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Just a few grams…

Written on 05/15/2013 by Dreawood in caleb, Owen, random, Reed, Taite

I use instagram A LOT – I think im slightly addicted to it :) – its so easy to use… and just fun. I enjoy posting every day snippets without the process of editing them or lugging around a lot of gear. I suppose its the lazy-mom way of capturing memories? or wait, not lazy… BUSY mom way of capturing memories.

So in short.
Here are a few grams ;-)

Afternoon snuggles with Reed while the other boys nap.
Ive been in the process of growing my bangs out btw, this is one way I keep them out of my face.

Lil’ Owen still loving his blankie – that he forever chews on.

Babywearing Reed at the park using a converted Didymos woven wrap.
I still prefer my BOBA over this tho…
The Didymos just allows for a higher ride, which helps with long wearing.
It however is a lot of fabric and can get hot.

Reed’s first time in the park sandbox :)
He wasn’t sure about it at first.

Our new shelves up in the school room, FREE from a friend.

This lil dude has fallen for my bed these days.
Refusing to sleep in his own.. but thankfully transferring easily at night.
I dont mind all that much… he is very sweet to look at.

Love my cuddles with Owen.

We love our creek :) – despite my getting poison Ivy on BOTH ankles recently.
I no longer go into the creek without my rainboots ;-)

The boys enjoying the Zaza Hammock

A place my kids often hang out :) – inbetween the house window and the deck.

A photo taken in the ladies bathroom prior to my husbands official “graduation” from the Academy.

Baby Reed at his well baby check up :)

& to end, more babywearing love. This was taken before ladies group a few weeks ago.
I had to take Reed with me this morning and I was walking him in the BOBA hoping he’d nap.

oh, and he did nap btw ;-)

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Boys and I – Birthday for Owen

Written on 03/20/2013 by Dreawood in birthdays, caleb, Owen, Reed, Taite

Yesterday was Owen’s official “3rd birthday…” but because Travis had to work yesterday evening, we decided to post pone celebrating with “cake and all that” until Friday. I had hopes of having a little celebration for him at the park… but I think our spring weather has fled and this week is cold…. and on thur/friday (Travis’ off days this week), it looks like rain. Boooo…. So, I think something intimate and at home is in order…. which is fine. Less is more right?

For fun though I wanted to do something special with Owen even though Travis wasn’t able to join us… and so I packed the boys up after naps and we made our way to the mall. The mall here is actually really nice… I never enjoyed the mall where we use to live… so its actually a treat to live close enough to a nice mall now. The boys love going there.

On the schedule was to stop by the Lego store to let the boys play. Its a great spot where they can build men (they have a little set up in the store that allows this) and they also have some other neat features in the store that entertains them… like this TV thing that will actually ANIMATE any lego box (250 pieces of more) right in front of them. Im not sure how it does it, but its pretty darn cool.

We then made our way to Build a Bear.

My 1st thoughts on Build a Bear… for years was “what a total waste of money!” – just being truthful here haha…. but I really just thought it wasn’t worth the money… and didn’t understand why people went there.

Well. I humbly apologize for my inner thoughts on Build a Bear.

As over priced as it may be…. on SOME items. I will say for what Owen got, it was well worth the $10.00 we spent.

It was so stinkin’ cute to watch him get all excited about this little stuff toy…. and then when the worker there had Owen do all these little things with the little plush heart they place into the bear, it was just cute to watch. He would kiss the heart… rub it on his fore head (so his bear would be smart hah…) and so on… he helped push the pedal to fluff up his bear and even gave it a bath.

He named his bear Zane but then told me later his name is just “Bear.”

To end our evening, we enjoyed a meal together… the boys played with their ninja’s (Owen picked a small set of men while at the Lego store)… and then to end I let them ride the Merry Go Round (sorry no pictures of that, I was babywearing lil’ Reed and holding Owen’ onto a horse during that time).

While it makes me sad that my husband can’t be here during those times … I am thankful for the time with my boys regardless… I truly enjoy spending time with them like this! They behave well while we are out at the mall too… ::knock on wood::

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Always something

Written on 02/26/2013 by Dreawood in caleb, Owen, Reed, Taite

There is always something going on in our house :)

It almost always involves “friendly” fights.

Yes, I do join in some.

& Can’t complain… most days, its pretty fun.

Only sightly loud.

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A simply sweet Valentines

Written on 02/14/2013 by Dreawood in caleb, family, Owen, Reed, Taite

This morning I picked up my camera for once :) – rather than my iphone. I wanted to cook our boys a nice big breakfast to celebrate Valentines Day. While we aren’t huge on “the whole buying stuff toys and candy” aspect of the day… I do think its sweet to express our love to each other. Having a day to do that, beyond normal days :) – is fun.

So this morning I cooked up a huge breakfast!

Serving eggs, nitrate free uncured bacon (oh man I love bacon), cinnamon rolls, whole grain buttermilk waffles w/ chocolate chips of course (because valentines day has to have chocolate!)… chocolate milk (for the boys, a treat!) and of course good company.

Caleb helped me cook up the meal….

Taite and Caleb helped set the table.

Daddy and Reed slept in while we did the cooking…

Owen begged for milk early :)

and…. well, we just had a great sweet time together. Thankful for my beautiful family and feel so blessed to have them all with me today.

I decided to capture a few details from the morning… just for fun :) – its the small details that I will enjoy looking back on and remembering…

Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Morning as well.

Cooking a big meal always results in a mess btw ;-)

Note: TO those curious if I ate :) – I am still on my 8 day challenge… so I did not get to enjoy most of the food hha…. id id however have some bacon since it was protein, although not lean ;-) – and I had my 8 day shake as well… I am not in the least bit hungry with the shake … so its fine. One thing I have learned over this cleansing period is to say no to foods I typically would eat way to much off ;-) – and man am I good at chugging shakes! haha… downed mine this morning in seconds!

& we so need a new family photo ;-) – love the one we have up right now but lil’ Reed needs to be included. Hoping to plan that this spring.

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Babywearing and BB’s

Written on 02/08/2013 by Dreawood in babywearing, caleb, family, Owen, Reed, Taite

A few days ago, Travis and I decided to take the kiddos out to a nearby park and natural trail/creek area, to enjoy the mid 60 degree weather we had that day. After lots of cold and rain… it was a must!

This park is about 20 minutes from our home … but well worth the drive. It has the most amazing trails and just a very quiet area for the boys to play. I love it.

While there we enjoyed the play ground, time with friends, the boys got in the creek. In fact Owen got down to his underwear!! was not planned ;-) – but he didnt want his pants on since they got wet… so since it was just us and a few friends, we didn’t mind.

We also brought some cans and Travis taught the boys how to shoot with his BB gun. They loved it. Was a lot of fun. I use to shoot with a BB gun all the time growing up. I have lots of great memories doing that with my dad and brother.

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