Julie and Trevor get Married in Pennsylvania, Sept 1, 2012

 Pool hotel the night before the wedding.

Micah was snuggling up. 

 He loves the bath tub moving his arms and legs like nothing else!

 Sweet little face.

 Look at those eyes.  He is so funny with his expressions.

 Elli was loving having this big bed all to herself.

This picture just makes me laugh.  He got hold of this rattle and made the funniest face:) 

Faces of Micah, 11 weeks, last week of Aug

 He is currently staring at a helium balloon.  Those eyes are so funny. 

 Always getting big eyes and raising those eyebrows.

And that smile.  I cannot get enough of it.  My favorite is when he half smiles out of the corner of his mouth.  Love it!

Getting so big

 At about 9-10 weeks, Micah  began playing more and showing his strength.  Look how he holds his little head up with his arms.

And, he found his fists!  It is so funny how he will stare at his fist and try to e=get it in his mouth.  Sometimes it makes it in there, other times he misses:)  So funny.

Sweet Aria turns 1, Party on Aug 26th

 She was so excited to see her own cupcake and to have all of us watching her.

 She really dug into it.  Such a happy little girl.

 Her super cute birthday outfit made by Jenna and Linda.

 Such fun toys.  She loved her little choo choo and other toys.  She also got such pretty clothes.  What a special day to celebrate Aria.

Seth and Aria trying out the new train.

Camp Out Weekend, Aug 25, 2012

 The nap before the main event.  Look at those lips!

 Dinner time.  Look at all those kids.

Elli got to use her lantern.  Brent got to use his tent.

 Wonderful desserts of smores, pies, and bags of chocolate, marshmallows and bananas all together.

 Sweet kiddos.  Cody wanted to be part of all the fun!

Thank you Travis and Sherry for hosting this year's campout.

 Andrew stood in for Sven who was taking care of a few kids at the time. 

 All snuggled in.  The kids were so very tired.  Lots of playing and fun leads to lots of tired kiddos.

Little Cody thinks he is the big kid.  What a sweet boy he is.
It was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to doing it again next year!

First Day of first grade, Aug 21, 2012

 Elli with her packed bookbag and lunch.

 I cannot believe my baby girl is big enough for first grade.

 She wanted her daddy to carry her.  Glad she is still small enough to want to be carried.

Elli at her desk.  Ethan is next to her and Molly across from her.
Bullet points of her day:
-The boys all have "drifty" eyes
-My teacher (Mrs. MaHaffey) doesn't use folders the right way, we have to use them to hide our work not to put our papers in
-At gym class, I had to take my shoes off.  Everyone knows you don't wear tennis shoes on the first day of school!
-We had two recesses.  Everyone was out there except the college students.
-If you do something wrong you fail a rule but you still have to go outside for recess.
-We all got to read one whole page today.  It was easy since it was level 1.

Aug 20, Devin meets Micah

Devin had such a crazy busy summer that he met Micah for the first time last night.

Catching up on preciousness

 Love his little eyebrows and how they always show such expressive feelings.  Also love his chunky!

 Elli and Lily couldn't get enough of him.

 He is so much more smiley these days.  What a sweet boy.

 Elli is really into Littlest Pet Shops.  She plays with them all the time.  I love seeing her imagination and hearing the names she comes up with.

Do you see his rolls?  Elli is so cute with him.

Aug 11, 2012 Happy 2 Months Micah

 You have grown so much.  You weighed 13 lbs 11 oz at your appt this week and you are 23 1/4 in long. 

 You have such a serious look about you much of the time like you are studying everything around you.

 I cannot believe how strong you are.  Look how you are holding and pushing yourself up here.

 That booty is the source of many blow out diapers:)  You don't do anything quietly.

 Your smiles are very cute and I see them most right before and right after nursing you.  You also get this little giggle sometimes and you take really short breaths when you are ready to nurse:)

 You love bath time!  Just turning on the water will quiet you down and you don't cry at all.
During this last month, you have started sleeping 6 hours each night; we can lay you down awake in your bed and you will go to sleep; you smile a lot more and make a giggling sound; you are getting stronger and bigger by the day; you like to lay in your jungle gym to bat at toys as well as lay on the floor while we show them to you; you follow me more with your eyes and look for me when you hear my voice; and you are simply still the most cuddly baby ever:)

I only posted this because Brent figured out how to attach my shredder to the mixer so I didn't have to shred 5 zucchini by hand.  Thank you Brent!

Friday, August 10, my first day of meetings at school

 Brent and I were eating breakfast while Micah was scowling and filling his diaper, which caused me to have to give him a bath and made me late:)

 I came home to a visit from Leah and the twins.  Love these boys.

 Elli went on a real bike ride with Brent meaning she went riding on her own while Brent rode his bike!  No more crying when we ask her to ride.

 Micah has always used his eyebrows.  Love his expressions.

Gonga and Papa came over for dinner and hanging out as well.  Great ending to a bit of a stressful day for me.

Kettering Rec Center, Wed Aug 8

 Elli and Madilynn with Madilynn's cousin Bradlee holding Cody.

 Sherry and Caleb are up there in line to go down the slides.

This is Sherry's splash:)  Fun day but Micah was not feeling well after his shots so we left after a couple of hours.