Sweet Pea is 9 Months

What a joy.  I don't know a better way to describe her than just that:  a joy.  Our whole little clan is totally in love with this girl.  She is met with smiles and hugs and kisses every day from two little boys that absolutely adore her.  She knocks down their toys and gets all in their business and they love love love her. 

I cannot believe it's been 9 months...will I always feel this way???  She started crawling at 8 1/2 months and immediately started pulling up : (  I'm afraid she'll be an early walker like Hudson and I will be forced to boo hoo it out for a few days!

At 9 months Lily is crawling, pulling up, babbling away for anyone that will listen.  She is mostly a quiet and observant child.  She looks very serious most of the time.  She has a sweet temperament and will let just about anyone hold her- and would be totally content if I wasn't around : )  She loves her blankie and nustles it up by her mouth to go to sleep.  She won't take a bottle or a paci still, so we have given up!  She has NO teeth...none.  I was a little bit worried about this until someone told me that getting teeth late is a sign that they'll go through puberty late.  Whaattt???!!!  I am A-Ok with that! (I totally know it's probably not true, but what the hey). 

Here are a few pics of this sweet, sweet blessing.

 

 

Hudson Is 6!!!

 

How did this happen???  How did I wake up and have a SIX year old?  I just can't wrap my brain around how fast time is going.  The saying really is true that the days are long but the years are short.  Lord knows my days are long!!  But time is going so fast right before my eyes.

 

Hudson is such a gift.  I cannot remember what my life was like without him.

I want to remember that at six he is loving Kindergarden, exceling in most everything he does.  He loves superheroes and fighting and the ipad and drawing.  He enjoys drawing and coloring and playing dress up in costumes.  His favorite toy is probably his daddy's old GI Joe men.  He could play with them for hours.  He has a thousand questions every.single.day..  He desperately wants to understand everything and loves watching "How It's Made" on netflix.  We think he'll probably be an engineer when he grows up.  He loves all things academic and can't get enough of school and learning, and yet he is an excellent baseball player.  He is devastated on nights that we are running late and don't make time to read the Bible before bedtime.  He just recently told me of a new verse that God had "written on his heart".  He is a gift.  He drives me insane and makes me want to scream on a lot of days...but I am so in love with him.  I cannot wait to see how the Lord uses his life. 

Hudson, we love you.  We pray pray pray that God would capture your heart...we pray that you would use the ways that He has gifted you for His glory and not your own.  We can't wait to see how you grow up and are so thankful for the gift of your life...you changed us for the better. 



 Oh my soul.

 Love.

 Micah is so gonna be the class clown!

 Hudson loves his brother and sister!!!  This is priceless to me. 

 Just priceless!

 Pretty sure this hilariousness was the result of a potty word : )

 Sweet sweet boy.

 She has THE BEST big brothers.

 Loving on Sydney...