merry christmas!

three months

This little girl is now three months old, going on four.  She sleeps through the night and is such a sweet baby.  Evelyn has started to babble and smile a lot.  I can't help but remember that Dahlia was almost the same age when she received her heart transplant.  She went through so much at such a young age.  I am grateful that the only health issue I have to worry about with Evelyn is sensitive skin.

fourteen!

Yesterday Dario turned 14 years old.  It really does seem like just the other day he was born. Before I know it he'll be driving!

christmas tree farm

A week before Christmas we finally got around to buying our Christmas tree.  It was a warm day and it didn't feel like Christmas was right around the corner.  I love the tradition of going out to the farm, to find a Christmas tree.

evelyn's baby blessing

Evelyn and her daddy, who gave her a blessing

Dahlia and Lorelei

Grammy and Grandpa with the two newest babies

This past Sunday Evelyn was given a baby blessing in our church congregation.  We are grateful for all the family that came out for this special occasion.  Evelyn wore the same dress that both Ava and Laila wore for their baby blessing.  After church we had a big dinner with all of the family.  It was such a special day and we are thankful that baby Evelyn is a part of our family.

a day at the park

On Saturday we went to my favorite park.  It has a beautiful, peaceful botanical garden in it, with a pond that has lots of large Koi fish in it.  We bought some bread to feed the fish.  In the park there is also a board walk that goes out into the swamp.  Luckily we didn't encounter any aggressive alligators!

little sweet

reeses

We got a dog!  Last week our house was broken into.  I was asleep in my bedroom and was awoken to the loud sound of shattering glass.  Someone had broken our kitchen window and grabbed Brian's wallet that was on the windowsill.  It was so scary and luckily they did not come inside our house.  Brian's brother offered to give us his dog to keep watch over the house.  The dog is an outside dog and Brian's brother's yard was not fenced in or big enough for the dog.  The kids named the dog Reeses.  He is a good natured dog and is good with the kids.  Hopeful he'll be a good guard dog too!

10 years old

This time of the year, we have lots of birthdays in our family. On November the first Ava turned double digits!  She is growing up too fast!

happy halloween!

 Evelyn was a sleepy skeleton

 Dahlia was Doc Mcstuffins and I could not get her to smile

 Laila was a cat

 Ava was Alice

 Aiden was an emoji

 Dario was also an emoji

eight years old!

On Saturday we celebrated Laila turning eight years old.  She was so excited for her birthday.  We had a party with both sides of our family and we also celebrated Ava's birthday which is on November the first.  We love our spunky Laila and can't believe she is now eight!
SaveSave

photos from ava and laila's birthday