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All 3 at 20 months old

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I'm behind this week, which is nothing new, but that was my excuse to grab Sonic for lunch today. While we were waiting on our food, Libby suggested we have a picnic in our backyard. I know you might not think it from Libs outfit choice, but it's in the 70s...perfect picnic weather. (Ironically, she wore a sun dress and flip flops to walk Addi to school this morning when it was in the 50s!)

You can just see this picture would have been so cute if I'd actually looked at what I was taking a picture of and moved the cup!

And, this one would've been cute if Levi hadn't been trying to get away from Libby.

I'm sayin' this is a cute one even though Little Man has crumbs all over his cheeks.

Levi decided to share some grilled cheese with Zoe, which she gladly accepted.

And, then he shook his little finger in her face saying, "No! No! ZoZo!" Poor dog. :)

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Tuesday marked my brother's birthday. I had to dig around to find an old picture of us and that one has dust glued to it, but you can still see I was thrilled to be his second momma. ;) Wasn't he so cute?! Looking at this picture makes me want to pick him up and squeeze him!

Brett,

Thanks for putting up with my bossin' ways! You are a great little brother and I hope you have a great year. Your nieces and nephew adore you. I'm going to tell Levi one day that his sister right above him did not learn anything from me. You'll back me up on that story, right?

Love you,

Gin

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yummy

So, have you discovered this food blog yet? I'm not sure how I stumbled upon Our Best Bites, but my family sure was glad I had when I made these cupcakes for Addi's birthday. Enjoy!

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Libby's New Trick

"Look at me balance on nones feet!"

*You may not be able to tell, but she was, in fact, jumping. :)

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Someone's hitting the Terrific Two's a little prematurely...you should see him stomp his feet!

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Introducing...

Jessica Hannah.

Addison's decided to give up a big birthday party for an American Girl. She took a while to decide, but finally concluded she wanted a "Just Like Me" doll she could name herself. It was a fun store and one I'm sure we'll be visiting again and again between our two girls. I think Addi has already decided to save her money so we can go back and get Jessica's hair styled!

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Yesterday, I took Libby and Levi to Addison's assembly at school. Since her birthday was Wednesday, she got to go onstage for the Birthday Song and we did not want to miss it. Addi's teacher asked if Libby wanted to sit with her sister and, you better believe, Libby did! In fact, she wanted to stay with Addi all day long!

I know this was yesterday's picture, but I have no excuse. Also, it has been brought to my attention that I apparently cannot count past 20...I've re-titled the 2nd posts previously titled photo 20, photo 21, and photo 22. Again, I have no excuse and I'll try to pay attention in the future! I may or may not (What can I say? I like flexibility.) post a picture later today of either bowling last night, picking out the American Girl doll, or some other random picture from the last 27 years of my life. (I think I'm finding some sort of odd control-factor in being non-commital flexible.)

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He had chocolate in his eyelashes after this!

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Seven years fly by when you're having fun!

Happy Birthday to my incredibly fun daughter!

We love you, Addi Grace!

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My sweet 4 year old has fallen in love with riding her bike. She will spend hours a day riding circles in the garage. This morning, however, she and I went on a bike ride together. Levi spent the night with Grammy and Grandpa, so after we dropped Addi off at school, and before she had to be at preschool, we crammed in a ride. It was fun to spend some one-on-one time with my middle child doing something she enjoys.

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On Saturday, I found myself home with only 1 child and no husband. The idea of a quiet house was no match for the glorious weather, so we headed to the nearby park. Levi and I shared a not-so-nutritious, but somewhat delicious meal from Wendy's and then I showered my last born with attention. We hadn't been to a playground geared toward his size in a long time. I was surprised at all he was able to do on his own.

Stuffing his mouth full of French fries


He loved the swings!

Levi was even able to rock this horse by himself.

He could climb the steps,

sit on the slide,

and make it all the way down with a smile on his face!

But, Levi's favorite thing to do...
was cover these stepping stools with mulch and then...

clean them off with a swipe of his hand!

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Halloween 2009

Don't look too closely at Libs costume. We were about 20 minutes into trick-or-treating when I noticed it was on inside out. Trying to teach our girl some modesty, we opted out of fixing it there on the neighborhood streets and I lamented all night as she ran around in not nearly as cute of a witch's costume as it really was!