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"Children are a gift from the Lord, they are a reward from Him" Psalm127:3

Friday, September 28, 2012

Cherish the little moments

It seems like it is getting harder and harder to take pictures of the girls.... life has just been busy busy since we have moved into our new home.  We really worked our tails off the first few weeks, trying to get boxes unpacked and rooms organized and decorated.  But now that we have been here for about 6 weeks, we are really starting to enjoy the space.  We still have a few things to do, but we are getting to play out in the yard and just feel like we are at home now.  We really love it. 
The girls just seem to be growing up so fast.  I just took them for their 15 month and 3 year old check-ups.  Both are healthy and meeting or exceeding developmental milestones.  They are really thriving at their "school." 
Avery is 32lbs and in the 65th percentile (this is the first time she has ever been above the 25-50th percentile)!  She wears size 3-4T clothes and size 9 shoes.  She is so smart and very sweet.  She continues to love books, she has several memorized word for word, she loves singing and dancing and performing, she LOVES dress-up, she enjoys playing outside, adores DORA, she wants to take showers now, she loves prayer time, she loves church and looks forward to going every week... we just love her to pieces!
Natalie is 26lbs and in the 85th percentile... she wears size 18 month clothes and size 5 shoes.  She just seems to be growing up so much faster than Avery did.  She thinks she should be able to do everything that her big Sister does.  She will only drink strawberry flavored milk, she knows lots of words, knows what noises several animals make, can point to most of her body parts, knows some baby sign language, loves climbing and scaring Mommy and Daddy.  She loves playing outside, riding the jeep with Avery, reading books, picking flowers, singing, bath time... She is such a little blessing!
 Hunting birds with Daddy
 Our little princess... ALWAYS dressing up!
 Flowers!  We just love our back yard!
 Natalie loves Cooper... not sure if he feels the same way about her right now haha
Fun times on the jeep! 
These days, when life is fast and furious with these 2, we just have to stop and cherish the little moments.  It is sometimes exhausting going to work every day and taking care of 2 under the age of 3... but I know that these days are just going to fly by, and we will one day wish we could go back to these days when we played out in the back yard and our only worry was if Avery was going to run over her little Sister's foot or if Natalie was going to fall off the rock wall, or who had the ball first....  These are little moments we should be grateful for.  We have 2 healthy beautiful girls who adore us and eachother... God is good.

Monday, September 3, 2012

My girls

Love my sweet girls...
 
Such a privelege to be a Mom, such a blessing to be THEIR Mom.