Jacob is turning 3... tomorrow!

I sure love him.....

Happy 8 months old Bella!

I can't believe my baby girl is 8 months old. Wow.. this is going way too fast! She is sweet as ever and we continue to love her more than we could have ever imagined. She is almost crawling.. which we are all so excited for. She wants more than anything to keep up with her big brother! I know my life will certainly change once she begins crawling because then I will have 2 active kiddos running around, but it will be so fun! It really is such an amazing experience watching my children grow up and develop their own personalities. I can tell right now Bella is going to be a very happy little lady, yet has quite the temper. She doesn't get mad very often, but when she does... WATCH OUT! Anyway.. her are some recent pics of my sweet girl!

Adam and Andrew and Family!

I had fun this past weekend taking pictures of our close friends Deena and Darin and their boys. Deena and I met 10 years ago teaching and have been very close friends every since. She was in my wedding 6 years ago and now we are enjoying watching each other's kids grow from infants to toddlers! It was so fun taking pictures of her adorable twins.. and I can't wait to take pics of their baby girl whom will be hear around March!! Hope you like these Deena!

Happy 7 months old Bella!!! :)

Nothing is better than sweet little baby kisses. I "think" Bella is trying to give me kisses.. she will lean up to me and just push her face into mine. So sweet.. I love it... I love her! :)


Yep, she is my girl. When I was pregnant, I honestly did not care whether I had a boy or a girl. I was going to take whatever God was going to bless us with. Now after having Bella I can't imagine life any other way.....

Where has time gone... I can't believe Bella is already 7 months old. It is so bitter sweet. I am so excited to see her crawl, walk, run, ect, but at the same time I want her to stay a baby forever. Nothing is better than holding and cuddling a little one in your arms. Boy is she ready to take off... she can't wait to keep up with her brother. She is totally sitting up no problem now and has been for quite some time... she is also trying to crawl! She will get on her hands and almost her knees and then fall forward and be on her belly and then get frustrated because she wants to crawl. She loves loves loves her brother and wants to do everything he is doing and thinks everything he does is so incredibly funny! I just love watching them together. Such a blessing!

Jacob continues to be such a sweet kind hearted little boy. He is getting pretty excited for his birthday coming up in December. He knows he birthday is December 8th and that he will be 3. Every toy he sees in the stores he says he wants it for his birthday - LOL! Not like the kid needs any more toys or "things". He has had a bit of a "I want my mommy" stage. He has started crawling back into our bed at night and cries and says he wants him mommy.. not sure what that is all about, but I can't help but hold him for at least a few minutes when he does that... one day I am going to miss my kids wanting mommy to hold them... I am going to enjoy every ounce of it I can get while they are little!

Happy Halloween!

Jacob had a BLAST on Halloween this year, which was so fun for all of us because last year he was so scared of this day! Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came into town so they could spend the day with us on Halloween. We all had a great time and it was a fun visit! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Baby Easton

Happy Halloween! What a cute little hat!





I just love his little foot here!





every mom needs a pic with her little one.. aren't they so cute! :)

Last weekend I had the opportunity to take pics of a friend of mine's little boy. He was so stinking cute and so... little! He was born 5 weeks early at around 5 pounds, which surely cracks me up because Bella was twice his size (seriously she was -10lbs 8oz). I had to cancel the week before because I had gotten sick and of course didn't want to get cute little Easton sick. Anyway, he was about 4 weeks when these pics were taken. He was still so itty bitty, I think around 6 1/2 pounds. He was a little stinker at first and took us about 2 hours to get the little guy asleep, but we finally did and we got some really great ones of him. This was my first newborn besides my own, so to say the least I have learned a lot as I am beginning to edit these. Being the perfectionist I am taking forever to get these done, so sorry Elizabeth for taking so long.. I promise I will get them all to you at some point .. LOL! Anyway, I hope you enjoy your sneak peak and can't wait to show you all of them!

My Little Lady.. in the fall!

I took these pictures a good week ago and have not posted them yet. I took Bella out for about 5 minutes (mostly because that is as long as she lasts for pictures- LOL!) and got a few pictures of her with the fall colors. Kevin had just mowed the lawn, so all the leaves were off the ground... well, at least most of them. The ones that were there she kept trying to eat. She has EVERYTHING in her mouth these days.. she is just the cutest. Love her to pieces. She is getting so big. Today when I picked her up from Jen's house, Jen said she was asking for me.. not kidding this girl talks so much. She is constantly babbeling and she especially loves saying "ma ma", it just melts my heart.

Making Cookies!

I finally got to make cookies with my little man! Up until a few weeks ago, he was allergic to eggs, so making cookies was out of the question. Well, today we made cookies! It was so fun. Jacob thought he was such a big boy! Here are a few pics so you can all the fun we had! :)











Would have taken a pic of him eating the cookies.. but he didn't want one.. LOL! Now that is crazy!

To the pumpkin patch we go!

I took Logan and Jacob to the pumpkin patch this weekend. We only had about 45 minutes until they closed, but we still had a great time. They each got to pick a pumkin, then afterwards I got them a pumpkin cookie and they looked at the animals. They really had a great time! We are taking Jacob back on Thursday and we will take a hayride!!!

Bella is 6 months old today!!!

Bella constantly has her hands in her mouth these days! Yep.. totally teething!



Happy 6 month old Birthday Bella! We love you so much! Thank you for bringing so much joy and laughter to our family!
Bella is such a happy happy happy little angel! She is seriously hardly ever upset. We are so lucky! She is totally sitting up on her own now, which is so fun! She just adores adores her brother. I know I have said it before, but it is the honest truth. I pray to God that the love the two of them have for each other continues, because it is so precious! There isn't anything that I would rather watch than those two interact. Jacob is such a wonderful big brother! :) At Bella's 6 month checkup she was 26 3/4 inches and 17 pounds, 75% in both! Funny huh? Short mom, tall kids... who would have guessed!