austin is ten months

ten months and a few days. i'm kind of excited to reach a year and put all his "month" pictures together to see how much he has changed. it seems like he just gets stinkin' cuter and cuter. which right now is a really good thing because he has hit the 'fit' stage and if he wasn't so darn cute it would be so darn hard. he does this thing that i think is kinda funny. he is on the ground, screams then puts his head face down and "pouts'. it's usually when he's tired so it is funny to me because he's not just being a brat. austin is such a sweet baby most of the time. those who watch him will tell you the same. babysitters brag (honestly) how he just goes down for the night and doesn't fuss. will he stay that way? let's hope. he is still pretty laid back but is getting a little into the 'mommy' stage. at church i often will give him to paul to give to the nursery since that seems like an easier transition. he is now into eighteen month clothes for the most part which is astoinding! where does this boy get his size? i want to say he's not fat, he's just big. he is still mostly an army baby (scootching) but has begun crawling. he is not very fast yet so he quickly gets to his belly to cover ground in a speedy manner. his latest feat? pulling up...on everything. this brings a whole new world to our home as we used to be able to just put things out of reach. oh no, not anymore. we are pulling up, cruising and walking with help from mommy and daddy. he has seven teeth. four on top and three on bottom. we are still going strong nursing but he loves his food too. mostly fruits and veggies and some times chicken. as much as i loved the baby bullet for preparing baby food (still never had store bought baby food!) austin has moved on to 'big people food'. at this point he will eat whatever we are eating for the most part, even spicy food and fish. our sleep schedule hasn't changed much in the past month. still bed around seven - seven thirty; up around five thirty to nurse then back to bed until about...oh, it has changed...until about eight thirty! he says dada to dada and blows bubbles when i say mama. sign language is going well. he knows more, eat, bye bye, and milk and uses them appropriately. as you can see in his pictures, his latest is clapping. we watch AFV a lot and he has picked up clapping. lastly for now, he knows "foot" and will give it to you when you ask and will give five with his hand also. we sure do love this boy and we are so excited to see him grow and learn.

so good to me

So Good to Me By: Cory Asbury

Verse:

I waited patiently upon the Lord

And He inclined and heard my cry
He pulled me up out of the miry clay
He set my feet upon the Rock
He gave me beauty for ashes and joy for my mourning
And praise for heaviness
He put a new song in my mouth and a crown upon my head
He gave me life forevermore
So good, so, so good to me, Jesus
And He placed my feet on the solid ground
Hallelujah, hallelujah

Chorus:

He’s been so good, so, so good to me; so good, so, so good to me

Post-chorus:

He picked me up and He turned me around

Tag:

I’ve got love, joy, peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit

i have heard this song quite a few times and i sing it out loud. no joke. out loud. today it was one of the worship songs at church and i was not singing. the chorus came along once and i let it pass by. see; life wasn't perfect this morning. paul and i were not getting along. (believe it or not, our marriage isn't perfect and some of the most uncomfortable times are walking into church where people expect a smile. another reason i love our church because it's ok not to be ok. and it's really ok. they don't just say it's ok then talk about you later. again. no joke. ) so, as i stood next to my husband whom i love but i did not like i wasn't singing and i was thinking "he (God) isn't being so so good to me, i feel like complete poo and i am mad". then came the chorus a second time. i don't know if you are like me but 'christain' songs hit me and they hit me hard. and this time i started singing and God told me - i have been good to you, i have been so so good to you. honestly i stood there and began singing out loud and realizing that even though life isn't perfect God has been good to me and i know it once i get passed myself. 


and if that wasn't enough; we sit, we begin listening to our pastor talk and what does he say? the same thing! he quotes the song. he says what i have just told myself. and reiterates what God just told me. 


moral of the story? even if things aren't perfect, even if there is something wrong and even if it's something big; i promise you, if you follow Christ, he has been so so good to you. so sing it and sing it out loud. 

austin is nine months old

well. time has finally slowed down i think. or has it? nine months ago we we blessed with this sweet baby boy. he hasn't changed all that much since eight months. maybe that's why i feel like time has slowed down a little. not as many big milestones. he got his first official haircut - at master cuts. and he. hated. it. not only did he cry; he screamed. the entire time. it was all daddy's idea and daddy held him during the whole event so he was mad at daddy for a couple of hours. 

