tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319168182024-03-07T09:51:15.628-06:00There's Something Wonderful About Loveamy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-73298074377198733132010-08-23T22:34:00.004-05:002010-08-23T23:54:21.852-05:00Growing pains...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fgAAvZ9kuv434aoEB_O2GTcK4iJFLDhS1r-lqgn2bT7DmYchf-2b9DreR7gmRru_L6jSU9F5FeOz2UYFkdtr21fj9ODC9B2QC2pkOXlOCv6ATdX90mQ3hJyU5UVDo5Mp8IOyKA/s1600/DSC_0383.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fgAAvZ9kuv434aoEB_O2GTcK4iJFLDhS1r-lqgn2bT7DmYchf-2b9DreR7gmRru_L6jSU9F5FeOz2UYFkdtr21fj9ODC9B2QC2pkOXlOCv6ATdX90mQ3hJyU5UVDo5Mp8IOyKA/s320/DSC_0383.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508832066412913842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYGfqs4M7ofCbiC2W5alWZDrTCuI1-DD7OfqH3Mg6d4H_Lf6hcVJKUPJY373ZT4ESGIeC3ddUGcHpKwkbDlqSgP6ydery9ULUSQ6O53KArdoOS4EROthUZsoMCi4C0GC_zhSC8Q/s1600/DSC_1253.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYGfqs4M7ofCbiC2W5alWZDrTCuI1-DD7OfqH3Mg6d4H_Lf6hcVJKUPJY373ZT4ESGIeC3ddUGcHpKwkbDlqSgP6ydery9ULUSQ6O53KArdoOS4EROthUZsoMCi4C0GC_zhSC8Q/s320/DSC_1253.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508832057684327202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00FKG93v2Oc5xnvUwVY5fuPcdM3J3R-7hW2ed3JuyZJAou4SOI191j802Pz0xpbFuPa_C9mPgBNM4UaeFLfxkT0R-q5hrXm7sIyy5E7VKOuQUcD8wJD_pUq8V7Xx4NiE2OMhOiQ/s1600/DSC_0030.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00FKG93v2Oc5xnvUwVY5fuPcdM3J3R-7hW2ed3JuyZJAou4SOI191j802Pz0xpbFuPa_C9mPgBNM4UaeFLfxkT0R-q5hrXm7sIyy5E7VKOuQUcD8wJD_pUq8V7Xx4NiE2OMhOiQ/s320/DSC_0030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508832049094116738" /></a><br />So it's been forever and a day since my last entry in the blog world. I find blogging a bit difficult to keep up with because there are so many I love to read, so I find myself getting overwhelmed and not reading or writing any at all. I know, strange right? You would think I could just pick a few to read each night when I get a free moment or update my own for that matter, but I find myself on Facebook instead or messing around in Lightroom, editing my pictures. It's been an interesting summer, pretty uneventful, but interesting still. Life with 2 three yr. olds continues to keep me on my toes and challenges me everyday to want to be a better mom. Some days I feel like I fail miserably while other days I feel like at the end of the day I can lay my head on my pillow and not have a thousand thoughts race through my head of what I wish I would have done or said differently. I still constantly have to remind myself that I will for sure make mistakes (everyday!) and just pray that God covers them, just do my best and let Him take care of the rest! I find 3 to be some what of a difficult age, more so then 2....at least for me it has been. Strong wills, sassy mouths and more time outs then ever! Everything baby is behind us now except for pull-ups at bedtime, oh and....did I mention they are still sleeping in cribs? I know, I know....get them in big boy and girl beds already! But....they don't try and climb out of their cribs and it's so nice to know that when we put them to bed, they are going to stay there, sooooo, we just leave them in cribs for now! Actually, every once in a while we will ask them if they want to sleep in a big bed and be in their own rooms and each time the answer is "NO!!!! we want our cribs"!!! I think it's because they know when we do this, they will not be sleeping in the same room anymore because it's not big enough for two twin beds. They really do quite well in the same room, so for now we are leaving it alone, at least until they turn 4 which is just in a few months! ((((sigh)))).....I feel like I am sort of in this place where I need to do some growing myself. My status on FB last week was something like..."I am feeling a bit out of sorts lately"....it's not a real fun feeling to have, but I do believe God will lead me thru it. I want to grow in my relationship with Him and it may require a lot of changing along the way, so I have to prepare myself for that. I have a tendency to shut down when life is too much for me when I should just run into the arms of my Creator. So I want to grow. I want to put this list I have created in my head, of who I want to be, to good use and quit saying "maybe one day..." Anyway....enough about me, Lilly and Asher are going to be 4 in just 5 short months, how is this possible?! Oh and it shows that they are getting older when I hear things like "it's no fair"! or "he started it" and "it's your fault"! Sometimes I think they need a break from mommy and mommy needs a little break from them as well...would love for them to go to preschool at least one day a week, but it's just not in the cards for us right now. (cards meaning budget ;) We'll see. I adore them more then ever. My favorite part of the day would have to be right before we put them to bed we all 4 snuggle up in our bed and we let them watch a little nick jr. while we cuddle. I wouldn't trade that moment for the world no matter how completely squished Brad and I are and ready to fall off the bed...after the snuggle time we usually read a story and pray and recently we have been asking them what their favorite part of the day was. The answers are so sweet and always make Brad and I smile. Here are a few recent photos of the little darlings.amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-62105375017211046542010-01-12T22:23:00.004-06:002010-01-12T23:14:55.288-06:00Big boy and girl turn 3...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhVrvy4Bu_XbZ_Ss_NzkkUzE49zRAEKgbgwaFyHMPxrJdGtqQd21XEJ7QT8K5-3GLGgQMoNkVfSAbr5_ecqqLs_dhQe_7JrnZWjTz6pdp1pnlYvbm74LT_Ue3UrWmDz-ZhSCgHQ/s1600-h/lillyasher+3rd+bday.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426085694841370242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhVrvy4Bu_XbZ_Ss_NzkkUzE49zRAEKgbgwaFyHMPxrJdGtqQd21XEJ7QT8K5-3GLGgQMoNkVfSAbr5_ecqqLs_dhQe_7JrnZWjTz6pdp1pnlYvbm74LT_Ue3UrWmDz-ZhSCgHQ/s320/lillyasher+3rd+bday.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5S84nQtfetcvOlrWjHvk0ddDaCqXqArRPAb89kWyUENWIc9Esqwui3hCnk8Ss8jNlfY4KtUTX59CiTZXiJ8B_siFq-2CsO1OTiASfNwDM93IwKhcCujy1lcciOawoET8MwZkFQ/s1600-h/lilly3rd+bday.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426084917061273058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5S84nQtfetcvOlrWjHvk0ddDaCqXqArRPAb89kWyUENWIc9Esqwui3hCnk8Ss8jNlfY4KtUTX59CiTZXiJ8B_siFq-2CsO1OTiASfNwDM93IwKhcCujy1lcciOawoET8MwZkFQ/s320/lilly3rd+bday.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuF120ZcR0NCDlLJWpy_f-GOiAZ8TQQL7H1mWd5BP8cT4ZF7Bi69RaHYP0nlw9hZDybQOB6ZDaogjdasimImIbgbSVJKjCp0ghQmkLO-16rZGH666XROD64kIAbScTmaaUHuOWg/s1600-h/asher+3rd+bday.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426084909113018594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuF120ZcR0NCDlLJWpy_f-GOiAZ8TQQL7H1mWd5BP8cT4ZF7Bi69RaHYP0nlw9hZDybQOB6ZDaogjdasimImIbgbSVJKjCp0ghQmkLO-16rZGH666XROD64kIAbScTmaaUHuOWg/s320/asher+3rd+bday.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgB5xvsndZarPboebChAN9siOtf9-Sr02eNQIX-VvCzjuSlMCNdkfIy2rGtlBc-AvmhRNvvsgcD7GeR-iP5btmFLnR4aAsRA7Q-t5gUJRcuotDznCRV2KtpdGwwiR3007EZQ3Kg/s1600-h/3rd+bday+cake.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426084900763729922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgB5xvsndZarPboebChAN9siOtf9-Sr02eNQIX-VvCzjuSlMCNdkfIy2rGtlBc-AvmhRNvvsgcD7GeR-iP5btmFLnR4aAsRA7Q-t5gUJRcuotDznCRV2KtpdGwwiR3007EZQ3Kg/s320/3rd+bday+cake.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We celebrated Lilly and Asher's birthday on Jan. 10th since their actual birthday was on Monday. Just had family and a few close friends over to have some cake with us. It's amazing how you can blow up a bunch of balloons, put them in a room and kids just think it's the greatest! No need for birthday games, just let them throw the balloons up and hit them around. This also causes excited high pitched screaming, so it was for sure loud! I should have known that the 5 dollar umbrella's I picked up at Walmart, at the last minute would be the biggest hit as far as presents go. Since Sunday, Lilly and Asher both have taken their umbrella's (rain or no rain) with them wherever we have gone. My babies are 3 now....they are fun, sweet, beautiful blessings. They make me laugh, they make me cry, they make me want to be a better mommy. I look so forward to seeing them grow this year and what new things they will do, say and learn. Lilly already talks like she is 10 yrs. old practically! They say things now that just amaze me like "I miss Simon" (our dog that we had to put to sleep about 6-8 months ago). They ask about God and Jesus and say He lives up in the clouds in Heaven and Lilly will also add "and He lives in my heart". Their favorite words are "why" and "because" and they will say them even when it doesn't make sense to say. It melts my heart when they say "I love you mommy" and I know it does Brad as well to hear "I love you daddy". Asher's giggle is infectious and Lilly's hugs are priceless. The 4 of us snuggle in Brad and I's bed every night before putting them to bed and watch some Nickjr. Most of the time we all end up laughing and wrestling around but it's nice when we are all just quiet and snuggled up to each other. I hope and pray as they get older, they will still want to do that... They had a ck up the other day and Miss Lilly weighs a whopping 24.5 lbs and is 35 inches tall. Asher weights 32.5 and is 39.5 inches tall. I love you my sweet 3 yr olds!