Footsy Jammies

The girls have been very excited that it has been cool enough in our house at night to wear footsy jammies!

We borrowed this scooter from some new friends and Shelby has been doing great on it!  All three kiddos have had fun.  Thanks Micah and Beth!

Jared decided to wear a cape, instead of a bib.

This 6-month-old boy is too big for the cradle now.  He's in his own room and doing great!

Our sweet Shelby-girl is finished with her Kindergarten curriculum.  She has done such a great job and we are excited to start first grade.  We celebrated with cookies...Shelby wanted a candle.  :)

Jared is 6 months old!

Oh how we love this precious boy!!!  Jared is 6 months old today and here are some pictures from this mornings' photo shoot.

Still sucking a finger or thumb when he gets a chance.  So cute!

We love this handsome boy and all the joy he brings our family!  He is starting to spit/blow bubbles.  He sits up well!  He doesn't roll over on his own yet, but we keep working on that.  As of last night he is sleeping in his own room and we are working on him sleeping through the night. He still drools a lot...the amber necklace didn't help.  :(  He is wearing 12 month clothes!  And tonight we found he is getting his two, front teeth on the bottom!!  He is such a good baby and we are excited for the next stages of rolling and crawling.

Here's the three of them at 6 months old; there are similarities but each have their own look.

Happy 11th Anniversary ... to us!

Today we celebrated being married for 11 years!  We went...

...bowling!  The girls stayed with a babysitter (Thanks Rachel!!!) while Josh, Jared and I bowled and went to dinner, then dessert.

We sure love Country Boys BBQ!!!  We ate dessert at Olive Garden and it was yummy, too.

Have we aged?  Just a little, but still lookin' good!  ;)

Side note: Thank you to everyone who is keeping Mary (Josh's mom) in your prayers.  God is good, all the time!

Toe sucker

This past week we had some construction on our street and the girls were at the window or outside watching for two days.  It was a busted pipe, so they had to dig up the old asphalt, replace a section of pipe, fill in the hole and replace the asphalt.  We talked with the guys several times and had fun watching.

As promised, here is Jared's awesome sad face!  Isn't he stinkin' cute!!!???!!!  He wanted me (Mommy) to hold him and was crying until I took him from Daddy.  We caught the picture on the tale-end ~ his full-on sad face is even better!  Can you believe it!?!?

Look at that drool!

Jared is sitting up!  He has been doing very well and it is so fun to watch him grow!!!

You may notice his amber necklace...we are trying it out to see if it will help with his drooling.  So far nothing has changed.  :(  But we will give it a few more days.  Poor guy has to wear a necklace.  At least it is brown/green and tough looking.

Tonight Jared figured out how to suck his toes!!  This kid loves to have something in his mouth.  All the time.  As he was sitting up he bent over to play with his toes and it turned into sucking his toes.

LOVE THIS KID SO MUCH!!!

Jared is 5 months old!

Our sweet baby boy is 5 months old!  He has captured our hearts and we are enjoying him so very much!  No, he doesn't roll over yet, or even have interest in rolling over - but we are working on that.  If we roll him from his back to his tummy he will roll back, so that's a start!  He is happy as long as he is being held by mommy.  ;)  He loves watching his sisters.  He has a very sweet smile and a great laugh!  He also has a very good cry/sad face ~ so cute!  He can "talk" up a storm if he wants to.  He sucks his thumb going to sleep and while he is sleeping ~ also very cute!  He does great in the Johnny Jumper.  He is doing well at sitting up.  We love this boy!!!

Josh got the swing hooked up and yesterday we tried it out ~ Jared loved it!   

 The girls had fun pushing him, too.

We are very thankful for you, Jared Ryan!

I do take pictures...

...But they don't always make it to the blog.  :)  Yes, I am 35 and loving life!  Although tired most of the time.  At what age do kids sleep through the night?  My 4 month old seems to be doing it, but the 5 year old and 2.5 year old have forgotten what that means most nights.  So look for posts with pictures, but not a lot of typing as I usually just want to get to bed.  ;)

I had the best birthday celebration Labor Day weekend!  More fun than I've had for my birthday in years!  My husband and sister totally rock!  And my three sweet kiddos are amazing!

 Did I mention that my sister is awesome!!!???!!!  And thanks to Adam and kids for loaning her to me for the weekend.

We hiked around the Ohme Gardens, ate out, went to Leavenworth, went to a park to play, ate some very yummy food and just had an all-around great time!  

This little guy is usually pretty happy as long as something is in his mouth.  He is sitting at the table with us now and sometimes likes it.  :)  Here his thumb and a toy are in his mouth.

Jared's first time in the Johnny Jumper.  Just like the girls, he loves it!  Jared likes be upright now, so the "Jared Jumper" as Shelby calls it, is great for him!  He loves watching the girls play! And he's a great little jumper.

He's got his toes!  Love watching him at every diaper change.  If he's a little upset he quickly calms down when he sees his toes.  I'm surprised they haven't made it to his mouth yet.  

Would ya look at that sweet thumb sucker!?!?!  Just love this kid so much!

Sweet Vivian ~ here she is standing on the fountain area in our backyard.  Josh got the fountain up and running and we love it.  Sounds so pretty.  (Pic taken before the fountain was running.)  And you may notice that pictures taken at our house reveal Vivian in her most favorite dress!  She wears this dress-up dress (my bridesmaid dress from Amanda's wedding that my mom shortened and made into a dress-up dress for the girls) every day.  She only puts on normal clothes if we leave the house.  And if this dress is being laundered then she sports a leotard from the dress-up box.

Tomorrow and Friday I plan to take the girls to "open gym" at a gymnastics place here in town.  They are very excited to wear their leotards and do gymnastics.  I doubt I'll get any pictures, but I'm sure they'll have a blast!

We are excited to welcome our new niece!  Emily Renee Hamilton was born on September 8th.  She looks so precious and we are overjoyed with Isaac and Trisha!  Congratulations guys!  We love you all very much!

He's 4 months old!

Our sweet boy, Jared is 4 month old today!

He is such a sweet, chubby, smiley boy!   

This was his first time in the ExerSaucer and he loved it!

Although not an official weight from the doctor's office, when we weigh him he is about 18 pounds!  He likes watching the girls jump and dance around - they can usually get him to laugh doing this.  He loves being held and he likes to see what is going on.  He is just about a hip-baby (where I can walk around with him on my hip).  There is usually something in his mouth, either both of his hands or his thumb or a toy or a burp rag - silly boy!  He is still sleeping well at night and taking good naps (awesome!).  

Now, if his older sisters would just sleep through the night, we'd be getting some good sleep!  ;)

They are all three precious and we enjoy them!  Thankful for the blessings God has given us!

Here are all three kiddos at 4 months: