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road trip to oklahoma!

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last week during what would be our spring break down here,  we took a road trip to see my sister holly and her family.

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granny and gramps were headed up there and we asked to join them!   it was a quick trip but the little ones sure made the most of it.   sydney is about 9 months older than jack  and  seth is eight months older than samuel.  so holly and i got to play babies.   it was so great to see them play so well together.

they played  a l o t.

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love her.

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 and these two.  oh my.  we will need to get these pics out when you guys head to college. 🙂

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 we were able to celebrate seth’s first birthday together.  he is such a cutie!   every night holly and i stayed up late,  he was my hang out buddy.

he is super cuddly!

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looking forward to the next time we see you guys!

🙂

 

f o u r months (& 2 weeks)

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yes, it’s only your  f o u r t h  month here in the real world and i’m running  a little behind on the updates.

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so in these pictures you are actually 4.2 months.  don’t hold it against your mother please.

better later than never is what i think.

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samuel fulton.  i love you to pieces!   i love calling you by your full name too.  and no you have not been in trouble,  i just really love your name.  at  f o u r  whole months you are rolling over from your tummy to back.    you are not too interested in what is going on, on either side of you.  you grab anything in front of you, including my face, hand, arm ect.   you drool like no other.   you love your feet and i love that you love your feet.  you have established your own bed time.   this bedtime varies between 8-10pm.  you have enjoyed waking up a little bit more in the night.   but  i have come to the conclusion,  i’m okay with it.  i still am not ready to move you out of our room.  i know i’m crazy, but something tells me you might sleep by my side a little longer than jack did.   i think you are totally fine with it.  you love.  love.  love.  to be held.   you fall apart when i lay you down.   if you wait just a little while you give up and decide to talk to yourself or your toys around you.   i have snuck away lately for a date with daddy, some shopping and the rodeo.  i think you are starting to notice my getaways because you are starting to only want to be held by me.   daddy thinks its getting a little ridiculous,  i however think with the amount of time i spend with you,  i’d hope you would show me some recognition 🙂  you are getting nice and healthy in weight.   i still think of you as tiny but.  well.  just look at those rolls.   ah  i love them.

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 this month has been a busy one. you had your first road trip.  conveniently, you have decided the carseat is not really that fun.  you also started hanging out in the bumbo seat.   it’s been your new seat in the house when you are not being held.

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here is to another fun month ahead of you sweet boy!   loving every day we have together little buddy!

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 xxoo

 

rodeo field trip

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earlier this week jack and i had a date together to the rodeo!   this time he really enjoyed it!

he had a little more freedom to run around with a few of his cousins!

dana had called me a while back to ask if we would want to join them and a few homeschooling friends for their “field trip” 🙂

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i couldn’t resist taking a few pictures the animals.  the way they can look at you always makes me laugh.

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jack i think this is the first time you had ever been so hands on with animals.  you loved every bit of it.

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we spent most of our day in the center checking out the exhibits.  you are about to get an overload of pictures, but this is only about 1/4 of what was actually on our camera.   yes. you guessed it.  i was the crazy camera lady again.  i was so happy to capture your pure excitement over the the animals.  you really loved the bunnies and the baby chicks.

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i really just wanted  o n e  picture with you…

but after multiple attempts, this is the best we got.   one day i’ll get one,  one day!

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 love these guys!  we owe them big for chasing after you jack and carrying you around. 🙂

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also thank you to dana, for capturing this beauty.  ha!  i couldn’t stop laughing at him.   i even had to try to sneak in for a picture with him.

  he obviously had more important things to do.

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 before we left we ran upstairs to look for erika’s photography they had displayed!   so proud 🙂

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 and of course, the rodeo isn’t complete without an actual pony ride.  jack you were a pro!  you even gave me a “yeehaw!”

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you fell asleep on our ride home but of course you were wide awake when we got to the house.  we were both so excited to see sam!

he stayed at home and played with granny { thank you granny!!  i wish i could have gotten a picture of you two!! }

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i hope we can take both of you little cowboys next year!

it sure was a great time!

xxoo

 

 

 

what a lenten season . . .

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this year, as scott hahn put it, we are having to give up pope benedict xvi for lent.

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last week we watched his last day as pope.   what a day to remember.  i had to grab my camera to remind myself of what my day was like  and of course to remember how little you were samuel.   jack, you were watching cars 2 in our room.  🙂  you would occasionally come out to ask where the ‘clowns’  were (the guards).

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praying for the weeks ahead as the holy spirit guides our cardinals in choosing the next successor of peter  and of course always praying for emeritus pope benedict!

xxoo

 

 

 

jack’s idols …

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his cousins…

especially joey.  this last saturday we went to his last basketball game.  jack wanted to sit with joey and the team but luckily joshua had m&m’s to distract him.

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gramps was a little concerned about your jacket 🙂  i told him it was a gift and we sure would appreciate some maroon colors for your closet too!

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i think even sam is happy to have some boys to hang out with!

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i think joshua is going to start some sports this summer too!  so we will be sure to go out and cheer him on!   it wont be long before your sports seasons will start!

xxoo