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Monday, January 24, 2011
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Great News for me and for you....
Guess what time of year it is--Christmas Card time!!!! Thanks to Shutterfly, we will be getting our cards for free this year...check it out here. What a great surprise during this holiday season! Shutterfly offers so many great design options and themes. We spent the morning trying to get the perfect Christmas Card Photo...what an adventure for me! Now I have to decide if there is a group photo that will do, or if I have to crop and just use individual pictures of these 2 angels...guess you have to wait and see!
We use Shutterfly all the time to order prints...you grandparents already know this because I send you pictures regularly...ok, well, pretty regularly...ok, well, I try! :) We have even made a photo calender using Shutterfly and it was so easy! Go here to create your own! What a fun gift idea!
So, now I have to choose what Christmas Card we want to use...some options here... or perhaps I'll do a New Year's card instead. Timing is everything, and with these kiddos, who knows when I'll get to create the perfect card using Shutterfly!
So go to Shutterfly NOW and create the perfect photo Christmas card...and don't forget to send one to us! Camden LOVES pictures....she's already carrying the photo cards we've received around the house...and she even shares then with Caleb...FYI: They likes the cards that sing, too! :)
Thanks, Shutterfly, for helping us afford and create Christmas Cards this year!
We use Shutterfly all the time to order prints...you grandparents already know this because I send you pictures regularly...ok, well, pretty regularly...ok, well, I try! :) We have even made a photo calender using Shutterfly and it was so easy! Go here to create your own! What a fun gift idea!
So, now I have to choose what Christmas Card we want to use...some options here... or perhaps I'll do a New Year's card instead. Timing is everything, and with these kiddos, who knows when I'll get to create the perfect card using Shutterfly!
So go to Shutterfly NOW and create the perfect photo Christmas card...and don't forget to send one to us! Camden LOVES pictures....she's already carrying the photo cards we've received around the house...and she even shares then with Caleb...FYI: They likes the cards that sing, too! :)
Thanks, Shutterfly, for helping us afford and create Christmas Cards this year!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Has it really been over a month since I've updated??
where does the time go?? oh i know....to the 2 beautiful blessings that I have in my care!! :)
Here are a few pictures from the past month or so. We have had lots of visitors...with even more to come this month!
Camden with Nana and Aunt Bonnie...a FUN FUN weekend! :) We were all spoiled!
oh what we do for these little ones!
Shaef and Cam on the tandem + babyseat :)
caleb (7 months) and Brodey (3 months)
noah made me try this...made me realize i need to do more of my exercise tv workouts!! :)
ok, kelley....here it is! :)
sisters!
camden with isabelle kate....they adore each other..most of the time! :)
cam and is again...one of my favorites!
noah and jackson on the 'mountain' behind our house
cousins!
Look at those eyes!!...and the pet rock??
He loves his big sis!
Here are a few pictures from the past month or so. We have had lots of visitors...with even more to come this month!
Camden with Nana and Aunt Bonnie...a FUN FUN weekend! :) We were all spoiled!
oh what we do for these little ones!
Shaef and Cam on the tandem + babyseat :)
caleb (7 months) and Brodey (3 months)
noah made me try this...made me realize i need to do more of my exercise tv workouts!! :)
ok, kelley....here it is! :)
sisters!
camden with isabelle kate....they adore each other..most of the time! :)
cam and is again...one of my favorites!
noah and jackson on the 'mountain' behind our house
cousins!
Look at those eyes!!...and the pet rock??
He loves his big sis!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Quick Updates
i guess it starts at birth...
a few pics from Chattanooga with family...and family pets! :)
the four of us!...and i'm pretty sure both of our kids have shaef's slightly crooked smile! Cam's is exact i think! LOVE IT!
"Mommy....you're showing my rolls!"
A quick visit from our sweet friend Allison Barton...Noah (3 months) with Caleb (6 months)
a few pics from Chattanooga with family...and family pets! :)
the four of us!...and i'm pretty sure both of our kids have shaef's slightly crooked smile! Cam's is exact i think! LOVE IT!
"Mommy....you're showing my rolls!"
