MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace, good will toward men!

With All our love,

The Pierce Family

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

I absolutely LOVE this time of the year. I think it is a combination of all of the time spent with family and friends, that Jesus and I have birthdays back to back :), the beautiful decorations, Christmas music, yummy food, parties and so much more.

Not only have I decorated my blog for Christmas, our house has been decorated since the weekend before Thanksgiving. We were traveling and I knew I would be too tired to do it when I got back, plus I want to enjoy the decorations as much as possible.

This past weekend we went downtown to the Christmas Parade. The parade itself wasn't too impressive, but it was so much fun to see how pretty downtown was decorated.

Daddy and Ben watching the parade

The Boys

Santa's Little Helpers

It was snowing at Piazza Bergamo!

Peek-a-boo

Who can resist these little faces waiting at the top of the stairs?

Thanksgiving

This year was the boys' first Thanksgiving. We traveled to Indiana to be with my dad's side of the family and had a wonderful holiday. We loved the chance to spend time with everyone and missed the ones who were not there.

The boys really enjoyed eating Thanksgiving dinner. It is a lot of fun now that they are starting to eat "big boy" food and see their reactions to everything.

We hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for all of our family and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The boys and Thomas

Sweet boys with Papaw

Mamaw talking to Thomas and McLean

Playing with Uncle Terry's mustache

McLean is ready for turkey!
Hi mommy!

Two Little Monkeys

Please check out my new website! I would love to make a design for your little monkey!

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Happy Halloween!

Boo in the Zoo

We took our two little peas in a pod to the zoo this afternoon for a little trick-or-treating. They were so cute in their costumes! It was fun seeing the zoo decorated for halloween and the few animals that were out. There were a lot of great places for pictures too!

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Our October Sunday School social was a trip to the pumpkin patch. We had a fun hayride all over the farm to see the many animals, a picnic lunch and lots of pictures. The boys refused to look at the camera because they were too busy playing with the straw and pumpkins. It was lots of fun!

Everybody on the hayride

Me & Olivia Kate

The Boys

Three Years

.....and counting! Happy anniversary Gene! Each year continues to be better. I am so thankful for all that God has blessed us with; especially our two baby boys! I love you!

A fabulous weekend

This past weekend was especially fun. Thanks to our great friends the Walkers, we were able to get fabulous seats to the Michael Buble concert Saturday night. Also, thanks to the in-laws for babysitting, we were able to have a fun night out! We had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants downtown, Sassafras, and then a GREAT time at the concert. I was able to get some really good pictures, so I have posted a few.

I love the fall and I am so happy that it is finally starting to get a little chilly in the evening. We were able to enjoy the lovely weather Sunday since our church had an outdoor movie night. We had a great time hanging out with friends and cuddling with the boys under blankets to stay warm! Oh, and the movie was good too!

Finally September

Thank goodness August is finally over. It was a very stressful month! Hopefully, I won't have to have surgery again for quite some time. I hate not being able to pick up my boys! We have been so blessed with friends and family helping out. We couldn't have done it without them!

This weekend we were able to get out of the house for the first time in awhile. Both sets of grandparents were in town for the holiday weekend so we had brunch at Liberty Taproom, one of my new favorites, and then to walk around downtown for a bit. Then on Monday Mom and I did some much needed shopping. That was fun!

Since I haven't updated since their 6 month check up, below are their stats. Of course they are much bigger already and this week I ordered their new "big boy" car seats. I can't believe they have already outgrown their infant carriers. 7 months ago they barely fit in them!

Ben: 17 lbs 5 oz, 27" long

McLean: 17 lbs 10 oz, 27 1/4" long

Funny Faces

Ben and McLean are constantly doing new things, but one of the funniest things lately has been the faces they are making. It never fails to make Gene and I laugh. McLean loves sticking out that tongue and if you stick yours out at him, he will almost always stick his out at you! Ben just sucks in his lips like an old man that lost his teeth! They are always playing and are now rolling everywhere! The other day, I was lucky enough to capture McLean sharing his toy with Lucy and vice-versa. Ben loves to sit in the Bumbo and play with the toy. He also thinks it is hilarious that he can take his paci out of his mouth and even put it back in sometimes. They keep us thoroughly entertained!