Trying to Scoot

Aaron so wants to move around and play with his big brother! We're beginning to see more backward scooting and occasional forward moves. Nothing too troubling yet, but I have a feeling it won't be long, maybe by the time he's 6 months old... (I'm just hoping he holds off really moving until AFTER the Christmas tree is put away!)


I have a feeling Aaron will be our loud child...do you agree?!?

Friends

Jonathan and I joined our first small group bible study at church a little over 2 1/2 years ago. There were 4 couples (later we added one more), 2 babies and 1 on the way. Over time, two of those couples moved to Saudi, we had more babies bringing us to 7 kids and 2 more on the way, and we have branched out to start new bible study groups.

With all the changes we have all faced, we have tried to stay close. It's not easy and I'm probably the worst at keeping in touch, but we still try to get together when everyone is in town.

We didn't get to all be together at the same time with this visit, but we had lunch with the Perry's last weekend and some playtime/talk time with the Che yesterday morning. I'm so glad to have had that time with both even if it was short. I know they have a lot of people to visit when they are in the states and it's hard to find time for everyone.

Lunch at T-Bone Tom's

The Girls (and babies - Miles (11months), Aaron (5 months) and Jonah (13 months)  

Gavin and Caleb (Caleb wanted to do everything Gavin did - it was cute!)

The Guys

Playing with cars

Saturday morning at our house...

Graham (9 months), Aaron (5 months), Caleb 2 years

Caleb and Peyton

I wish I had gotten a few more pictures at our house, but we were so busy talking, I didn't even think about it! Loved having time with all the ladies (and guys too!), thanks for taking time to catch up with us! 

PS - and thanks to my wonderful husband for playing with the bigger kids while the ladies were at our house so that we could focus on catching up and not entertaining all the kids! I love you! 

Randomness from the Week 12/4

I collected some pictures this week that don't really go together for a regular post...so enjoy : )

All boys need forts! This one started out small, but eventually was the whole back area of the couch!)

The flash on my camera made it look bright, but it was actually really dark back there! Loved seeing these feet hanging out together : )

Helping Daddy with our Lego advent calendar. 

Putting pieces together

Showing Mommy the snowball throwing machine!

Aaron and Mommy playing together. 

 This is a procession of photos when Caleb wanted to hold brother...

Getting closer...

...a little closer...

...perfect, "cheeeese"...

...wait, we still need to be closer...

...that's about right!...

See that smile! Sweetness!

...and that was enough closeness...now it's time to play a little further apart...

Ugh, I LOVE these little stinkers! (and the big one too!)

Comparing

I am only just now beginning to realize how tiny Caleb was as a baby! I knew he was in the .01 percentile for quite some time, so 99.99 percent of kids his age were bigger than him, but it's taken comparing him to my slightly larger-than-average baby to really see the difference.

This is Caleb at 8 months old...

This is Aaron at 4 1/2 months old...

Notice IT'S THE SAME OUTFIT! Yes, my 4 1/2 month old fits perfectly in the outfit that was a little big on my 8 month old. Caleb wore this until around 11 months.

Check out these boys side-by-side. I don't think it's going to take Aaron too long to catch up to his big brother...

It's amazing how different two brothers can be!

Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband! I can't believe how much our world has changed since we said, "I do" four years ago! I can honestly say I love you more with each passing year. You are my best friend, the only one I tell everything to. Thanks for living life with me!

I love you babe!