Looking up to the Sky: August 2015

A month in review part 3 -- The Wedding + other

Just like with LB, we took Emma out for CFA breakfast on the day of her birthday. She enjoyed taking a few of her coloring books she got at her birthday party the night before.

The kids have thoroughly been enjoying their gifts. Its not unusual these days for the two of them to work on their coloring first thing in the morning and throughout the day.

Emma likes to have tea parties a lot, and has a happy participant at her table often. How lucky those two are to have each other! I normally mix some grape juice with water for their tea, and then serve them some crackers or fruit for their snack. Always a hit!

The Wedding! Much anticipated family event. And a huge hit! Kids had a lot of fun. So much so, that LB fell and busted his nose. We thought it may have gotten broken. Thankfully at the reception (where it took place), there were a number of pediatricians and dentists (and pediatric dentist) who were able to look at him. It kept us from taking him to the ER that night. None of this was pictured. But daddy Byron's shirt got covered in blood.

Joseph & Hardi with the Morris nieces and nephews.

Emma got to wear the same dress her big cousin McNeill wore at our wedding 8 years ago as a flour girl. She got lots of compliments.

And we got to hang out with Ames!!!!

A few days after the wedding I took out our wedding album to show Emma our own wedding pictures. When she saw McNeill in the dress she wore at her uncle's wedding, she asked: "Mommy, is this Emma?"

Kids playing with the bubble machine they got for their birthday. FUN!

Only six days after he fell at the wedding and busted his nose the first time, he somehow managed to run into the wall at the house while playing with big sister and bust it again. I did get it pictured this time. Byron and I are amazed how often he falls and injures himself. In the words of Dr. James Dobson, it's a miracle boys grow up without killing themselves in the process.

Dinner at our new home normally ends with the kids in one of our laps. LB likes to get himself comfortable... quite comfortable! I guess when you live out in the country, lots of things are now allowed.

A month in review part 2 -- birthdays

We took LB to CFA for breakfast on his birthday. Since it was right in the middle of our moving, we weren't able to buy him any presents. Thankfully, OMA came to the rescue and had an amazing box full of treats that LB loved.

DINOSAURS!

MATOR!!!!

MCQUEEN OUTFIT!!!!

Memma had some doughnuts for him in the afternoon. We got to sing him happy birthday then.

The following week, on the 20th, day before Emma's birthday, we celebrated BOTH kids' birthdays. We had full intentions of keeping it small due to my BIL's wedding, but by the time we included family and a few additional friends, we had a total of 30 people in attendance. It was our first event we hosted in our new home, only 9 days after having moved in.

Emma does not like cake, so she requested brownies for her cake instead. She wanted sprinkles on top.

On the menu -- CFA nuggets and tenders (about the only meat LB will eat), Costco spring rolls, Costco taquitos, watermelon, and salad. It was all gone by the end of the night!

The nice thing about having children with close enough birthdays is that you can celebrate them together. Nice for our wallet, and nice for our family and friends who don't "have" to come out twice.

The part that we were NOT anticipating, and thus was a bit chaotic, was gift-opening time. Kids went nuts with the presents, and everybody was wanting to open them all at the same time. It was a fun time. And kids talked about it for days after. The party was a huge hit!

Emma got her first tea set, which she has thoroughly enjoyed!

The damage.

Dish washer is broke, so we cleaned the entire party by hand.

Emma and the scooter Mommy and Daddy gave her. She had requested it. And has thoroughly enjoyed it.

Behind with the blog -- a month in review part 1

This blog has been incredibly neglected over the past month. It's not as if nothing has been going on. We sold our beloved home, did work on both our previous and new home, lived like nomads for about a month, moved in with the in-laws for two weeks, moved into our new home almost three weeks ago.

Much joy was sprinkled in between then. Like getting our first ultrasound for our third baby, due March 8th, 2016. We also welcomed our friends the Kelleys from "up North," and witnessed my BIL marry his bride last weekend.

And so the recap --

Emma is introduced to "tea parties" with her cousins.