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Hey Buddy! Here we are at the close countdown to your 1st birthday! Crazy. You're suddenly acting like such a big boy and I now understand  all  the conversations Moms have had where they talk about their boys and how if they turn around for one second, their house will be torn to bits. For us, that was always Kara. Or Rachel  with  Kara. But, we officially have a boy who is very much a little destroyer of all things he comes into contact with. You are very determined and very active when you're awake. Daddy was taking care of you the other day and he texted me this:  "wow, when Miles is awake you really can't take your eyes off him for one second."  - so true. On the bright side, you have such a happy spirit and its quite infectious. Your smile brightens up a room and we have people stop us all the time at the store to tell us how adorable you are and how gorgeous your eyes are. I'm hoping it stops soon because I'm worried it will go to your h...

These are from our Christmas photo shoot. Our photographer friend gave me the CD with all of them on it, but we had just gotten back from CA and life set in and got rather busy. I just looked at them all and have so many I want to frame now! I wanted to share some that I thought were super funny. Jason was is famous for photobombing in this way.... so the phrase "like Father, like son!" applies here.  this sequence made me LOL.  Candice doesn't always pose people. She also doesn't tell you how to stand or how to smile.  I like that about her. She capture real moments and our kids tend to do what they normally do, which is funny... usually.  This was SO true to life, I really laughed-out-loud when I saw it.  see the look on Miles' face?! Yes.  "Please.make.them.stop.kissing."      and I think he's been wanting to do this for quite some time.... this shot is what really got me.  Kara's honor has b...

We have an 8 year old in our home! A couple weeks ago our firstborn baby turned 8. I keep saying it, hoping it will sink in, but it still hasn't. His birthday was delightful. He shares a birthday with Yours Truly, so Jason took the day off work and we spent a fun family day together.  So we started the day with breakfast at our favorite place and then drove up North to an amazing indoor sports center with mazes to climb through, rides to ride on and trampolines galore to bounce away on. Trampolines even on the walls so you can literally bounce off walls. It was delightful and yes, the newly 33 year old had herself a blast and lived it up big. I even did some flips and such that made me feel equally young and old all at the same time. There was a foam pit, people. You bounce down the trampoline and land in a foam pit, which probably sounds as easy as it looked, right? Not right. Once you're in the pit of foam, its next to impossible for a big, heavy adult to climb out. T...

I have no idea why I'm writing this. I saw it on another blog and enjoyed reading hers, so I thought it would be fun to do my own. Poser moment, what can I say? Maybe I should title it "10 things about the weekend" - I used to post about our weekends and between getting tired of it and feeling like some things are better when kept more private, I stopped. Either way, here are 10 random facts about our weekend. 1.) The ladies in our Community Group got together and had a great time. The food was amazing and time of fellowship, even better. I'm blessed to know a group of very real, genuinely sweet ladies who inspire me in my walk with Christ.  2.) Stayed up too late Friday night acting like a teenager with my husband #noregrets  3.) Saturday morning we split our family up and ran in two different directions. Never my choice of how to do things, but so thankful for a healthy boy able to go to his first basketball game, two working cars and a husband who gave up...

We had our first sick visit to the Dr with Miles :( About 4 days ago I noticed his right eye started looking a bit swollen. First I thought he scratched it, or bumped it. But then the next day, I saw green goop in the corner. Ugh. Since he had no cold or any congestion, I dismissed it as not being conjunctivitis since that comes from getting the cold in your eye. But we're not sick and he's not sick. Apparently babies who crawl all over and then stick their hands in their eyes can kind of pick up germs wherever they go ;-) Anyway, we went to his Pediatrician today and he said he's got a very mild case of pink eye. He ordered an RX for us, but said I could continue the breast milk drops since they seem to be helping. My poor Pediatrician thinks I'm crazy with all my homeopathic remedies, but if I can save the $ and drug use, I will. So far its helping. I put some of my milk in a medicine dropper and then 2-3 times a day {when he sleeps} I drop a couple drops in th...

Oh Miles. Here we are at the 9 month mark and you're giving me a run for my money! You're quite a busy boy; very eager to keep up with your older siblings. You've decided in the past week that you would like to walk. But then you can't walk. But you don't like to admit that, so you try anyway... and you fall on your face. You have little red marks and bruises all over your cheeks and forehead. Something tells me we'll be making Emergency room visits with you far more than we did with your brother and sisters. You also like to climb... everything . So we have to be careful where we let you play because if you can climb it, you will.  You're cutting a few more teeth which has caused for some fussiness and bedtime seems to be rough. I have no idea if this is in connection with teething, but you've been fighting sleep at night. Like, going to sleep. Sometimes we're up until midnight with you, trying to get you to give up and go to sleep. Onc...

The weather has been so sunny this month, just very cold.  If you can go out and stay in the sun, its not bad at all.  But if you get stuck in the shade, its freezing.  The kids and I went to Seattle and as we left the bright sunshine at our house,  we got to the bridge and freaked out a bit when it looked like this...  I called Jason at work and said "what's the weather like there?"  and he told me, "its gorgeous; sunny, a few clouds, just beautiful."  I had a hard time believing that because where we were on the bridge was  only a few miles outside of Seattle.  and yet....  it was true. so weird.   Ta-da!     we have a donut and coffee place we've simply missed too much and had to visit. Miles is the reindeer you see strapped to me :)  we love the flowers.  ********************************* We walked by the cheese factory and realized they ad...