Santa Babies and A Gingerbread House!

Last night we had a fun time making our annual Gingerbread house. The kid love putting them together. We do a "boy" house and a "girl" house every year in effort to only have to make 2 ;) It sure was messy yesterday but the kids had a good time!

Deacon got to sit in his highchair for the first time while we were making a mess!

He sure loved it! 

About to begin the houses!

The boys!

Their finished product....

And the girls....

Here they are together (After a LOT of the mess was cleaned off the table;))...

 Then we took turns with our Santa hats ;)

Had to have a couple of our baby and then Cavin wanted me to get in on the fun!

A visit with Santa!

Last weekend we got to go over to my moms neighborhood and they had a neighborhood get together with soup and Santa. My moms friend put it together and invited us to join, so we went over. The kids loved it. They got to go on a hay ride and meet Santa. I thought Channing would be terrified but she surprised me by wanting to wait in line and sit on his lap. Typically something she would NEVER do. 

She gave him a big hug and told him she wanted an "Elsa" dress. 

Ella was also excited to tell him what she wanted

Cavin was the most hesitant but got up and sat on his lap.

It was sad though, after each kid "Santa" gave the kids candy from his bag. The girls got a candy cane and then he gave Cavin a snickers. As some of you know Cavin is allergic to nuts, so Cavin whispers to me..."mom, I guess Santa doesn't know me very well, because he gave me a snickers :(" He got over it pretty fast though. haha. We love Christmas!

Deacon at 4 months!

Our blue eyed cutie is 4 months old now! He is a good baby who makes us smile! He loves to stare at the fan, blow bubbles, play on his play mat, and he always wants to be held facing forward.

He smiles more and more and we are working on having him giggle on demand ;) He is getting closer to rolling over, but can't quite get his leg all the way over.
He also LOVES his brother and his brother always asking to hold him and loves to see him after school. It's sweet!

He is now 15.4 pounds and getting rolls and we love every bit of him! His siblings sure love him!

Thanksgiving 2014

I love the holiday season. Each year the younger grades in Elementary school have a school Thanksgiving performance in their classroom and we get to come watch. My parents and sister were kind enough to come join us and see Cavin do his little part. He had the letters E and X for the Thankgiving alphabet. Cavin is sure a cute Turkey :)

We got to begin the Thankgiving break after his performance and had a whole week with the kids. We spent Wednesday thru Saturday at my parents house. We usually don't stay over because they are only 45 minutes away, but the kids really wanted to and they love being there. It was fun week and I am so grateful to have a family close by and for such wonderful, caring, supportive parents near and far. Family is truly what it's all about.

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures taken in November and I wanted to share them!

I sure love these people!

Halloween 2014

Halloween is usually filled with lots of fun festivities every year. The kids really enjoy deciding on a costume and often know what they want to be early on. This year, they really didn't have too much of an opinion, so for the most part we used costumes we had and they had just as much fun. Ella wanted to be Ariel, Cavin was a ninja, Channing was Doc McStuffins, and Deacon just dressed like a monster.

We got to go to our churches trunk or treat and the kids had a fun time walking around getting candy. Channing was over it after a few cars and just sat in the stroller for a ride after a few minutes.

The night before Halloween we got to go to Ragnar's work and do Trunk or Treats in the Suites. This event is the kids' favorite each year. We got to go to the Toyota Center and the kids go to each suite and trick or treat and play games and do crafts. Ragnar is supposed to dress up and so we dressed up as German soccer player.

Cavin and Ella were glad to take a picture with Clutch and Channing booked it the other direction...Clutch is not her favorite. On Halloween my parents came over and trick or treated with the kids and we had a fun night together. Another fun Halloween in the books!

Deacon's 3 months!

This little guy hit the 3 month mark on October 30th! He is growing so much! He has been sleeping through the night and is holding his head up really well and growing so much! He loves to look into mirrors and see himself and he likes to be outside. 

He absolutely loves his bath and if he is ever crying, just stick him in the bath and he will smile away!

He also loves to play on his play mat and he can sit and kick and hit his toys for a while! He is learning how to control his hands more and more. He often has his hands in his mouth and is starting to track real well and is generally a very happy baby!