Nursing home visit & New Car!

It was so hard to get the kids to look at the camera!

Little Miss Avah in her Peacock costume!

Raegan as a beautiful ladybug!

The Welch Wagon!

Yesterday I had the chance to take the kids over to the nursing home with Jen and Danielle for a little "Bless and Treat"! It was so awesome and they were so excited to see the kids dressed up in their costumes. It felt so good to spend time with the oldies as one of them called themselves. It also felt heartbreaking at the same time. I will never put my mom or my in-laws in a nursing home. I vow to take care of them as they took care of my husband and me since we were babies. I hope that one day I can return the favor to them. On another note the Welch family has purchased a new vehicle. Let's just face it the Acura wasn't cutting it. Our trips to Wegman's involved putting/ shoving the trunk down and placing groceries in the front seat of the car. Now we have lots of space and plenty of room. It will be so nice when family comes in to visit and we can actually fit in one car instead of taking several cars. We thank god for this blessing.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!

Spectacular spiderman!

Christian 2009

Avah the peacock princess!

This one took alot of time it's handmade by me!

The kids in their costumes!! I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween this year!

Cat's Milk "2009"

The group! Avah, Colin, Christian, Bobby, Holly(with twins),Preston, Erica
Sierra, Taya, Tim, Livia, Jennifer, Ben, and Adriana!

The Welch Family!

This past weekend we had the opportunity to meet up with great friends who are all like family for a week vacation at the beach. We left on Friday and headed to Alabama. I was a little apprehensive about this trip since the last trip Avah didn't do so well in the car. She ended up doing great. We played a little movie for her and she loved it. We stopped to eat at Old Country Buffet and then headed on to Selma, Alabama to visit Shelley, Tyler, and Alyssa. They took us in at 4 in the morning and I must say we were treated so well. Thank you Shelley for being such a great host. The kids were all so excited to see everyone and to be honest I was so excited to see such a great friend. I really missed Shelley. We woke up the next morning and headed out of Selma to hit the beach. We ended up beating our friends there so we got to pick up the key and check out the room first. We were on the 19th floor in a penthouse. The beach view was breath taking and we got to get in a little quiet time before everyone arrived. Once everyone arrived the kids were really excited. The weather was extremely cold the first two days we were there. We ended up not even going down to the beach and just hung out in the room. Two days later the weather warmed up and we headed out to enjoy the beautiful water and the beach. Avah really liked the sand and Christian had a blast playing. The boys/men had more fun digging a hole than the kids did lol. The girls got to go shopping and enjoy a little girl time while the guys stayed back at the beach house with the kids. The trip to the beach seemed very short but luckily we had a couple of days to stop at Shelley's cabin and spend some more time with her and the kids. Her hubby Danny is deployed in Iraq so we chated with him via Skype which was cool. I really do feel for her and those kids. I can truly say that I look up to military wives who have deployed spouses they truly are amazing. The cabin we stayed in was beautiful and in the middle of no wheres. Shelley's family always makes us feel like family so we felt very much at home. All in all it was a great trip with awesome friends. I cannot wait for next year. p.s. If you are wondering what is with the name Christian called our friend Bobby cat's milk the whole trip. So we named the trip Cat's Milk 2009 lol.

Christian's first field trip!

Christian enjoying the breeze!

The boys being boys!

Me Christian and Avah in the pumpkin patch!

Christian enjoying his time in the barn.

Today St. Matthew's kicked off fall with a field trip. I wasn't sure if we were going to make this trip because I have been feeling awful and Christian was a little crummy the last two days. With a lot of praying over night I managed to suck it up for the kids and take my little man out for his first school field trip. I am so glad that we were able to get out because we all had a blast. We met Mariah, Carter, Moira, Keegan, and Zara at Starbucks then headed out on our great adventure. Of course the girls had to tag along and I must say they were very well behaved. Avah seemed to enjoy all of the people. I so much didn't enjoy all of the wind. But overall it was a fabulous day spent with fabulous friends.

6 mths!

Enjoying tummy time!

Bouncing around in the Jumperoo!

She loves playing with her brother's face hence the HUGE smiles!

One of Avah's fall outfits that I've sewn for her!

Avah was 6mths old yesterday! 6mths? Really has it gone by that quickly already? Where did summer go? Avah is turning out to be quite the little ham. She is eating a TON of baby food now and still nurses every two hours. She is starting to love to be on her stomach for tummy time, she has never tollerated it before. She enjoys rolling around the living room and playing with her big brother. She is beginning to coo more and has no signs of teeth coming in right now. Yesterday at her doctor's apt. she weighed in at 16lbs. 80z. and is only 27 in. long. A short and chuncky baby! Cloth diapers are working well for both Avah and me. I am really looking forward to watching her grow over the next 6mths.