Every baby has a cute, but bad picture:

These are my cute babies, both looking a little under the influence. Must be the Similac...

Thru the eyes of a 2 year old:

Our Christmas tree, finally decorated and ready for the Jolly Man!

Mommy being lazy on a Saturday morning, still in PJ's Cash-ey getting his fist almost all the way in his mouth Daddy, home from hunting, making Madie's duck call lanyard

Would you like some cookie with that?

This last Friday night we hosted the first annual Burns Family Cookie Party. (It was a good time, so I think it needs to be the first of many to come!) Thanks everyone for coming- you all made it a BLAST! And those that weren't able to make it this year, hopefully next year we'll see you in all your cookie decorating glory! As usual, I didn't get any pictures at the event, but I got one morning after picture of Madie's mound of icing, sprinkles, and believe it or not, there is a cookie or two under it all! Thanks again everyone for making it such a fun time, and also a HUGE thanks to Grandma who shipped the cookies from Texas with Love, and Grandpa for snagging a folding table and some chairs from the primary room even though "do not remove from the primary room" was written all over it! Yall are the best!

It must run in the family...

I can't believe how much this little dude loves to jump! He has sure put the jumperoo to good use (just like his big sister). This little guy will wake up and want to jump first thing in the morning, and when we get him out to hold him, he is still jumping in our arms!

I think he must get it from his big sister...


Who is still a jumpin' fool!

(p.s. being naked is no a requirement for jumping- I can't believe the only pictures I have of BOTH my children in the jumperoo are of them with no clothes on. I promise I actually dress them!)

It's a baby....

PUMPKIN.

We've been a little busy lately, so I'm just now getting around to introducing yall to "Baby Pumpkin." For Halloween we had a pumpkin decorating party for Madie's friends. Madie and Daddy went out the day of the party to get pumpkins for everyone, and Madie came home with her baby pumpkin, which started the trend of everything little being called "baby ___."

Happy Birthday Easton!

I can't believe my little nephew is already 1 years old! I remember at Madison's first birthday is when they announced they were pregnant!!! I also remember when Amber was pregnant with Easton (before they were sure on his name) and they mentioned the name "Easton" for the little boy they just found out about. It was so funny, because before they had even mentioned that name Cody and I had decided if our next child (which we weren't even pregnant with) was a boy, we were going to name him Weston Cash Burns. Easton was the name they settled on, and before Easton was born, a Weston was well on his way! Grow big, boys, because they aren't going to want the two little scrawny boys yall are for the "East vs. West Hunting Show."

Tinker , Snow White, and Duh-wella!

If anyone would know their Princesses, I'm willing to put money on Princess Madison. So, Disney on Ice Princess Classics was a MUST. And who better to go to a Princess show with than those who introduced Madie to the entire Disney Princesses and Tinkerbell adventure! (Plus, I am pretty sure Madie likes Miss Kattie and her two Princesses better than me.)We started the show off with Madie's favorite Green Fairy, Tinkerbell!The Three Princesses of the night. Too cute!Our group picture. We tried to get a picture of the props- they were amazing. There were several different princesses castles- I'll take any of them!Madie would cover her mouth every time there was the villain. It was soooo cute! You can kinda see Madie's hair too- Kattie did it in little ringlets with a fiber optic hairpiece wrapped around it- it was really cute. Duh-wella!

Cody was worried Madie would look silly being the only girl dressed up as a Princess. As I told Cody, lets just say there would have been an epic tantrum if Madie WASN'T dressed up as a Princess, since every other little girl was dressed up.

My Little Piggy

Cody tells me he isn't a little piggy, he is just a "growing dude," but I can't help but call Cash Baby a little piggy because of his cute little snorts he makes- especially when he gets excited. Oh, and also the fact that the dude has been eating like CRAZY lately. We just started baby food with him, and he is already eating us dry!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I promise tonight I am going to take pictures of Cash Baby the Teddy Bear and Miss Fairy Madison! This Halloween is going to be so much fun because Madie is finally old enough to understand special holidays. Well, off to bed for me since I just got home from work, but I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Halloween, and I can't wait to see yall's pictures!

Madie's favorite toy!

I'm starting to think Madie believes Cash is her toy.

Life is not about the pictures you take...

...but the memories you make!This summer has been full of fun activities and events that I could easily post 100's of pictures of to show how much fun we had.... but I've not been great about taking those 100's of pictures. But what lacks in photos is of great abundance in memories. This summer has been like no other summer in the past, and no other summer will ever be quite like this. This summer I got to watch Madie become the best big sister a little brother could ask for, Cody become the master of burps in the middle of the night while I've been at work, and I've had the privilege of again watching the miracle of a first smile, a first laugh, and...........

THE first night both kiddos have slept through the night!

While the family is away...

...while Cody is here:

...and the kiddos are having a blast not missing me one bit over at the Woolmans...

I am at work all week, reminded every single moment just how much I love being a mommy and wife. And when I am not at work being reminded that, I am at home missing being a mommy and wife like CRAZY!

This weekend without my family has made me realize just how true it is that "you don't know what you got till it's gone."