Sleepover at the Pierson's!

     Last weekend we had a sleepover at our house, all weekend long!  My sister was out of town for a court reporter's convention, and Austin had recently had surgery on his ankle, so he obviously needed help with Banx and Bond.  So we decided we needed to have a slumber party at our house!  I must say, I absolutely love having friends and family in our house.  And we are constantly entertaining :)  Friday we had Austin, Banx and Bond stay the night, then Saturday we had Caleb, Clint and Tara stay the night.  I love the weekends.  Having my cousins and other family members at our house makes for the best memories---especially for my children.  Clint, Caleb and Tara are so good to Beau, and now Baine too.  The video doesn't do justice of what our weekend was like last weekend.  Our house was crazy, loud, and I wouldn't have had it any other way!

Austin the background makes me laugh

Happy Birthday, Nana!

November 9 was my mom's birthday.  We were able to all go out to eat to celebrate her special day, and the kids were even decently behaved :)  I hope your day was as special as you are mom, you deserve it!

Baine's Newborn Pictures and Beau's School Pictures 2014

It is that time of the year again where we get to meet with Amy for family pictures---except this year we also needed newborn pictures :)  Amy is simply the best photographer and I will forever cherish the photos she has captured of my family.  Thank you Amy!
Here is the link to Baine's newborn pictures....

http://amydoerring.com/index2.php#/proofing/
Password: baine

Beau had school pictures this year!  Here is the link for his pictures...
http://tiffanylaynephotography.photoreflect.com/store/ThumbAccess.aspx?e=9409634
Password: holle

Can You Tell They Are Brothers?

Here is a picture combination of Beau and Baine, both just one day old in the hospital.  Although Baine is darker than Beau, they look so much alike!

Halloween 2014

     This year for Halloween was a little crazy with two kiddos.  We were going to dress Baine up, but he went as a sleeping baby instead :)  I did not want to wake him up just to dress him up as a giraffe and to put him back in his carseat!  Beau went as a pirate.  He was so cute saying "Arg matey!"  He is my little spitfire!  After a fun day of having a Halloween party at school, part at church the night before, and then trick or treating on Thursday, Beau definitely had good use out of his costume this year!

Flashbacks

As I was going through pictures on my phone to update our blog with, I came across these two pictures of Beau from last year.  He was so little!  It just amazes me how much he has grown in the past year.  Isn't my little baby anymore :(.  

Our little lion last year at Halloween

Beau will be so mad at me someday for this :)  Banx-3 Beau-2

First Two Weeks As a Family of Four

     Well, we have officially been home for two weeks now as a family of four and I must say, I AM LOVING IT!  I truly feel like I have the best of both worlds now.  1. I have Beau who is at such a fun age where he loves to play, we can have real conversations, and is just my little sweetheart!  2. I have Baby Baine and I just LOVE the newborn stage.  I am enjoying everyday where I can just lay with him and cuddle---my absolute favorite.  I am just so overwhelmed with the love I have for our two boys right now.  I truly never knew I could love this much.  I know every mother feels this way, as they should, but I am so blessed and grateful to have two perfect children.  Beau is loving the role of big brother and is always at Baine's side!  The boys are sharing a room together, which a few people tried giving me grief about and it made me a little upset to say the least.  Well, as an update, the boys are doing GREAT in their room.  Baine sleeps on average 6-8 hours already at night, and when we does wake up to nurse, Beau doesn't even bat an eye.  He is such a heavy sleeper, he will never wake up! haha.  I have heard from so many moms and have done a lot of research that says if your children share a room growing up, it teaches them respect and improves their relationships skills.  It makes sense if you think about it!  So for everyone who was skeptical about our boys sharing a room---you were wrong! :)  They are doing great and honestly, if Joe and I were to have another baby soon, we would have THREE share a room!
     Here are a few pictures of Baine and Beau over the past couple of weeks...

Baine's First Bubble Bath!

Loving Our Cuddle Time

He's Pretty Attached To His Baby Brother

Nana, Beau and Baine getting ice-cream