Tuesday, October 29, 2013

5!

A few weeks ago we celebrated our sweet 
Abby Beth
turning 5!
The weekend after her actual birthday
we went to celebrate in Amarillo!

 The whole crew slept part of the way!
{Momma and Daddy time!}

 Once we arrived to town
we headed strait to Campa & Lolli's 
house for party #1 :)


fun with cousins!

two peas in a pod! 

One happy baby! 

presents!!
{Abby really wanted a Unicorn costume,
 and Campa & Lolli surprised her with one!}

Cake time!

Such a fun night with sweet cousins, 
Campa, Lolli, 
Aunt Jill, & Uncle Joshy!

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The next morning Abby chose to go to
Brush with Art and paint with Momma & Mammy!
Ethan enjoyed his first painting experience too!
{Sophie got some spoilin' in from Papa and Daddy!}

 Mammy and her girls :)


lunch with Poppy! 

he's her favorite! 

our little budding artist!

Later in the afternoon we had
a little party at Maxwell's Pumpkin Farm
{We could not have asked for a more beautiful day!}

Daddy, Momma & our favorite 5 year old! 


picking out the BEST pumpkin in the patch! 

after our fabulous party the Schroeder's
came over for a fun evening!  

Sunday mornings at Hillside are the best!
We sure have missed it and all of our 
sweet friends!

After church we had a yummy lunch
at Tokyo before hitting the road!



this little girl LOVED watching her food
being cooked :) 

we had a fun chef!



Abby, you are such a joy! You brighten any room the moment you enter, always with a sweet smile and kind words! We all LOVE watching you dance your way thru life, always eager to help wherever the need! We are so very blessed to call you ours! Happy Birthday our beauty, 
Abigail Elizabeth! 
{You have our hearts :) }

A few of your favorite things:

~Jesus! {you love Jesus and you love telling others about Him!}
~the fact that your 5! a full hands worth of fingers!
~Emma {your built in Best Friend for life!}
~Sophie Belle {you are her Mini-Mama, and she LOVES it!}
~Bubba!
~Momma & Daddy
~Mammy & Poppy
~Nana {you are a Nana's girl!}
~Jill, Josh, Molly & Ellie
~Campa & Lolli
~you've always loved playing dress up, you still do!
~Ballet {future Prima Ballerina!}
~Piano {you are getting really good!}
~did I mention you LOVE to dress up?
  you cannot wait to be a bride for Halloween!
{especially the fact that Sophie is going to be your flower girl!}



Thursday, October 10, 2013

{Fall}ing in love...


Yippeee! Fall has finally arrived...
my absolute favorite time of year
{next to Christmas!}

{Fall}ing in love with:
~{most importantly}-cooler weather!
{can I get a hallelujah?!}
~salted caramel mocha's at Sbux!!
~scarf & boots weather!
~pumpkins, corn mazes, hayrides...
simply put- Fall=cozy!

We are thoroughly enjoying the
wonderfully cool weather in FW!
Lots of trips to the park, out riding
bikes, or just relaxing on the porch!

Here's what we've been up to lately...

Emma dressed & ready for 
Johnny Appleseed day at school :) 


finally resuming our Taco Tuesday tradition, 
Fort Worth style :) 


One very special 5 year old was celebrated 
at school with sweet friends! 


this sweet baby has us all wrapped
 around her finger! 
{serious cuteness!!}


Emma Grace is loving cheerleading! 
They seriously are SO fun to watch! 
Emma's little bubbly personality simply
shines, cheerin' on the Bears!


This picture just sums up Sophie and Ethan's 
sweet relationship! Hangin' out watching Emma cheer!
{notice Sophie's little foot slung over Ethan's
 armrest! I cannot get enough of this baby!}
And yes, that's my 15 month old with a sucker
hanging out of her mouth...I'm really not 'that Mom' 
who lets her baby eat candy...but ya see, they were tossing candy out 
to all of the kids in the crowd and of course everyone on Emma's 
squad tries to toss their candy to Sophie...
{she is really cute...waving and smiling at them!} I told Ritchie just be glad she's 
happy with 1 sucker of the 6 she was tossed...we snuck away the rest
and she happily enjoyed her one sticky icky sucker!

ahh these are the days!


Stay tuned for Abby's birthday week{s}!
:)

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Well, it happened...


This {cant.handle.her.cuteness} baby

 said her first 'word' on Friday {9/27/13}
wanna know what it was??

"Truck!!!"
not that I was really surprised...
I think her brother probably talks
about trucks in his sleep!
Heck he'd probably talk about trucks
all.day.long
and still have more to say about them.
He.LOVES.trucks
so it's only fitting that his
adorable baby sister's 
1st word would be Ethan's favorite
 thing in the world!

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Can you handle this cuteness?


Sophie LOVES dancing!

Earlier in the month our sweet girl 
turned 15 months old...
{HOW is she already that old?}


Sweet Baby 



I am blessed beyond measure 
every day that I wake up and 
get to be this precious baby's Momma :)

We <3 SBL