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A thoughtful thought from my sweet boy

A friend of ours recently was killed in a motorcycle accident. I am good friends with his wife. Landon was friends with his 4 year old son. We had just spent a morning and lunch with them less than a week before this happened. Our family was saddened by this tragic event. We were telling Landon that his friend had lost his Daddy and won't be able to see him. His daddy had gone to Heaven to be with Jesus. Although his friend would be very sad, his daddy is in a very great place since he is with Jesus. Landon was so concerned for his friend. I was some what surprised with the emotion that he seemed to have for his friend. He has asked about how his friend is doing almost everyday since then. He also asks to pray for his friend every night at bed time prayers.
Landon: "Help (his friend's name) not be sad. His Daddy love him and he happy cause he with Jesus. Amen." It is really hard for me to not cry when I hear this. Although Josh did pray with us all the day it happened this was not something Josh and I told him to do or what to say. It was something he came up with on his own. I am truly blessed to have such a great example of Christ's heart sleeping in the bedroom next to mine.

Events such as losing a loved one before we think it is time always makes me think about remembering to live everyday to its fullest and to treasure all of our blessings each and every day. I have had several close friends and fmaily members die but this one has been truly hard for me. I know and saw the love a wife had for her husband and the love and admiration a son had for his father. This time I also have a son who reminds me of something very important. Only Jesus can heal these wounds and we need to always be seeking him not just in times like these. Also remember that death is not the end for those who walk with God, just a wonderful beginning to their live in the Kingdom of Heaven. Hope you take the time today to strengthen your walk with God and love on your loves a little extra.

Landon

I still have more post to write about just trying to find the time to get them all written and get the pictures together. I wanted to give a little update on Landon since I have been posting so much about Arabella.

We are so proud of Landon. He is just becoming such a great little man. He makes me laugh and smile everyday!

A couple of months ago Landon figured out how to take off his shirt (undies and shorts have been more like 6-8 months ago which that time everything was kind of a blur with Arabella arriving and feeling awful).He just started being able to fully dress himself. He has been putting on his shoes for a long time, undies and shorts in the last 4-5 month. We never really tried getting him to put on his shirt (mainly because it only has to happen 2 times a day normally so it isn't something that is time consuming for me or hard with Arabella around). About 2.5 weeks ago he just took his shirt from me and put it on. I was shocked. He must have been thinking "Mom, I know how to do this just give me the shirt and I will show you." He loves showing off his new skill so now his shirt comes off a lot but he gets it back on and more often that not it is now correctly.
He comes up with the craziest stories. He has a great imagination. He really LOVES learning about Jesus and His life. He has such a heart for others.

Landon will also be starting preschool this coming week with me. I am so excited. Although we did some "school" last year it was very informal and without any real schedule. I have been spending that last few weeks preparing his curriculum (which I have thoroughly enjoyed). I am praying that all goes well but also prepared to deal with life as it comes. Hopefully by this time next week I will have an update on how our first week went. I know I am super excited!

I love our little man and can not believe that he will be 3 next month!

Arabella Pulling Up

I had intended on posting this in the previous post.

This is of the first time she was pulling up.  This was last week.




Now she thinks she is an expert and is crusing around the fireplace and whatever else she can get her self up with.  She likes the big wicker basket Landon's cars are in she she can push it.  Plus she is letting on and standing for a second before falling.  She really needs to slow down, I can't keep up with her!  My friend Michelle keeps telling me that she is learning so fast to make room for the next one.  That is not in our plans but God has certain shown Josh and I we should make plans because almost nothing in our lives is how we planned it.  We are just holding on for the ride that our Lord is taking us on (it feels like a roller coaster ride most of the time!).

Half a year... What?! My baby girl is 6 months!

Yes, I can't believe it.  For whatever reason this is has been hard on me.  I love my babies but I do enjoy toddler and older years more than the baby months.  I just have a hard time thinking of her as something other than a little bundle of sweetness that needs to stay warm in my arms. 

