Mr. and Miss Bones

Lucy has been obsessed with her bones pajamas for at least a year and a half now. I think they are size 18 months, but she can still kind of fit in them. She was so excited to see Samuel in his matching bones pajamas this morning.

Dande Lions

This is the second year we did this project and it was even better! Last year, my sister sent me a reel to take cardboard and cut it into a circle and draw a face in the middle. I used a pencil to poke holes around the face for the dandelions.

This year, Lucy was able to pick the dandelions on her own and Aaron picked more than the two he did last year and Samuel was hanging out in the front pack.

After they finished picking dandelions, we went exploring around the two ponds. A neighbor said there was a turtle nearby. We didn't see it, but we enjoyed looking for it. 

Lately, Lucy insists on wearing her suede boots. It doesn't matter that it's almost always hot outside. She's so cute and it reminds me of wearing my brother's old cowboy boots so I am fine with it.

These two were so much smaller last year!

A Very Happy Father's Day

"I’m so glad when Daddy comes home, Glad as I can be; Clap my hands and shout for joy, Then climb upon his knee, Put my arms around his neck, Hug him tight like this, Pat his cheeks, then give him what? A great big kiss."

Children's Songbook song #210 Daddy’s Homecoming

When Jonathan comes home, it usually involves a lot of happy screams. To say we love him, is an understatement. Aaron and Lucy and now Samuel love him and always want to be with him. I knew I chose a good man to father my babies.

I also love that he got me a minivan to hold all of those babies.

Sunday Siblings

"Come, little child, and together we’ll learn Of his commandments, that we may return Home to his presence, to live in his sight— Always, always to walk in the light."

Second verse of hymn #304 Teach Me to Walk in the Light

By: Clara W. McMaster

To say we adore Samuel, is an understatement!

Three Months Later

It's hard to believe that our baby is already three months old.

It's safe to say that Samuel's definitely the favorite around here.

Aaron loves our baby and Lucy is certain he is her baby.

I love his bright blue eyes and hope that he keeps them. Neither of the other kids ever had the least bit of blue. They were so dark that it took me a long time to realize they were brown.

 

He's Two For Two

For the past few months, Aaron has been obsessed with singing "Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus". We were certain that we were having a girl, so we were focused on girl names. Back when we were figuring out Aaron's name, we called him Samuel for a day. It felt good for only that day though. We had Samuel ready just in case we were wrong. I immediately started calling him Samuel as soon as the doctor laid him down on me.

Aaron and Lucy were ready to call him Samuel since he's been singing about Samuel for months and months.

A few weeks later, we realized Aaron did the same thing with Lucy. As Aaron started learning words, he would frequently make sounds that were similar to yodeling. It sounded like loo dee loo dee loo dee loo. When Lucy was born, we started calling her Lulu since we knew he could easily say that. 

So, even months before his siblings have been born he knows their names and sings them over and over and over again. He's two for two at this point.

It's a...

BOY!!!!!

Jonathan and I are happily SHOCKED! We were certain that this baby was another little girl. I'm so glad I packed boy clothes for him and not just bows and floral blankets.

Merry Christmas Love the Nelsons!

We finally took pictures for our Christmas card on Christmas Eve. Oops! We headed over to Southwestern University after dinner and I absolutely love how they turned out!

The kids had a great time running around while we got the camera set up. It was a little eerie being the only ones on campus, but it worked out great for our pictures. It's such a beautiful place and the weather was perfect!

I love having Aaron wear his rain boots for our pictures because he wears them just about any time we go somewhere that isn't church.

Hopefully, I'll be able to make and send off the cards quickly!

Never Say Never

A couple of months ago, we joined the white Honda Odyssey club. Even after Lucy was born, I was not going to drive a minivan. It took my parents renting one during their visit last "fall" (the calendar says fall but the weather says summer) and seeing how easily Aaron could get in and out by himself when he still needed help in our little sedan. That's when I finally decided a minivan would be better than an SUV. We got it especially now that Baby is on the way and there is no way the five of us can fit in a Corolla with 3 car seats. It is also nice now that Jonathan needs to be in the office. The world is once again our oyster! Aaron is obsessed with our Honda Odyssey. He watched a lot of videos of tours of various minivans and he is so happy that we have a Honda Odyssey.