The first three are of the kids right now, but all of the rest of the pictures were taken of my kids when they were between 5 and 7 months old. Oh, they grow so fast!
Sunday, August 09, 2009
The Kelly Babies
Can you tell who is who? I think we've pretty much made it known that we are done having babies. But as I look through these old baby pictures, it makes me wonder if we'll be able to stick to that decision, especially once Landen begins to grow out of the baby stage (don't tell Jon I just said that!). Anyway, for me, it is fun looking and comparing the pictures of all my babies around the same age. Why don't they just stay little forever? :)
The first three are of the kids right now, but all of the rest of the pictures were taken of my kids when they were between 5 and 7 months old. Oh, they grow so fast!
The first three are of the kids right now, but all of the rest of the pictures were taken of my kids when they were between 5 and 7 months old. Oh, they grow so fast!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Braeden's First Big Digger
The first big "digger." Every kid has one. Emerson had one when she was one and a half and now Braeden has had his turn. The kids stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's last night and my parents brought them home this afternoon. When I got home, I saw this :
I guess he was at a full run out front of my parents' and turned the corner on the sidewalk and took a faceplant. According to my dad he didn't have time to even put his hands in front of him to lessen the impact. You can see the bruise and a little scrape on his nose, but what isn't so clear is how big the bruise actually is (down to his eyebrows) and how big of a knot is protruding from his sweet forehead. Poor baby. Hopefully no one will think I abuse this poor kid!
For fun, or at least an awww, here is a picture of Emerson's first big digger when she fell off the step on the porch of the Archer's house a few years back in 2006 - Note the similar bruise on her forhead and the skinned lip! Thank goodness our kids are so resilient!
Updated : Ok, I was reminded that this was not Braeden's first digger, but a major one, anyway. :)
I guess he was at a full run out front of my parents' and turned the corner on the sidewalk and took a faceplant. According to my dad he didn't have time to even put his hands in front of him to lessen the impact. You can see the bruise and a little scrape on his nose, but what isn't so clear is how big the bruise actually is (down to his eyebrows) and how big of a knot is protruding from his sweet forehead. Poor baby. Hopefully no one will think I abuse this poor kid!
For fun, or at least an awww, here is a picture of Emerson's first big digger when she fell off the step on the porch of the Archer's house a few years back in 2006 - Note the similar bruise on her forhead and the skinned lip! Thank goodness our kids are so resilient!
Updated : Ok, I was reminded that this was not Braeden's first digger, but a major one, anyway. :)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Just had to share the happiness...
This is a video my sister showed me today and it is possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. They seriously have some awesome friends and what a fun day!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Bedtime things...
So, I think one of my most favorite things in the world are the talks that occur when I'm putting my kids to bed at night. Every night before bed we have a ritual of singing songs and praying together before hugs and kisses goodnight. Lately, for fun, I've been asking them, "Who loves you?" and it's been fun naming all the people we know that love them and then finishing with who loves them the absolute most - God! (Dad, if you read this, the first person Braeden ALWAYS names is you!)
Since we've been mentioning how much God loves them, I've come to think that Emerson has been exploring in her own mind how big God is and His love for us. I think this because she's begun to "number" our love. She tells me that she loves me 102, to which I respond, I love you 500, and she says, I love you 525, and it goes on. When she numbers God, though, it's this great made up number like one-thousand, three hundred and four, one hundred, twenty-two, three! Or something like that. Isn't that awesome? I'm glad that, for how little she is, she gets that God's love for her is huge!
Another thing I love is singing with my babies. Both of my kids have their favorite songs and I hope I remember the moments of hearing their little voices sing with us at night. Some of their favorites are Oh Holy Night, Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee, She'll be Coming Round the Mountain, I Love You Lord, and my favorite, Emerson's made up song of the day (most of the time it's a song we already know that she's replaced the words to and it's usually about love).
And last, their prayers. They both like to pray and when they do, it's always in their own unique way. Now, when Braeden prays, we usually have absolutely no idea what he's saying. He whispers the whole time and when he's done, he gives a big AMEN! I love it, especially because he usually makes it really long. So long sometimes, that we have to encourage the AMEN part a little early. Emerson, on the other hand is short and sweet and almost always consists of asking for us to have a fun day and praying for great-grandpa, granny, great-grandma, and grandmommie.
These are the things I hope stick with me forever. And until they get too old, I will always keep doing our everyday "bedtime things."