</div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-83683938910916894732010-01-12T21:58:00.003-06:002010-01-12T22:22:40.545-06:00First big snow of the year...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFYclehGJitsWX6lUOrIUEY_zpqUUUd9NknXRk1bux0KE51InxoBFwn7tFDkhEfuuB3OZLpKNKwvldLo28RNwJB5aK5bRlnp_55aDXHIjnOtvk68zSHB0bPJX9JyEnQuYVVwP6A/s1600-h/lillysnow5+blog.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074891213844786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFYclehGJitsWX6lUOrIUEY_zpqUUUd9NknXRk1bux0KE51InxoBFwn7tFDkhEfuuB3OZLpKNKwvldLo28RNwJB5aK5bRlnp_55aDXHIjnOtvk68zSHB0bPJX9JyEnQuYVVwP6A/s320/lillysnow5+blog.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa-kGBgWqO9PJvek0iyb_L6pwBzwl4kyR2AAmnMLqbJsbFMs8rK6A89ylzoI9J5pUIUWG8J0K-ozONqo6cdUqk_kOZta7FkbTKmR3WuxMvnaT26uuj9Ld4X75jsAzxaLoxGga7g/s1600-h/lillysnow+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426074881343839426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa-kGBgWqO9PJvek0iyb_L6pwBzwl4kyR2AAmnMLqbJsbFMs8rK6A89ylzoI9J5pUIUWG8J0K-ozONqo6cdUqk_kOZta7FkbTKmR3WuxMvnaT26uuj9Ld4X75jsAzxaLoxGga7g/s320/lillysnow+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMytl4WPcWY8vU42XfFeb4pc8uPKyhbWo5wWPUVaC5BR9sADBCnIjv8gqRqguhJ__sqcntkFbV56BVJJiytys5vWHzovccKyHSUxNLW9ubNpnU6BPQZlln_tzsHv65qsN-2RM3eg/s1600-h/lillysnow2+blog.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426073440876958162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMytl4WPcWY8vU42XfFeb4pc8uPKyhbWo5wWPUVaC5BR9sADBCnIjv8gqRqguhJ__sqcntkFbV56BVJJiytys5vWHzovccKyHSUxNLW9ubNpnU6BPQZlln_tzsHv65qsN-2RM3eg/s320/lillysnow2+blog.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Izfx82ek1pLU0r6bx7SyLE6VgUzwdmmpZmb8OXYMBhjXJUcMYZ8mksB2D1hfSz1WC4gxNej5q8mutb3Ex5Ak_6DiLCgOap7mhxeeiF-1FPTN_Suf_3Wu9nMAu7wpmQRnLicdhQ/s1600-h/ashersnow+blog.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426073430241719490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Izfx82ek1pLU0r6bx7SyLE6VgUzwdmmpZmb8OXYMBhjXJUcMYZ8mksB2D1hfSz1WC4gxNej5q8mutb3Ex5Ak_6DiLCgOap7mhxeeiF-1FPTN_Suf_3Wu9nMAu7wpmQRnLicdhQ/s320/ashersnow+blog.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQWj3VUXop9jdMxmZWgxFV8L1wXr9U1kFr1h9ivJY-5RbqqtUd988sAFtxQLNO4E39jnDmGrqmqPhGjjI_xtL0zg0eAASoginfkcfaYAlSbreXT7zwGBStFT36CB8_qOP3K9Ylg/s1600-h/ashersnow5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426073423825278898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQWj3VUXop9jdMxmZWgxFV8L1wXr9U1kFr1h9ivJY-5RbqqtUd988sAFtxQLNO4E39jnDmGrqmqPhGjjI_xtL0zg0eAASoginfkcfaYAlSbreXT7zwGBStFT36CB8_qOP3K9Ylg/s320/ashersnow5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Lilly and Asher were beyond excited to wake up and look out the window and see snow on the ground...after Christmas of course :( As a matter of fact, it was 2 days after Christmas on my birthday, so that was a nice surprise! I woke up to Brad, Lilly and Asher singing happy birthday and laying two presents on my belly. ...so sweet. Later we bundled them up to go out for just a few minutes because it was super cold that day. Asher ate the snow, which didn't surprise me at all and Lilly just giggled and tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue. It's so fun to see them so excited about something. I feel so blessed to have these two little ones in my life and have an amazing husband to help me keep my sanity! hehe. </div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-71483210091198955962010-01-12T21:17:00.004-06:002010-01-12T21:58:15.554-06:00Happy New Year!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9t3bhfG50iPrNK5q54UdcuRRpwo9lisG3ris2ng_Zfl-l9E-dQ3GgudaFsNTfIWfgil4MdJdzPanIXd3OzTzmyLZZ2mQfT6VyzY2Tk_QUc_DLuBckUyanQulWPH4Rlde3-fiKQ/s1600-h/DSC_1232.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426068752698696578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9t3bhfG50iPrNK5q54UdcuRRpwo9lisG3ris2ng_Zfl-l9E-dQ3GgudaFsNTfIWfgil4MdJdzPanIXd3OzTzmyLZZ2mQfT6VyzY2Tk_QUc_DLuBckUyanQulWPH4Rlde3-fiKQ/s320/DSC_1232.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-50HC6M2KsRb2aaqRwet4-TU2nyZvLE3hZy8ej56iF27w__e0CjPrK86cQE6YfucHtyJPh4pLgHLDQL6EheIriGWg28JYNgrJc5LEj0TUYqlxdDho5YQuELUVRXGGfyH9ogsyOg/s1600-h/DSC_1229.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426064725001214514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4ye-QKIgtECrdIQPIM_BbFgsBcjoDyXrmRdgbvNlkrBpPzbW03Awhc1dGRtbyPZYD-pUDN-JsFjpXZSfTC248idzV0YcpfpegUUDZIKjKhYNJ9JxCMChxY2cS357h1cngPXtSA/s320/DSC_1173.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>2010, a brand new year and time for brand new goals. I had set a few for the babies (guess now that they are 3 I can stop calling them babies....neh!) one goal being potty training before their 3rd birthday! I'm proud to say, even though I waited until the last minute, Lilly and Asher are both almost completely potty trained! Lilly caught on in 3 days while Asher took a bit longer. Not that he didn't catch on as quick, he just flat out didn't feel like going on the potty. Let me tell you potty training two toddlers at the same time was a bit overwhelming the first few days. My sister stayed with me to help get started and by the end of the day we wanted to give up and wait another couple of weeks! We put them straight into undies, no pull-ups, so we spent the first day cleaning up accidents. Day two was better and by day three Lilly was doing both on the potty and has never looked back! Asher just started going #2 in the potty the last few days so I am really hoping this is it! They both do wear a pull-up at night, then undies all day....I'm so proud of them and incredibly thankful to be done with diapers! We are hoping to try and use whatever money we save on diapers to put them in preschool 1 day a week this spring....we'll see if the savings add up to be able to do it. We spend New Years with Grandma Chris and Papa Hoz, Aunt Shelly and Brennen joined us as well. We laid Lilly and Asher down for a nap at 4pm so they could stay up to ring in the New Year with us...it worked out quite well because I snuck off and took a nap too! Our little celebration started with pizza and yummy snacks Brad's mom brought. We got out the party hats and horns at about 10pm and had to hear Lilly and Asher blow those horns and say "Happy New Ear" for two hours straight...yes....they both called it "new ear". After ringing in the New Year it took them about 45 min. to settle down and be ready for bed....the good thing about a late bedtime means they didn't wake up until almost 11am the next morning! So here are a few photos of our New Years celebration and hoping this year brings wonderful things ;)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-12189534792125052992010-01-12T19:20:00.000-06:002010-01-12T21:15:33.009-06:00I have got some catching up to do!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQAw8gLnwQxKXukBHatWY5d4hyphenhyphenn2T9NfocvxxNzC23oL2mzLLzT6mXDS5L2H0Yp-U9sFfcuxjZp0on0bJJpVv2fWlOHHSteS6EhQQZJiDOiMyxkd9n9ZNoVDThKfCejMJoyheew/s1600-h/DSC_0855+copy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426033409724172242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQAw8gLnwQxKXukBHatWY5d4hyphenhyphenn2T9NfocvxxNzC23oL2mzLLzT6mXDS5L2H0Yp-U9sFfcuxjZp0on0bJJpVv2fWlOHHSteS6EhQQZJiDOiMyxkd9n9ZNoVDThKfCejMJoyheew/s320/DSC_0855+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYF4PALNY4tBd60HBDRzf0gvYwCaI1dCYACl3IZMKIRKXNq95jK7DTf8kMgvecvRyf0t9-HZ6InzvhEYKyRlfNy69oQK_Saz5JevMtBpeMT9ZfRQ_280xnC-kLk8TZL3_OyD1Aw/s1600-h/DSC_0848+copy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426033401165911186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYF4PALNY4tBd60HBDRzf0gvYwCaI1dCYACl3IZMKIRKXNq95jK7DTf8kMgvecvRyf0t9-HZ6InzvhEYKyRlfNy69oQK_Saz5JevMtBpeMT9ZfRQ_280xnC-kLk8TZL3_OyD1Aw/s320/DSC_0848+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluQoyhdIq5D5AL6k7hWWcBp6B5qThm5XN9hld9KVzTmcnXaS793qnX8-_9RMW8NoVjt9JWC4V_Vgo0biGVUgZ39hptUAMLF-aENgJ6h5J66wyBnCBCHiD-9W4EeOhmBd4o56w7w/s1600-h/DSC_0845.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426033392560847218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluQoyhdIq5D5AL6k7hWWcBp6B5qThm5XN9hld9KVzTmcnXaS793qnX8-_9RMW8NoVjt9JWC4V_Vgo0biGVUgZ39hptUAMLF-aENgJ6h5J66wyBnCBCHiD-9W4EeOhmBd4o56w7w/s320/DSC_0845.JPG" /></a> Ahhh...Christmas...it was a really fun one this year with the babies being almost 3. They were very excited about putting the tree up and helping decorate it, talking and asking lots about Santa and singing along to the "Elf" soundtrack every time we got in the car! Brad and I got so sick of hearing that cd we once loved, we were happy to put it away for another year. We took them to see Santa at his house in the mall ;) of course on the way their they were so excited and couldn't wait to see him and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. They had both practiced it so many times...when asked...Lilly would say "I'm gonna tell Santa I want a barbie"! Asher would say "and I want Handy Manny"...seemed simple enough. As you can see from the pictures, this is as far as they got! Lilly didn't sit on his lap nor did she tell him what she wanted, instead she held onto Aunt Shelly for dear life and cried. Asher got as far as standing in line with daddy...he wouldn't even walk up to him, let alone sit on his lap! Oh well, maybe next year. Christmas morning was also lots of fun, Nana, Aunt Shelly and Becky and cousin Brennen all spent the night so we could all wake up together on Christmas morning. It was so cute to see the look on their faces when they came down the stairs to find presents under the tree, some wrapped and some unwrapped and to see that Santa had eaten his cookies we left out! Unlike last year, they tore open their presents with noooo problem and most importantly they were old enough this year to some what understand why we celebrate Christmas and asked lots of questions about baby Jesus too. <br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-29998486655220742962009-11-17T20:55:00.004-06:002009-11-17T21:02:56.544-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeNexzs6ZjWt2N08YXIHsJr4btCh24-3CMF67vElPiHbiKRpAxmhJH9vsr0lnlzzTmN6uvgcaNIh62H0Odf_J7Pbvp1Q7fC4RhTafnXiIPwz1jvPHGtLFSycCeLqaEO7QdMcxnw/s1600/DSC_3006.