Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sooo Busy.....

Since Aaden has started crawling my life has suddenly become much more hectic! He is into EVERYTHING! Now Mike and I are realizing how much work it is to have 3 children that are constantly each needing attention. We are definitely outnumbered! We wouldn't have it any other way, though. We are so in awe of the three little miracles God has given us....the sources of so much JOY!. It is a lot of work to take care of these three little people, but it is the best and most rewarding work possible and I am so thankful I can stay home with my babies. Work (of all kinds) is exhausting though! Not much time to myself (or to update the blog!), but definitely worth every second. Mike and I were just talking last night that one day we will have 3 teenagers....and we will have only memories to hold onto of when they were teeny tiny. So even though it is a lot of hard, exhausting work, I am just trying to soak up every second of their baby and toddler-hood because I know they grow so fast!!!! I am constantly tired and make-up (most days) is a thing of the past, but never before has my life been filled with so much joy, laughter and FUN! So please forgive that I may not be the best at updating this blog, but it is because I am happily busy wiping tears, kissing "owies", changing diapers and being the recipient of countless goobery kisses from three of my most treasured gifts! =)

So here are some pictures from the last couple weeks...
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Valentine's morning!

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Digging into their surprises

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Preston was excited!

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So was Ella, of course!

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Aaden just wanted to eat the ribbon....
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Silly baby!

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faux-hawk!!

So, one evening I was upstairs putting laundry away (so fun, I know) and Mike had the duty of cleaning the kitchen after dinner. When I came downstairs this is what I found.......
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Aaden at the dishwasher....

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...while Preston and Ella did dishes....

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...all while Mike was doing his yoga video. Hhmmm...maybe he's on to something....=)

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Go Aaden!

He's mobile!! Aaden is crawling EVERYWHERE and in the last few weeks he started sitting up on his own and pulling himself up on furniture to stand!
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He sits.....

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...he crawls....

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...and he stands!! Go Aaden!

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Ella is completely obsessed with Fantasmic at Disneyland (since we have been there THREE times this month!) and she loves to watch it on Mike's computer. Mike set it up at the table one morning and all three kids were watching...made me smile. They are so cute! =)

Here are a few pictures from our last trip to Dland....
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Ella was so excited to see Alice, we chased her down to get a picture with her! Ha! The things you will do for your kids..=)

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Preston was STOKED to see Buzz Lightyear!

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The race cars! Preston loves this ride and Mike loves taking them on it.....and I love watching them have so much fun! I love my sweet family!!

We are blessed to live right across the street from a beautiful lake so a few times a week I take the kids over to see the ducks. They love walking around the lake and "saying hi to the quacks" as Ella says!
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They crack me up!

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Sleepy Aaden

Ella is usually the first to wake up in the morning and the other morning she came stumbling out of her bedroom looking like this....
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Ha! Silly bedhead girl!!