Sunday, May 22, 2011

Impromptu Photo Shoot

Little A continues to reveal a myriad of facial expressions that we have come to love…not to mention a party-like hair style (which she has had since birth).

The other night, C worked to capture our littlest one’s expressive side during some of her alert/playtime…

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Happy Weekend.

Be blessed.

Latest Read

C, B and little A gave me this book for mother’s day.  I could hardly put it down as I read it during several middle of the night feedings.

The words in the book reveal God’s hand on the Chapman family’s life…their family has quite a story.  Mary Beth’s transparency is convicting and encouraging on many levels.

It isn’t often that I finish a book within the same calendar month of starting…with that said, I highly recommend reading it!

This is Mary Beth’s blog (the video provides a great glimpse into the book):

http://marybethchapman.com/?page_id=74

Be blessed.

A Glimpse of a Typical Day…

in our neck of the wood!

Little A does a lot of this (though don’t be fooled, she has her fussy moments and also eats ALL the time)…

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And B does a lot of this…

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Just imagine the drying running and this momma folding countless loads of laundry and one would  have a pretty good gage of what we do all day long!!!!

I wouldn’t trade it for anything…but sometimes have to remind myself of this very truth!

Be blessed.

Cuddle Couch

C captured me trying to rest on our family room couch…these days, I can’t say that I feel that rested…but I wouldn’t trade rest for cuddling with these two precious nuggets!

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Happy Sunday.

Be blessed.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Inaugural Swim

This weekend, we made a quick trip over to Gigi and Papa’s where C and B took advantage of their first dip of the season.

Ella even joined in on the fun.  B enjoyed throwing a ball for Ella to retrieve…he thought her splashing in the water was pretty funny as the entire process was repeated over and over again.

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After swimming , we enjoyed lunch together before heading back to our neck of the wood for naptime.

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We love you Gigi and Papa!

Be blessed.

Gaining Speed…

For the big hill ahead!!!!!

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We have found a new pastime, aside from searching out every possible roadside digger and choo choo train… now we have widened our search for big hills!

The other day it was raining too hard to make the transition (with the infant seat) from the car to inside the house…I had planned on sitting in the driveway to wait the mini-monsoon out…when it occurred to me that we could much more fun driving up and down a big hill a few streets over.

As we approached the neighborhood hill, it dawned on me that someday B might find himself on a rollercoaster…riding up up up and down down down…so the over prepared mom that I am taught B how to raise his arms up in the air and say “Whoooooooo!” as we drove up and down the hill. Consequently…B now raises his arms up in the air as we drive up and down any/every hill around town.

Maybe this can satiate our little guy’s need for thrill rides…at least for the time being…not to mention his arms in the air and anticipatory face as we venture up and down are pretty cute!

Happy Saturday.

Be blessed.

B’s Surprise!

C surprised B the other day by picking him up from school.

Since this is a rarity, as school dismisses before the end of a typical work day, B was quite surprised!

I enjoyed taking the surprise in from afar as it was a special moment for the two boys in our neck of the wood!

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Be blessed.