growing...

Joshua is 2 months old this past week.
He is growing!!
9 pounds 12 ounces
The doctor was amazed at this number. Not one she is used to seeing with a "Nugent" baby.



He is loving his bath these days. Must be that he isn't freezing every time he is wet, he has a little extra fat to insulate him.

Big sisters are such a help. They are willing to try and soothe him when he cries, play with him and Nicole can even change his diaper now.



He is just starting to smile. He is the happiest in the morning. This gives me, mom, so much joy. Unfortunately, his fussy time is usually right when dad walks in the door from work.


Josh is growing in weight, but most of all growing our love for him in our hearts!

My Morgan, such a contradiction

Morgan turned 8 on October 23rd. Morgan is a very unique little girl. She is not what you would expect sometimes. She is smart yet very silly(and funny), she is a perfectionist but ruins everything she wears, she is a people pleaser yet sneaky, she loves dolls and legos.
Right after Joshua was born, Morgan wanted to plan her birthday party. I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought of planning and hosting two birthday parties with a newborn. So I suggested that she call Grandma K. My mom was a life saver. She planned, organized and hosted Morgan's American Girl Doll party and it was a blast!!!

The girls played a dress up game with accessories for themselves and their dolls. It was fun to see what combinations they were coming up with.


We then decorated square cookies for Morgan's "quilt cookie cake". Lots of sugar and a great looking finished product.


My mom had made the girls each a scarf and prepared material for them to make a matching scarf for their dolls. The girls really thought that was special.




Morgan insisted we do a tea party dinner theme. So we decorated the table with the finest china. Morgan requested that we serve Halloween themed foods at the tea party??? So we had mummies on a stick and peanut and white chocolate eye balls. The girls loved the mummies, but not to sure about the eyeballs. They looked very life like!







We ended the party with a scavenger hunt that included finding keys and determining which one opened the "goodie" box. We had 9 girls running around screaming and having so much fun with this game. I loved this party, it turned out to be one of my favorites. All of my mom's help may have something to do with that.
PS-Thanks to the Knepper's for keeping Joshua and protecting him from being kissed to death by all of those little girls!

Rachel's 5th Birthday

Good bye fourth year, hello number five.
Good bye to being the baby of the family, hello to being a big sister.

Rachel enjoyed celebrating her 5th birthday(actually Oct. 25th) at Chuck E. Cheese with some of her girl friends. It was a whirlwind of fun, pizza, Chuck E. and presents.
















We love you Rae Rae you are the spice in our lives.
I can't wait to see what God has in store for you this year.