tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233570182024-03-07T12:18:07.816-08:00The Adventures of Noah J, Little Wy, and Annie RoseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.comBlogger708125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-41952912295978347052016-05-22T21:08:00.000-07:002016-05-23T21:20:25.320-07:00Noah J turns 11!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We finally got to a have a belated birthday dinner to celebrate our Noah J turning 11! We were on vacation for his actual birthday and he was so, so sad to miss our normal celebration routine. So now that things settled down and we were available we finally got to have some fun!<br />
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Of course the morning started with name pancakes and his favorite Orange Julius. Even Owen ate a pancake which is not his fave. He was super excited about all the decorations!<br />
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And then we had everybody over to eat dinner and open gifts. You know I let them choose the birthday dinner without any interference. So this year his choice was buttered macaroni noodles with cut up sausage in it!! Yup. His idea of gourmet!! Homemade cornmeal crescent rolls, fresh fruit with dip and some Mist Twist topped it off and he was one happy boy! <br />
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Of course he had already gotten his gifts from us and from my parents on the trip so he only had a little bit but he was still thrilled. He was super tickled with the stash of Star Wars themed origami Joseph made for him! And then the big daddy of a new PS4 remote topped it off! I think you can tell how darn tickled Owen was with that remote! We had quite a time keeping him away from it cause he did not want to give it up after he got his hands on it!<br />
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We rounded out the night with some gaming, balloons, and of course some Star Wars masks. Grandma makes the best wookie!!<br />
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Oh, and chocolate cake! He insisted he did not get an awful store bought cake, but a scratch made double decker chocolate cake. So that is what he got! 11 years in and I know how to make this boy happy! <br />
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I adore him so much! I constantly want to run my hands through his shiny hair and smoosh his little freckled face. I'm so thankful he is mine to love! I never dreamed that such a difficult little toddler would grow into such an understanding and precious young man. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this boy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-6200213096428484582016-05-20T21:34:00.000-07:002016-05-23T21:35:33.828-07:00God's Little Girls Pinning CeremonyAnnie had the best time in her God's Little Girls group this school year! We met twice a month and had show and tell, devotions, crafts and lots of fun! Since we are surrounded by boys it was super important to me to find a special place for her to get some girly attention and this was perfect for us. The boys stayed home and watched Owen (Josh was here too!) so it was truly girl time! They work on projects all year and then have a ceremony at the end to receive the pins they earned. She was super nervous (which is a new thing for this girl!) but so, so happy! Check out her outfit she picked!<br />
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Don't you love the one red glove with the ring? I feel bad cause I might have made her feel too self conscious about it because after we got into the chapel; I noticed she took it off in front of her friends. Note to self: No longer make even slightly joking comments about her choices in clothing and accessories! I want her to always have the confidence she has now and I want to make sure I'm not one of her stumbling blocks. Anyways, like I said, she was nervous!<br />
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You can see it in her face here. I even heard her tell the leader she didn't want to go up on stage! It is so surprising to me because even just a few months ago she wouldn't have thought twice about it. We always love to remind her that she is "Brave Annie." <br />
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But she did it! Love her little impish smile! She cannot wait for next year and neither can I. We had quite a crazy year and weren't able to focus as much attention as I would have liked on earning pins but we shall remedy that next year. So much fun and such a blessing for us both!<br />
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So I have been cutting this kids hair since he was just a few months old but after the last fiasco I decided it was time to get it professionally cut! I don't know why but his hair is just to hard for me! It is so very straight anything you do looks crazy intense. Every little cut shows up! So now our one year old gets $20 haircuts and I just have to accept that. Eeek!<br />
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Well, he did great. He screamed and cried for about 1 minute and then just watched the TV the entire time. He really, really loved that he could turn the wheel on the car to pretend he was driving. I think the whole situation of being in the hospital just a couple of weeks before really prepared him for having strangers touch him. Before that he would freak out if a strange woman touched his head. But he just accepted it. As a matter of fact he didn't want to leave!<br />
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Here he is just standing and staring back into the store. And in typical Owen fashion he didn't want to get a good pic for me. Here is he is later in the day.<br />
