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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Barnes at EIGHT and NINE months


Here we are on NYE 2015 and I'm trying to catch up. 
I am so late on the Baby Barnes updates, so I'm going to combine eight and nine months.

This child has developed such a fun and cute personality. We've started to figure out what he likes and doesn't like, and he started to figure out how to tell us the same. He is seriously the sweetest thing! And his smile will literally melt your heart!

Things at Barnes at EIGHT and NINE months:
- Still nursing. As of about 3 days ago, we are officially on a four hour schedule. He nurses at 8 am, 12, 4 and 7 pm (bedtime). He wakes up 5:00 am to eat and goes back to sleep. That child does not want to drop that 5 am feeding...I figure he'll eventually drop it (or hoping so). Loves to eat! Each meal, he usually has a veggie and a fruit. Still making his food, but we are moving away from the pureed foods. 
- I think he weighs about 21 lbs. He's actually thinning up...or growing longer.
- This babywise mommy is still trying to get her baby on babywise sleeping. Sometimes he will sleep through the night. And sometimes he doesn't. But I've just learned to not go in there. He will go back to sleep. Napping 2 big naps a day and one baby catnap around 4 pm. I've learned that the rest of the day goes much smoother if he can get in a few winks during that nap. 
- Still wearing 12 months clothing and size 4 diapers. But if there is an 18 mths of Hudson's then I will throw that on him. He ain't scared. 
- As of a few days ago, he's so close to crawling he can smell it. He will get on all fours and rock, and initiate the forward position but then fall on his belly. So so close! I don't know if I am ready for the crawling or not. But he still prefers to be held. That's his happy place. 
- He loves watching his brother and sissy play...he kicks his feet so fast, like he's trying to catch them. He loves his new light up toys that Santa brought him, puffs and cheerios, applesauce, green peas, mommy holding him, his daddy, and watching the pups. 
- His hair is coming in blonde and I couldn't love it more. Both Hudson and Sissy have great hair, and I'm hoping the trend continues with him.








God love this sweet angel boy! I never imagined a third child, but now, I could never imagine a life without our third baby Barnes. Mommy's sweet baby boy!

Monday, November 30, 2015

Fall parties and Halloween

(I am trying my hardest to get caught up here...)

At the end of October, we had a fun (and busy) week of Halloween and Fall parties at MMO.

We started out with Hudson's party, and of course, we had to come in full costumes.
Barnes (GusGus the mouse) and Ann Kirk (the cow) got to play before the party started.
Cinderella and her prince Charming
My spider treats
GusGus the mouse, Prince Charming and Cinderella
Getting a picture of all three is just so difficult these days

The next day, we celebrated with Sissy's party.
This girl is WILD!
Real life
McCall isn't having Lillian's love
sweet babies and matching outfits

Future spouses: Lillian and Walt
The next day was Halloween with Tara, Trey and Adda Laine
 Hudson was so so excited about it this year. It seems that pretty much every holiday has clicked this year and he goes all out.

He was running from house to house yelling TRICK OR TREAT and Sissy was just running around. She could care less about the candy
She refused to look at the camera, but she looked so cute!


Hudson and Adda Laine had a blast together!
One last stop at Kiki and Papa's house for candy....waaaaaay past bedtime

And it couldn't be Halloween without a Halloween pj picture

And Sissy's classic bear hold on Barnes.
Joey said this was the last year for Hudson to wear a "girly" costume...yeah to the right. I have plans for matching costumes for the next 3-4 years. Can't stop, won't stop. 

Happy Halloween!

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Choo choos and Tutus

On October 18th, we had Hudson and Lillian's joint birthday party and celebrated with the theme 
Choo Choos and Tutus

I was so excited about this birthday party theme (thanks Katie for helping me)
I went back and forth about whether to do the joint party or not (their birthdays are two weeks apart), but I ultimately decided it would be best to do in this season in our life. 


I wanted to do it somewhere easy and fun for the kiddies....enter The Little Gym. 
They set every thing up for you and help with the actual party. Its a win win!
I didn't do much decorating, except for the cake table but I am ok with that. 




And I will let the rest of the pictures speak for themselves.... 























Hudson and Lillian had an absolute blast on their special day! I could hardly get them to stay still enough to get pictures.
And thanks to all our family and friends that made the day so special! We definitely felt the love!


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