End of November

 Emily loves to chew on the dog toys. I am forever finding her stealing his stuff, including his food. Silly baby.

 Jane and I took Emily to the Zoo with us to feed the baby giraffe! It was TOO CUTE!!

 And last but not least Abby came home with THE BEST note from the nurse ever. I still crack up thinking about it. HAHA!

Tree Decorating

 Tree decorating 2018. The girls were very opinionated about where the ornaments should go this year. It is fun to watch them do it and be so proud of it. Good thing I'm not too picky about my tree.

Shenanigans

 These 4 having a movie night. They are all over the place.

And Jane has a love of peanut butter. She's just stealing a little taste.

Jon's gift to himself

Jon finally got it--- that giant tv every man dreams of. I think it is way too big, but he loves it so that is good!

Wilderness at the Smokies Thanksgiving Trip

 Heather and Kenneth's family and our family decided to go to a waterpark/hotel in TN for Thanksgiving fun. Ashlyn did my hair all fun for dinner. And then a shot of most all of us at the table,

 Then Grandma and Grandpa met us there and hung out for another day. Good thing they came case Emily ended up with an ear infection, and ONLY Grandpa could get her to stop crying. He was a miracle worker.

At the waterpark as we were leaving Santa showed up! good memories. Then we went to Golden C to eat our Thanksgiving feast. The kids thought it was the best thing ever!

2 of my Favorite men ;)

Do you know how I know 2018 was an amazing year? It's not that I had a baby, built a new house, blah blah blah! (😉) it was that these 2 men both released new CDs! And yes I was the crazy woman who made the target employee go to the back and find me his cd they hadn't put on the shelves yet

Jane's Thanksgiving feast

 Jane was a pilgrim at her little Thanksgiving feast for preschool. She was perfectly somber the entire time she had the costume on.... if I'd have know all it took to have her sit so still and quiet I'd have made pilgrim costumes earlier

Abigail

 Possibly the bravest thing I have done in motherhood to date: hand this girl a hot glue gun and tell her to squirt some right by my fingers. This turkey certainly looks like Twilight Sparkle. And never fear, only minor burns were sustained.

 Then-- I got this email from Abby's teacher that just melted my heart. This girl is full of love.

EM's First time pulling up!

 This was Emily's first time pulling up all by herself, and it was because she wanted to pet Chance! He is the best dog, just sweetly sitting there letting her pet him for several minutes.

Sisterly love

I call this photo "determination and devoted deception". When your 3 year old sister demands the chance to pull you in the wagon, so you play along but sneakily help her.

Jane

 A few of Jane's favorite things lately. Fruit pouches, she can eat them all day. So much so that she can even fall asleep while eating one. She LOVES standing in the shower, and she always looks so serious while she does it it cracks me up. And cookies. Jane loves cookies!

Emily's spirit stuffed animal

 Emily picked this out at the grocery store and I think it just is so cute! To me, it is the perfect stuffed animal for her personality. So many arms she gets into everything, but the sweetest big cheeks and smile.