Monday, September 20, 2010
It's the Season Baby!
Around these parts, aka-our house, we are NFL fans! While others are jumping on the bandwagon of the latest "America's Team" - Cowboys - No! Patriots - Done! Saints - So Last Year! We are still cheering on the team we have stuck with since birth! We are proudly Redskins fans. You can debate about whether it is worth following a team with such ups and downs, and lately (as in past 10 yrs) its been mostly downs...and I don't mean 1st downs! We are beginning this new season with high hopes! As with every new season! So here are the boys decked out and ready to go last week when we played the wretched cowboys. And yes, we won!
And this is what the boys looked like last night, when we almost had a win, and couldn't pull it off! (Note: Cowboys lost!)
And this is what being a redskins fan does to you! It just makes you crazy, but we still love them! Seriously! We are scoring touchdowns! Can we complain?!
Friday, September 3, 2010
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye...
A little more on the saying goodbye to paci...Caleb thought it was funny at first that his paci was broken. Immediately I had this God-given image of him still keeping his paci in his mouth broken. Yes, he was that attached! Just keeping it in his mouth even though he couldn't suck it. So I thought, let's have a throwing away "ceremony" to say goodbye forever. So we all trekked into the bathroom, our very small bathroom, our only-one-in-the-house-that-all-five-of-us-share-and-its-the-only-room-still-reflecting-the-1978-original-design-of-the-house bathroom. Anyway...I lovingly explained to him that paci was broken and it didn't work anymore. So we needed to throw it away in the trash. I also reminded him that he was a "big boy" now and he didn't need it anymore. So here's the pictures...so sweet! By the way - IGNORE the bathroom, and yes, ew!, the toilet seat is up!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
An Update with no Pics...Read ON!
So its about time for me to update the ole blog, but I just have a couple of things going on. So my goal is by the weekend I will have an update, which is Haleigh's 10 months, so I better. Not to mention my last post was her 9 month update...Oh my have we been busy ever since we got back from vacation almost a month ago! And yes, I know there are still no pics from that. Here's a little of what's been going on...
- Meetings, meetings, meetings! Woohoo! I love meetings! Not so much, but between a new school year, a new youth ministry vision and set-up, budget meetings, etc we've been doing a lot of meeting! I won't bore you with the rest of the details!
-We successfully but not without a fight took Caleb's paci away! We cut it just like we did with Micah. And Caleb of course made a joke out of it! So we all laughed, and I thought it was going to be easy. However, Caleb blessed us with those lungs of his for the next 2.5 hours! Oh that poor baby finally went to sleep and a week later, we were back in business!
-As if the paci thing wasn't enough, we then decided to make things more traumatic on our son, and move him to his big boy bed! Are we stupid?? I'm still trying to figure that out! We purchased a set of bunk beds for the boys, that we did bargain for thank you very much! We were so proud of ourselves even if we only knocked off like $50! I guess we could've come on a little stronger. ANYWAY! So after a LOT of disciplining, we have got him to stay in his bed at night. Now I am working on the morning!
-I, Katie, the most amazing wife in the world, am helping my husband put together some sunday school curriculum for this year. We are working on two separate sets and are almost done! I can't wait till I can cross that off my list! Oh did I tell you I haven't met ANY of my deadlines! Sweet.
-Consignment sale is coming next week and so I am cleaning out! I love this time because it is fun to shop but also OH SO FUN to purge! So we have clothes and toys thrown EVERYWHERE! Oh if you could see my house right now! Living room over taken by Micah's old furniture, upstairs just consumed with kids clothing, and my room, well its always like that! Sorry mom, my bad cleaning habits have tagged along with me in my marriage! (Seriously, a VERY BAD HABIT we are WORKING on!)
I could bore you with so much more, but I am going to go have some ME time because my husband is at yet another MEETING! At least I'm not there!
- Meetings, meetings, meetings! Woohoo! I love meetings! Not so much, but between a new school year, a new youth ministry vision and set-up, budget meetings, etc we've been doing a lot of meeting! I won't bore you with the rest of the details!
-We successfully but not without a fight took Caleb's paci away! We cut it just like we did with Micah. And Caleb of course made a joke out of it! So we all laughed, and I thought it was going to be easy. However, Caleb blessed us with those lungs of his for the next 2.5 hours! Oh that poor baby finally went to sleep and a week later, we were back in business!
