October happenings...

The Fuller kids lately: Chandler was the flower girl in my cousin Bryan and Crystal's wedding. She is pretty much a perfect flower girl because she does what she is suppose to do every time and looks pretty darn cute doing it.

Although Chandler keeps telling me that "we either need to pray to God for a girl baby or twins," she loves her little brothers. I keep telling her that twins would not be necessary, I will take them one at a time!

Cohen (8 months) this guy is always happy. He is the most easy going, lovable, chunk. He just started sitting up at about 8 1/2 months, probably due to his size. (26 lbs) He has 4 teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom. He sleeps from 6:00PM-7:00AM and takes two, two hour naps a day.......how could you not already LOVE him just for that. He just started saying Mama, and most of the time he does this when he wants me to feed him and put him to bed. He gets to just about anywhere by rolling, or by the help of Chandler who thinks she is big enough to pick him up and move him. He pretty much will steal your heart in nothing flat, so if you think you are done having kids....don't be around this guy because he can be pretty persuasive to have just one more with his big dimple grins.

Chandler girl is our little angel. Presently she is really into drawing and learning to read. She has mastered writing her name, counting to 100, reading short words,knows where she lives, and most important mommy's cell phone number. Now trust me, this is not because I want her to have a good "resume"....she wants to and loves to"play school", ALL the time. We held her out of preschool this year because we  do not want to push the kids to grow up too fast. We feel like they start school at such an early age, and we do not need to do PRE-school. We want her to enjoy her last year at home before she starts kindergarder and all the "official" leaning is going to have to wait. For now, most of our learning takes place in the car. I am super old school and do not have a car with a TV, for that matter a radio either (it broke over 3 years ago, and hasn't been fixed...not in the budget), so we spell and sing and work on letter books as we drive. Other than that...we just PLAY A LOT!!!

Little Creedster, the speedster. This has been a tough month for this guy. At the beginning of the month he had a hernia and hydrocele repaired. Following the recovery he got pink eye (thanks Claire!), a sinus infection, and an upper respiratory infection. He has been pretty under the weather. He has really taken up a lot of mommy's lap lately, which I totally love because if you have boys you know they are pretty busy and do not sit still for long. He loves to play tractors...especially if he can use his excavator that pappy gave to him when he had surgery. Creed is my "GO" child, he always want to go, go, go. Recently all the kids started BSF and Creed is loving it. He is usually walking around the house with his tractors in his undies singing' "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty." This is just music to my ears.

No...they are not twins, they are just 9oz different in weight. I am constantly being asked this question and I guess you can see why.

Tinkerbell. When Chandler was trying to decide what she wanted to be for Halloween, she had such a hard time. I finally decided to help her out by telling her that if she was tink, then I would get her some fairy (glitter) dust so that she could fly. She was so excited by this that it made the decision easy, she was going to be tink. Well Mimi went and got the "pixie dust" and Chandler just couldn't wait to get her hands on it. When she saw my mom she handed her the baby doll that she was holding and said, "Mimi I need you to hold my baby, I am not sure how this is going to work when I start flying." She thought that Mimi had REAL pixie dust and that she was going to fly from house to house...

Opening weekend of deer season...ready to go hunting with Daddy.

Pumpkin Patch

We spent the morning at the pumpkin patch. The kids had a blast rearranging pumpkins, and mommy got to catch a couple of cute smiles. It seems like just yesterday that I was taking just Chandler to play with pumpkins and now she has two side kicks to accommodate her. Life has been pretty busy around these parts, but their is never a dull moment that is for sure. Chandler as always is very into her baby dolls and being a little mommy. We are having to help her to remember that Creed wants to be a big boy now because she just loves to tell him what her should be doing. Creed is totally boy....He likes to be dirty, outside, and loves to "ride" anything. Today I was trying to get a little shopping done and he kept saying "Mommy I want to go home and play shopping is not fun." It is so funny just to see their little personalities developing. Cohen is growing, growing, growing. For those of you that have seen this big guy you know what I mean. He weights just under 24 lbs and is wearing size 18 month. He is now 7 months old and just got his first tooth! It is so rewarding to be the mommy to all of these little pumpkins.....

