THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays. I love everything about it. There is nothing better than getting together with family or friends and eating lots of yummy food.

We had such a great time today. We got together with three other families and spent most of the day together. The only sad part about the day was that I only took a couple of pictures.

One of these little turkeys was at each place setting. Isn't it the cutest???



This cute little turkey was there as well. Sterling Henry enjoyed his second Thanksgiving. He loved the food and LOVED running around with all the kids. This boy is VERY social. He loves other kids and always wants to get in on whatever is going on. I wonder where he gets that from...
We have so much to be thankful for this year. Sterling has a wonderful job that allows me to stay home. We have one very adorable healthy baby boy and one on the way. We feel truly blessed!!!

STRONGEST BABY COMPETITION

Our little man LOVES to push stuff around.

He started with this.




Moved on to this. (He works best with sweet mexi-music in the background.)



And his most recent! (He really puts his back into it.)


He would be happy to help you with any of your rearranging needs. He works for practically nothing and never complains!

WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?

I was WAITING...

Waiting some more...

and then finally watching.

LOVED IT!
THANKS FOR GOING GIRLS. I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE. THIS LOVELY LADY FLEW IN FROM UTAH TO GO WITH US!

A FEW THINGS I LOVE

I love that my son Sterling Henry still wears his muumuus to bed. I can't stop putting him in them! He has had them same ones (thanks Eliza) since he was born and they have somehow grown with him.


I love that my two boys love to hang out together. They love to chill when dad gets home from work.

I love FINALLY finishing projects that I started 4 years ago. I started these stalkings right after Sterling and I got married. I only had 2 finished but decided a month ago to buckle down and finish them all.
That's right.
There are eight.
We are aiming high!

TRAPPED INSIDE

For the last week, we have had the flu at our house and it hasn't been fun. Little Sterling Henry has had to take care of us since he has not gotten it yet. (Thank goodness!)

I luckily had some energy so I decided to start some new projects since we would be staying home trying not to contaminate anybody. I made a cute new bear hooded towel for Sterling Henry, finished a few baby quilts, and started on some Christmas presents.

I also made this cute turkey wall hanging. I don't have very many Thanksgiving Day decorations so I thought I would add something new to the few things I had. I am quite pleased with how it turned out.

Since we are staying here for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, I feel much more motivated to get all of my holiday projects done.

Stay tuned!

ONE YEAR PICTURES

My favorite photographer Andrea took our family photos a couple of weeks ago. We also did Sterling Henry's one year shot at the same time. Here are just a few of them. She really does such a great job of capturing his little personality.




My stomach looks absolutely gigantic in this picture but I guess that is what happens when you have babies 15 months apart... I wouldn't have it any other way!

WE LOVE EXTENDED VISITS

We were lucky enough this last week to have Sterling's parents here. We had such a great time with them and were sad to see them go this morning. Little Sterling Henry especially loved having his grandparents around.

On Halloween we went to the Dulles Air and Space Museum.

We went on a beautiful walk through Arlington cemetery. (I love this picture of Sterling and his mom.)


We stopped by the Stonewall Jackson Shrine. We have stopped by this place three times and it is never open. We are determined to tour the house at some point. (Such a cute pic of my boys!)



Grandpa was a hit with little Sterling Henry. He was obsessed with his grandpa the whole time they were here.


We also attended Sterling's "swearing in" to the Virginia State Bar. It was down in Richmond so we spent the day down there and had a great time.
This is the worst picture ever but if you look really hard you can see Sterling standing on the far left. This was after they called his name.
It was great having mom and dad Fillmore here. We miss you already! Come back soon!!!

OUR LITTLE CUB

Sterling Henry was a little tiger cub for Halloween. He seemed to really like his costume and wasn't in too big of a hurry to take it off. We went out trick-or-treating and made it to two whole houses. He made a HAUL!

Me and my cubs.

Cub on the loose.

Sterling's parents are here visiting and they also love our little cub. We love having them here.

Halloween was a hit this year.