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeNexzs6ZjWt2N08YXIHsJr4btCh24-3CMF67vElPiHbiKRpAxmhJH9vsr0lnlzzTmN6uvgcaNIh62H0Odf_J7Pbvp1Q7fC4RhTafnXiIPwz1jvPHGtLFSycCeLqaEO7QdMcxnw/s320/DSC_3006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405273672501021186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLeEH54ZhyphenhyphenhXCzkstSmV6fLRqudmLWuxE5fkylcG55TUhyphenhyphenXaCVFz_cpMUha5LeZFAoFZ0Ccm-xFxZvO1g7x7gsSg7RXG5AkYbYnL_NXZxUigAcvV9FAGG3wlGinpeWKea1QLC8w/s1600/DSC_2973.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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(well Asher, not so much....he was super grumpy) we dragged him around in the freezing cold anyways to fill his pumpkin with candy that we knew he would never even eat. When we went up to most houses he would hide his pumpkin behind his back when they would go to drop the candy in and make a grumpy face! Lilly on the other hand held her pumpkin out before we even got up to the house....she is our candy freak....thankfully Asher could care less about it, a roll of smarties or a sucker that he never finishes, every great once in a while and he is good to go. Lilly asks for candy for breakfast most mornings. Over all it was a fun but cold evening. We tried to hurry home in time to pass out the candy we bought but didn't make it, so that candy made it's way into our bellies just as Brad predicted it would. We let them pick out their costumes after many suggestions, they finally decided on these. We didn't try them on until we got home and Asher's was too small. My thought was to exchange it for the very same costume in a size bigger but of course when we went back they didn't have anymore. We offered up other cute costumes but Asher was not having it! He had his heart set on this particular puppy so back home we went, with the same costume that was too small and figured we would make it work for one night. After painting a little black nose on Asher and painting WAY too much on Lilly's face...we were ready to hit the neighborhoods! Face painting on 2 year olds wasn't such a good idea....I felt like we were totally getting on to them the whole night not to touch their faces. After a while I felt really bad and just let it go. Lilly's face was one big smear and Asher's black nose ended up on his sleeve. Love those babies!amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-27481038549639327852009-10-31T14:28:00.005-05:002009-10-31T21:36:52.866-05:00Happy fall!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkATke-Aj1XFxZCsOZtqGDMAIaTSpkzhY07yWXhLQf_HRzXHd-PEfhdCaakoRKbgr6W31bgDbm5uxY3KI7cd40fT1nsXva15SvVpsA9xgb1be2ckc5u8e5LprLvMRl5biGivpFuA/s1600-h/DSC_2838_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkATke-Aj1XFxZCsOZtqGDMAIaTSpkzhY07yWXhLQf_HRzXHd-PEfhdCaakoRKbgr6W31bgDbm5uxY3KI7cd40fT1nsXva15SvVpsA9xgb1be2ckc5u8e5LprLvMRl5biGivpFuA/s320/DSC_2838_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398958421550969458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-1MWNfA-z-v0uZ1maSZkCfwhYIStLj9CJ03rnfw0Yzze0qGam-1TevuLp-QHTll-U064Mqb8NgkaKWNqS2Xs3MwGNU1Rd9JLCn0qc6GI1kg146IDEkpNjzsvlmszsTsZ_Xvc4Q/s1600-h/DSC_3160_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvne9w-E2MzSLFmiEWz5I1DW1KSV_orL5N1CnjMgfvd146g1B05sIiECoHkDtlV44JiSyc6hPeFSKvlhWsC6-sN8MiwAb3TkifOy-ggYH7znIGuJCJJox3n36BwEGeUws590vZBw/s320/DSC_2784_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398852730269441650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_HGxAEI03TR1AJCqIXF8rdvIMn8exfB3Q_yCYeEH_q4uprabW7IsnJa6Hg8mxu-fzn84tvIF5yEu9MmEWnKZZz4diiRCAJ5MY8kIY3zhNP9Kylyo28kI_QuoVtrOOKYWA4YWbg/s1600-h/DSC_2777.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_HGxAEI03TR1AJCqIXF8rdvIMn8exfB3Q_yCYeEH_q4uprabW7IsnJa6Hg8mxu-fzn84tvIF5yEu9MmEWnKZZz4diiRCAJ5MY8kIY3zhNP9Kylyo28kI_QuoVtrOOKYWA4YWbg/s320/DSC_2777.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398852725261732434" /></a><br />We took the babies (wonder when I will stop calling them babies?) to their first visit to the pumpkin patch this last week! It was a beautiful day to go and they loved it! They had this huge pillow jumpy there and Lilly and Asher had a ball on that. They also enjoyed playing on bales of hay as well as the hay ride out to pick our pumpkins. There was a blow-up little haunted house for kids to walk thru and Asher kept telling us he wanted to go in the scary house, I didn't let him of course, crazy kid! Anyway, after we walked around and enjoyed everything, Aunt Shelly found our big pumpkin to carve and Lilly and Asher each picked out a small one for them. Nana and Brennen met us at home and we carved the pumpkins and baked the seeds! (let me make a correction, Aunt Shelly carved the pumpkins because mommy had never done it before and Brennen made the pumpkin seeds) Lilly loved pulling the guts out of the pumpkins, Asher wouldn't touch it! haha! It was a super fun day! We ended it by going outside and putting candles in the pumpkins and showing Lilly and Asher how they light up. Here are some pictures from our fun fall day!amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-15429355183365132022009-10-06T14:39:00.002-05:002009-10-06T14:49:51.176-05:00It's been awhile!...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG7gzX7haGRWFuswvqfRY3XzO0O5qHAuB6Vri-KgSWHNckHWKZ2gif0Sr9wzeS8eq0rI8DJNh2YSOxAV-jfqjTvP_B2c0HAlY-W4DkypePnJsDKRtMMjTbNCfBB2L4msPxB7dFg/s1600-h/sosweet.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389576554634455026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG7gzX7haGRWFuswvqfRY3XzO0O5qHAuB6Vri-KgSWHNckHWKZ2gif0Sr9wzeS8eq0rI8DJNh2YSOxAV-jfqjTvP_B2c0HAlY-W4DkypePnJsDKRtMMjTbNCfBB2L4msPxB7dFg/s320/sosweet.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ai6MjAHv-lh5MqwZ7479VzAWdXZFxFiU7KQJQfozFCEWrcKgrz-rIzz3WGSZcFSMDy814cz6r_f_9EEEo55Qx_-orDvTLxuL-o_8ISMQJ4ZrbwlSwCfzcEL6udFusEUYGsyb2w/s1600-h/DSC_0355.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389576541432946050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ai6MjAHv-lh5MqwZ7479VzAWdXZFxFiU7KQJQfozFCEWrcKgrz-rIzz3WGSZcFSMDy814cz6r_f_9EEEo55Qx_-orDvTLxuL-o_8ISMQJ4ZrbwlSwCfzcEL6udFusEUYGsyb2w/s320/DSC_0355.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8aGKKLYT1WKm5OkKtAEq7YMz_j4YW7Gi2r407JivV5BqResKPi1Fg-0JVLBBJfmhY04T5wE9KmIrSnnloymcbXOH7QrVqC82h8tLTBhwOTV7KvtbMr-O_m1Lw1IPiRkf3_25Bw/s1600-h/DSC_0330.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389576536429964258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8aGKKLYT1WKm5OkKtAEq7YMz_j4YW7Gi2r407JivV5BqResKPi1Fg-0JVLBBJfmhY04T5wE9KmIrSnnloymcbXOH7QrVqC82h8tLTBhwOTV7KvtbMr-O_m1Lw1IPiRkf3_25Bw/s320/DSC_0330.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Wow, it's been so long since my last blog I couldn't even remember my password to get on here, had to try a few before getting it right! I can't believe it's October and the leaves are starting change and the temp is starting to drop! I absolutely love fall and welcome it with open arms, but it's also a reminder of what is around the corner! bbbrrrrrrr.....another Indiana winter! I'm really trying my hand at this photography thing and am happy to say I am getting some appointments! Even did a wedding , crazy. I won't make this blog too long since it's the first one in a while and I will try to stay caught up from now on, I really miss it! The kiddos will be 3 years old in a few months, makes me sad and happy at the same time. I look at pictures of them from when we first moved to IN and they don't even look like the same kids! They were still babies when we first moved! Well, I tried to do their 2 yr. photo session a few weeks ago and it's very hard to take posed pics of them now....so I only got a few. I want to try again in a few weeks but it will be mostly candid shots that I take of them. Bribes don't work well with these two and it was a miracle to get a shot of them both looking at the camera. </div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-41346588167607522842009-06-23T21:57:00.003-05:002009-06-23T22:21:36.428-05:00sweet little Lilly...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs3poqPtZx7kh_vVT1S3UCGXS_uzgpj8rw2OTMIpjhjowy3ZDuaFaZ6K6Simq70kMnfDS-x_aYksKy_tVVGhKZEOvMNCXvoQI1HZHV-4oHB6OG5_PAsCSA4S4Omiz8ypd1BdC0Q/s1600-h/lillyswimboost3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350728547214977618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs3poqPtZx7kh_vVT1S3UCGXS_uzgpj8rw2OTMIpjhjowy3ZDuaFaZ6K6Simq70kMnfDS-x_aYksKy_tVVGhKZEOvMNCXvoQI1HZHV-4oHB6OG5_PAsCSA4S4Omiz8ypd1BdC0Q/s320/lillyswimboost3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiU03gp6kQ_oLPJIKkZueLYx03J7BnWqhz4t_u3bnXeELJ0WzSF74dYuOs6Sr8RlyYgl0IQIj0p9dQJCK7hNxSdA0kYNu-DuvlAeyIxo1UMLSOw2yPkEjzsxJXL9u7oKSwtD0TQ/s1600-h/lillyswimboost5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350728542433688402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiU03gp6kQ_oLPJIKkZueLYx03J7BnWqhz4t_u3bnXeELJ0WzSF74dYuOs6Sr8RlyYgl0IQIj0p9dQJCK7hNxSdA0kYNu-DuvlAeyIxo1UMLSOw2yPkEjzsxJXL9u7oKSwtD0TQ/s320/lillyswimboost5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTHJZAYZ6GDCEeNsvkDIIz05ZmMW-MoUCJ_s4Hgv4KNSMwBss9Eg44itHXwjFkpvrLCPeifOKE79Nfrv6ItgzoV5o5bdSU2FaX6WVQ-zKopoGLiTjNIx-CjLGdXMpgQmXanv6Sw/s1600-h/lillyswimboost.