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.

Ethan 3 Months

You turned 4 months yesterday so I figured I better document your 3rd month. Before you entered our world, I prayed and prayed that my heart would be content with 2 kids. Two kids seemed so much easier. Now, I know why God wouldn't answer those prayers. You my sweet baby boy melt my heart.

Your big headlines this month are that you are rolling over and playing with toys. You are doing this much sooner than your big brother or sister ever did. I wonder if we are going to have an early mover. You also don't want to take a bottle. That makes it a little harder on Mommy. We are working on this.

 People will often ask me who Ethan looks like. So you be the judge. Here they all are at 3 months.

 

Logan Mae 5.75

Logan is almost 6. Its been a while since I've blogged about my sweet girl so I thought it was time. 

Here's what she's been up to this past year.

Logan is a little fish. If she could live in water she would. She took swim lessons at Amy Morris again this summer and loved it. Most of the summer we swam.

We said goodbye to her first big girl bed. We traded it in for a bunk bed. She loves (most of the time) sharing a room with Luke. We will often hear them talking, reading or playing well past their bedtime. Logan asked to take this "one last picture" with her bed.

Logan is quite the experienced little flower girl. She has been in 3 wedding in the past 9 months. (Auntie Faye, Ally and Ms. Blaire)

Getting ready for Auntie Faye's wedding.

 

This is Lo at Ally's wedding. 

Logan and her friends from Shining Star Preschool on the night of preschool graduation. (Jordan and Hailyee) She developed a sweet friendship with these girls.

Her amazing preschool teachers. (Ms. Meredeth, Ms. Debbie, and Ms. Christina) Busy Bees

Lo also took ballet this past year. Mommy put her in a older class with 6-8 year olds (because all her friends were in it) and it proved to be a big challenge for her. She rose to the occasion and did so well but it was hard work for her. Here she is at her dance recital.

Logan and her friends from class. Sidney, Riley, Olivia, Kierra, and Kendall. Her teachers were Hunter and Hayley.

Her class with teacher Hayley.

She got LOTS of flowers after her recital.

After her recital we went to dinner with Uncle Cody, Auntie Faye, Nana, Grandpa, Mimi and Papa.

We made a cake for Lo's 5 1/2 birthday

Logan started Kindergarten. (tear) My baby girl started school. Mimi met us at Woods to join us for her big day.

Picture Day. Crazy Girl!

One of the highlights of our summer was going to the Aquarium. These two....

They truly love each other.

She is a full on Daddy's Girl. No question.

One of Logan's very close friends, Haiylee

Logan I'm so thankful God choose me to be your Mommy. You have such a genuinely sweet heart.  I love how social you are. You have no problem starting up a conversation with anyone you meet. You love to learn and are doing excellent in school. You love your new friends at school and have invited many of them to Good News Club. (Including some of their Moms) Things you are into right now are crafting, cooking, tomatoes, playing makeup, painting nails, Taylor Swift, Wild Kratts, Clifford, reading, tennis and doing just about everything "by yourself". I love you my sweet girl. I love being your Mommy. You are such a gift to us.