Welcome to the World Jessica!

Welcome to the world baby Jessica!  On September 12th, Laurie delivered this sweet little girl!  We are so excited she is FINALLY here! 

Not even 24 hours old yet! 

While the Stones were in the hospital, we got to have sleepovers with Connor! 

Thatcher and Connor were best buddies!

They actually got along better than Sam and Connor

Even though Connor is back home with his family now, Thatcher wakes up every morning and says, "Connor?  Connor?  Connor?" 

Each night Samantha would "read" Connor stories.  Poor Connor just wanted to go to bed.....

Summerland Beach

On Stage at Elings Park

Back to School

The new school year is filled with lots of fun things

 Gigantic Wild Sunflowers

 And projects that help everyone get to know each other

 Sam must have been wearing colored contacts over her hazel eyes and I think Ms. Cindy should have noted the blue streak in her hair ;)

 Perhaps I should get her a pet butterfly?

Last but not least, her single hand print ;)

Potty!!

We decided to bring the little potty out the other day since we had started getting Samantha used to the potty pretty early and it paid off.  You can see from the above video, he is VERY excited about it.  

And to our surprise, he is actually going pee pee in the potty whenever we give him the option.  He even did a #2, although for some reason he stood up midway and it landed on the floor.......

Here he is this morning going "pee pee".  It also helps that he has a big sister.  Whenever she goes, he wants to try too. 

Here is little Sammy at 17 months (which looks EXACTLY like Thatcher).  Samantha was officially out of diapers shortly after she turned two.  I've heard boys are harder to train, but we are going to keep encouraging Thatcher to use the potty when he wakes up, before nap, after nap and before bed.  We haven't even had to reward him with any treats yet.  I know that will come later, but for now, he is quite content with us just clapping for him. 

Such a big boy!

Miramar Beach

Little Fairies

My friend Marina is one of the most talented photographers I know.  She has a fantastic camera that takes the most perfect pictures, but it is more than that, she knows how to use it.  She captures lighting just perfectly and her photos are so artistic.  If you haven't already checked out her food blog, Yummy Mummy, you must!

Look at these gorgeous pictures she captured of the kids last week at our Mommy Happy Hour ;)