Abel has got skills…look what he figured out…all by himself.
He gets the stool from the bathroom
Climbs up onto the stool
Then he realizes we are amazed at his skills
Then he proudly perches himself upon the couch!
Then he gives me a great face!
First and foremost, I am so proud of Aaron. He trained hard and worked through all of his injuries to meet this goal of running his first marathon. He did AWESOME regardless of what he tells you. He ran the ENTIRE race and he completed it with a good time for his first marathon race.
These pictures were at packet pickup on Friday. We had fun Downtown!!!
Papa with Abraham
Papa with Abel
Now on to the actual day…it was not fun for me at ALL. The boys were FABULOUS. I thank God every single time I even remotely reflect back on it for wonderfully behaved little guys.
We got up super early and headed downtown to drop Daddy off at the race. We got there in good time and he had some time to prep before the race started.
Boys in the Burley sending Daddy off to the race
Papa before the Big Race
It was pretty crowded where we were and it was pretty dark so I didn’t get very many good pictures. We said our good-byes and I waited for the start. Once it did, I took a few videos of the people taking off and then packed up. We got back to the car and I made plans for us to get to our next meeting spot which was at the 17/18 mile marker. We had about 2 hours before we needed to be there but I figured the boys could play outside or we would kill time somehow. Little did I know what was before me.
I had maps and directions from Aaron to get to Butler (which was the meeting spot). I couldn’t get anywhere downtown. Every turn I took got us stuck because of the race course. The worst turn which was only about 10 minutes after I left the parking garage was on West street (going the wrong way but I had no choice). They shut down West street (both ways) but allowed traffic to stack up heading north. We sat during the ENTIRE 5K race. Nearly 1 hour stuck in traffic. The kids were wonderful, like I said. We ate snacks, sang songs, listened to music, played with toys, made up games to play. I familiarized myself a detailed map of DT which we had in the car. I am not the most proficient at knowing all the streets and which way they go but I have a great memory and am good at reading maps. We finally get to go but make this story short and sweet, we never make it to the meeting place in time. Hindsight tells me that I should have found the interstate and just taken that to the nearest exit to Butler and I would have saved myself a ton of trouble. Do you have any idea how hard it is to travel (be stuck in traffic, rather) with a young boy who has to go potty? Or a pregnant momma who has to go so bad she can’t see straight? It was nightmarish. I am thankful we were kept safe because we went through some pretty hairy neighborhoods during this unbelievable trek.
During my defeat, I had left the meeting place (after a potty break, thankfully) and we started heading back to the finish line to meet up with Aaron. We were stuck once again. We were sitting in traffic for about 25 minutes or so and I was watching the runners go by (they were running parallel to us just the opposite direction). I started noticing their numbers….Aaron would be close possibly. I seriously began fervently praying that we would see him so he would know we were okay. I was so worried that he would think something terrible had happened to us, that he would lose his focus on the race. I don’t think I stopped praying that entire 25 minutes. Then there was a break in traffic…I had to make a decision. We hadn’t seen him yet, but we needed to get back to the finish line. I moved over a lane to the break and we stopped again. I look over and there was Aaron! We honked and rolled down the windows and yelled! He saw us and waved!!! YEAH!!!! I was so emotional I just started crying (again…I cried a bunch that morning because I was SO frustrated). This time I was able to explain that my tears were of happiness because I got to see Daddy. Traffic opened up in our lane because we wouldn’t cross the course and we were on our way. I did a quick couple of tries to get across the course to get back but got fed up with it and headed for the interstate (why this didn’t occur to me earlier on is beyond me). We hopped on the interstate and made our way back to the finish line! We only missed Daddy by about 15 minutes from crossing the finish line. We met up with him rather quickly and it was a wonderful reunion! I was emotional (duh) but understandable. I let the kids out and they got to run around a bit while we got Daddy some warm, dry clothes and we took some photos. Then we hightailed it out of there because this momma was STARVING!
Daddy at the Finish
It was an experience to say the least and I am just ever so thankful that it turned out as “good” as it did. There were no accidents or bad situations. God has His hand of protection over us for sure! Plus Daddy finished and did great with no injuries (just leg cramps, but what do you expect when you go fast for 26.2 miles on foot)!
**And just for the record, this not being able to get from point A to point B was not the fault of ME. I am a very capable driver. My in-laws were trying to get to the same meeting place to see Aaron and they ended up turning around because they couldn’t get through either!**
We made it to the doctor yesterday with much thanks to my mother-in-law who watched the boys all by herself for a few hours! Thanks!!!
