Happy 1st Birthday Piper Rae!

 Happy Happy 1st Birthday my sweetest Piper Rae! I can't believe a year has come and gone so fast! She's the sweetest, most happy, mild mannered, mellow, snuggling baby! She loves to be held in her momma's arms! She loves watching her big Sister and big Brother play! She will sit at the front door and squeel, clap and cheer them on while theu ride around on their bikes or scooters and play! She loves getting into the trash too! lol

 With her birthday being so close to all the Christmas excitement and then us going to the dunes for a wk I was like oh my it's Piper's birthday in 2 days! So we through together a very last min 1st Birthday Party for her at our house! Unicorn themed and all!!! So fun for family and friends to come over and celebrate our Piper! We had pizza, sodas and cupcakes!

 My baby loves real food!! lol! No baby food for a while now so when it came to Cake time she was all over it! We couldn't even put the cake on her high chair with the candle lit while singing to her because she was already wanting to dig right in!!! She is the cutest!! Just love her so much!! Needless to say she LOVED her Cake! Squeeling, giggling and clapping for herself!! She's the best to just watch all her cute expressions!

Present time!! She didn't know quite what to do but we had lots of big helpers to help! I'm pretty sure Penny was more excited to see what she got than Piper! lol!! Penny was the one in charge for present time! lol! Love my big girl! She got so many cute fun things! Thanks for the fun gifts and coming out and celebrating with us!

Happy 1st Birthday my baby!! You will always be my baby forever and always! We love you so much!! We can't wait to see what 1 will bring!!

My Baby!

Each month I collage candid pictures! My baby just hit 12mons! Yes that's 1yrs old!!! AWWWWW so sad! My baby!! Seriously why does time have to go so fast!! I can't believe a year has come and gone so fast! So these are the candid pics of my sweetest baby Piper from the month of December! She hasn't taken the walking steps on her own but boy is she getting fast crawling, pulling her self up, and walking around furniture! We have gotten her to stand by herself in the middle of the room nut it doesn't last very long! She is the sweetest baby girl ever! Still barley makes an awnry grumpy peep! She sure doesn't complain! Still mild mannered! She loves real food! no baby food what so ever! lol! She is still on her special  formula but we will be transitioning to real dairy in the next couple weeks to see if she can tolerate it! She just cut her 2 upper front teeth! it's a race to see who gets their 2 front teeth all the way in... Penny or Piper?! lol Penny has checked like everyday to see who's has grown in more! Her's or Piper's! So funny! Even Cash gets a kick out of this! Love these kids of mine! So dang precious!  She is currently in the "obsessed with mommy stage" like seriously follows me around the house everywhere and wants to be held by me only! and I'm not stopping it! I'm taking in all the snuggles and not getting my work done around the house to hold, carry and just love on her! She's momma's girl for sure! I thinks its because I couldn't hold her for such a long time with my broken elbows that this last month i have been able to hold her and she realizes it ans doesn't want me out of her sight! Trust me it's the best feeling and  I'm soaking it in!!! She's the best thing in our life! We Love you baby girl! What will next year bring???!!!

Family pics from the Professional!

 

The family pics arrived from the professional!lol Thanks Brittany for your beautiful work! You captured great ones! and Thank you, Thank you DeeDee for getting us all together and making it possible! Best present ever! Pictures are a lasting memory! Love you!

 

Be still my Heart! I love these faces with all my being! They make we crazy! but i'm also totally crazy in love with them! They are my whole world! wouldn't change anything! I love being their crazy mommy! lol

 

SISTERS!!! My biggest joy! My whole life i always wanted to have sisters! I go back to this often and many have heard me say this... I lost my mom to cancer at a very young age and thankfully i had sisters to call and lean on through out this crazy life we all live in! so with going thru this tragic life experience I always wanted to have my own girls to be sisters and have each other if I were to ever leave them like how my mom did! Now don't get me wrong... Brothers are amazing too and having my son is so wonderful but there's nothing like a blood sister bond and I myself have especially needed and grateful for both my sisters and the bond we have! Seeing these pics makes my heart so happy on so many levels! Dressing them like twins is my all time fave too! My mom did this with me and lil Eryka! lol

I'm truly blessed to be apart of Chad's wonderful family! Just look at these beautiful humans! Thanks again DeeDee and Fadi for making this happen! Perfect pics! I think they turned out great!