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Oh, and I musn't forget Annie also got a tiny trim. She was thrilled beyond words that the lady let her pick out her own butterfly clips to put in her hair!<br />
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It is hard to imagine that I used to cut all of their hair myself! Now the big boys want fancy cuts a I can't do and the two little ones are just too hard for me. I might have to find a part time job to afford these kids fancy dos!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-28729517519490880442015-07-05T21:45:00.000-07:002015-08-10T22:09:06.274-07:00Back To School 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, we started school on the day after July 4th. Seemed like a great idea when I planned it but the morning of we were exhausted! It was definitely a late start day! This year we have a 5th grader, 3rd grader, and a preschooler. We thought about starting kinder with Annie this year but decided to take our time and enjoy her a bit longer! We took the kids to the mall to pick out a brand new back to school outfit and they found their stuff at JC Penney. They thought it was the fanciest stuff ever! So happy they are so easy to please!<br />
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My dear Noah J is in 5th grade this year! It is so hard for me to believe. We are doing some new school stuff this year and so far (I'm writing this in August) he is loving it. We chose Sonlight Core E for him. This covers the second half of American history and is right up his alley. One of the books used is his very favorite Usborne book about the World Wars. It is stretching him and really growing him and we are both in love with it. We are going back to Teaching Textbooks for math this year, simply so he and I don't argue so much about it! :) And then we're continuing with our regular things like Easy Grammar, Apples and Pears spelling, and A Reason for Handwriting. His favorite part of school is definitely the baking class I designed for him. He is so excited for Sundays to come since he knows he will get to bake with me! I'm already impressed with his skills. <br />
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Wyatt is in 3rd grade this year! Now this is easy for me to believe because so often I just lump the two older boys into the same age in my mind. Feels like he has been doing school for much longer! We cautiously decided to do Sonlight Core C with him this year, which is the second half of world history. He is not the biggest fan of listening ot me read aloud and seems to learn much better with hands on so we were not sure how it would go. After we figured out that he listens best if his hands are busy we started allowing color counts during Sonlight time and now he loves it! Begs to do Sonlight each day so he "can go on an adventure!" Yes, it sounds like a quote from the catalog but it is true! I am so, so pleased and surprised with what a good fit it is. He is continuing with CLE math because it is working for him and we are trying out Growing with Grammar this year. He's also thrilled to be learning cursive and typing this year too. I'm impressed with how quickly he is picking up the typing!<br />
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My little Rosie girl is doing another year of preschool. We really went back and forth on starting kinder this year but decided to hold off so she has some more time to really master writing. I feel like I pushed Noah too much in the early years in this area so I don't want to make that mistake again. Of course she LOVES to "do school" so we are still doing daily lessons with her. We are going through the Memoria Press pre-k program which she loves. We also do All About Reading Pre-level 1 and we are reading through as many of the choices from Honey For A Child's Heart as we can. I can't wait to start Sonlight with her because it is a perfect fit for her as well. She listens along with to the boys stories and really gets into them. I'm so surprised at how much she understands at such a young age!<br />
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And this little guy is pretty much just being a little terror all day. The first day of school as soon as I sat down to read to the kids he crawled over and started screaming and sobbing. He was so used to the kids paying attention to him the entire day he was not happy we were looking at books and not him! Seems like we might be finally getting into a rhythm with him. Maybe.<br />
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He did not want to cooperate with Wyatt to take a pic but then gave his sister girl a big smooch! <br />
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Well, for a little bit till she took the grass from him so he wouldn't put it in his mouth. Evidently grass tastes good!<br />
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I leave you with my gangsta boys. Here is to another great year of homeschooling! Oh so hard, but oh so worth it. Can't imagine my life without these little guys beside me all day. The whole concept of sending your kids away to school all day every day is so foreign to me now. I find it hard to remember feeling like that was what I would ever do with my kids. So glad God gave me a difficult child who I just knew would struggle in a traditional school. I remember the first time I saw positive info about homeschooling on the computer and I was blown away. Also thankful God put people in my life to take the plunge with me so I didn't have to start alone. Being with these kids makes my heart happy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-77663588912168842682015-06-10T21:56:00.000-07:002015-08-14T22:16:35.576-07:00Schools out beach trip!<br />
