Thursday, May 26, 2011

Water Day With the Morgans


We got to spend a morning this week with the Morgan kids. We broke out the pool, slip 'n' slide, and a fun new sprinkler that Nana and Pop found for us.

Micah and Kallie sharing some cheese crackers.

Davis in the sprinkler

How Josiah does the slip 'n' slide.

Mattie having fun!

My boys went back out after naps.

Summer is fun!



Looking like a drowned rat, but he loves the water.
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Simmons Sleepover

A week of so ago, our buddies Audrey and Gareth spent the day with us. The played outside and got hot and sweaty, and then we cooled off inside with a Thomas movie.


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They started on the couch together.

Gareth got a little bored and moved upstairs to play, but the lure of Thomas brought him back to the top of the stairs.

These two refused to nap earlier. But while watching the movie they got still and quiet and sleepy...



Josiah slept maybe 10-15 minutes, but Audrey crashed for almost 2 hours, despite many wakening events going on around her.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Peas in a Pod



This is Josiah and our neighbor Mattie. They are two peas in a pod. Since the weather has gotten warmer, they've been playing with each other all the time.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Conqueror!

Josiah has conquered so many of his fears and challenges lately. He finally started pedaling his tricycle last week. We had the Simmons kids over, and I think they helped him realize how fun it is!

Gareth's "trick" was to pedal really fast onto the grass and let the grass stop him. Josiah does this now too (but not quite as fast).

Sweet brother moment.



And the big tricycle, too! Did you know he could ride vertical? What a trick!

This past week he also conquered the his fear of the bounce house! We got invited to a preschool friend's birthday, and she had one. He actually seemed to be having a good time inside. I'm happy for the positive peer pressure.

This is not one of his areas of struggle, but I think he also officially read his first word this week. I've been working on sight recognition of words with him, and when he's being cooperative, he easily follows my request to find the word starting with "c," or I'll point to a word over and over again and then have him find it. But this time we were doing an Eric Carle book where you match the picture of the animal with the written word of the sound it makes. I was flipping through and told him to stop me when he saw the word "meow." I flipped by and he stopped me saying, "That's it!" He did it again with another word, but then he got obstinate when I got too proud of him.
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Micah at 11 Months

"What is that Mr. Giraffe? Only 1 month until my birthday?

"I see some gray hairs. We are getting old."

"Time flies, right Mom?"



"Better get started planning my party. Gotta go!"
  • This kid is on the move big time! He loves to crawl. He getting more balanced standing/walking, but I suspect he won't be officially walking by the time he's one.
  • He really loves balls. He cackles whenever he seems one and throws pretty well.

  • He started signing "more" this month. He pretty consistently calls Jonathan "A-da" and ball "ba-ba." He's added a "na-ne" consonant.

  • He seems to like meat more than his brother, but Josiah liked it a little more at this age. He's not really gone for cheese yet, but we'll see if all this changes.

  • He's allergic to something; we just haven't figured it out yet. It's either something in some types of yogurt, something outdoors or animal-related. I think. He's broken out in hives a couple of times, and we're keeping tracking of what he's been exposed to, but no clear link yet.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Formal Individual Shots

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Cute Cousins



Here are the results of the cousins' formal Easter pictures. Isn't it amazing? I'm normally not a huge fan of posed pictures, but this is just over-the-top cute!
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Fresh Off the Vine

The previous owners blessed us with an amazing strawberry patch, blueberry and blackberry bushes, and prepared raised bed.



Eating fresh off the vine. I'm excited about trying to make some strawberry jam this summer.

Anyone have suggestions on treating strawberry stains?

Guess he's not allergic.


Sunday, May 08, 2011

Thanks for Making Me a Mama









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Swinging Baby

Micah has discovered goldfish and Ritz crackers. Now every corner of my car will be coated in crumbs...I'm pretty sure there was a crevice or two missing.

"Mama, does this angle make my cheeks look chubby?"





Loves playing with/eating dirt, sticks, etc.



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