Words

Every day, I am amazed at how much Wyatt talks and the new words he is using.  He is constantly surprising us with new phrases and the kid cracks us up!  And he usually has some cute facial expression to go along with it too :-)

Thought I would share a few of his new ones...

"I'm thinking....."  (which is usually followed by..."about a bear", "crocodile", etc.)

"I hear sumping" or "I hear a boice" (something or a voice)

"I'm gonna throw you in the pond" (yes, I hear this quite often!)

"I'm a cowboy"

"That's different"

"Get gun, shoot crocodile"

"How 'bout....." (this is how he "bargains" for things!)
"Mommy stop that, I'm a boy!"

 

This is Wyatt being a cowboy...apparently he can put anything on his head and then he's a cowboy :-)



And again, he is a cowboy :-)

Love him!

Camping...take 2

These pictures are of Wyatt & Ella's first camping trips...

Wyatt, on the left, was 2 months old when we camped for July 4th, 2010.

Ella, in the bow :-), was 1 1/2 months old when we camped for Labor Day, 2012.

I knew I had to get the same pic of Ella, since I can't believe how similar they look!

And how fortunate that she had a green bow to match! :-)

Camping this year was a bit crazier than ever before, but I am so thankful that we can begin to create some fun memories as a family!

And here is a pic I snapped of Wyatt while camping when he was supposed to be taking a nap!
He was just too cute I couldn't resist...

Some favorites...

I decided to ask Wyatt about some of his favorite things...here is exactly how he responded :-)

Favorite toy:  "Spencer"  (One of the Thomas trains)

Favorite thing to watch:  "Veggie Tales"

Favorite book:  "Train"

Favorite food:  "Eggs"

Favorite color:  "my crayons"

Favorite sister:  "Ella"

Favorite song:  "baby sister don't cry"

Favorite snack:  "crackers"

Favorite animal:  "penguin, otter, doggy, duck"

Favorite outside activity:  "watering can"

Favorite thing about Ella:  "kiss her"

This kid cracks me up...watering can?  haha  He does do other things than play with watering cans...like riding his big wheel...swimming...etc...

Here are some common phrases that Wyatt says....

"Mmmm, dat yummy"
"Oh no, big crocodile coming"

"Watch train?"

Recently my sister Kathy had dropped off some dinner for us (oriental lettuce cup thingys).  I gave Wyatt the noodles and chicken, knowing he wouldn't eat the lettuce.  Well, he said he wanted the lettuce, so I gave it to him & he took a huge bite and said, "mmm, dat yummy", then immediately scrunched up his face, spit out the lettuce and said, "mmm, dat yucky."  :-)

And here is miss Ella, looking as cute as ever...sadly this is an "old" pic...like from a couple weeks ago...she has really filled out since then & doesn't even fit in this outfit anymore! :-(

But I just love this pic with her bright eyes!

Ella's current favorites...

Eating

Pooping

Sleeping

And she has really started "talking" to us...so cute!

And here is a picture of MY favorite things :-)

LOVE them!



One of these things is just like the other...

Check out how similar these precious babies are! 

Can you guess which picture is Wyatt and which is Ella?

It's not too hard...but goodness I can't believe how much they look alike! 



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Isabella Dora

Our sweet Isabella Dora decided to grace us with her presence a day early!  She was scheduled to arrive via c-section on July 18...however, this little lady got her way when she decided to arrive early on

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:51 am.

Here's the story...

I woke up that morning around 3 am with contractions...they didn't seem all that bad, but they didn't let up either...I decided not to wake up Clint right away, in case they went away...and prayed that they would stop...I'm all about schedules and she wasn't scheduled to come yet :-)  Plus, Clint was going to be working an hour away from home that day...so my prayer was that they would stop or that we'd be at the hospital in a few hours.  Sooooo, when they didn't stop, I woke Clint up around 5 and we decided to get around to go to the hospital.  Mom was able to come pick Wyatt up and we were on our way to the hospital.

We arrived around 7:30...the nurse checked me out and I wasn't dilated at all.  I wanted to go ahead with a c-section if possible...so she checked with Dr. Morgan, who was on call that day, and when she came back she said we were all set to go!  A c-section had just gone in, so we'd have to wait about 1 1/2 hours.  They took us back to our room to wait and we ended up being next door to my cousin Kyle and his wife Christina, who had just had their baby girl Paige on Sunday.

I labored for the next hour and a half and then went back to the operating room.  It was a bit different this time, knowing what to expect and also knowing that Ella was just fine.  Also different because they had music playing in the operating room when I got in there...this seemed a bit odd...and no joke, when Ella arrived at 10:51 am, 'Welcome to the Jungle' was playing!  

Finally meeting our sweet baby girl was so amazing!  She is just so precious!

Isabella Dora

Born ~ Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:51 am

7 lbs  14 oz   20 inches

Nursery fit for a girl

Although she'll be bunking with us for a bit...it's a nice to feeling to have her nursery mostly finished.  Still need to make the curtains and crib rail cover...but other than that I can assume that she'll be dreaming of butterflies...wow there's a lot!  And of course some of Wyatt's toys have made it in there while mommy works.

Here name will go over here...but you'll just have a to wait a few more days for that! :-)

What we've been up to...

We are at T- 9 days until we get to meet our sweet baby girl!  I figured that I'd better get some pics up to let you see a peek at what we've been up to since Wyatt's big 2nd birthday!:)

The school year ended and along with that, my time as Director at The Compass ended too.  It was a very bittersweet thing for me, as I have loved being a part of this ministry & the kids there.  But anticipating the arrival of our baby girl, we have a peace from the Lord that it was time for me to stay home with the kids.  What a blessing for me to have been able to take Wyatt along to The Compass, we are truly grateful that it worked out to do that.  But I am definitely looking forward to this next phase of my life as a stay-at-home mom!  It will definitely be a big change for me, not working and all, but we are so grateful that I am able to stay at home with our kids!

So...what have we been up to?  We took a camping trip to celebrate Memorial Day.  Super hot, but lots of fun!  I was definitely introduced to being the mother of a boy...I am pretty sure I have never seen Wyatt so dirty! 

Dirty boy!

We also took a trip to the zoo for Father's Day!  What a nice treat from mom and dad!



Love these guys!!!

Wyatt really enjoyed feeding the giraffe this year!

Wyatt also got to go to swim lessons this year!  It was a lot of fun for both of us!  It was really neat to see him progress and gain confidence!  He had a great time!  And now he LOVES jumping to us in the pool!

Wyatt has also decided that he must sleep with 4 animals now instead of two...so he usually carries them everywhere!  Cracks me up...here he is after waking up one morning...love the hair!

Wyatt has also been a big "help" as we get ready for the arrival of his baby sister...he seems excited now, so we'll see if that excitement hangs around once she gets here!  Here he is in the baby seat (I thought he'd get stuck!) and he also found a pacifier...silly boy!

And we celebrated the 4th!  Somehow I've survived this heat!:)

We've been having  such a great summer so far and I know it's going to get even better here in a week!  It has been so much fun to see Wyatt grow and change right in front of our eyes.  It seems like over night he went from putting a couple words together to being such a jabber box!  I love it!  Certainly makes our days very entertaining!  He also loves repeating everything!  I told him the other day that he has a "one track mind" and now he says it all the time!  He even used it in the right context the other day...haha.  Loving this kid and looking forward to loving our baby girl!