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It is so hard to believe it had been 2 years since we had been to the beach till this trip! With all the smelly seaweed problem Galveston had last year we didn't even go a single time. Luckily the beach was perfect this time around. They were all so happy!<br />
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They spent most of the time body boarding and they had a blast. Even Annie was brave enough to actually do it this year! And she definitely wins the award for cutest face while doing it!<br />
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Owen Reid had no fear of the ocean at all! We put him down in the sand he crawled right on in. And then he wanted to eat the sand. Lots of it.<br />
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We also had our very first visit with the ice cream man ON the beach. Yup, he drove right onto the beach. Everything was right with the world for the next five minutes. I'm pretty sure their is nothing better than splashing in the ocean while you are eating a snowcone. At least not to my Rosie girl!<br />
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and then went back to the water until the sun went down. My favorite time of day at the beach. Forget the sunrise, sunset is where its at!<br />
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<br />Everybody into jammies and one sleepy baby fed. And then of course the long ride home, but not before a few minutes to watch the lights on the pleasure pier. They were beautiful!<br />
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Let's talk about toys/games that stand the test of time. Blocks? Yes. Legos? Yes. And don't you dare forget The Great Pit of Carkoon! Remember <a href="http://the-adventures-of-noah-j.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-mom-is-away.html">way back when the boys used to love to play this with little baby Annie</a>? Well, evidently it's fun again with little baby Owen. "Mom!! Come see Owen!" A game that stands the test of time I tell you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-71113179771607343462015-04-07T21:40:00.000-07:002015-08-14T21:42:26.344-07:00Signor sleepy head!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I really pride myself on making sure my kids get enough sleep. I never have babies that just conk out in the middle of doing something. Until baby #4 evidently! Poor kid gets dragged around all over the place and never gets a good nap in. He was snuggled up with Noah J eating his snack and just couldn't keep his eyes open. His head kept bobbing back and forth till he just finally gave it up.<br />
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Oh my goodness, isn't this just the most pathetic face ever?! This little girl. She just cannot seem to keep herself upright! She was cruising along on her scooter and hit a rock or something. I don't know what it was but I know the scooter stopped and she didn't. She just skidded forward flat on her face. One of the worst things I've ever had to witness! She was pretty upset.<br />
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And then when she saw this tiny scratch on her finger it was the end of the world! Then she started screaming and wailing! She had lots of time laying with bunny and watching tv.<br />
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She actually healed up rather quickly! By the next day she was looking so much better! And you can see she was happy to be eating a chocolate bunny. :)<br />
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So Owen is definitely not the smiliest baby ever. By a l<span id="goog_1715681408"></span><span id="goog_1715681409"></span>ong shot. So when we get a smile I just have to snap away! We were outside sitting and watching the big kids play when he gifted me with these cutey faces. Love it when he sticks that tongue out!<br />
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This kid just did not want me to get a pic of those two tiny teeth! All that crazy drooling this kid has been doing since almost birth finally came to fruition with these teeth!<br />
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This is maybe my favorite teeny tiny tight onesie. Ohhh, I just wanna gobble him up, he's such a tiny little man!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-63777245170015965502015-03-15T21:01:00.000-07:002015-08-14T21:05:43.225-07:00No green eggs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She looks excited, right? Well, excited and kind of a mess. That hair! This girl. So I thought I would make her day and do something really fun with the classic Green Eggs and Ham. I still remember my mom making me green eggs and ham when I was a little girl. I loved it! I knew I would never get this girl to eat ham but she LOVES eggs so I thought she would be super tickled with it. Well I thought wrong.<br />
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She was mortified! Screaming and tears. True tears! And she wouldn't take a bite. So ridiculous!<br />
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This kid cracks me up!! I want to say he hates being on his stomach but I guess he doesn't. None of the other kids purposefully rolled over and then hung out looking around the room like this one done. Problem is he gets tired of it and then just cries and cries till we come roll him over. The thing is, he can roll both ways. But he doesn't when he gets mad! He just moans till we come save him. He doesn't always have the passy, but if he is in the mood he really loves it. Isn't his comb over the best?! At least three times a week I declare I am going to cut it but when the moment comes I just can't do it! I love the last pic where he is looking to the side - his life is so crazy with 3 siblings he never knows what is coming! Not much makes me happier than how he always has those eyebrows up!<br />
