Wounded

This is what happens when you're riding on a sled being pulled by a four wheeler and the sled starts going fast than the four wheeler causing it to spin out of control and hit a tree. Oh the fun times we have at Papa's house.

Marlee was pretty proud of her battle wounds.

She's 7

Well Rhaegan is 7 years old and I still can't wrap my head around it. It feels like just yesterday she was this adorable little two month old bundle of joy. Now she's all grown up, reading chapter books, writing stories and texting on my phone. Where has the time gone?

Rhaegan at 2 month

 I decided to throw a surprise birthday party for her and was so happy with how it turned out. I was a little nervous at first because Rhaegan gets really nervous when she's the center of attention but I thought what the heck...I'll give it a try. She was definitely surprised and a little shy but very excited to see her friends and cousins.

 She requested doughnuts for her birthday breakfast

 The theme of her party was "Princess and the Popstar" so I made microphone cupcakes and had a nail painting station.

Rhaegan and her bff Penelope 

It was a great day for everyone. Rhaegan is still saying thank you and is already planning her next party. Thank you everyone who came and helped my pull this off. It was so much fun!

Sisters

These are just a few random shots I captured of my sweet little girls. Marlee and Rhaegan love having their picture taken with Harper. She is getting so big (well not really because she is still super petite) and I feel like I'm missing some great moments in her life so I started snapping some pictures.

 I am not a big fan of kids kissing my baby because I don't want her to get sick, but moments like this make

me happy! 

Marlee decided to lay under Harper's toy with her one morning. Harper didn't seem to mind too much.

Just for you, Mom

This is for you, Mom. I know how much you miss snow now that you live in NC so I thought I would give you a little taste of true winter weather. We woke up Saturday morning to over a foot of snow outside. Living so high up on the mountain really makes a difference in the amount of snow. The girls were so excited!!!

Poor little Silver was not as excited. She has tried to sneak into the house about 10 times hoping to get out of the cold, snowy weather. It breaks my heart not being able to have her inside with us. Sunday morning there was another 4 inches which had fallen that night. It is definitely a winter wonderland here.

Silver

This is Silver. She is one of about 15 stray cats that have taken up residency here at the house. They were all teeny tiny kittens when we first arrived in August. There are probably 3 cats left hanging around the house and Silver has become Marlee's best friend. Marlee is the only person who can actually touch her. She is often spotted carrying Silver around the yard like her little baby. Silver continues to wait by the door each morning for Marlee to come out and play. 

At first the girls had to just sit by the door watching Silver

But now Marlee and Silver are the best of friends (Yes she is being choked just a little bit in this picture. Don't worry we taught Marlee how to properly hold her).

Halloween 2012

Halloween was filled with tons of candy, beautiful weather and awesome costumes. Rhaegan's costumes came together thanks to her friend. It was Monday and we still didn't know what she was going to be. I told her I was going to buy a costume this year so we were going to have to be creative. Her sweet friend Sienna told her to come on over and choose a costume from her "closet of costumes". There were so many to choose from but she decided on the witch because I told her I would put makeup on her. That was the selling point for her. Marlee's costume was recycled from three years ago (Rhaegan wore it when she was 3). 

 We spent the evening with our great friends Chad and Gwen and their four kids.

It was a lot of fun! 

Happy Halloween!

3 months

Harper is already 3 months old! I can't believe how fast she's growing. Well, growing is an over-statement. She is still our petite little munchkin but she is growing a big personality. She definitely has her likes and dislikes now and is by far the most smiley child ever. You just look at her and a huge grin appears across her face. Some of her likes include:

Dad

Being swaddled 

Taking a bath

Watching her sisters run around

Eating

When Rhaegan holds her

 She does have a few dislikes as well:

When her arm gets free from her swaddled position

Loud noises

Car seat

Getting out of the bath

Kids holding her

Having a messy diaper

All in all she is the sweetest little lady ever. We love her so much and seriously can't get enough of her. She's a great sleeper, a good eater and melts your heart with smiles.

Love you, Harps!