Since we've been mentioning how much God loves them, I've come to think that Emerson has been exploring in her own mind how big God is and His love for us. I think this because she's begun to "number" our love. She tells me that she loves me 102, to which I respond, I love you 500, and she says, I love you 525, and it goes on. When she numbers God, though, it's this great made up number like one-thousand, three hundred and four, one hundred, twenty-two, three! Or something like that. Isn't that awesome? I'm glad that, for how little she is, she gets that God's love for her is huge!
Another thing I love is singing with my babies. Both of my kids have their favorite songs and I hope I remember the moments of hearing their little voices sing with us at night. Some of their favorites are Oh Holy Night, Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee, She'll be Coming Round the Mountain, I Love You Lord, and my favorite, Emerson's made up song of the day (most of the time it's a song we already know that she's replaced the words to and it's usually about love).
And last, their prayers. They both like to pray and when they do, it's always in their own unique way. Now, when Braeden prays, we usually have absolutely no idea what he's saying. He whispers the whole time and when he's done, he gives a big AMEN! I love it, especially because he usually makes it really long. So long sometimes, that we have to encourage the AMEN part a little early. Emerson, on the other hand is short and sweet and almost always consists of asking for us to have a fun day and praying for great-grandpa, granny, great-grandma, and grandmommie.
These are the things I hope stick with me forever. And until they get too old, I will always keep doing our everyday "bedtime things."
Friday, July 10, 2009
Kate
The other day on twitter, I was clicking through someone who knew someone else who knew someone else and saw a tweet that caught my eye about a little five year old girl named Kate. After following the link on twitter, I learned that her family was getting ready to go to a waterpark on June 29th and noticed a tremor in her hand and took her to the doctor. After a CT scan, the doctors pulled her parents aside to break the news that she has a malignant tumor on her brain and they needed to operate right away. Since then, I've been following their story on their CaringBridge site (click on CaringBridge to be taken to their site) and maybe because my daughter is so close in age, it made my heart ache . My heart broke just imagining if it were Jon and I in this situation and fighting for the life of our sweet little girl.
After reading a little more, I realized that their friend, Brian Wurzell (who is a worship pastor at a huge church in Chandler, AZ), began tweeting and created a youtube video about Kate and began a humungous wave of followers. Word of this little girl has spread so far and wide that people across the world as well as all of the Women of Faith speakers, several Christian artists, and even Dr. Phil is twittering and posting their video on their blogs and sites.
And then after another short time of following a link and finding another and another, I found a song that was written by Audrey Assad specifically for Kate (whom I love the sound of her voice and I plan on finding more of her stuff). She said God had laid the lyrics on her heart one night and shortly after He gave her the melody. It brought tears to my eyes. I tried to embed the song on my page, but I couldn't. Instead, you can follow this link to listen to the song. http://www.myspace.com/audreyassadsings . It's just beautiful.
God is surely using this little girl's life to bring about His glory. I will continue to pray for this sweet little girl and follow their journey. You can, too, at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate .
After reading a little more, I realized that their friend, Brian Wurzell (who is a worship pastor at a huge church in Chandler, AZ), began tweeting and created a youtube video about Kate and began a humungous wave of followers. Word of this little girl has spread so far and wide that people across the world as well as all of the Women of Faith speakers, several Christian artists, and even Dr. Phil is twittering and posting their video on their blogs and sites.
And then after another short time of following a link and finding another and another, I found a song that was written by Audrey Assad specifically for Kate (whom I love the sound of her voice and I plan on finding more of her stuff). She said God had laid the lyrics on her heart one night and shortly after He gave her the melody. It brought tears to my eyes. I tried to embed the song on my page, but I couldn't. Instead, you can follow this link to listen to the song. http://www.myspace.com/audreyassadsings . It's just beautiful.
God is surely using this little girl's life to bring about His glory. I will continue to pray for this sweet little girl and follow their journey. You can, too, at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate .
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
The funniest word you ever heard! Grrrr!
Pizza Pizza! Usually the slogan for Little Ceasars pizza, but the other night it was the funniest word ever! At least to Landen (see video below!)
And then check out Landen's newest trick. If you growl at him, give him a second and he'll growl at you back. Probably one of the cutest things Jon and I have ever seen!
