What's goin' on

And the answer to that would be a whole lot of nothing! But it's been a few days so I thought I'd at least post a few pictures. I'm sure everyone who reads this is also on facebook and has already heard this story. But for my dad, these pictures are for you (Olivia got into my makeup and decided to redo the master bedroom and bathroom in the shade "warmth")

Praise the Lord, all of that make-up came out of everything....except the rocking chair that she was sitting in when she decided to play dress up. Fortunately, it was NOT the rocking chair from my last post!!!

This little pirate started crawling over the weekend!

 My life just became drastically different. It's all eyes on him. No more leaving him sitting in the middle of the floor playing unsupervised. Nope, he's into EVERYTHING. He loves plugs, lights, anything he can get his little hooks in. But it is SO much fun to watch him crawl around :)

I found him all hung up in the blanket a couple of days ago.

It was a little alarming when I first saw him but he was fine and seemed all too snuggly.

I'm so glad Carter has the week off of school. But let's face it- not like I'm going to get to sleep in. It seems like the kids wake up even earlier on the days there is no school. *sigh*

I am hoping to get the kids out from in front of the t.v. (I've been really lax about that lately) and get crafty. I'm finding all kinds of great ideas on pinterest.com and my creative process is in overdrive. I did buy some fabric to make Olivia a reversible Christmas dress. It's the same pattern as this dress:

In other news, I ran my first 5K this past Friday! I did it in about 32 minutes which is way faster than I've been running on the treadmill. So today, when I went to the gym, I really pushed myself and found that if I do that, I can run a lot faster (at least fast for me). I am really hoping to lose these last 5 pounds but it has been extremely challenging. I guess having 3 babies in 4 years will do that to a girl :) So I'm trying to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon and hopefully by the end of the year, I'll be back to the same weight I was when Theo and I got married. But as Theo said "It's the wrong time of year for that, huh?" :) I guess he's right. Thursday will be tough! Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!!

Nostalgia

I realized this past week that I never posted pictures of Olivia's rocking chair. This chair is so special. It was my mom's when she was little. Mom made new cushions for it to match Olivia's room. Olivia and Carter were fighting over who gets to sit in it while we were in Louisiana. In fact, they still fight over it occasionally.  It was imperative that we were able to fit it in our truck while we were down south. Even if it meant leaving one of our kids behind so we could have room for it. Okay, not really!

But now everytime I look at it, I think of my mom as a little girl. I wonder if she wreaked as much havoc as my precious girl does. I imagine my grandma looking at mom sitting in her little chair. I imagine their eyes locking in on each other as my grandma smiles watching her baby girl. I can almost feel how proud my grandma was of my mom. I know this because I'm so proud of my baby girl too. We are leaving a legacy of mom's raising daughters....one pink rocking chair at a time.  

Our weekend

We had a four day weekend and it was great to have Theo home with us for four whole days! Friday night, we went out to eat at TGI Friday's. Considering we had to wait for over an hour, the kids to great! My meal was one of the best meals I've had since moving here which is sad it came from a national chain :) I love Colorado but the food here leaves a lot to be desired!

So, to help avoid disaster of an hour wait in the restaraunt, we spent half that time in the car. And in an attempt for me to get more pictures with my sexy husband, this is a self-portrait. I love how you can see Carter in the background :)

Isaiah got his first driving lesson

I promise the kids were more happy than how they look here!

Saturday night we were supposed to double date with our friends Amy and Jeff. We'd been planning this for a couple of weeks and realized neither of us had double dated with any other couples (without our kids in tow) since we moved to Colorado! But unfortunately, their youngest son was sick so we had to cancel. Theo and I had already arranged for our neighbor to babysit so we went out anyway.

What did we do, you ask? Well, we had the most exciting night evah! We went to Dick's Sporting Goods, Whole Foods, and Best Buy. Theo really wanted to someone more adventurous but as we perusing the washer and dryer aisle of Best Buy, I told him it was so nice to be able to just do everyday things without chasing our kids through Best Buy and having to spend ten minutes in the kid movie aisle repeating "No, we're not buying that today" :)

Sunday, we went to our churches. It was Sunday to volunteer. I have to say I tear up every single time I watch a room full of six and seven year olds worshipping God. I hope we are raising our kids to be worshippers and to follow after God whole-heartedly!

That afternoon, I got some cuddle time with this little fella

I rocked him and sang to him until the desired effect was achieved

I was reminiscing of this day....

Where have the past nine months gone? Hope you all had a great weekend!

Happy Veteran's Day!

I am so thankful for the freedom that has been afforded to me and my family because of the sacrifices of our veterans, both now and in the past. I am so proud of my veteran and am honored to be a military wife. I hope this little guy will follow in his daddy's footsteps!

Trick-or-treating

Halloween was a lot of fun this year! The two oldest really loved getting all dressed up. Carter has worn his Super Why costume so much that he's getting holes in it!  Olivia was the perfect "Princess Presto". She got really into collecting candy this year.

 My two favorite little fellas:

Carter with his other BFF: Tristan (our neighbor)

Before we went out trick-or-treating, we had dinner at our neighbor's house. This is a group photo of all the kids, both young and old:

Princess Presto with her #1 Prince Charming

 First house of the night:

Post trick-or-treating...Theo finallyd decided to put his costume on. It had the "scream" movie mask but he took it off in this picture.

We had a great time and hope you all did too! So glad I haven't consumed all of the leftover candy this year. Gotta get these last five pounds of baby weight off :)

Beat 'Bama!!!!

What's that? Did someone say there's a big football game on today?

Whodat? Oh LSU!

Who's ready for some football?!!!!!!

WE ARE!!

Our second annual Halloween Party

Saturday night, we hosted our second annual Halloween party. It was a lot of fun. We had a great turn out and had a blast.  There are a lot of pictures in this post so be prepared :)

This was the appetizer table. We had a veggie tray, cracker and cheese tray, crab dip, candy corn, candy pumpkins. I loved making the peep tabletop decoration. It was an idea I got from pinterest. Love that site!!

This was the dessert...pumpkin turtle cheesecake. I made the cheesecake, mom made it look pretty!

This was the kids' drink...orange kool-aid in my pitcher with a vinly jack-o-lantern face. How cute and simple is this?

The adults' drink.....sangria. My first time making it. I don't really like red wine so I doubt I'll make this again. It sure was pretty though.

The main food...we made two kinds of chili: Theo's spicy chili and a kid friendly chili. Jeff brought a gorgeous chicken salad. We had rice, corn casserole, chicken wings, and Kevin and Mary brought a seven layer dip that was delicious!

One of the party hostesses with my little tiger :)

The party attenders (Jeff, Mike, Adam, Kevin, Shane, and my honey)

The ladies: me, Amanda, Kelly, Sascha, Mary, and my mom

Carter with his BFF Caden (who left before the group kids photo)

A couple of late comers...Ben and Tim *aka* The Swamp People!

Some of the other ladies: Ashely, Kelly, and Lauren

The kids: Olivia, Carter, Guy, Aspen, Maddy, and Kylie

Host and Hostess: Happy Halloween!!!