A quick visit from our sweet friend Allison Barton...Noah (3 months) with Caleb (6 months)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Firsts!!....cereal and 'preschool'
Camden started preschool yesterday!! She goes 2 days a week from 9 until 2. She didn't cry when I left her, she just headed off to the playground with Miss Jessica. I didn't do as well as she did! :) And, she was smiling when they loaded her up in the car at the end of her school day. She did not nap (i think she was the only one in the class who did not, as Miss Jessica told me she and Cam were best buds during naptime and she held her the whole time)....and she didn't eat anything from her lunchbox except for her grapes. But, she has had vivid conversations with me when I ask her how school was and what they did....I don't necessarily have a full visual of how her day went bc I don't know all she told me (smiles!), but she seems happy when she's telling me the stories about her day. I am excited to watch her grow from this throughout the year. School pictures are coming up and she will have a school play in December. Life moves so quickly!!
Sneaking some goldfish in the parking lot before walking into school....
Since Caleb still does not sleep more than about 3 hours at a time, on a good night, we decided to go ahead and start cereal. He's ALMOST 5 months now and with the support of the Bumbo, we thought he would be able to sit up pretty good to accomplish this. He truly watches us eat and seems so interested, so we didn't think it was too terribly early. BUT, we tried for a few days and he seems indifferent about it, but we will wait a bit longer until he can sit up a little better on his own. The last time we fed him, he was very sideways with his head slouching waaay down and ergonomically (is that a word?!) it did not seem fair to him that we were trying to feed him! :) Oh well for mommy's sleep! We'll try again in several weeks.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
September = a better schedule for Shaefer this month
Narration for the pics (i STILL cannot see which order the pics post in until it's posted):
*caleb's slightly crooked smile....like the one his daddy gets when he's nervous
*notice how camden and shaefer are sitting just alike on the rocks behind the house
*camden and ben (kind of) playing together on the day of their move
*what happens when we leave camden alone with her paint pens
*caleb in his little doctor outfit from Paul and Clarissa
*camden and ashley both admiring the Cheerios boxes
I am soo glad Shaefer's rotation at the VA is over. Although he loves the patients there, the hours are LONG. There were many, many days where he left before the kids were up and did not get home until long after they were in bed. September should be a much 'lighter' month as far as hours for him...he does have a lot of research to catch up on, but atleast he will be home a bit more during our waking hours.
Camden starts preschool at a local church next week. We went to Open House yesterday and she seemed to like her teachers (Ms. Joy, Ms. Katie, and Ms. Jessica) but she did not stray far from my side, and she always kept me in her view. She is going to go on Mondays and Wedenesdays from 9 until 2:15. I KNOW this will be good for her (and me) but please pray that the transition will go well. She still cries every time we leave her in the church nursery, and typically is still pretty upset when we get back...they often call us to come get her before the service is over.
...some fun things she's up to these days:
-We just discovered she can play 'catch' with us. I tell her good catch when she catches it and ONCE when she missed, I asked her if it was a bad throw?...so NOW, every time she misses, she says "bad throw mommy." Smart girl!
-She always wants to "pick up bro tha now mommy"
-She LOVES to tell me when Caleb wakes up and she always says "He wake up!" I OFTEN think he has a little help with that, whether it is a sweet and gentle (haha) touch from his big sister or just a loud scream (intentional) or even a nice and easy (haha again) bounce if he's in the bouncer. It is probably my fault though, because I often tell her things like we will go when caleb wakes up, or we can't go outside just yet because caleb is asleep, etc.
-She now sleeps with sooo many things in her bed....right now it's lovey #1, lovey #2, blanket #1, blanket #2, blanket #3, baby dill, her blanket, and baby Chico..he doesn't have a blanket...yet. :) I can barely carry everything and her up the stairs when it's nap or bedtime.
-I know there are so many other things I could mention, but those are just at the top of my mind today.
Caleb is still a pretty happy baby these days...he cries if he's hungry, sleepy, or has a dirty diaper, but other than that, he just likes to lay on the floor and laugh at us. His little laugh is so fun to hear! He smiles very easily and LOVES to 'chew' on his hands....hoping that will not last. I keep trying to get him to love his passy like he loves those hands. He has not 'technically' rolled over yet, as he still can't seem to get his arm out when he's over, but he definitely goes from side to side all day long, and 'rolls' all around on the carpet. He seems to like sleeping on his side these days, well, that is, when he sleeps. I had to put the bumpers back in his crib bc his chunky little legs kept getting caught...and stuck. :) He doesn't have to have a quiet or dark room to sleep, but he just doesn't like to sleep much. I can probably count on one hand the times he's successfully made it through the "45 minute intruder" (all of the "Babywise" moms will understand this!). And, any tips on getting him to take a bottle will be GREATLY appreciated. We are on bottle type #3 and he is still refusing, acting as if it is the worst thing in the world we are trying to do to him. I can remember ONE day where he took a bottle from Camden and Shaefer when he was about 4 weeks old I think....guess I should have kept giving him one bc this is such a challenge.
