I'm an Aunt...again!

Welcome Chloe Claire! We love you!!!

 

 

Two more "Chloe" posts below...

Beautiful Chloe

 

 

 

 

Introducing Chloe Claire

Miss Chloe Claire Holton was born on November 10th. She weighs 7 pounds on the nose and is some inches...but I don't know how many! She took a long time to get here, and after a few "scares", was finally delivered by C-section around 6pm. She is absolutely beautiful and perfect in every way according to her Aunt Hotsie! Her Mommy, Daddy, big brother Brock, and the rest of our family are THRILLED about the arrival of this precious gift from God!

Oh baby!

What a wonderfully exciting week it has been in the world of babies! Two sets of sweet friends have both met their sweet little ones for the first time. This is David and Amy who are currently in Africa with their new baby daughter, Ella. They have waited for this week to come for a VERY LONG TIME, and it's finally here! Thank you, God, for this precious baby girl who will fill their home with even more joy, laughter and love.
 
I am also so happy for Todd and Kristin Lewis who welcomed their twin boys, Sam and Miles, into the world this past Sunday. This is such an exciting time for them and their daughter Laney! Congratulations friends!!! I'm also very exciting for the arrival of my baby niece who should be here any day...maybe even any minute! We can't wait for you to get here, little girl!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a wonderful time on Halloween night! We went to my sister's house in the early evening. I cooked dinner for the fam and then it was time to get in our costumes! I dressed as our family's cat, Risky.  Brock LOVES Risky so I thought this would be the perfect costume to take him trick-or-treating in! It was a hit for sure...so much so that he thought he needed to be Risky later in the evening. Brock dressed as Superman! He has been "trying out" the costume for about a week now. He was so excited to finally wear it "for real"! Earlier this week, he told Nana that he'd like to go outside and try flying. When it didn't work, he told her he probably just needed to be a little bit taller! Love him!!!  
Allie and Nana were matching pumpkins in their orange tops and black pants. Allie also doubled as a pregant lady...ya know, since she's days (maybe even just hours or minutes) from delivering baby girl! Ron went as Daddy and Uncle Charlie went as Uncle Charlie. And then there was Doug...If you know him, you know he loves Halloween and actually any other occasion that is a reason to get into a costume! He went this year as one of his favorite characters, Space Ghost. I thought that noone would know who that even was. But the second we stepped out of the house, all sorts of neighbors were yelling, "Hey Space Ghost...cool costume!" Who knew?   Trick-or-treating was GREAT! It has been a long time since I'd done that. Made me think of you, Mallie! Their street goes ALL OUT for Halloween with some pretty amazing decorations and scenery! At one house, an 8 foot tall monster came running out of the garage with a hack saw. Of course, I screamed bloody murder and Brock started screaming too. The "monster's" wife said, "Honey, you're not supposed to scare the little ones. I heard him say, "Oops" under his mask and then he turned and walked back into the garage! Yikes! We had so much fun and look forward to doing this again next year with Baby Girl in the mix too!