http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:03:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Andy, our oldest, at 8 years old. Ian, our youngest, at 8 months old. Buddies! :-) http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/11/23/my-bookends-8/ I'm sitting on the couch, snuggling Evan Joy this morning. Fitting, since it's National Preemie Day. She'll be FIVE years old in just two months... and the pajamas she has on are size 24 months. (Thankfully, they are snug!) A couple of her younger siblings have passed her up, weight-wise. ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/11/17/national-preemie-day/ A friend of ours that we haven't seen for a few years recently sent me these very important questions... See my responses below! How do you do it?? Are you homeschooling as well? Do you have to let things (like keeping a tidy house) go, or are you ultra-organized?... Some ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/11/16/our-team-name-family/ Our boy Ian has been busy. He got his first two teeth back-to-back days! A top one on Monday and a bottom on on Tuesday. Next week, he'll be driving! http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/11/11/busy-boy/ Ferris, age 3: "I just burped when my mouth was closed. THAT's a magic trick!" Yup, we're classy. http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/10/13/refined/ Being a large(r) family, we're always looking for ways to streamline things and make life more efficient. I often dress my kids in coordinated outfits if we're going to be in a crowded place. While we were at our huge county fair this summer, I got the idea of tie-dying a ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/10/12/groovy/ Ian turned 6 months old a couple of weeks ago. About a week before, he started crawling. For real. Within two weeks after, he had reached all sorts of milestones. In that three week span the boy was sitting up, sleeping in his crib in the "big boys' room" overnight, eating ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/10/03/3-weeks/ I made the kids Mickey Mouse pancakes for dinner tonight. It's not the first time. Yet, we did have a first. I cut up Grayson's pancake up. (He proudly called it his "Hunkin' Mouse can-kick." :D ) I then moved on to up Ferris' pancake. Cut off the ears. All was fine. ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/09/13/our-little-humanitarian/ Hunting season is fast approaching, which means I'll be a "hunting widow" for most of the season. My three oldest boys will take turns going with Daddy, too, so things will be quieter around here. Ferris was asking me the other day to buy her "some bwacelips." I'd been thinking the ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/09/12/a-new-hobby/ Evan just ran into the kitchen and tattled, "Mommy, Ferris colored on her fingernails and toenails red with a marker!!" I sighed and said, "Go tell her to come here." She scurried off to find her sister while Nate & I chuckled at our daughter's latest rite of passage. We then heard ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/09/06/her-alibi/ Pudge is mobile! He pretty much skipped the army crawl and went straight to the up & down movement on his knees and/or his feet! He's still slow at it since he makes more vertical movement than horizontal, but he gets there! Not too shabby for being just 5 months. ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/09/05/ian-on-the-move/ My girl Evan is special... in almost every sense of the word! We recently had VBS at church, so she's been thinking a lot more about heaven, hell, Jesus, sin, etc. That's a good thing, right? She's 4. :) For an illustration of her "specialness," read the following conversation I had with her ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/09/01/and-your-enemies-closer/ Anyone out there miss me? Didn't think so! :P I haven't given up blogging. In my heart of hearts, I still think about posting funnies all the time. I just rarely make it to the computer to get them entered. Guess I'll need to download an app for that on my ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/08/30/turning-away-wrath-turning-to-humor/ Five of my kids were wedged side-by-side on the couch together this morning, watching some animal education show. I looked over and they all seemed to be leaning toward the middle and Brady looked half as wide as normal. I asked Andy to scoot over a bit. "Andy move the other way a ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/06/24/stuck-in-the-middle/ It's hard to believe Ian is already three months old... Or that Sweet Baby Gray turned 2 yesterday! :) OR that Nate is celebrating his 9th Father's Day today. Wow. Much has been happening with our very busy family. Here's a photo update for you: You may remember that we bought a ... http://selahgraphics.net/noendinsite/2011/06/19/a-three-month-update/