Baby A#3 first ultrasound
The appointment went well. It is so crazy to see a picture of this new little life growing inside. It makes it very concrete. The baby is growing well and even measuring ahead of dates already! The heart beat was 143 bpm and sounded super strong. I think about how much has already taken place in the development of this baby and we are only at 7 weeks! Some women don’t even know they are pregnant yet at this stage and maybe haven’t been as careful as to what they have put in their bodies (caffeine, medication, etc…).
We are very excited for this new little person to continue to grow strong and healthy. Please pray that this would be the case. We have been surrounded by more families than I care to list that have suffered losses of their babies in recent times. It is very painful for me to see their loss and then I start to worry about my babies. Please pray for peace for me and also those families affected by the loss of their children. I know God is sovereign and will not let His people suffer beyond what He can offer comfort. Just pray that these families will also lean on God to get them through.
Anyway, I have been asked by several of you “how are you doing?” with pregnancy #3. This one has been a bit tougher. I had cluster headaches for the first 3 weeks that I could do NOTHING for. Not fun. But thankfully with 1 caffeinated beverage a day, that has gone away! Nausea has been a biggy this time around. I believe most of it stems from my calorie restriction that I have been rather used to but this baby wants none of. If I eat small, frequent meals (totally not me) I feel much better. So I am having to get into the habit of eating snacks (healthy ones) and dinner (ugh). I despise dinner. I never want to eat at night. I used to have a yogurt and maybe some fruit or a veggie. Never anything much. Well not anymore. This baby says “if You don’t eat, I will make you sick!” So I now eat a dinner much to my chagrin. Oh well. It keeps things interesting, right? I am also exhausted. Duh, right? I am very tired and it shows come 2 pm. I usually CRASH and crash hard. So we have family nap time around 2 pm and we nap for about an hour to 2 hours. It is glorious! I am still tired but not super sleepy and am recharged enough to handle the rest of the afternoon/evening.
The boys have been fabulous with this new pregnancy. We had to stop going to BSF because it was just tearing us apart – Abel wouldn’t get his morning nap and fall asleep on the way home which meant mommy didn’t get her afternoon nap, food was rushed, and even Abraham would get super grumpy by the afternoon because of our early day. It just wasn’t worth it. Maybe next year? Anyway, the boys took it well (ham was a bit disappointed but he enjoys his school time with mommy). We don’t go hardly anywhere any more. I love to just stay home and keep up on things. Sometimes we get restless and run out to the library or something or while it was still warm we hit the park or just ran around outside for 10 minutes or so. It is actually quite nice hanging out at home most of the time!
That about sums up this pregnancy so far! Love to you all and can’t wait to see everyone during the upcoming Holidays!
I LOVE CLOTH DIAPERING!!!! I have only 1 regret…that I didn’t do it sooner! It has been the best thing for our family. Sure, there is the initial investment but really that cost will be made up for in about 5 or 6 months of disposable purchases. I was able to purchase several to try and sold most of them because I fell in love with Bumgenius 4.0 and Softbums Omni. They are the 2 easiest solutions for us and I love the way they fit my chunky monkey’s thighs! Plus, the Omnis will work for a newborn and both will fit from about 3 months on.
Let me breakdown the pros and cons for you if you are even teetering on the idea of CDing.
CONS: Bad news first…
poop – no one wants to deal with it. Luckily there are ways to effectively get rid of the poop (disposable liners) and move on with life! We decided to go down this road and they cost about $0.07/diaper change (if I use them every time). Abel is pretty predictable with his BMs so I only need to use a few during the day. My usual diaper cost alone was $0.27/diaper and that was with super duper discount!
washing – yes, you have to wash the diapers. But really is it any worse than washing a messy outfit? Not really. Most to all of the poop goes into our toilet (thanks to the liners) and I am actually only rinsing/washing pee. No my machine isn’t yucky and it doesn’t smell bad. I chose to wash our diapers every day as to not allow it to sit around in a bag. Since I do laundry ALL the time anyway, this isn’t a big addition.
stuffing – I chose pockets for our kiddos diapers. I like them for lots of reasons. Does stuffing the pocket take a little time, yes. It is worth it? To me, yes. I just sit on the couch with the kiddos running around playing and I stuff the pockets. No big deal for me! If this was a big deal to you, chose another type of diaper! Super easy and simple!
