SUPER cute!

Alright, I know I'm a little bias... but I pulled out the walker for Abby to use this past week... and she has been SO HAPPY playing with it! You just gotta watch the video and look at the pics.

It's good that she has some helpers! ha ha

Thanksgiving

... yes, I know it was about a month ago we celebrated this wonderful holiday; but, still it's fun to post pictures and reminiscience about the wonderful time we had.

We were able to visit my parents down in Colorado Springs from Wednesday thru Friday evening.

Abby planning out her Black Friday shopping

Happy Granddaddy with Happy Abby

It was a nice time of cooking, crafts, watching football and some great movies, chatting and of course, eating yummy food!

My sister and her son are in town for awhile (as my brother-in-law has been deployed for the next few months), so it was great for our family to spend time with them. Jonathan hadn't met Jackson yet (as he is only 5 months old); luckily he loves babies so he give him enough attention to last the rest of the year. ha ha Catherine, too, adores Jackson and give him quite the attention.

Yes, Jackson is a boy. And, yes, he is in a pink bouncy seat... but he liked it!

The trend, too, these days is not only time with Grammy and Grandaddy equal extra special yummy goodies, but also really fun crafts.This time around my mom bought treasure chests to be painted. Once painted they got to fill them up with chocolate coins!

After the weekend, we found ourselves extremely thankful for the families God has blessed us with (near and far)... our children, parents, siblings, grandparents, etc... Happy (belated) Thanksgiving and thanks to you all for your love, support and prayers! We love you!

Great helpers!

Lately, I've been super (a word that Jonathan uses many, many times a day) appreciative of the older kids assistance around the house. Take for instance last night, after dinner Catherine jumped up from the table eager to help put dirty dishes in the dishwasher and condiments back in the refrigerator. Or, today after lunch they both swept the floor of all the crumbs. I'm really hoping and praying this excitment for being "super helpers" will continue for years to come (but, probably not... I'll take it while I can, though)

Another adorable thing that Jonathan has been excited about lately, is giving Abby her afternoon bottle. He loves it! Abby loves it! And, I love it! It frees me up to finish important things, like my afternoon cup of coffee. ha ha Truly, it is adorable!

Happy Abby

Someone asked me the other day, after viewing some of the pictures on the blog, "Is Abby really that smiley?" And, I have to admit that she is... except when she's tired, hungry or has just been hit on the head by someone or some toy. :-)

Here are some more pictures to prove it.

I think she's mostly happy in this picture... Jonathan and Catherine thought it would be cute to "dress her up," with some bling and a hat! I thought it was hilarious!