The Stanford Family

The Stanford Family

"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27

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"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bank balance smaller, home happier, clothes dirtier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for."



Friday, November 29, 2013

Halloween & Thanksgiving (and everything in between)!

What a wondeful Fall we have had.  After hitting three pumpkin patches, we rounded out October with a great Halloween, trick-or-treating with friends in our neighborhood in unseasonably warm temperatures!  We had a sweet little cupcake (complete with mommy's handmade icing-and-cherry-on-top headpiece) and a cute, plump little pumpkin to celebrate this year!   Then, Kinsley got to participate in her first All Saints Day parade at school on the day after Halloween.  She was Saint Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother to Jesus.  I dressed her in the closest thing I had to a cloak / robe and she carried "baby Jesus."  So cute.  We decorated for Christmas already and Carter has had a blast playing with Hunter - he is Carter's personal jungle gym lately. Carter is crawling everywhere and pulling up and cruising on just about anything he can get his hands on.  He recently discovered stairs, which is always fun.  :)  Both Carter and Kinsley are going to be SO much fun this Christmas!!!

Then, Thanksgiving!  We had a relaxing day, in between a bad cold that has made both kiddos feel pretty rotten on this break.  It was sunny but freezing outside - love th cold weather this time of year!  We even took our Christmas card photo (to be seen in a later post)!

And finally, The Forum's Christmas Tree lighting on "black Friday!"  Kinsley was a littleunder the weather, so Carter and I ventured out to catch some deals in the afternoon, followed by the lighting ceremony with Aunt Kelly last night!  Oh, and guess who made his appearance this moring…CHIPPY!!!!  Our Elf has arrived to keep an eye on things from now until Christmas.  It's officially the holidays!  'Tis the season!!!

















































Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Happy Fall Y'all!

Ever since Carter's first birthday at the beginning of the month, our lil' pumpkins have a had a fun-filled October full of, well, lots and lots of PUMPKINS...and pony rides and bunnies and hayrides and "all about me" presentations at school and papa's birthday and first visits to the dentist!  It's been a busy month!


Pony rides at pumpkin patch #1.
Bunnies at pumpkin patch #1.
First dentist appointment!  She did AWESOME and had a great check-up!

Pumpkin patch #2.

I had a hard time getting a good photo of the two of them at this patch. 



Papa's birthday and his new ladder!  What a perfect gift for him!

Kinsley's "All About Me" school celebration!


Burt's Farm - the BIG one - pumpkin patch #3.


Our pumpkins!
Feeding the fish at Burt's Farm.





Kinsley age 1 1/2 back in 2011.
At almost the same spot at the pumpkin patch, now age 3 1/2.


Hay ride!


Someone was LOVING the hayride! 

This is Kinsley at age 1 1/2 at Burt's Farm in the very same sweatshirt.  Tiny resemblance to Carter, huh???
Sweet Carter!
Happy Fall Y'all!