Biggest News...
A day short of Arabella turning 6 months is she started pulling up and STANDING UP!  I wouldn't believe it unless I was sitting right there.  Even more amazing is a caught it (or some of it) on video.  Even better is Daddy was right there with us. 

She is also sitting up for minutes at a time now.  She can almost put herself in a sitting position.  She is at a 60-70 degree angle and then she can't get up the rest of the way.  As I said in an earlier post she is scooting around like crazy.  If I put her in the living room, by the time I throw a load of clothes in the washer she is already can be in Landon's room.  I am thankful that Landon is a huge joyful (at least most of the time) helper and watches her since she is known for putting anything she thinks is interesting in her mouth.  She loves to bang things.  She seems to prefer the colors red and yellow. 

We have started feeding her.  Man, does this girl like to eat!  She actually yells at us almost every meal time if she isn't being feed which is part of the reason we started feeding her sooner that the 6 month mark.  She would like to eat solid food at least 2 times a day.  This is a night and day difference from Landon who basically refused food until he was 9-10 months old and he never would eat anything pureed.  She also loves to drink water.  She can already drink out of Landon's sippy cups and my sport water bottle lid but she typically gets a baby bottle of water. 


We are also pretty sure she is saying "hi."  Josh and I are both skeptical when it comes to speech just because sometimes it is easy to here what you want to hear. But we both thought she is saying hi.  Either way she is making a specific noise that sounds almost like hi when she sees someone or someone says hi to her. 


I had to take her to the doc. because of a diaper rash that won't go away, actually the ONLY diaper rash she has gotten ever.  It turned out to be just a yeast infection which cleared up within a day or two after the ointment superscribed.  She was 16.8lbs and 26inches. 

Landon still is going a great job sharing his toys and always gets her one when he wants me to play.  She goes to her when she is sad and when he is sad.  I love that they comfort each other so well.  I love being a sister and glad to see my children embracing the God's gift of siblings. 

She is a super happy baby and such a personality.  We all love her and can't imagine life without her now. 

Our little smiley sunshine!

Almost sitting

Loves music

First trip to the springs- Too cold for this little lady

First bite of food

First ride in the double stroller (despite Landon's look we all had fun)

Arabella at 5 months old (July)

Well this has come and gone but I still wanted to write a little something. 

Some first for Arabella...
-First cold (she just slept a lot and was a great little trooper)
-She loves to stand but June 22nd she took her first steps while holding mommy's hands
-Lunch and dinner out with friends (She did great such an easy baby!)
-June 28th started sitting up for a few seconds without any support
-July 4th First time seeing fireworks and first Independence Day (Again she did great, she was asleep on the walk over to the fire works but woke up and was happy as a lark)

My silly monkeys (I didn't even realize I matched them, Landon noticed it and said we needed a picture)

Other News...

Still no teeth but she is teething!
ADORES her brother. He can make her smile no matter how she is feeling.  I LOVE it!
She is such a Daddy's girl (and Daddy is eating it up!).  As soon as she sees him she wants nothing to do with me.  Landon was not like that, he loved his Daddy but he would typically want me.

Exersaucer fun

Arabella plays in the exersaucer when we are eating or I am making a meal but she almost always loves it.

Monsters

Landon: there are monsters that live all over some little ones live in the trees outside. Sometimes they come inside and give Arabella little hugs.Big hugs for Daddy and Landon not Arabella.

Mom: Arabella doesn't get big hugs?

L: No because she is a baby! Only little monsters live in the trees. Probably because God wanted them like that. God makes all the monsters live lots of places big and small monsters. God makes all the things around.

M: Laughing and giving L a big hug and telling him him he is cute.

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We have a crawler!!

Going to try to catch on my blogging.  Found this one I never published from July 17th.


Right now she is only army crawling.  She can get where she wants to go even on the rug.  She is isn't fast but she isn't slow.

Take a look this....

How long do you think it will be before she is crawling on fours!

Our little tree frog

Landon balancing on Josh's back. One of his favorite places to hang out.


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