He’s the Pup.

The Baby

Isn’t he just the cutest thing you ever did see? He’s getting around lots.  He has the chubbiest legs I’ve seen since Rayna.  And, boy, does he love to laugh.  When he was a little younger, like 3 months old, I would simply be getting him dressed and that process would have him bursting into giggles.  Now he laughs very easily – a silly face, a weird noise, a cute dance.  He’s starting to get into food, but not too much.  I think he likes to feed himself, so that could be the issue as I’m not giving him finger foods.  What we are giving him (yogurt, soups, cottage cheese, etc) is enough so that I’m not nursing 24/7 like I was for a while.

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The Dreamer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know the first picture doesn’t show her beautiful face or her silly expression,

but LOOK. at. those. EYES! 

So blue! 

Marrissa is in her own world.  She marches to a different drummer a lot of the time.  She’s in the middle and doesn’t really fit in either group.  She’s too young for some of the activities the big girls do.  She’s too old to have fun with the little kids all the time too.  She’s making her own friends already; these friends aren’t Kristyn’s friends and they aren’t Wyatt’s friends.  She plays dress up almost all the time.  She organizes little games with whoever is willing to play with her. 

She’s not a follower but she’s not a leader either.  “She’s just Magoo,” her daddy would say.

 

(first pic was taken in March 2011; second on April 1, 2011)

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She’s the most . . . . .

 

(L – taken March 2011)

(below – taken April 1, 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think she’s the biggest handful yet!  She’s my first.  She’s my girl.  I love her so much and yet we fight so much.  She’s the most helpful.  She’s the most talkative.  She’s the most active.  She’s the most diverse.  She’s the most extreme.  She’s the most frustrating!  She’s the most in your space and in your face.  She’s the most loving.  She’s wants to please so badly.  She’s the most willing to try new things.  She’s the most social.  She’s the most dramatic.

 

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She’s a Reader!

Little Miss Cora is my shy little girl.  She is willing to participate in a group but as soon as an adult singles her out by asking her name or some other specific question she freezes up and can’t do anything but smile shyly at the questioner.  She loves to read and usually has a book in her hand or very close by.  Her shyness is often traded in for some pretty silly antic when she’s at home with her siblings.

 

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Lover of Anything Cars (The Movie)

This is Mr. Wyatt.

 

He loves Lightening McQueen, dinky cars, trains and his dog, Doc.

 

He loves to play alone and is always asking me if it’s nap time yet

so that Matthias and Rayna can go away.

 

He’s learning to use scissors.

 

He loves his haircut that is just like Uncle Jason’s.

 

 

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He’s the Man of the House

I’m not sure who took this picture either.  Wyatt, I think. 

This is in our bathroom.  He’s probably on his way to a fire department meeting or just home from a training session.

 

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Unflattering, but it is a picture of me

One of the kids took this picture.

I don’t think I even knew it had been taken; I just found it on my camera.  As you can see, I have some of the “baby weight” left to loose. 

Ok, let’s be honest, I have ALL of the baby weight left to loose. 

I’m looking forward to spring and no snow on the ground so I can get outside and walk lots!

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