Julie

Six month portraits

Six month portraits

Getting big...

My little man is changing fast.  He now is eating solids like they are going out of style (hasn't met a fruit or veggie he doesn't gobble up...), getting up on all fours trying to crawl (but ends up scooting backwards as far as he can go), and can almost sit up by himself (still a little top heavy!).

But, as much as he's growing up, he still falls asleep on my shoulder every night, which keeps him little. :)

 

She cracks me up... again...

Since she was a baby, Emma has made us laugh.  I love this girl.  She doesn't even have to try to be funny or adorable, it's just who she is.  This past week, two times she entertained me.

1) "Cottontail"

I asked her what her favorite fruit was.  She replied, "Cottontail."  I again asked, thinking she was confused, and she replied, "Cottontail."  Again, thinking she was confused with Easter and bunnies for some reason, and foolishly not realizing that my smart girl knew exactly what she was replying, I asked her.  She ran to the pantry and grabbed fruit cocktail, and said, "See! I like cottontail!!"  Cracked me up.  She thought I had forgotten what "cottontail" was, so she laughed at me, and I was able to laugh at the precious way she said the word. 

2) "Too tired..."

The week goes by so crazily, so usually the weekend is when I make the girls really clean up their room.  Saturday morning, it was a mess as usual, and I told them they'd have to clean before going to their birthday party.  Lily is good about cleaning, Emma has to be constantly reminded.  Usually I am good about catching her excuses, but this morning she was especially tired, especially pathetic and especially convincing when she told me that she was really tired and needed to rest.  (I know, I'm a sucker...) So I asked Lily if she minded cleaning alone while Emma went back to sleep in my bed.  (Lily prefers to clean alone since Emma tends to get very distracted.) So, I laid Emma in my bed and she looked like she curled right up and passed out.  I checked on her a few times- seemed to be asleep.  Then, I hear a loud whisper come from my room-

"Lily- come and get me when you are done cleaning!!" So I walk in, and she immediately pretends to be asleep again.  I laughed so hard (and so did she, for she felt quite accomplished in fooling Mom), and she proceeded to clean up the rest of the room by herself. 

I love her. 

Outside weather...

I'm loving our weather! This time of year, just before it gets too hot, is my favorite time to live in So Cal. This weekend was a fun one, spent almost entirely outdoors!
The girls especially liked looking at the huge moon Friday night through their telescope, scooter riding and swinging.

Toothless!!

After seeing many friends lose many teeth, Lily finally got to experience the excitement of a lost tooth! I yanked it last night and she was sooooo happy! She was even happier when she saw what the tooth fairy left her...

Anniversary Bear

In honor of the 100 year anniversary of Girl Scouts, build a bear made a special bear. Lily's troop went together today and made bears together- they had a blast! The bear's uniforms will be here soon...

More Disneyland...

It was so fun to be able to pick up Lily from school and head to Disneyland for a few hours.  It is such a blessing to have passes this year, we are definitely enjoying it.

Connor's Baby Dedication

We were able to dedicate Connor in front of our church a week ago and it was a really good day.  A baby dedication is a ceremony in which parents publically declare that they will raise their child to know and serve the Lord, and in return, the church body commits to come alongside them in the journey.  We took a class on spiritual parenting during the six weeks before and were asked to come up with a family mission statement, which was shared on a video during the ceremony.  Our statement was:

"We will be a family that engages with God by showing selfless love to others, encouraging each other in community fellowship, and modeling the fruit of the spirit to one another daily, as we follow Jesus together."

After church, we had our friends and family over for cake to celebrate our little guy!

Six months old!