Basketball

When the new school year arrived, we said good bye to Sam's favorite Summer activity: Basketball.

This was his first team sport and he just loved it! I can't believe I hadn't posted any pictures of this event that sucked up so much of our time this Summer. He can't wait to sign up for Winter basketball. Soon. Very soon. But for now, we are feeling settled into our school year and about to start choir and Girl Scouts first. Bring it on! ;)
Cheers!
Christy

Catching up

Now that we are (mostly) all healthy, I am starting to catch up on life. All the snotty and vomit covered laundry is done, I've Lysol-ed nearly every space the kids have touched, homework is caught up and we even have food in the fridge! Life is good! I'm even having a bit of time to scrapbook! (but I'm sacrificing my sleep to do it.)

We've had some nice moments in the last few weeks too. Here are a few pics I wanted to share.
Sam wrote me a love note all on his own. His first one too! I love it! Expect a scrapbook layout on this soon. ;)
Here are the kids when we went down to the bay for a picnic one night a couple weeks ago.
The morning after that, Max had a good soaking in the kitchen sink. We rarely bathe him there but he had so much fun, I couldn't resist the naked baby photos!

Then, just this morning he fell asleep in his car-seat. I think it is so cute how he sucks on his little lovey when he falls asleep. So angelic...
Thanks for checking in!
Getting crafty this weekend... ;)
Cheers,
Christy

My Sk8r Boy

Santa sure was daring bringing Sam a skateboard for Christmas. If you know Sam, he is a rough-and-tumble kid and it may only be a matter of time before we go to the emergency room. Again.Good thing Santa remembered knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards too!Cheers,
Christy

Happy Birthday Sam!

5 Years ago today, I got the best Christmas gift EVER! Sam! We brought him home Christmas Eve and even though we had to wait 6 months for a silent night, he is such a blessing! We are eternally grateful to Tiffany, Sam's birthmother, for choosing us to be Sam's parents. (We love you Tiff!) She is an amazing woman and we are so happy to have her in our lives. Madeleine was almost 2 then and was delighted to have a real life baby doll. errr...I mean... brother.He even fit in his stocking then, but never since.
Here he is this morning posing (so funny!) with his new "SAM" belt buckle. He is such a character!

Happy Birthday Sam!

Cheers,
Christy

Halloween

Normally, we are REALLY into Halloween but this year, not so much. Kids were sick a lot in October and we have been so busy. Nonetheless, we had fun and the kids loved their costumes.

Well... Max only loved his costume for a couple minutes then he made every effort to just get it off. You should have heard the yells of frustration! I couldn't bear it so after a few photos, we just took the costume off.

Sam loved being a pirate. The funny thing is, he dresses like a pirate about once a week throughout the year anyway. He thought getting candy just for being his usual Pirate-self was just fabulous. Now to deal with all the sugar...
Trick or treating in our neighborhood is fun but I think Maddie and Max would rather have been playing with the firetruck ride-on. (Still one of the all-time favorite toys in the house!) They both groaned a little when I told them it was time to stop playing and get costumes on. Weird.
She just adores him!Now, onto "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" The kids are at such fun ages and my parents and brother will be here this year, it will be an amazingly wonderful season! Can't wait!
Have a great day!
Christy

I feel so lucky this is my life

I also feel so lucky to know an amazing photographer to capture this blissful time in our lives.

Thanks for checking in!
Cheers,
Christy