Wee Hours of the Morning

There's an unusual silence here in the Hand Home; at 4 am all my sweet babes (including Daddy) are snuggled up tight in their beds and I'm allowed a few moments of peace sitting here drinking tea and reminiscing on the sweetness/craziness of this past year. My Baby Boy Jaxon is ONE today, and my heart is swollen with joy! In just one years' time he has stollen the hearts of all who live here! The girls don't even realize/care that they have been bumped ever so slightly out of the spotlight and have become supporting actresses to the bundle of joy (Frankin' Baby) who roams the house as if he owns the place.

Jaxon's first year has flown by and it's a bittersweet feeling knowing my sweet "newborn" baby is toddling around and about to celebrate his 1st birthday with all the hearts he's captured.  Our family will never be the same! (Tears of JOY)

And the blessings and joy continue!

Happy Halloween is Over...Hooray!

Halloween is definitely not my favorite holiday; there are just too many creeps in this world that taint the fun. However, I do enjoy the dressing up part; and although the girls still dress up fairly regularly when they play, there is nothing like wearing a costume out and about in town, so cute!

And although Halloween dress-up day at school is a thing of the past; they had "backwards, inside-out and crazy accessory dress-up in place of costumes; the kids had a blast!

That night we went trick or treating and to Grandma & Grandpa's house to have a bowl of chili and some corn bread, yummy. I deemed the day as a success!

                                                 Happy Halloween!

Baby Boy is 8 Months

Time is flying and my sweet baby boy is 8 months today! I am one blessed Mama!
It seems as though Jaxon just turned 7 months

and now he's the big 8 months...slow down time!

Being 8 months can sure tucker a baby out; get a load of this guy...

His social calendar is jam packed. He wakes up every morning and spends time with his sisters (he usually crawls all over them to wake them up for school).

He takes this job very seriously.

He dresses for the day and has some breakfast 

We walk the girls to school 

every Tuesday they choose to dress like twins---love them!

and Jax naps on our way home

He practices standing

Then more sleeping

After school we sometimes visit Nonna Bella (or Bella Nonna, 

(as he girls call her),

take the girls to Hip Hop,

or attend a parade with our best friends

where big sister and her bestie wear their matching backpacks 

and then, more playing at home ...

until baby (8 month old) Jax crashes for the night

It's a busy life he leads, but somebody has got to do it! Love this sweet boy and cherish every moment!