Be careful what you pray for....

I was REALLY discouraged (to the point of tears!) the other day about how VERY messy my house was...

Bryce looked at me and said,

"Well, you probably shouldn't have wished for boys!"

Where is Ben?

Look at this really fun playmat set up just for Benjamin Lee... oh, wait, where IS he???

Scooting...
Scooting...
Scooting!

Deck the Halls 09

Thanks to my mom for letting us borrow a pre-lit space-saving tree!  The boys LOVED decorating and even now, Levi rearranges all the ornaments at the bottom of the tree to his liking...

Here is Daddy giving instructions and announcing that he is the official hook hanger.

Levi likes to hang as many on one branch as possible.

How to reach the high spots:

Ethan is almost 6!

We named our Elf Zart:

Job well done!

Cheesy mommy picture:

Story time :)

Conversation with Bryce

Conversation #1: Bryce with a neighbor friend who was spending the night:

"Bryce, you wanna ... mom... dad..... sleep........?"  (who knows what he wanted to do!)

(Looking at him very seriously,) "No, cause that would be disobeying."  

Conversation #2:  On the way home from school in the van:

"I am SO thankful that I get out of school at 12:30 instead of 3!  I would have like 3 more hours of school today!  And it's a christian school, so that's good. That is a long time for those kids to be under the influence."

"Under the influence of what, Bryce?"

"Sin!  You know, the kids who get to go to bible study on Wednesday nights, that's all they get.  Then they have to spend all those hours in school under the influence.  Why don't they go to a christian school?"

Ben 7 months

Benjamin Lee, you are 7 months old and changing every day.  I must confess that with your brothers, I was in such a hurry for that next milestone to be reached.  When will he sit up?  When will he eat solids?  etc, etc.  With you, things have been SO different.  I KNOW that the next milestone is just around the corner.  I have taken so much joy in paying attention to the tiny steps of progress you take each day that lead you to the next big thing.  It has been full of sweet moments and way less stressful!  I laugh when I think of how stressed out I would be at the pediatricians office when the nurse asks all the questions about development!  You, of course, are going to be a genius, so I am not worried at all ;)

So, this month, some of my favorite moments are:

Toes in mouth

learning to scoot:
loves up high with daddy!:
still loving the exersaucer:
Pulling up!