Sawyer's Blessing & A Thanksgiving Visitor

On Sunday Sawyer was blessed and my brother Ben came into town for Thanksgiving!

Everything about the blessing was special. It was special to have Josh stand in and it was special to have Sawyer wear the same outfit Ben was blessed in.

Ben spent the week with us and we had some much needed quality time together. It was the first time I've ever had to make Thanksgiving dinner but between Summer and I, we made it work and everything turned out pretty good!

The kids put on a "performance" for us.

We took Ben kayaking, went to the beach, the casino, the boys went deep sea fishing and then we showed him around the French Quarter before we dropped him at the airport.

At the waffle house:

Then we went to the zoo in New Orleans called Audubon Zoo. Impressive!

Phil & Sophie fishing:

Checking lots of fun stuff off of our checklist! :)

USS Alabama

We took a small trip to Mobile, AL because that's where the closest Babies R Us is and I had a gift card to use! On the way, we stopped at the USS Alabama battleship. A couple of fun facts: Battleship ALABAMA cost approximately $80 million dollars to build in 1942 and it shot down 22 planes.

A Warm Halloween

Ready for Trunk or Treat with Navy & Ryder:

Sophie & her friend Madison:

 Carving pumpkins:

Our "Monster High" girls:

 Ready to trick-or-treat:

 Baby Sawyer in all his cuteness:

Sawyer is 1 Month & Cailtin is Funny

Our Sawyer was born 1 month ago today!

A couple of things Caitlin says right now that I don't want to forget: She calls me "mom-mom" and if you cough she will ask "You k?"