Noah

I have been meaning to mention this for a while, but I keep forgetting. Noah is walking! Actually he took his first steps weeks ago, but now he is pretty steady on his feet and walks more than he crawls. It is so fun to see him growing up. He also gave up his binkie, and is drinking from sippie cups! We love having him around.

Last week, Ellie had her first field trip to the pumpkin patch. I was able to go with her and it was so much fun! There was a corn maze, petting zoo, and playground, and of course lots of pumpkins!

Another party

I promise these are the last pictures of another birthday party for Ellie and Noah. We just thought they needed 3 parties each! This time around my family made the trip down to see us so we could celebrate. The Wilson's even came, so it was really fun. Noah got some more "boy toys" like trucks and cars. He also got a pair of very cute John Deer boots! I will have to take a picture of them! Ellie finally got the Gabriella barbie she had been asking for and some really cute clothes. We also had a special guest, a really scary clown. Don't my kids have the nicest grandma???

Girls

The kids and I have so much fun during the day. We have been doing more activities lately, now that we can't play outside as much. One of the girls favorite things to do is draw. They also love to color and paint. These pictures are dedicated to our generic brand magnadoodle that died today. Joslyn and Noah cracked it and it started leaking something. So now we just have one. It will be a hard adjustment, more fighting. Oh well, life goes on. The other pic is of Joslyn, she let me take her picture! I think she just wanted to remind me of the fact that she refuses to potty train. She is saying "look at my diaper mom, I won't ever use the potty!!"

Noah's birthday part two.

So, I know Noah's birthday was almost two weeks ago, but I had to post these darling pics of him enjoying his first birthday cake. He was so cute that Justin took about 50 of him, you are lucky I just picked a few of my favorites. He took a while to really dig into the cake, but once he got the hang of it, he went to town! Enjoy!

Daddys little helper

Sorry about the lack of blogging lately, things seem to be more crazy than usual around here. Here are some pictures of Taylor and Justin from two weeks ago. Justin is almost completely done with our sprinklers, he has worked so hard on them. I am so excited to someday have a lawn in our backyard! Taylor enjoys spending time with dad and helping him out.