Christmas Morning 2015

Every other year we head to Pennsylvania to celebrate Christmas with Dan's family.  This year was extra special as there were two new littles to join in on the fun!  Love watching these three together and can't wait to see all the memories that will be made as they grow! 

{Caleb 2.5 yrs. // Abel 11 mo. // Helena 1 yr.}

happy halloween from our wiggly little rooster

Caleb HAD to be a rooster this year!  

His costume was a super easy DIY: hot glued some feathers to a onesie, added a red comb to a white hat (I made this hat from another onesie), and tape a pair of stuffed rubber gloves to his shoes!!  (check out more details here) 

Knowing that Caleb probably wouldn't be into the whole trick or treating thing, we decided to just stop by our church's trunk-or-treat event.  Unfortunately, it was a cold, rainy, windy, and SNOWY evening, so after about 3 cars, he was done!  We spent the rest of the time inside warming up with some cider then headed to our friends Chris & Alyssa's to play and hand out candy to other trick-or-treaters who braved the cold.

Despite the cold and SNOW, I think our little rooster had a great evening!  Maybe next year mama will remember to charge the camera batteries so we get some better pictures!


You can check out last years DIY costume here.

Easter 2014

We got all dressed up for our first Easter as a family of 3, but these are the only pictures we were able to get!  

 After spending the morning at church, we headed out to the farm for family dinner.

The weather was perfect!  We spent much of the day outside exploring!

Caleb even got his first ride on the gator with Papaw and Nana!

Christmas // part 2

When we travel to PA for Christmas, we celebrate with my family on New Years Day.  We were especially excited to head to the farm this year as we hadn't seen our Maggie in over a week.  (Thanks mom and dad for dog-sitting!)  The minute we opened the car door, she jumped into the backseat ready to go, I think she missed us!

I'm pretty sure my dad wins the "Most Excited to Celebrate Christmas" award this year!  It was awesome to watch both him and my mom excited to spoil Mr. Caleb.

And spoil they did!  Check out the size of that wagon, and the smile on Caleb's face!!  (I'm pretty sure it's going to live on the farm, no way it's ever fitting in our car!)

And those awesome teething toys - courtesy of my dad!  Apparently, after making the Indiana one, my brother asked "What about Pennsylvania?".  So, he made a second!

Once again Caleb was the star of the show!

So fun to see the men in my life love on my boy!

Christmas // part 1

This year we traveled to Pennsylvania to visit Dan's family for Christmas.  It was Caleb's first long distance trip and he did incredibly well!

We decided to leave early (early!) morning at 3am, and were able to get a little more than 1/2 way before Caleb woke up!  Leaving so early meant that we arrived just before lunch time, which made the day seem super long, but allowed us to have more of the day to visit.

Caleb met his Aunt Kristin & Uncle Andrew for the first time.

I'm not sure who was more excited for this meeting!

The afternoon was spent ogling the baby and napping.  Unfortunately, Caleb fell asleep minutes before we were going to leave for Christmas Eve service, so he and I stayed back while the others went to the service.

Christmas morning was a lovely mix of excitement and relaxation.  Everyone was excited to see Caleb tear into his gifts.  He loved every minute of it!  As expected, he enjoyed the wrapping paper far more that the gifts themselves, but once we removed the paper, he had a great time playing with his new instrument set from Grammy & Poppy.

  

The next few days were filled with visits from family and friends, many whom had never met our little guy.  

We are so thankful to have been able to travel this year and introduce our little guy to this side of the family.  Caleb was such an amazing little traveler, happy and content much of the visit, and endured the nine hour car ride like a champ!