My big boy

Pierce turns five in just a couple weeks and he is growing up right before my eyes. Sorry this video is sideways but I couldn't figure out how to turn in. He learned this song at school and sang the whole thing for me and I thought to get the camera at the end. He is so full of life and loves learning new things. I thought this video just captured his personality. We are in the midst of open houses and school searching for him right now. I can't believe my baby will be in kindergarten. I thought I would never be that parent who cried and was sad when there child when to school. Oh was I wrong, I literally was crying as I sat at an open house last week and thought of sending him to school. I can barely have a conversation about it all without getting emotional. Just keep reminding me that it will all work out and I will be ok :) Here are a couple cute things he has said to me in the past couple weeks...

"Soon I'm not going to have these toys anymore because I'm going to be a big daddy and big daddies don't have these toys."

"Mom, when I turn six, will I go to highschool?"

Camden Pics

1st time in Exersaucer...

Camden is 5 1/2 months old and is such a joy. Her smile lights up her whole face and she definately just goes with the flow. We are still trying to master sleeping through the night but she is content as can be during the day. We are still on no schedule, which I am actually pretty proud of considering I was pretty obsessive with a schedule with the boys. I have realized between school and getting out that its really not possible and almost easier to not have one. She does nap, but whether that is in the car, baby bjorn, or her crib it just depends on the day. I still long for the days when all three will nap together in the afternoon, but considering Pierce hasn't napped for a year and Camden is usually due to nurse as soon as I get Holt down I will just try to enjoy the lower ratio in the afternoons.

Weekend in the Mountains

We got poured on at Tweetsie, but the boys still had a blast and we didn't have to wait in one line.

On the mile high bridge at Grandfather mountain. This made Gran and Pop just a little nervous us taking the kids over it.

We spent an amazing weekend up in the mountains. We did Tweetsie Friday and Grandfather mountain Saturday, and played in Blowing rock on Sunday. We rested a lot, and ate lots of yummy food, and enjoyed the changing leaves and beautiful views. It was such a blessing to be able to get away, soak in the beauty of the mountains and enjoy some fun time as a family away from the chaos of life.

Dedication

Her Mom-Mom in Philadelphia made this sweet sweater she is wearing.

Camden was dedicated at church today. We were a little nervous having the boys up there with us too but they did great. I guess a little M&M bribing didn't hurt. She was content as usual an it was a sweet time for us as a family to celebrate her life and dedicating her to the Lord. The verse we chose for her dedication was Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in your, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

Mom Mom and Pop Pop brought up ALL of Jason's old Lego's today for the boys. They love legos. No exaggeration..Pierce played with them from the time we got home from lunch at 1:30 until 7:30 tonight, he only stopped to eat dinner. I think Daddy is as excited about the new legos as the boys are.

Pumpkin Patch

Don't worry, Pierce still has his soccer jersey on from his game at 9 this morning. He doesn't like to take it off on game day. We also didn't paint this pumpkin on his face for this outing if you were wondering, we came straight from our neighborhood fall picnic.

We took the kids to pick out pumpkins tonight. They have been begging to go, they love pumpkins! You would of thought we were at Disney World when we got there. This wasn't even a real pumpkin patch, just a place selling them. It so much fun to see the joy kids can get out of something so simple.

New Camera!

About once a week we hear a 'thud' upstairs after we put the boys down. This is the sound of one of them falling out of bed. This night after we went up to check on them a little while after the thud this is what we saw. Pierce had no idea the next morning Holt had even been in his bed.

One of my best friends Amy is having a baby in a few weeks and we had a baby shower for her last week. We have been best friends since childhoold so its always fun to share these milestones together and see just how far we have come. Some would have said in our hyper days we may never be fit to be mammas. Who knows some may still say it now :) Amy I can't wait to see you as a mommy, she is going to be one blessed little girl!

Jason wanted to give me a new camera for our anniversary this year. However, thrifty Courtney wasn't going to take him up on going to get it, because I didn't think we could justify spending money on a camera. But as we watch once again with our Camden how fast these precious days go by, I decided that it would be really fun to get even better pictures of them and not miss any of these sweet moments. So here are some of my first shots. I'm definately still getting the hang of the camera and am hoping to take some classes to learn how to really use it, but I'm loving it so far!