{under the big top...}

the circus train stopped by our house this week,

in honor of my little tatie-bugs 4th birthday!

you better grab a beverage and get comfy, there were too many cute

pictures for me to pass up...

soda-pop the clown made a special guest appearance.

she was as cute as ever and definitely a crowd favorite.

face painting

she even took orders from all of the little circus attendees.

   

the sweets table

this really was a sweet spot for all the pint sized little fingers

and what would a day at the circus be without

a few silly shots in the photo booth?

                   

soda-pop kept all the little's giggling during the magic show

with the birthday boy as the very special helper.

little tatie must be one special boy to have(almost)all his

friends and family there to lend a BIG helping hand!

 

more and more yummies

                          

this pic says it all,

tate was so excited about all his fun gifts.

and as a parting gift tate gave all his circus buddies some

treats for the road. i'm sure all the buddies mommas were super excited to see the new additions to the family;)

what a fun day we had celebrating with family and friends. a very big thank you to my sisters and gramma sue for ensuring the day was a magical one. i hope my little peanut knows how much his mamma loves him. happy birthday tatie.

{the fourth...}

 one of my favorite holidays.

the peeps, the bbq-in, the fireworks....

it doesn't get any better.

(i have a million other pics but i'm tired of fighting with blogger)

we hope every one's 4th was as star spangled as ours was...

                    

{growing like a weed...}

 i just cant get enough of this little sprout...

{haws ephraim peterson}

before you get shocked that lindsay actually updated,
you should know that this is not lindsay....
it's her little sister, paige.

does lindsay know that i'm doing this? nope.
but probably like the rest of you, i wanted her to update her blog.
and since she's been well..... uh..... busy,
i took matters into my own hands.

did you know she was pregnant?
probably not. she never announced it on here,
well, folks... she's not pregnant anymore!

this DARLING little boy was born on May 10, 2010 at 9:27 am.
weighing in at about 8 lbs 9 oz {i think i might be making that up?}
and 22 inches long..... we proudly introduce baby boy #3

Haws Ephraim Peterson

sometimes he looks like crew, and sometimes he looks like tate,

but he's definitely all peterson.



Tate and Crew absolutely LOVE him.
And after weeks {actually months} of calling him wolverine,
they are even calling him Haws now.





he is the most perfect baby.
he rarely cries, and he sleeps all day long.
maybe lindsay will attest to that,
and give you more of the deets later.

but maybe she will update when he turns one?

But for now, i hope you enjoy looking at that adorable little face as much as we do.

Congrats again, petersons! we're so happy for you.

{just incase we missed you...}

happy holidays

love, the petersons

{its beginning to look a lot like...}

well we gave thanks.

watched little tatie preform at his preschool thanksgiving show. (actually turn his head, refuse to sing and occasionally flash a crusty at the camera...love ya bug.)

ate lots and lots of yummy food,

hung out and laughed and laughed,

and then ate some more.

and now its hard to believe its

CHRISTMAS!

grammie and poppie took tate and his cousin caden to breakfast w/

santa at thanksgiving point

the boys had so much fun they had a rough time holding still for a picture.

thanks again gram and pops, such good times!

FINDING THE PERFECT TREE

THE ANNUAL GRATZINGER HUMDINGER
UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

(hopefully this will be my last pixel-ie post before my photo shop is up and running again)

{oh happy day...}

for my (hhmm, hhmm...) 29th birthday all i wished for was to have R pattz.

and the gang back in my life...and you know what, THEY DELIVERED!

my sisters and i (my mom came a little later:) stood out in the freezing cold, for an

undisclosed amount of time, to ensure the best seats possible for the midnight showing of

NEW MOON.

we froze, i got stung by a bee, we got in a few showdowns with some late comers trying to

butt in line, (oh no you didn't...)

and fell in love all over.

and it only got better the 2nd and 3rd time around!

even though jacob was darling and had a six pack that gave the hulk a run for his mula,

we are all still loyal to our first choice (and the winning team, i might add)

edward cullen.

love you sissies and mamma, thanks for making my bday such good times!

and thank you kenny, tate and crew, for topping off the weekend with nothin but love.

what a lucky girl i am!