that is beyond description”.

So...after all that rambling...my point is this. After thinking about it...or rather trying NOT to think...

…bigger house or not, I’m thinking sooner rather than later.

And guess what else...

I'll be secretly hoping for twins!! Nothing would thrill me more!!
(I can just see my husband AND my mom passing out as they read this!)

Family Traditions...The Ultimate Family Outing!

A few years ago, Brian, myself, Lilee, and Hunter started our own little family tradition...taking a trip to The Pumpkin Patch every October.  Well...considering the rate in which the fam is growing, we just couldn't keep it to ourselves any longer.  So, this Sunday we ALLLLLL trucked it up to the best Pumpkin Patch ever!  It took 5 cars to get us all there.  Wheeeeewww!  Those pumpkin were never the same.

I think the final count was 17!  Yep, that's right...17 of us...oh, actually 17 1/2...counting Baby A.  Couldn't have asked for a more perfect weekend.

Beautiful weather + everyone together  = the ultimate family outing! 

And you can bet we most certainly documented the whole thing!!
The rest of the pics can be seen by clicking the image below.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Random Stuff...

Just a few newbies...my kids are sooooo over me saying, "Just one more, I promise!"

Lilee in her favorite shirt.

"My Dad Rocks"

Brian was out of town at his time...she wanted to wear this to school because she missed her Daddy.

Ewwwww...I could squeeeeeeeze there cheeks off!

The four of us...all my family together...the best of times.

Um, ok...this was a personal request from Lilee. 

She wanted me to include this one because she said we looked funny.

I think that's putting it mildly.