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350728539296884178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTHJZAYZ6GDCEeNsvkDIIz05ZmMW-MoUCJ_s4Hgv4KNSMwBss9Eg44itHXwjFkpvrLCPeifOKE79Nfrv6ItgzoV5o5bdSU2FaX6WVQ-zKopoGLiTjNIx-CjLGdXMpgQmXanv6Sw/s320/lillyswimboost.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I was rocking with my Lilly the other night (yes I still rock with them and love it!) holding her tiny hand and kissing her head while I said prayers for her. I can't imagine her little sweet hand not being that tiny forever. I wanted to freeze time and have her stay my little girl forever and not get any bigger. Everyone told me it would go fast and I knew it would, but I guess it didn't hit me until this night. There is so much I want for her and sometimes it can be overwhelming to be a parent. I constantly wonder if I am being a Godly mother to her. I pray that God prepares her even now for what He has in store for her. I want her to stay little so I can always hold her and protect her. Lilly I love being your mommy more then you will ever know. I pray that you live your life passionately and that you love Jesus. Always know that you are beautiful inside and out.</div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-22864256797906998042009-06-18T10:35:00.002-05:002009-06-18T10:45:16.359-05:00Never a dull moment...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXAg0pPCkkRHPmpWpWgz1KPl0Rx7bnaK7p75QfSLQhdcrGdsgg1YKgF8vn_kVdBuWetj5pdwRGre64gLNJ_BFWcpBJd5Wr1EJt6KICYFGY5Xhnr4fXXCYHFkGEtsHO_F7pkOIfw/s1600-h/boost4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348694154276179538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXAg0pPCkkRHPmpWpWgz1KPl0Rx7bnaK7p75QfSLQhdcrGdsgg1YKgF8vn_kVdBuWetj5pdwRGre64gLNJ_BFWcpBJd5Wr1EJt6KICYFGY5Xhnr4fXXCYHFkGEtsHO_F7pkOIfw/s320/boost4.jpg" /></a><br /><div>After getting back home from Florida and being away from the babies for almost a week, my sweet boy stuck his tongue out at me! How do they learn these things? It has become his favorite thing to do when seeing people now. The first few times it was funny, but now it has to stop! He also developed a new fear of the washing machine...It seems like I do laundry all day long and he has never mentioned the sound the washing machine makes. Now all of the sudden he is terrified of it. I have had to pick him up and open the lid and show him what it's doing. I told him that it's giving all our clothes a bath to get them clean just like mommy gives him a bath. So now when he hears it and asks what the noise is, I tell him mommy is doing laundry and his reply is "I'm scared of laundry" and I say, mommy is too honey! Crazy boy!</div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-2658672908218209652009-05-26T14:05:00.007-05:002009-05-26T14:31:21.627-05:00Growing like weeds....or maybe blooming like flowers!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ty0ZYFJyZCsS23HNDcfqax45K7IqWvUGNZqT98Iq9At9z8GWrvoBPGvL78FZ2R9tD69G0nw3_UF4LO0Kcd8_8ewCz9mIgMkzLywK3JRmJGBSHU6DdaIsi3imMjQVxd3x1TRsMA/s1600-h/lillyemma3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340217321670714338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ty0ZYFJyZCsS23HNDcfqax45K7IqWvUGNZqT98Iq9At9z8GWrvoBPGvL78FZ2R9tD69G0nw3_UF4LO0Kcd8_8ewCz9mIgMkzLywK3JRmJGBSHU6DdaIsi3imMjQVxd3x1TRsMA/s320/lillyemma3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmXl7ey7MRRjOEHdFTC0xHop-FQ2yIMqTfh8vDG6iEnZbct_kcV2DfYCqOITnguPPaB2Pce_iVat6gfLF8779FfUUExIGOuNnfvM38dpjt9eEahVS35Q7TAMXac8FNnyQBoN9iA/s1600-h/lillyemma9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340217052933198098" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylvciIVmT8B-h-bvql3wZ_06zuPAg5LwTfvEAQ1mWMUr1MhSvW3ZhoqXzjdkam4AcqznNEfQm5a_bm-JEsFPH5L84m_guUxDLZwHFGf0ycWMWTmMxzGxOlq5vPa0U-qCp2FDzuA/s320/lillyemma+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsLnVZkkaXOiO8PVdnN-abehg73ZoPrzPUvgVKYw-SiQGu01Q7xWSvZwq7iKKMObzDCQKl1ZzN1AzFjB0VexuigkY-VUr7RdeG524BHccqCt7Tj-iGqEW6YmYgAmwogMzkoY52g/s1600-h/lillyandasher2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340217039079701410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsLnVZkkaXOiO8PVdnN-abehg73ZoPrzPUvgVKYw-SiQGu01Q7xWSvZwq7iKKMObzDCQKl1ZzN1AzFjB0VexuigkY-VUr7RdeG524BHccqCt7Tj-iGqEW6YmYgAmwogMzkoY52g/s320/lillyandasher2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJuCSar33P-QzmFlCI0bhbkUwW2FdtxxVsicwQVJlXgfcLZd3FDO8NHfSRIvBKOjxnjLIn0LByPRkkR86nEH0HfrGe_hfTDImOBWqp_hQDDn51qebp7Pfmj7Zq-KOLCl2X69CDQ/s1600-h/lillyandasher.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340216275894634082" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjGj6Y_nOUxnlsk31N58ZI4s03bwDF-5E4RPjD8hocOFbK0I2fySj0KQG_gvM0gmmTPoYKdMfMJNJIao8-OIqH2Sfsi7zV3ZrGxDW56LKUiSZ2eFsEeuaAy3jUJYBWYwCUhn9ZA/s320/asherjames5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JnzyoNr0jdw2VZCPW6lqC9vwkZOy88LtT57OYmDs_-HqBYwOwotqFRh4eqyijqSqHEmNkl8NiCwmrmzfXz7E2hnZfFMivAW2MFvttHmjjXDCj0kfNnrr4r8LsRG1wJNLQoQR4Q/s1600-h/asherjames.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340216259404089106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JnzyoNr0jdw2VZCPW6lqC9vwkZOy88LtT57OYmDs_-HqBYwOwotqFRh4eqyijqSqHEmNkl8NiCwmrmzfXz7E2hnZfFMivAW2MFvttHmjjXDCj0kfNnrr4r8LsRG1wJNLQoQR4Q/s320/asherjames.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Lilly and Asher LOVE outside! As most kids do I'm sure. Lately our days have consisted of playing in the yard, blowing bubbles, picking flowers (or dandelions, whatever Lilly can get her hands on) and eating popsicles. Soon we will get out the little pool and I'm sure we will never be able to get them back in the house again! They will be two and a half in July and it's so hard to believe. We still have a few goals to tackle this summer, although they are paci free which is very exciting for me and Brad! No more searching the whole house for paci's when it's nap time and bedtime. No more making sure we have them when we leave the house or hearing Lilly ask for hers a thousand times a day! aahhhhhh.....relief! I still find one here and there around the house and pounce on it before they have a chance to see it. It really wasn't a bad process and Lilly only asked for it a few times after the first night and Asher didn't seem to mind at all. We still have potty training to go but I am in no hurry! I probably should be a bit more concerned about it, but from what I have read 2 and a half to 3 is an ok age to start. I also read not to start before you think they are ready and once you start them in undies to never go back to diapers because it will only take longer. So, we mention it to them every once in a while and have the potty chair in the bathroom. They sit on it when they want but have never left us a surprise yet! Another thing I am waiting on is toddler beds! It's cribs for these two until they can get out of them! I have been lucky in the fact that neither of them have tried to climb out of their crib....yet! I seriously can't imagine switching to toddler beds yet because there is no way Lilly and Asher will stay in them! Anything to get out of going to bed, so that will come in time as well. For now I am enjoying being their mommy and taking lots of pictures of my two beauties! Here are the latest...</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-89632708761897357342009-05-06T21:39:00.007-05:002009-05-06T22:27:08.459-05:00First trip to the Indy childrens' museum...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7NU4peGr2nm2GWTvRJxQugAyLLtaW594qiEatLIRWVG8Eql2uaqfPM_tPo2HKrT90Uakruve5ZcwooKgPk5YU3K5-UQQVQWPgsEanDaQr04hAcrmp9sOs0BZ1fBBv04exn5ctA/s1600-h/pics+0409+412.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332918393013776642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7NU4peGr2nm2GWTvRJxQugAyLLtaW594qiEatLIRWVG8Eql2uaqfPM_tPo2HKrT90Uakruve5ZcwooKgPk5YU3K5-UQQVQWPgsEanDaQr04hAcrmp9sOs0BZ1fBBv04exn5ctA/s320/pics+0409+412.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnXRbnQJbLQBRakOHxmquzusHqTWSqIZHgDuSoPjXJZFsS3L-tSNXeB4znIT7cOYaHn1eXDgCq6jG_jarkrwwpTwoGnhjQAXGnTYdd_nPYkd3LGc8OhlD0K6VCbuI52L3G-W5mg/s1600-h/pics+0409+413.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332918387064795858" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiLA1iVzD0YUH7kvtrUBg57XOfwozPRUchUHgXPMsOq_BCjbMNwC4ti7QG-XZOxNXDdbxFZsdl2AFi0pj-YHp4oumwNDrNumn9zPmOqwDMG2l9N_JZfH0GPGhNpgknXvdlLQzpQ/s320/pics+0409+269.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiXCkU0vm-KQjU7EzvmJZFwtqqES5gx12cIJHlDifxYi4lRUKqP7yM9sxMB_eWD1-4k-xy1VNAqonxg8qKJuImCbcUscCZdcV1jV7npEHhJRhufE7eTxepykqWEx0BEV_8eyTRg/s1600-h/pics+0409+264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332911432452714098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiXCkU0vm-KQjU7EzvmJZFwtqqES5gx12cIJHlDifxYi4lRUKqP7yM9sxMB_eWD1-4k-xy1VNAqonxg8qKJuImCbcUscCZdcV1jV7npEHhJRhufE7eTxepykqWEx0BEV_8eyTRg/s320/pics+0409+264.