Family Road Trip

This weekend we took a spontaneous trip to the beach. We all had a lot of fun. With 3 little ones it was a lot of work but it was well worth it. I snapped a few pictures. I also included a few pictures of a previous trip we took 3 years ago to the same beach. Luke and Ethan are wearing the same outfit. Both trips were their first trip to the beach. (OK, so I am a bit sentimental) 

                                                                      Ethan Jack

 

Lucas Reid

           Mommy and Ethan                                                             Daddy and Luke

 

 Logan today....

 

                                                                 Logan yesterday.......

 

                                                                     My big boy Luke today....

Did I mention it was windy and we only lasted about an hour and a half at the actual beach. :)

I blinked: Ethan 6,7,8 months

Seriously I blinked and he turned 8 months. Yikes!
At 3 months he rolled.
At 5 1/2 months he sat.
At 7 months he army crawled.
At 8 months he said Dada.

Ethan Jack you are such a joy.You are happy, peaceful and so easy going. You are a big Mommy's boy. I will take it while it lasts! Love you my sweet boy. So thankful to be your Mommy.

And its getting really hard to take your picture. You are a busy busy boy!

Ethan Jack: 5 Months

This little boy is crazy. He is such a mover. He is rolling all over the place and is even scooting backwards. We are hoping he slows down just a tad. This month he even tried his first bites of rice cereal. We waited until he was 5 1/2 months and boy was he ready. He is wearing 6-12 month clothes and weighs somewhere around 18 pounds. Love my big, laid back, smiley boy.

Christmas 2012

Christmas was wonderful. Such a great season filled with some many fun memories. This year was no exception.  A couple highlights for me was Trav reading the story of Jesus's birth with his family. Its so good for us to keep the real reason for Christmas first. It's way too easy for me to lose sight of that. My second favorite moment of Christmas was our little family of 5 taking toys to the Poverello house on the 24th. We heard there was a shortage of donations so we felt it would be a great family opportunity. Each of the kids picked out their own new toy to donate.  We have been given so so much. Thankful for the biggest gift in Jesus. That He, the promised savior, was born in a dirty manager, to redeem to lost and bring hope to those who would call him Lord.

 Merry Christmas!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from December.

 The Original DeManby's

 

 Giada and Ethan spending time discovering each other.

 Hannah and Lo

Luke was dreading the moment that Santa would arrive at Noni's. (who may or may not be my uncle dressed in a really bad suit...shhh) This has become a yearly tradition and is always a highlight of our Christmas Eve. (Not Luke's though)

 Christmas morning

 Ethan's first Christmas

 Big boy

Ally and Trevor (and Bane-dog) joined us for cinnamon rolls and a little gift exchange Christmas morning too.

Logan: Wiggly Tooth

Logan lost her first tooth. Thank goodness because her adult tooth was nearly completely in already. The tooth fairy visited. She left $2.00 and some pixie dust behind. This happened two weeks before her 6th birthday.

Ethan Jack: 4 months

This little boy. He's growing so quickly. Here are his 4 month pictures.

                                                     Never far away, Ethan's fan club.