Swinging!

Tonight we had a LIFE group social at the church farm, everyone had a really nice time, including Ethan! I took his little fire truck riding toy with us and he was all over the place on it- riding among the big kids! So cute! This was also the first time he has been on a swing set... he loved it!

Major Downsizing!!

My mom and dad got a divorce a couple of years ago so my mom has to sell her house :( It's been on the market for a really long time and the price kept getting lower and lower and lower. After the last price drop, she finally got an offer on the house and is in the process of moving... into this travel trailer!!!! She isn't allowed to live with anyone (alimony issue), so she is going to live in the travel trailer while she adds on to my grandmother's house- making a separate house that she can connect down the road. She got the travel trailer today, so I asked her to take a picture of it in front of her house for me. She is going from 6700 sq ft to 200!!!  

Big Boy!!!

Ethan is almost 15 months old and still has no interest in walking! I'm glad... makes him a baby a little longer :) He has gotten a little more brave lately and will let go when he pulls up on stuff so he can use his hands. For this picture, I had Caleb stand him up and then jump out of the picture... I snapped it just before he crumbled to the ground! He's a big chicken, but I'm glad!

First Sucker

Ethan woke up from his nap on the wrong side of the crib!! I was trying to help the twins with their homework and he wasn't cooperating, at all! The twins were eating blow-pops that they got in one of their birthday gifts, so I decided to give Ethan a dum-dum to see if it would make him happy... IT DID!

Liquid Gold!

When Ethan cut out his midnight feeding (a long time ago), I pumped every night for a month to build up a supply of breastmilk. I wanted a good supply because when I had emergency gallbladder surgery when he was 5 weeks old, I didn't have any stored up to give him while I was unable to nurse him and he had to have FORMULA!! I couldn't let that happen again!! Anyhoo, He took bottles occasionally up until September when he suddenly refused to take one. At that point, I only pumped when he had a bottle (for relief and to replace what he used from my stockpile). So, the most recent date on this milk expired 2 months ago and I finally got up the nerve to throw it away today (cleaned out the fridge and freezers). It was 33 bags, each with 5 oz... that's more than a gallon and a quart of LIQUID GOLD!!!!!

Coupon Helper

 

Beginning of the month means its time to clean out the expired coupons!! Ethan LOVES putting things in and out of containers (we find his pacifiers hidden all over the house), so I put him to work putting the coupons in the trash as I threw them in the floor... it kept him busy for a while!!

Twin's Party!!

Here's a picture from the twins party today. You can't see it, but Jeremy and my brother had the field lined and that black thing is suppose to be an outfield fence. We had 35 kids and 25 adults here for the party! I set up a concession stand for the food, we had hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts, snow cones, drinks, and airheads. The kids (and Chad Winn) loved it! We were worried about rain, but God blessed us by the rain stopping a couple hours before the party and starting back up when it was over... Prayer Answered!!!