blessed

On Sunday the 26th we had G.'s blessing.

She wore a dress made by my mother that I wore 26 years ago.

  When J. saw her in her dress he said "She's so pretty, mom!" Yes, she is.

 I'm glad we didn't wait longer (we thought about it) because the dress barely fit over her succulent arms. Yes, succulent. They are squishy goodness that just beg to be chewed (without teeth of course).

 The only family that could make it were Adam's darling aunt Cheri and uncle Dale. While the rest of our family members were greatly missed it felt good to have her blessed in front of our ward family.

She was blessed by her father, surrounded by Nate Williams, Nate Grow, Rob Egbert, Steve Watson, Geoff Bean,  Russell Johnson, & Chris Layton.

 It was a sweet blessing for our sweet little jewel.

 

I really am so very blessed.

J. Quotes

This boy is making up new definitions, and similes.

apparently opening your mouth really wide is the new smile for pictures.

Earlier today-

J: "If someone picks up the spoon, they will beef me."
K & A: "What?!"
K: "What does beef mean?"
J: "beef means to poke and hit."
J: "I like beefaroni so..."
A: "You like the word beefaroni?"
J: "Yeah, it's good."

Earlier this month-

K: "I'm going to sunbathe. It's like taking a bath in the sun."
J: "Oh! you're going to go take a shower in the grass?"

3 years + 3 months

 3 years

 J. had a birthday on the 11th. It was a quiet birthday but very fun. He requested balloons and chocolate cupcakes. His birthday dinner request was "Mickey-Mac" and broccoli.  (He also eats butter, not with toast, just plain butter, sound familiar? Mickey-mac, broccoli, and butter...yes, he loves the same foods his uncle Michael did at the same age).

adding some purple- 8.11.12 

riding a unicorn

We went to a park to take some birthday pictures and to play. It was lovely. When he was playing on the playground a little half-asian girl came and they ended up playing together. There are little plastic hammock type things at said playground and J. likes to pretend to sleep on them. At one point the little girl was standing near her parents and J. asks her "do you want to sleep with me?" Her parents thought it was pretty funny and said something along the lines of how forward boys are these days and how it starts younger and younger.

twins (J. loves to be twins with his dad, and has requested I get him pajamas that match G.'s)

When we went home we had cupcakes, sang the song, and opened presents. We then all played together with them until J's bedtime. It was a good day.

3 months

We can't believe little G. is already three months. She is growing so fast and is so determined to continue doing just that.

I don't know if we're remembering incorrectly or if it's true, but it seems like she is reaching her benchmarks a lot faster than J. did at the same age.

She loves tummy time. She is interested in toys and bats at them (and at our faces) with her little hands. She seems to love being naked and is always ready to smile. She's very patient and is becoming a tough little lady. I imagine that she'll be able to run circles around J. in a year or so.