Lookin like my brother
I chose this one because I think he looks so much like Josiah in this one. It's crazy!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Excited...
Today was very nice here in the 'burgh. Just before dinner it was in the mid-50s so we decided to take a walk. We walked around our neighborhood and caught up with a lot of neighbors. After our walk I, John, wanted to get some pictures of the kids in the sun. Josiah, being his ornery self, kept dodging the camera making it hard to get him.
Here's one where I tricked him into looking up. What a goober.
Pulling up some grass
Here is Abigail pulling some of the dead ornamental grass out of our flowerbed. We cannot wait for spring to come so that we can work and play outside again!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Cryin' to sleep
This past week we've begun a process we did with each of our other kids. Allowing them to learn to put themselves to sleep. It's pretty hard at first, more for us I think, listening to them cry, but in the long run it is such a great thing. Samuel has taken right to it, and really only cries for a few minutes now when I lay him down for a nap. Here he is shortly after falling to sleep this morning, he didn't even cry then, he just watched his mobile and drifted off. How sweet!
Side note, we took him to his 2 month check up and he's doing great. Growing, but still so tiny. 11 pounds 11 ounces, 22 1/2 inches long. I just love this little man!
Picaso in colorful wax
Josiah need to do some work beside big sis as she did her's. He looks a little shocked.
Homework?.....In Pre-School?
So, yes, she is doing homework. And she is excited about it. Her teacher had some parents ask for homework to be sent home to get the kids ready for preschool. So she has started to do that, it's totally optional, but of course, our Abigail wants to do it. She was so excited, she was doing it at the kitchen table, but said when she does "real" homework she's going to do it at her desk in her room. I can't believe she'll be in Kindergarten this fall. Our big girl!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Three piece band
First let me say, these kids are so cute!!!! This is Abigail and Josiah over at their friend Josh's house the other day. I had forgotten my camera, but luckily Josh's mom had hers there. She snapped this great photo that maybe we'll be able to she them when they're all grown up and famous.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Flying?
I picked this picture not because it was particularly cute, though he is pretty cute, huh?(John thinks he looks like he is flying). I picked it because of the funny story that goes with it.
Thursdays are John's late nights, he usually gets home well after bedtime. I still haven't gotten quite used to getting all 3 kids ready for bed by myself yet. Usually one or all of them is crying and we just push on through. I was helping Josiah go to the potty before he got in bed, I had been holding a crying Samuel, but needed the extra hand, so I just laid hi down on the bathmat. I completely expected him to just keep on crying, but at least i'd have my hands free. But instead, he started smiling and cooing. He was so content I just let him be while i tucked the other two in. I then grabbed the camera and got a really cute picture and video. What a strange kid. I think we'll keep him though.
Walking!!!
One of our favorite things to do it to take walks around the neighborhood. It's been a very cold winter so we haven't done it for a long time. But this past Wednesday it was 60 so we were able to go outside quite a bit. Here we are, Samuel included, on a nice walk. The poor kid had barely ever breathed fresh air, but I think he enjoyed it. He slept the whole time! And Abigail and Josiah were really excited to get out and about too. Of course we ran into many neighbors that got to meet our sweet Samuel for the first time. It was a great day!
Tree hugger
Last Saturday it was a pretty nice day, a little muddy, but very nice. While Daddy was off working on the hoop house, the kids and I went outside (minus Samuel he was taking a nap inside, still a bit chilly for him). Here is our sweet big boy in his camo sweatshirt. He insisted on the hood being up and he wore it around like that the whole time. Even after we came back inside, and had to strip him down to just underwear due to all the mud on his pants, he still kept on wearing that sweatshirt, hood up. He played like that until nap time. He is so silly!
Sweet Abigail
Abigail posing so cute before taking a trip down the slide. How great it was to get outside for a change!!!
Diggin in the mud
We were all very muddy after our adventure outside. No one really minded though. Here is Abigail just diggin away.
Lunch time
I took this picture last week,but when I tried to upload it something wouldn't work. I tried like 4 times, then gave up. So here is another shot.
When it came time to eat lunch on this particular day Josiah really wanted Abigail to sit next to him, she usually sits across the table at her own booster. I told them that it'd be ok for her to sit in the big chair next to him. I thought it was so sweet he wanted her there. This is a picture of them posing with their lunch.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Work Crew
This past Saturday I had a great time helping out some friends building a "hoop house" for the Pittsburgh Project pittsburghproject.org.
The purpose of the hoop house is to make a space for year round crop production for people who live in the urban parts of Pittsburgh. It's urban farming. The city gave us an old abandoned baseball field right in the middle of the projects of Pittsburgh. Since then the field has been transformed into an urban farm for families in need. The only problem is it is seasonal. With the addition of the hoop house the Project will be able to provide fresh veggies to people all year round.
Jesus said: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." We're just a group of men who love Jesus and we are trying to follow His example by loving our neighbors with tomatoes and peppers.
Here is a picture (from left to right) of Mark, Brian, Guy, Me, Rob, and Chris. We still have a bit to go, but we got a good start this weekend. Here are some of our pictures.
Framing
On of the toughest parts of our job was to break through the frozen ground. Even though we have had some warm days recently here in Pittsburgh, the ground was still frozen and tough to break.
Once the ground was broken we dug a small footer (this kind of building doesn't require much of a footer) and began setting posts for the door frames for either end.
Skeleton
This is like looking down the belly of a whale skeleton. While the aluminum frame went up quickly, the ends had to be framed out of wood and the exact measuring took a bit of time. That's me on the ladder and my friend Rob is handing me my tools as we make the frame for the door.
Rob & John
In order to keep the inside of the "hoop house" at just the right temperature, each end has two 5 foot fans that can regulate the heating and cooling. Here I am with Rob Gage framing in the bottom of the hole for the fan.
Rob is new to this construction stuff. Yesterday was the first time he had ever used a saw to cut a board! He did a great job though.
John and Mark
Here is Mark Williams, aka the mastermind behind this project. Mark works for The Pittsburgh Project as a community outreach coordinator. Here he is playing "foreman" as he stands with his hands in his pocket and watches me work
Overall it was a great day. Urban farming. What a fun idea.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Ballerina
Sweet Abigail! How she loves her tu-tu! She will wear it all day and just dance, as you can see here.
COLD!
Josiah with a giant icicle, inside. It's been so cold and snowy too go out, so John brought the fun in for him.
Nap time with Bert
The other day Samuel dozed off while in his bouncy seat. Josiah, being the caring brother that he is brought him a toy to have. So here is Samuel snuggle up tight with Bert. A cute side story: Bert was one of John's favorite toys as a kid, so Bonky sent us this one when I was pregnant with Abigail. It's never really caught on with either of the two like John liked him growing up, but maybe Samuel will be the one.
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