Love{&}Bugs

Date With Jordan

2014-06-18T19:35:00.000-04:00

It's obvious that Jordan's been feeling a little left out and neglected lately so I decided to have a special date with him on Saturday. Just the two of us. He got to decide everything we did. We both had a lot of fun. We started the date with a trip to the mall. First stop, the carousel. He chose a cat to ride on. After the carousel he wanted to go to the play area to play.

All About Papa (From Jordan)

2014-06-18T19:18:00.000-04:00

My Papa’s name is Ron My Papa is 16 years old His hair is gray and his eyes are blue My Papa’s favorite food is blastberries Papa’s favorite color is blue My Papa likes to wear gray My Papa’s job is making money for Disneyworld He loves to eat blastberries He’s smart because he’s 16 My Papa works hard at Disneyworld Papa always tells me about hurting Quillan I’m happy when Papa takes

All About Papa (From Jacob)

2014-06-18T19:16:00.004-04:00

My Papa’s name is Ron My Papa is 63 years old His hair is gray and his eyes are blue My Papa’s favorite food is blastberries Papa’s favorite color is red My Papa likes to wear blue My Papa’s job is making money for Disneyworld He loves to eat blastberries He’s smart because he’s 63 My Papa works hard at work Papa always tells me about Disneyworld I’m happy when Papa lets us

All About Grandpa (From Jordan)

2014-06-18T19:14:00.002-04:00

My Grandpa’s name is grand My Grandpa is 13 years old His hair is gray and his eyes are blue My Grandpa’s favorite food is goulash Grandpa’s favorite color is blue My Grandpa likes to wear a gray shirt My Grandpa’s job is getting more stones He loves to eat goulash He’s smart because he’s 13 My Grandpa works hard at church Grandpa always tells me about he doesn’t have gummy worms I’m

All About Grandpa (From Jacob)

2014-06-17T20:25:00.000-04:00

My Grandpa’s name is Jim My Grandpa is 30 years old His hair is gray and his eyes are blue My Grandpa’s favorite food is hot dogs Grandpa’s favorite color is red My Grandpa likes to wear red My Grandpa’s job is working at church He loves to eat hot dogs He’s smart because he’s 30 My Grandpa works hard at church Grandpa always tells me about anything that I ask for he tells me about it

All About Daddy (From Jordan)

2014-06-17T20:21:00.003-04:00

My Daddy’s name is Matt My Dad is 6 years old His hair is brown and his eyes are blue, no green My Dad’s favorite food is spaghetti Daddy’s favorite color is blue My Dad likes to wear a blue shirt My Dad’s job is I don’t know He loves to eat spaghetti He’s smart because I don’t know My Dad works hard at work Daddy always tells me about don’t hurt Quillan I’m happy when Daddy

All About Daddy (From Jacob)

2014-06-17T20:20:00.001-04:00

My Daddy’s name is Matt My Dad is 30 years old His hair is brown and his eyes are blue My Dad’s favorite food is goulash Daddy’s favorite color is red My Dad likes to wear red My Dad’s job is working He loves to eat goulash He’s smart because he’s 30 My Dad works hard at work Daddy always tells me about work I’m happy when Daddy gives me pudding pops and when he gives me chips and

Quillan's First Birthday Party

2014-06-17T20:07:00.000-04:00

Since Quillan was called Nemo before birth, we decided on a fish themed birthday party (even before he was born!) We invited only our immediate families. It turned out to be a great party to celebrate our little fishy!

Easter 2014

2014-05-15T12:17:00.000-04:00

Quillan Isaiah: One Year

2014-05-15T11:56:00.000-04:00

It's hard to believe that my sweet baby Quillan is now a year old! He weighs in at a whopping 18 lbs 5 oz (3rd percentile) and is 29 inches long (25th percentile) His head circumference is 17.5 inches (5th percentile) He still has hardly any hair but what he does have is red! He is wearing mostly 12 month clothes. Quillan loves chasing balls, cars, anything with music, being thrown, being

Quillan Isaiah: Nine & Ten Months Old

2014-03-08T12:32:00.000-05:00

Quillan (Quilly BooBoo) is now ten months old. He weighs around 17-18 lbs (17 at doctor's office, 18 at home) and is 28 inches long. He wears mostly size 9 or 12 month clothes. He is still mostly bald with a few reddish strands coming in. His eyes are still blue. He eats lots of different foods, pretty much anything except peanut butter, honey, and desserts. He likes almost everything he

