Happy 1st Birthday

Kyleigh Aurora has been in our lives for a year! I can not believe how fast this year went by. Kyleigh's birthday was on a Saturday and I spent pretty much all of Friday night in tears! I was looking at her newborn pictures and I found it so sad that she was no longer a "baby". Yes she will be a baby until she is 2 and since she is so small it makes her seem younger, but still she is officially one and it's sad!
We had a great birthday for Kyleigh. We all woke up and had breakfast together. We then went over to my mom's house and my brothers family came over and we had lunch and cupcakes. Kyleigh loved being the center of attention.

I took Kyleigh to the doctor this week. She weighs 17.4 pounds and is 28.75 inches tall. She is in the 20% for weight and is in the 40% for height. As always her head is in the 10%. All my babies have small heads :)  She is a healthy happy girly :)

Christmas

So, I got on today to upload all of Kyleigh's one year pictures and realized I never did Christmas.

So a quick Christmas post. We had a wonderful Christmas season. Randy took Etta and Ender to go pick out a tree. Etta loved it and picked out the perfect tree, Ender however did not like the trees at the store so he was freaked out until we got home.
Our house felt so special with the tree up. We feel so blessed that we have been out of the army and living here a year. We love our new life, and it was a wonderful Christmas. It was awesome to wake up in our house and have Christmas morning here and then go over to my moms and have lunch and open presents and play with the cousins there. Merry Christmas (late!)

Thankful are We.

 I am thankful for sweet smiles from my children! They truly are the loves of my life and they bring such joy to me and Randy.

 Thankful for my mom and my brother :)

 I am thankful for a brother and sister in law who have been so wonderful to me and my children!

 I am thankful for my wonderful sister in law who can get a photo like this on a day that is as crazy as thanksgiving. If you only knew :) Librande family just think about Ender during family pictures in June. It was that :)

 Thanksgiving is always a fun time for us because it's around the time of our anniversary. This year was even more fun because it was the exact same way as it was the year we got married; the day after thanksgiving. It's hard to believe it's already been 6 years. I am so thankful for my husband and for the family he gave me. I am also so thankful for God's redemption and promise that is shown in marriage.

 I am thankful for my big family. It is not very big but it sure is fun.

And I am thankful that my kids have a loving Nana. She loves them with all her heart, and she gives everything she can to them!



We had a great Thanksgiving. As usual we went over to my brothers house and my sister in law's family came as well. It is wonderful to have both sides of the family together. It is also fun that we all get along and it can just be a fun time. I love thanksgiving with my family and I love that I only had to cook stuffing and brownies, but what I found this year is not fun is that there are no left overs when you don't cook or it's not at your house. :(   Next year we will have to rectify this!!!

Halloween.

We went over to my brothers house and had dinner and then went trick or treating. It was a very rainy which made for a short trick or treating night but also a very memorable. Randy and I will never forget seeing Etta run through the streets in the rain holding up her dress like she was Cinderella late for the ball. It was adorable! Ender's Woody hat at least kept his head dry. They made it about an hour and then Etta got too wet and cold and wanted to be done. It is ok since we still have candy left. No costume for Kyleigh this year she stayed in the house with Nana all dry. Ender also learned that if he said trick or treat after he got a piece of candy he often would get another one! Over all we had a great night. Can't wait to do it again next year!