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| It's that time of year again!!! Trying to get the Christmas card pictures done is a little trickier than it used to be! |
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| Miss Evie in one of her rare serious moments |
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| And this is what a normal photo shoot of a 7 month old looks like. "Hmm.....this shoe looks tasty!" |
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| And just when you get the one ready, the other decides to eat her shoe too! |
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| Our girls turned 7 months yesterday and we had a dedication at church this morning for them! They were dressed in their fancies! |
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| It was exhausting standing up on that stage. They passed out right after the service! |
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| Look at my pretty dress everyone! |
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| Annabelle cooing at her Poppy! |
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| These little ladies are our pride and joy |
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| Hard to imagine life without them. Here is the prayer we wrote for our little girls: God, We lift up our two beautiful girls to You and recognize that You are the only reason we are so blessed to have them. Protect and guide them as they journey through life, and open their hearts to You. Let them realize the value in living in truth. Our desire is that Evelyn and Annabelle be women of character, that they treat others with kindness and respect and most importantly, that they love You. Help us to guide them in these things, that we might be an example to our daughters. Give us wisdom and patience to show this same character that we desire for them. We recognize that we can't do this without You. We take this opportunity to acknowledge Your presence in their lives. We ask these things in Jesus' name. |
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| Our little Evelyn, who has been ahead of her sister on weight since right after she was born, just got passed up. She weighs 16 lbs and is 26" long. She's 48% on weight and 51% on height |
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| I never thought I'd say it, but this little preemie is SO CHUBBY!!!! Annabelle weighs 16.5 lbs and is 25 " long. She is 20% on height and 56% on weight! She's what some might call short and fat! Both ladies are very very healthy and the doctor was thrilled that they were still being breastfed. I think that might have something to do with how big they are! |
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| The girls first Halloween was a blast!!! They are getting so so chubby, which made the costumes even cuter! |
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| The plan was to be Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone.....it was close! |
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| The whole gang! Everyone dressed up! |
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| The mustache went away very early into the evening. |
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| My parents may have won the costume competition of the night! |
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| The original plan was for Evelyn to be the cow, but Annabelle has recently developed some serious chub, so this was much more fitting! |
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| Evelyn holding her oozy |
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| Katy Perry and Russell Brand |
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| Aiyana and her guy were Bonnie and Clyde It was a really fun evening! |
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| Our sweet little ladies are 6 months old!!!! |
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| Both girls love their Aunt Kelsi and Uncle Matt We're all trying to get in as much time with them before they head off for Australia |
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| My mom has also gotten lots of baby time! If I need my children to fall asleep, all I have to do is hand them to her. She's still got it!! |
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| A few things the girls have started doing this month: Annabelle became fascinated with her tongue. It's constantly hanging out of her mouth |
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| Both girls are really close to being able to sit up without any help from Mom and Dad |
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| These girls are such a joy! I wouldn't trade my days with them for anything. So much personality coming out more and more every day! |
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| I'm going to have a hard time saying no to them. I mean, look at that face! |
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| Both ladies are fascinated with hanging, jingling toys and stuffing them in their mouths! |
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| We started food a couple weeks ago and the girls weren't exactly sure how they felt about it I made homemade squash, peas and applesauce and we've also tried bananas and rice cereal |
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| It's pretty normal to have more food on their faces than in their mouths. |
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| Annabelle loves her swing and her soft blankets that she pulls up over her face to fall asleep |
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| Evelyn twists her entire body into this position to fall asleep. I used to worry because she'd have her face smashed into the crib bumper, but she loves it! |
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| We'll have actual stats in a week when we have our checkup, but I anticipate the conclusion being that these 2 are quite chubby. Look at this girl!! |
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| Evelyn's new trick. She'll stand here for a while! Annabelle also likes to stand up! |
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| Beaver game day!! The girls will always love their orange and black! |
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| Watching the game with her Poppy |
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| Dad, I love football! |
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| There she is again! She looks like such a big girl! |
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| One of Jim's customers knit the girls these adorable hats! |
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| Evie is tickling her sister:) |
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| We're half a year old!!! |
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| Look, no help from Mom and Dad! |
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| Me and my ladies! We are so blessed! |
