Update

Ok, I can't believe almost a whole month has gone by since I last updated. I don't feel like I have been that busy...but then again life can get crazy at times. So here is the latest since our fall fun pics.


We had all decided on Lilly being Sleeping Beauty for Halloween, she wears a pink dress which is Lilly's favorite so this all made sense. We had the dress and I bought the crown, wand, and some fun shoes to go with it. Lilly was so excited when it was finally time to dress up she loved her costume. So she wore it one Saturday to a Fall Festival at church. The next Thursday to preschool for their Halloween Party. Halloween morning to a friend's princess birthday party. When it came time for her to dress up to go Trick or Treating that night she had decided that she did not want to be Sleeping Beauty anymore. She thought about being Ariel, then finally decided on Cinderella. Josh took Lilly out around the neighborhood and she came home freezing cold, but very proud of her bucket full of candy. We bought two huge bags of candy from Costco and I thought for sure we would have lots of candy left over to munch on. However, our new neighborhood is huge...so we gave every bit of it away. Joy was our little pumpkin and I even found a pumpkin costume for Rudy.

All the little princesses dancing at the birthday party


Look at all that candy!

Have you ever seen such a happy pumpkin?


Cinderella and her glass slipper pumpkin


Joy is thinking...What is that orange thing on the dog, if only I can touch it...

After Halloween we had a baby dedication at church. This is Joy's second dedication, so she is going to be one blessed baby. She got another little Bible and we were given a prayer partner in the church to pray over our family. We were all given flowers. There was a yellow one to represent the little baby as precious as gold, a red one to represent the mother's blood bond with her child, and a white one to symbolize the father and the purity that would be prayed for in his raising this new baby. And the greenery was to symbolize the church all around our family praying over us and helping hold us all together. I loved looking at the flowers all week to remind me of this special day. We also enjoyed a yummy dinner after church with all the other babies and their families.



Joy is now five months old (soon to be six months next week) and is sitting up on her own. She has started eating rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, and she is going to try squash tomorrow. She laughs several times a day and gives the biggest smile when daddy comes home from work. She caught her second cold this month (I think Lilly picked up something from preschool, then passed it on.) So we were home sick for a whole week. Joy is fascinated with Rudy and tries to reach out and touch his ears every chance she gets. She is grabbing anything and everything within her hands reach. Joy loves to suck her thumb and fingers. The new favorite way is her first two fingers turned around backward. Lilly is starting to play with Joy more and they love to scream back and forth at each other in a way that sounds like they are speaking their own language saying the most important things to each other. These are precious moments and I am trying to soak up every minute of them.


And I will finish up this long post with a picture that says it all.....
Yes...the house is fully decorated for Christmas. Two trees, stockings hung, peppermint placemats at the table, and a wreath on the door. I know it is early, but we are going to be out of town the next two weekends and I had to find something to do being home for a week taking care of the girls...and we just love Christmas!