Crosby's Debut Photos

Crosby has one upped (is that a word?) the boys! He actually had newborn photos taken! Sarah has taken our family pics and pics of Cole at 18mo. and I love all of them, so when she asked if she could "practice" taking newborn pics of Crosby I said sure!Crosby was quite a bit fussy, so he gave her some trouble, but she worked her magic and got some good ones! These are my absolute favs! I can't wait until the spring to update our family photo! Thanks Sarah for being patient with our kiddos and doing such a great job!

We Survived Month #1

Crosby is a month old today! We made it! These aren't the greatest of pics, but I don't have a ton of extra time to snap photos. Also it is hard to find Crosby alone without Cole right there in his face!

Crosby is growing like a weed, already to 10lbs! He has outgrown his newborn diapers and some of his newborn clothes. We are getting into a great routine and that is wonderful for me! I love my routine! So enjoy a couple of photos, and I promise to post better ones soon!

Looks Can Be Deceiving

At first glance you might think our newest little man is a skinny little guy, but check out these cute pics I snapped of him in the bathtub tonight. He actually looks like a chunky monkey!
He loves to be in his tub! Crosby is so relaxed and laid back! He has been doing so well on his eating and sleeping. He got a little upset stomach this weekend but other than that he isn't fussy at all!

Here are some cheeks you just want to kiss!

Of course, Crosby can't take a bath alone. I think I have bathed him by himself with NO help from the others once in the last 4 weeks! Usually they just help or watch, but tonight I put Crosby's tub in my big tub and let Cole get in to! He was in HEAVEN! You know from my previous post that Cole LOVES Crosby! Tonight it was pretty cute!

Love this one too!

Smitten Kitten

Here is a little evidence that one of our boys is TOTALLY SMITTEN with his new little brother!

Caden Reading His First Sparks Verse

Caden started Sparks this year in AWANA. He is really excited about this too! He started working on John 3:16 last week but didn't really have a kid friendly bible to look it up in. He has several children's bibles that just have pictures and stories in them, but nothing that is an actual bible. So since he is really working on his reading, I looked online and found him a great bible. It is the NIV Adventure Bible for Early Readers and it is PERFECT for him!

Also another great side note to this...I taught him the other night how to look up John 3:16 in one of my bibles and once he figured it out and practiced it a few times, he went to the other room and showed Lizzy how to find it in her bible! She is also in SPARKS this year, but is a little more reserved about learning verses. I think the fact she has to read some makes her nervous, but she is getting it. Caden's enthusiasm is contagious, so she too wants to look it up in her bible and work on memorizing it! She received a bible from the church when she entered 1st grade, so she looked it up in there with Caden and marked it with a book mark. Such a cute moment between them.

Anyway, here is the video of Caden reading from his new bible!

Carter's CUBBIE Verse - Week 1

We started AWANA last week and Carter is now a CUBBIE! He is so excited, he immeadiately wanted to start working on his first verse.

"God loved us and sent his son." 1 John 4:10

Our Visit with German Friends

Once upon a time, back in the good old high school days in Guymon, America, there was an exchange student named Cordula. She was a great gal, so nice and friendly, lots of fun to be around. Cory has kept in touch ever since and we even ran into her once on a ski trip in Angel Fire, NM. Cordula and her husband Christian were vacationing in the good old USA and just happened to be coming from OKC to Guymon and stopped in for a visit. Cory was able to meet them for lunch and chat uniterrupted (how nice!) Since I was at home with two napping boys, they graciously stopped by the house so they could meet 3 of the 4 boys and me :) I was so thankful they did!

Here is a group shot, Carter was the photographer...which might explain Cory's facial expression!

Just to prove how fun loving and easy going Cordu is...she was introduced to Crosby for the first time, and held him lovingly. Well he of course decided he needed to poop and made quite the lovely sound. No big deal to us, we have heard it lots! This time was a little different...he actually filled then overflowed his diaper, right on Cordu's shirt! First time for a blowout and it had to be on her! We felt awful, but she took it in stride, Christian went out to get her a clean shirt from their luggage, and she even commented how she was glad to change because her shirt smelled greasy from lunch!

Cory and Cordula on the back deck!

It was so fun to just chat with them for a bit. Wish we could see them more often and get to know them even better! Maybe one day we will travel to see them in Germany!

Outside Fun

The first week we were home with Crosby, there were three adults here to manhandle the troops. So they got to have all kinds of fun. On this particular day the two younger boys (can I still say that, or should I say the middle two?) were out cruising the yard in the razor. They were too precious not to take pictures of!

Cole will ride with just about anyone and Carter is actually a pretty good driver.

They weren't smiling for me, they were just having so much fun!
This is my favorite picture of all...they look like they are yelling, but when we finally got their attention to ask, Carter told us he was singing a song. His "razor song" to be exact. Of course whatever Carter was doing, Cole was doing too!

With Crosby's arrival and Caden being in school all day, these two boys are becoming fast friends. It is so fun to watch Cole's personality blossom and see how he interacts with Carter. I also enjoy watching Carter develop his big brother role! I just love my boys!