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'But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.'
1 Samuel 12.24

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Gabey the Baby is 3 months!


In Gabe's third month he:
Hears voices and sounds and looks
Visited his grandparents farm
Gathers things to his mouth with his hands
Received a postcard
Tightens when he's going to be picked up
Tries to lean forward to sit
Is an equal opportunity smiler
Laughs (which startles him so he stops)
Got a little cold
Weighed in at 11lbs. 10 oz.
Got shots :(
Went to two weddings
Holds toys placed in his hand
Loves to watch his sister
Has FOMO
Is a sweet happy boy :)

And now for the outtakes, or, the best part ;)

Friday, October 5, 2018

September, where have you gone!?

August was a sleepy creeper and September just blew right by!
Lots of new fun fall things and a baby who's coming into his own!

Labor Day weekend started with some rainy Saturday morning fun around the house. Some chose to go out...not wise kitty, not wise.

 On Sunday we attended Lena and Reuben's dedication and celebrated Lindsay's birthday!



We rounded out the weekend with more family time around the house. He's the best toy she's got!

Sometimes I snap a series of photos trying to get 'the one' and I end up with several keepers just because it ends up being 'the other ones' that really capture her personality.


We met our new cousins for lunch. Gabe, Hudson, and Calvin are all born at two week increments. It wore Molly right out keeping up with three baby boys :)

 Handler time out! Dinner time! and it turned out so beautifully!

All I do is play play play!

Little Mommy!!

Big boy Gaber! Sorry about the pink cover buddy, we cant have it all :)

Go Blue! Go Green! Go Lellow! Poor Gabe...cant have it all :(

Aunt Dana came to visit! She brought snuggles and good conversation, so glad to have her

US Open!!!  Four times a year, five if it's an Olympic year, our TV is on all day everyday for two weeks. This year we watched Serena meltdown on tv while our friends watched it live!

Babysitters! We love having our girls visit and snuggle. Anytime, come on over!

Gabe and I helped welcome a new friend to the world, we cant wait to meet Anna's little girl! Molly would give her the shirt off her back! Literally!

Handsome Hero Gabe

 Silly goose girl

 Mondays are for grocery shopping and it's even better when we see our friends there too!


Sometimes they even take Molly along to the next store too! Everyone's happy!

Another series of snapshots that I couldnt pick just one. Strawberry shirt eating strawberries. Too perfect. Too cute!


Thank goodness for our three season porch. All we do is play play play!

Madge time out. She has taken to being a part time outdoor kitty, hence the soaked Labor Day photo. She stays in our yard and the neighbor's, stalks all around and keeps other kitties at bay as seen in photo two. Outta here black panther!

 Puggles! Allllll the heart eye emojis!

Bare baby!

Breakfast time!

Sweet girl hit 2.5 this month, she's a ray of sunshine and a ball of fire. Sweet and saucy and 24 lbs. :)

Handler timeout! Perfect cream puffs. ooolala!

 Ohhh the snuggles. Melt my heart sweet baby boy!

Two months! Big sweet boy clocking in at 11lbs 10oz. All he does is nurse nurse nurse!

 Handler time out! Out for dinner to celebrate my Spring Chicken Friend's birthday!

Heathie came to visit!!! and read and snuggle :)

Handler time out! Dad took a picture of mom! (bc mom told him to!) Whatever! Post it!!!!!!!! ;)

Nursery buddies! One of our favorite things to do is talk about their friendships in the years to come.

Grocery Rollin'

We attended this year's bobble head convention at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Gabe and Calvin were the keynote speakers :)


 Our sunshines

Molly had the privilege of being a flower girl for Garrett and Leah's wedding with Ryan of course. What a fun day! Silly sillies in the morning!

Getting ready for her big day!

Getting down the aisle had a 50% success rate. Cute came in at 100%.

We needed a lot of extra hands to make it through the day; I'm so thankful for everyone who helped!


 Congratulations!

In the last hours of September we went to a potluck at church; guess who helped with our dessert prep!?

Things I hear a lot:
Mom! Where is you?
What you doing mom? Nursing Gabe. Why mom? Bc he's hungry...What you doing mom? (repeat 3X)
I wanna drive my dittle tar! Where are you going? To work.
Gabe's cryin'...Feed him mom!
Tag goes in the bottom!
Pants go over my bootie!

This month we seemed to hit our stride a bit more. Baby is sleeping (mercifully!), little girl has mostly adjusted to having a brother (mercifully!), and mom and dad are enjoying our family of four :)