Christmas Stockings

I'm the last one up tonight.. enjoying the quiet, but as I was making my rounds in the house picking up scattered toys, our stockings caught my eye. My breath caught in my throat... and I took a moment just to sit down and stare at these four stockings. I feel so privilaged to be the momma of such a special little boy, and such a precious baby girl. I've been blessed with a wonderful man that exceeds all my silly chilhood dreams. I may not have the latest gadgets, or the best vehicles, or closets full of the trendiest clothes... but I am rich.
My heart is full of praise to my maker and giver of all these things...
Thank you, Jesus!

They make me laugh....

I was making supper tonight, and I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Keegan kept sneeking noodles out of the kitchen. I peeked around the corner to see what was going on and this is what I saw:

If you look a little closer you'll see that he's lined all his precious little cars up and perfectly balanced noodles on every one of them... This kid has an amazing imagination :)

Saige is lovin' her walker these days (and mommy is too). But the face she makes while trying to concentrate on pushing herself forward never ceases to make me laugh!

Moments like these make this mommy's heart glad... And even though my world seems nothing but chaotic at times... it's worth it all!

My Lil' Lion And Lamb

It was a blast! But I'm glad I don't have to do it again until next year :)

My two greatest blessings!

Thank You, Jesus!

"CHEESE"

I decided it was high time for a family portrait... little did I know how stressful of a thing this would be! I went to literally EVERY shopping store in the city of Columbus & finally found a shirt in the right shade of blue for Keegan at the LAST place I went..... Then came home to find out that Chip had accidentally shaved off one of his sideburns (not sure how one can do this, but he did)... My normally very laid back baby girl decided to scream & scream & scream & scream while I was trying to get everyone ready.
We finally were out the door and on our way with my nerves barely in tact. We arrived and preceded to spend the next hour practically standing on our heads, frantically yelling out "SAY CHEESE" to Keegan. At one point he finally burst into tears while still saying "cheese"... All the while making sure that Chip was turned at the right angle so that you couldn't see his "missing" sideburn!
But when it was all said and done Jenny did a GREAT job, and the experience was totally worth it!

Big Bows and Big Smiles

Such a Super.Happy.Little.Girl!!

July.....

So it seems I've let myself get a little behind on my blogging... having a new little one around will do that to ya :) Here is little bit of what our month of July was like.....

Keegan and Saige are the best of buddies! He absolutely ADORES her!

Please excuse the breakfast on Keegan's chin... going to get a rag would've totally ruined the moment. :)

I'm just lovin' this BUMBO seat! Not only does she look adorable in it.. it's SO convenient!

She smiles! Didn't this picture just make your day! Chip and I will make the goofiest noises and faces for a whole 10 minutes just to see one of these priceless smiles!

My beautiful girl has struggled with a very ugly rash! It's slowly getting better.. but Mommy does NOT like it!

We made a trip to Louisiana for Bennett and Jennifer's wedding, and afterwards stopped by New Orleans... definitely an interesting place to visit!

Keegan was so excited to go on the swamp tour and see the "Madigators"

And there it is! The scary "Madigator"

This is what Saige did pretty much the entire trip... She did great!

We took a trip to the Indy Zoo.. fun stuff!

Keegan, for some odd reason has developed a fear of bears. For weeks now he has become convinced that a shadow on the wall in his room is a bear. So we usually spend the latter part of each evening trying to convince Keegan that there are "no bears in our house" So, needless to say, we had no idea how he was going to react to seeing a real bear. As you can see in this picture he was a little aprehensive at first, but eventally he LOVED them... he kept wanting to go back and see them again. So now at bedtime we just tell him that all the bears are at the zoo, so he has no worries :)

The seals just tickled him sily!

The "Podar Bear" was by far Keegan's favorite!
So this is July in a nutshell... it's been busy, but
OH.SO.MUCH.FUN !!