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We wanted to go to the children's museum while Brad's parents were here but quickly ran out of time on Saturday with all the Easter fun. Since Brad had a busy week/weekend at church he decided to take Monday off and we took the babies then. We had heard that it was great and lots of fun, but wow, we had no idea! First of all, it's huge and took us the whole day to explore everything. The babies actually did pretty good for having to walk so much and skip their nap. I think both of their favorite things to see were the dinosaurs. Although Asher was scared and wanted held while we walked thru he can't stop talking about them still! Lilly was a little more adventurous and actually asked to touch one! I think mommy and daddy had just as much fun as the babies did, just being able to watch them explore and experience something new and see how excited they were was amazing. They also loved the toddler area with the water and sand area. It was hard to get Asher out of there, that was his first meltdown of the day. The second would be when he had to get out of the race car for the other kids to waiting in line to get in. We walked away carrying a screaming boy saying "my race car, my race car!" The Backyardigans were also there that day and as soon as we saw them Lilly said "I want to say hi to them"! So we waited in line with two little excited babies to meet them Backyardigans and you will see the picture we waited in line to get! As soon as it was our turn Lilly decided she was scared of them and cried. It was a perfect day (an expensive day, but perfect!) Next time grandma and papa are here we will for sure make time to go again because I know they would love going with the babies as well! Here are the pictures...</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-21803716596686880802009-05-06T21:01:00.006-05:002009-05-06T21:38:36.518-05:00Easter 09<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCrmZinvjb70bRZA8VrvkJz6TYsxD0k6RgpIG_1asI2xbwy9uP_b4pu32sSkFLBPm9qBq4efpalMmwFiHto-V3_l5IP5LJYtqLkHpy7-g2K0lGsWn28e-iLF1sUc8wbr95o6Jmw/s1600-h/pics+0409+249.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332905878165793666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCrmZinvjb70bRZA8VrvkJz6TYsxD0k6RgpIG_1asI2xbwy9uP_b4pu32sSkFLBPm9qBq4efpalMmwFiHto-V3_l5IP5LJYtqLkHpy7-g2K0lGsWn28e-iLF1sUc8wbr95o6Jmw/s320/pics+0409+249.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMJDJoI_RIyJ1IKmmP9NfrsIP4J40Pgo5S5dGPZtXwqKKCTBJXrWfS84X2ttPIXpMhGTNxF0Py_y64X8EUDCaU7DyF__WI3ESkCAPr-zEiDbgeM8ZEoBeEgUNWYr7fOcwQ0kq2A/s1600-h/pics+0409+232.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332905875105859042" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn-ncy8fLpzmza2sYtMKhzh2GdIxLxWaRGXhi8oRnsOTBBvd_VujPqizsf5pnoUH-APOZ1vhuE_tw_Fo4thZAKCWcMuH1uHUW6T-oQWZxhppoSUkv5na-QYmq2Mgk_jNDIeBYMA/s320/pics+0409+182.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I'm a little behind on my blogging but what a great weekend it was, Easter weekend! Brad's parents came to visit and went to our Good Friday service downtown Indy combined with several other churches. It was awesome! Brad led worship along with some other guys from surrounding churches and then about 6 different Pastors shared. It was a powerful service! Then Saturday we woke up and went to the Easter Egg hunt at church. It was Lilly and Asher's first and they were very excited. They caught on quickly and wanted to know what was in each egg right away. After the fun at church we had lunch and came home and napped (which is a favorite of mommy's on mornings like that!) We decided to give them their Easter baskets on Saturday as well since Brad has to be at church on Sundays way before the babies are even awake. I wanted daddy to be able to see them get their baskets as well. So after they woke up we told them the Easter bunny had come and put their baskets outside and they had to go find them. Daddy "hid" (in plain view!) the baskets and the babies went running out the door towards them. Grandma Chris and Papa Hoz had also gotten them a basket and two HUGE chocolate bunnies! It was so cute to watch them look thru the baskets and find all the goodies. It was also their first year for getting Easter baskets, we didn't do them last year because of the move and being busy with unpacking, etc. I was super excited for them to get their first Easter basket and went a little overboard! They will not be getting as much in their baskets next year! Sunday we all went to church and had a great Easter service and then enjoyed dinner with my family at my sisters house before Brad's parents left. Here are a few pictures from the weekend and I'm not sure where my head was because I totally forgot to get a picture of the babies in their Easter clothes and also forgot to get a picture of the babies with grandma and papa....I was so bummed when I realized it. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-20363256887280696592009-03-15T22:14:00.003-05:002009-03-15T22:25:18.350-05:00few more pics from our day at April and Kaylee's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7a3z6Sj_2Pr4swN9Lo-LrlaSSdg94F70SlF6USw3Jij_gV7jq-grRKnQIiK3uW91Pzd7j3440B5XFS_s-YKzxtUMQG7vV68DEckVlyKDBj5j0hxsohS20OPCEtckp-_otI5eE5A/s1600-h/kaylee+lovely.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313621483862856946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7a3z6Sj_2Pr4swN9Lo-LrlaSSdg94F70SlF6USw3Jij_gV7jq-grRKnQIiK3uW91Pzd7j3440B5XFS_s-YKzxtUMQG7vV68DEckVlyKDBj5j0hxsohS20OPCEtckp-_otI5eE5A/s320/kaylee+lovely.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvN1KxL_E14QuD9zL3cKw2b7cPY5m6kHaSKgD2d0WRMp4FKWaqn9ZMCUrTISaON7Xo55MqsDe4zECGAd0gt8iqcADDdTJdk8sQVvR4Z9gFNBtGrWgYl7PhEQegQOtCJyrx4QtiA/s1600-h/kaylee+dim+the+lights.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313621474808296450" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDwkSrnJ2hxAbST_hen0-yC5zAcdI2UmM43RdBoBIEOf2y1l0DJlr3ckqijKP6deqZewdESm0cUwR2ESOn2ZWFMFRL7yiHqTcMoiW_Zu-U6qVby1FP8CP0_4xgjqdEx6cSi2ZaQ/s320/lilly+lovely+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx7ZrGBINaeJPTXVuAZjHyAov0Rhzb9Kpgl1FeiquYtfUPf8q3wtI8wf9aGXx5lbQbCIcNonghOyoSLG5TUJOufqDj_kG31o5Yu3Du3oxXaL3PWp3Y4kYIhD7W80QJou6Gq7nNg/s1600-h/lilly+lovely+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313620303222435122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx7ZrGBINaeJPTXVuAZjHyAov0Rhzb9Kpgl1FeiquYtfUPf8q3wtI8wf9aGXx5lbQbCIcNonghOyoSLG5TUJOufqDj_kG31o5Yu3Du3oxXaL3PWp3Y4kYIhD7W80QJou6Gq7nNg/s320/lilly+lovely+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-11315293549370882392009-03-15T21:20:00.006-05:002009-03-15T22:13:47.194-05:00Really?? let them finger paint?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL-ZsGbxw7DQm8M5X09X9IApLjSgOYMD-Smjk7wQUo8QKJ3r1n2v4FjLHkIIJx3UXaF_9C5tzfYmBrnSZrrYqG1_h-j65L6L6n_m4ZuwLi-LEbeBu0qRduz4aKALCBNTXq2PsHQ/s1600-h/painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313618507778063986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL-ZsGbxw7DQm8M5X09X9IApLjSgOYMD-Smjk7wQUo8QKJ3r1n2v4FjLHkIIJx3UXaF_9C5tzfYmBrnSZrrYqG1_h-j65L6L6n_m4ZuwLi-LEbeBu0qRduz4aKALCBNTXq2PsHQ/s320/painting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_diQggdRSPkLVM_N3RzfoUwLoJAFaKECG1LLab_lv6NmtIULVtwYjh3hgihZj-vB4MO_aQxNbV5Mk8S8G_ayttCWanuitELZwIc5OoLWLd_ZHiod5OScc-PSjPPMQRKTs47e0w/s1600-h/lilly+boost+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313617794301300898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_diQggdRSPkLVM_N3RzfoUwLoJAFaKECG1LLab_lv6NmtIULVtwYjh3hgihZj-vB4MO_aQxNbV5Mk8S8G_ayttCWanuitELZwIc5OoLWLd_ZHiod5OScc-PSjPPMQRKTs47e0w/s320/lilly+boost+4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJ_1NYcaFhXFkM7Dj7E987P-MZXKyHbV1c6QUQnKimREMPg5ZKIh-FScQViye_DUvYncw4Az35_RxXfzQyGOi8BffkeJjnJAG1J17GnAyqFaiIR4aV9lKKAs37TEZiKLqw6dkNg/s1600-h/lilly+boost+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313617793444278690" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-XGxqkaVJEka-0FxFX31ol_BbC6CARlFXcNd1UEBTnVf__xqNW0ZnizAuIk24oeEmLwTttS9sccHWRDRzPm69kE75Yj3C0y751-zKzOYM8S1gmpHxNB5mDcZ1VGW7MYrJVqBcg/s320/asher+boost+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0B2H5-50-xkLpocjDoUdEmhR3R7LLlMHl_YrZe2lyHOYvT1-J72EVA3jWC6f54E_ccRHdAvvMwL8VjL2_x0RZ4NSx8_OZ_5asN2LBueSIxO19fHdmHT7tjPNMmATrP824P0b-A/s1600-h/asher+boost.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313612062400564818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0B2H5-50-xkLpocjDoUdEmhR3R7LLlMHl_YrZe2lyHOYvT1-J72EVA3jWC6f54E_ccRHdAvvMwL8VjL2_x0RZ4NSx8_OZ_5asN2LBueSIxO19fHdmHT7tjPNMmATrP824P0b-A/s320/asher+boost.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We spent the day with my friend April and daughter Kaylee last week and decided to get adventurous! Her daughter has painted before but it was Lilly and Asher's first time. So April taped a big brown piece of paper to her wall and we just let them go. I was a bit nervous letting them do this in my friends house, now being at home and making a mess is one thing! Thankfully they were washable paints! I really didn't know how they would do or if they would like getting their hands all messy, but they loved it. Lilly especially. It was so fun watching them be creative and so excited. Asher did his hand prints all by himself, it was so cute! April and I decided we need to get together at least once a week and let the kids be creative and do a craft. I only got a few pictures of little Kaylee, poor girl, she ended up getting sick the next day along with mommy. I love watching the babies experience something new, it amazes me how fast they are growing and changing. Makes me want to stop time for a while. Here are a few pictures of our day with April and Kaylee...hope you two are feeling better!!