Sweet Boy...

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Both my babies at 3 months.  Both in the same 6-9 mo jammies.  Look alike?

Bo Update!

So our "little" man is 3 months old!  He has survived his first ear infection and cold, sat in his bumbo seat for the first time, started wanting to sit up rather than lean back, opening his fist and try to grab things, "chatting," and laughing.  He has this precious voice.  It is so soft and his giggle is this really low sound.  I cannot get enough of it!  He slept for 9 hours a few days ago and has started consistently sleeping 7-8 stretches.  After starting the dream feed again (it didn't work early on b/c I could never get him awake), I am only having to get up once to feed which is so nice!  We had his ears rechecked last week and he was 17 lbs.  His sweet sister was not that big until 6 months.  I love having a big baby.  It so gives me peace about nursing.

I just look at my sweet son and remember daily the miracle of his life and I love to dream of all God is going to do in and through him.  I am amazed that I now have a son and a daughter.  I wondered just this week if my Mom and Dad felt this young as they were parenting?  I feel like my childhood was literally just yesterday.  How did this happen?  

It is a great reminder of how quickly it goes and how much I want to treasure this time with my babies at home full time.  My favorite time of the day is at night when I put Bo to bed having him snuggle against me completely relaxed and just smelling his sweet baby smell and feeling the steadiness of his breath and treasuring it all my heart.

Halloween Cuties...

We had such a fun Halloween this year!  Abby Kate was SO excited and thanked me over and over Halloween morning for "making Halloween come."  I explained I didn't have that kind of power but she so didn't get it.  At least she is learning gratitude right?  She LOVED seeing all the kids dressed up.  Her enthusiasm was HYSTERICAL..."OOOHHH you look BEAUTIFUL!"  "OOOH, you are SCARY?!! (followed by a loud strange fake laugh), "Hey!  Pirate (or cheerleader or Buzz Lightyear), Come over here! (as they passed by our house or could get to our door).  We had our sweet friends Owen and Ethan (and Heather and Roy) and Aunt Ashley and Liv over.  Aunt Ashley and Liv helped us hand out candy all night and Ash and I just laughed SO HARD at Abby Kate.  What fun!  Now we are counting down minutes to her birthday and Christmas.  She is so excited about putting up decorations!

My New Most Favorite Picture....

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Be sure to see the other new posts from today on down!

I am sure this won't be our only trip (or pics) but it was a beautiful day today and we had a wonderful time!

Sweet Bo...

Just loving this baby!  He has been sick the past week (ear infection and congestion) but he is on the mend praise God!  He is so dear!

More Abby Kate Funnies...

Isn't she the sweetest thing?  I know I am a bit biased but her smile just lights up a room (I can say that humbly because it comes from her Daddy...it is one of the things I love most about him).  We have had so much fun together this week.  God has allowed more time for us to spend one on one which hasn't happened much since Bo was born.  So many funny things come out of her mouth.  I need to write them down daily, because I forget.  But here are some funnies from the last 48 hours...

We went to Target last night, just the two of us and had a ball.  We were looking at shoes and she said

AK:  Mom, these are cute!

Me:  Yes, they are!  Let's look for your size.  Nope, they don't have them in your size.

AK:  (picking up another pair)  Well, these are clever.

Me:  What did you say?

AK:  I said, these are clever.

Me:  Well, yes, yes they are.  (for all you Office fans, insert Jim stare here).

Instead of answering "You're welcome" after someone thanks her, she says, "No problem!"

Today, she had been asking me all morning to jump with her on the trampoline (for the record,  I CANNOT WAIT for her brother to get old enough to jump with her.  The old bladder is not what it used to be after two kids.)  So I had already gotten ready for the day and I didn't want my pants to get dirty so I pulled a chair over to climb up.  As I was climbing, the chair tumbled and I fell on top of it, gashing my back and bruising it horribly (Bobby asked me the other day how I had managed to stay alive after 31 years and after today, I really am not so sure).  I literally could not breathe for a few minutes and Abby Kate rushed over and said,

"Oh my precious baby (kissing me on the forhead).  Are you okay?"  After answering "yes, but give me a minute" she said giggling, "I can't wait to tell Dad about this!"

Celebrating Grandad's Birthday!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Grandad Q's birthday.  He turned 74 but you would never know it watching him (see pictures of him chasing the girls)!   It really was so fun.  We rarely all get together so it was great to visit and just be together.  We all have kids close in age so it is fun for the girls to get to play together.  I also have pics of the girls from several months back that I am going to put on here too b/c somehow I overlooked them.  They are so cute together.  And they now have little brothers close to the same age too.

AK had a ball with Kourtney and Neannie as usual.   Even Pop got in on the face decorating fun!