my little baker....

Our church has a daycare that Addie Kate goes to a couple of hours a week. We are still working on the whole nursery thing so we thought this might help... so far it hasn't, but she does like going to "school."

Anyways, her class was having a Valentine's party so we made rice crispy treats to give to all her little friends! I love that she is at the age where she wants to help, even if it does take twice as long to get things done.

Love, love her in her apron! She is so grown up!

This may be why it took us twice as long to get anything done... every time I turned around she either had her little hand or mouth full of marshmallows.

Our finished product! She was so excited to hand out these "treats" to her friends.

"Writing" Valentine cards to her friends.

I really just love her face in this picture. She is so funny and so are these little boys!

Happy Birthday Olivia!

We have been singing happy birthday to Olivia for two weeks now! Addie Kate is really into birthdays right now so we sing and sing; not to mention she loves loves her Aunt Livie.

Last weekend our families came in town to find out the sex of our new baby and while they were all here, we had a surprise birthday party for Gabe's sister Olivia who turned 16 today! I just love having family here and I am always so sad to see them go!

Shhhh.......

Notice we erased the chalk-board but didn't have time to write her birthday message before she arrived.

Better than biscuits....

A few Saturdays ago our Chick-fil-a was having hat day...get a free chicken biscuit if you come in wearing a hat. So we braved the cold and took the babies to get biscuits. They loved their biscuits, maybe as much as we did...and yes Owen is still in his pajamas!

But even better than the biscuits was looking in the back seat on the way home and seeing this. Holding hands while we were driving. It just makes my heart happy!

Snow Days

We, like most everyone else in Georgia, we got snow this past week. This was Owen's first snow and he liked it...for a minute and then he was over it. Gabe was off on Monday so we had fun having family time, making tomato bisque and grilled cheese sandwiches, and enjoying the warmth of our home!

P.S. I got a new camera for Christmas and am so excited to learn all about it and hopefully take some really fun pics this year!!! Wish me luck figuring it out!

December...quick recap

I know this is late, but better late than never....

December was a crazy but fun month! In the midst of all the busyness of Christmas, Gabe and I got the flu. It was absolutely miserable, especially since I could only take tylenol. Thankfully Gabe's sister Lauren was out of school and came and stayed with us for a few nights. I don't know what I would have done without her because I was literally out of it for a few days. We were so blessed that the babies did not get it and were healthy on Christmas. Lauren, however, was not so lucky and took the flu back with her to Alabama.

While recovering from the flu, we traveled to Griffin on Christmas Eve and then to Alabama for New Years.

Here is a quick recap of what Christams was like for us....

We opened Christmas books and read them before bed (almost) every night in December...

We made a gingerbread house on Christmas Eve...

Opened presents on Christmas morning...

Rode a Christmas Train in Alabama...

Rode in our new wagon with CC and Big Papa...

And just had fun with our friends and family.

Shutterfly Love

If you haven't already heard Shutterfly is doing a really fabulous promotion right now for bloggers where they can receive 50 free Christmas cards. If you have never checked shutterfly out it is definitely worth a look!!

I started printing my pictures out on Shutterfly soon after Addie Kate was born. It is so easy to upload my pictures and then pick which sizes I want and have them delivered to my door.

http://www.shutterfly.com/prints

I have also used them for Christmas cards, Valentines cards, and photo books as well. For all my pregnant friends out there they also have the cutest birth announcements.

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/baby-cards-stationery

Now for my favorite shutterfly product. Two Christmas's ago I made photo books for all the Grand-Parents and Great-Grandparents and they were a huge hit. So much so that we have continued the tradition every year since. I don't scrapbook so it is my way of recapping the year in picture form. These not only make great gifts but are also really fun to make. You forget how much life you live in a year's time and its fun to have a photo book for each year to look back on. Photo books are the type of gift that is looked at over and over and never gets old!

For Gabe's mom's 50 birthday me and Lauren made a photo book of her life. Lauren spent hours scanning in pictures that hadn't been looked at in years and the finished product was amazing. If you aren't into scrapbooking either, you should definitely check out shutterfly's photo books:

http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books

This year I am so excited to get our Christmas cards made and sent out. Last Christmas I bought Addie Kate and Owen matching outfits for our Christmas pictures this year. Let's just say Gabe was not crazy about Owen in a smocked outfit. I figure he is only little once and when he gets much older I won't get away with these matching outfits so I had to do it while I can! It was so much fun putting our Christmas cards together! Shutterfly has great cards to choose from and makes it easy to get your Christmas cards together. Check out all the different layouts and designs they have available:

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

Here are some pictures we will be using in our Christmas cards this year. Getting a two year old and an eight month old to cooperate for pictures can be tricky to say the least. We eventually, with all our great parenting skills, resorted to bribing Addie Kate to smile! Luckily we got some good shots so here is a sneak peak of some pics you may be seeing on our Christmas cards this year.

And some fun out takes...

Can you guess our surprise?

Tonight at youth, Gabe made a fun little announcement to our youth group. When I got back from picking Addie Kate and Owen from the nursery this pic was on the projector screens. Can you guess what our little announcement was??