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-10679582229626738272009-03-01T23:07:00.010-06:002009-03-05T22:42:02.510-06:00...some random thoughts because it's really late!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCAzuqmh0un9W1N2iXhHJdJ-jLisJVAN1YJ7MYLIr22rtq2pibx7nIw8xcVlsYMG_YcuPYokNd-ZqIsE_qSNYyvY3ga3gGI9SFU81tD4KOXQzF_nt901WBvAfSkyAXUtW9cFIdQ/s1600-h/lilly+vintage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309928831160641202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCAzuqmh0un9W1N2iXhHJdJ-jLisJVAN1YJ7MYLIr22rtq2pibx7nIw8xcVlsYMG_YcuPYokNd-ZqIsE_qSNYyvY3ga3gGI9SFU81tD4KOXQzF_nt901WBvAfSkyAXUtW9cFIdQ/s320/lilly+vintage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L8D4AwdQAEGqKK9bT0oaKKleqDMS2ul-9GwogZgA7eM5Jp01RrVbVu1fiaqtxfw6WL2k3QlcWTXOF0u-UR8jreXX8IWCtmm0DkW7BK3O-HfKq_l2r12rVHaiNNNKmk3kA8DU9A/s1600-h/asher+vintage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309928003767565378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L8D4AwdQAEGqKK9bT0oaKKleqDMS2ul-9GwogZgA7eM5Jp01RrVbVu1fiaqtxfw6WL2k3QlcWTXOF0u-UR8jreXX8IWCtmm0DkW7BK3O-HfKq_l2r12rVHaiNNNKmk3kA8DU9A/s320/asher+vintage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Lately I often find myself reading blogs really late at night. I love to read them but sometimes wonder how on earth people find the time to have such amazing, detailed blogs! I'm a bit jealous!! Lately my blog searches have been all about photography. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to take it all in. These blogs I have found have so much information on them and I desperately want to learn it all! My biggest thing right now is finding the time to do it all. I want to know the secret to taking care of twin two year olds all day, cleaning the house, cooking, checking my facebook, blogging, reading blogs, mastering photography, oh and did I mention taking care of myself some where in there? Fitting a shower in or even getting out of my pj's has turned into quite the luxury. I know others find the time to do all of this some how but I am having trouble and it's frustrating! Don't get me wrong I don't hate staying in my pj's all day...mmmm maybe not just every day! I find some blogs that are so fascinating, it almost seems like they would have to spend half of their day (everyday) blogging because there is so much information on them, not to mention the fact that they look amazing! I don't really want to be up at 1am catching up on some of my favorites or trying to type up a half way interesting blog of my own, but that is when I find a moment in my day to do it. Maybe I'm just not managing my time well or maybe it's because I have twin two year olds that demand my attention pretty much all day except for the hour and a half nap (I hope) they take. I could blog then or read blogs or practice my photography or clean the house or take a shower, or read a few chapters in the stack of books on my table I haven't gotten to... How do you fit it all in? What is the secret? Is anyone else as overwhelmed as I am? Ok....all that to say....while I was reading a blog this evening (well 12:30am) I found some really cool actions for photoshop and thought I would post a few pictures that I tried it out on of Lilly and Asher. The name suites it well....vintage. Isn't it cool? ok...no blog reading for me tonight, too tired.</div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-27043006885015337222009-02-27T21:48:00.004-06:002009-02-27T22:07:19.811-06:00I am determined<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqYPYrb0cdViQo9GZ0rsI1MS3J27092wIn8ogRuKj_G67T0XZc0h1VyifO8wgRVgnwm6vSj7hLM3CJGFQ_IIdZXy1Qrc-2mXySQhyphenhyphen7awzjThSIUiSmLIHJhUGdzxM9FBK94xZ8g/s1600-h/barn2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307694410630293314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqYPYrb0cdViQo9GZ0rsI1MS3J27092wIn8ogRuKj_G67T0XZc0h1VyifO8wgRVgnwm6vSj7hLM3CJGFQ_IIdZXy1Qrc-2mXySQhyphenhyphen7awzjThSIUiSmLIHJhUGdzxM9FBK94xZ8g/s320/barn2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So lately I have been getting a bit discouraged about photography. Just when I think I am doing "ok" and maybe getting better, I see some really awesome photos others have taken. Instead of getting discouraged, I know I need to let it inspire me. I have a huge passion for photography at the same time a fear of not being good enough so it makes me hold back. I do have much more to learn about this art and am excited yet overwhelmed. I get plenty of encouragement from my darling husband and lots of compliments from family and friends though, so that's good thing. Thanks guys! ...I want to capture beautiful, interesting images for a living. That is my hearts desire, now if only my brain would catch up and help me understand all the technical stuff I might just take an amazing picture...in my eyes.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-16299703090822540542009-02-08T22:26:00.002-06:002009-02-08T22:55:35.368-06:00Amazing people...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRioMSUN4JnlqL8NptmWkqbN-8vIivYYxAF_44YEGoz_RLWXHcGtLTXIv_hzvuxWCOM4lSwzBKcQYKj1Zv15QKgxboj9wsY-4jhhMPSM5Zz1UMuxQnRGqY6w2IlXuRHDU0I4dmMQ/s1600-h/1191439734_080b0f6f77_o.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300656780251974754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRioMSUN4JnlqL8NptmWkqbN-8vIivYYxAF_44YEGoz_RLWXHcGtLTXIv_hzvuxWCOM4lSwzBKcQYKj1Zv15QKgxboj9wsY-4jhhMPSM5Zz1UMuxQnRGqY6w2IlXuRHDU0I4dmMQ/s320/1191439734_080b0f6f77_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My friend April had told me about this couple's blog that writes your babies name, that has gone to be with the Lord, in the sand at sunset and then takes a picture and sends it to you. She recently did my friends baby twins Erin and Tyler. I just spent the last 15-20 min. reading her blog and crying and hurting so much for parents that have lost a child. It is truly amazing, the strength they have. What this couple is doing to help other couples going thru the same thing is such a blessing. I can't imagine the grieving you go threw after loosing your baby and at first I was saying to myself, I don't even know where you would find the strength to go on and then I read this mother's story and thru my tears and heartache for her, she reminded me that God truly is amazing and can bring you thru anything "Although sorrow holds my hand and suffering sings me songs, when I close my eyes I know to whom I belong, who makes me strong". </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I added the link to my blog so go and check it out. I hope it blesses you the way it did me! It's the one called "Name in the Sand".</div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-25469112146449648062009-01-16T13:09:00.004-06:002009-01-22T23:22:08.755-06:00Asher- fortunate; blessed, happy...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LGhZYfbNQEu6d9ot9Kc9vF8v5t9ujB2tGlJVtWLC9HB4AGdQQpopbTzH6IZuA3BpLtvffv2-F1BbgIOl4xXtYsQamlEonMYYyR1kQf8s18D3_a-JvBdI2yMDO3722TOz3an9ow/s1600-h/asher+cup+of+tea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291971240022671106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LGhZYfbNQEu6d9ot9Kc9vF8v5t9ujB2tGlJVtWLC9HB4AGdQQpopbTzH6IZuA3BpLtvffv2-F1BbgIOl4xXtYsQamlEonMYYyR1kQf8s18D3_a-JvBdI2yMDO3722TOz3an9ow/s320/asher+cup+of+tea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Asher, It doesn't get any better then having you for a son. I can't imagine life without my sweet boy. You are truely a blessing from God more then you will ever know. You are a miracle, there is something so special and different about having a little boy that I just love. You have the most gentle, sweet spirit and I know you will have a tender heart just like your daddy's. You are as cute as they come with your big blue eyes and curly dark hair! You have the best laugh in the world and it's so infectious. Even when mommy isn't in the best of moods and doesn't want to laugh, when you laugh I can't help but laugh right along with you. You can look at me and say something so simple like "hi mommy" or "thank you mommy" like after I change your diaper and it just melts my heart. You are full of energy, giggles and wonder. You love choo choo trains, airplanes, balls and woo woo cars (police cars). You also love music and love to sing and know lots of songs just like your sister. You amaze me sometimes when I hear you and you are actually singing the words and the melody pretty darn good! A couple of your favorites you sing right now are the happy birthday song and Santa Claus is coming to town! Daddy taught you how to beat box into a microphone and Aunt Shelly taught you how to do the robot, which are two of the funniest things I have ever seen. I love how you still need mommy to hold and cuddle you when you wake up or when you are upset, because I know that won't last forever! I love having a son and even more so I love that it's you. I love you sweet Asher!</div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-91816926843419823892009-01-16T12:56:00.007-06:002009-01-22T23:20:37.483-06:00Lilly- a symbol of innocence and purity as well as beauty...