Birthday Fun!

Last weekend we had fun at a birthday party for one of Haden's good friends Chase. He turned three and had his party at Pump It Up! I wish I would've gotten more pictures, but it is a little harder to take pictures when you are watching an infant too!

Playing in the jumpy house with friends!

After pizza and cake we all got pirate stuff! Here are Haden's best friends, Chase and Cash!

Having a great time!
Here is what baby Kendall did most of the time!

Random Kid Pics

Here are just a few pictures I've taken around the house lately of the kids. Haden is 3 1/2 and Kendall is 8 weeks!

Haden and Kendall hanging out!

Haden loving on his little sister!

Sweet babies!

I took this picture this morning and just thought it was cute! Haden got out of bed and came down to our bed this morning and fell back asleep with me and Kendall. After I got up they both slept a little longer and they were so sweet lying there.

Happy 80th Birthday Paw Paw!

Wednesday night we celebrated my grandfather's 80th birthday! He is the only Granpa left on either side of our family, and he is such a special man. He is so sweet and kind, and he loves his great grandchildren! We hope to spend many more birthdays with you Paw Paw! All the great grandkids call him Paw Paw 2!Here are my grandparents with all of their 8 great grandkids right before they helped blow out his candles!
Here is Nannie and Paw Paw 2 enjoying their youngest great grandbaby, Kendall!

Growing Girl!

Kendall is 7 weeks and 4 days today and we went for her 6 week well visit. She weighed 10 lbs 8 ounces (50%), and she is 22 3/4 inches (50-75%)! She sure is growing fast! The doctor said everything looks great and gave me some reassuring words about her colic she has been showing signs of in the evening. I used to not believe in colic, but Kendall has made me a believer! Its not the horrible stories you hear, but it has been trying. After her last bottle between 9:30 and 11:00 she becomes fussy and restless, and just can't sleep well. One night it was so bad she pretty much cried from 9-3 am. Luckily it is not that bad every night. And what is so strange is that she is an angel during the day, never cries or fusses. I have been worried that I am spoiling her because in order to get any sleep, I have been laying her down in our bed because she refuses her bed in the night (although it is just fine during the day!). The doctor reassured me that until she is 4 months she can't really be spoiled and I have to do what I need to in order to rest. So I feel much better! Here are some pictures I took just before her shots, all four of them poor baby.

Girls Night Out!

Every year a few of my college friends and I get together for our annual Christmas party. We usually do the get together before Christmas, but with the arrival of Kendall this year we postponed it a little, and the three of them drove to Chattanooga from Nashville and stayed with me. Travis was nice enough to take both kids to his parents to spend the night so we could have a great night out and I could get caught up on some much needed sleep! Thanks Travis!! We had a great time on our 11th year of doing Christmas together!

First we did some shopping and got manicures at the mall!

Next we had dinner and drinks at Abuelos Mexican restaurant.

When we got home we opened presents. We each got a gift from one of the other girls, and also an ornament for our youngest children!
Last we enjoyed cupcakes from Gigi's! We got four and sampled some Midnight chocolate, Birthday surprise, and Red velvet. All were very delicious! Can't wait for next year girls!!

Master of Puzzles!

One of Haden's new favorite things to do is puzzles. We discovered this a couple of months before Christmas, and honestly we are amazed at how good he is at doing them. Now I've never seen any other kids his age do a puzzle, but I am sure that Haden is above average!! Honestly, he is pretty impressive to see do a puzzle and he's pretty quick at them too!

Here is one of his puzzles that he got from Santa. It is a Cars puzzle that has 46 jumbo pieces for the floor.

He's still working on it here with a little help from Mom, and a little distraction from cartoons on tv! He asks for help occasionally, but if you just leave him alone he can usually do it by himself!!

Here is the completed masterpiece! As you can see it is not even a typical puzzle with even edges which makes it more difficult even for Mommy! We got lots of new puzzles from Santa and grandparents for Christmas and I have already worked them all!