Addiction – This doesn’t happen to everyone but I thought it would be important to note. You can get addicted to buying “fluff” as it is called in the CDing world. Fluff is diaper in code. You think that every pattern is adorable and you have to have them all. Stick to your budget and buy used when you can!
PROS: Good news time!
Cost effective! I will NEVER have to worry about the purchase of another diaper AGAIN! Doesn’t matter HOW many more kids I have and if the “lights go out” we are prepared. PLUS, I can SELL these used for MONEY!!! Seriously? Does it get much better than that? Along with the cost, I no longer have to purchase Diaper Genie liner refills. YEAH! I can just use a regular trash can liner to put into the diaper genie to take my dirty wipes and liners (I do flush the poopy liners).
Great for the skin – Abel has such soft baby skin and I really think I can tell a difference with cloth diapers. He has had 2 bouts of diarrhea while going through this trial of cloth diapering and his rash (which he gets instantly) is gone almost immediately and I used NO DIAPER RASH CREAM. He never feels wet because the super duper awesome fleece of his diapers pull away the moisture. I NEVER see the chunks of goo that used to come out of disposables on his bottom. I never really wanted to know what that stuff was anyway.
trash day – Aaron can attest to this one. We have super light trash now! We always strive to be as “green” as possible. We believe in being good stewards of the earth. We recycle just about everything (glass, plastic, cardboard, paper) and we compost. We also really try to buy things that aren’t packaged ridiculously or that can’t be recycled. With that effort, we have made it a challenge to never exceed 1 bag of trash (39 gallons) per week – no matter how big our family gets. I know it may seem a lofty goal, but we do it and we think we will pass down great respect for the earth God gave us to our children. When we had both boys in disposable diapers it was a stretch to contain the trash to 1 bag because the diapers were so HEAVY! When it was just Abel in the diapers, it was still a REALLY heavy bag of trash. But now, we have so much less trash and it is lighter! Nice to know that stuff isn’t going to sit in a landfill somewhere! Granted, we are using water. Everyone always brings that up as a “well, you are using a precious resource” – yes, I am. But I do 1 small load every single day. It is so miniscule that the usage of the water far outweighs the 500 years of waiting for diapers to decompose in the landfill.
CUTE! – Cloth diapers are the CUTEST things around! Their tushies are super trim and the colors and prints are just adorable. I love seeing Taters run around in his diapers!
Elimination Communication – In the past month since we have gone down this venture, Abel has begun to understand “pee” and “poop”. He has even tried to poop on the potty! He will tell me in his way that he needs to go and we go and give it a try! Nothing happening. He still goes in his diaper but the minute he does, he comes to us saying “uh-oh” and pats his backside. He wants changed and changed pronto. It is AWESOME to say the least. This is a HUGE change. He was a silent and secret pooper. You would never know he did it and you honestly couldn’t smell it! He was sneaky. Then you would finally go and change him thinking it was probably needed and get a gross mess. Now we have super easy cleanup! (except diarrhea but when is that EVER easy to clean up).
So there you have it! My experiences with cloth diapering and it was great!
Today was MUCH better! I have already made some adjustments and getting on with the learning curve! We even went to church AND Incredible Pizza company all before we made a stop back home! NO change of pants needed (we had 3 changes yesterday)!!!! It was fabulous! His poop is still gross but the poor kid is teething terribly and I believe causing some diarrhea. I have just absolved to deal with stains and try out some tricks my friends have used.
I have definitely decided for those of you that care….Best Bottom diapers are not for us. They have SO much going for them and I was SO excited but they are just not the right fit. He has horrible red marks all over his chubby thighs. Not a plus in my book. So we are still on the search for the “perfect” diaper!
Oh and why the title says PARTIAL day of cloth diapering is because my mom so graciously took the kids OVERNIGHT tonight (first time for taters – 2nd for hammy)! I did not torture her with cloth diapering. I gave her pampers to use:) That’s the least I can do for someone watching my kiddos!
All in all, I am feeling more and more confident in my decision to go cloth. I have felt this as a call to make this change and maybe God has been leading me for one reason or another. Whatever the case, we are making it work!
Ham in his Super Undies - The Blue Bandit!
Abel sporting his AIO Grovia
Backside shot. Not any bulkier than a disposable! Love it!
Well, today was mixed. I know there is a learning curve so I am going into this knowing it will take me a bit to figure it all out. Not that many of you care, but here is how today went.