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxouYuR1gWZJh-UxSIL2sukaneocx1QdWuK8RiNLrXqIVxC5cU0bAR6QgFEsdy7UBNDSwWZAG0mDefqIjxKQRMrpOggqwOvN6qwkbcKKX2JLO7uFWYX0r2DkrzcAfVNdfYUCHFOQ/s1600-h/best+of+lilly7+cup+of+tea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291970507378726066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxouYuR1gWZJh-UxSIL2sukaneocx1QdWuK8RiNLrXqIVxC5cU0bAR6QgFEsdy7UBNDSwWZAG0mDefqIjxKQRMrpOggqwOvN6qwkbcKKX2JLO7uFWYX0r2DkrzcAfVNdfYUCHFOQ/s320/best+of+lilly7+cup+of+tea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Lilly, I can't even begin to tell you how thankful I am for you. I prayed for my Lilly and had you named for 8 years knowing that the Lord had promised you to me. You are more beautiful then I could have ever imagined, inside and out and I know that will continue to grow with time. Where did this blonde haired blue eyed girl come from! You are so girly in every way. You love babydolls, makeup (already), playing with your kitchen, dancing (and you have got some moves!). You even have a cute little high pitched girly voice and a tiny girly frame to go along with it. You have a mind of your own and like to let us all know. You give the best hugs and when you do I don't want to let go. You are so smart and your talking more and more each day. Sometimes you will say something and mommy and daddy are amazed and wonder how on earth you learned it! You are not only saying words now, you are putting them together and actually talking in sentences! A couple of examples that blew me away are: Mommy was getting you out of the car and hit her head on the door and said "ouch". You said, "awww, mommy are you ok? You hit your head?" I couldn't believe I was answering you back and saying, "yes, Lilly mommy is ok!" Another time I was changing Asher's diaper and he was crying. You bent down to comfort him and stroked his head and said "are you ok sweetheart, don't cry." What a sweetie. You love music and will often say "more lusic, I play guitar". You love to dance and lip sinc to songs, sometimes acting like a brush or a wooden spoon is your guitar. You also love to sing and know quite a few songs. The funniest thing is when you start singing a song mommy and daddy listen to instead of something like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. You are something else! You are an amazing, sweet little girl and I know God has special plans for you. I'm so happy to be your mommy and even happier that you are my daughter. I love you my Lilly!</div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-535787250864315632009-01-16T11:47:00.004-06:002009-01-16T12:56:36.451-06:00First play in the snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWMe6Z-RflL-8dcAcNhTgeVEYH0aM6_-GYQJxc6q-5D0oeZUVf67_gNNV1BGr97E-gRQDE4OWx6RjJE6gavB2454OGoBhu3gKK_TIN3Gf-cqBW4pcoSvtbgfjjtkx0sxpNGAF3Q/s1600-h/lilly+cup+of+tea6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291967344940855154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWMe6Z-RflL-8dcAcNhTgeVEYH0aM6_-GYQJxc6q-5D0oeZUVf67_gNNV1BGr97E-gRQDE4OWx6RjJE6gavB2454OGoBhu3gKK_TIN3Gf-cqBW4pcoSvtbgfjjtkx0sxpNGAF3Q/s320/lilly+cup+of+tea6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGdNbgCsjZWirZ8SVR6LadaGd13FcTDjLfVYjPg9yryMzouFGkln4njXlGLrk7q4xkHWsb5YE0057dcEEkGPKJI6yrBeqElHjJeBw6_xoJpMbN8pKmXD82BVROM_j8adbZxAmPg/s1600-h/asher+cup+of+tea3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291967337968068434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGdNbgCsjZWirZ8SVR6LadaGd13FcTDjLfVYjPg9yryMzouFGkln4njXlGLrk7q4xkHWsb5YE0057dcEEkGPKJI6yrBeqElHjJeBw6_xoJpMbN8pKmXD82BVROM_j8adbZxAmPg/s320/asher+cup+of+tea3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36a1OCCl32UNTqLXY7NCqdxWyL2YHuIgZ3l76GVEgXJ8pIrqFzmsw9BIe9ZBXMiEGyUB-DmE5kpaZlpiaNZ-7w_r31I-ZUd9CM51j8AsZIbU1MPOFt3FPsYBInQoCwnl2j78K_A/s1600-h/best+of+lilly8+cup+of+tea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291967329399623394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36a1OCCl32UNTqLXY7NCqdxWyL2YHuIgZ3l76GVEgXJ8pIrqFzmsw9BIe9ZBXMiEGyUB-DmE5kpaZlpiaNZ-7w_r31I-ZUd9CM51j8AsZIbU1MPOFt3FPsYBInQoCwnl2j78K_A/s320/best+of+lilly8+cup+of+tea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2ijVGAqVHdS66kbcrN8Qqjrr9Vlgtp11MBBjHWrJEIsAVq5nIAqGDvwwaA2JBvk_gZDYhuLxOMvaojzjvIaiS6mjG5vrZrq26qZO_opKOGIQFG6yQ1ROKHJy36H4wzKLHze11g/s1600-h/asher+cup+of+tea2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291967323219827490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2ijVGAqVHdS66kbcrN8Qqjrr9Vlgtp11MBBjHWrJEIsAVq5nIAqGDvwwaA2JBvk_gZDYhuLxOMvaojzjvIaiS6mjG5vrZrq26qZO_opKOGIQFG6yQ1ROKHJy36H4wzKLHze11g/s320/asher+cup+of+tea2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>It snowed all day on Wednesday so after the babies nap we went down into the play room and I told them to look out the window at all the snow. Lilly was so excited and started jumping up and down saying "it's snowing , it's snowing"! It was so cute. So I asked them if they wanted to see what snow felt like. I opened the door and told them to touch it and told them it was cold and wet. Lilly was very hesitant and wanted mommy to touch it first, Asher dove right in with both hands of course. I picked some up and put it on Lilly's hand and she giggled. I really had no intentions of taking them out in it because Lilly still needs boots and I wasn't sure where the snow pants were, but I was so excited for them to go out in it so I just found some hand me down boots given to Lilly (not snow boots and they were about 3 sizes too big!) But they worked. I put fleece pants on both of them, gloves, hats and coats and figured I would take them out for a bit. They did more investigating then playing, just walking around watching their boots kick the snow, picking the snow up and watching it stick to their gloves. They wanted mommy to make snowballs, so I did that and let them throw them. I asked them several times if they were cold and wanted to go back in and the answer was NO! Lilly even added "no, I don't like it, I want play in snow". (meaning she doesn't like going back inside). I also told them to try and catch the snowflakes on their tongues. That was really cute! I captured a few great pictures of their experience and can't wait for more! We need to purchase a sled!</div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-79636808053349921902009-01-16T11:21:00.004-06:002009-01-16T11:47:07.931-06:00Happy birthday my babies! You are 2 now!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7BS6JtftQj8TYrPHiowBGmeNqDTNxs-p46jT-2kJ0nbTo_QZhAMG2SW9tmbBXJNKS_jz2AmeBJVhikVlW4ztR9KhFhL7LGiT4AQ2gTbLrDr2_mmAtLKzC-Pa2a-n16neyAv4LA/s1600-h/twins+2nd+birthday+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291949548759472834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7BS6JtftQj8TYrPHiowBGmeNqDTNxs-p46jT-2kJ0nbTo_QZhAMG2SW9tmbBXJNKS_jz2AmeBJVhikVlW4ztR9KhFhL7LGiT4AQ2gTbLrDr2_mmAtLKzC-Pa2a-n16neyAv4LA/s320/twins+2nd+birthday+049.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51MI-g283gjULvxBhGaHU_TNTmj8JnSPzM6AE6Qaf84b4i0OTBUYwPiZArdUlGbJTp_MJAnxxL7ZuVV2O3-uAPNtl0fvUaS2BgDLJpHy85nk194meGniuK1pV72s5Ay3owVWK8Q/s1600-h/twins+2nd+birthday+099.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291946352565642674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; 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They have changed so much just since moving to Indiana even. I was looking at pictures and videos the other day of when we first got into this house and couldn't believe it. They changed right before my eyes without me even realizing it. The party was great. Lots of family and friends came to celebrate the day with us! As a matter of fact there were so many people here the kitchen and living room seemed to get smaller and smaller everytime I walked in. They were so cute when everyone gathered around and sang Happy Birthday to them. Lilly was just looking around and Asher was trying not to smile but you could tell he wanted to! Earlier that day he had sang himself to sleep at naptime with the Happy Birthday song, one of his favorites, so he really loved it when everyone sang it to him! Mommy can't imagine doing this every year...I had no idea how much work it is to throw a birthday party! At least I only have to do it once a year. It was a fun day and thanks to all that came and for the gifts as well. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-76427729089439149902009-01-04T22:21:00.003-06:002009-01-04T22:40:52.172-06:00Ringing in the new year (a little early) with Grandma and Papa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aM9fK4r3ZeLhDkTZ0zfc0-ZxIUpCpkab383IX51TRPbz6qTbEiESju5jF82z0M71gRady6KO10LiX0xkhHaL6dneOCtu3ljfUtPrxwTKfMSmjI9Kn9TKwymHcMaOb3Pz-QlE0g/s1600-h/christmas+2008+113.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287663872813200066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aM9fK4r3ZeLhDkTZ0zfc0-ZxIUpCpkab383IX51TRPbz6qTbEiESju5jF82z0M71gRady6KO10LiX0xkhHaL6dneOCtu3ljfUtPrxwTKfMSmjI9Kn9TKwymHcMaOb3Pz-QlE0g/s320/christmas+2008+113.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtD9InBXIK9zBUGKyE4tsCMTm8JWlkb4SOk0SZgWUuYMM2D5TPt3U0Q5UJTtWWCpksIaND6lpoOQNsDn1aY2QIL9d1FrEWbdp5ZGCiV55hbLygs3xTAOnY1EWElsL-KwEoYPgvcA/s1600-h/christmas+2008+110.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287663867095655634" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDNBmGkMrmy5Q7xEQnntQ_E-YdLbKTvgi4uzsSpZX2l-Nx1W6HivcspSzRAyB58OqKQTtgpx5PcE4cfxmWDscw7J341i3dD94C82Cb8AUQnJ3JiGq6Dne_nxJ9rBPh9-DZCvMPA/s320/christmas+2008+126.