Monday, November 30, 2009

November 2009

Beau loves his little sister.
Before...
After!
Yep - Abby lost her first tooth! The tooth fairy came and left her a dollar and a quarter as she told us she thought she would. The Kingsport tooth fairy sent some loot down with Uncle Michael, too, so she is one happy camper!
Sisters
Abby posing in front of her classes wall mural of the first Thanksgiving at Turkey Tales.
Abby's blessings - so sweet could make me cry.
Pilgrim Beau at their school's Thanksgiving program.
Abby at the program, too.
Eating our Thanksgiving Feast (Roly Poly turkey and cheese sandwiches).
Daddy and Beau
Abby and Quinn in their matching outfits! Abby was so excited when she realized she had a dress in the same material as Quinn's outfit and ran to change into it as soon as they arrived in Shreveport.
Taking a break from the bike ride the daddies took the "big" kids on.
Michael pulled Beau and Will in the carriage behind him.
Trouble.
Abby rode on the tandem bicycle the whole way with her daddy. (And in those shoes...)
Riding the carousel at the Boardwalk
Chubby cousins in their matching little outfits (well, part of their little matching outfits) that Aunt Courtney got them. Aren't they cute? Those chubby legs and cheeks - yummy!
I think Lane may be trying to eat Quinn. Michael said Quinn looks like she ate the 3rd baby that was in the crib with them before the picture was taken. Ha!
Aunt Ann with Abby and her friend CeCe in the kitchen. We went ahead and had Abby's birthday party while all of my family was here at a paint your own pottery place. The night before Abby had a sleepover with her best buddy CeCe.
Sleepover magic! The boys got in on the action for a short time. Nothing compares to a pallet on the floor with movies and a snack and permission to stay up "all night long"!
Chillin' on the chair with Uncle Toby
More work to be done in the kitchen the next morning on the cute teapot cake. Aunt Ann let the girls decorate the cake and pick the colors. They had so much fun. Thanks so much Ann!
I can't believe my baby is 6!!!
Beau was so excited to paint his letter B.
Look at that concentration. Will chose a couple of cars to paint.
Mimi and Lane
Blowing out the candles.
So tired after a long day of partying and playing! Do you think Aunt Ann felt loved?
Trying for a picture of the two little ones.
Love this one. That boy just loves her to pieces...
A sword fight with Uncle Berry. Beau told Berry to give him a cut over his eye so he would look like Anikan. Nice.
Well...we tried. At any rate, they all looked so sweet in their matching little pumpkin outfits!
We love our baby. Lane is making the most hilarious face in this picture, though!
Eating Thanksgiving dinner - the kids' table.
Berry and Ann
Toby and I
Mimi and Aunt Ramona
Bathing beauty
An afternoon at the park
Higher!

I hope everyone had as wonderful of a Thanksgiving as we did. We were so blessed to have both of my brothers and their families, my mom and my aunt come all the way down to Shreveport to spend the holiday with us. We had so much fun and make so many wonderful memories. My kids were so excited! Thanks so much for being here guys! We miss you already!

(Sorry about the totally obnoxious amount of pictures...)

5 comments:

Shannon said...

Precious pics! I loved seeing ALL of your family! Abyy's pic of her "blessings" almost made me cry, too!

Andrew and Carter's Mom said...

Okay, can't believe Abby lost a tooth and will be turning 6!!! Also, you look GREAT in the pictures and I love the one of all 3 of them with Abby and Beau looking at Lane! Love all the matching outfits too, so cute! I'm so glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to have your family there to visit!

LB said...

Love all the pics and updates! The group shots of all the cousins are priceless memories . . . Lane is a cutie!

Ann Wells said...

Glad we made it down. We had a fabulous time. Can't wait to see you guys soon. Kinda quiet here at the house with just Berry and I. Give the kids a kiss for us.

lyla said...

love all the pictures! great post :) makes me wish i was there too! looks like you all had such a fun holiday with everyone there. i love the picture of abby's blessings--so sweet. their pumpkin outfits are adorable and i love quinn and lane's matching ruffle outfit. abby looks JUST LIKE YOU. it's crazy how much! she is looking so grown up and beautiful. toby and michael on the bikes are cracking me up with both those trailers--i want one of those trainers so bad since i saw yours! i priced them at target--yikes. sorry to leave a marathon comment, but it goes along with your marathon post! you need to tell your sister-in-law to step it up! you're out-blogging her with three kids! ha :) oh, and another fabulous cake by ann--precious!