July in January.

Because I am that behind. I just got to putting photos on the computer from July. Things just got way too hectic with weddings, my brother's wedding, bridal showers, James' back, and my big preggo self being super tired. SO, now here are a few posts from July all in one! It is actually a little sad because I miss grass...and sunshine. But instead of being grumpy, I will rejoice in the day that the Lord has made...even if it is in Michigan and cold and snowy. :)

NANA CAMP. I didn't take many pictures. The one day I had no flash on accident and the other times, it was just too much work to keep up with Eli and take pictures. But I did get a few:


Marble painting. Berlin.


Kaylee.


Egan.


They all look so serious! Eva.


Owen and Heather.


Grace.


Pudding Painting. NOT the best idea to teach your kid to do this...because he started doing this with yogurt at lunch time. But it was fun. :)




He looks like a big ol' chunker.


ha ha. Messy BOY.

RANDOM SHOT.


Eli was quiet and I found him curled in the bitty baby crib with a baby. So cute.

4th of JULY weekend. Little Ethan was born soon after the carnival trip...who would have known?! Heather and I took Owen and Berlin to the carnival. They had a blast. The kids and I went to the 4th of July parade in Clawson and the kids came home with a whole basket of candy...which made them very happy. Eli really liked all the dogs in the parade. And Berlin was amazed by these crazy stilt jumper people (i was amazed too.). Then for the 4th, we had a picnic dinner. It technically wasn't a cookout since I cooked in...but Holly, Joel, Gabe, and Levi came over and we went to the fireworks in Clawson.


Moon Bouncing.


Happy jumping. Owen.




Playing putt putt. Which she really didn't like all that much.


Owen... definitely more into sports than Berlin.




Cheers!


Levi. 11 months old.


Kids being silly.




Gabe being cute.



James' Birthday. THIS is why I blog, I can't even remember what we did! I'll have to ask James. I know that we went to the movies and I think it was to see Harry Potter. But with his back hurting we didn't do much. Anyway, I thought these pictures were cute.


Opening gifts. Is there a resemblance? hmmm.


well, we could just pretend. :) lol. (this one we took for Holly... knowing she love Beckham hotness)

Little girls... little girls...

Ever watch Annie? That song is in my head. The one that Miss Hannigan is singing when she is drunk and depressed. I like that movie. :)

Anyway, here are a few shots from the other day just playing and entertaining Isadora.


Berlin entertaining by dancing and shaking toys.


Berlin trying to tickle her...Izzie "what is she doing?!"


"Oh, that is what she was doing...." tickle.


sister feet.


baby feet.


izzie pie.


izzie and her bitty baby. she did smile and talk a lot when I put her with the doll, but i like this stare down.

Job?

I know that a TON of people are without a job right now or things are not very secure where they are at. So because of the flood of unemployment, all these applications that James is filling out isn't going to have the impact that it would have a few years back. And really, sometimes it is just in who you know.... SO, if anyone knows of a company needing an electrician let us know! Email me: imagesbyamanda@gmail.com

He has applied several places in Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas City, D.C., Chicago, and Ohio. We would obviously prefer to stay in Michigan, so Mom... don't freak out. :)

Warm Legs.

This is my first attempt at some pictures with her leg warmers. I now took some better ones that I will post later... I like her pink ones better. This color irritates me a little... but I still got a couple cute pictures of Izzie, so why not post?!

Izzie finally finding her feet.



Smiling at Daddy

I just LOVE this part of her arms... rolls, so cute! And I like when she sits like this because it reminds me of a muscle builder or something.

Little fingers.

Mr. Robot-O.

Elijah got a robot for Christmas and the kids play with him by running away screaming "robot!!". Then running back over to destroy him. Then away again. It is a very loud playtime with Mr. Robot. Anyway, I was trying to think up a project for the kids to do and decided that we would make little robot men. We still aren't done with it as we have worked on it a little at a time.... dragging the project out so they won't lose interest. AND so that I don't have to think up a new concept yet.

Anyway, here is robot making:

Berlin fresh out of a bath got red paint flung on her from Elijah. See the paint? And the stripped down Berlin....

Nice to have Elijah interested in painting...unlike at Nana Camp this year.



One of the boxes... it now has some arms but still legless.

Painting some gears to make it look mechanical.

her goofball faces :)

NEW look?!

SO, I made my own background for the blog! You like???? I still have not gotten to my photography blog but it will be updated in the next couple of weeks. Hoping that will look super awesome.

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Well, I am off to have some yummy oreo pie and cuddle with my Izzie. Night!

AngelPie.

Izzie Pie Punkin Doodle. Or AngelPiePunkinButt. Or.... :) This is why Berlin calls people names...because I do. I've always called Berlin by random pet names. Berlin doesn't have the sweet pet names for people down yet...she calls us things that end with poop. or tomato. or pickle. So weird.

My Izzie Pie has the sweetest smile.







LOVING her frozen blueberries.

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Snow Angels.

We finally had some good snow! Good [good]: Adjective; satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree. Snow [snoh]: Noun; a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.

The day that Berlin and I got sick we went outside for a little snow fun. This was the first time that I took Eli out to play in the snow. He LOVED it. The boy/girl difference is funny. Berlin likes to play in the snow but doesn't want it on her. Eli just jumps right in face first! We did some sled pulling around the house and snowball fights...although it wasn't that great of packing snow. The kids did some snow angels and then we came in for hot chocolate. Unfortunately, I was unaware that Berlin was getting sick. In the middle of one of my picture takings is when she got sick the first time. I thought it was a fluke thing from being overly excited about the snow... I was wrong. Should not have let her stay outside when she begged to still play. And also shouldn't have let her have hot chocolate but lesson learned.

Elijah all bundled up.

Falling into the snow.

After she got sick and told me she was fine and wanted to still play.

Wearing himself out.

Snow angels.

Berlin trying to pull Eli in the sled.

James saying "what, a picture?!"

Elijah and hot chocolate. SO funny to hear him say... it sounds more like tribal speak with clicks and ahs.