November 2012

To say I've been slacking on the blog would be an understatement.  This traveling around the country every 3 months just caught up to me so I put our family journal on hold (and became best friends with instagram!) which was a bad idea because going through all these photos makes me realize how much I need to document the happenings of our fam!    So I figured in order to catch up on everything, I would break it down by month and start with November.  With the help of instagram, here's what's been going on:

Graham turned one!

We moved from Lubbock, TX to Tampa, FL (Now Kyle gets to live with US instead of a call room!)

We got to visit our close friends the Cummings in OK on the way to Florida

We discovered beaches!

Brighton started homeschool with me

Busch Gardens became our favorite hot spot

We wrote letters to Santa

Graham started walking and climbing on everything!

Packing/Moving is exhausting!

Happy Bday Graham!

We love the Cummings…and Krispy Kreme!

My sweets is such a trooper for manning the backseat on our 30 hour drive!

Welcome to Florida!

They love finding the creatures on the beach!  This is Hermione and Ron the hermit crabs

More beach time

       

Busch Gardens is the best place on earth!

'Dear Santa, I want a Brave Barbie doll for Christmas.  Love, Brighton'

 'Dear Santa, I want a rescue gun.  Love, Porter'

These two finally get to sleep in a real be instead of camp mattresses(Our Florida apartment is furnished!  Woo Hoo!) And this little man is getting into everything!

Okay, now that I'm semi-updated I will catch up on December soon! Or maybe even post some of the photo shoots of my kids I've been doing lately!  We'll see how ambitious I am!  But I promise I'm turning a new leaf!  Blogging world, I'm back! 

Week 52

The final installment of 52 weeks of Graham has arrived!  I don't know what we would have done these last 52 weeks if he wasn't in our lives!  We love him to pieces and can't wait to spend many more weeks with our sweet Graham Cracker!

Week 51

He's dazed and confused.  I think he's just about done laying down and having his picture taken every week.  Luckily, he's only got 1 more week to endure!  I can't believe my baby is going to be a year in a few days!!

Pumpkin Trio

I'm still catching up on Halloween, so sorry about that.  I just wanted to share our little pumpkin trio before they get tossed away.  Our family tradition that we started last year was to paint the pumpkins instead of carve.  The mess is much more minimal and I think they still turned out pretty cute. Brighton's is the one on the left, Porter's is the middle one, and Graham's is the one on the right (He had a little help from mom!).

Halloween 2012

Since Porter has been obsessed with superheroes lately, it only seemed fitting that we would dress up like them for Halloween.  Here's a shot of Batman, Robin, Catwoman, Superman, and can you guess who I am?  Not many people could.  I'm the Incredible Hulk (minus the muscles).  I even painted abs on my shirt, but clearly that didn't give it away.  Anyway, we went to our church trunk-or-treat for Halloween and the kids loved every minute of it.  Here's the proof:   

Do you love the underwear over the leggings?  So did Porter.  Graham even has some green ones over his pants.  And Brighton was adamant about having a tail on her tutu which I broke down and made, but she cared less about it on the actual day.  Isn't that how it goes? 

I couldn't get enough of this cute baby.  I think all babies in costumes are super cute, but when it's you're own, you're biased.  And he was the hit of the party.  He was not a fan of the face paint, but once it was on, he was fine.  And he actually kept his cape on all night which I was surprised with.  Even though he doesn't look very amused in these photos, he loved all the Halloween action as the night progressed.  And he was the cutest Robin there!  

It was a really fun night and I was glad Kyle made it home to enjoy the family event.  I love Halloween and dressing up and I know it wouldn't have been the same without him.  Some of my favorite family photos are our Halloween shots so I was glad this year didn't disappoint.  We hope everyone else had as good of a Halloween as we did!

Week 50

We have had a sick little dude on week 50.  And it's gotten a lot chillier out (thus the snowmen) so being sick and cold is no fun.  He's been running a fever and as result has been so lethargic and sad.  I feel so bad for the little Gus.  Is it bad to say that one of the perk about sick kids is the cuddle time I get because they feel rotten?  Probably.  But I love it.  Graham was a little snugglier than my other 2, but ever since he started rolling over and crawling, there is no way I can get a cuddle in edgewise.  So this week I let other duties fall to the wayside and just loved up on my little sick guy.  And he loved the attention.  I only hope he gets out of this funk before we have to travel across the country!      

Award Ceremony Surprise

The other day we got a letter from Brighton's school saying she would be receiving an award and we were invited to the ceremony.  When we got there, we were surprised to see Brighton received two special awards.  One was for 100% attendance (no brainer) but the other one was for being an exemplary student.  In Brighton's school, if you are an exemplary student, you receive a Brown Buffalo baseball cap.  We were very proud of her and she couldn't stop beaming.  She not only is such a sweet example to her family, but now her teacher recognized it too.  We love you sweets!

Week 49

Well, Graham is 49 weeks and this background represents fast and crazy this kid is.  He hasn't learned how to walk quite yet but he zooms everywhere on his little knees and if he can pull himself to standing, he is all over the place.  And maybe it will subconsciously make him love running like his parents?  Hey, it could happen!  Anyway, this kid is so fun.  He figured out how to give kisses, which is basically keeping his mouth open and lunging toward your face.  Hilarious.  We love our little Graham and can't believe 52 weeks is almost up!

Week 48 and 4-years-old

(Brace yourself for this long post!)  So today Graham turned 48 weeks old and Porter turned 4-years-old.  We weren't planning a party, but wanted to do something special for his day.  So to him that meant taking his whole family to the Science Spectrum.  We decided to invite our good friends the Buckners as well, so he could enjoy a little more company.  Porter has been obsessed with superheroes too lately so that's what we themed it a little bit.  Graham wanted to celebrate it with his weekly background.    

 Dad and Mom with their super dude.

Graham got to hang with Dad most of the time.  This was a super special privilege because it was the first time he wasn't stuck in the stroller the whole time we were there.

Besides the friends that introduced us to this place, we will probably miss this museum the most when we move.

After the Spectrum, we went back to our house for lunch, cake, and crafts.  We had some fun cupcakes (thanks to kikicreates), made superhero sundaes, and even made our own super masks.

Happy Birthday little dude!  We love you so much!  

Here are a few of Porter's favorite things at age 4:

Favorite food:  Pizza

Favorite thing to do:  Hang out with my family 

Favorite TV show:  Busytown Mysteries

Favorite Book:  Leonardo the Terrible Monster, by Mo Willems

What to be when he grows up:  A nurse doctor 

Favorite Candy:  All of it!

Loves:  Batman, wearing superhero masks, his daddy, Boston Red Sox, running everywhere, digging outside in the dirt, wearing rain boots with shorts all the time, and back scratches.