A very special day!

Today is a day to celebrate!!! It is Hayley's 9th birthday and Donovan's 1st birthday. I am so blessed that God entrusted me with these sweet little ones and I am so proud to be their Mom.

Hayley's 9th birthday party!

We celebrated Hayley's 9th birthday this past weekend. She had a skating party and then sleep over. Lots of fun and hyped up 9 year old girls. :) I can't believe my "baby" is 9 years old!

Dad's surprise birthday party and 1 year pics!

We had a fun but busy weekend. I woke up at 6 a.m. on Saturday and went to Belk's charity sale while Josh watched the kids at home. Even though it was super early and crowded, I enjoyed a few quiet hours by myself and scored some great deals. Win, win.

After I got home from shopping Josh showered and left for the MSU and Texas A&M game in Starkville with his buddies. He left early b/c the Bulldogs were getting pummeled by Texas. He got home and me and Savannah Grace left for Jackson to attend my Dad's 68th surprise party! It is a 3 hour drive there and back and so I invited my friend Mallory to come with us. We ended up driving back home after the party at 1 a.m. because Donovan had 1 year pics Sunday morning.

The pics were fun until he face planted on the concrete and scratched his little nose. Poor baby. Katie McDill did the photos and sent me a sneak peek. :-) Josh also snapped a few on his phone. (The ones he got on his phone are the second two pictures where D is in blue).

I am so excited for this weekend because it is Hayley's 9th birthday party! Donovan's 1st birthday party is next weekend so it will be a fun but busy couple of weekends.

Halloween 2012

This year I had a flapper girl, a bumble bee and for his very 1st Halloween, a lion. :-) We went to the church fall festival to trunk or treat and played games and even won a pie at the cake walk. It was a fun night with many memories I will treasure forever.

11 months

My sweet man is 11 months old today. One single, measly month away from his very 1st birthday. I have not planned his party, yet. I know I have mentioned this before but my oldest daughter and Donovan share a birthday. Since I was in the hospital having Donovan on my daughter's 8th birthday, I am determined to make her 9th a wonderful one. She wants a skating party followed by a sleepover so we are having her party the weekend before her birthday and Donovan's the next weekend. Hello, busy month!

Here are some pics of my big, sweet 11 month old!

Savannah Grace's 1st day at preschool

SG started preschool on October 1, 2012. Yes, I know this is later than most kids but they just now had a spot open up for the 2 year old room. She will only go three days a week for a couple hours but I think it will be good for her and me both.

I was nervous when I dropped her off that she would have a melt down but she kissed me and her baby brother and said "bye!" and went off to play. When I picked her up, she was so excited because a fire truck came to her school. Flashing lights and sirens, what 2 year old can resist that?! :)

Fingers crossed that tomorrow goes as smoothly as yesterday.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (Dairy free)

While looking for a muffin recipe, I came across this one which claims to be low fat. http://www.food.com/recipe/banana-chocolate-chip-muffins-19424.

My oldest daughter cannot eat dairy, so I used almond milk instead of regular milk and added 1/2  cup of applesauce in place of the egg.

I made them today and oh my goodness, they are divine. They are so moist and not too sweet. I think it's safe to say these will not last long in our house.