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GABRIELLA RAE is 3 today!

she is 16 times BIGGER today than she was on the day she was born!

she is so special to us all!

she has a strong personality and a sweet heart!

she started out in this world just 12 inches long, but she has always been a fighter!

she was bound and determined to make it...

we are so thankful for all of the prayers and wonderful nurses and doctors and our strength in God to get us through that hard time.
today we are celebrating another wonderful year with her in our family!

our lives have never been the same since the day we found out:
we were 3 months pregnant...
then 3 months later SHE was born...
3 months early...

TODAY our precious girl is 3 years old!

Gabriella we love you SO much!

just hanging out.

we are just hanging around the house today...

it sprinkled last night so the ground is a little wet and the air is crisp!

i am just enjoying my coffee until the girls WAKE UP!!

then it will get REALLY loud in here REALLY fast!

until then i am just thinking of all i need to do today...

and just hanging out!

a little color.

we have the first signs of color in our new house.
there is still a lot to be done, but it is starting to look GREAT!

the master bedroom...

gabriella's future room...

jake's future room...

entryway...

i am so happy with how it is turning out!
more pics to come when we move in.

i love my cousin.

pumpkin picking.

this weekend we had a great time at a pumpkin patch.
the kids got to see animals they don't see roaming the street everyday....

we picked lots of treasures...

while some were very occupied with picking, some were more interested in sitting...

and a little standing...

what a great way to spend a fall day!

a messy little pumpkin.

i made this today for the girls to wear to the pumpkin patch this weekend!

it makes me so happy to have fall finally here.

i love this time of year.

the stitches are not all in a straight line.

the pumpkin's stem is a little crooked.

and the edges will even fray when it gets washed.

it is perfect just like every pumpkin we will see this weekend.

i am going to try to make more of these to sell in my etsy shop!