toothless

miss maryn's big news....


she was so brave and asked eric to pull it with plyers....he didn't get it out but managed to loosed it up a good deal.

here she is showing off her big gap and caleb reposing the picture for his version...the hilarious thing is that caleb has such big gaps between his pikkie teeth that it could almost be his:) the excitement was too much for him....he begged eric to pull his tooth out with the plyers!!!

my joshie is growing so big and it makes me both beam with pride and want to cry that my baby is not baby anymore. yesterday, we finally got rid of all the bottles to change to an exclusively sippy-cup lifestyle. eric protested the most...not being able to let go of his baby either. this morning, he crawled on top of me in his customary fashion but instead on his usually slobbery, open mouth kisses all over my face, he gave me a sweet, puckered closed-mouth kiss on the lips. it made me giggle and so he did it over and over again. it was very sweet but i am going to miss my baby.

he has also started saying an array of words....many of which i haven't heard from the older two until they were a little older. his words of fitting for a third child i suppose who so desperately wants to be a part of all the action....some of his favorites are...

"meewee" (maryn) - the love of his life beyond his momma
"alab" (caleb) - his wrestling partner
"teers" (cheers!) - his obsession at any meal is to do "cheers" with everybody over and over again. it's become a tradition.
"cool"
"me too" - this is very popular and if anybody ever says the words, "would anybody like...." he is the first to burst into the room shouting "MMMMEEEEEEEE!"
"ni-night" and "bye" to maryn leaving for school

and all day long he is preparing to go somewhere and heading for the door saying "let's goOOOOOO!!!"

besides these more common words, he still talks all-day long. i'm getting quite good at disiphering his jabber because his really is trying to tell me something most of the time, just doesn't know the words yet. what he does know, he says really clearly....which is new to me because caleb has been so hard to understand. it surprise me when a perfectly formed words comes out of such a little mouth.

and besides anything else, he's utterly gorgeous.

***this picture was taken pre-haircut!!!

a playdate with coltie

little miss colton came over to play this morning for a while while grandma went to a consultation. she is such a little delight and it is hard to believe she was a tiny 3 pounder last summer. we love her to death and joshie and caleb loved having her over. caleb loves playing with her and going "teet-ow, teet-ow, teet-ow..." in her neck. and joshie adores her and is also just a little bit jealous sometimes like when i was giving her her bottle and he came and lay inbetween me and miss colton. but he likes to give her toys and occasionally "gently" poke her in the eye. come and play again soon colton-bug!

life is good.

there is little to describe the close to perfection feeling we feel right now. we are loving our new home and our little family and so enjoying the blessing this has been. there are so many moments during the day that my heart feels as if it will leap out of my chest as i watch my children enjoying the space and doing things they have never been able to do before. it makes the seven year wait all the more worth it! i'm so grateful.

waking up each morning to something like this....
happy kids eating healthy breakfast
glorious view of the crisp morning
....and let's be honest, is there any view better than a husband doing the dishes?

pretty darn close to perfection.

a little late

this post was intended for valentine's so sorry that it's a little late....

the original plan was that eric was going to take maryn to the sweetheart ball at the mansion....but one thing lead to another and the date changed to a daddy-daughter date with some other daddies and daughters and a very fun time at the infamous "jungle quest" followed by a lovely dinner. eric showed up with flowers for maryn which she thought were so fabulous! (possibly her favorite moment of the whole date!) then they joined chad and kaylee, paul and avery for a really fun time! i think this may become an annual tradition!


apologies to paul who got cut off at the end!! dang waitress!

getting there....

we are in our new house and LOVING it!!! all the space....i feel like we're all so far away all the time (and it's not even such a big house....we're just used to being on top of each other)! the move is going well but there is still a ton to do. thanks for all the support...we are feeling very loved! will have internet officially on friday so i'll update then!!!

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not packing

i'm supposed to be packing but i feel like i've been pacing my house aimlessly for the last week!!! i don't know where to start! i just want it all to move itself. it's also been a combination of stress and frustration trying to get everything in order. the house has just moved forward beautifully but getting our apartment leased has been a nightmare...correction--the management at our complex has been a nightmare!!! we found someone to lease the apartment but as soon as i turned it over to them, it became horrible. now, we have it more or less squared away -- but not without a ridiculous struggle!!!

the good news is, our loan was all approved yesterday and we should be ready to close even as soon as friday!!!! yay!!! but i guess that means most of my house should be in boxes already. sigh. anyway, now that my carrot cake it ready, i suppose i'll have a piece and then go and pack some of those empty boxes.