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-16843330793822889532009-01-04T21:28:00.004-06:002009-01-04T22:52:51.755-06:00Christmas 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnQRI1mKI__mxQpVkREztlIYaWeU0CKsQusmZcONQ6GmwQQ1-FgJQ5K2uMrQYBVrkdbnf9-W2ny19w56AAKzbyoxaS6gnzewQdf0zHLhyskUIPPdBALl2YEIH-fIcktbpVc8_A/s1600-h/christmas+2008+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287660049586839986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjnQRI1mKI__mxQpVkREztlIYaWeU0CKsQusmZcONQ6GmwQQ1-FgJQ5K2uMrQYBVrkdbnf9-W2ny19w56AAKzbyoxaS6gnzewQdf0zHLhyskUIPPdBALl2YEIH-fIcktbpVc8_A/s320/christmas+2008+037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9OXaL7tWn_UewWziLgDvVMpj1rpU-uhy8Z7EzYFjZ7OekI1XdH7rfZEM58aKGKp9T8LhyphenhyphenRBIYptZP40xydIo0_ys_YSDoYU7lDWRnbvWR_quYBCrwGaCSvjTUOxapMu7f79_og/s1600-h/christmas+2008+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287660049896887778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9OXaL7tWn_UewWziLgDvVMpj1rpU-uhy8Z7EzYFjZ7OekI1XdH7rfZEM58aKGKp9T8LhyphenhyphenRBIYptZP40xydIo0_ys_YSDoYU7lDWRnbvWR_quYBCrwGaCSvjTUOxapMu7f79_og/s320/christmas+2008+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Well, Christmas is over and it's a brand new year for making some changes in my life and working on some things with the babies I am sort of dreading! One of them being potty training two toddlers. Lilly pretty much knows what going to the potty, instead of in her diaper means. Asher doesn't talk about it as much, but they do both tell us sometimes when they are poopy (as well as when they toot, just so we know) so I guess that is a good start! Another thing I am dreading is breaking them of their pacifiers. I seriously have never seen a baby attached to a pacifier as much as Lilly is. She would keep it in her mouth 24/7, only taking it out to eat, if I would let her. I think I might be dreading that more then potty training! At this point I honestly don't think she would be able to fall asleep without her passy and her blankie both. I am not going to rush either of these issues and give myself the whole year to work on them so I don't stress too much. As far as changes for myself they would include loosing weight, I really hadn't planned on gaining weight after I had the babies, I was supposed to loose! Deepening my relationship with the Lord and being faithful with my quiet times with Him. Read, read and read some more! These are just a few things on the top of my list. Now on to our crazy Christmas...It started with Lilly getting a stomach virus the week before Christmas which we are pretty sure she got from her cousin Evan. The babies and I spent the night with my sister only to have Lilly wake us up at about 4am throwing up! She did that until about 8am and then acted fine the next day. 2 days later Asher got it. We had no idea it was coming, he had been playing the whole day and acting fine and then right before bedtime he crawled up on Brad's lap and started to cry a little. I went and got them both milk to drink before bed and Asher drank it all and about 5 seconds later, up it all came! All over Brad and the couch, we both just sat there in shock and had no idea what to do because there was so much! Ok...enough detail, sorry. So we sat up with Asher until about 2am when he finally fell asleep on Brad's lap. The next day, my sister calls me and her and her husband Tom both have it, then Brad gets it, then me. I didn't have it near as bad as everyone else, never got sick, just felt like I was going to. On to Christmas Eve...Everyone was pretty much over the stomach flu but then Asher woke up Christmas Eve with a nasty cold in which he gave Lilly as well. Oh wait, it's not over!! Christmas morning...I was so excited for the babies to wake up on Christmas morning because I knew this year they were old enough to open presents and be excited. We had wrapped a few presents and left a few sitting out around the tree so they could see them when they first walked in. They usually wake up around 8:30 or 9am, BUT since they were sick, we heard them both crying at 6am, I immediately knew it was not going to be the Christmas morning I had hoped for. We waited to see if they would calm down, but the crying got worse so we just got them up. Two crabby, tired, sick babies, now waking up with pink eye on top of the colds they had. Are you kidding me! So their we were, me, Brad and my mom (she stayed the night to watch the babies open their presents) trying to figure out what to do so the morning's excitement wouldn't be lost. I rocked them for awhile and talked to them about the presents under the tree and how they could open them and about the presents Santa had brought and they slowly came down off my lap to go look. We let them open their gifts and pretty much put them back to bed around 8am. They slept until noon. The day after Christmas we took them to the Dr. for the pink eye and ended up finding out they both also had ear infections and had to get on antibiotics. So their was our Christmas! I am soooo hoping next year will be uuummmm....healthier I guess? I didn't even get any good pictures because I was so stressed and bummed out about all the sickness, but here are a few I can post...sweetness in a box and my little drummer boy. Sorry this blog was so long, I wanted you to get the full effect of how awesome the Beckey Christmas of 2008 was! But what matters most is that God is still God and He is still good despite our yucky couple of weeks. (again, still hoping for a better Christmas in 2009)! </div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31916818.post-74041643613262948502008-12-02T20:09:00.004-06:002008-12-02T20:29:34.978-06:00Getting a posed picture of the babies is soooo mucher harder now!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7pMzSnzyMWJNg1HtAgUDXAHMpDDAj8376CK4a-iTDjw29BmPHR_nD-7TGqSl-vHcM9oLQ5s0KXEOPPa57srZrGv5DNI6WbLLjPc_NJp5fWcXLiwetntGmFKfQTWAYQepoJz2OQ/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275385077844809474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7pMzSnzyMWJNg1HtAgUDXAHMpDDAj8376CK4a-iTDjw29BmPHR_nD-7TGqSl-vHcM9oLQ5s0KXEOPPa57srZrGv5DNI6WbLLjPc_NJp5fWcXLiwetntGmFKfQTWAYQepoJz2OQ/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCHeioNuDwHeHBjXY1QHMK8UhNprs09hdbCTrg77XB5TeYk8yccQho_b5Y9KrLA7iebdTVFKWLoUSfWHDtsooMGSz5fbcfOJpl16_nLtIGKkYVyBRuH0Z5X_FGdbLhPJZIkkZQA/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275385074992020242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCHeioNuDwHeHBjXY1QHMK8UhNprs09hdbCTrg77XB5TeYk8yccQho_b5Y9KrLA7iebdTVFKWLoUSfWHDtsooMGSz5fbcfOJpl16_nLtIGKkYVyBRuH0Z5X_FGdbLhPJZIkkZQA/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugsMEb_Hgwik220T64FStTAmMI16aK_d_WZyd007p55rbbrABMiXv_QlD-HRIinYIknBQbgqPE_-yg8bXOenCdJPKjFT6Y0MJI8ZPPrTAuiyGzUVRwrlYAFhV4ecW2jI-ECs9ww/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275385067965871650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugsMEb_Hgwik220T64FStTAmMI16aK_d_WZyd007p55rbbrABMiXv_QlD-HRIinYIknBQbgqPE_-yg8bXOenCdJPKjFT6Y0MJI8ZPPrTAuiyGzUVRwrlYAFhV4ecW2jI-ECs9ww/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KtmmvL2Y5YThxL7VP5E5aPfHxCSsf4EwjEdok1Xo_gjneoV12mwDmEr9xmIZKeoqm5FfY7TeIPP04_h6wupKqeueC3_qosOHjIQyydhNT6DJhICGjgDywk0y5F_ShcPYFlnoGg/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275383862503135298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KtmmvL2Y5YThxL7VP5E5aPfHxCSsf4EwjEdok1Xo_gjneoV12mwDmEr9xmIZKeoqm5FfY7TeIPP04_h6wupKqeueC3_qosOHjIQyydhNT6DJhICGjgDywk0y5F_ShcPYFlnoGg/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lbsxmyz31KB08qoviHStQwcLLSSGpQxBhW6joP8NQTO6bqz9ScQNqcFMXmuHf_UIaHn-gzo0ThXqI2H1vDQOHvhaomb_etG3Kq1CypSFGqo9KEdje9nHB9ir1QtMLqzQFpH5eg/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275383860265229698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lbsxmyz31KB08qoviHStQwcLLSSGpQxBhW6joP8NQTO6bqz9ScQNqcFMXmuHf_UIaHn-gzo0ThXqI2H1vDQOHvhaomb_etG3Kq1CypSFGqo9KEdje9nHB9ir1QtMLqzQFpH5eg/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSkStdpSrlM1245MVI4VKyhBu2TpzcLCwuZg79fdPVLWVVmqoCgc2X6bwul7KMvgkkxoMi5uQTX70Ml8j7-gDFV69G2-BuOIaBPDhE0mYCPBWSRJiULzmSM-YVRDdDyrHYby5gg/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275383851979429506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSkStdpSrlM1245MVI4VKyhBu2TpzcLCwuZg79fdPVLWVVmqoCgc2X6bwul7KMvgkkxoMi5uQTX70Ml8j7-gDFV69G2-BuOIaBPDhE0mYCPBWSRJiULzmSM-YVRDdDyrHYby5gg/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCLOV3OddRCZ8gAw0ObeN9pNywqN50QbzIPnk8I4AfWbBFOS56Zv2U6lejicFcnszso2udFc3uYK5oX5LYVTVYKHLZxIRWKEi7j3FWm6t6IsznGeAAXE8qO6akvZXN6FLdNJLTg/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275383845010199906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCLOV3OddRCZ8gAw0ObeN9pNywqN50QbzIPnk8I4AfWbBFOS56Zv2U6lejicFcnszso2udFc3uYK5oX5LYVTVYKHLZxIRWKEi7j3FWm6t6IsznGeAAXE8qO6akvZXN6FLdNJLTg/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzqcRTrTqpOJHBFwdJ8rw9sZwpj7qBf0q9J_2pmRH9CK_nfb7jmdSX8QWn_m6vOWl9NmHHaQG9p47VEWavdHdydqq0_pQkWwiuGn4d2QAEuyFgSDc98NCw9VmD_Gx6wQCyRND7g/s1600-h/christmas+and+first+haircut+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275383842164982562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzqcRTrTqpOJHBFwdJ8rw9sZwpj7qBf0q9J_2pmRH9CK_nfb7jmdSX8QWn_m6vOWl9NmHHaQG9p47VEWavdHdydqq0_pQkWwiuGn4d2QAEuyFgSDc98NCw9VmD_Gx6wQCyRND7g/s320/christmas+and+first+haircut+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I remember when it used to be so easy to get a picture of the babies sitting side by side, how easy it was to get them both to smile and look at the camera. Of course it was when they weren't mobile! Here are my attempts at getting a picture of the babies sitting in front of the Christmas tree...so much for getting a good picture to send out with Christmas cards!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>amy b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02572881835573009609noreply@blogger.com2