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8 Months!

Elliana is 8 months old! Time is truly going by quickly and our little girl is growing up! This month has been a big month! So much has happened... lots of milestones reached. Here are some of the things Ellie has been up to:

• She is finally sitting up completely on her own!
• Eating lots of baby cereal (preferably Rice, not oatmeal) and fruits and veggies
• Starting to use our pincher grasp to feed herself finger foods (cheerios, Kix, and fruit puffs being our fav's!)
• Ellie is crawling flopping her way around the room! Moving quicker each day and sooo close to being fully mobile!
• We have started sleeping through the night!!! Not quite every night but Mommy is so happy for less broken sleep!
• Elliana is still iin size 2 diapers comfortably but are getting taller and beginning to wear our 6-9 month clothes.
• She loves to play with all our toys and be in with the action with big brother and cousins!
• Though we don't like the swing or bouncey seat any longer we have lots of fun in our jumperoo, excersaucer, and bumbo seat!
• She is also starting to really enjoy tickle time with Daddy... nothing beats the sound of that giggle and the sqeals of excitment!

We are still enjoying having a little girl so much! This is truly my favorite age. There is so much interaction and learning of new things each day! Elliana brings us such joy and we are so blessed to have her as part of this family! We love you lil ladybug!!

Our T-ball Star!

This year we signed up Nathaniel for his first team sport. He played t-ball for Summerville Little League team ECBC North "Royals". We were so proud at how hard he worked at practice and how he gave so much at each game! What a great first season!

"Field Ready"

Getting a little advise from one of his coaches

Running the Bases!

Ready to run home... Go #4! (Momma's favorite number, which was randomly given to Nathaniel! )

Nathaniel was on the same team as close friends Jake and Josh...

With Coach Scott, getting his season trophy.

So proud of our cute t-ball star!

"ECBC Royals!"

Boys will be Boys!

While our long time friends were here visiting last weekend the boys went outside to play. And play, they did. And run, and dig and Get Dirty!
And find water, they did! What to do... Boys will be Boys! Who cares about a little dirt? Definately not these two!

Add water to the dirt and get fun, wonderful mud! And with mud... comes lots and lots of Mess!

They were so dirty and gross we decided that they couldn't even come into the house. So out came the hose... off came the clothes and we cleaned them up!

We still brought them in and put them straight into the tub! It was fun to try and get all the dirt and sand out that was caked to their scalps! yuck!

What can I say.,... they had a blast... not much to say except, Boys will be boys!

Not me Monday for Stellan

It's Monday and normally we see Not Me! Monday, the blog carnival created by MckMama, here. In lue of that today we are spreading the word and asking for prayer for this sweet little boy and his family.

Who can get this precious little boy off their minds, Not Me!

Stellan was admitted back into Children's Hospital a few days ago and is not doing well. He will be airlifted to Boston today and may be facing another surgery. He has been in SVT (dangerously rapid heart rate) for almost all of the last 3 days. His Mama and family are weary, scared, frustrated, and tired.

Who has spend hours telling everyone they know about Stellan, and asking for pray for Him and his family, Not Me!

I certainly haven't checked my cell phone every few minutes checking for updates on how things are going or refreshed MckMama's Blog a few hundred times in the last few days... My facebook and twitter updates haven't been spreading the word either... Nope, Not Me!

Please PRAY for WISDOM for the doctors, who are really at a loss with what else to try, Comfort and Rest for the family and sweet Stellan, Strength and Peace for MckMama and Prince Charming as they try to get through this incredibly hard situation. Healing for Stellan, His will be done... but we ask for God's grace and mercy to once again come and touch Stellan.

Sweet Jesus Be Near! Please wrap your arms around this Family who has given so much to bless others and pour out your comfort and peace that passes all understanding for each step they have ahead.
Please spread the word and Pray, Pray, Pray!!

From the mouth of Babes

Got this cute survey from facebook so I went through it with Nathaniel. So here are his responces about Mom.

Ask your child these questions!

Word for word from Nathaniel, Age 5

1. What is something mom always says to you? "Manners"

2. What makes mom happy? "listening"

3. What makes Mom sad? "not listening"

4. How does your mom make you laugh? "tickeling!"

5. What was your mom like as a child? "Manners"

6. How old is your mom? "21"

7. How tall is your mom? "I don't know"

8. What is her favorite thing to do? "work" (uummm.. are you kidding me?!)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? "get scared"

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "best at making crafts"

11. What is your mom really good at? "crafts!"

12. What is your mom not very good at? "running" (LoL.. funny.)

13. What does your mom do for her job? "work, sells toys"

14. What is your mom's favorite food? "lettuce"

15. What makes you proud of your mom? "when she wins some games"

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Ni Hoa Kia Lan" (LoL, Chinese?!)

17. What do you and your mom do together? "play games"

18. How are you and your mom the same? "were not the same, how silly!"

19. How are you and your mom different? "She has long hair and I have short hair"

20. How do you know your mom loves you? "she gives me lots of hugs and kisses"

21. Where is your Mom's favorite place to go? "shopping at stores"

Not Me My Child Monday!

It's monday.. and normailly we see Not Me Monday! here... But our lovely friend MckMama decided to try something new this week. Hope over to her blog HERE to join in on the fun!

Did you almost die of embarrassment when your child walked in on you and your husband doing you-know-what? Want to scream bloody murder when your toddler colored on your floor with a Sharpie? Feel like a terrible mother when your kid used a swear word in front of your in-laws? Well don't! Mothers aren't perfect and neither are children, so today I thought we'd switch things up a little and do a Not my child! Monday!

So here we go....

It was not My child that decided this week to "get My own haircut!" This mommy is way more responsible than to leave a child alone with a pair of scissors unsupervised! And my child would never do something crazy like that. Nope! Not My Child!

My sweet adorable child certainly did not repeatedly reveal my beautiful turquoise bra and chest to the world while being carried around, in public. Why on earth would she want to do something like that! And this mommy would always be more reserved and conservative than to wear a loose fitting shirt that could be easily pulled down.

While visiting the doctor for our yearly checkup it was not my well mannered, obedient child who was screaming bloody murder when he found out he had to get his finger pricked. We play doctor at home all the time and are always jealous at our sisters frequent well baby checkups. How could this mom "lie" to her precious boy and tell him there were no shots this year, then restrain him and require multiple medical personnel to draw a little blood from his finger. Nope! Not my child!

At the store, while I was uploading and printing pictures, it was not my child who slipped a candy bar in his purse shoulder bag and then proceeded to show me his "treat" later asking to eat it. My child was brought up way better than to know how to steal!

Lastly, It was not my sweet, gentle child who decided to pick up rocks found in the playground mulch... and then throw them over then fence into a baby pool where other children were playing! Definately not my child!

You see...My children are sweet, obedient, and... perfect little angels!

(I'm sure you do not see those horns holding up their halo's!? LoL)