Must Be Football Season....

There's a lot of red in the wardrobe this fall and a lot of "Go Buckeye" talk from a certain 2-year-old!



4 Months and Leg Warmers

Love.This.

Oh.My.Goodness.  Leg warmers and chunky thighs...I'm in love!  This little love muffin is 4 months already.  Such a cuddly stage full of open mouth kisses, chubby cheeks and smiles.  And consistent sleeping through the night.  Finally.  :) 

Little girl had her 4-month check up yesterday and is 90% for weight and height weighing in at 15.3 lbs!  (Only 4 ounces more than Simon at this age and their height was the same!)  Thankful and blessed with a healthy sweet gal!

Lifeverse

I love my church.  Really, I love the relationships we have built through our church and am so glad to be doing LIFE with such amazing people.  The other week we had our annual BBQ Sunday church at a local park.  We had just finished our sermon series on choosing a life verse.  We each put our chosen verse on a piece of paper and attached it to these environmentally-friendly balloons.  Then we sent them up, up, up and away.  Apparently one balloon made it all the way to New Jersey.  Very fun experience...hope the verse encouraged whoever encountered the balloon!

 

 

Josiah and Simon - church buddies

Monkey See, Monkey Do

 

Guess he knows where these things go!  He's such a big helper and pushes the "on" button for me and says "I turn on the pump and you make the bottles."  Oh sweet child of mine!

Lunch with Mema

This is my grandmother, who everyone knows as Mema.  She is 91 and Simon loves to go visit Mema "at her partment."  We go to have lunch with her almost every other week.  Mema loves the little babies (my sis-in-law and her daughter usually come to) so we are quite the entertainment at the Cafe where we eat lunch.  Wednesday's is B1G1 scoop of ice cream - the highlight for Simon! 

It feels pretty crazy to take three kids under the age of 2 to eat lunch plus all of the other hoopla kids require. And nevermind the time that Simon pulled the fire alarm in the cafe right after Emery had a huge blowout - seriously thought I was going to have a breakdown!  We are very fortunate to have such a loving Mema who is so proud and loves her great-grandchildren!

Celebrating Emery

On Labor Day weekend we had this precious princess dedicated to the Lord at our church.  We are so blessed to be this sweet girl's parents and are so glad to have God guiding us as we go.

 

The dedication is probably a five minute ordeal but to a 3-month-old a lot can happen in five minutes!  Soon before we were to go up on stage Emery was gnawing on my shoulder so I rushed down to the nursing room to give her a quick snack.  She was really tired so I was hoping she would just nod off and not get fussy.  She didn't make a peep once we got up front and even gave the Pastor a little smile when he smiled at her (right on cue)!  Big brother Simon was a ham the entire time....saying "Hi Pastor Jamie", "There's a video camera!"  and "Pastor Jamie's on the dvd (video screen)!"  Whew, we made it off stage with no mishaps!

 

As soon as I walked out of the sanctuary Emery spit up all over me and onto the floor!  Good timing, girl!  AND as soon as we got home from church she had an enormouse blowout.  And then to top it off she slept for 3 hours - the entire afternoon that family was over to celebrate her!

 

All in all, it was a great celebration for our little girl.  God is good!  We love you, Emery!

 

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Hearing a toddler say certain things can really make you laugh.  Our 2-year-old will repeat anything he hears including the occasional "Oh crap" which we just ignore as to not make that a big deal!  Here are a few I've heard this week:

"Emery, you just chillin' with your pacifier."
"Get on your stool, fool."
"I know, I know."  (to Emery while she's crying)
"Oh no!  Emery spit up!"
"Bernie, you stink!"  (Bernie's the dog :)
And then there's the oh-so-common Ellen or Chris or Honey! 

Makes you realize how much those little ears hear and how important that our speech be uplifting and kind!

He Loves Her

 

 

I did not pose Simon at all for these pictures.  He just loves his baby sister that much!  In fact he loves her so much he smothers her with kisses, sits on her, bites her, steps on her head....at least that's what he tells me.  Yea, we're still working out the jealousy kinks and that it's ok to play rough with daddy but not baby sister.  Little girl is going to be tough after putting up with her brother's antics!

The Kid Who Doesn't Sleep in the Car

Taking a road trip with Simon is always interesting.  If you try to plan your trip so that we're driving during his naptime thinking he will nap in the car....FORGET IT!  AND if you plan to leave at 3am and whisk him from his bed to carseat thinking he will sleep in the car at least for a little....FORGET IT!  This kid has to be bone tired to fall asleep in the car! 

 

Yes, we left for the Outer Banks at 3am and Simon would not go back to sleep.  Talk about a long ride for momma who had to entertain him so he wouldn't wake his sister!  I knew we were in trouble when we put him in the car and he said, "I can't see the moon!" 

 

For the record he did finally fall asleep in the car as soon as we made it to our destination 9 hours later!



 

7am breakfast - going strong for 4 hours but looking pretty tired