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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Happy Birthday, Wyatt!

Wait.... isn't Wyatt's birthday in December?!?! That's right, I am just now getting to the rest of the pictures from 2013. On December 27, we celebrated this sweet, laid back boy. Oh how things change with the third kid, especially with a birthday two days after Christmas. Let's hope he is not quite as into holidays and details as his oldest sister, so maybe he won't ever notice that his events are not as well planned. He is well loved, and that is most important! Things will always just work out. I did not manage to get a special birthday shirt or outfit for Wyatt, so it was awesome that Aunt Natalee gave Wyatt this "one" shirt for Christmas! He looked so cute.

I followed this guy around ALL DAY to try to get some good birthday pictures, and the last one I took was the one above. He is fast and silly!

I had to enlist help getting him to smile.

His sisters are so sweet to him.

Always "fun" to try to get a family picture. Oh, Jenna... that fake smile kills me. BJ and I always look the same in all the pictures, and the kids range between normal, and crazy.

We had a very small family party for him- must be low key the week of Christmas. No custom, photo invites with matching party goods this go round. We're good with text invites and a trip to the party store the day before!

Hmmm.... thinking hard about how to attack the cupcake.

Sweet cousins

He ate the whole thing! Yum.

Cups are fun!

Wyatt enjoyed the lack of cabinet locks at Granny's house- mostly to open and bang shut repeatedly. Uncle Carson was not quite as excited about this at 7:40am.

We were able to celebrate Granny's birthday also, so it was a fun filled week.

We had a great Christmas and a lot of fun spending time with family, but it is always good to be back home. Sydney still takes naps on most days. However, this day, I knew she was tired, and I thought she was asleep. An hour and a half later, she came out to show me her masterpiece. She was really really proud of her organization. We had to have a chat about the fact that nap time is not the best time to do this!

Leaf pile- so fun!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

December

I also just posted November, so click the next page to see that!

December is always such a fun month. The girls were very into Christmas this year. Unfortunately they were NOT very into taking a Christmas card picture in late November. Due to cold and wet weather, we had to take the pic inside. Luckily there was one winner (out of about 60 shots), although Wyatt would not keep his hand out of his mouth.

The most cooperative photo taker

Sweet sisters... looks easy, right?

but this is how it really went down. Love these crazies!!

We made a last minute trip to see Santa at 7pm, and there was not a line. This is the first visit with Santa without tears! Sydney asked for a princess doll and Jenna asked for a Dora doll.

The highlight of Sydney's fifth birthday in October was that she can now have gum! A long time ago we had told her she can have gum when she is five, and she definitely remembered it. Restaurant gumball machine- yes please! Good thing she got a pink one.

We got to see cousin Taylor dance in the Nutcracker! The girls loved it.

Sydney held the Walters' cat! This was a huge breakthrough since she has been very afraid of animals in person.

Family of five, now complete! We have had these stocking hangers since the year Sydney was born, and now we fill it up.

BJ's latest project- he had the roof over our patio extended and put in an outdoor fireplace. Wyatt loved watching it happen.

Sydney loves to take pictures.

We had lots of fun making gingerbread houses with the Prewitts. The girls lost interest after a while, and Sydney was most interested in eating the candy, but overall a success. Jenna stuck the gingerbread man to the front of her house.

Sydney loves to wear her holiday attire year round. She wore her Halloween outfit this day. Crazy girl!

Sydney made this list at school about a week and a half before Christmas. A cat?!?! We actually considered it for half a second then decided to get her a stuffed cat.