2013 has come and gone

We are 30 minutes away from our home. We have been driving for 16.5 hours from Boise Idaho. This year has been full of so many memories and blessings! Our sweet boy Asher was born this year! And I accomplished my goal of reading through the Old Testament. I am so thankful God has given me a desire to spend time with Him and to read His word. 

I am so thankful for my family! I am thankful God has blessed me with such a Godly husband who leads our home! He is the best example of a Godly man! I do not feel fit to be his wife and the mother of his children. God has used Brian to grow me in many ways. 

This next year I plan to spend every single day in the word. I have a wonderful set of ladies who are in a accountability group with me. I also plan to be more active and continue eating healthier. I hope to grow in patience, love, and grace with all but especially my family! 

Praising God for all He has for this next year whether good or bad. 

3 MONTHS OLD!

Our precious baby is 3 months old today! I can not tell you the joy this little babe brings to my life! Asher smiles non stop. He is the calmest sweetest thing! He rarely cries except when he is ready to eat or sleep. He just hangs out where ever we set him and sleeps wherever. He is a very easy baby! He does not sleep great at night. Up ever two - three hours most of the time. Sometimes a good 4 hour stretch. He only wakes up quickly to eat on one side. He is such a big boy. He is in size 6 month clothes and those are getting snug! I praise the Lord for my sweet boy. I had no idea having a little guy could be so amazing. I LOVE YOU MY LITTLE MONKEY!

This was Collin. Asher and Collin look like twins

Collin

11 weeks

Oh my has time flown by! Asher is 11 weeks old in less than 2 hours. 

He is such a doll. I adore him to pieces. 

He is smiling so much when he is awake, which is rare. He is still sleeping too much during the day! And eating every two hours. Night times are still hard for

me. I am tired a lot!!! It's all worth it!!! 

This is a 6 month outfit! He is only 2.5 months old. He's my big gorgeous boy! 

He's a mini Brian and looks just like the kids too. 

Christmas Pics 2013

Kate did it again! Fabulous photos of the family. We love you Kate and appreciate your God given gifts you bless us with. This was probably her hardest session yet. Abby was not in the best of moods and for some reason Asher was fussy. We were not able to capture a family photo but that's ok!

Smiles for daddy

Asher is 2 months old

My little monkey turned two months old yesterday. He is so much more precious than I ever could have imagined he would be. He is such a sweet baby. He rarely cries minus his peak time in the evening he has had for an hour or two. But even then he is not screaming but wants to be held. The last couple days he has not had those times in the evening and has just been so sweet. He still pretty much sleeps all day and night. He eats every two hours which means I am still up a lot at night but I do think it is getting better. I just love our little buddy. He is so handsome, tan, has the biggest perfect round head, beautiful big bluish grey eyes, and he is a chunky man. He had his doctors appointment this week. He handled his shots so much better than my sweet Abby. He weighed in at 13 pounds 10 ounces which put him in the 90th percentile, he was 23 in long at the 56th percentile, and his head was 42 cm which put him at the 93rd percentile.
At two months Abby was 11 lbs 6 ounces and 22in long. She was in the 60th percentile for everything. So basically they are growing about the same. Abby was two pounds less than him at birth.

Thank you Lord for blessing us with these three amazing children and for allowing me to be home with the babes. I am so blessed!

Abby's first tea party

I have always loved tea parties! I have looked forward to my girls first tea since Abby was born. I found cute tea hats before Abby was even a year old. Abby's sweet friends joined us for this sweet time and Kate took amazing pictures as always! They got to hear a cute story about tea, eat yummy treats, and run around outside:)