Mr. Crosby - 2 months

Can you believe my little man is 2 months old already! Wow this time the time has really flown by. I am usually not sentimental, but I wish it would slow down just a little!

This is the pic I captured on my phone at the doctor's office on Wednesday, his actual 2 month birthday :) He weighed in at 13lbs 4oz, and 23 1/4 inches. He is a little smaller than the other boys, around 1lb lighter and 1/2 to 1 inch shorter, but he is catching up! He might be the smallest of the herd, but I am sure he will learn to hold his own around here!

He is doing great! Rarely fusses at all. He still has his fussy time of day, but it isn't that bad and usually one of the kids just has to talk to him. He is napping great in his room, the swing, the carseat, or where ever. He is eating GREAT, as you can see! He is sleeping at night longer and longer...up to 9 hours last night! We are adjusting great and so happy to be a family of 6(7 really!) God is so good to us!

Happy 2 months son! You have blessed our lives tremendously!

Fall Break

Finally getting around to blogging our fall break. If you follow me on Facebook, you know I bravely took the circus on the road :) I picked up the big kids from school on Wednesday and headed home with all 5. They did AMAZING on the way down there! I only stopped once, we all went in to use the bathrooms and then I fed Crosby and we got back on the road.

We had such a great time while we were there. Bedtimes were a little challenging, but otherwise everyone did well! Here is a quick recap in pictures of our time with my family. Our girl was with us, but I have recently learned I shouldn't be posting her picture on the web for ALL to see, bummer! So I had to be selective :(

The first afternoon, you remember Caden caught a frog, well Cole was just beside himself that brother had something and he didn't, so we found Cole a bug, a close 2nd to the frog!

Once Pops finally got home from work and showered, we had some wrestling going on!
Grammy Flo got to love on Baby Crosby! My wonderful grandmother isn't doing great healthwise and this MADE HER DAY! We kept asking her if she was tired or we needed to take him, and she would almost shout NO! She was in HEAVEN on earth!

Thursday AM we took the circus to Lawton to see my other grandparents. This is Caden and Crosby with Grandma, Carter went outside quickly, and Cole actually slept half the visit!

Then we headed to Laugh Out Loud, Lawton's version of Chuck E. Cheese. Gigi and Pops let the kids play all kinds of stuff and have fun! Gigi even went on the Frog Hopper ride with the kids!

My family loves to play dice games...I always remember playing Yahtzee with Grammy and Papa, but Gigi found a new dice game, Farkle. The boys LOVE it!

Cole really just likes to throw the dice.

Carter can actually play most of the game. He came back at the end of this one and beat everyone! He was thrilled.

Caden does great! He can already add up his points. We just have a little trouble with his attitude when he loses.

On Saturday while we were all wearing orange for game day, we tried to get some pictures. Of course they all wouldn't cooperate at the same time, so I have no good ones of the 6 of us, but got some cute ones of the boys (minus Caden - groucho) and some of the girl :)

My wonderful hubby!

We had a great time, but it almost took a week to recover! Just kidding. I am so glad they all did well, and can't wait to go home again soon! Thanks Gigi and Pops for a FABULOUS time!

Bathtime with the Littles

Sometimes, not often, but sometimes I get to spend time with just the two little boys. Yes I have them each morning, but Crosby is usually sleeping and they don't interact much. Well on this night, Cole got a special treat. I put Crosby's bath tub in the tub with him and he was THRILLED. He got to bathe Crosby and "play" with him! He was so excited! Can't you tell?!?!

Crosby did smile some, just didn't catch it on film. He is so stoic most of the time, so we get excited about his smiles. He is pretty laid back, can't imagine where that comes from!
Then of course once the bathing was over, the kissing began. This went on for SEVERAL minutes! Cole loves to give kisses.

One of these days Crosby is going to slap Cole in the face, but until then, we will enjoy these precious photos :)

Fall Break

We arrived at Gigi and Pops' house for fall break and we are having a great time! We were here for about an hour and here is what Caden found to play with...this has provided hours of entertainment, literally!

Caught a Smile!

Loving my new iPhone :) I was playing in the floor with Crosby this weekend and caught my little man smiling away at me! So cute and getting so big!!!

Weekly, Almost Daily Occurance

I LOVE WHERE WE LIVE! It is so great to have the neighbors we do and the fact that their grandkids are over A LOT!!! So this is what you will see in our cul-de-sac so often...

Ben and Carter riding bikes.

Caden, Sam, and Max playing soccer.

It is such a blessing to have good friends live so close! I hope these boys are friends as they grow older and have these memories, just as long as they stay out of trouble :)

Another Mower

We will be set one of these days when all these boys of ours can mow! Saturday morning, even though he was a little sick, Cole was ADAMANT about getting out there and helping Daddy mow! Cole always gets his little mower out of the garage throughout the week and tells me he needs to mow. So today he followed Cory around and even helped him empty out the bag!

Love that Cole wants his Daddy more and more!

Blessings

From years of infertility to this!Psalm 113:9 "He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!"

Praise the LORD indeed for all 4 of my blessings!!!!

Hide God's Word in Your Heart

Since the first week or so of AWANA our kids have had a HUNGER for getting into God's word. I have often joked about having to restrict them from reading their bibles and/or their AWANA books. It can sometime be a competition of who said more, who found it first, etc. You know the drill!

But truly, deep down, it thrills my heart to hear and see their eagerness. I love hearing Caden reading scripture from his new bible or Sparks book, and then teaching Lizzy how to find a verse and helping her read it! Caden has done so well with his reading and what better things to read than scripture :) I have to brag on him a little, I am his Momma; last night he had three verses to say that we had practiced all week, but he came home with five checked off! He has retained them so far too, I checked this morning! I love how God is working on his little mind and heart!

I also adore Carter's desire to keep up with the big kids! He has learned five verses so far. He loves to recite them over and over again! I captured him on video saying his first four! Not sure why the video is so small, but just turn it up and listen!


These are the verses he has learned, in case you can't understand him! It used to bother me that they weren't the entire verse, or that they "dumbed" it down for little ones...but Carter knows these verses and knows what they mean and that is what matters!
1 John 4:10 God loves us and sent his son.
Romans 3:23 All have sinned.
Romans 5:8 While we were sinners, Christ died for us.
Genesis 1:31 All he had made was very good.

Now about Cole, at the end of the video you can hear him talking to Jesus. He loves to pray now...at every meal, at nap and bed time, etc. SO CUTE! He thanks Jesus for all in our family and lots of other people we know too! But he is also in full 2 yr old mode, hence the screaming at the end.

I hope to post Caden saying all his verses soon, but in the meantime...allow this to encourage you, speak to you, and maybe even allow God to challenge you to memorize some scripture! Have a blessed day!

Chunky Monkey

Momma's milk sure is GOOD!!!

Loving the double chin!

Soccer

Caden is at it again with his 3rd soccer season. The team is much improved from the spring and the games have been really exciting. There have been many goals scored by Caden and others! I have only missed one due to a nap time conflict, but haven't been able to take pictures.

Today Crosby timed it perfectly and ate just before we left so he was able to snooze in the stroller during the game. Cole was good, and entertained by a team member's sister, so I was able to take some pictures of our athlete!

Crosby is ready for soccer!

Caden stopping the ball and turning it around.

Caden kicking it in.

Caden taking it down field.

On the way to make a goal!