Nighttime Findings

  During the hot days, Tim and I usually put the boys to bed with their windows open to let the cool night air into their stuffy room. I usually go in when I am heading to bed to close up the windows and make sure that everything is all right in their room. It's also a perfect time to look at how big my boys have grown and pray for them.
  The other night, I walked into the bedroom and found Elijah laying like this...

Apparently, someone fell asleep while playing!

And Time Flies By!

This evening as the boys and I were getting ready to head out to our Bible study, Beniah looked at me and said, "Mama, you know the group that meets at church tonight? (Do you mean the youth group?) Yeah. I want to go to youth group."   I am a little humored by this because I remember feeling like it was going to take forever for winter to be over, for summer to come, to turn 13, etc.  Now, I am noticing how quickly life is flying by (although, I do still find myself thinking "when will diapers end!")  This past month and a half has been very busy.

Elijah turned 3 and had two parties.
The first one was with the Luse family at Pietro's Pizza in Salem. The kids had a blast eating at their own table and playing all sorts of arcade games.

 

 Grandma had a blast cuddling the baby while the rest of us followed the older kids around.

The second party was the next day on Elijah's birthday. The Whittakers came over to play, eat some pizza and cupcakes, give some gifts, and (of course) play Mario Kart.

 He has is own sense of style!

 Isaac just slept through the whole party.

 But with the ending of the birthday parties, came the leaving of the cousins.

 

 

 And time marches on and with it comes new firsts.

Fist time that Isaac slept in the cradle that his Mama, Grandpa, and (I believe) his Great Grandpa slept in.

Isaac's first smile captured by my camera (there was one taken a couple days before this one, but it was on his Grandma's camera).

First recreation of a Daddy's baby picture.

 

 He looks amazingly like Tim did at this age.

First walk.

We also traveled and had fun in the snow, but those are stories for another post (especially since it is past my bedtime and the middle of the night feedings will be here before I know it). Just know that month was filled with love.

Lots and lots of love.

 

 And with a dash of charm and cuteness!

Staying Up Late

   Tim recently was hired for an at home Tech support position with Amazon. It's been really nice to have him working from home and seeing him during his breaks and lunches. Unfortunately, his schedule is such that he can't help out with putting the boys to bed.  After a few weeks of putting them to bed by myself, I stumbled across a solution that would be fine to do once a week. One Wednesday night, we got home from Lifegroup with our church around 9:30 just as Tim was getting off of work.  The boys loved having their Daddy put them to bed. I loved the extra help. Tim loved seeing his boys after work.  It was a lovely night!  I decided to repeat that this past Friday (since there weren't any errands planned for Saturday).  So with plain and chocolate air popped popcorn, Veggietales Jonah movie, and blankets to snuggle in, the boys stayed up way past their bedtime so Daddy could see them and put them to bed. This just might have to become a weekly tradition.

What Elijah Was Doing At 10 PM

Looking over the arm of the couch at toys that had been dropped.

Enjoying family photos

Contemplating about how weird it is to feel your teeth with your tongue.

Being generally cute.

Finally, after having a very busy late night (considering bedtime is 8 pm), Elijah went to sleep.  I now know that even if Elijah has had a very long weekend and is very tired, he should never be allowed to nap until 5:45 pm.