Annie Laughs

Pictures!

The big picture post...Christmas at our house, Christmas at Grandma's house, Cousin Shep's BD, and general tomfoolery. Enjoy!

Long overdue update!

My sorely neglected blog has been calling out to me lately to update. Obviously I am not almost 45 weeks pregnant, in spite of what my ticker to the right says (Thank goodness!)! We have been enjoying our little girl for almost 8 weeks now and I can hardly remember what life was like before she was here. So far she is proving to be an easy and agreeable baby, even when being mauled by her brothers. Jackson just wants to hug and kiss, but Deacon tends to go for the eyeballs- in a nice way (is that possible?). This is what happens when I try to put her on the floor for some tummy time: They're like vultures!

Lots has happened since Annie was born! We've had Yaya and Papa John come for Thanksgiving, we had our first big snow of the winter, we had my sister and her family and my brother here for Christmas, and Annie was baptized. In other words, it's been BUSY! I will update again soon with pictures from some of those big occasions, but for now you'll have to settle for some gratuitous cuteness.

Annabelle Mae is here!

All 6lbs. 2 oz. of her! She is sure a little honey and her brothers are so happy she is here (at least one of them)! First meeting with her brothers and Grandma V...Deacon was interested for about 10 seconds and then just wanted to check out the hospital.

And Jackson is very protective of "Little Annie" as he calls her.

Looking forward to going home tomorrow!

Haircut!

Not his first haircut, but his first at-home haircut. We were a little nervous about getting the clippers out, but Deacon did great and he looks ADORABLE!! Before....

...and After! Seriously, I love being able to see his sweet face!

And a good thing we took his after picture last night, because if we had waited until today, his after picture would have been overshadowed by the large lump on his noggin. Nothing an ice pack, Grandma, and some fruit snacks couldn't fix!

My Heros!

Just a few fun pictures from Halloween! Jackson's costume got lots of use pre and post Halloween. Here's Batman and Todd mowing the lawn.

And our little Superman...

Not exactly leaping tall buildings in a single bound, but man is he cute! Jackson was a really good helper. He would hold both buckets and make sure he got one piece of candy for him and one for Deacon. Such a good big brother!

And my third hero! I love all my boys!

October so far...

It's been a busy month so far! I wish I could say it was because I was diligently getting ready for the arrival of Baby Girl, but it's not. Haven't started that yet...I'll let you know if I ever actually am "ready", but we are excited to meet her! But with Jackson in school two days out of the week, it seems to go by so quickly. So here's the quick run-down in pictures of what we've been keeping busy doing...
Deacon LOVES taking baths. As soon as he hears the water turn on, he runs for the bathroom. The other day, Todd made the mistake of starting the tub and then going to get a cup from the kitchen and when he came back, Deacon had already made himself comfortable in the tub. Fully clothed.
We've been making frequent visits to Pumpkinland. Always fun to get some fun pictures of the kiddos. This one just made me laugh.

And it's so hard to get Jackson to actually look at the camera and smile so had to get this one in here since it doesn't happen very often.

All my boys in the corn maze.

The other day, this is how I found Deacon in the bathroom. He'd gotten up on the stool all by himself and started brushing his teeth. He was very proud of himself!

And, of course, we've been playing in the leaves! Jackson loves raking them into piles to jump into and throw around. Deacon mostly just likes to watch and throw an occasional leaf or two.

Can't believe that Fall has been so beautiful so far this year. I'm hopeful it means we'll have a milder winter than we've had the last couple of years, but who knows?! We'll just keep enjoying being able to play outside for as long as we can!