 

 

Port Royal Vacation July 2011.

Although Cohen has officially been to the beach 2 times before this, this was the first time that he actually got into the water and "splashed" around.

All Creed kept saying is that he wanted to go JUUUUUMMMMPPP the waves.

I swear he is the most laid back baby, he just goes where the rest of the family is and adapts to whatever he needs to. This was the first of many naps on the beach for Cohen.

Yaya volunteered to be the babysitter of Cohen, I think that he had something else up his sleeve though. Ha, he got caught taking a nap!!!

Creed absolutely loved playing tractors in the sand.

Uncle Hootie teaching Chandler to surf.

Chandler being buried, and to thank this was her idea.

Mimi holding the "twins by choice."

My little man

Mimi and Creedster

Our family of FIVE

Looks like Cohen is ready for yet another Nap.

Mimi and Yaya with 5/6 grandkids....Parker was sleeping.

The kids had a blast being pulled by Cody while they sat on the boogy board.

I Still owe you all a Thank you note.....It is on it way!!!!

 Chandler and Creed's Big Birthday Bash. We had a joint party again this year since they basically have all the same friends. So one party means one BIG expense one time, right!!! The party was at my parents house since they have such a wonderful swimming pool. We ate hot dogs, drank just a little beer, had some cake, and opened some great presents. We are still trying to figure out where to put everything......

Thanks to our good friends the Gerlings, we had this awesome water slide that all of the kids had a blast on.

Tiffany and baby Addi hanging out by the pool. Isn't she the most beautiful little girl. We can't decide, but either Addi or Alexa is going to marry Creed. But whatever it takes, we are going to be in-laws!!!!!

Super mom with one baby always "strapped" to her. She has 3 under the age of 2!

Claire and Lauren

Lauren and Evie. Lauren and I grew up together. We have known each other since we were 2, our moms were good friends. So as babies we played together, now our babies are playing together. Pretty awesome.

Mimi and Grammy helping the TOTS blow out the candles.

Creed was so excited to get a new hat from Aunt Missy, but Daddy was not too thrilled that is was UT orange.

The Fouts kids. 3 1/2, baby Gage we can't wait to meet you.

Yaya with the two babies. Parker and Cohen are 8 weeks apart and best buddies.

Chandler and Creed got a new tractor for their birthday and it was a big hit. Everyone tried to pile on and ride it at the same time.

Creed said Mommy, that is enough pictures.

Just a couple of cute ones.

Weston fixing to plant a big congrats kiss on Chandler. Notice as Weston puckers up those big lips ready to plan a wet one on Chandler she has her eyes closed, she stands waiting for that ever so magical moment in every girls life.....The FIRST KISS.

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I am pretty sure that Chandler had more flowers than she knew what to do with. One thing is for sure, we had the best smelling house!!!

Our three little beauties. Chandler 4, Creed 2, Cohen 6 months!

Since updates have been sparce.....

This is Cohen at his latest. He is the happiest little or should I say BIG guy. He is weighing in at 22# now and just started wearing size 6 diapers and 12-18 month clothes.

Chandler (4), Creed (2)-a quick attempt at getting a picture of them both perfectly smiling. The more kids you add to the bunch, the harder it is to get the perfect picture. Creeds newest thing is that he LOVES boots, I think this is because both of his big cousins have a slight obsession with boots. Brooks and Weston....I am talking about you!!!!

Can't believe that we have 3.

Poor Creed, this is the kind of reaction that he gets from Cohen any time that he tries to hold him or get too close in her personal space. This could probably be explained by the number of times that Cohen has been bonked or patted or burped....Creed style. Creed is still trying to grasp the concept of SOFT.....

This is what Chandler wore for her dance recital back in June. She danced so perfectly, we were so proud of her.