Lawrence is 8 months old

Lawrence has mastered crawling and has recently started pulling himself up on furniture. He has SEVEN teeth! Ever since getting the first bottom two while in New York they just keep coming! He has tried avocados, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas and applesauce. He did not like the peas. He says mama-mama-mama and other 'baby talk' but I especially love hearing him say 'mama' even though he may not realize what he is saying quite yet. Lawrence lights up whenever Charles come in the room.
You melt my heart again and again my little Lawrence. I love you.

Lawrence is SEVEN months old!

We went to Brooklyn a few weeks ago and I still haven't posted about our time there yet. I promise I will, but first I wanted to share Lawrence's seven month photos. He is so cute! Lawrence is sitting up well on his own and he rolls all over the place. He can pivot and scoot a little to help him get where he wants to go. He can get himself up on all fours and has started to rock back and forth- I am sure he will be crawling soon. He loves to babble and says 'bah bah bah' over and over- I love hearing his sweet voice.

Lawrence is SIX months old

I can't believe my baby is six months old already. He is laughing and rolling over and he's pretty steady sitting up on his own too. He loves watching Charles, touching faces, and sucking on his toes. And when he is happy or likes something he makes this gurggly purring noise. It's so cute!

Lawrence is FIVE months!

Sing Like Never Before

Heard this song on the radio the other day and was totally blessed by it. Wow. It's amazing.





10,000 Reasons, by Matt Redman

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger
Your name is great, and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
Lord, I'll worship Your holy name

Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
I'll worship Your holy name

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Four Months

Lawrence is four months old!!

Another Handmade Christmas

Who doesn't love a handmade gift? Or, perhaps a better question, who doesn't love making homemade gifts? Ok, maybe not all of us, but with Pinterest we can at least imagine right??
I for one have really come to love both. They are personal and sentimental and I get to be creative and artsy-fartsy.
I have wanted to re-do/DIY a play kitchen for Charles for a while now but lack of time or finances or 'that-perfect-entertainment-center-to-turn-into-a-little-kitchen-that-fits-my-imagination-and-small-apartment' have forced me to put it off. Until about four days ago. A good friend of ours found this at a thrift store and being the nice woman she is, thought of us. Thus, the beginning of my last minute DIY project to get done before Christmas morning!

In need of a little work but with not much time to do it in, I decided to simply paint it and change out the knobs for now. So on Christmas Eve I headed to Home Depot, bought some paint and hardware and got to work.

I wont get into the details of the struggle it was at the beginning to get this thing painted but let's just say that my mom came home to see me trying to rock a screaming Lawrence in his car seat with one hand and paint with the other. Needless to say she came home at the right time! 

Here is Charles' face on Christmas morning when he saw his new kitchen. 

Worth it.

Nana and Papa got some pots, pans and dishes too

I am so happy I was finally able to get this for Charles and I know he will have lots of fun with it. Big thanks again to our friend who found it for us, you know who you are :)

Speaking of handmade gifts, here is the quilt my Grandma Betty made for Lawrence. We picked out the fabric together while she was home for Thanksgiving. I love it, it's perfect!

And for the grandparent's gift this year I made shadow profiles of the boys. I love how they turned out!