drew & holly

Drew & Holly Crawford

June 6, 2009

Rockford Manor

Dublin, Virginia

Andy and I escaped to Virginia for a few days to be a part of Drew & Holly's wedding!!!

it could not have been a more perfect day . . sweet ceremony . .

amazing reception . dancing under the stars!!

holly you were a gorgeous bride!

andy officiated the cremony!!

finally. . we actually have a photo of us!

was a blast of a weekend. so good to get away

we took our bikes and rode 18miles of what I will call HILLS. . .i was just thankful to finish after a rather eventful start to our ride!!

cheers to the newlyweds. . mr. & mrs crawford!

'burr-day-potty'

so our first blog post in almost three months

we'll start with a riddle

ever played the game mad gab

try this one . . say it slowly

burr day potty

get it?

this is how a two yr old says

today is his burr-day potty . . birthday party

today was Liam's 2nd BIRTHDAY!!

Laughter is the best for everything!!

today . . we laughed at how fast the last two years have evaporated

that we seriously have three children!!! and what joy(and chaos-crazies) they bring to our life

kids make some (i won't say most) things more fun

maybe that's not the way to say it. . . ha

seeing life experienced through your kids eyes makes our life more fun!! there . .

so for liam's burr-day-potty we took a trip to the Columbia Zoo!

(hopefully the next ump-teen photos will make up for the last 3 months)

"mommy" (on the tip of his tongue)

which really means. . pick me up

this is one if the first photos of him that we actually 'see' andy in his face!!

characteristically liam boy, thumb in as a result of lovey in left hand!!

and this is characteristcally lillibug! love the sillys!

we were seeing how many silly faces we could make while waiting in line for a pony ride!

liam affectionately calls our newest additon

"Foosy"

'foosy' hung out in the stroller. . . said hello between her naps!

seriously how are these so presh!! fat tiny feet

lucy wasn't playin . . she took it on with ferocity!

and ate the entire thing!

a sweet end to a day celebrating our liam boy!

he has a special request to sing twinkle twinkle little star every night

then you ask him to pray . . and in his tiny hoarse voice tonight he says

"jesus . . . tea two fa day, mommy, daddy,

foosy, willwi, beawa, boons

mimals, foo, me-na, a burr-day-potty, A-men'

love you presh boy!

as a mommy, i am without words to describe
this tiny-little-big man who has my heart walking outside my body

how did we get here. . . .so fast??!!!

amazing how time flies when you're havin babies!!!

i cannot handle that we just celebrated

Lillian's 4th BIRTHDAY!!!

she's an amazing girl.

she has this precious tender sweet spirit...

along with fiesty, strong-willed, determined, out-spoken nature

we love her curiosity and imagination!!

its it such a blessing to watch her tiny heart be curious about who jesus is!

i am so excited to see what God has in store for our oldest tiny!!

lillibug. . who we love you so crazy much! you presh!

right before Lucy was born we started talking about Lillian's birthday. . . i asked her what she wanted...she said so matter of factly. .

'oh mommy i would like a violin'

this first one was a gracious gift from lillian's ya ya & roo!

this mommy & daddy have agreed to pay for the lessons!

i can't wait for the 'squeaky' sounds of her practicing!

....wonder how many times we'll hear twinkle twinkle little star!!

so this year . . yes she got what she asked for.....

andy and I feel very stronly about emersing our kids in all kinds of things. . .

art, music, sports.....we are excited to be their cheerleader in whatever they do!!

we were both blessed with parents who cheered us on on hundreds of activities!

fun to see which ones 'stick' with our kids!

our not too tiny presh!! is now 6 1/2 months old!! turning over

teething. . making herself heard above the chaos!!

she is amazing!

we also just had our inaugural sit in the highchair!!!

a milestone!

we're waiting for gerber to call {not really}

....this face is so worthy of a baby food jar...!!!

sweet wild - wide open liam boy

yes is still climbing to anything he can and would live outside if we let him!!

he and lillian have really started playing together. . .

one of the best things about having them close together!!!

they are sweet buddies!

i LOVE this expression on his face!!!

her royal chubb-ness

our chubbiest tiny!!

we cannot imagine a sweeter baby!

all three of ours have been very similar babies

and we realize that subsequent babies you seem to relax and absorb differently. .

she is calm through the chaos. . and like her brother and sister as the sweetest disposition

we are having so much fun getting to get to know her tiny heart...

we are entering our favorite 'baby stage' 6-9months

we've recently started babyfood. . . she's quickly getting the hang of it!

{lillian is great...we're making a calendar today to mark off the days until her birthday

we've been baking a lot of cookies with our new princess cookie cutters from uncle neal & soon-to-be aunt sara{{xoxox}}!! and we've been spending the first part of roomtime painting together}

{liam boy is awesome....starting to say everything..and very interested in the potty! oh boy!! he's still sleeps like a bear in hibernation. you'd see more photos of him if we could get him to hold still for more than 8 seconds!}

holy rolls!!!!