{Besties}

Nine months ago when The {Morehouse} family moved in, I had no idea how wonderful it would be. It is hard to say goodbye to such wonderful friends. I don't know what {Al} is going to do without {Kella} to play with all the time. Sometimes they fought like siblings and other times they were taking each other out on dates. They have roasted pretend marshmallows over pretend campfires and have spend hours "fixing" the fence.  I'm going to miss lazy afternoons chatting and watching the kids play on their scooters, bikes, and the ziggle.  It has been such a blessing to have made such wonderful friends. We miss you guys already!

{Al} and {Kella} 

{Titus} and {Eden}

{Januaries} in Texas

Somehow it has become a tradition to take a photo of {A}lex in this spot every January that we have been in Texas. I am sad to say this is the last one. I hope our new house in Arizona has an equally fun spot to show this silly guys growth.

January 17, 2014                                                January 26, 2015

January 23, 2016

{A}lex has such a fun personality. He can be quite silly and sweet. He is very reserved in big crowds and in front of strangers, but his wild side will shine if you stick around long enough.  He is very independent and thinks he is the "smartest ever". This sweet boy loves his baby sister and smothers her with kisses all day. I am so blessed to be his mom.

Eight Month old Sweet Baby {E}

 Sweet Baby {E}den is 8 months old! This post is a little late, but we've had kind of a dramatic week...

We love this sweet girl so much. She brings so much joy into our home. {A}lex adores her and is constantly hugging and kissing her. She is happy almost all of the time. 

She jabbers so much. Her favorite "word" is bob. 

Mid cough and still cute. Little did we know her 8 month birthday was probably day one with RSV.

She has learned how to wave and was quick to wave at everyone in the hospital. 

A few more things about Sweet {E}den

• She still does not crawl, but is pretty mobile by scooting around on her bum. She really hates being on her tummy.
• She was loving all foods, but since being sick hasn't wanted to eat much solids.
• She has FINALLY started sleeping a little better at night. Only up a 2 or 3 times instead of 10. It's progress I promise.
• She jabbers all the time and really thinks she is part of most conversations.
• Bathtime is still her favorite. She splashes all over. 
• She really enjoys walks in the stroller. 
• She spent one day/night in the hospital while she was suffering from RSV and Rhinovirus. She responded really well to the breathing treatments so we didn't need to stay too long. She really gave us a scare though and had to ride in the ambulance to the hospital from her peds office. 
• She has lots of silly nicknames: Edie, Edelton, Edel, Babe, Baby Eden, Ede, Baby Rox...

We sure do love this girl and can't imagine our lives without her. 

p.s. I am working on a chilly Utah snow post. I have the pictures just need to get them up!

The {Reality} of DIY Photoshoots

I have a goal to get really good at using the tripod so we have more family shots. This week was our first trial run... it was ahem, a good practice. I don't think any of these are Christmas Card worthy, but they make me happy. I forgot my remote so these are with the self timer. Next time I will be sure to remember the remote!

Test picture... 

 Hubby thinks he's tipping over... we'll work on posture for next time!

Not bad.

Seriously family. I was the one who had to run to get in the photo. This is actually my favorite though. It just might make it on the card!

 And seriously Baby {E}. Silly girl! {this one happened by accident. I forgot to put the self timer back on}

I hope someone gets a good laugh out of these; I sure did! I'll be sure to post the cute ones later. I didn't get a really good family one, but I took some cute ones of the kids.