Kennedy, Ella & our new friend "Sandy"

Sandy, this is everyone...Everyone, this is Sandy.

Adam's co-worker has been so gracious and given us a lot of her daughters clothes and toys that they no longer use. This (along with the blue Cinderella Solstice Power Wheels) has been a favorite! Sandy goes on many rides everyday and even must be put to bed at night next to Kennedy (complete with her own blankie). Ella came over last week and also enjoyed Sandy for the day!

P.S. Kennedy named her after the horse at Meijer that you can ride for free...you guessed it, her name is also Sandy!

Tate Lucas...11 months!

My little man is now 11 months, only 1 more month till the big first birthday.
I feel like I was just planning Kennedy's first birthday and can't believe she will be 3 in April.

This little guy keeps me on my toes, in the past few weeks he has become an excellent crawler and is now pulling up on everything. His favorites are the two things that mommy does not want him in (the fireplace doors and the lazy susan). I know one of these days we are going to end up with some pinched little fingers!

Tate loves all table foods and eats like a horse, in fact, I think he eats more than me! I feel so thankful to have 2 children who eat most anything! It makes mealtime around here a lot easier.

my sweet little girl

Snapped this picture while trying to get some new shots of the kids for birthday invitations! This year I am going to do a combined "Circus" theme birthday for both of them. Just thought this picture was so funny of miss k. Stayed tuned for birthday party pics!!

LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS...

TATE IS 10 MONTHS OLD

Hard to believe my little baby is already 10 months old. This little guy is in to EVERYTHING now...I find myself ready to pull my hair out daily trying to keep the floors clear of anything small enough to stick inside his mouth. He is cruising around the house (army crawling) and always manages to end up in his sister's room playing with her. She is so good with him and tries to teach him new things or pretend he is her baby. Tate always has a big smile on his face...except of course the day we took these pictures!

Praise the Lord we are done with Baby food...here are some things he is into these days!

*mac n' cheese, chicken, cheese, pinneapple bits, goldfish crackers, bread and peas
*Says "mama & dadda"
*laughing at big sis
*watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with sis
*snuggling with mommy

Cousins

COUSINS = Friends for Life!

We are so fortunate to have so many cousins that are so close in age...we cherish each one of them and can only hope they are all going to be close as they get older!

Why I LOVE Walgreens

So most of you who know me have heard me talk about my new found love of couponing! If you dont currently shop at Walgreens...YOU NEED TO! YOU ARE TRULY MISSING OUT! Here is the deals that I scored today! Everything you see in this picture cost me only $17.88 (I realized I picked up a clorox set of disinfecting wipes instead of the Lysol which was Buy 1 Get 1 Free, this would have saved me another $4.00 off just for getting the right brand...oops!) Considering that just the two boxes of hair color would have cost me $19.00 at regular price...I would say I did pretty good (I got one of the hair colors for $1.59 and the other for $2.59)!

The best part of doing this all is seeing what you would have spent had you not had any coupons. My total before all my coupons was $86.78 That is a savings of almost $70.00.

Bubba Bruiser = 9 months old

We can hardly believe that our little baby is now 9 months old.
We go to the dr. on Thursday so it will be interesting to see how big he is.
Here are some of the things he is up to now.

Crawling (more like army crawling...he heads straight for the beads on the xmas tree)
Eating solid foods (favorites are goldfish crackers, yogurt melts, any kind of meat, cheese, cheerios)
Lots of babbling (mama, dada)
8 teeth (yes you did read that right)

And best of all he is such a mama's boy...and I am loving every minute of it!!

Fun with cousins...

We went to Kansas City again this year for Thanksgiving and we had bought matching pj's for all the cousins to wear. Tate was under the weather so he was in bed at this point and missed out on the pictures.

Miss K

Here are some pictures taken before church this past Sunday. This little girl is growing so fast and doing so many "big girl" things. It is amazing how quickly they grow!

When Mommy's Away...

Last night I left the house for a couple of hours leaving daddy in charge...this is what I came home to...Adam had done her hair in multiple pigtails and barrettes and they both had ponytail holders on their ears pretending they were earings. He even had taken this wonderful photo session. She was wired and loving every minute of it!

I love moments like these!!!