Monday, August 22, 2016

July 2016

July was a fun month. We were home for most of July. Celebrated the 4th, had some house guests a couple days, and had quite a few people over for dinners. At the end of the month we took a road trip to Douglas, GA and stayed a few nights there and drove half way back and stayed the night in Atlanta one night and did some furniture shopping. My dad came to visit as well. 

**Funny Story's of the month (I remembered to write down)**
So we were driving down the road and Jack was in the car seat and randomly asked "What's Jen and Scott's babies name?" I told him that his name is Baby Aiden and he is going to be here really soon but he's in Jenn's belly still. And then he said "his number is zero he doesn't have a number yet." 

#Jackamadeus - BIG BROTHER update!
  • Favorite color - dark blue
  • Favorite number - 3
  • Favorite food - Pancakes
  • Favorite hobby - Play with his friends he says.
  • Favorite song - We are still enjoying the same songs from last month (A LOT!) Come People of the Risen King by the Gettys and He's Got the Whole World. We also are singing a lot of Christmas music for some reason...specifically Away in a Manger.
  • Funny quote - "Hey Dad did you have a good day at church?"
  • He's a genius - We have no idea what is working and what is not working you know. Sometimes we encourage him to memorize bible verses and say them to us and he does it for a reward. The other day we were going down the road and I heard him saying Psalm 95. I stopped and realized that is not one of the verses we have worked on....he has been in service every Sunday morning and he sits and listens to us recite that at the beginning of each service. We had no idea and were completely blown away!


#Francineclaire - LITTLE SIS update!


  • Highlight - had her first real boo-boo this month on 7/4 she fell on our pavement and scratched her nose pretty bad. 
  • Her words - Hi, Bye, Mama, Dada, Jah (for Jack), and LaLa (for Lucy), Water, Hello, Whoa, book, baby, all done, and tons more
  • Sleep - Great sleeper still. 
  • Clothes - She is in 12-18 months clothes. She wears size 4 shoes.
  • Diapers - Size 4 diapers! 
  • Food - She has been a great eater pretty much this month. She kind of is on the way out of eating baby food. 
  • Skills - One of her favorite things to do is the yoga position "downward dog". Its quite funny she will just randomly do it at the funniest places and time. 
  • Crying - Still wants her mama a whole lot. 

Until next time....here are some photos from life lately! 

4th of July!
The house is coming along!

"Uncle Scott"

The coolest highchairs - bar height at 5 Points Pizza

Nonna and Papa time!

Playing zoo!
Annual Tradition of getting new shoes at the local shoe store in Douglas

4 generations!

Pool time at Nonna and Papas!

Toured an olive oil farm near Douglas
Ikea for to long!

Poppy comes to visit!
A really hot day at the zoo!
We have had quite a bit of Ice cream this summer!
We love Poppy!
This one! 
I love my kids!
#Ilovemyfamily

Jack with his first big boy hair cut! We love it!

Storytime fun with William and Lydia

Francine is about to start Mother's Day Out so Jack is showing her the ropes of a napmat!


Pondering Thoughts

  • Outside my window...My beautiful backyard
  • I am thinking...about how I stayed up wayyy to late last night!
  • I am thankful for...my home
  • I am wearing...Madewell Tshirt and the most comfortable pants in the world from Anthro.
  • I am remembering...all the things we are separately and together doing this week in our family
  • I am going...to try to pull from my strengths and work hard and also find some time to play hard and rest!
  • I am reading...The Royal We and The Soul of Shame
  • I am hoping...that I can handle all that I have committed to this Fall.
  • On my mind...in doing this exercise I realize how much my thinking time is consumed by financial and organizational stuff. I am a future thinking person and so I am always thinking about the next step and the process to getting there most efficiently. 
  • Noticing that..I need to choose joy and practice joy.
  • Pondering these words...contentment.
  • From the kitchen...well this morning it was a juice I made and coffee. Think I need another cup and something else to hold me over till lunch!
  • Around the house...its mostly clean and picked up and I think thats a great start to a Monday morning!
  • One of my favorite things...quiet time in some amount each day! Gotta have it!

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