Fresh Air

As most of y'all know, we love to be outside. And we believe that fresh air and exercise cures most anything. So, after being cooped up inside for a couple weeks, we finally got out last week to enjoy the fall weather! The boys LOVE the double-jogging stroller. It's a Chariot stroller and is pretty awesome - it can be a regular stroller, jogging stroller, bike attachment, and more. We highly recommend them! Here are the boys, excited for their ride.

So this is funny...

We recently switched our pest control services to a local company. They came yesterday and I realized this...the company is Cooper Pest Control. We have a son named Cooper and we decorated his nursery in a bug theme. Whoa.

Here are some pictures of the little guy, laughing with his daddy.

If you think about it, please pray for us. We all have some wicked virus that is lasting forever. Josiah has been sick for about 2 weeks - first a double ear infection and chest infection, then the virus on top of that. I've had the virus for about a week and Andy came down with it over the weekend. It's not the flu, but something similar - very sore throat, cough, congestion, etc. There's not much we can do for it, so we're a pretty sad family right now!

" It's completely usual for me to get up in the morning,
take a look around, and laugh out loud."
-Barbara Kingsolver


I was thinking today how grateful I am that we live close to both of our parents and that our boys get to see their grandparents fairly often. We've gotten visits from each of them in the past few weeks and somehow inadvertently managed to get pictures in the same pose.


With Gram & Pop



With Mimi & Papa


We love y'all and are thankful for you!

Growing Up

Well, it's here...Josiah's first day of "school"! He's going to a Mother's Morning Out program one day a week. He's really excited and I'm sure this will be a great thing for our little social guy (and his mommy). Here he is with his lunchbox, ready to go!

Motherhood has done me in...I never used to be a crier, but I got a little teary-eyed while packing his lunch, getting him dressed, and taking this picture. I'm going to blame it on the lack of sleep or hormones or something like that. I'm sure in a few short weeks I'll be jumping for joy at the idea of dropping him off for the morning :)

Today's Pictures

It's a fairly lazy Saturday around here. Well, as lazy as they can be these days anyway :) We had an impromptu photo shoot after lunch. Josiah is still constantly asking to hold Cooper and they both enjoyed it today!

We have apparently entered the "goofy smile" stage of pictures. If you ask Josiah to smile, you usually get some crazy pose or tongue sticking out or squinty eyes. This is the best I got today.

So, I got into creative mode...not bad, eh?!?

Happy Saturday everyone!

New Photo Card Connection

The photo card/announcement lady that we've used for previous cards has stopped her business for a while. We stumbled upon a new source and she's great! Her name is Marie - she's a stay-at-home mom and graphic designer, running this "one-person operation" in her spare time. We love to support moms seeking to nurture their children and run a business, so thought we'd pass along her info...

Autumn's Creek

store:
www.autumns-creek.com
blog:
www.autumnscreek.blogspot.com


Here's what she created for Cooper's birth announcement:

As you can see, she does excellent work and was very easy to work with. If you're looking for announcements, Christmas cards, etc., we suggest you look her up!

Diaper Dance Party

Some of our most favorite people from St. Louis came to play a couple weeks ago...the Porters! We met in seminary, back when no one had kids, dogs, houses, etc. Times have changed! In 2 years, our crew has grown from 4 to 8 and it is a wild, fun crew indeed. The Porters were driving back to St. Louis from the NC beaches and were kind enough (or crazy enough) to stop by our house for an afternoon/evening. The kids had a blast, the adults were able to catch up, and after dinner it was obviously time for a diaper dance party. Anna was trying to get her two into pajamas and Josiah decided it would be fun to join in. Ella grabbed his toy guitar and the rest is history. Unfortunately, Cooper was sleeping, but we were able to snap some pictures of the rest of them!

Look at these Porter cuties!

Maybe we'll get to use these pictures in their wedding slideshow. I love the looks of pure giddiness on their faces.

We have some video of the actual dancing, but for some reason it is not uploading correctly...maybe in a later post.

Thank you Porters for stopping by...we loved it!