Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Time to Eat!

Andon tried his first solid foods this week.  We started with mashed up avocado.

Hi Mama, whatcha doing???

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What the heck???

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Hmm, not so bad after all . . .

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This is pretty good!

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Faster Mama!
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Here, I'll just do it myself!

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Back off Cat!  You're not getting any!

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A meal and a facial!  I like this eating thing!!!
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Andon is Learning to Crawl


Look at me!!!  (and my hair sticking up!)
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I can do this!  I can crawl!
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A little help here guys???
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You can do it Baby!!!  (She refuses to call him by his name, although we know she can say it.)
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Go Andon!!!
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This is harder than it looks.
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I'm not doing it. 
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I'm done!!!
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That wore me out!  This being a baby thing is hard work!
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Easter Bunny Hopped By!

The Easter Bunny hopped by our house while we were napping!
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We got fun new socks!
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And flip flops and swimsuits!
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And chocolate!!!
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The Easter Bunny hid our eggs!
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Andon found one!
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Looking for the last egg!
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It's always in Daddy's pocket, just like Mommy's last egg was always in Pepa's pocket!
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Easter Eggs

We colored Easter eggs after church on Sunday.  We had planned to do them earlier, but things just kept happening that were out of our control.  It actually worked out really nicely though.  We told the kids they could color eggs right after lunch and then they had to dry, so they had to take a nap while they dried or the Easter Bunny wouldn't be able to come.  They all four napped at the same time!  I think we'll be coloring eggs after church next year too! 

A pink egg
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Sharing!
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Coloring with a white crayon on the egg
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Andon's first Easter egg
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Hmmm, what color???
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Such concentration!
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Most of Abby's eggs had a "cracked" appearance :)
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"I don't know about the eggs, but this hand is yummy!"
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Anthony's egg!
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Aiden's egg!
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Abby's egg!
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Patrick's egg!
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My egg looked like Eve from Wall-E!  The boys thought it was amazing! 
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Easter!

He is Risen!!! 

This morning I greeted the boys with this phrase and taught them to respond with "He is Risen Indeed!"  I love this tradition.  Patrick taught it to me.  It is not something I grew up with, but I want to incorporate it into my children's celebration of Easter.  We talked about it again on the way to church and we practiced saying it all morning!  We were already excited because it was Easter, but we also had the privilege of moving into our newly remodeled sanctuary at church!  It was so nice to have the construction nearly all complete and to see the amazing progress of the remodel.  It was such a blessing to be worshiping with our church family! 

Abby loved twirling her dress and showing off her "hat" to everyone!  I'm trying to teach her it's actually a "bonnet."  My beautiful girl!
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Andon loves playing with his friend Madison at church.  Madison is two months older than Andon. 
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Anthony ran down the new hallway of the church and jumped into his Sunday School teachers arms.  I love how my children are loved at Lynwood Baptist Church!  (Soon to be called Crosspointe.)
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As we walked through the doors of the church Aiden ran to Pastor Bruce and said, "He is risen!"  Pastor Bruce replied with, "yes He is!"  Aiden then gave him a lecture on how to respond properly!  Later, when Pastor Bruce greeted the congregation he made sure to share with us that Aiden had taught him about the proper response to "He is Risen!"  The church got it right.  Aiden was very glad.
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My very, very blessed family!
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Easter from Nan and Grandaddy

A box from Nan and Grandaddy!
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An egg!
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There were teethers in Andon's egg!  You can see the drool on his face and how unhappy he looked.  As soon as I opened that egg he grabbed a teether, shoved it in his mouth and started gnawing!  He was much happier after that!
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Hot Wheels!
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Thanks Nan and Grandaddy!!!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Easter from Mimi and Papa

A box from Mimi and Papa!!!
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Look at the fun stuff!
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I wuv my fwip fwops!!!
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Thank you Mimi and Papa!  We love you!