Our "BIG" Little Man!

Ian is sitting up now pretty good. He still needs a little help, or he starts to fall. The boppy is doing the job here. What did people do before the boppy?








Look at that smile. He has both of his bottom teeth in now, and I'm sure more will
follow soon. He drools continually.









Those big eyes, just like his daddy. Who couldn't love those. They are more hazel now, like daddy's, but some days they look more blue. Brian's do that too, but his will seem more green on some days. Not a bad quality to have.

Holding Brother

These are our gifts. God has truly blessed us. Every time I look at our children, I know it is so true. He chose us to be their parents. He didn't have to give them to us, but by his mercy and grace he did. Now, with this great responsibility, Lord give us wisdom to raise them with grace and success.

Izze wanted to hold brother as she does often. You can tell by the expression on Ian's face, he doesn't seem to mind. I know inside, he is just waiting for the day when he can get up and do whatever she is doing or go wherever she is going. Izze is having fun, she keeps pushing brother's head back to make him sit still. She does it out of love, of course. Out of a heart of gratitude, thank you Lord!

SWEET BIG SISTER!!

I love to watch Isabelle and Ian play together. When he is in his exersuacer, she will pile the toys so high they will be up to his neck. She likes to sing, and talk to him. When she talks to him it's like she is trying to talk big with all these words that don't make sense, even though she can talk really well. She doesn't like it when he cries. She will tell him, it's ok baby, or brother don't cry, and then sometimes it's stop brother. She likes to go with me to get him when he gets up from his naps. She will pull the bumper pad down and say, hi brother, or brother wake up. He loves to watch her. He will bobble his head all around to try and follow her. He smiles so big when he sees her. There is nothing like seeing them bond this way. I thought one child was the best, but I really do enjoy the two. Knowing that they will be close and love each other so much , makes it all worth it.

Quality Daddy Time!

Our little girl loves her daddy. I got this picture of them the other night. I had just feed Ian and put him to bed and Izze and daddy were having some "quality" daddy time. She likes to watch the "train show," as she calls it. Others of us know it as The Polar Express. She likes to watch it a little bit before she goes to bed, and any other time that we will let her too. I think it is so important to her and to him to have that time together. She will grow up having that "man" in her life to show her how other men that will be in her future should treat her. I know they will have many more daddy, daughter times and that makes me so excited. She loves to "work" with daddy out in the garage, on the car, or yard. Whatever he is doing she likes to help. If she knows he is going outside to the garage she says, Izze work with daddy. She will sit in the car and hold bolts, screws or whatever they are working on together. She likes to sit in the front seat and pretend to drive, she has a big smile on her face because she thinks she is doing something so great. I love seeing them together!

FIRST PIG TALES!

This Sunday, (yesterday) I put Isabelle's hair in her first pig tales. Her hair has always been so baby fine and not a whole lot of it, so it has been hard to put things in her hair and have them stay. She looked adorable!! She liked them too, and couldn't wait to show daddy when we got to church. She was jumping all around the house. I think she liked the pig tales bouncing. She still has those kissable cheeks, you just can't help but to kiss them. She is our little princess!

More Pictures at the Park

Isabelle trying to make her way up the hill to the playground area
Ian and Daddy - such big smiles!
Isabelle entertaining us on the little bridge - she amazes us!
Ian is all smiles! Of course hands in mouth. It's hard to keep them out.
I thought this was sweet. Ian caught with his eyes closed or blinking one.
We are so blessed to have these little people in our lives. Lord help us never to forget that! They are our gifts.

Fall Family Pictures Have Arrived

This weekend we headed to Fink Park in Edmond for some family pictures. Every year about this time we try and fit it in. We usually go to Will Rogers Park, but this year we decided to change it up a bit. Fink park has been re-done and is really nice. We got some great pictures, and then Izze wanted to play of course. So daddy took her to play for a little bit, before we headed home for naps.

More Halloween Pictures

Isabelle and Kylie downtown
Izze walking to the next store for candy.
Izze, mommy and brother getting a quick picture before heading home
Izze, daddy and brother before they heading out for more candy

All DRESSED Up!

We had such a good night on Halloween night. Izze dressed up like a princess, except she had pink wings, and she didn't want to wear her tiara because it hurt her head. Ian was a leopard with a hood that had cute little ears on it. We took them downtown Edmond for some fun. A lot of the downtown businesses were handing out candy and they had streets blocked off with the big blow up slide and jumping thing. Some friends of ours went with us and their little girl was an OU cheerleader, she was so cute, just the wrong team. (HA, HA for all you OU fans.) Izze was so amazed by everyone and everything around her we could hardly get her to walk because she was just looking around taking it all in. After the downtown fun, Brian took her around our neighborhood. He said she had it down by that time. He said it was comical to watch her. She would just go right up to the doors staring right in (if the door was open), she would knock and say trick - or - treat and open her bag for them to put candy in. Then she would say thank you. He said she wanted to walk the whole time and do everything herself. She had so much fun. She couldn't hardly wait to get to eat a piece of candy. She ask for candy every day now. Maybe mommy and daddy will have to take care of the candy for her. They were sooo cute!!

Our Little "Artisit"

Izze loves the pumpkins we got at Chester's Pumpkin Patch, so I thought it would be fun for her to decorate them. Well, she loved that idea. We took stickers, crayons, and markers to make our own special looking pumpkins. Izze liked using the markers the best, but she needed a little help. They ended up all over her clothes, but thats ok because she will only be two years old once. She had a great time marking all over the pumpkins, but to her and us it was her little masterpieces. Here is daddy and Izze displaying our new and "improved" pumpkins.