And so it begins

Mess-making, here we come!






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New Life

How fitting that on Easter weekend mama bird's babies would finally hatch! I was starting to get worried but sure enough her hard work paid off and now we get to see little beaks reaching up for worms.



A small reminder of the new life we have in Christ because of his death and resurrection.

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New tricks

I mentioned Shepherd was starting to pull up and i knew he'd be standing up in his crib soon. Our room is directly across from his and we sleep with both bedroom doors open so we don't have to use a monitor. This morning when we woke up we had a cute little face staring us down!


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Growing up

A cracker and a polo. My baby is growing up!



Also, he's learning to pull up and there's been a lot of this going on:



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After (sort of)

I thought it would never be done, but the entertainment center is finally functional again! I still want to put backing on it so you can't see the wall and all of those cords behind it. I've already bought the wood for that but I'm just trying to decide on the best/cheapest way to do it. It may involve some wallpaper or fabric, we'll see. But other than that, it's unofficially done! I'm very happy with the results! Everything is still sitting on paper or placemats because I don't want to mess up the paint. Hope you like it!















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You go girl!

It has been pouring rain all day and this little lady has staid put in her nest-right on top of our circuit breaker box. This only contributes to my belief that women are stronger than men-at least when it comes to enduring uncomfortable situations. Hopefully her hard work will pay off and we'll see some cute little birdies in the next few weeks!


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Nine Months

Happy nine months to our little man. Time is flying! Before we know it we''ll be celebrating the big 1 year! Just a few updates on what Shep's been doing over the past month.

Eating: We have successfully moved to a 4 hour schedule and it's been great. Shep nurses or takes a bottle at 6, 10, 2, and then not again until 7:30 or 8 at bedtime. He eats baby food with all of our meals and has some other snacks in there too. A few weeks ago we fed Shep some Gerber mac and cheese and he broke out in hives all over. It was very scary and ended up in us getting him tested for allergies. We found out that he is allergic to eggs, milk, wheat, and peanuts. Yikes! I am hoping to find out more about this and possibly get more testing to find out which allergies are really serious and if any were false positives. But I'm guessing that we may be a peanut-free house from here on out.

Milestones: Still not crawling or pulling up, but he seems pretty happy to just scoot around. He can get from his belly to sitting now and does it whenever possible. He is always sitting up in his crib when we go to get him in the morning. He's started eating some puffs and can pick things up fairly well with his thumb and first finger. He finally started to get his first 2 teeth about a week ago. He says da-da ocassionally, but shows no signs of acknowledging me verbally-ha! He's showing some stranger anxiety now and the teachers at school say that he cries when someone he doesn't know walks into the room and he is very particular about who is allowed to feed him.

Personality: He is still a very squirmy and on-the-move guy, but he's also showing to be somewhat cautious. He likes to really check out his surroundings in any new situation before he decides if he's going to like it. He still loves Bea and likes to give her hugs and kisses. Gross I know, but I figure he puts a lot nastier things in his mouth. At least his allergy test showed that he's not allergic to dogs! He's also starting to be quite the mama's boy. I can't say I mind this too much, but we're hoping to get him to be a little more open to other people too.

Here is Shep and Bea waiting for Tim to get home one afternoon. One of them was more task-oriented than the other...

Match Day at the Pink Palace.
We'll be staying in Memphis for the next 4 years!


No it wasn't Christmas. Just playing with toys in Christmas jammies.
Why do boys have such a love for trucks??


This one is blurry, but I had to show him in his big-boy clothes!

Sweet Dreams

Goodnight everyone.


We love you sweet Shep. Sleep tight.

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Instagram

I just discovered the instagram iPhone app. I'm probably behind on the hype, but either way I'm liking it. A couple of pics:





I tried to get some new ones this morning of the Shep but he is too squirmy to get any non-blurry pics. I'll keep trying...

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