10 months

Where did the time go???!!!!

Ummmm...Yeah....

Wow, I'm a wee bit behind on this here blog-a-roo!  Hard to find the time to sit down and everything!!!!  So here's a little catch up and peek into whats been going on lately.

Charlie....are there words????

She's the darndest, cutest thing around!!!!

She is officially 9 months, HOLY COW, where did the time go?

 This one decided to break her arm over the summer!

Too bad it was all her dads fault!!!! (he felt really bad after, wait....no really, he did)

 *sigh*

 She likes watermelon can you tell??

She is eating real food now, but she still heavily relies on her mama!!

 The binky is our FRIEND!!!!!

 Walker Man is GROWING up....he is not my little boy anymore :(

 Charlie LOVES to be wherever all the kids are!!!!

 Another one growing up....she turned 12!!!!

(and got braces)

 Bath Time!!!!

 First day of school....

We decided not to homeschool this year and put the kids back in school...

This mama was FREAKING out!!!!

But they all have done really well and are enjoying it!  

Rebekkah's in 7th, Abby's in 4th and Walker is a BIG Kindergartener!!!!

Rylie, Charlie and I are all still adjusting to the fact that the older 3 are gone all day!!!

Charlie crawls straight to the door, with a HUGE smile on her face, once she hears it open in the afternoon!!! 

 Me in all my glory...

  (Yes baby weight is still hanging around, darn nursing!!!! My body insists on holding onto those last 6-7 pounds...its driving me insane.  But I know (sometimes I have to remind myself) that nursing is worth it!!!!) 

I had a goal to complete a 30 mile bike ride followed by a half marathon run.

I finished!!!!!

 We went camping over Labor Day weekend...it was SO nice to get away...

Somebody wore this helmet the WHOLE FREAKIN' weekend~!! So Funny!!!

Get that boy a motorcycle!!!! 

(his dad took him on several rides of course, but man, he definitely needs his own!)

 Boy how I love these kids!!!!!

 And my Abby....BEAUTIFUL!

I'd love to say that I'll blog more often, but heck, who knows!!!!

I'm a mom of 5 and still trying to figure everything out.

BUT...

Our life is good.

We are happy.

And I'm SUPER excited that it's almost October!!!

Ahhhhhh my favorite time of year.

Holy Crapola

Good times hiking with my girls!!!! 

(Can you see Charlie???!!! She's back there, I promise!!!)

Nathan and Walker went to Fathers and Sons, us girls hit the trail!

 Oh and we invited Gpa Jan along with us.  

Oh how I love my Abby!!!

 These 2 did an UH---MAZING job at their piano recital.  

I can't believe how freakin' good they are!!!

 Ahhhh our little peanut, she's too DIE for

 I am in love with this man, and this little boy, 

who no longer looks like a little boy...

and this picture:)

 Just hangin' out...HA!

Random post, but that's kinda how we roll around here these days!!!

Time Flies By....

This little peanut is 2 months old, I can hardly believe it.

She fits right in, and we all adore her so...

She got blessed by her daddy recently....
We spend alot of time on the couch...
and in our pj's

We have also spent alot of time in the garden.....

But mostly, we just love lovin on this little girl.

Life is good.

Charlotte Ann AKA Charlie

My little man and I the night before our cute baby girl was born....

Right after she was born....time was 6:22 AM

These 3 got to see their baby sister born, what an awesome experience! They are chillin' on MY bed, waiting for me and baby to come in....

She had a ton of "cheese" on her...WAY more then any of the other kids!!!!!

Charlotte latched on right away and has been a GREAT nurser!!! Makes me so, so happy....

Daddy getting her weight! 6 pounds, 7 ounces!!!

Rylie woke up about a 1/2 hr after Charlie was born. This is the student midwife Ashley, checking her vitals and everything, getting measurements...etc....Rylie was right in the middle of all of it! So cute!

We love this baby girl so much. I've told a few people this, but, its so neat to me. When I went in for a checkup at my wonderful midwife's office, they asked how everyone was adjusting and stuff. So we talked about many things. The one thing that hit me was that she was about a week old I think when I went in for the checkup. And I told them, that she's only a week old, but yet it seems like SO much longer. It seems as those my Charlotte Ann has been here with us always. She has just fit right in and it feels like she has always been apart of us as a family. Things feel "whole" and "complete"...

She is 2 1/2 weeks now...and I have more pictures of her to post, (and more blogging to catch up on of course! ) but that'll have to wait for another day!!! Time is limited around here...and time revolves around this little one. And I'm so, so, so glad that it does...

Happy New Year!