Happy New Year 2018!

We usually don't do too much for New Year's! Too many small children and we are just to tired! lol! But this year our bestie neighbors invited us over to ring the new year in!! It worked out perfectly! We put 2 of the kids to bed and walked on over! but before we made it over...Chad and I both fell asleep and set our alarms to be up at 11pm! haha! Penny never did fall asleep! This was her 1st year she got to ring in the New Year! She was so cute! She was like that's it? lol yep we count from 10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..Happy New Year! In her little head it was much bigger than that! lol!!!! We played cards games, ate, laughed, took some pics and walked back home! My kind of party! Such a fabulous night! Thanks Bestie Deckers for the fun fun night!!

Happy 2018!!! Can't wait to see what life has in store!

Sand Dunes!!!!

 As soon Christmas was over we packed up and headed to the dunes for a whole week! Best time of year! I get my honz away from working for a whole week! We had a blast! Rode hard! Laughed hard! Kids Played hard! and we ate a ton! lol  Piper once again was the best baby! She took both her naps everyday even with all the machines ripping ad roaring by! We love being with our family friends! We had a wonderful wk! It was hard to come home and face reality! lol

 Here's some fun pics of our week at Dumont!

The Merriest Christmas!

We had the Merriest Christmas! It's seriously the best time of year! The top collage is Christmas morning when the kids first saw their surprises from Santa! Its been a tradition when i was little my mom would get us all ready and line us up in ages take a picture before we could go out and see what Santa brought us! So of course i have been doing the same thing as my mom did since Penny was born! It's so fun and sad to see how much they have changed in a year!!

 The kids were so excited! Squealing out with joy! Santa had them of the good list! lol So many fun toys! of course they got everything they wanted! I love a BIG Christmas!! Penny was so excited to get her American Girl Grand Hotel, the veterinarian play set and the Giant Rose gold lol Surprise! Here's the pics of Penny's  reactions while opening presents and her final spread! lol She is so fun to surprise! She's my girlie girl and loves everything!!!

 My boy loves anything too! He was so excited he got his crazy cart and batman cave from Santa! He got so many other fun things too! After every present he unwrapped he would give me a hug and say "thank you mommy!" He's the sweetest! These are all the pics of my Cashy boy unwrapping and final spread!

 This was my baby Piper's 1st Christmas! She loved all the action and kids excitement! She loved getting a hold of the wrapping paper! lol She is the best and sweetest baby ever! She loved her Santa surprises! Anything lighting up and making noise she was all over it!

 After we had our morning together it was off to Tara's where Chad's mom DeeDee did her famous traditional scone breakfast! We love Christmas morning breakfast! This year for the kids Christmas present from grandma DeeDee she made all the kids a blanket! Such a special gift that they will keep forever! I still have my blankets my Grandma Ence made for me! A gift that will last a lifetime! Thank you grandma DeeDee for a wonderful morning together!

After Tara's house we came back home and the kids and daddy played with all their toys! I cleaned! lol Sadly just realizing I didn't get in one picture! lol and I was looking good in my rose gold too! lol 

Christmas brings me so much joy! I love surprising and spoiling my kids! Thanks to my honz hard work for making it all happen! We are truly blessed beyond measure! Can't wait to see what next year brings! Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas Eve!

 Christmas eve this year landed on  Sunday! We had a wonderful time at church! It's always a great reminder of the true meaning of Christmas and our ward choir put on a beautiful program! Just the reminder we all needed! I'm truly blessed to have these sweet little spirits in my life! This is Piper's 1st Christmas! I can't get over these f aces! They make my heart happy!

For Christmas eve dinner we went to Chad's dad's house Jeff and Vicki's for wonderful food and great times chatting it up! Our most favrotie thing to do is be with family! Had a wonderful day and night!