Christmas Is Coming!

With being home on maternity leave, I decided that I would decorate for Christmas early this year since I had the time and I hate going through all of the work to decorate and only have it up for a few weeks!  So the other night as I was decorating the tree, Beau was anxious to help.  So Daddy put him on his shoulders so Beau could hang ornaments at the top.  Beau has been VERY adamant about getting a star for the top of the tree.  I don't even know where he learned that stars go at the top of trees!  That is on tonight's "to-do" list--have Beau help hang the star at the top of the tree :)

Baine is 1 Month Old!

     I cannot believe it has already been one month since Baine has been born.  I must say, it has been an amazing one month!  People had kept telling me "good luck with two!  It's a lot of work and hard."  While that may be true later down the road, right now things are going well, too well, with the boys!  Beau is such an amazing big brother and just loves to help out with Baine.  Whether if it is getting a diaper, throwing away a dirty diaper, feeding Baine a bottle, putting his binky in his mouth, you name it and Beau wants to help do it!  I am so proud of Beau :)
     Baine is such a good baby!  He is a very good sleeper and even a better eater!  Eating 6 ounces at every feeding is making me VERY sore to say the least :)  Newborn clothes did not fit long, he is in 0-3 month clothes right now, but is almost out of those too!  I do think Baine is going to be my "beef-cake" as I call him :).  Baine loves to snuggle and to just be held.  I might be spoiling him with that, but I'm home all day with him and it is all I want to do---just hold my baby!

Learning Church Behavior

     Recently, Beau has been doing an amazing job at church on Wednesday nights for PowerKids and on Sundays for Church School.  I do think it helps with having Banx with him so he feels more comfortable and so she can boss him around a little bit :).
     Last Sunday Joe went upstairs to check on Beau and this is how he found him.  So yes, he was behaving well the teachers all told Joe, but apparently he needed to rest for a little bit during the lesson :)  Can you find Beau in the picture below???

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!