I used a Grovia All-in-One (that I bought on craigslist) with an extra microfiber insert for overnight. Abel is not a heavy wetter at night. This worked FLAWLESSLY! He woke up dry – no leaks! His skin wasn’t terribly wet either! Score 1 for cloth diapering!
Then we began our day. I changed him into a Flip diaper with microfiber stay dry insert. I love aplix/velcro!! I forgot to add the flushable liner to catch the poop. So I quickly fixed that but it had been long enough that I needed to change the insert. So reuse of the cover just new insert along with a liner. We finish breakfast and he poops. Here is the first test run! The flushable liner did okay in catching the poop. There was some staining that went through to the insert. I did realize that I had the insert in wrong – it was upside down as in wrong side facing my dude’s bottom. I fixed that for the next change. This was the last insert I had for the Flip. He goes down for a nap and wakes up with no leaks! He was soaked inside the diaper and the cover was wet too but it never made to his clothes or sheets! Another score for CD’ing!
This time I change him into a Best Bottom diaper with Hemp/Organic cotton insert that snaps in. Love the fact this diaper has snapped in liners. Keeps them from moving around so much not that I have lots of experience or anything. I decide to take the kids out for lunch today. We went to McD’s (in honor of you mom!) to get some chicken nuggets and free french fries. We get those through the drive-thru and I head over to Subway to get MY lunch. This baby LOVES Subway right now. I get my sandwich and we all sit down to eat inside. 1 hour has elapsed. Munchkin has been drinking and drinking quite a bit. He is HEAVY wetter during the day. I predict I will need to change the liner soon. I check him as we leave and he was actually A Okay! We move on to the next stop: Speedway. Yes, I still drink caffeine. It is either drink a very limited amount of this or take meds that 100% will cause defects to baby OR suffer from ridiculous cluster headaches and basically WANT to die my entire pregnancy….I chose caffeine. Anyway, I digress…I grab a quick drink for me and a refill (G2 gatorade) for the kiddos for AFTER playtime at the park. We now get to the park, this took a whopping 15 minutes from checking him at Subway to walking into the park for play time. We played for probably 30 minutes before he ever felt damp. I was super happy! We went to the car and did a quick change out of the insert and I did change his pants because when I carried him, it made them even wetter. I would have preferred to have changed the diaper cover too but didn’t have any others with me. I am just testing the waters here and not investing LOTS of money…yet. We go back to playing for another 15 minutes or so and head home. Abel downs nearly 2 sippy cups worth of G2 just on the way home! That kid drinks as badly as his brother! (in quantity only). Maybe if I just gave them water things would slow down….but again I digress. We get home and they play outside while I empty out the car (maybe 10 minutes). We get in the house and I start getting things ready for us to go upstairs to have some quiet time resting from the park…his pants are SOAKED. He drank that much that fast! I foresee water in his future…anyway, we go upstairs and I change him into a Grovia 2-in-1 with an organic cotton soaker with flushable liner. He goes through that one in about 30 minutes. I am beside myself! Thank goodness I decided NOT to put pants on him! It is now naptime…I am SUPER afraid of leakage becauce of how much he has been going and how much he has been drinking. I switch to another Grovia 2-in-1 because I have a total of 4 of those with only 4 soakers. (2 of the diaper covers I got on craigslist, the others I bought as a trial). He had some leaking when he woke but mostly up and out the top. I have noticed this a bunch. The tops of some of the diapers just don’t catch it all. I will have to work on this. He gets changed after wake-up and by this time and I am to my 2nd to last diaper cover. Another Grovia 2-in-1. I get him changed with liner. I quickly race to my washing machine and get the other diapers going because I need them! All goes much better for the rest of the evening. He drinking slowed down dramatically which of course means less pee. Since that was the case, life was MUCH easier! No more accidents or leakage! Time for bath. I go to strip him down and take off the diaper….boy was I surprised! I seriously had ZERO clue that this little turkey had pooped a 2nd time! It wasn’t a clean poop either. It was a messy, messy, messy diaper. The flushable liner….didn’t really help with this. Sure it caught some of this poop but it was EVERYWHERE. All over the insert, the diaper cover, and him. I get it all cleaned off him and just stash the nasty diaper and insert in my bathroom sink until I can deal with it. I get the kids bathed and ready for stories. I bide some time with a few minutes of a show with singing (Abel’s favorite and ONLY thing that will keep his attention for any amount of time – Ham will watch ANYTHING). I quickly run downstairs and throw my last 2 diapers in the wash. The others I already washed where thankfully dry and ready to use…kinda. The inserts were ready but the cover/shells have to be hung to dry. They were still wet/damp. I still had one more diaper cover upstairs to use and several inserts (3 that are specific for overnight usage). Abel was in my last Grovia 2-in-1 with a Best Bottom overnight insert thrown in (I had no Grovia inserts and no Best Bottom cover, I improvised!) I will let you know how that works out!
I check on my “dirty” laundry and see that the insert that was poop stained is still poop stained (not too bad) but noticeable. Aaron will definitely NOT like that. I feel defeated most of the evening and think CD’ing is not for me but I come across LOTS of people that have staining and letting the insert dry in the SUN will take the stain right out! Hmm. What do I have to lose? Icky but clean insert went into a ziploc with water to keep it wet overnight and tomorrow before church I will be setting it outside to dry on my deck or porch. I shall let you know how that experiment goes.
Recap: Cloth diapering is not for the faint of heart. I despise the very idea of dunking/swishing or even spraying poop off of a diaper. That is why I was so excited about flushable liners! Well, they are a bit of a disappointment with not so solid poop.
You do have to change diapers frequently! But if you read the packages of disposables, you are supposed to change those every 2 hours! I sure didn’t do that!
I think I might look into fleece liners as those are supposed easier to remove poop from and protect baby’s skin and your diaper from staining. They aren’t expensive….plus I can surely find some rogue fleece around here and try it for FREE!
I also think I might go down the road of a pocket diaper. All the ones I have been using are Hybrids. They have the cover with an insert that lays right up next to his skin. They are used primarily for people who buy the disposable insert (not liner). You get to feel good about using a “disposable” diaper but without the environmental impact (inserts are compostable, flushable or just plain tossable and they will break down in about 150 days versus 500 years for regular disposables that have plastic in them (huggies/pampers and the like). Anyway, a pocket diaper has the “shell” or cover and has a pocket (didn’t see that coming, right?) that you stuff with an insert. The cool thing is there is a nice soft liner that touches baby’s skin and wicks away the moisture. You can stuff with WHATEVER you want. You find what works for you and go! It is fairly similar to a disposable diaper routine. You grab a pocket diaper that has been stuffed and put it on baby! Simple as that. Time for a change? Remove pocket diaper, put in wet bag or whatever for laundry, clean up baby if needed, put on new pocket diaper that was stuffed. No switching inserts, wiping out shells/covers, no “airing out” between changes, etc…
Wow this is a really long post. Sorry. I am sure that 99.9% of will care absolutely NOT for this journey I am on but all pregnancies bring on some sort of obsession and this is mine…for the time being.
I started down this road in search of a washable pull-up for Abraham at night only. I needed something that would really keep him dry but not be something I had to go to the store and buy repeatedly. When he was wearing pull-ups, he would wake 1 to 3 times a night and demand a NEW one if it was wet! That was getting VERY expensive. With his Super Undies that we found, he does great. He doesn’t wake often and if he does, he never asks for new undies and should he wake due to the urge to go, he can go without any problems (it isn’t a diaper, they are underwear!). We had such great success with these (after trial and error) that I just know cloth diapering will be awesome, once I get the hang of it. Well, enough of this. I think the boys are just ADORABLE in these cloth diapers/undies!!!
But oh, didn’t we have so much FUN today!!!
Ham at the park
Taters at the park
And just for the record, I was absolutely beat when I finally told the kids we were leaving. I did exercise this morning and then chased after Abel and little bit of Ham the WHOLE time at the park. It was very tiring especially pregnant. And now look at me, it is midnight, I have church in the morning, what am I doing? Posting to my blog! Geez. Good night everyone!
Woohoo!
We are going to be a family of 5! Yes, we are pregnant with baby #3! Due date is June 21, 2012. Of course with C-sections we get to pick the date…I am thinking 6-18-12 (great math equation!) or Aaron’s pick I think was 6-14-12. We shall see. We like to let them “cook” as long as possible.
The boys are excited…well as excited as they can be. Abel just says “baby, baby.” He doesn’t get it but he will soon enough! Abraham on the other hand understands and says it is his baby brother. Too cute! We are warning him that it could be a boy or girl, whatever God has decided for us and we are to be happy with either. He usually retorts that he has spoken to God and it is a boy. That is just downright funny! The things he says crack me up!
Anyway, on top of everything else I hit my 80 pound weight loss and what do I do? Go and get pregnant! Geez!
With every pregnancy comes a new obsession…mine…cloth diapering! Yep. More to come on that!
Please pray for a healthy baby and that I will be able to manage both boys, the dogs, the house, and maintain some semblance of sanity through this pregnancy! Thank you!!! Love to you all!
We have been doing lots of things! I gave up on catching up in a timely fashion. So I will just start with now and if I get the older stuff up, yippee!
Abel has learned to close the gate with him on either side!
He is such a stinker!
Ham just having fun!
Abel has an obession with his new found skill of opening and closing EVERY DOOR
He also loves to get into drawers he knows are off limits...stinker
We love puzzles around here! Ham puts them together whenever he has a free moment!
Abel wants to climb these VERY much but mommy doesn't like digging splinters out of little boys' hands!
Abel is so funny! He has attached himself to this bucket. It has chalk in it but whenever the garage is open and he is free to walk, he will run to grab this bucket and just carry it EVERYWHERE! It is too cute!
Ham loving the sunshine and burning off some energy!
Another fave for Abel, the Cozy Car (that's what we call it!)
My little man...looks a bit Austrailian????
This is Ham's new thing. He has to pull Abel around the block. Mommy is no longer allowed to do this task. It is rather cute and sweet.
Abel is very curious about his world. He will investigate ANYTHING. Thankfully, this was just a leaf!
We took the kids on a field trip…we went to Daddy’s work! It had been quite a long time since the kids had been into the office and we thought it would be fun. These 2 had a complete blast! We got a bite to eat and brought to the office. We found a nice conference room and enjoyed our dinner. The kids had SO much fun in this room. It echoed like crazy. So they made sure that they screamed and screamed as loud as possible to make the most noise imaginable. Aaron and I just plugged our ears and let them let it out! It was so funny to watch them! Enjoy the video of them!
Abel visiting Daddy at work
Ham visiting Daddy at work
We went to buy some apples at our local orchard...we love idareds!!!
Daddy braved the beautiful weather to get the apples...I had 2 cranky kids to manage in the car:(
This made the boys VERY happy. Apple cider slushies for everyone!!!
He is being funny here but we did weigh the bags...they were 22.5 pounds EACH! That's a bunch of apples!
This is Abel through and through. He is such a silly stinker!
This is my baby boy. He has his binky and woobie...his 2 best friends while teething!
Here are the boys having some play time in their room. Trains and books - 2 faves!
I have felt this calling since before we had children and it is stronger now more than ever to homeschool our children. We have started preschool with Abraham. I found an amazing free Bible-based curriculum and we love it! He knows much of what is required so we are able to work on other things (counting higher, focus on phonetics, pre-writing skills, etc…). It is great but not for the weak at heart. Today, I about lost my mind. I was TOTALLY pumped up for this week and today was an utter disaster. It is NOT easy to homeschool with a toddler who wants my attention at any cost (digging into our plants for the millionth time). TV does NOT captivate Abel at all…so I must look for new things to entertain my little dude while we do school!
Ham fingerpainting!
He was very proud of his picture!
Abel chilling in our AWESOME bean bag! We actually got 2 of them but I have only filled one. That was a disaster, let me tell you!
Ham still prefers the couch!
That captures glimpses of the A-Team during a normal couple of weeks! We try to live each day as if tomorrow is not a guarantee…because it’s not.
Check out the shots Melissa from Willow Grove Photography! She did awesome as always! These are available for download and you can print them anywhere. We have the full rights to these pictures. If you want to send me a list of your faves, we might be able to work out a collective order.
Love you all!
Enjoy the photo memories!
We have been working on books are for READING not EATING!
Rolling baby boy!
just look at that face
How could I EVER say no to that face!
Tater's 1st Christmas pictures...I was just having some fun with him in front of the tree
He thought the camera looked tasty
My taters with his momma
LOVE this hat!!!
Ham and Papa just chillin'
His absolutely BEST friend
Going for his favorite...the ears!
And he of course had to TASTE the ear...yuck. Boog is such a good sport!
He is so sweet. I love him.
My sweet boys
Mama with Ham
Big brother helping to show Abel how to play with the new toy
Look at the excitement on that face...we are heading to the bath!
Ok, there are a TON more pictures…I will do a part 2! Good night!