Uno Tooth-O

one month
3 months (this is the blanket I made for her before she was born)

Note: The picture quality is bad because I took a picture of the picture :-)

Morgan is now 3 1/2 months. She has grown so much....yada yada yada....I know every mother says the exact same thing so I will try not to be boring and bragging.
Morgan is grinning freely. She lights up when she hears her daddy's voice and the grin just gets bigger and better. She now has started to laugh. Belly laughs. The boys and I were laughing right along with her last night.
Today I discovered she has a tooth coming in! ...And that is all I am going to say about that!

Batman...Good or Evil?

My mother has this little ritual: One of the days she comes in and works for Shawn she will finish and then take one of my boys home with her. The boys are on a rotation schedule. Ethan understands if he doesn't get to go on his "off" week, but poor Landon, he boo-hoos. Anyway, this is an extremely huge help to me since it lightens my load. (Thanks, mom!)
Last week it was Ethan's turn. While at Mawmaw's house, Mawmaw mentioned that she needed to go to the grocery store. Ethan pipes up, "Does that mean I need to buy a toy?" Well, of course! That is what Grandma's are best at - spoiling their grandkids, right?
This week's toy was batman masks. He wore it all through the store which meant receiving tons of attention from other curious onlookers. One lady commented (after she burst out laughing) "He crossed his eyes at me!" He was definitely enjoying himself.
Later, Mawmaw said that she told Ethan that batman helped people. Ethan said, "But I want to be a bad guy."
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Ethan: "My daddy is a great big man!"
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Trying to teach Ethan his home address, etc. -
Me: Where do you live?
Ethan: Heaven? (where did he come up with this?)
Me: (taking his answer a little farther) How do you get to Heaven?
Ethan: Really fast?!
Update on this: Ethan is doing much better. Wants to still answer Heaven for some unknown reason, but with help, knows where he lives. :-)

A Glimpse...

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Proverbs 31

"Her children rise up and call her...."

..."Mommy, mommy! Help. Shoes!"
..."Mommy, mommy! I don't want to wear these shorts. I want to wear my "down" pants."
..."Mommy, mommy! I had it first!"
..."Mommy, mommy! I don't wanna go to bed!"

Well, as you can see, my children are not at the age for any showering of praise (aka blessed)that I might wish would be vocalized, but they do give me wonderful kisses, hugs, and cuddles. I am extremely blessed to have such charming children. (Charming, yes. I would say this is not the case every moment of every day, but today, right now - charming.)

"She riseth early while it is yet dark..."

Laughter could be heard from my husband after this verse was read by the congregaion this morning. Yes, I did say laughter was heard! (At least I heard him and a couple of people around him.)
I do not fulfill this part of the wife/mother in the Bible. I "ariseth" when it is "yeteth" very "brighteth" "outsideth"!!!! My father did clarify that I did rise while yet dark to feed Morgan. But my husband was quick to clarify back - But she goes back to sleep! Aren't men grand?

Have you said this before?

If you are a parent, you will be furiously nodding your head and yelling, "Yes, Yes, Yes!" as you watch and listen....take a minute and go to this link and listen to a lady sing a song for mother's to the tune of William Tell Overture!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anSpBUxsgAU

Have a Happy Mother's Day!!!

Children's Museum

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Last Friday evening, Shawn and I corralled the kids together and buckled them into the van so we could meet some friends at our local Children's Museum. It was free admission, and they also had special projects for the kids to do as well. Landon was able to get a flower which was planted in a small pot that he painted...he even tried to paint the stem a different color. :-)
Ethan enjoyed "eating" the food in the "grocery store" and then wandered into the "kitchen" and began cutting, baking, and eating food there, as well. So many things to do! Ethan fished while Landon hid in the boat, Ethan climbed around in the "Human Ant hole" while Landon relaxed on the pig, and they both enjoyed the slide. Morgan was easy to keep an eye on - for I carried her around the whole hour we were there. She was an angel....
We bustled the kids together to a couple more stops. We made it home again hours later, bellies full from supper and a heart full of memories.

Plum Tuckered Out

Our friends, Jason & Missy, are moving away from us. Jason was pastoring a church in Muncie (also worked for Shawn) and they are going to be ministering at a church in Ohio. We are going to miss them!
I had told them I wanted to help take care of their children if they needed to get packing done or whatever. They agreed, and since they were getting ready for a yard sale, I could watch the children so they could get twice as much done. (Parents, you know the feeling!)
As you can see from the pictures, the kids had a blast. It was crazy taking care of six, but it went well. I even got quite a few things done while they enjoyed playing together. Sarah, the youngest, was so funny. She was into everything and once while I was busy in the kitchen, she quietly sat at the table and took the lid off the glue, dumped a huge pile out, and then proceeded to rub it in one of her pony tails. :-)
I was so glad I had the chance to help our friends, but, as you can assume, I was tuckered out! Shawn and I went out for dinner with them after they all got done working. I would like to blame my tiredness for the PEPPER ON THE PANCAKES!! haha Has anyone else ever done this? Has anyone else's child neither complained or asked about it, but ate it?!!! Thank you, Ethan!!!
Shawn took Zander to the vet and while there got him weighed. 183 pounds!!!! (Zander is the English Mastiff on the left in one of the above pictures, and Zadie May is the one on the right.)