Monday, October 28, 2013

Recent Moments

Life is adventurous, entertaining and of course busy! Here are a few of our recent captured memories.
 

Baby bums are so cute.
 
 
Micah had a blast at the harvest party this year. He worked the press for over an hour.
 
The Farmer got to go up flying with our brother in-law. He got some beautiful pictures with all the trees changing colors.
 
I am no longer nursing Jane. She seems to still miss it in the mornings but over all she has adjusted great.  
 
The kids marching with strainers on their heads. Quite entertaining. It was in fact Jane's idea to put the strainer on her head. 
 
 "Micah God's Mighty Warrior". He is dressed up resembling a character in a book we have titled Will God's Might Warrior.

Micah God's Mighty Warrior (with a different hat)
 
All of us riding in the land cruiser, a first for Jane.

Monday, October 21, 2013

12 Months

 My oh my, my baby is one! Life has flown by and shows no signs of slowing down. As I have said before Jane is a joy to us, and this past month has been no different. She continues to grow and develop. Our biggest milestone she reached this month is walking. We have a walker! She is getting pretty quick too.Walking around occupies most of her time and entertainment, she loves walking around the house. She especially loves "marching" around the house either following people or leading people around. I also get great laughs chasing her around.

Some of her other favorite activities are playing with stacking rings, stacking cups and blocks. Jane also finds it quite funny to stick her fingers in other peoples mouth. Micah and Jane both crack up laughing when she puts her finger in his mouth and thankfully he has learned how to be gentle. I love seeing their relationship develop. Her talking hasn't development too much. She says bye, daadaa, bah bah for me, and she will make a sort of barking noise when asked what a dog says. We have started to wean, I am dropping one feeding per week (we were at four a day). Jane still LOVES watermelon. You should see her smile the moment her eyes see a slice. On the flip side she already doesn't like vegetables. I guess it is pay back for all my picky years. Jane has four teeth now. Two on the bottom and two on the top. The top two are now all the way in yet, but they have broken through.
 I will write a whole post of this but another thing about Jane right now is her love of her blankets. There are two that are from the same soft fabric and she is attached. It is pretty cute. We were just at the doctors for a check up. Jane weighs 20lbs 3oz and is 29.5 inches tall. The grow so fast in the first year! Still can't believe it has been a year. What a blessing Jane has been to our family.

Friday, October 11, 2013

3 Year Old Interview


I can't claim to be original on this one (came from Pinterest). I'm not sure I can every claim to be original with anything sine Pinterest is around. But nonetheless here is an interview with Micah at age three. The plan is to ask Micah the same questions every year, it will be fun to see how these answers change.


How old are you?....showed me 10 fingers and answered 5

What is your favorite color?....blue

What is your favorite toy?....fire truck

What is your favorite fruit?....lemon

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?...peanut butter and jelly

What is your favorite thing to wear?....beavers

What is your favorite game?....trains

What is your favorite animal?....cow

What is your favorite song?...he started to sing a made up song with nonsense words

What is your favorite book?....Are you my Mother?

What is your favorite snack?....fruit leather


What is your favorite thing to do outside?....play with cousins

What is your favorite thing to drink?....orange juice

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?....french toast

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?....fly airplane on you

What is your favorite thing to do with Papa?....play rough

What is your favorite thin to do with Jane?....play

Who is your best friend?....Titus

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?....sleep sack or sheet

What do you want for dinner on your birthday?....peanut butter and jelly

What do you want to do for work?....work in the garage

What do you want to be when you grow up?....Papa

A moment with Jane

God is so kind. He gave me a sweet moment with Jane the night before she turned one, just like I had with Micah. Before bed she usually doesn't let me hold her very long, she is just wanting down to play or to be put down in bed. But this night I was able to hold her. I started out singing (secretly hoping this would calm her down so I would be able to hold her longer), then we talked that she was about to turn one. I spoke of how much joy she has brought to us, and then she stuck her finger in my mouth and started laughing, I did too. We spoke of God's love and how she can chose to follow Him and He will guide her through all her life. I told her I would try and stumble and fail, but I would attempt to point her to Him. I continued to tell her what a precious sweet girl she is (crying of course). "Tomorrow is a big day for you. Sleep well sweet girl, I love you."