Our neighbors, Michael, Mihaela, and Ben moved away this week back to Lynchburg, VA. We will definitely miss them. Mihaela and Ben came over several times each week for playdates, breakfast, lunch, or just coffee....or we went there. Mihaela is a fantastic cook/baker, so we got lots of sweet treats from her, too. I know God placed us in the same condo building as them to help fight the lonliness of intern year.
Ok, Shaefer's home post call so I'm off to make him some lunch. :)
*caleb's slightly crooked smile....like the one his daddy gets when he's nervous
*notice how camden and shaefer are sitting just alike on the rocks behind the house
*camden and ben (kind of) playing together on the day of their move
*what happens when we leave camden alone with her paint pens
*caleb in his little doctor outfit from Paul and Clarissa
*camden and ashley both admiring the Cheerios boxes
I am soo glad Shaefer's rotation at the VA is over. Although he loves the patients there, the hours are LONG. There were many, many days where he left before the kids were up and did not get home until long after they were in bed. September should be a much 'lighter' month as far as hours for him...he does have a lot of research to catch up on, but atleast he will be home a bit more during our waking hours.
Camden starts preschool at a local church next week. We went to Open House yesterday and she seemed to like her teachers (Ms. Joy, Ms. Katie, and Ms. Jessica) but she did not stray far from my side, and she always kept me in her view. She is going to go on Mondays and Wedenesdays from 9 until 2:15. I KNOW this will be good for her (and me) but please pray that the transition will go well. She still cries every time we leave her in the church nursery, and typically is still pretty upset when we get back...they often call us to come get her before the service is over.
...some fun things she's up to these days:
-We just discovered she can play 'catch' with us. I tell her good catch when she catches it and ONCE when she missed, I asked her if it was a bad throw?...so NOW, every time she misses, she says "bad throw mommy." Smart girl!
-She always wants to "pick up bro tha now mommy"
-She LOVES to tell me when Caleb wakes up and she always says "He wake up!" I OFTEN think he has a little help with that, whether it is a sweet and gentle (haha) touch from his big sister or just a loud scream (intentional) or even a nice and easy (haha again) bounce if he's in the bouncer. It is probably my fault though, because I often tell her things like we will go when caleb wakes up, or we can't go outside just yet because caleb is asleep, etc.
-She now sleeps with sooo many things in her bed....right now it's lovey #1, lovey #2, blanket #1, blanket #2, blanket #3, baby dill, her blanket, and baby Chico..he doesn't have a blanket...yet. :) I can barely carry everything and her up the stairs when it's nap or bedtime.
-I know there are so many other things I could mention, but those are just at the top of my mind today.
Caleb is still a pretty happy baby these days...he cries if he's hungry, sleepy, or has a dirty diaper, but other than that, he just likes to lay on the floor and laugh at us. His little laugh is so fun to hear! He smiles very easily and LOVES to 'chew' on his hands....hoping that will not last. I keep trying to get him to love his passy like he loves those hands. He has not 'technically' rolled over yet, as he still can't seem to get his arm out when he's over, but he definitely goes from side to side all day long, and 'rolls' all around on the carpet. He seems to like sleeping on his side these days, well, that is, when he sleeps. I had to put the bumpers back in his crib bc his chunky little legs kept getting caught...and stuck. :) He doesn't have to have a quiet or dark room to sleep, but he just doesn't like to sleep much. I can probably count on one hand the times he's successfully made it through the "45 minute intruder" (all of the "Babywise" moms will understand this!). And, any tips on getting him to take a bottle will be GREATLY appreciated. We are on bottle type #3 and he is still refusing, acting as if it is the worst thing in the world we are trying to do to him. I can remember ONE day where he took a bottle from Camden and Shaefer when he was about 4 weeks old I think....guess I should have kept giving him one bc this is such a challenge.
Our neighbors, Michael, Mihaela, and Ben moved away this week back to Lynchburg, VA. We will definitely miss them. Mihaela and Ben came over several times each week for playdates, breakfast, lunch, or just coffee....or we went there. Mihaela is a fantastic cook/baker, so we got lots of sweet treats from her, too. I know God placed us in the same condo building as them to help fight the lonliness of intern year.
Ok, Shaefer's home post call so I'm off to make him some lunch. :)
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