It's about time....

When you have three kids 3 and under, you do tend to get a little busy. I appologize for not blogging! I've had so much to write about too and will try my best to blog through pictures of the past 3 weeks....

Julianna:

6 months old

sits up, stands with assist, "froggy" crawls

no teeth (but working on one!)

LOVES eating baby food

favorite toy: the walker and "freddy the firefly"

I can't believe that Julianna is 1/2 of a year old. It seems like just yesterday that she was born! She has grown so much, and loves interacting with her brother and sister. I can see it in her eyes that she cannot wait to start chasing after them and playing with them. On September 20, she was dedicated at our church, The Crossing. A baby dedication is when you as parents are aggreeing to the responsibility of raising that child in the best way you can for the Lord and showing them how to grow spiritually as well. We have dedicated Joshie and Jenna too and its really cool to start and see that come about when Joshie sings "This little light of mine" and wants to pray at dinner time. My dad and his wife were able to join us for this special day, as well as Joshie and Jenna. We went up as a family to recieve the blessing of being Julianna's parents.

Jenna:

22 months old

still our "drama queen" and "life of the party" girl

loves to be silly and make silly faces

loves to love on her little sister

big brother is her hero (along with daddy)

favorite toy: Ariel mermaid doll

Jenna-girl is growing liek a weed these days. She has changed so much this past year. She is definately is not a little baby girl any more, but is becoming quite the "little lady". She is constantly "borrowing" my purse and sticking her goldfish crackers in them and putting on my work shoes and of course she wouldn't be Jenna if that also didn't involve finding my gum and trying to chew the whole pack.

Joshua:

3 years old

fully potty trained (shortly after 2 1/2)

can spell his name and count to 10

loves to write - he can write his name by himself

can't wait to be in school!

Favorite toy: Buzz Lightyear and any "cars and trains"

Joshua has truely filled the role of "big brother" to a tee. He is so proud to be Jenna and Julianna's big brother and is always wantin to help out and take care of them. In fact, whenever we see another baby, he wants to take it home with us! His best friend is his sister Jenna (and the feeling is mutual with her) and wants to play baseball 24/7.

Our friends, Kim and Orlando, are moving to Tulsa, OK to start a church and a school and gave us their trampoline...yes, I said trampoline...

The kids LOVE it! Of course they are not allowed to jump without me or Jason out there with them, but it has been a blessing as it wears them out enough to where they actually have a decent nap time on home-days! Yay!! Thank you Mrs. Kim and Mr. Orlando!

Above is the most recent picture of all the grandkids - minus my sister's new baby: Lindi Mae. This was taken right before Josh and Elisha's birthday smash and about 2 weeks before the new cousin arrived. Lindi was born on the 18th of September, making the 7th grandchild (and Josh is the eldest!) Here they are in order of their birth:

Joshua (9/15/06); Elisha (9/17/07); Jenna (12/1/07); Caitlyn (6/12/08); Julianna (4/1/09) and Ezekiel (7/2009)