Quillan Isaiah: 8 Months Old

2014-01-12T22:29:00.000-05:00

I never posted Quillan's 7 month update, so before I get to his 8 month update, here's a quick peek at 7 months. Quillan turned 7 months old on December 2nd. He weighed in at 14.6 lbs and was 26.5 inches long. During the previous month he learned to sit up on his own, started army crawling, said "baba" and "dada" and he started eating real food. The first thing he tried was a banana and he was

Jacob's Monster's Inc 5th Birthday Party

2014-01-02T12:25:00.000-05:00

For Jacob's 5th birthday party he wanted a Monster's Inc theme. We ended up changing the date of his party at the last minute so that my aunt, uncle, and brother could all come, as they were up visiting for Thanksgiving. For food, we had spaghetti with meatballs, sandwiches, warm fruit salad, and a few Monster's Inc snacks like cheez-its and chocolate chip cookies with MI pictures on them. I put

Jacob Michael is FIVE years old!

2014-01-02T11:26:00.000-05:00

Jacob is now FIVE years old! Unbelievable! What is your name: Jacob How old are you: 5 What’s your favorite color? Blue and red Who is your best friend? Brianna What’s your favorite animal? Elephant and tiger and bear. And a lion. What do you want to be when you’re all grown up? Cowboy, marching band, doctor, and I want to be Thomas the elf. What’s your favorite movie?&

Thanksgiving 2013

2013-12-01T11:46:00.002-05:00

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We were blessed to have my brother and my aunt and uncle come up to join us. We have many things to be thankful for this year. 1. The boys. I am so thankful God blessed me with my three little boys. They are all so smart and funny. I am thankful they are all healthy and happy. Even though they drive me crazy on an almost daily basis, I wouldn't trade them

As promised

2013-11-18T19:32:00.001-05:00

Here are the pictures from Quillan's 6 month post, as promised. Sorry a lot of them are sideways (or upside down!) I don't know how to rotate them in here.

Quillan Isaiah: Six Months!

2013-11-02T18:06:00.000-04:00

Quillan is now 6 months old!!! He weighs 14.6 lbs and is 26.5 inches long. He has outgrown his 3 month clothes and moved into 6 month clothes. He still has very little hair that appears to be coming in in some combination of red and blonde. His eyes are still blue. He has no teeth. Quillan is still 100% breastfed. He has been showing some signs of interest in food (trying to grab our food,

Jordan's Mickey Mouse 3rd Birthday Party

2013-10-19T14:00:00.000-04:00

Jordan Matthew: Three Years!

2013-09-30T15:32:00.000-04:00

Three years ago, Jordan unexpectedly joined our family. He has kept us on our toes and warmed our hearts ever since! Words cannot express how much we love him. Here is a quick peek at who he is at three years old. Date: 08.25.13 (We filled out the survey early, his first day of preschool was 09.04.13) School: Treasure Tree Teacher: Mrs. Smith. The helpers in his room are his teachers

Quillan Isaiah: Four Months

2013-09-09T12:40:00.000-04:00

Quillan is now four months old, as of September 2nd. He weighs in at a hefty 15 lbs and is 24.5 inches long. His head circumference is 17 1/4 inches. He wears mostly 3 month or 3-6 month clothes. He has outgrown almost all of his 0-3 month clothes now. He still does not fit into his size 1 shoes. He can fit into a size 2 disposable diaper and the smallest setting on his one size cloth diapers.

Quillan Isaiah: Three Months

2013-08-08T11:42:00.000-04:00

Quillan is now three months old. Time flies when you're having fun! He now weighs 12.6 lbs, is 24 inches long, and has a head circumference of 15 inches. He has outgrown all but a very few of his newborn clothes and now wears 0-3 month, 3 month, and some 3-6 month clothes. He is still mostly bald with blue eyes and he smiles constantly. He is seriously the happiest baby I have ever met.

Child of God

2013-08-04T22:51:00.000-04:00

Quillan was baptized last weekend (July 28th) and it was a beautiful day. He was well behaved and smiley. I was very happy that my aunt and uncle could come up for the ceremony and that they agreed to be his godparents. We shared the day with another family with two little girls who were also being baptized. Quillan was first and they followed. Pastor Dean held Quillan and he just stared up at

Swim Lessons

2013-07-15T16:28:00.000-04:00

This summer we decided to sign Jacob up for swimming lessons. He completed his lessons June 10-20. He did absolutely amazing. At first I wasn't sure how he would react to the lessons since he is a little more timid in the pool. But he proved me wrong and did great. He learned to jump into the pool and go under water (both of which he had already been doing) He learned the proper way to use his

Wordless Wednesday: Honoring Christopher (06.27.13)

2013-07-03T13:42:00.000-04:00