Edan LOVES his Sissy!

Edan loves his big sister, Emma! She is so good to him. Whatever he is doing she wants to join in. If he is on him tummy, she wants to be on her tummy!: Emma even wants to be Edan' s sitting up "coach"! "I can teach him, Mommy" is what she says!:Emma is super sweet to her little brother. She adores him and I know he is crazy about her too!

It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas!

This year instead of having two different trees for Eli and Emma, we did a combined tree in the bonus room. This tree consists of handmade ornaments they have made over the years, their baby's first year ornaments, and a different array of red and green ornaments. This is Eli and Emma sorting out the ornaments for the tree:While they were sorting through the ornaments, Edan got a hold of the lights! He was fascinated by all the colors!Even though both the boys were sick(Edan had pink eye and an ear infection, and Eli had a fever and coughing)they were still excited about getting their tree together! Here is Eli putting an ornament on the tree:and Emma:and Edan:

He loved looking at the lights and all the pretty ornaments. This is him gazing into the tree!:

Eli, Emma, and Edan love their tree! We have it up on a trunk and in front of a window! This is the finished product!:

Fantasy of Trees

This was our 2nd annual trip to the Fantasy of Trees as a family. We went on Black Friday so it was really crowded. Eli and Emma were sooo excited because their school, Amherst Elementary, decorated a tree. Emma actually made one of the ornaments for the tree. This is her picking out "her ornament":

Eli and Emma were given $4.oo each to pick the activites that they wanted to do. They both picked the same things. They went to the Santa hat booth first:

Then they went to the Jingle Bell ornaments. This was cute because they could draw on the bell. It was messy because the pen was a sharpie!

While Eli and Emma were at the different booths Edan was getting some love from his Papaw!:
Edan loves his papaw sooo much! Since Eli and Emma did an ornament for their tree, I thought Edan could do one too! So here we go to the thumbprint ornament booth! This is Edan putting his thumbprint on a snowflake ornament:

His thumbprint looks like a big smear! Oh well, it will be a special ornament on their tree!

The most fun that Eli, Emma, and Edan had was on the carousel. They wanted to ride it over and over again! Edan and I rode on a bench. He liked it!

After we had fun on the carousel we took a tour around the gingerbread houses. They were truly amazing. Brent said we should try to do a fancy one this year instead of buying the boxed set. By the end of the night we were tired, but the boys wanted to go and see the train. Here is Randy, Eli, and Edan in the caboose of the train:

I love the Fantasy of Trees! It is a great way to get in the spirit of Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so many blessings to be thankful for; my health, my sweet husband, my beautiful children, and my loving family. Our Thanksgiving dinners start the week before and don't end until the Saturday after. We go to 5 different dinners with all different people. I take mac-and-cheese to all 5(I am sick of making macaroni and cheese!) These pictures were taken on actual Thanksgiving Day at my Aunt Vicki's house. This is my mom's side of the family. We gathered at 12 to eat yummy deep fried turkey, ham, and all the fixins(I like the sweet pototo casserole!) This is my mom, Vicki, and cousin Kelly going through the line:

Eli and Emma sat at the kid's table; they sat with Anna, Olivia, Kinley, and Kanyn:

It has been a while since Edan, Rebekah, and Mayson have seen each other. Edan has passed them up! Look at how much they have grown!

Edan was all tuckered out from so many smiles he had to take a snooze:

Mayson and Emma looked so cute in their matching fall plaid!

I love being with family. They are so special to me! This Thanksgiving made me realize how thankful I am to have such a great family!

Edan is 6 months old!

Wow! Our baby is 6 months old! He is rolling over both ways, trying to sit up, and loving his big brother and sister! They are the best entertainment! He is truly the best baby, he has the sweetest disposition(much like who he is named after, his Uncle Brian). He loves kicking and making noise in the bathtub. Here is a picture of happy Edan in the tub: He learned this trick from his Aunt Lindsey:

Edan likes to play on his tummy. Eli or Emma will run out of the room and come back in and he thinks it is sooo funny!

He started squash on his actual 6 month birthday, November 22. He liked it ok...since then we have started carrots and he LOVES them, but this is him eating squash...

Here are the stats from his checkup:

Weight: 17 lbs. 12 oz.

Height: 26 3/4 inches

Dr. Feld said that he was very healthy and a very content baby! We love you SOOO much Edan Brian!

Birthday Boy

I was working on Brent's actual birthday, so we had a special birthday party for him at home a day later. Eli and Emma made special cards for him and setup a gift spot for him at the table. It was so sweet to see how excited they were! This is what Brent came home to:

Eli's idea was to get him a balloon and tie it around Maple Nut Goodies(Brent's favorite candy). He couldn't wait to give him...

Emma knows her Daddy loves coffee(especially Starbucks), so her gift was a gift card to the best coffee place in Knoxville! Everyone knows Brent's heart for Africa, so I had a picture enlarged and framed from his latest trip to West Africa:

He said it was one of the best gifts I have ever gotten him! I was happy to surprise him! I got a cookie cake for him and put one row of 3 candles and another row of 2 candles. We sang Happy Birthday to him and he, Eli, and Emma made a wish and blew out the candles!

It was such a great family night with a yummy dinner and birthday celebration! Happy 32nd Birthday Brent! This is him with our three little cuties: