Family Resemblance?

Do you suppose there is any family resemblance here? :)

Our Family

Josiah just turned 4, Eli just turned 3, Solomon is 18 months, and Daniel Joseph is 3 months!

Time flies when you're having fun! :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Elihu James!

Elihu James

You certainly are a funny boy! 

You are talking like crazy now. And you say the funniest things. 

You don't like to watch movies as much as your older brother. 

You love to read books and will shove a book at anyone who comes over and is sitting on the couch.

You are very good at saying "Peeze!" and "Mank you, Mommy!" when you should. 

You can be quite bossy towards your brothers and sometimes even me. 

I still think its cute though.

You love Solomon and know how to make him smile.

But you call him "Sol-mon".

You like to have cereal for breakfast and call every cereal "Cheerios".

You like to push the cart and help put things in it when we go shopping. 

You are a good little helper. You like to put things in the trash can when asked.

You have the most adorable run. You run up and down the hallway saying "Nrun! Nrun! Nrun!" and waving your left arm in a funny fashion.

You call your big brother "Si - sah".

You have a very contagious laugh.

You still eat more than Josiah most of the time.

You give wonderful kisses and like to tell me you love me!

And I love you too!

Happy Birthday Sweet Eli!

Our Family

Thanks to Garrett's cousin, Vanessa, for taking these for us!

The Many Styles of Mr. Mullet

Josiah Funnies

Garrett and I were talking and I mentioned that something would be funny. Josiah overheard this and said, "Hahahaha! Thats funny!" 

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I had just fed Solomon and gotten him to sleep in his car seat (we were heading out the door) and Josiah started to play with Solomon. I asked Josiah to please stop playing with Solomon as he was sleeping! Josiah did not listen and I had to tell him a second time. This time, his response was, "No, he's MY Solomon!"

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Eli was sitting on his car and Josiah was pushing. I told Josiah to stop because its not nice to push and he could hurt Eli. Josiah responded, "But he's touching me and I'm trying to get the bug!" Okay maybe its not so funny, but I'm amazed at how well he putting sentences together.

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A lot of his sentences lately have started with "He, he, he is...."

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He wanted me to take him outside. But I told him that I should brush hair first. So he ran into the bathroom and grabbed a baby brush and came back and started to brush my hair. He then stepped back, looked at it, and said, "Thats better!"

Solomon Emmanuel

Born December 30 at 6:55 am, he was 8 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/2 inches long!

Garrett holding Solomon with Eli looking on

Josiah is a proud big brother!

Sweet Solomon Emmanuel

The Beach

For the past two weeks, Garrett, Josiah, Eli and I have been visiting my sister, Kate, and her husband, Todd, in North Carolina. Unfortunately, Todd was out in the field for most of that time but we were able to keep Kate company while he was gone. On the weekend, Kate took us to the beach!

Josiah loved playing in the water and sand!

Eli didn't like the water so much! Garrett carried him for a walk along the water!

My sister, Kate, and I

Okay, I can admit that I wrote that in the sand, not Josiah. But it makes for a fun picture!

This is a picture of our third child at the beach! haha!

Eli and I walking along the beach.

We visited a fishing pier. It wasn't my favorite - it smelled. And there was pelican that was definitely thinking about attacking us!

Horses and Cars

Josiah loves horses.

No doubt about it.

He wakes up and wants to look at horses.

And then he looks at horses all day,

a book,

a movie,

on the computer with us.

And then he plays with his toy horse.

And 'Woody' rides around the living room.

"Bid-i-ga, Bid-i-ga, Bid-i-ga, Bid-i-ga!"

Translation: "Giddy up, Giddy up, Giddy up, Giddy up!"

Oh, how he loves his horses!

Eli has become a climber.

He walks with his car.

And he is starting to keep up with is brother very well.

20 Weeks and Counting...

until Baby #3 makes their appearance!

Boy or Girl? Any thoughts?

Would you believe that this young man will be 2 years old in just a week (31st)?

Josiah David

You:

like to read

give your brother good night kisses

like to eat fruit

look like me when you smile

like to play with Legos with your Daddy

like popsicles

say "cow" a lot

like to play "outsideh"

like to play with your cars

watch the movie Cars

call your brother "Ottyga"

run up and down the hall panting like you're out of breath

point to my belly and say "baby"

say "shh" when you see a baby sleeping

like animals

And this little man is already 13 months old!

Elihu James

You:

smile with your entire face

say "oo oo"

say "boo" when I pull your shirt down over your head

try very hard to keep up with your big brother

make a big mess when you eat

stand on your own just fine until you notice and then you grab something quickly

have an indentation in your sternum

still take two naps when your brother lets you

no longer use a pacifier

still chew on anything you can get in your mouth

like splashing in the bathtub

Nebraska Pictures

Here are some pictures from our trip to Nebraska!

Beautiful Miss Olivia Joy

Visiting the animals at the Zoo!

My Grandma Duff and me

Eli with his Great Grandma Duff

Josiah and his beloved cows

This is my Great Aunt Elinor

Jennifer playing with the boys

Garrett and Josiah at the July 4th festival in Lyons

Garrett and Eli at the July 4th festival in Lyons

Josiah playing on the merri-go-round

Balloons!

Since Garrett works in the afternoon (3pm - 11pm), we get to spend the mornings with him. This morning, while I was working on massive amounts of laundry, Garrett took the boys outside to play with water balloons that Eli got for his birthday!

Josiah running for his next balloon.

Eli playing with his balloon.

Josiah kept trying to pop the balloons and was still surprised when water came out!

Eli was trying to get the hose while Garrett filled the balloons.