A Whole New Look on Her World

Braelyn is starting to sit up. WOW, I can't believe how time flies! She is sitting in the Boppy but still has a wobbly bottom. I can't believe I caught all of this on camera, another time where I needed my video camera handy.

Ah, keep it together, use those abs.

Nope, didn't make it! (Am, I mean for making her sit like this until I took the photo? )
She actually did not mind it, she would look from side to side to see things and smile at us.

Let's try it again, Brae.

Wipe Out, forward this time :)

Like Father Like Son

Aedyn is a DADDY's Boy, and I love it! If he turns out to be just like his father, than there will be a lucky woman someday! I could have taken these pictures all day long. Aedyn had to go put on his overalls so he could be just like daddy. Not even sure why Abram wears them, but sometimes he does :) Aedyn even ended up with Abram's hat on his head.

First Foods

Braelyn tried baby food for the first time. To say that she is an eater is an understatement. She now screams when she sees a banana because I gave her some and she loved it! This is her first time eating Squash. She didn't even make a face but does put her left hand in her mouth after EVERY bite. It is almost like a magnet. Braelyn gets pretty messy and doesn't care for that too much:)

Frogs and Butterflies

I love our yard! Aedyn is known for 'xploring in it and going on 'ventures as he likes to put it. Two nights this last week he was out looking for frog, toads, ants, butterflies and the pesky raccoon that continues getting in our trash in the middle of the night. He did find or should I say capture a little frog and a butterfly (really a moth). These pictures do not do any good at showing how Aedyn would hop like a frog trying to catch the moth. I really wish I could have had the video camera ready.

A visit with Friends

Nico and Abby (our friends from BSU) came down for a visit last evening. We ordered Ivanhoes and just hung out, letting the kids play. It was so good to see them, and we talked for a long time after they left about how we want to see them more often. This is a picture of "The guys". The boys had a fun time telling us "NO GIRLS ALLOWED!"
Very Nice hat Nico!
Herer are the Mommies with all the kids. Abby and I still look some-what sane :) Look at Braelyn checking out Zeb.
Aedyn was all about holding Zeb. I think he was remembering when his sister, not so long ago, was this little.
Aedyn took this picture of Eli playing with all of his toys. The boys had a great time playing toghether and seem to like a lot of the same things. Notice the older boys were watching the replay of the home run derby.
Thank you Tigulis' for the Visit! We MUST do it more often. -LOVE

Wisconsin Trip

When Abram told me that he was going out of town for work and asked us to go with him, I was kind of hoping for a sunny, beach location. Instead he announced it was Wisconsin! Not where I would have chose but it turned out to be very nice and a lot of fun.
While Abram was working the kids and I would keep busy by finding something fun to do. The first day we found this awesome park. It had really cool slides, rock walls and bridges. Of course my son only got on this dinosaur bouncy thing. REAL ADVENTUROUS! I bet Braelyn is going to be my daredevil.

The Park had a dam with a very pretty river. We spend over two hours just watching the water and animals. We found a few ducks that would walk right up to us every time I shook my polar pop ice. Aedyn thought that was really cool!

My little outdoors man found this tree which he wanted to climb. :)

Aedyn watched this Wood Chuck (I think that's what it is) running over the rocks by the water. If you know my husband, you know that Abram and Aedyn are one a like for Nature.

On the second day, Abram ended up working really late in a not so pretty, kind of scary part of town. We decided to stay at the store location with him. The kids took a nap from 5pm to 8pm (WHAT A MOM) and were ready to play. Braelyn was just as happy as could be just laying on a blanket and talking to Aedyn and I.

Aedyn was just happy that he could still watch NOGGIN at the store. I think he watched a record amount of Wow Wow Wubbzy and Little Bear on this day. And Yes, that is a starbucks for my child...I promis it was just Chocolate milk, that he thought was "Gross". Great, I spend $4 bucks on a "gross" drink :)

Aedyn was taking pictures inside the store, so I have a lot of pictures of cell phones, computers, the floor and this actually good one. I am usually not on this end of the camera.

How about that, my son, the kindergarten teacher's kid, is working on writing letters. I promis, I don't do this all the time :) He does enjoy writing and playing school. Ahh, something I'm good at.

During our late night at the store, Abram booked a hotel for that night in the next city. As I was on the computer looking to see if it looked nice, I discovered that it had a wonderful young kids water park inside. What a wonderful suprise! So we decided to start off slow the next day and stay and play for a while. Aedyn would not go down the water slide for the longest time. I then talked him into getting our picture up on it and then ride down on my lap. By the end of the day he had went on the slide at least 50 times by himself. It was so funny how he would hold his breath right at the end.

Our trip turned out to be a great time. Many times Abram is on the road by himself and Aedyn just knows daddy will be home in a couple of days. I think this helped Aedyn understand when daddy leaves what he is up to, minus the park and waterslides. We ended up stopping at my favorite store (IKEA) on the way home. Thanks for letting us go along for the ride, Abram,
WE LOVE YOU!

4th of July

I took our yearly 4th of July photos. Every year at Easter, I wonder if the weather will be too cold for their Easter outfits, I never thought I'd have that worry with 4th of July clothing. Well the unseasonably cool and damp air in Indiana (this week) actually had us with extra layers on. I also bought a very cute Red, White and Blue bow for Braelyn but she is losing all of her hair and her bows do not stay in anymore. She is getting so big and has an awesome personality. Braelyn will smile at anyone! I am amazed each day with the looks and vocals I get from her. Aedyn is also getting so much bigger and actually likes to eat! He has decided that he wants "long hair like Logan's". This is our niece's cousin. He has long curly hair. I continue to tell him that we will grow it out over the summer, but he has to let me wash and comb through it and his will never be CURLY. He is still okay with it.

After Abram talked religion with our son for 20 minutes the other night...Aedyn's questions continued to get deeper and deeper, he says that someday he wants to go to Heaven, still not sure why he just can't go there and come back tomorrow, but were getting there. :) We talked about why we celebrate the 4th of July. He looked like he kind of understood, well, for a four year old. He does know that we stand and face the flag with our hand on our heart when we hear the National Anthem, "because Uncle Heath fights to keep us free and protect us". I love our amazing God and the way He works through our little ones to keep us adults grounded.