Life Lately

While trying to stick with my promise I made of posting more often here I am. 

Here's a little bit of life lately for the Sasses.

Here we are on Halloween on our way out for trick or treating. We have our cowgirl, blow up chicken, skeleton, Princess Peach, dinosaur and panda. I love the array of costumes we had this year! Our neighborhood, as per usual, was very quiet but we had a great night! I think our neighbors appreciate we come trick or treating because besides us there's only a couple more groups that come through.

Archie is growing so fast. He's now 4 months old and just started rolling over this morning! One year has passed since we found out he was coming and when I tell you this has been the fastest year of my life, I definitely mean it! 

We've had some pretty chilly mornings at the bus stop and looking at the forecast it looks like those are here to stay. It's funny the older I get the more I don't mind the cold. I feel like that's usually the opposite for people. But getting outside and feeling that brisk air feels a heck of a lot better than being smacked in the face with heat. Just my opinion... :)

This is Archer's little getup he wears to bed every night. His love to dream swaddle under his sleep sack. It keeps him feeling secure but also warm. Add this to the things you do as a sixth time mom....woah that's still wild to say! SIX KIDS! The get-up may look funny, but it usually gets the job done. Most nights Archie sleeps from 8pm-6am! He does have some nights he will have me up once (on average), I’m really looking forward to a consistent full night's sleep…but at the same time it won’t last forever. So, I’m enjoying this time while I can. 

Kensington is such a huge help. She really was meant to be a big sister. She's always jumping in to do whatever it is I might need and loooooves being on baby duty. One cool thing Kensie does now is she will read to Smith every night before we tuck him in for bed. They both absolutely LOVE it and look forward to that time all day long. It helps us a lot because I can get Archie settled down for the night and Mike can take the dog for his nightly walk. Teamwork makes the dreamwork! 

My favorite show ever is One Tree Hill. When I found out Archer was a boy this is the first thing I bought for him. Truth is, if he was a girl I would have still bought these and just threw a bow on her head. LOL! But if you know you know, these pjs are awesome!

We spent much of our Friday fall nights at the football stadium and had a blast cheering on our home team and our favorite cheerleader! 

Speaking of our favorite cheerleader, Kamryn had such a great time cheering this fall. She's decided to try out for winter cheer too. Try-outs are this week and the team cheers for basketball. (Hello her living out my One Tree Hill dream! Maybe she’ll meet her Nathan Scott? LOL! Kidding….kind of!) Cheer has been so great for her. She’s come out of her shell and is even a little less shy and more confident. I’m so happy for her! She's made some great friends and has memories that are going to last her a lifetime! 

Plymouth South won the Thanksgiving Day game against Plymouth North. Unfortunately, we didn't get to go to the game. It was pouring rain, and we decided having a baby it probably was the smarter choice to stay home. We watched the game on YouTube and even got to see Kam in the halftime show. She did great! There weren't many people at the game, so I think a lot of people had the same idea as us. Kamryn was frozen to the bone and exhausted when she got home. The night before she was out with the other cheerleaders TP'ing the senior boy's houses until VERY late, followed by a sleepover with the entire cheer team. Isn't that such a fun tradition?! High school for Kam is off to a great start!

When she got home, she jumped right in the shower to warm up and then immediately had lots of “yummy foods” as Kam calls them. I didn’t take any pictures on Thanksgiving, but we had a fabulous day with family.

This picture just cracks us up! Usually, I order my groceries online and we go and pick them up, but this night went grocery shopping because we only needed a few things. I looked down and realized we were just piling the groceries on top of Archie. His face is priceless!!

Archie had his first taste of real food! You wouldn’t know it by his face above, but he actually really liked it. He’s done great!! So far, we’ve tried pears, apples and bananas. He’s a huge fan of the apples and bananas and not so sure about pears. We’ll get there. Next, we’re going to try some veggies! I’m curious to see what he’ll think of those. 

Since Kindergarten Tenley has gotten some PT and OT at school. Just a couple weeks ago she graduated from PT. They had a little celebration for her, and she even got to have her big sis come! Doesn’t Kensington look so grown up and proud in this picture?! I just love their bond and pray they always remain the best of friends and each other's biggest fans.

I’ve been calling them sugar and spice since they were born, and this picture proves just that. This was the night before Thanksgiving, the girls decided they wanted “curly hair” so after their showers I French braided their hair. Being a girl mom is so much fun!!

Archer is ready for his first Christmas and looking mighty big and handsome in this picture, if I do say so myself. Baby's first Christmas is such a special time and I'm doing my best to soak up every second of it. It truly never gets old. I could do this again and again for the rest of my life.

Well, there's just a snippet of life lately for the Sass crew. It's pretty funny that out of all those pictures the only one I have of Logan is Halloween and you can't even see him. 12-year-old boys don't really want their picture taken. But Logan is doing what Logan does best. He's doing great in school and kicking butt at boxing!