January

First project of the year! A friend gave us this piece. 

I'm so excited about our new game storage center in the living room. 

These kids keep me on my toes! 

Brody and Levi day! We went to pick up Hungry Howies pizza because it was $20 cheaper than having it delivered! Minivan to the rescue again! :D

No more nuggets (chest of drawers)!!
Now all of the boy's clothes are in their closet.

Tooth #5 is gone! He will NOT pull a tooth. It has to fall out in his sleep in order for it to come out of his mouth.

Daisee Day! CHOM and Donuts

SNOW DAY!!

Elijah's 4 month check up.

16.2 lbs 26 inches

These brothers and sister were made for each other.
(Cora said Baby Emma was hungry!) 

Sassy's first haircut! The mullet is history!

I found a new color I love!

We're all going to eat this baby up! He's just too sweet and chunky!

Jaden's first Upward game. He was on FIRE!!

Fun fishing day at Mimi and Pops' farm! We caught over 15 fish! Half of them got off the stringer, but we caught more!

All the kiddos

Happy 83rd birthday DDaddy!

Every night we (try to) read a little in our bible verse book.

Anders and Elijah on face swap!

This week, I had the privilege to spend 2 hours of one-on-one time with each of my babies. For Christmas, Mimi got the kids gift certificates to All Fired Up. While I took one child, she kept the others. We painted Iron Man, Santa Claus, a frog and Minnie Mouse. Of course they all picked Taco Casa for lunch. So I've had that for 3 days this week! Elijah didn't get to paint, but we get lots of one-on-one time every day. :)

Since the Circus has announced it's closing, Brad FINALLY agreed to take us! We loved it!

Sweet cousins after Sunday lunch at Nana and Papa Joe's house.

Jaden has gotten braver and decided it's ok to pick up critters! The other two decided to join in all the fun!

Sick week :(  Cora was diligent about putting Thieves on her feet though! She would put it on her feet, then Elijah's feet. Thankfully the coughs and snots didn't hang around too long.

I can't get enough of face swap!

I was sitting at the table, while the kids napped and looked up to see this! I couldn't stop laughing!!

Jaden had so much fun at Madison's birthday party! He wants a party just like it for his 8th birthday!

This kid is an athlete!

Another fun fishing day at the Crow's farm!

It was freezing though!

I'm never cutting his hair again. He looks so grown up! :(

We've loved on this Sugar Baby for 5 whole months now!! He's such a Joy!

Older siblings... I'm even more thankful for them when Elijah needs attention and I need to cook supper.

What a fun start to 2017. Can't wait to see what February brings!

December

December 1st, we read our Christmas Angel book and opened our first present.

Christmas pj's! 

Friday, Cora and Elijah did great while we got our oil changed. When Anders came home from school, he and Cora wanted to play with the blocks instead of take naps. For supper, we cooked macaroni and chili and watched The Santa Claus! 

Saturday, we met the cousins for Breakfast with Santa! 

While Jaden and Daddy were at the SEC championship game, these three were inseparable. They were so sweet.

Brad, Jaden, Spencer and Scott had a fun day together at the game! 

Jaden read us the Christmas story, while Anders and Cora opened the boxes.

Weezie and Baby Joe came to play! 

I love my new sign from Weezie's Woodworks.

Cora had an appt at Children's hospital to see about her cough. While we were there, we made a day of it and went shopping and ate lunch at PF Chang's! We went to Toys R Us and she came out with only an ice cream sandwich! #winning ;)

Baby Elijah is loved.

Friday night was Aunt Merrill's (PaDan's sister) Christmas party. There was a great turn out, with almost 50 people there!

Saturday was with Nana Anders' side of the family. We all had a big time at the farm!

Even the adults!

That night, just us went to look at Christmas lights in Clear Creek. It was a really fun time!

Lunch at Nana and Papa Joe's house.

Sunday night, Brad and I got to go to the Yacht Club to eat dinner. It was so nice and fancy. We tried not to look too out of place!

Elijah's sleeping patterns...

New app fun!

We finally went ice skating! It was 60 degrees and misting, but we had a great time. The kids surprised us with how well they could skate, both with and without the polar bear.

The boys :)

Sunday school Christmas Party! We love this group of people!

Anders was a great Wiseman in his school play!

Jaden and Anders were both wisemen.

Taylorville Baptist Church put on a live Nativity at their church. Nana and Papa Joe went with us to drive through it. The church did a great job acting Jesus's life out.

Fagan Christmas party

We all had a great time! 

The boys sang in their Christmas pageant at church. We're so proud of them!
That Anders boy...

Papa Joe came and spent the morning with Cora and Elijah while I got some Christmas errands marked off.
Cinderella is a new favorite! -for Papa Joe that is!

Our High school friends got together again to see the Live Nativity down the street from us. We always have the best time with these folks.

PJ Christmas party at Nana and Papa Joe's house!

Watch Ya Mouth was a HIT!

All the big kids spent the night with them and we met at the big movies Thursday morning to watch Sing!

When they play, they like to be all together. Elijah gets pulled all around the house in that seat!

Christmas Eve at Mimi and Pops' house!

Sister got some new makeup and the boys got silly string! We went for a walk through the pasture before going to Natalie's house.

Crazy fun with the Crow side!

SANTA CAME!!

After waiting until 8:00, Brad and I couldn't stand it anymore. We had to wake the kids up!

Excitement!

Surprise!

and.... Trying to wake up! We finally got a smile!

Daddy got some peppermint sticks (plus a lot more from the Amazon Santa...) and Mommy got duck boots!

It was a perfect Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas!

From Anders' first Christmas, to Elijah's first Christmas.

Christmas night, with the Faucetts. We had THREE new babies and Sam's wife to add to the group this year!

Can't forget Elijah's First Christmas sticker picture!

Christmas decoration take down. The saddest day of the year.

Since we can't go to the beach, we decided to go to Birmingham for a couple of days. This is how we roll. Like a caravan!

Build A Bear, Cookie Company, Smoothie King, and the Carousal were our first stops!

Sometimes just being lazy in the hotel is the best vacation. 

That night, we went to the Coyote Drive-In in Leeds. It was such a cute place! We watched Rogue One at 7 and Moana at 9:30. It was a looooong night, and we were cramped, but we made some fun memories. 

The next morning we took our time getting out the door.

Then went to the Aviation Museum. The kids loved it!

Oh I wish I could keep this boy a baby forever. We've had 4 months of FUN with him!

December 31st. Shorts and t-shirts, playing on the zipline and swinging on the hammock. Gotta love the South!

Good-Bye 2016!