Friday, April 17, 2009

Even More Easter Pictures!!!!

Gloria searching for eggs in the Easter Egg Hunt at the Sealys'

JB's the first calf out of the stall...notice both of his feet off the ground.

Gloria and her great-grandfather, "Oompa". We're so blessed to be able to have the kids meet their great-grandparents.

Family

"The Glorias"

4 generations represented here

Can you spot the JB blossom?

More Easter pictures

Princess Gloria in a flowering tree.

Oh, brother! Cutie-pies.

Gloria wading in at the "beach" (a sandy area with a shallow walk-in place). We always have so much fun at the Sealys'.

Max fishing while JB was paddling a canoe around the lake by himself...by baby's growing up!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Easter Pictures




Evidence of a girl!

The profile picture is nicer and even more discreet, but we haven't taken the time to scan it.

Benaiah's second haircut

This was before we left for South Carolina, but I just had to post Benaiah's second hair cut of his life! I was dreading it because he normally doesn't even want me to comb his hair. However, I think after seeing me cut his Daddy's and brother's hair, he felt like a big boy sitting on the tall "hair-cutting" stool. I only used the scissors so that he wouldn't get too scared off by the electric razor, so it looks a bit choppy if you look closely, but not too bad...he's still our cute Benny. Chocolate towards the end of the hair cut also helped:0).

He has a tail because that is a lion footy outfit that Gramma Shell made for him. It has a hat with it, but he refuses to wear the hat...maybe next year.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Beauty tip: take a bath

We are visiting with the Sealy family as well as Max's grandparents, Gloria and Mitch (Nana and Oompa), who live about an hour from the Sealy's. When Oompa (Gloria's great-grandfather) saw Gloria he asked "How did you get so pretty?" Gloria cheerfully and matter-of-factly replied, "I took a bath." Oompa thought that was pretty funny and said "that can't be the only reason because I take baths and I'm not pretty." Gloria then said,"that's because you're a boy!"

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Little Bunny...

...got into the strawberry carton, piled them into his bowl, and took a bite out of about half of them.

Monday, March 30, 2009

A mystery...

JB loves his blue blanket that he's had since he was a baby and now he's 6. He keeps telling me he loves his blanket because "it smells so good" and "it smells sweeter than honey" (he actually said that). Then he has me smell it and I want to upchuck (maybe it's the pregnancy). I'm glad he loves it and that the smell of it "makes him drowsy", but it is a mystery to me how it can smell so good to him and so funky to me. I wonder if he'd still smell the wonderful smell if I washed it...which happens about only once or twice a year. He never sucked his thumb or fingers, and he quit the pacifier when he was 6 months old, so I guess he can have his "sweet-smelling" blanket!

Now for a circular tower...



Sunday, March 29, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Benaiah in Bed



Every morning Benaiah would rather stay in his bed and play rather than me getting him up. Sometimes he even calls me, then just wants to stay and play when I get in there. He plays peek-a-boo with his stuffed animals or points to their body parts as I name them. Usually it is a task lifting him out of his crib because he's not standing up or reaching for me, it's like lifting out a dead (but cute) weight.

Sweetly, sometimes when Max and/or I want to sleep in in the morning, Gloria and JB will entertain him in his bed. Gloria started it when she would "read" him books while he stays in his crib and she sits in the glider and shows him pictures, telling him the story.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Relaxing/Playing at the Creek

This creek has what we call a "beach" because it is an area with sand and rocks, where we can sit next to the creek. The kids LOVE playing in the creek. It is within an easy walk from our house especially since Max cut 4-wheeler trails to it, so we can also 4-wheel there in just a few minutes. And we're only here for 3 more months! I guess I should be thankful for those 3 months we have...thank you, God!

Benaiah's favorite thing is to throw rocks in the water. The water is pretty clear except after it rains a lot.



Cups

JB posing next to his tower.

Kind of a cool picture.

Every time I buy plastic cups they are used for building. This time I bought them in bulk so they were able to make a really tall tower.

Monday, March 09, 2009

A very little bit 'o gardening

You can see my baby bump here. I'm wearing a skirt because it was after church and I didn't change because it felt good to wear a skirt on a beautiful day.
JB and Gloria helped to plant the tulips that are gone for this year, but will bless someone next year...whoever rents this property.

I miss gardening from our house in KS. It just wasn't worth setting up a garden here if we'll be leaving in June. I hope that in our next house we can have flowers and vegetables.