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It is so much fun to have kids that are old enough to enjoy going to concerts with us! And lucky for us they love the same music we do. Well, I guess not lucky. They pretty much only get to listen to what we allow so it seems pretty obvious we would all like the same things! Since I missed the Newsboys concert back in October due to Owen being just born we decided to go the next one we had a chance to attend. <br />
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A plus was that it was in College Station which is always fun to go back to. The church was actually kinda small so even though we were on the back row we had great seats. Seeing Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys together was pretty much like reliving junior high for me. Only thing missing was Astroworld! So much fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-83898099024309189772015-02-14T20:56:00.000-08:002015-03-06T20:59:07.199-08:00A little love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aren't they just the cutest? Love getting to pick a teensy something special for these guys!<br />
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They each got a set of hugging stuffed animals, a sweet treat, and the BIG gift - surprise tickets to see the Newsboys in concert in College Station! We were so bummed that I had to miss the last concert and Josh had to leave early so even though it was so close to the last one we decided to surprise everybody. They couldn't believe it! <br />
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Even little Reidy boy was totally into his gift! I thought it was so adorable how he picked it up right away and really loved when the kids read the card to him. It is so much fun having a baby in the house again! He is a ham! Chewing on his fingers. Always!<br />
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I told her she could pose anyway she wanted and that is what she came up with! ha ha!<br />
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Noah was crazy stressed for a month trying to decide what to make so when he came up with the Cypress TKD building I knew I had to agree just to save my sanity! It was one of the more challenging boxes we have ever made! He was so excited that he won for most creative box in his age group for the 2nd year in a row! It might be hard to tell, but that is him and Wyatt in the windows on the front with their teacher Mr. Dillon on the side. So cute!<br />
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Wyatt made the most amazing duck blind ever! Notice how he even wore his Duck Dynsasty shirt to the party! No coincidence, no sir! He planned every last detail. This boy did this entire box by himself! All I did was print out his photo for him. He was so, so proud of it and absolutely heartbroken that he did not win. I was pretty heartbroken for him, too, since I knew how many hours he spent finding the perfect leaves and moss and gluing it all on. He really thought about all aspects of the design - he insisted on painting the water paper so it looked muddy like a real swamp. And then carefully glued on each duck. He was thrilled when we spotted those in the dollhouse section at Hobby Lobby!<br />
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Wish I had Owen in the pic but he was already strapped into his car seat and I wasn't gonna go through that whole madness again! Can't wait for next year! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-73349779072396155092014-12-10T20:50:00.000-08:002015-03-14T20:51:05.593-07:00Christmas ballet performance!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Isn't my little ballerina adorable? The girls had a couple of ballet performances before Christmas at some retirement homes in the area. It was quite a different atmosphere than her recital so I wasn't sure how she would do but she was a rockstar! I'm so impressed with this girl and her lack of fear.<br />
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After their performance the kids all walked around and talked to the residents and she was so precious, giving them all hugs even though I could tell she was more than a bit nervous over the whole ordeal. They all loved seeing and touching the baby and talking to Annie about what she wanted Santa to bring her (a Doc mobile!). Snapped a few pics of the kids on the porch before we left. They loved all the rows of rockers out there.<br />
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We thought we were going to have a tough time picking out ornaments for the boys this year but to my surprise Hobby Lobby had just what we needed! What taekwondo loving boy wouldn't be ecstatic over a hippo with a black belt? None that I know!<br />
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And of course Rosie girl got ballet slippers! Sadly we didn't get a pic of Owen's ornament. He got this adorable blue pacifier but it was missing the day we passed them out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-21515766021054211962014-12-08T20:12:00.003-08:002014-12-08T20:12:43.470-08:00Gingerbread day! Gingerbread day is so long awaited in our family! At least as far as the kids go. It is one of the few cookies that they all agree on. And they are perfectly dense and filling for a snack or occasional breakfast treat. Maybe the best part is that Josh and I are not in the least tempted by them! <br />
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They were so cute all crowded around the tiny counter taking turns
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And for the first time ever asked me to ice them! You can see Noah's are very minimalist and Wyatt gave his a baby bib and baby booties. Later on he got a sharpie and wrote "Owen" with an arrow pointing to it on the parchment paper. :) Wyatt was really into the icing part this year.<br />
