Little Ballerina

Ellie Kate loves ballet!  It's so cute and I could just eat her up in her little tights and leotard!  She takes ballet at a local PCA church and it is very laid back which is just perfect for us!!! 

Life from the iPhone...

1.  last weekend, we used our firepit for the first time and roasted marshmellows!

2. my freezer meals from cooking with my discipleship group...YAY!

3. ellie kate at ballet

4.  abigail pitching a fit before we left for the pumpkin patch because she didn't want to wear pants (see how she has them rolled up...that girl loves shorts)

1.  samuel practicing his spelling words this week...using sticky notes (this makes it much more tactile and fun)!

2. the girls playing outside in their cute new dresses I got for $2 from Target...love that store

3. Abigail put on Samuel's shorts one day. HA!

4. Abigail at the farmers market looking oh so cute:)

1.  the girls at the farmers market

2.  ellie kate was so proud of the flowers we got

3. samuel picked out raddishes:)

4. ellie kate talking and kissing on my belly/baby sister

Littlest girl...

Today marks 23 weeks of this pregnancy, and I figured that I might as well take a belly pic.  I mean, I took a shower and got ready this morning so it was now or never:).  This will be the first belly pic for this pregnancy (oops).  Baby girls seems to be doing well...flipping and kicking and moving around a lot.  She doesn't have a name yet...it's really hard to come up with 2 more girl names for the 3rd time!!! My tummy already seems big to me and I have definitely gained too much weight already (oops again).   I have begun nesting...made some burp cloths, have been cleaning out the playroom so it can become a nursery, organizing toys, and have been pinning ideas like crazy on pinterest!  I also bought my first cloth diapers yesterday!!! Zulilly had a great sale on them so I went ahead and bought 6.  I'm still super tired all the time...and oh yes...I also still throw up nearly every day.  Lovely.  Overall, I feel like it's going by pretty fast and I'm trying to treasure it and not complain too much since I know this is the last.  She will be here before I know it!

And of course I couldn't resist comparing the ole belly at 23 weeks in each pregnancy...

Old Baker Farm

This past Saturday was the best day!!! It was beautiful weather and we didn't have a football game to be at or anything to do...so we packed up and drove to just outside Birmingham to Old Baker Farm to do their pumpkin patch.  It was such a fun time and they had so many great activities besides doing the pumpkin patch.  The kids seriously could have stayed there all day!  We met up with Jennifer, Buddy, and cousin Davis which made the day extra fun! I got super motivated on Friday, and even made the girls some fun pumpkin shirts:). 

Seriously, I LOVE FALL!!!!!

Fall Burlap Wreath

I'm so excited for Fall!! The last few days have still been pretty hot here in Alabama, but I think this weekend we might get some real fall temperatures! Yay!! So, I've been itching to do some projects and decided today I would actually start and finish one.  I made an adorable fall wreath!  I got the supplies at a place called Home Accents, and didn't even really know which direction I was headed.  Side note...I'm really missing Hobby Lobby (that got blown away in The Tornado) now that the holiday season is upon us. 

So Pinterest to the rescue!  I just searched for felt and burlap wreaths and found a cute wreath with the tutorial HERE.  Yay!!! So, off to work I went and in less than an hour I had a super cute and super fun fall wreath to hang on my door!  I used felt for the flowers but in the tutorial, the girl uses burlap which is also really cute.  I already had the buttons and fabric to make those which I was excited about using them sine I am lacking any real sewing motivation:).

Here she is...

 Linking up with Rhoda...go check this site out for more awesome fall wreath/door projects! 

Lately...

Just Because

I found these pictures when I was going back through our Colorado album of pics.  There are still so many things I didn't post about...maybe one day.  These were just too cute not to share.  I love when I can get a natural smile!!!

 
I love my kiddos!!!!