Lovin' Blackberry Season

We love blackberry season

It means going out a few times a week just to pick, eat and enjoy some fresh fruit. We've picked so many blackberries this year and I've made so much blackberry cobbler, I think we've put on a few pounds enjoying nature at its best. But it's so worth it, yuuummmy!!

I think Kaitelyn picked a sour one.

Chase enjoying being outside and going for a ride:-)

Reed eats em as fast as we can pick em!

My little 2 month old

Look Who's Smilin'

My little Chase is such a happy little man. It's been fun watching him grow everyday. He's sitting up (with help of course) & holding his head up really well. He loves tummy time and just lounging around watching his big sister & big brother being silly all the time. Chase started smiling on August 15th and hasn't stopped since, he's beginning to giggle a little bit which is super cute to hear. I love my babies and it's so fun to watch them grow and learn each day.

hangin' out in the bouncer...so fun!

Who doesn't love taking pictures of a sleeping baby?

he fell asleep counting sheep;)

Watching mom doing house chores is exhausting

Kaitelyn's 1st day of Kindergarten

Our sweet little girl is growing up

look at all that excitement on her little face!

September 12, 2011 was Kaitelyn's 1st day of Kindergarten. Our sweet baby girl is growing up so fast.

Kaitelyn is in the PM Kindergarten class which works really well with our schedule. She's got the morning to hang out with her brothers then off to hang out with her school friends in the afternoon.



All morning long, Kaitelyn would ask "how many more minutes before I get to go to school mommy"? We were counting down all morning long then the moment finally came to tie her shoes and head out the door. She was elated to finally ride the big yellow bus! However, it didn't work out that way:-( Long story short, the school office gave me the wrong time for pickup and they also told me that the bus would pickup at our house. Poor Kaitelyn waited 40 minutes for the bus to come get her, but it never did. I finally called transportation and they told me a different time and explained they would not pick up at the house. At that time, the school was calling me because Kaitelyn had been marked "Absent" from her 1st day of class. I rushed to get the kids packed in the van and made a mad dash to get her there an hour late.
I'm really bummed that I did not get a chance to get pics of her hanging up her bag and getting setup for her 1st day. I didn't want to interrupt the class too much. But we had fun and Kaitelyn still had lots of fun. At least she got to ride the bus home.

Today, her 2nd day of school has gone much smother. We were at the bus stop 15 minutes early and she got to ride the bus to school finally. She was sooo excited, I'm smiling just thinking about how happy she was getting on that bus and sitting in a seat. I didn't take any pics, but I did get teary eyed watching my baby girl grow up.