other than that. he is our little army crawler and goes quite fast. he can't slowly cruise holding on to the couch but is really not happy about doing that these days. he loves playing ball (praise Jesus) and will roll it back and forth as long as you want to. he is into twelve month clothes but i doubt he will stay there long. austin is another one of our water babies. he loves being in the water. the tub is our go to when it's not quite bed time and not quite time to eat. his new favorite is the lake. seriously. the boy will float on his back wearing his vest. who does that? we are still going strong on breast feeding though the boy loves his food too. we don't do much home made baby food anymore as he usually will just eat what we are having. he adores is daddy and sissy though still wants mama when he is tired or not feeling well. i would say he weighs about twenty four pounds though he hasn't been to the doctor since he was about a month old. he is healthy and happy. all in all. we love our little boy and he loves us.

this is his "smile" aka scrunch face

a rarity

not only a picture of myself and paul but a good one! from our bible study group with our church...that I have yet to blog about for nothing more than lack of time. It's coming soon. meanwhile. i love my husband and a rare cute photo of us.

pure innocence...i want that again

courtney's 5 year old photos

ok. i'm going to be real. i can not believe our baby girl is five. where does time go? i know; "she's only five" but for me. that is a long time. it seem like yesterday i was teaching her to talk and now i'm teaching her to read. i mean, really? i asked courtney the day before her birthday if she had to turn five. her reply "yes, God says so". oh, i argued that. i proceeded to ask her if she would still turn five if we drove around backwards all day. she says yes, she still will. "nothing will stop it" is what I do believe she said. so. on may tenth. she turned five. so, as i always have done and will do until she tells me she's too old...i took her pictures. and let me be real again. she is BEAUTIFUL. really, who made this girl? she is simply amazing. at five she is finishing up her k-4 year which she has loved (even nap time these days). she adores her baby brother and maybe even more; her older brother. she loves polly pockets and those creepy little dolls aka lala loopsy dolls. she is in gymnastics and can pretty much rock a cartwheel. she is crazy interested in playing the guitar; left handed - weird! she is such a comedian and loves to make people smile. no, she isn't perfect but no need to write bad things here. we L O V E this little girl and are so thankful that we are her parents. 

why do i wait so long

i have good intentions. i really do. to blog way. more. often. why don't i? why do i wait so long then have to decide between some times hundreds of (purely awesome of course) pictures? i don't know. i'm busy i guess. taking pictures maybe, but busy. sitting down at the computer is not what i want to do and the blogger app is great but it makes your photos huge and i like our blog to have a consistent look and it breaks that. so. here i am. randomly adding photos that are old. old is shorter when you have a baby because a month or two ago is a long time in their little life. oh well. here there are. first one is austin at the park. simply gorgeous. he is gorgeous.

this picture is a "classic" if you know me at all or knew me as a child. the other day i asked courtney to go get dressed herself. i know. she's almost five. but i still dress her every day. but this day i was busy, not blogging, but busy and when she came out i had a flashback, a tear and a chuckle. this was my attire from, oh, about age four to...twelve. i love her. love love love her.

ok. not the best picture ever. but it is the meaning of the picture some times. this is the box. the box of little books. austin's favorite toy. no. not the books. the box. at this time he would roll to where this box was, empty out the books and roll around with the box. he loves this box. if i need him to entertain himself, i give him this box. at least it's a cute box of bible stories, right?

this could quite possibly be my favorite picture yet. austin loves going in to wake sissy up for school. i'm not even joking. i get him and ask him if he wants to wake sissy up and he smiles every time. i usually lay him with her and he will eventually pull her hair but she is so sweet in the mornings and just nicely says 'stop austin, no no'. i don't know how i got this picture but it is perfect. 

and there is courtney. our simply beautifully sweet baby girl. this was just the other day before school. a time i thought she was crazy cute and had to snap a picture. paul thinks the sweater is silly. i believe his words were 'where is the rest of it'. gotta love him. it's cute. she kind of looks like she is marching but she has those light up sketchers on and we were trying to capture the entire moment. failed.

so. that's it. for now. oh my. i just remembered i have more to post. but i think i'll wait. maybe not so long this time though.