Happy 2nd Birthday, Maggie!!!!

Sunday, was Maggie's 2nd birthday!  Can you believe it?  She is such a sweet little girl!!  I think my friend, Christina said it best, "She's not all sugar.  She's got some spice!"  She is so funny!  She makes us all laugh all the time.  She is also a little stinker at times.  She knows what she wants and will do whatever it takes to get it.  She is our climber and our future gymnast.  She will find anything and everything to stand on so she can stunt like the hsu cheerleaders.  She is not afraid of anything! :)  She gives the best hugs and pats on the back.  She won't go to sleep at night without kissing everyone goodnight.  She loves her brothers and her best friend is Hunter.  We are so blessed!  Maggie, we love you so much!!  Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you!  We are having Maggie's birthday party this Sunday, so yesterday we just had a few cupcakes at home.  

Make a wish!  

(I was afraid she was going to put her hand in the fire.  She almost did!)

Yummy cupcake!  I had to buy cupcakes from United.  We were to busy at homecoming yesterday. :(  I'll be making her cake for this weekend! 

It's easier to eat it like this, right? 

By the way she has been wearing her tinkerbell outfit ALL THE TIME!  I really can't believe she can fit into it.  It's from last Halloween and is a size 6 - 9 months!!!!  She loves it and had to wear it all day yesterday! :)

She was excited about the ring from her cupcake. 

Showing her ring to Daddy! :)

She also wanted to hold her little bubba last night.  She insisted on holding him! :)

Sweet kisses! 

Oh and not only was it Maggie's birthday...

Archer is 1 month old!!!  Already!?!?!

Stretch!!

Maggie had to get on the floor with him

Love Love Love these 2 kiddos!  (Hunter was at Cubbies having fun learning about Jesus!)

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Join us on a trip to the Pumpkin Patch...

Maggie says, "Come on!"

Hunter sitting with the dog.  I think this will be this dogs last year at the pumpkin patch.  He was kind of falling apart this year.  Hunter had been talking about wanting to sit in his lap again.

The boys :)

Daddy with all the kids :)

Family of 5

Love this picture and LOVE that boy! 

Maggie carried around that little pumpkin almost the whole time.  We bought and brought it home. 

Having fun!

Maggie had to pick up a few pumpkins.

It was just a little heavy. :)

Maggie and Momma!  I love this picture!!! 

My sweet kids!!  

That's my girl!!!

Sweetest boys! 

Daddy and Mags! 

Hunter was so excited to go to the pumpkin patch!  We had been talking about it all week.  This is his 4th year to get to go!  

Archer's 1st Bath! :)

Tuesday, Archer got to take his first bath!  Yay!!!  

He did really well!!  He didn't cry at all!  I think he likes taking baths. 

So sweet!  This is the same bath tub that Maggie and Hunter used.  

As soon as I got him in the tub, in ran Hunter and Maggie.  They wanted to help!  Hunter washed his toes and Maggie watched.  She did wash him a little tiny bit. :)

Hello! 

Sweet, clean baby boy! 

Baby Elephant, Archer! 

Hunter had the PBK frog towel, Maggie the pink chick, and now Archer has the elephant!  

Putting lotion on his little back

Bye-bye!  Until next time...

Elk Fest 2011

Well Hunter is home from CO.  He had a wonderful time with Coach and Honey and he saw lots of elk. For those of you who don't know, Hunter got to go with Coach and Honey to Elk Fest in Estes Park, CO.  He went for a long weekend the first weekend of this month.  We are still hearing stories about his trip.  He loved it!  Here are a few pictures...  I'll try to tell you about them, but if you want the real story, you need to talk to the Hunter-man. 

There were Native Americans at Elk Fest.  Hunter said he was afraid of the them though. :)  I think he might have watched a little to much of Davy Crockett. 

