17 Months

Elizabeth
1. You can walk! Hurray for you.
2. You have four teeth and love to practice brushing them with your sisters toothbrush
3. You LOVE baby dolls
4. You can say the word 'baby'
5. When you smile your whole face lights up and you smile with your eyes.
6.You like anything your big sister has
7. You like to drink from big girl cups
8. You have a sweet calm spirit
9. Your ability to observe and memorize and copy amazes me!
10. If you see something that is Cosette's you will find her to give it to her.
11. You will point at birds, dogs, and cats and call them all 'dog-doh'
12. You liked to be pushed in the toy car
13. You like to eat with a fork
14. You love to hold hands when we pray
15. You are still my cuddle bug and love to snuggle
16. Oh how you love a good pair of shoes
17. You are you and you are loved with all my heart


Cosette
1. A dimple and a smile will melt my heart each time
2. Behind the dimple is a mischievous smile that is ready for some fun.
3. Your upper molars came in- finally
4. You very much enjoy cleaning out all my cupboards.
5. You delight in going the other way when I call you to. Chase is so fun
6. You like to point at dogs but don't like it when they come too close to you
7. You enjoy eating.
8. You like to rub your hands in your hair to tell us you are done eating.
9. If you find something across the house that is Elizabeth's you will pick it up and take it to her
10. I cut the mullet off this month, but I've left the mohawk. I LOVE it and will be sad when you out grow it.
11. You love books so very much
12. Everyday you find something to dress up in
13. You are so happy you finally learned how to walk. Mobility had been liberating to you.
14. You are busy busy busy
15. You are so fascinated by life and adventure.
16. You like to practice brushing your teeth with your sisters toothbrush too!
17. You are you and you are so very much loved

Technical

Not so much difficulties per se, but more of I got some new tech things from John this week and I need more time to figure them out and how I can use them in this blog that I (almost) faithfully update Monday through Friday for your at work diversion.
So I leave you with a not so much oldie but goodie pic:

While Gianna's Away...

...The babies will play!
We've been enjoying just hanging out together without big sister. One less person to share with and more one-on-one time with mommy!


It has been a joy to "get to know" E and C a bit better. They are so much fun and really enjoy going on errands with me. But they especially like that they get to read more books with mommy! We miss her, but extra hugs from mommy are worth it!

Crafty Like a Fox

I've been doing some fun crafts lately and having a blast. Here are my latest attempts:
All the after shot because I did not take a before!

I spray painted our knife block with oil rubbed bronze, and put a letter on it.
It blends in so well in our kitchen and just works. Totally lifted from here.


Our "Welcome" had worn off but not out! So I printed out a pretty font from Word, x-acto knifed it out and stenciled Ludlow on.

My totally fun amazing project. Inspired from here. I am totally in love with the end results!
It was fun getting the letters with the girls and then decorating them and crafting them up.

I went totally frugal and made this from corn husks that I took from corn we ate and recycled a picture frame that I wasn't using! Thanks Martha!

It's Official...

We now have two walkers!
And on an unrelated side note, I've lost 2 pounds in one week.
Hmmmm...

A Birthday Celebration

I celebrate John's birthday today. It was REALLY September 11, but since he makes up what day he wants to celebrate (his facebook birthday is not his REAL birthday), I knew I could get away with picking any day and celebrating.
We celebrated by going to the Kolache festival in Caldwell Texas. Short and sweet because the babies stared to break down after 2 hours, but a fun time was had by all.

It was his birthday so I humored him with a picture by the port-a-potties. Next year I may not be so nice.


G up and down the city hall steps after we ate our Kolaches. We picked the longest line to get kolaches from. I thought- they must know something about the quality of these kolaches. And they did- they were good. Yummm Cream cheese!


Was I ready for this? No I was not. I usually have a rule about no getting on a ride that folds up and can be packed away, but ... I caved...


G L.O.V.E.D. the train And she go a very special train whistle that can only be blown outside. (wink wink)
Oh and Cosette learned how to use it on the way home too. What talent. A 16 month old already playing an instrument!

E and C hanging out with friends. The break down happened a just moments after this. (mine happened in the car you know- right about 3 minutes after Cosette learned how to blow the train whistle.

John with his favorite cake- Chocolate chip cookie cake.
Happy Birthday John Dear!!!!!!!!

Psalm 34:18-20

¹⁸ The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹ A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the LORD delivers him from them all;

²⁰ he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.

Girls on Bikes

We are super loving our cul de sac. It's been a cool 95 degrees the past few evenings and we enjoyed them outside. I know cool and 95 don't usually go together, but when the humidity is down and the heat from the pavement is not as hot as it usually is- it's cool!!!!