Thankful

In lieu of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I've decided to list a few things for which I am thankful.

I am thankful for...
1. My personal Lord and Savior
2. The love of my life, Cody Glen
3. My perfectly healthy, beautiful babies - Lukas Glen & Maddox Avery
4. The relationship I have with my mother, step-mother, and father
5. My siblings (blood related and in-law)
6. Our family (near and far)
7. The wonderful set of friends that we have (old and new)
8. The support we receive daily from everyone in our lives
9. Babies that sleep through the night.
10. Two sweet puppies, who tolerate ear pulls and bites kisses!
11. A new arrival (Finley) for some of our besties, Katie & Martin
12. Our jobs.
13. The home and life, Cody and I have built together.
14. Our health and wellness.
15. Our children's happiness.
16. I'm thankful for YOU...who continues to check in and take part in our lives!

I am soo excited for the upcoming holiday season. I know the babies won't understand gifts, Thanksgiving or Christmas..but I have ALWAYS loved being around all of our family and just enjoying each other. I love the feeling of snuggling up and just feeling cozy with the ones I love. We are flying for the first time with babies, so say a prayer and wish us luck! We get to spend Thanksgiving with Cody's family this year and we are super excited to see our nieces and Grams.

Anywho, here are a few pictures for you to enjoy! I've been bad on taking some recently so these are a bit old :)

{this moment} - Lukas's First Steps

Today, I'm combining my weekly {this moment} with a post that gets me super excited!

Lukas has recently started taking an interest in walking! He stands on his own easily, but up until last week he hadn't shown any interest in taking those first steps.

He is doing a really good job and he is so proud of himself when he walks to us. It is so precious because everytime he walks to Cody or I, he turns and looks at the other parent to make sure they were watching! He gets the biggest smile on his face and even Maddox grins from ear to ear watching him.

Of course, the moment I get the video camera out he is hesistant to walk. However, after a bit of coaxing we got a small video of some of his first steps.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo/video - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember forever for it is etched on my heart ♥ 

The idea for {this moment} was taken from SouleMama  

BOO!

Lukas and Maddox had their first Halloween! We didn't take them Trick or Treating, because they really aren't old enough to understand the concept. However, we did dress them up and let them sit outside and watch us hand out candy.

This year we decided to dress them as Pebbles & Bam Bam. I'm sure this is the first in a long list of ideas we can come up for a boy and a girl...at least until they start choosing what they wish to be. I looked everywhere for a costume but no one sold them in their size. Ione, Cody's Mom, offered to sew them their first costumes!

She did a super job. They fit perfectly and were so cute. I love that their first costumes were homemade for several reasons. 1) No one else has the exact same costume... 2) It is something special that will go in their baby book as made by their Grams!

The babies looked precious; however, they weren't fans of getting their pictures made once they were all dressed up..so here is what I got!

Pebbles

BAM BAM

PEBBLES & BAM BAM