Here he is with his number on from the bugling contest.  Let me just tell you... They have this big bugling contest.  Contestants get on this big stage in front of lots of people and bugle and Hunter did it!!!  He was the 2nd person to go and the first person chickened out!  He did awesome!!  I'll try and put the video up on the blog soon.  He didn't win, but got a t-shirt which he LOVES!  He is so proud of that shirt! 

Here he is on stage! 

He did awesome!!!  Go Hunter-man!!!

Here is his shirt and his new hat! 

A better picture with his new hat.  It is a buffalo hat, but he calls it his "Red Stick" hat.  Red Stick is the Indian from Davy Crockett.  (It is also going to be his halloween costume.)

Coach and Hunter watching the elk! 

They didn't get to see them "boom fight" but they did get to hear them bugle. 

Hunter ate pancakes every morning! 

And just look at the trees!!!  I have never been to CO during the fall, but I think it looks beautiful! 

And here are some of the bull elk that they saw!  

Hunter had such a great time!  Thank you Coach and Honey for taking him!  If you want to hear about his trip all you have to do is ask!  He will talk to your ear off about it! :)

Foxy...

I completely forgot to tell you about our adventurous Saturday.  So here it goes...  Saturday about lunch time Ben took the trash out and this is what he saw...

Yes, that is a fox taking a little nap in our backyard!!!!

After his little nap, he got up and walked down the fence line and under the storage shed.  Ben called his good friend Josh to come over with his 22 so that they could kill it.  Well we didn't think it was going to come out from under the shed, but he did.  He ran through the yard.  Josh and Ben both shot at it, but no luck.  He got away.  

Isn't he big and ugly!?!?  Now you know why we haven't been playing in the backyard much this week. I don't want to run into this guy!! 

Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't know where we live, we live in town!  Watch out Brookhollow area.  You might just see a fox or two! 

Archer's 1st week

Yay!  We survived our first week as a family of five!!!  And just look at this little guy...

He is perfect!  I think so anyway... 

So we really did have a great week, but I will say it was hard.  I am so thankful that my mom was here all week and that Ben was off on Monday and Tuesday.  I don't know how, but I completely forgot how hard the first night at home is.  I mean... this is my 3rd baby!  You would think I would remember some things, right?  Anyway... Monday was rough!  I honestly did not know if I could do this whole 3 kids thing.  I didn't know how I was going to function with no sleep and take care of 2 other young kids.   But God is good!!  Archer is sleeping much, much better and I feel like I can do this.  Archer is a perfect fit for our family!  I don't know... it's hard to explain, but we wouldn't be the Jennings family without him.  

So how are the big kids doing?  Hunter LOVES his little brother!  He holds him all the time and is always talking to him.  He is so excited that he is here!  He is also excited about teaching him how to play football one day. :)  Maggie is doing great!  She is so sweet to her "little bubba".  That is what she calls him, by the way.  She is finally sleeping better, too.  You see the day we brought Archer home, Maggie decided she no longer wanted to sleep in her crib.  She wanted to sleep in her big girl bed.  (Not the greatest timing, huh!) So she did not sleep well for the first couple of days.  It was bad, but she is doing much better!   

Hunter is in CO with Coach and Honey right now!  He will be back tomorrow.  He is getting to see lots of elk.  I am sure I will blog about his trip once he gets home and I hear all about it.  He is having a great time.  Maggie Moe is being spoiled here at home.  I have had so much fun playing with her and Ben has too.  She is so funny!  She says and does the funniest things.  I am so thankful Hunter is having a good time and that we are getting some special Maggie time, too.  

Look at that sweet smile! 

Ben and I are doing great!  I am back at HSU working with my awesome, fabulous cheerleaders!  Ben is helping a lot!  I love working with him.  He is the best!  Anyway... We have a game this weekend, HSU vs HPU!  GO COWBOYS!  It should be interesting how it goes on the sidelines.  Ben might be home with all 3 kids or we might all be at the game.  We will see how it goes. 

I will try to blog more later!  Have a great week everyone!