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Happy Friday!

Linking up with Jeannett for InstaFriday.

 After 5 months I officially give up.

This girl will not nap in her crib.

She will not.

I have tried for five months and it goes like this:

Nurse to sleep :: lay her in her crib :: wake up 5 minutes later  :: nurse her back to sleep :: lay her in her crib ::  wake up 5 minutes later :: nurse her back to sleep :: lay her in her crib :: repeat for 2 hours

Fact of the matter is...she needs her Mama to sleep, and that is fine by me.

 This is now where Ellary takes her naps...every day.

Sunshine.

Ducks to feed.

Slides to slide down.

Coats to wear in the cool fall mornings.

Combine it all together to make a fabulous morning outing with my kiddos!.

Our kids don't sleep so hot right now.

Mommy and Daddy are exhausted.

Mommy caught Daddy sleeping in Karson's bed at 7:30 last night.

"Mama, play Baby Ella's special bed?"

 Babies bundled up to stay warm make me happy.

She started this a few weeks ago.

At 4 months old.

Not cool Sister.

You are too young to hold yourself up on your own.

There is no denying she is mine.

That is me when I was a little older than Ellary.

In the same dress.

We look just a little alike.

Again...on her hands and knees...at 4 months old.

Not cool Baby Sis...not cool.

He asked for a Mickey Mouse pancake.

Simple things that make 2 year olds so incredibly happy!

"Karson help Daddy make dinner, tooooo?"

Oh how I love him!

My nickname is Sis.

My entire family calls me Sis.

Ellary has been dubbed "Baby Sis."

I was killing time at Target the other day, and saw this onesie and had to get it for her.

don't ask why I thought Target was a good place to go to kill time...bad idea

Have a good weekend!

Catch Up...

Have I mentioned my kids don't sleep?

They don't.

And if they do, it goes something like this:

...Karson goes down...Ella wakes up....Ella goes down...Karson wakes up...

Which means...my laundry isn't getting done, so blogging is definitely not getting done.

Guess what?!  My laundry is currently done...and BOTH kids are in their beds.

IN THEIR BEDS & ASLEEP.

ok my laundry isn't really done but just pretend it is

So a few random things....

Karson loves corn on the cob.  

A lot.

Corn on the cob tastes best if eaten with your eyes closed. 

 And even if it doesn't...it makes for cute pictures.

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This face makes me laugh.

 

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DJ works an alternate schedule in the summer.

1 week he works four 9 hour days, and one 8 hour day.

The next week, he works four 9 hour days, and has Friday off.

Friday off means family day.

One family day we spent at the Zoo.  It was fabulous. Karson loved the monkeys....which is good because that is all our zoo has.

Our Zoo is pathetic.

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 "Mama, eat dinner outside...please?!"

Every single night.

We eat dinner outside more than we eat dinner inside.

I love this.

The little things that I hope he always remembers....summer dinners outside.

 

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This picture is old...but I didn't know I had it and it makes me very very happy!

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I got a $5 bag of corn and a bucket for at the local feed store at the beginning of the summer.

I keep it in my trunk, and whenever we need a free outing, we head to the duck park.

He loves it.

After his bucket is empty, we head to the playground to play.

Did I mention, I have memories of the duck park from when I was his age?

 Do you spot the 2 baby ducks?  This picture was taken a few months ago, we were at the duck park this morning and Karson was very sad that the baby ducks grew up into Mommy & Daddy ducks.

Ella likes the duck park too.

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Our sweet Ellary was baptized at the beginning of September, and while that deserves its own post..it just isn't going to happen.

 

her little booties were mine when I was a baby

Funny story, for whatever reason, our church had Karson recorded as being a girl.  So he has been referred to as Ellary's "Big Sister" quite a few times....I called and had that changed yesterday. :)

Ellary is on the bottom left.

 

After her baptism we had lunch at our house.  I loved decorating for a girly party.

 

...and with that my sweet girl is awake. 

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Linking up with Jeannett at Life.Rearranged for InstaFriday.

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 1. Nana is the only one that can get my girl to sleep.

2. Pretending she is tired.  She isn't.  She never sleeps.

3. Random...pull odds and ends out of the fridge to make dinner...obviously a hit with Karson.

4. Hanging out with Ellary while Big Brother naps.

 5. Playing in his sand box while camping at the beach.

6. Coffee...with a beach view...not much better!

7. "Say 'cheese' baby 'yella.'

8. Teeny tiny tap shoes for Karson.  I can't wait to see how much he likes his dance class next week. 

 9. My beach baby.

10. Ellary's Baptism Lunch decorations.

11. Playing Choo-Choos.  Serious stuff around here!

12. Love them!

 13. Hurricane Karson...notice all the trains.

14. Riding on a train in MI City...Karson Heaven.

15. Trying to eat her toes....at 11pm...still not sleeping.

Have a good weekend!

My Favorite Picture of the Summer

 

{DJ & Karson :: Holland State Park :: August 2012}