Halloween...finally...

Here are some pics from our Halloween...it was a beautiful night and all the kiddos had a great time...even ELLA!  Yes-this is Ella's first year of not being scared of all the kids in scary costumes!! Yay!!

Mommy's litter of puppies...

and Dragon.

A sleepy little dragon...

Ella and a friend from school...

Abbie was so excited to see her BFF Kenzie while Trick or Treating...I know it's hard to tell but she is running as fast as she can to Kenzie with arms wide open...so cute!

And then of course with every HIGH there is a LOW...and "low" sooo does not adequately describe this meltdown...but that is a whole other post!

Halloween Time

Here are cute pictures of the Whitacre children getting ready for Halloween!  And hopefully I will post Halloween pics tomorrow...

Abbie wanted nothing to do with scooping out the insides!

Mommy's scary skeleton!

Of course the big girls had to crash Levi's photo shoot!

4 Months!!!

My sweet little Levi is now 4 months...I still can't believe it (if I look back I am sure I probably wrote that last month)...He still is as sweet as can be and I can't get enough of him!  Here are some things he's doing these days...

• Grabbing EVERYTHING!  He just loves to put everything into his mouth!
• Loves to suck on his fingers...as much as we tried to push the binky he just wasn't having it (like his 2 sisters!)...it is very cute (for now!)
• Goes to sleep around 7, then wakes up around 10 to eat, and then around 3, and then he is up for good around 6-6:30...not bad!
• Still loves to nurse...but now with those wandering hands he likes to grap my shirt while nursing!  Sometimes when he is full he will stop and then just look up at me with a smile...oh my how that melts my heart...I have already decided that there is NO woman that will ever be good enough for him...sorry ladies!
• Still LOVES bath time!  He kicks up a storm when in the tub!
• Lights up when Mommy gets home from work..Yay!

I do love having a little boy around the house...however the one thing I struggle with is taking pictures of him!! Let me explain...In every photo I feel as if something is missing...and then I realized what it is...he is missing all the frilly things that I used to put the girls in as babies...the BIG (well HUGE) bows (like this sweet picture)..the tutus...the adorable ruffle dresses...I have to say that after dressing three little girls dressing a boy is...well...kind of boring!  But I know it's not about the clothes...it's about that sweet little baby inside the clothes...and I love that baby to pieces!

Levi trying to eat the photo prop...

Three little ladies...

It is no secret that I LOVE to shop for my girls...and though I tend to shop at many different places my all time favorite is hands down Matilda Jane!  I just love the different fabrics..the styles...just everything about it (well actually I do wish it was a tad less expensive)...BUT in true Dave Ramsey style I do a great job of being thrifty by selling their outgrown MJ to buy new MJ! Here are some cute pics of the girls...as you can tell by the one picture of Ella...she was not all that thrilled with this photo shoot hence the lack of Ella pics! :)

Playing catch up...

Here are some cute pics of my 4 little sweeties...I am soooo trying to catch up...I am not too far behind...these pics are all from the first half of October...

LOVE this picture of the girls

Sharing a ladybug...

Abbie's first haircut!! I refuse to take the girls to a hairdresser and pay $20 for a little trim (Dave Ramsey would be soo proud!).. so I cut all the girls hair...it was kind of hard to persuade Abbie to have Mommy cut her hair since she was a witness to Mommy snipping Ella's neck one day with scissors (it was a TINY little snip!)...but finally with some bribery (gummies) she took part and it was a success! 
BEFORE

AFTER

I will tell you what...there is not a ladybug in New York that can escape the Whitacre girls....and their cousin Kenzie!

Levi getting big...please don't look too close at this picture...my poor little Levi has some major crusties going on in his nose...and some spit up on his little jacket...still a cute pic though!

The Girls LOW KEY Birthday party!

Sophie and Ella have always had a combined party since their birthdays are a month apart and the majority of our family lives out of town...This year we went with a real low key party for several reasons...first because I had just come off a 3 month maternity (which equates to very little cash!)...and also because I just didn't have it in me this year...and what I have learned from having a low key party is this: 

              1-You save lots of money! 

              2-Sophie and Ella could really care less...they      

                 are just so happy to be with the aunts, uncles, cousins, 

                 and grandparents! 

              3-It is a lot less stress!   

              4-You save lots of money!!! Yes I really like this one!! :)

So I let the girls go and pick out some plates, cups, and party hats from the party place (and came out spending $50 rather than $100!)...we bought 1 pack of decorations ($6) and as a surprise I picked up a pinata (my splurge of $30)...I made all the cupcakes myself and then made a giant cupcake for the birthday girls with a pan I bought for Abbie's first bday...I even went to their closet rather than to the mall to pick out something for them to wear to their party...Yay for me! 

The girls just adore their Uncle Scott...I really think they could play with him ALL day long!

Sophie with a her ladybuy friend...

Pinata Time!!

Mommy with her birthday girls!!

Oh I just love Ella's face in this one...

Sophie with her great Grandma Moebs...

BFF...Cousins Brayden and Levi...look how cute they look...we didn't even prop up their arms...they did it all on their own!

Loving the camera...

I know Levi...Mommy always takes it a step too far and never knows when to quit!  Sorry!

The girls trying out their new rollerblades with their Papa

What a wonderful day with family!