Pumpkin Patch/Halloween

The years of coordination for Halloween are over. Kellan finally found his voice, and he decided to not comply with his big sister. He wanted to be Superman by golly. So, because the littlest brother didn't have a say, we cordinated with him instead. This year we had Elsa (like 3 million other families in America), Superman and Olaf!

On the Sunday before Halloween, East Campus held their annual Pumpkin Patch. I'm especially thankful for it this year, because we were under the weather on Halloween so we cut our trip (and plans) short. 

This is on Sunday:

Olaf CAR!!! Whattt?!

Pretty girl!

Training him.

And Halloween night:

Since we're moving over to my parent's neighborhood, we decided go trick-or-treating there!

Superman getting his loot.

About 5 houses in, I got to don the Elsa wig. Looks nice, huh?

HAPPY Birthday Keaton Jay!

Happy Birthday Keaton Jay!

You're 1!!!!!

We were so excited to celebrate with our closest friends and family on your actual birthday. What a treat. Here's some pictures of YOUR day:

Happy Birthday sign

Yummy favors.

#365daysofkeaton banner

Brothers...

CAKE! (made by Papaw)

and yummy cupcakes!

The spread

Smash cake time. He loved it. Of course. But lets be honest, this wasn't his first taste of cake. 

What you're up to lately:

• Wearing 12 month clothing...some 18 months. 
• Size 4 diapers
• Keaton loves trying to feed himself, and with the third, this is welcome. It's a bit messier, but it helps. I'm noticing him becoming a little pickier on what he eats. He does love the packets of food. They have the fruits and especially veggies in them that he is now starting to avoid, so I feel better after he eats that!
• Keaton is now down to just 1 nurse/day. It's our early morning, snuggle and fall back to sleep session. He took really well to the whole milk. We'll transition out of that morning nursing session soon. 
• Keaton is babbling some, but not saying anything that is associated with someone/something yet. 
• He's crawling (hands and feet) every where! He's a quick one too! 
• Keaton thinks he's as big as brother and sister. He tries to crawl/climb up on everything. 
• He's trying to keep up with big brother and sister. I bet he'll be walking any day now!
• He has two teeth on top, three on the bottom.  He loves brushing them!
• He's done with the pacifier. Just like brother, he was only using one to fall asleep at night, then he'd lose it. So, I figured we'd be done with it now and not have to worry about it later.
• #365daysofkeaton has come to an end. It was really fun taking a picture of him every day of his first year of life. 

Happy Anniversary!

Drew and I celebrated 7 years of marriage this year! September 7, 2007, we got married, and had no idea what we were doing. Right babe? I'm not sure if we've figured it out yet, but we sure are having fun trying. Life is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, happy and sad moments, but I'm sure glad to be going through it all with this guy:

We also celebrated our 5 year anniversary on staff at Savannah Christian Church. They are gracious enough to provide a weekend away for Drew and I, so we combined the two anniversaries and celebrated the weekend in Charleston! 

It's a gorgeous city and it was our first get away sans 3 kids. It was great to be away, but we were anxious to get back to our babies!

Happy Anny Babe. I love you!

A little throw back:

Datiing (06)

First Christmas (07)

Ball game (08)

First baby (09)

Two! (10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

K's artwork

Since starting Kindergarten a little over a month ago, our lil girl has become a lil artist! Her creativity is being expressed and Drew and I are amazed at some of the things she is making. I try to keep most of it, but I also saw somewhere where people took pictures to remember them. This is one that I didn't want to forget:

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She came to me first with just this. If you can't read it, it says, "This is the bud (blood) uv (of) God". The picture is a table and  communion cup with juice. 

This was the final picture. The second table has a loaf of bread on it and it says, "This is the boe (body) of God."

She also drew three crosses and Mary, Martha, and one other person bowing to the cross. It was surely a proud moment that some of the things that she is learning and hearing at home and church are being stored in her heart! 

Happy 11 Months Keaton Jay!

Keaton Jay is 1 month away from turning the big ONE!! We are excited to have a one year old in the house again and watch as he grows, discovers, and learns new things each day! Here's what Keaton's been up to lately:

• Wearing 12 month clothing
• Size 3 diapers... I'm not sure on his weight, but we're on the tail end of a size 3 pack of diapers, so when this pack is done, I think we'll switch to the size 4s. 
• Keaton is a garbage disposal. He eats anything and everything that is put in front of him these days. And, if he doesn't have something to 'eat' himself (i.e. not spoon fed), he'll let you know about it. This is a dream come true. A not picky eater...I've never had one of these before! 
  
• He is still nursing about 3-4 times a day. Its obviously becoming less about nutrition and more of a comfort since he's eating so much table food, but we're going strong. We'll introduce some whole milk in the next month and see how it goes. I'm ready to wean when my lil guy is. 
• He is going to sleep around 7:30 and usually will come and visit mommy and daddy in our room around 4:30 in the morning. He doesn't need it, but he'll nurse back to sleep, and snuggle 'til its time to wake up. Drew and I love it, and believe that the time passes too quickly, so we'll enjoy our lil morning visitor for now!
• He's crawling (hands and feet) every where! He's a quick one too! 
• He loves to stand up on furniture, but he doesn't go far, yet. I'm sure it's coming soon. The older two were both walking on or around their first birthdays so I'd imagine Keaton will do the same. 
• He does this really cute thing with his nose where he crinkles it up when he's being silly. It's the cutest.
• He has two teeth on top, three on the bottom. 
• He knows how to give kisses now...open mouthed kisses, but kisses nonetheless.
• As you can see, he has the cutest, most adorable blond hair and bluish-green eyes. This has got to be coming from his daddy. It's definitely not from me (I was brown hair and eyes from the day I was born). Either way, I love it. I love that he has his own unique look and I can't wait to see him grow!

Silly Pooh.

Mom, this is just silly.

The only way I could keep him still for approximately 0.3 seconds to snap some pictures. Give him food.

We are so in love with this lil guy. He's perfect and we are overjoyed that we've had these 330(ish) days to love and care for him.

Spirit Day/ Wildcat Game

We've lived in Richmond Hill for nearly 3 years and are finally able to celebrate our hometown pride in the Richmond Hill Wildcats! With this being Herrington's first year as a Wildcat, she gets to participate in all the fun school spirt days and cheer on the Wildcats too! Every Friday home game, every student is encouraged to dress in the school colors (black and gold). Here's our pretty girl, representin':

On a whim, we decided to go to the home game as a family to watch the Wildcats.

We had so much fun, and can't wait to cheer on the Wildcats all season! Go Wildcats!

Kellan's First Day of Preschool!

Kellan's first day of 3 year old preschool is TODAY! We're very excited that Kellan has Mrs. Katie this year. She's a dear friend and a fierce teacher! Kellan is also super excited to be in class with his best buddy, Caden! 

Here's to an awesome year of preschool, buddy!