Living the life God intended...

Living the life God intended...

Monday, June 18, 2012

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT…and other cuteness!

We would like to introduce our contortionist children, Ryan and Lily!

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What can I say, they get it from their mama!  I used to roll around on the ground just like this when I was little!

Oh Ryan, you are just soooo funny!

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And yes, all of these pictures are right side up!

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Then, Andrew had to get in on the playing, a little calmer though!

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She loves playing with her new blocks!

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I think Andrew does too…haha!

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Lily taking in a great game in the Battleship tournament!

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Then we drug out the push walker! I can’t believe its almost that time…

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Well, not quite…mid-fall.

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This is good for now!

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Lily is learning to help put away the groceries early…good girl!

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Caught red-handed destroying the pantry…there that “no” face is again!

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This week we also went with the homeschool group to Stevi B’s for some fun but the boys had just had a sleepover and looked more drained than excited!

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Well, at least one of the Ireland kids had some rest and was willing to smile for the camera!  Daddy would’ve enjoyed it, but he had to work.

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Leave it to video games to wake any sleepy child!

Boys against girls…

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BOYS WIN!

Just wait til Lily gets old enough, things may change!

Special Grammy time

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We love when Grammy comes over!  Lots of kisses to give…

…and Ryan dresses up – Just kidding, this was after church!

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At Uncle Billy’s birthday party…

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We can’t wait for Grammy to retire so we can see her whenever we want!

And the pool is OPEN for business!

Our pool opened recently and we had a nice cookout/party with all the neighbors.  The boys are thrilled that it is finally open and I think I already see their gills growing!

 

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So excited to get some food…and finally a coke!

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Matty’s funny face gallery is cheering for this one!

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Boy, did Lily like Miss Katie’s sunglasses!

I can see where this is going…accessory queen!

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So, it’s official, we will be at the pool almost every day now for the next 3 months!  Once a fish, always a fish!

Lily turns 9 months…

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As expected, this little lady is getting MUCH harder to capture on camera!

She’s into everything and doesn’t want to sit still for silly Mommy to take pictures…isn’t it a blessing to have a sweet little girl who inch worm crawls all around the house?

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Check out my teeth…

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What Mommy?  You don’t want me to mess with the blanket?  Watch me!

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And here are the bloopers:

You can see them bigger if you click on them…as goes for any pics on the blog!

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And here’s the face I get when I tell her no…she’s good, right?

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We had to share these events right after her pictures.

Lily has the American Girl Bitty Baby that I had when I was about 8-9years old when they first came out.  I have saved that and my Samantha doll for all these years for my own little girl.  When Madeline was born, I couldn’t leave her without one and she was after all our first baby, so I gave her Bitty Baby who was loved very much throughout her early years.  For Christmas this year, Amy cleaned Bitty Baby (formerly known as baby Ryan) and gave it to Lily in a great doll holder with her name on it!   Well, baby’s name right now is Baby, and Lily isn’t quite sure what to do with her but she loves her anyway!

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It looked more like a wrestling match than loving her baby, but she does have brothers you know.

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So much for babies, we know what she sees everyone else in the house playing with!

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Oh well, so much for babies right now, cranes are much cooler, right boys?