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And of course there had to be a headless gingerbread man fight. :) And lots and lots of eating! Let's hope this batch lasts us till Christmas!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-35364982541868170712014-11-09T20:10:00.000-08:002014-11-19T20:12:27.911-08:00Our toothless wonder!Wyatt has had to sit by and watch Noah lose teeth for years now and it has been killing him!! But no more!!! He finally has started to lose them all at once, just like Noah did years ago. It started with just the one on top....<br />
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And he was as cute as can be. But can you see how the other one is just hanging there kind of crooked? He wouldn't let me pull it out but it had a mind of its own and finally just fell out! And he looked like this....<br />
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Even cuter! And then he lost one on the bottom the very next morning. And this is the look he is currently rocking....<br />
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Can you tell he loves it?! <br />
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He even got lucky one night when the Tooth Fairy was so busy she didn't make it till ten the next morning and she felt so bad she left $5.00!!! That Tooth Fairy is crazy! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-56340844548148638742014-10-25T22:05:00.000-07:002014-10-27T22:10:22.048-07:00Pumpkin Patch for six!<br />
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Our first trip to the pumpkin patch as a family of six! Craziness!!<br />
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They had the CUTEST setup for new babies. Don't you just love it?<br />
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And we were able to snatch one picture of all the grandkids. Sounds easier than it is! :)<br />
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Annie ran around hugging all her favorite pumpkin characters. She was so sweet! It kind of made me sad that the boys are so old and didn't have that same excitement anymore. I'm happy to have one more little boy to love on through those adorable toddler years!<br />
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And of course Grandma and Grandpa bought everybody a pumpkin. Here they are with their special chosen pumpkins! They were out of teeny pumpkins so Owen had to settle for a teeny acorn squash. Ha!<br />
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So I haven't even blogged his birth yet, but just had to make a quick note so I don't forget his big day. Little man slept in his crib the whole night last night! Yay! He was on Neocate for the first night and slept like a perfect little angel. Such a relief!! Of course today he was difficult, but I'll just focus on the positive. :)<br />
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He also cooed today for the first time. Such a sweet, sweet voice he has. He normally just grunts, gurgles from reflux, and cries, so it was so thrilling to hear his precious voice. On top of that he noticed the mobile on the swing for the first time today. As soon as I put him in the swing he looked up at it so I turned it on and he was mesmerized. And to top it all off he had his first visit to the pumpkin patch! Don't know how we ever lived without this little guy as part of our lives!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-11635516040821412152014-10-05T22:17:00.000-07:002014-10-27T22:17:18.465-07:00Brotherly love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My little boy and my littlest boy certainly have a special bond! Wyatt was thrilled when Owen was born and looked so much like him! We were too! Wyatt is always sad that he is the only person in the family that has yellow hair and he thinks he looks "different" than everybody else. So to have a mini-me is something he needed! They even have the same hair growth pattern at the front of their heads. I have always loved how Wyatt's hair grows to the side up from and Owen's is growing in the same exact way. It's adorable!<br />
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Wyatt is always there to help me with this little guy. He is the best at holding him during times when he's crying to be held and I'm trying to get stuff ready to get out the door on time. How on earth could I manage this without the older boys to help me? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-26248954038355753022014-10-05T21:39:00.000-07:002014-10-25T21:42:02.491-07:00Big and Tiny!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Noah is absolutely head over heels for his littlest brother! He adores spending time with him on the floor when he's awake. He lays there and has tons of conversations with him and Owen just soaks it up! Noah J has been such a tremendous help to me these last few weeks - fetching stuff, helping with the other kids, doing housework, and keeping this little guy calm when I can't tend to him right away. So, so thankful for both my precious boys!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23357018.post-34229422059877509602014-09-28T21:30:00.000-07:002014-10-25T21:34:39.723-07:00Sleepless nights!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think these pics pretty much sum up our first week home! I'm so thankful Owen really loves some Daddy snuggle time in the evenings! And even more thankful Joshua is the type to soak it up, no matter how exhausted he is. Little boy sleeps like this for hours every night! He's a top notch snuggle bug!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842257796366624216noreply@blogger.com0