As for the rest of us, we're doing well! We've been enjoying swimming, running through our neighbors sprinkler on our bikes and we just returned from Sheridan for the 4th where my Grandpa Gorman lives with his big puppy, Max (not really a puppy, but that's what the kids call him). We were able to catch up with an uncle and cousins, too. It was really wonderful to see my grandpa light up with the kids. He is 96 years old now!
Hope you all had a good 4th as well and enjoyed your time with family and friends. We sure did!
(P.S. Sorry the pictures and videos are so random, I can't figure out how to correct that and put them in order!)
And then check out Landen's newest trick. If you growl at him, give him a second and he'll growl at you back. Probably one of the cutest things Jon and I have ever seen!
As for the rest of us, we're doing well! We've been enjoying swimming, running through our neighbors sprinkler on our bikes and we just returned from Sheridan for the 4th where my Grandpa Gorman lives with his big puppy, Max (not really a puppy, but that's what the kids call him). We were able to catch up with an uncle and cousins, too. It was really wonderful to see my grandpa light up with the kids. He is 96 years old now!
Hope you all had a good 4th as well and enjoyed your time with family and friends. We sure did!
(P.S. Sorry the pictures and videos are so random, I can't figure out how to correct that and put them in order!)
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Home Improvement
One great thing about owning your own house is making it your own. We've been slowly adding and changing things in our house since we bought it eight months ago. One of the big things I would have changed about our home is having more sunlight in our kitchen. Our solution: a Solar Tube! Jon, our friend Tod, and my dad have all been slaving away last night and today and TaDa!!
Home ownership is fun still at this point. And it's made a real handy-man out of Jon (good job, Sweetheart!).
Now that this one is in, I think I want to do a few more (up for it, Sweetie?!).
Home ownership is fun still at this point. And it's made a real handy-man out of Jon (good job, Sweetheart!).
Now that this one is in, I think I want to do a few more (up for it, Sweetie?!).
Monday, June 08, 2009
Kelly Family Pictures
Yesterday Jon's family got together to take our first ever full family pictures! Other than an antsy Braeden, who did not want to sit still (and had also got up that morning at 3:30!!), I thought they turned out pretty well! After our pictures, we made our way down to Ft. Collins to see Jon's dad whom we haven't seen in about a year. It was a good, 
and long, 
day!
and long, 
day!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Swimming... Check!
Well, we can check swimming off the list (of my previous list from my last blog including zoos, parks, and swimming), although, I'm sure this isn't the only swimming venture we'll have this summer.
Today, we had a family night with our church which consisted of swimming and dinner together afterward. The kids had a great time with Daddy (I stayed out of the pool with Landen)! Emerson can wrap herself in the noodle and swim like a fish (well, not really like a fish, more like a drenched skinny preschooler paddling with all her might, but she's good at it!) all around the pool. Braeden, my little daredevil, wants to do it all himself, without any help, which is very scary sometimes (Ok, go ahead, Braeden, throw yourself into that deep spot right over there. I know you're only two and can't swim, but it'll be fun! Sheesh!).
Anyway, here are some snapshots (sorry Matt, you made it into one. Hope that's ok! Don't worry, I'm pasty white, too).
This is Braeden saying "Look! I'm smiling!" after I threatened to take him out of the pool if he didn't smile for me.
I know, great "mommy-ing" right there, but that's how it gets done! :)
And this is an extra, but too cute not to share. She wanted to be a princess today, so I let her take her fancy tiara she wore at my sister's wedding (see that little thing on her head) from my jewerly box and wear it to play outside today. She really is a princess, though, you know, at least to me and Jon. :)
Today, we had a family night with our church which consisted of swimming and dinner together afterward. The kids had a great time with Daddy (I stayed out of the pool with Landen)! Emerson can wrap herself in the noodle and swim like a fish (well, not really like a fish, more like a drenched skinny preschooler paddling with all her might, but she's good at it!) all around the pool. Braeden, my little daredevil, wants to do it all himself, without any help, which is very scary sometimes (Ok, go ahead, Braeden, throw yourself into that deep spot right over there. I know you're only two and can't swim, but it'll be fun! Sheesh!).
Anyway, here are some snapshots (sorry Matt, you made it into one. Hope that's ok! Don't worry, I'm pasty white, too).
This is Braeden saying "Look! I'm smiling!" after I threatened to take him out of the pool if he didn't smile for me.