-As if the paci thing wasn't enough, we then decided to make things more traumatic on our son, and move him to his big boy bed! Are we stupid?? I'm still trying to figure that out! We purchased a set of bunk beds for the boys, that we did bargain for thank you very much! We were so proud of ourselves even if we only knocked off like $50! I guess we could've come on a little stronger. ANYWAY! So after a LOT of disciplining, we have got him to stay in his bed at night. Now I am working on the morning!
-I, Katie, the most amazing wife in the world, am helping my husband put together some sunday school curriculum for this year. We are working on two separate sets and are almost done! I can't wait till I can cross that off my list! Oh did I tell you I haven't met ANY of my deadlines! Sweet.
-Consignment sale is coming next week and so I am cleaning out! I love this time because it is fun to shop but also OH SO FUN to purge! So we have clothes and toys thrown EVERYWHERE! Oh if you could see my house right now! Living room over taken by Micah's old furniture, upstairs just consumed with kids clothing, and my room, well its always like that! Sorry mom, my bad cleaning habits have tagged along with me in my marriage! (Seriously, a VERY BAD HABIT we are WORKING on!)
I could bore you with so much more, but I am going to go have some ME time because my husband is at yet another MEETING! At least I'm not there!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Haleigh - 9 Months
Little Miss is now 9. MONTHS. OLD. She isn't a little baby anymore, she seems so grown up! I hate it! Here is the latest on the girl...
Look what she can do!
She now likes to stand up in her crib when I put her down for a nap. The problem is she can't get back down! I've heard of other people having this problem, but the boys never had it. I guess they were just rough enough they didn't care to fall back down in the crib. But Haleigh seems so timid, its like she doesn't want to get hurt! So we are playing a game right now at nap time...it's getting old!
She is still scooting across the floor, but is finally starting to get on her knees and crawl. Still not there though! But she really hates to be put in the exersaucer because she wants to be moving!
She loves her daddy!
She LOVES the beach...my kind of girl!
She did great on our vacation! We just sat her in this pool and she loved splashing and laying with toys! I was afraid she would try and crawl out, but she was content in there.
She is a beauty! I know I'm a little biased, but seriously I am overflowing with thankfulness for this beautiful little girl that I get to spend my life with! She is such a joy. Some days, I am reminded that I actually have a GIRL!

Look what she can do!
She loves her daddy!
She LOVES the beach...my kind of girl!
She is a beauty! I know I'm a little biased, but seriously I am overflowing with thankfulness for this beautiful little girl that I get to spend my life with! She is such a joy. Some days, I am reminded that I actually have a GIRL!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
10,000 Maniacs
How do you like that reference?! Anyway, while we were on vacation, or vacay, as we like to call it, we hit a milestone in our little blog world! We have now officially had 10,000 visits since we first started! So all that to say, my three readers have been quite faithful to our blog!
So in order to celebrate, we want to hear from you! We want to know who our readers are, and yes that includes the stalkers, lurkers, and mutual friends! So leave us a message, introduce yourself (if we don't know you) and celebrate with us!
So in order to celebrate, we want to hear from you! We want to know who our readers are, and yes that includes the stalkers, lurkers, and mutual friends! So leave us a message, introduce yourself (if we don't know you) and celebrate with us!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
A League of Her Own
Katie is gonna hate me for this, but she is napping right now, so I'll post this and see what happens when she reads it. We just spent the week at Ocean City, New Jersey with all of Katie's family (which I guess is mine too). It was such a fun week. I'm sure Katie will post a ton of pics later, but I just had to post this one pic. My favorite time of day is twilight. Not because I am on Team Edward, but because it is just the perfect time of the day, especially at the beach. The lighting is perfect, the sand is cool, and the beach is empty. We went out one night this week and took photos and played wiffle ball on the beach with the family. The southpaw Jimmy Mac was hurling high and outside as Micah blasted opposite field bombs. We all took some swings and I just happened to snap a photo of this beautiful swing.
This is a piece of art. There is a lot that needs to be corrected, but her hands are right where they need to be. She is squashin that bug and throwing her hands. Beautiful. I just assumed that Micah got all of his baseball skills from me, but little did I know that this little yankee has a mean cut! Maybe the Orioles could use her. -Ed
This is a piece of art. There is a lot that needs to be corrected, but her hands are right where they need to be. She is squashin that bug and throwing her hands. Beautiful. I just assumed that Micah got all of his baseball skills from me, but little did I know that this little yankee has a mean cut! Maybe the Orioles could use her. -Ed
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