labor day::meade.

last weekend we headed to kansas for a quick trip.   the boys had been asking to go for quite sometime and we were really looking forward to getting away, as always, a wonderful & special time.   there are so many things i didn't snatch pictures of but here are lots of random ones...

 helping grandma.

he loves hauling things.   this is perfect for him.

i tried and tried to get a picture of a monarch butterfly, all i got was this bumblebee.

someone loving on my kids is an instant melt for me.   

hauling bales with grandpa.

3 wheeler rides with uncle ryan.

go big red.

lane is perfecting his "tough guy" look.

gagers.

this is totally gage heavy but he was just being SO cute.  two years old is just so irresistible!

my favorite.

big muscles.

pizza hut cuddles with grandma.

cutie eating supper.

they love their grandma kay!

so HOT!

bike riding.

happy birthday to uncle ryan!!

and to me in a few weeks:)

play ball.

riding in their pjs.

riding the loader.  (clearly the boys are in heaven..there are so many things with wheels there!)

pizzas with aunt heather.

the trip according to our cell phones:
sunday morning church at the lake.

on the way home we stopped at some random rock monument place.   the wind sorta put a damper on it but they still loved climbing around.

this happened quite often on the car ride.

hello kansas.

 hello colorado.

 little peanut in her car seat.

for the boys.

the boys love seeing themselves on the tv so i put together some random video clips of this summer, this is highly unedited & put together real quickly...the boys don't care, they like it any way it is:)   we have so many more videos than this, what do you do with all your pictures & videos?

((grandparents, for some reason i can't get the sizing right so you might just want to click on it & open in up in youtube))

isn't she lovely.

shortly after logan was born my sweet friend jenni sent this onsie.   it has the song "isn't she lovely" printed on it.   i started crying when i first opened it and today seeing it on her brought back all those tears.   melt my heart, i've sang it to her nearly everyday of her little life.  isn't she lovely, isn't she wonderful, isn't she precious, boy i'm so happy, we have been heaven blessed, i can't believe what God has done...

of course, she had other thing on her mind like crawling, looking at her brothers, and looking outside...

midweek post.

 the girl loves waffles, especially blueberry waffles.

gage doesn't know how to play while lane's at school.   he almost seems lost with out him.   every time we go back to school to pick lane up, gage busts through the classroom doors and basically hugs lane till he falls over.   their buds.   ...one morning all gage played with were the pots & pans.   dude, you can play with ANY toy without any other kid (your brother) taking them!

 random sonic meal picnic.   lane & vance were too concerned about the bee's to eat.

somewhere we all picked up a nasty cold bug.   my dear, dear friend stacey brought over some homemade chicken noodle soup.  (my most favorite meal ever!)   the big bowl was mine, all mine!!

 after nap time smiles!

 love seeing her stand up in there, her little hands :)

 love this little guy!

no training wheels!

logan grace(8 months).

my darling baby girl.   you are 8 months.   (when i first typed that i typed, 2 months, that seems about how old you should be.)

you wave hi and bye.

you just started clapping your hands.

you kicked the inch worm crawling and are now a pro crawler.

all you want to do is STAND.   crawling is just a means to get to whatever you can pull yourself up on, the toy chest, couch, chairs, just to name a few.

you reach for me when you need me or want me, which is all the time b/c you still are only happy in mama's arms.

you crawl across the room and pull yourself up on my leg to be picked up.

you aren't a huge baby food eater, but thats only because i'm not the best at actually feeding you.   you LOVE waffles, blueberries, and bananas.

you make the cutest raspiest little ba-ba-ba, da-da-da sounds.

you have to be right in the middle of whatever your brothers are doing.

standing means falling.   you have many bruises on your little noggin.

the past couple days you have even been daring enough to let go of whatever you're holding onto and squeal as if saying, "no hands mama!"

but can you do me a giant favor?   stop wanting to walk.   i need another 6 months before that.

it cracks me up every time i walk into your room when you wake up & see you standing in your bed.

today you weighed 15lbs 7oz, still wearing a size 2 diaper, wearing mostly 6 month clothing and some 3 month stuff.

you LOVE playing peek-a-boo.

just recently i graduated you out of the baby bath tub which in turn...you discovered splashing.

where are your teeth?  you don't have any & i see no signs of them coming besides the extreme amount of drool.

your tongue, oh the tongue.   you are always sticking it out, you have since the very very second you were born.    in fact, in your ultrasound pictures you had it out too:)

pulling hair is your specialty.

we still call you logan, logan grace, logan gracie, pickle-sweet-pickle, peanut, cheenut, sweetie, girly girl.

you sleep 10-12 hours at night with two solid naps a day.   most of the time i can't complain.

lately you've decided you don't want to nap in your car seat.   bummer.

you are a slice of sweetness logan gracie.

you had better things to do during your monthly pictures...harder to get you to stay put!

an early morning hike.