Festive Fall

It was beautiful Sunday and we just had to try and capture the kiddos:

**Tovi's outfit is one of the many kind gifts from our friends the Cummings-makes her a spunky monkey:)

We attended a fall festival with our neighbors and enjoyed seeing the fun costumes. Tovi is very blessed to have such sweet buddies from across the street:

Maddox was a cow...I mean a bull for this event (when Joseph saw all the muscleman costumes, we had to claim Maddox as a bull). You can tell Maddox was super excited.

Happy Halloween! We dressed them alike to celebrate Halloween and pass out candy to the few who ventured out in the cold, cold rain:

**cousin Addison stopped by to hang out and we quite enjoyed the queen's company along with Tia Jessica, Tia Jen-Jen, Grandmamma & Grandaddy:)

Once again, super excited...they really just wanted me to get out of the way so they could watch Sesame Street. Happy Halloween!

And she's TWO:)

Our sweets is two. Fortunately, she really enjoyed her celebration. Unfortunately, I did not capture it well in photos. She was surrounded by her family and by her "ott" & "Jen-ee-fur" and I could tell she felt special.

She (without ever seeing Sesame Street) fell in love with Elmo around the time we moved and so of course I attempted to bring her joy by making a massive Elmo cake. It just kept growing b/c I was afraid there would not be enough:

Here are some highlights from her fun afternoon:

Tovi & her Grandaddy

Tovi & Addison

Tovi & Aunt Kelli

Tovi, Grandmama & Papa

Tovi, Uncle Adam & Aunt Jessica

Tovi & Momma

Little Lady

I am bummed that you can not see Ju-Ju, Aunt Jennifer, Scott or Jennifer in the pictures so if you have any cute pictures that could round out my collection, feel free to send some to our email:)

And of course I have to add a few more just-for-fun pictures of Tovi & Maddox:

Here is a picture of Maddox at 7 mo & then one of Tovi at 7 mo. It is just fun to compare:

*please note his totally awesome & totally natural mohawk

Take Two:

I got a few extra pictures and a video of the party and then of course I have two other videos that make me smile:

Tovi's birthday dance

Aunt Jen Jen in the background

Maddox celebrating his sister

Scott reading to the Tovster

Perfect gift for Tovi as she adores reading...more importantly a shot of Ju-Ju, Aunt Kelli and Maddox celebrating Tovi

Fun Flicks

Maddox and his banter

Their first attempt at playing together

Sayonara Summer

Here are some sweet summer memories:

Tovi's first haircut

hanging out with the dad meista

my current favorite pic of Maddox

Maddox eating for the first time

And of course, the two in action:

Joyous July

What a cool month! Our dear friend Emily Flory Rodes got married on July 2nd and she made a lovely bride. Joseph, Maddox and I made a trip to C'ville to attend the wedding and enjoy the festivities:

Love this picture of Emily and Maddox-such sweetness (Thank you Kim!!) :)

We visited Ju-Ju, hung out with Grandpa Rick and had a little fun in the pool. Just thought this was fun:

Aunt Kelli came to visit mid July and Lauren, Kyle and Ju-Ju came later in the month (boo-did not get any pictures of that fun visit):

A few fun pictures on the back porch on a great day:

The cousins celebrating a great birthday for a fantabulous granddaddy:

Papa hanging out with the kiddiepoos:

Team Daddy

I had fun making shirts for the kiddiepoos to celebrate Joseph:

Of course minutes later, Tovi had crayon on her shirt and Maddox had spit-up on his:)

Tovi and Maddox enjoyed their time on Lake Gaston. This was Maddox's first vacation and Tovi's first ride on a jet ski (a stationary jet ski, of course):

Feel very grateful for two fantabulous and spunky kids and one heck of a husband who is the best daddy ever for our two munchkins!

Eggcellent Easter & a Merry May

We enjoyed Easter and our visit with Ju-Ju, Kelli, Kyle & Lauren. I have not dyed eggs in a long time & it was fun to watch Tovi enjoy this tradition.

Here is Maddox sporting his cast:

Here is Tovi in her sweet Easter bonnet:

May's merriment--Maddox has had a rough time with blisters forming due to his brace (pics of that to come later). He has only been able to wear it 50% of the time since he got it in April. His patient orthotist has seen us 4 or 5 times since April to come up with creative solutions...so I took advantage of his brace being off to put him in normal clothes:)

Here are some fun pictures from yesterday and a little video of Tovi in her new specs: