Halloween 2011

9 Years ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful little boy. I was diagnosed with Pre-eclamsia and had to be induced the day after the results came back. He was born at 3:32 on Halloween and weighed in at 6lb 12oz and 21 inches long. 9 years later he's only 6 inches shorter than his mommy... haha. I couldn't be more proud of him. He's sweet, considerate and oh so smart. Straight A's and in the Gifted and Talented program at school! I love him so much and wish I could see him more often. Thankfully I'll see him in a few weeks when we head to Arkansas for Thanksgiving (30 family members in one place??? OH MY!) haha.
This photo was taken last summer while we were in Indiana. I can't seem to find any from Christmas last year :-/ Thankfully, I'm sure we'll have some from Thanksgiving and Christmas soon! :-D

Here's some pics of Aiden too. This wasn't his actual costume, it's just a sleeper we had... his actual costume was being washed since he wore it to a Halloween party on Friday and got it dirty... silly babies... haha
He makes an absolutely adorable skeleton baby... :-)
Happy Halloween everyone!

Happy 4th of July

*ok, so I had this written yesterday morning and then we got busy with the day :-( Better late then never!*

As I sit here this morning, I ponder many things. Mostly, the many men and women that have given their lives or are willing to do so for our Country. I come from a family of many service members (grandpa, mom, dad, aunt, sister, me) as does my hubby. It's amazing to me to think of all the people in our country that get angry with our military or that blame them for the wars that we fight. It is not our military, they are only following orders, they are doing their job; and by doing so are willing to lay down their lives in order to protect the liberties of this country (to INCLUDE freedom of speech). So on this day I would like to say Thank you to all the military; past, present and future and the sacrifices that they are willing to give.

Christmas Cards

Well, it's that time of year again... Welcome to the holidays!! I can't wait to send out our Christmas cards, I need to try to convince the hubby to write our 'year in review' letter... My family used to do it and part of his family does. It's always a good way to get caught up with everyone. We're getting our photos done in a few weeks and are so excited! Now the question is what cards to choose... We always use Shutterfly for our cards but it's always a struggle to decide on what card style we want to use... should we go with traditional, fun, sedate? There's so many options to choose from! Here's the link to their photo cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards

Let's see what our front runners are!!

How about this one?


Or this one perhaps?


I like this one too, it's so simple:


This is my front runner:


Perhaps we'll make calendars for presents for the parents?

Or maybe even a mug with all our pups???

The possibilities are truly endless!!!

What do you think???

Note: Shutterfly is currently offering 50 free holiday cards to bloggers who write a post about their holiday products, so I am being compensated for this little dose of holiday stationery cheer. If you have a blog check it out: Get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly! http://bit.ly/sfly2010