Taylor

This little girl has such a vibrant personality. She's becoming less of a baby and more like a child every day.  Her favorite thing to do lately is to pull up mommy's shirt and give the baby kisses.

Kylie and Pluto

This is one of my favorite pictures that we took on our vacation. Kylie was so in love with all the characters that we stood in line to meet them multiple times.

Fast Asher

I was loading kids into the van when Asher suddenly took off down the sidewalk. He was running at his personal top speed, arms pumping, legs churning, head bent low as he concentrated. (I love that he hasn’t out grown his toddler run quite yet.)

I finally caught up with him and took his small hand in mine. Asher looked up at me, out of breath and grinning widely.

“Mom,” he cried with obvious satisfaction. “These shoes are SO fast!”


~Melissa :)

Funny Maddie

Braden was struggling with his carseat buckle and I asked Joshua to help him. Maddie instantly responded, “It’s okay, Joshy, I’ll do it. You can take the day off.”

Madalyn gave me a big hug and told me, “Mommy, I love you so much that I want to hug you forever. I know lots of people say stuff like that, but I really, really mean it!”

~ Melissa :)

Girls and Boys

Today I was explaining to Kylie the difference between a boy and a girl. I started naming people in our family and she had to tell me if they were a boy or girl. She was a little confused but got most of them right. When we got to Nammy's name she didn't answer. I told her that Nammy was a girl. She replied "NO! Nammy is my Nammy, not a girl."




-Michelle-

Marriage

Brenna (age 3) loved to pretend she was married. Watching Joshua as he passed through the room she sighed deeply and said wistfully, “Oh, I am going to marry that man!”

Snuggle

The word sunggle, as it is defined by Braden (age 3): “A snuggle is laying on someone nicely.”