Busy Busy

Life is great, but we've been busy busy with class, visitors, meetings, visitors, deer hunting and more visitors :)

I'll narrate through the pictures

We had Sally's conference, she continues to do well in school, is a great listener and pretty calm cool and relaxed.  Always good to hear :) She and we, really are having a great year! This was hanging up outside her classroom.

My favorite fall food is "trke" I'm thankful for "paris" {parents} and "techr" {great job on the ch!! teacher} But most of all I'm thankful for "God"

Daddy went Deer Hunting last weekend.  As he was packing up, Sally asked to see his gun

Thomas got to come and meet his Goddaughter!! We can't wait for Erin to come too, in a few days!!

The catch to Daddy going deer hunting was that the Big Girls got to go stay with Nana so Mommy could be home with just Emma.  We had set this up waaaaay before Emma was born.  It was a nice little break, but I always over schedule and never get everything done I want to. Oh Well.

Baby Girl's sweet post bath hair...a little curl perhaps?

Everyone wears bows with their jammies, don't they?

Appreciating the fact I didn't have to make dinner for anyone, but myself.  I decided to go Olivia Pope style, popcorn and a glass of wine, a little baby snuggles on the side.  Are you watching Scandal? You should be!!

The girls had a wonderful time with Nana, Hannah and Melissa----THANK YOU!!!!

Sally turned 5 1/2, I snuck in a little note and treat in her bag.

 Great Grandma Gen gave Sally a pair of her old clip on earrings...she puts them on whenever she can!

Deer Hunters are back.  Daddy didn't get a deer this year, but his group got 5.  He had a wonderful time with Family!

My good friend Kallie wanted to borrow Emma and practice some newborn photos...this was a quick sneak peak....LOVE!!

Daddy's morning view from his stand

Sally was excited about the arrival of the snow on Monday...oofta, can we make it through another winter?

Libby's Dance Class, working on making a train!

 Emma is so not impressed what winter hats do to her hairstyle :)

 Snuggle Bunny!

 Sister Snuggles!



Thank you Clark Family for my amazingly soft blanket! It makes me smile while I sleep

More Sister Snuggles

Little Miss Emma is 4 weeks today!! Sllllllllllllllllllooooooooooow down time!!

Those cheeks! Milk Drunk

 Daddy snuggles

 So cozy!

Libby thinking it is so funny to play Pat-A-Cake with Emma when she's awake

More visitors to come this weekend too.  The Lindberg Family is going to be in town!!! Yayyyyyyyyy!

Enjoy your weekend!

Wonderful Week

Little Miss is 3 weeks old today! I also have all 3 home today, Sally's off for conferences.  Luckily we were invited over to a friend's house so our morning was filled, which left us with just nap time :)

Mornings are my Favorite

Thank you Martinson Family for helping Emma to be oh so cute for our girls night last night! Celebrating Birthdays, Births and Friendship, we all had our kiddos along, it was pretty fun!

Little Miss Pinkalicious--thank you Harbert Family for my snugglies

Libby started her Monday morning dance class.  She LOVED it! She is so ready for school.  She listens so intently and does a great job following directions.  It feels like just yesterday I was here with Sally.  I'm soaking up the now, because soon it'll be Emma going to dance class

Listening so carefully

 Soaking it up

Big Smiles for Daddy every time he gets home from work

Reid likes the spikey hair

She's been napping in her crib, if I'm not snuggling her :) Smiling, of course

We voted, thanks to Delores for coming over so I could run up quickly

I asked Daddy to take more pictures so I can actually be in some that aren't just selfies :) Singing Sunshine before bedtime, Sally had already had her turn and was snoozing away

After naps, "Mom, can I go say Hi to Emma?" Libby's not as loud about her love for Emma, but melts my heart when she shows it in her own way.  Sister Secrets

Notice the window caption: "Be Thankful" oh are we ever!

This little sweet thing only woke up once last night.  Two 4 hour stretches, Mommy didn't need a catnap today!

Father Don came to visit! Another big blessing in our life, and our girls adore him!

So proper when she eats, she even crosses her legs.

Happy Thursday Ya'll!

Halloween 2014

We had a Sheriff Sally, Ariel-with a tail and Emma Bee {think Black Eyed Peas' "Imma Be"...Reid sings it using Emma's name all day every day}.

Some of these pictures were from the Halloween Party at church, on an evening when it was much warmer than the actual evening of Halloween

Yee-Ha!

Picking her prize

We opted for the "easier" route this year and just painted our pumpkins, Mama didn't have the energy to clean up the mess of carving pumpkins

Mommy and Daddy helped Emma with hers

So fresh and so clean clean before heading to the Kindergarten Halloween Party!

Libby loved being able to be a part of it...she could fit right in with the Kindergartners

 She's ready for school...I'm not quite ready to let her go...

Little Miss Emma slept the whole time

Our Sweet Little Emma Bee

Only in MN can Ariel rock a physique like this ;)

 Little NutBrown Hare, pumpkin was added, a school project Daddy helped Sally with

Trick-or-Treat

Cheers to Mama's first drink!

Joey and Emily came over to help pass out candy and get in a few Emma snuggles!

Another successful Halloween in the books!

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Last week Emma got to meet some of her friends, she might be the youngest, but she sure isn't the smallest :)

Emma 2 weeks, Sam 2 weeks and 4 days, Nyah 11 weeks

 I think this "outtake" is kind of funny, the girls picking on the one and only boy

Continue to be so appreciative for all of the generous gifts and dinners!

Two Thumbs Up!

You guys, I've been missing out! This whole newborn stage, ummmmm I now understand why people love it!! My first two newborn stages were, "can we please skip to 3 or 4 months old when they have things a little more figured out and are on a schedule?"

Sweet Emma brings a whole new newborn stage to the Craigmile Crew!! I used to laugh/cry {not really cry} when I would see pictures of people with their newborns, just peacefully lying on their chest snuggling.  "Yeah, right, like mine would ever do that."

3rd time's the charm, mine does that! :)  If I could guarantee more Emma newborns I'd have 10 more kids ;)

Big Sister chose snuggles over indulging in her Saturday morning doughnut!

Love this photo, it almost looks like Emma has her arms around her Big Sisters

Lots of love for the little sister

We got out and about for a bunch of little errands, Daddy snapped this pic of Libby trying on a silly vest at one of the stores

Daddy likes her when her hair looks all spikey

Remember the Book-it from Pizza Hut?  Sally's class has a similar thing for Culver's. Our Super Reader earned herself a custard treat! Swirl with Peaches is what she chose, interesting combination!

We got her report card last week, Big Sister is doing VERY well at school. She has two very proud parents!! Love her so much!

Happy November!! Happy New Week Ya'll!