spring is here!

flowers, picnics, walks in the botanicals....spring is here!

groupie

apparently maggie has a thing for musicians just like her momma.

this is sam. his momma and i are great friends. they use to live in the same apartment complex as us but now live where its really, really cold. they came to visit last weekend and him and maggie just started playing together like they see each other every week. sam is obsessed with guitars and made up little diddies about abraham the whole time. hilarious. mojo thinks sam looks like a small british rock star. the beatles shirt is fitting. we love that kid.






we loved your visit kelly! hope to see you soon!

this matches right?

most content place to be

this boy loves to have us carry him. baby-wearing, as the granolas call it, was made for bebes like hammy. he can sit on our hip or our back for hours and be happy. i love it!

easter egg hunts and family goodness

alot of grandkids

sharing in the spoils

she shook each one when she picked it up

daddy helped

by the way...

i totally realize that the header picture is a bad family photo and we are all squinty but i just couldnt look at the wintery photo any longer....so you'll just have to look at the 'too bright' photo of our family until we get another :)

10 months

stellan goes to st. louis

My friend (and neighbor) Missy and I have both been following a blog about a little 5 month old boy, Stellan, who is fighting for his life. We both have been praying for his recovery and have been so touched by his story and of course his family's faith in God during a most difficult trial. One of the ways, other than praying, that people have been showing their support is by taking a picture with his name on it, making it seem as if he's almost there, and really just showing his family that we care! The name gallery on her blog is absolutely amazing. All over the world and in the most creative ways people are holding up his name. So, Missy and I took our kiddos down to the arch saturday morning to hold up his name for a picture to send to him (and have a picnic while we were there). We had such a wonderful time. We all piled in one car which was super fun for Maggie and she even learned some new phrases from Peyton who is a year and a half older such as when taking a picture saying, "cheese pizza!"-maggie thinks thats hilarious. and now when she says something she'll end it with, do you know?
**missy, i basically copied your post.:)

vintage maggie

blue eyed girl in blue

first bike ride

yesterday was Abe's first bike ride with daddy & maggie. he LOVED it. this boy just loves life and loves to do things with his sister. Maggie was so happy to have a companion in the trailer with her. she did not want to get out and we had to slightly bribe her with her other favorite thing (going to buy bagels with daddy).
mojo did a few laps around the parking lot to get the kids warmed up....we see lots of rides in the park in our future!

9 months

hi! i'm Abraham! some people call me hammy. i'm 9 months old this month and i can do lots of things....

i'm super fast when it comes to "army crawling" and i am working on the real thing


i'm super passionate these days when maggie takes something out of my hands or if my mom takes something away that i am not suppose to have.

my mom cant believe she got so lucky as to have a kid with dimples

i explore the world through my mouth, even despite my mom's watchful eye.


i'm pretty much happy all the time.... well, except when its time to go to sleep.

i can clap! and i LOVE when my mom puts on the Supertones. i clap and hit the table i get so excited!

oh, and most importantly!!! I can say Da-da! and its adorable!!!

we love life!

little treasures

st. louis continues to throw up little treasures with each passing season. i cant tell you how much i love this city. we miss our life in east nashville but i definitely love this city more... which continues to be a pleasant surprise. the past few days have been in the 70s and it has been wonderful. today i took the kids to the botanical gardens. we held off going in the fall to experience it first in the springtime and it was beautiful! i know this will be a new spot for me and the kiddos to take picnics and enjoy all that spring has to offer. come visit us!

swingin'

a new favorite for little Abe.

making sugar

whenever maggie sees me cooking dinner or baking she says, "momma, you making sugar?"
seriously, what could be cuter than that? these pictures are from the fall when she first start exploring the kitchen with me.
i see a future here!

jambalaya!

i forgot to post this video from back in december. but its worth watching! jambalaya is a favorite dish around here and you'll see why!