Where I've Been...

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted in nearly two weeks! We have been busy, busy, busy! Sometimes I wonder if life will ever slow down. 

The first week of August we went on vacation to Gatlinburg/Pidgeon Forge, TN. It was a lot of fun, although we had our moments with two little ones out of routine. Ha! I'll post pictures soon, but for now, I'll leave you with a picture of these two crazy kiddos. 

Hope you have a great night!

Random Pictures

These are pictures I've been meaning to post for . . . uh, about a month!

 Playing together in the "play area" part of our living room

Lil' Man - he was about 6 months old here

He's a giggly boy, that's for sure!

I think she was trying to act like a monkey.

Playtime in Lily's crib. 

Um, yes, my son plays with dolls and I'm ok with it! :) He's going to be a good daddy one day!

Yum! Yum!

My teething boy loves chewing on his spoon!

Helping Daddy

When I was a little girl, I loved helping my Daddy. I have so many special memories of the time I spent with him. I remember many trips to the feed store and hardware store, helping him with the animals at the barn, hauling hay, cutting down trees, handing him screws or nails while doing projects, and so many more sweet memories. I look back and wonder if I was more in the way than helping, but I never remember my Daddy acting like I was.

It warms my heart to see Lily so in love with her Daddy. No matter what he is doing, she wants to be in the middle of it, "helping" him. She goes with him whenever he runs to Lowes, or the post office, or the bank. It's so sweet!

Break time - "It's awfully hard work pushing the broom." Ha!

I pray that she is always a Daddy's Girl!

19 months

Happy 19 months Lily!

• She talks up a storm with new words/phrases everyday. It amazes me how she just talks and talks and we can understand what she is saying!
• She is a climber - recently we found her stuck at the top of Levi's crib, she was almost in, her leg just got stuck! Also, we found her sitting on the tray of the high chair while Levi was in it playing. We have to get our bookshelves and corner cabinet attached to the wall ASAP!
• She weighs about 21lbs and is wearing mostly 18 month clothes, but still some 12 month stuff. She's gotten taller recently and 18 month dresses are really short on her, but 24 month/2T dresses are way too big in the shoulders/chest. So for now, she runs around in mini-skirts/dresses with ruffle bloomers underneath. :)
• She's doing great learning her letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. 

• She sleeps from about 7:30pm to 8am and takes 1 or 2 naps each day. 
• She is successfully potty trained (of her own choosing), although we still put a diaper on her at night. Sometimes she wakes up dry and sometimes she wakes up wet. 
• She still loves reading, playing with Levi, cooking with Mama, helping Daddy, playing outside, going to the park, and visiting family. 
• She eats great! Rarely is there anything she won't eat. Her new favorite thing is dark chocolate - um, yes, only because that's her mama's favorite thing!
• One sweet thing I don't want to forget: everytime she hears a siren from an emergency vehicle she folds her hands and wants to pray. It's the sweetest thing! We live nearby a hospital, so we stop to pray many times each day. 

We thank the Lord everyday for this little girl!

7 months

Happy 7 months, Levi!!

• This little man is finally growing like a weed! He weighs around 14 1/2 pounds and I'm not sure how many inches he is. He's nearly into 3-6 month clothes! 
• He scoots everywhere using the big toe of his right foot to push himself. Poor guy got a blister on that toe from our wood floors.
• He's sitting for long periods of time and he can ease himself down to his belly from the sitting position. 
• He adores his big sister and just smiles and smiles at her!
• He is very much a mama's boy! I love it because I know it will pass all too soon.

• He loves to explore - I find him in the funniest places, under furniture, under my craft table, and he got stuck under a chair the other day.
• He is teething. I can feel the two center teeth on the bottom about to pop through. 
• He sleeps from about 8:30pm - 7:00am and takes 3 naps (2 long and 1 short) each day.
• He loves to eat! So far he's had avocado, banana, apples, peaches, pear, rice and oatmeal, carrots, green beans, and pastured egg yolk. He hasn't been too picky or shown favorites to anything, except last week he wouldn't eat anything except banana. I think it had to do with teething issues because now he's back to eating everything!

We are so thankful for this little guy and for the blessing he is to our family! God has used him in huge ways to grow us in our walk with Him!

Brotherly Love

Miss Lily just loves her brother! She plays with him, worries when he's sad, is always going to "check" on him, and shares her toys with him (most of the time). Of course there are times when she is not-so-gentle to him and ends up whacking him or dropping a toy on him or something of that nature. 

The other day I found them both playing on the saucer and couldn't resist the urge to capture the moment.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.

Romans 12:10