Taller

Luke has been clumsy lately. He falls all over the place.
and his leg hurts randomly.
I said "boy, you must be growin' "
So we measured him.
On his 4th birthday we measured him.
He had grown 4 whole inches from his 3rd birthday.
whew! that is a lot.
Well, since his birthday, (approx. 6 months) he has grown 1 and 3/4 inches.
FACT: Luke, at 4 1/2 is just a tad taller than Mackenzie was at 5 1/2 years.
Mackenzie has grown too.
Since April, Mackenzie has grown 1 1/2 inches.
From her 6 to her 7 she only grew 2 inches. Now, only 6 months later, she has grown 1 1/2.
Luke is 3 1/2 inches shorter than Mackenzie.
They are 3 years apart.
Mason will have some time catching up!

11 Months

Mason has a smidgen of one tooth.
Mason stands up in the middle of the room.
He does not walk or step.
He does cruise on the furniture but crawling is so much faster!
(and we don't have that much stuff for him to go from one furniture to the next.)
Mason sleeps all night (has been since 3 months, PTL)
and is growing like a weed. (well he is pretty tiny for an almost 1 year old!)
Thank you Jesus for all 3 of my precious babies.
and my hubby too.
September 2009

My first Tooth

Mason finally got a tooth.
Or a smidgen of a tooth.
6 days before 11 months old Mason cut his first tooth.
It was not too traumatic. He was up and cried once at night
for 4 nights in a row.

Baby Weight

I did it again!!!!!!!
If you can lose all your baby weight after each baby within the year after their birth, then you are the bomb. Yeah, I said da Bomb. So, sue me. You can also sue me cuz I have lost all my baby weight. Ha ha, I totally get to toot my own horn; this is totally awesome.
If you want to know how I did it, I will let you know........
Eating right and exercise. oh, and a relatively strict schedule (for both me and the kids).
Thank you.

9 months

Mason is 9 months today.
He found an unattended toy car.
He stole it from Mackenzie's toys.
He is currently driving it all over the living room.
He is crawling and pushing, and crawling and pushing,...
Who taught him to do that?
and at 9 months old?
really?
July 2009

Information--use it.

**If you live the truth,
you will receive more truth.


**a pastor asked a church member:
"are you going to the Bible conference?"
the church member answered:
"naw, I already know more than I'm living!"

**God does not reveal to us any more
information, until we have acted on the
information you have.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Mason just pulled up at the couch.........


now what?

(clean the house, silly)

Oh, and the days have been 100 -106 for weeks.
Record highs.
Today it rained. The temperature dropped
20 degrees (according to my wall clock)
in 8 minutes. 97 to 77.
Praise the LORD for the break and the rain.
Mason is 8 months plus 1 week.
June 29, 2009

Growing up

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Mason is mobile!


It started with a slow army crawl.
Elbows and his big toes. Carpet burn.
We are up to a fast belly slither,
with a nice crawl/ bear stance
(bottom up, on his feet and hands)
thrown in for fun.

He gets from slither to sitting and back like a champ.
and to make matters more interesting.....
He PULLED HIMSELF UP to standing
a few times this week.
EIGHT MONTHS.
NO TEETH, not even a hint.
Plenty of food though.
Carrots baby food is still his favorite.
Followed closely by Sweet Potatoes.
Squash, Peas, Green Beans and a few mixed veggies.
So far the only "no way, yuck" is the rice cereal
mixed with anything, even peaches or carrots.
He has not quite mastered the "puffs".
(like cherrios for the un-knowing bunch of ya)
He gets them in his mouth himself but not without a fight.
Most of them end up on the floor or in the chair.
He is workin' on that "pincher" grasp.
They do grow up fast.
June 27th, 09

Mackenzie fun fridays

50's day
Aunt Becky made the skirt for 'dress up' a while back.
She loved getting spiffed up.

Crazy hair day
Pretty crazy!!
This one was fun!

Spring of 2009
First Grade Crazy Hair day

Luke's "when I grow up"

Luke just declared: (when he grows up)
"I am going to have 4 babies,
they will be all boys,
and their names will be:
Michelangelo,
Leonardo,
Donatello,
Rafael."
Mackenzie said:
"what if you have a girl?
To that Luke replied:
"I will name her April O'Neal"
(the reporter girl on the show)

Boy knows his ninja turtles!
I told him we don't get to pick, girls or boys,
God does that for us.
He said "God knows what I want, I told HIM."
Cute kid!
May 2009