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Mothers and Others

At church today, the preacher made a point of saying Happy Mother's and Others Day to all of the women in the congregation. I've never heard it described like that before, but I really liked the sentiment. To all of the mothers, grandmothers, mother-in-laws, great grandmothers, aunts, "aunts", teachers, and friends who help to raise up our children, thank you! It really does take all of us, doesn't it (Dads and others too, of course)?

My first born, my son...sweet and sensitive! I love you so!

My daughter...who loves to smile and who doesn't want to miss a thing. I love you too!
(She's laughing at Boo in this pic)

Melt my heart!My favorite part of the day was when Boo said, "Mama, thank you for being your Mama, Mama!"

The pic below was just too cool not to share. Uncle A just got back from a trip to Australia, to see E. They went snorkeling and got this awesome photo. 

The fish in the photo is a Wrasse fish and E appropriately named him Wally the Wrasse.

I'm not sure how much blogging I will get done in the next few weeks. Packers come on Wednesday to work on our permanent storage items. I can't believe it's finally here! We won't leave Texas for another 2 weeks though.

Oh, Aunt L...Bit has brown eyes and Boo has blue eyes!

Fondue and PT

We're sooooo busy and our time is short there in Texas. I'm stealing a few minutes to post this blog update and then, it's back to work!

This past Monday, my Texas Momtourage bid my pal, and fellow zulily addict, Carrie and myself farewell at The Melting Pot. I love that place! We had a great fondue meal... I mean, when you start with cheese fondue and end with chocolate fondue, you just can't go wrong. So! much! fun! They gave me a photo book capturing all of the fun times we've had since we've been here. It really touched me. We've made so many good friends and great memories in the short two years that we've been here. Carrie and her family are headed up to West Point in June. Thanks Ladies...a million times over! I'm really going to miss y'all.

I wish I had a good segue for the second half of this post, but I don't. I just wanted to document Bit's time in physical therapy. She's doing really well and the PT said she didn't think she needed to follow up in Alaska at this time. Her last visit is on Tuesday a week and we'll get her final head measurements then.

"Look how far to the left I can look!"

"Do y'all mind? I'm trying to eat this toy!"

"Eh, these keys will do."

Who's a big girl?

Okay, back to work!

Boo's Top Ten

Boo has become quite talkative lately and he's cracking me up and melting my heart with some of the things he's saying. Here's a top ten list of what he's said recently.

10. "Mama, G is a boy and M is a grill."

  9. After coming back from going potty: "Mama, will you clean the wall?" Hmmm....can you guess what happened here?

  8. Me: G, are you mama's boy?
      Boo:  No, I'm mama's helpah!

  7. Bit was screaming in the car the other day and Boo was saying that he didn't want Bit to cry anymore. I told him that she couldn't help it b/c she was a baby. About 10 minutes later she just stopped crying and Boo said, "Mama, M helped it!" (soooo cute!).

6. "Mama, M's a pretty baby!"

5. After I went potty, he sang to me "Good job Mama, way to go Mama, good job mama, you're doing so good," which is what I sometimes sing to him after he goes potty.

4. "Which one we going today?" He says this every morning when he wakes up. He wants to know where we're going everyday.

3. "Jesus lives in heaven with his Dada."

2. B-man: G, who gives the best hugs?
    Boo: MAMA AND DADA!!!!

And the number ONE thing Boo has said recently came after we talked about how Jesus couldn't really come over to play b/c he lives in heaven with God (see number 3 above). I told him that Jesus can live in your heart, too. I told him that he could ask Jesus to come into his heart and help him make good choices. I felt like the whole thing probably went right over his head. But, three days later while we were riding in the car this is what he said...

1. Boo: I want to ask...
    Me: What do you want to ask?
    Boo: I want to ask Jesus...
    Me: What do you want to ask Jesus?   
    Boo: To help make good choices!!
   
What else is there to say after that?

5 Months

Our Lil Bit is FIVE months old!! It's so hard to believe that it has been five months since she arrived! She's just a sweetheart. She's very social. I have to leave the room to feed her most times, because she's so easily distracted. She always has to check out what's going on around her. Here are her 5 month pics.

She needs a V8.

She has a tooth!

The church we've been going to here in San Antonio was so sweet and gave Lil Bit this super soft blanket.
It's embroidered in the corner with "Jesus Loves You, Northern Hills Church".
They also gave her a bag tag for her church bag for when we deicde to leave her in the nursery.
B-man usually takes her out of the service if she gets fussy. The ladies who run the nursery always see him walking her around and tell him they're ready to take her whenever we're ready. Maybe this week...maybe.
Thanks G&G for the onesie. Not many people can pull of that yellow, but it looks so good on Lil Bit.

This is a picture of Bit's video monitor screen.
She likes to sleep on her tummy and like this...on her side with her head way back like this. It's so cute.
We know when we see her like this, she's in for a LONG sleep! :)

Oh wait, she has TWO TEETH!
They're coming in two by two!
You can barely see the one on the right. But it's there-just popped through today.

She had her first rice cereal today!! She was so ready too. This past week she's really been eyeing us eat. Lol.
I'm really hoping it helps her sleep through the night, too.



Another Multimedia Weekend Review

We're so busy these days playing and getting ready for the big move (end of May/beginning of June). I'm finding it harder and harder to get on the blog to post all of the pics I've been taking. So, without a lot of explanation...here's what we've been up to lately.

Boo sharing Sheepy, Sandy, and Ya-ya with Bit (melt my heart).

Bit is really enjoying tubby time now.
She loves to splash!

Dyeing Easter Eggs...

...

Bit supervised :)

B-man grilled up some ribs.
They were DELICIOUS!

Boo blew bubbles.

Bit worked outside (in one of Boo's old hats).

The Easter Bunny came!

We dressed in our Easter duds...

...and our Easter dresses and went to church to celebrate our Risen Lord!
I woke up in the morning with the hymn, "Up From the Grave He Arose" running through my head. It makes me teary-eyed every time I hear it.

Poor baby...I never feed her.
She has to eat her dress. ;)

I tried to take a video of Boo coming down the stairs seeing his Easter basket for the frist time. But, I screwed up big time with the camera. I had it turned on when I thought it was off and vice versa. So, I have some nice video of  the floor, if you'd like to see that. I did however, get the hunt. He had a great time.

Oh my Goodness! It has taken about 4 hours to finish this post! Bit is having a terrible day and so often Boo gets green when Bit needs more attention.

On a sweeter note, Boo keeps asking for the Easter Bunny and Jesus to come to his house. In fact, he just heard a truck driving outside and came running over to me saying, "Mama, Jesus is here!" I love that Lil Boo!

Check back tomorrow (evening probably) to see about Bit's big day.