Conversation II

Preface: The first Sunday of each month is "Fast Sunday" at our church and we fast for two meals and take that time to pray for and focus on a need in our lives. Here's a little something from our last Fast Sunday.

Sam: Mommy, why aren't you eating breakfast?

Me: Daddy and I are fasting today.

Sam: Oh, I know what that means.

Me: Really Sam, that's great - what does it mean?

Sam: It means that you eat really fast so that we can get to church on time. :)

Conversation

Sam: Mom, do you know what I want to do when I grow up?

Me: Nope, tell me.

Sam: Well, I'm going to work with Daddy most of the time, but then I'll spend the rest of my time driving monster trucks.

Me: Are you REALLY sure that's what you want to do?

Sam: Yes mam - if I work with Daddy I'll have enough money to buy my monster truck!

Oh, heaven help me with this one!

Three Months

It's hard to believe that three months have already passed since the little miss joined our family. Taking a note from my fellow blogger friends, I thought I'd do a little update on Ellie. She's up to about 11 1/2 pounds and 23 1/4 inches. At three months, she...

• sleeps wonderfully - 10 to 11 hours at night - and yes, we know how blessed we are for this
• loves taking baths
• isn't crazy about tummy time, but we're working on it
• loves getting her diaper changed
• smiles for pretty much everybody, but does it more quickly for her daddy and her big brother Sam
• is finding her voice and likes to talk to us and sings along with mommy
• giggled for the first time this past Sunday on mommy and daddy's anniversary
• buries her head in the crook of daddy's arm, especially in the evening when he gets home from work - I mean completely buries - you can only see the back of her head - she doesn't do this for anybody else - just daddy!
• has eyes that can stare right through you and make you want to jump through hoops just to keep her happy...this is going to be problematic later!

Little of That

Our botanical gardens had a "Big Bugs" exhibit-type thing that we had been trying to get to since it started back in March and we finally made it on the last Saturday it was open. We got to see all of the amazing bug sculptures, played around in the kids garden and had a lovely picnic with Aaron's dad and stepmom. The kids had a fantastic time and of course, Ellie had a nice stroll (and nap) in her bug outfit too!

Little of This

A little bit of catch up...back at the end of June we went to the Harmony Park Animal Safari - it's this great drive through safari where you can feed the animals as you go. We had the best time! One of the emus kept putting his head in the truck and scaring the kids (especially our nephew Kortlan). In his defense, the emu kept sneaking up on him and surprising him! There was also a gorgeous white horse that we were so excited to feed; unfortunately, we weren't feeding it fast enough and it scratched my truck! Later on the trek, there was a huge llama that also wanted to stick its head in the car - this lead to a yucky spitting incident - gross! After all was said and done, we needed quite the car wash and vacuum, but laughed harder than we had in a long time. Definitely worth the trip!

King Family Fun

We just got home from our annual King Family Reunion - this is my granny's side of the family and we always have a blast getting together each year. It was everybody's first chance to meet Ellie and her newest cousin Luke whose about six months older than her. I can't wait for them to get a little bit older and be the best of friends! Can you tell my little miss is starting to get some chunk on her - I love it!

Love these guys!

I do love these boys!

Our little peacemaker

We were so excited to have almost our entire family at our house a few weeks ago for Ellie's blessing - all three of our children have been blessed by their Daddy in our home. Aaron's mother made a gown shortly before she passed away that we were able to use with all three of our kids (she made the "H" monogram blue so that it could be used with boys or girls), but we were able to use the bonnet this time too! Our little Ellie was so precious - what an amazing experience!