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Baby Steps

Friday Cosette AND Elizabeth took their first steps.
Cosette took a couple of steps three different times. I got this one on video.
And not to be outdone, Elizabeth decided to give this stepping thing a shot too. She took her first two steps on the SAME day! It was her only attempt and no visual recording was made. But oh how fun that they both took their first steps on the SAME DAY!

I apologise for my loud high pitched excitement mommy voice.

Play room Redo!

We finally have painted a room. Not the crackle one, but the playroom. I know you are disappointed but I really look at the playroom color ALL. DAY. LONG. So something had to be done. So we did it. We took the benefits from our garage sale and spent it all on paint! We went to our NEW Lowes only seconds away from our new house and got the paint and all the supplies we would need.
We decided that we would go in stages and do a little bit each night. It was more effort cleaning up every day, but it really helped not being so tired and we took our time on each wall.
I wanted to get in a paint war with John but he was all "Let's get to work" and "Let's do this right."
He did the rolling and I did the edging. I could get into a whole analogy about how that is a metaphor for our marriage, but let's just leave it at that.

The before:

It looks a little more orangeie here, but it's more of a terra cotta color.




Day one


The halfway


Ahh finished! And, oh look- lived in too. I'm still working on that "magazine" look. Anyone got tips on how to train the children to look at the magazines and keep the playroom clean?

The warm part of your heart

When this girl tells me. I love Jesus Momma. It just warms the whole heart.
When she tells me she likes to share with her sisters, I rejoice!
When she tells me I love you Momma. I hug her close.
When she says, "I like Bacation Bible school," I smile from ear to ear.

15 months!!!!

I cannot believe that my babies are 15 months old. They turned 15 months on the 29th of July.
SO BIG now!!!
Cosette weighs more that Elizabeth. No one is walking yet, but they both are cruising everywhere.


As good as it gets with my camera folks. They are just too fast!

Elizabeth you now have FOUR teeth, Your top two teeth are growing and have finally broken through. You like to walk with the walker, and will sometimes let mommy walk you while holding your fingers. You like most food, but rally LOVE strawberries. You are content to sit and play for long stretched at a time. Daddy is your favorite person by far right now. You still are our cuddly bug and I love to sit and cuddle you. You only like to be held while standing up and mommy gets tired of that, but Daddy will do it for longer. You love to point. And boy of boy do you LOVE your lovie. You so enjoy splashing and bath time. When someone takes something away from you you will let them know by raising your voice or wiggling angrily. You are really good at using your fork and spoon. And any cup that is within your reach you will be drinking out of it. Especially your big sisters' ones.


Cosette you have two new teeth too. That brings your total up to 8! Your hair still sticks straight up but you have become a lover of all hair accessories! You can say the word bow and when you see one you "request" that it be put in your hair. You also like to point. You point at bows, balls and dogs. You seem to overnight get over your fear of dogs and now really really like them. You call dogs a ball. You like to put your plate on your head when you are done eating. You still like to put your dirty hands through your hair too! You do not like to walk with mommy's fingers and much much much more prefer to be held by mommy. Your favorite person is mommy and you will monkey hold on to me to not be passed to anyone else. You like to make noise. Loud noises! You will shriek and bang on things. The louder the better. You are a fun chatter box!

I love you my babies. Keep growing!
Psalm 1:3
She is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever she does prospers.

VBS

VBS 2010 A week long excuse for adults to have a toga party!


Our Market Place crew


My little shop- Mosaics
This group especially loved the glitter!

I LOVE VBS. I do for so many many reasons. But one that I always remember was my first one that I can remember. Mrs. Beaman loaded up the neighborhood kids in the station wagon and we all rode (without seat belts I think!) to her church. I don't actually remember anything about that VBS. There was no cool coliseum or aqueduct there, but I do remember her kindness in taking us and how I thought the wordless book was SO cool. I see kids at our VBS and am reminded that OVER half of Christians today made decisions to follow Jesus in their childhood. And VBS is a huge part of that.


Thanks Mrs. Beaman.

Friends Romans VBSers....

It's Paul and the Underground Church this week for VBS. I'm in the marketplace making mosaic picture frames.
I'll have more pictures tomorrow when I actually remember to bring my camera!
Today was so great and fun. It was rushed as we helped 400 kids with crafts! Pray that these kiddos would hear and receive the gospel.
But I have to say the morning was a little dampened when right before I went to leave the house I look in the trunk for our stroller. It was not there. No worries John may have cleaned it as they went to the park and Gianna fell into the pond yesterday. "I was too close Daddy." Next time "I be very very careful."
So he was a little distracted. He got all three kiddos in the van but not the stroller. Major bummer!
Thankfully we have a great community and know lots of twin moms who are willing to lend their strollers. If you see anyone sporting a new orange twin stroller let me know!!!!!!