I know, great "mommy-ing" right there, but that's how it gets done! :)
And this is an extra, but too cute not to share. She wanted to be a princess today, so I let her take her fancy tiara she wore at my sister's wedding (see that little thing on her head) from my jewerly box and wear it to play outside today. She really is a princess, though, you know, at least to me and Jon. :)
Friday, May 29, 2009
Graduation Day
Ok, so it really wasn't a graduation, but Emerson just had her end of the year program at her preschool. It was so cute to see her up on stage reciting her Bible verses shyly with her class while smiling and waving a little wave at us every once in a while. She's made a new good friend, a sweet girl named Macy, this year. Her mom and I exchanged phone numbers so we can continue to let the girls play this summer.
So she is officially in 4-5 year old class now, even though she'll turn five right at the beginning of the school year (her birthday is right after the kindergarten cut off date). Which means I have all three kiddos for another year, which, to be honest, is a little overwhelming sometimes. I am, however, thankful to not be giving up my sweet Emerson to school all day every day. It will be a tough day that first day of kindergarten. I don't know that I'd be ready to give her up to her teacher every day.
So summer has now officially begun for us. By the way, I just love the summers in Laramie.
Bring on the zoos, parks, and swimming pools!
Emerson waving her shy little wave from the front. Below and to the right is her friend, Macy.
Emerson and Braeden!
Emerson and another of her best friends, Aliyah, who actually graduated to Kindergarten today (of course, BOTH their eyes are closed! :) ).
And last, sorry the video is so grainy, but here is Emerson's class performing a song with bells. I loved it.
So she is officially in 4-5 year old class now, even though she'll turn five right at the beginning of the school year (her birthday is right after the kindergarten cut off date). Which means I have all three kiddos for another year, which, to be honest, is a little overwhelming sometimes. I am, however, thankful to not be giving up my sweet Emerson to school all day every day. It will be a tough day that first day of kindergarten. I don't know that I'd be ready to give her up to her teacher every day.
So summer has now officially begun for us. By the way, I just love the summers in Laramie.
Bring on the zoos, parks, and swimming pools!
Emerson waving her shy little wave from the front. Below and to the right is her friend, Macy.
Emerson and Braeden!
Emerson and another of her best friends, Aliyah, who actually graduated to Kindergarten today (of course, BOTH their eyes are closed! :) ).
And last, sorry the video is so grainy, but here is Emerson's class performing a song with bells. I loved it.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
May Update
I think I am officially the worst blogger in the world! I believe it's been close to two months since the last post! And I think this one will be short and sweet!
I'll begin with the great fact that Jon got a job at the end of February that he is enjoying very much (and that we are so thankful for!). He was quick to make friends with all his coworkers and they seem to love having him there (not surprising, being Jon!). And this weekend and past week we celebrated his 29th birthday with our families, which was great fun and Jon loved that there were technically three days this week to celebrate him (one day with my family, one with just us, and one with his family)!
Landen is growing up so very, very fast. He's HUGE already, but is just the sweetest baby. He is a talker, for sure. And the doctor was impressed with how much he was talking, squealing, and laughing at his two month check up.
Emerson and Braeden are keeping us busy, tired, and laughing every day. Emerson is just about to finish up her first semester of preschool, which she has come to love and has made some good friends. And Braeden is just developing more of a great personality as he's growing!
Otherwise, we're gearing up for the summer, which will hopefully include some of our favorite annual summer activities which include a trip to the zoo, a camping trip, and endless days at the park.
Here are some recent pictures. And here's to more current and updated blogging in the future!
I'll begin with the great fact that Jon got a job at the end of February that he is enjoying very much (and that we are so thankful for!). He was quick to make friends with all his coworkers and they seem to love having him there (not surprising, being Jon!). And this weekend and past week we celebrated his 29th birthday with our families, which was great fun and Jon loved that there were technically three days this week to celebrate him (one day with my family, one with just us, and one with his family)!
Landen is growing up so very, very fast. He's HUGE already, but is just the sweetest baby. He is a talker, for sure. And the doctor was impressed with how much he was talking, squealing, and laughing at his two month check up.
Emerson and Braeden are keeping us busy, tired, and laughing every day. Emerson is just about to finish up her first semester of preschool, which she has come to love and has made some good friends. And Braeden is just developing more of a great personality as he's growing!
Otherwise, we're gearing up for the summer, which will hopefully include some of our favorite annual summer activities which include a trip to the zoo, a camping trip, and endless days at the park.
Here are some recent pictures. And here's to more current and updated blogging in the future!
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