Cinderella and a Butterfly

We had a fun neighborhood party at our house for Halloween. Appetizers, trick or treating, chili, and candy for dessert. Yummy :) 

Mason's Baptism - 1

Mason's Baptism - 2

Mason's Baptism - 3

Pumpkin Girl

I love this picture of Ellie... just a little girl playing hard and having fun!

Blair Batson

A few pics from our hospital stay. Two very long nights of me sleeping in this tiny crib/hospital bed with Mason :) RSV is a frustrating sickness - because it is a virus, it doesn't really respond to meds, but since Mason had two episodes where she turned blue and wasnt breathing well, we stayed in the hospital on oxygen for a few days... It was a little scary for awhile but there were so many blessings. God's hand truly went before us and prepared the way and He reminded us of His presence at every step. It could have been so much worse. So many children are so sick in that hospital. We were thankful for such a quick stay. 

Happy 5th, Matey Clayton!

Celebrating Clayton's birthday at the beach... pirate style. Didi bought them the super man capes and we definitely stole that idea from Camp's birthday party.... it was so cute!

Mason's 1st food

Rice Cereal - 6m. She loves it despite her serious face. I think she just is an intense eater who wants her food now and doesn't like to share - much like her mama :) Do you think Ellie and Mason's profiles look alike in the pic above? As babies, they really favor. I will try and put some comparison pics on the blog once I've caught up

Home Made Photo Shoot

I borrowed my bro and sis-in-laws fancy camera and played photographer one day... it was really fun! 

Well, it got worse, but we're back now

I have taken a big break from blogging and am now attempting to catch back up. We had a very sick Fall - Mason ended up the hospital for two nights with RSV and getting 2 more ear infections after my last post about our sicknesses. Mama was just plain worn out for awhile... so read on and I will brief you on what we've been up to! I am writing this in December, but I am changing the post dates so everything appears in the order and time frame in which it happened. Yea for computers that can fix my procrastination at the touch of a button :)