Memories part deux

Uber Cute

What is it about babies wearing jeans?

I just broke out the 9 month clothes for Teresa... she's so tall! I find myself getting sentimental remembering Rebecca when she wore the same outfits. Check out these comparisons.
Teresa 4 monthsRebecca 7 monthsTeresa 4 months
Rebecca 6 months

They're not as identical as it seems, huh? They do have something in common: uber-cuteness.

Misty watercolor...

MEMORIES I found these shots while sorting through an old box of "doubles" tonight. (Wow, the lunacy of "doubles"!)

They made me smile & I just had to share. I think I'll share more later, too. Are you in here? Are you on the other side of the camera?

Smiling is good. ; )

Hey, baby

wanna go bowling?

Bribery pays

Well, he's done it.

Darren promised Teresa five bucks if she'd say "Dada" first... & she did last night! (Don't worry, Edith, I'll make sure he pays up. ; P ) I got some adorable video of it, but I can't upload from that recorder to my blog. So, instead here she is laughing at Daddy's shenanigans afterwards. Adorable.

To my Goddaughters

Happy Birthday today to Lizzie& Macy!

We love you & we pray for you everyday!
God bless you. =]

Ash Wednesday

Well, Ash Wednesday just snuck up on me! Here we are in another Lent. I found this wonderful explanation on the Holy Heroes that I really like.

“The Lenten penitential practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving are not intended as a covert season of self-improvement, or worse, a time of self-bashing because we are sinners (even though we are), but are instead intended to help create an ever-larger space within our hearts to love. The practices are focused on dying to self so that we are expanded in our capacity to love. We seek deeper conversion and deeper love. By denying ourselves some good, we die to ourselves a little, so that we can grow more in love of God and neighbor. We die to self to grow in love.”

I'm still working on my resolutions & family ideas. The only thing we'll do for sure is Holy Heroes Lenten Adventure... it's awesome for the kids. Care to share yours?

Mary with Jesus & Bishop Andrew

Our house in the middle of...

We joyfully attended the wedding of our college friend Jessica to her hubby Steve yesterday. We enjoyed the Mass from the choir loft with some of our old Newman groupies. It was kind of wild being up there with the old crowd singing the old songs seeing the old pastor & assistant in the sanctuary. I was lost in reminiscing... that is until Judy & I found ourselves both changing our newborns' dirty diapers next to the organ! Little bit different. ; )

It was a beautiful wedding & quite the reunion as well. All of our former L Street roomies are now either married or professed! God's awesome. We're so happy for you, Jess!

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

With lots of love
from our house
& tree of love to yours! : )
**It's amazing what spending $3 at the dollar store & getting creative with construction paper can do to beef up a lack of decorations!

**Anyone notice our creative use of the Digiorno necklaces???

Perfect Love

4 months

At her 4 month checkup Teresa weighed in at 13 lbs 2 oz & measured 26 inches. Long & lean just like her big brother & sister. Healthy & beautiful.

She's been rolling, drooling, babbling, smiling, & even giggling! After about three giggles she starts to hiccup... just like her big brother & sister STILL do when they laugh hard. ; ) Chewing & drooling all over the place makes me think she's starting to get her first teeth already... just like her big brother & sister did. She'll still smile at almost anyone regardless of mood, though she has shown a definite dislike of facial hair!

She's been boycotting most morning naps, but makes up for it with a mega 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon pretty often. Teresa goes down about 8 pm, gets up to eat at 4:30ish, & *usually* goes right back down until 7:00. Amazing. (I will now swear by the tight swaddle of a muslin blanket by Aden & Anais. Quiets her down almost instantly.) They are so alike in so many ways & yet so very unique! We love our little fluff-head.

As real as it may seem...

Rebecca: I dreamed about oranges & mommies & daddies & SOUP & Teresas & noodles. Can we play Candyland? And babies.

Mia

Happy Birthday, Maria!

Thanks for being such a sweet & snuggly niece.

We love you!

Here we go again!

snow... Snow... SNOW!Here is what the first storm melted down to with the help of a couple of weeks of just peeks of sunshine & some pre-snow rain.
Then it came & beautified our world once again.
"Look, it's snowing cotton balls!" Andrew said.

Catholic Schools Week

Andrew's first Catholic Schools Week:

sporting his Husker gear on Team Day,

his Daddy's old blue bunny suit on Animal Day (forgot to take a photo!),& his Bishop gear on Vocations Day. So adorable!Rebecca & I celebrated at home by playing babies & tea party. She served root beer, eggplant, & chicken.When I asked her what she put on the chicken to make it so delicious, she replied ecstatically, "FROSTING!" A girl after my own heart.

My big sis

Happy Birthday, Melissa!

We love you!

Brainwashing

Me: What does a mama chicken say?

Andrew: Bock, bock!

Me: What does a baby chicken say?

Andrew: Peep, peep!

Me: What does a mama duck say?

Andrew: Quack, quack!

Me: What does a baby duckling say?

Andrew: Aflac! Aflac!

Look out world...

here she comes! Congratulations, Teresa!

You rolled over for the first...

& second...

& third time today.

Way to go!

Chicken Lips

Happy Birthday, Doug!

Thanks for being a great brother, uncle, & godfather.

We love you!

Pig English

Rebecca: Will you read me this story?
Me: Sure. "Si le das un panqueque a una cerdita..."
Rebecca: No! No! Don't read it in Spanishes.
Me: But the book is in Spanish. What do you want me to read it in? English?
Rebecca: No! Read it in Pig!

***I love all those books in English AND Spanish by the way. If you give a pig a pancake, If you give a moose a muffin, & If you give a mouse a cookie are our favorites.***

Photo Fun

" Let's take a goofy one now."

(Teresa made her hair do that just for the picture.)

Does that look like a heart to you?