Little boys

As I've been organizing the boys' baby books, I've thought a couple of times that if they want to keep their books, I want to make sure I have copies of these pictures too! 

Austin at 4 months, 5 months, 6 months...and he turned 7 months this week. What?!

These little brother jammies are my favorite. His dimple smile is my favorite too.

Babies change so much in a month!!

6 months and rolling everywhere around the house.

When he started sitting up and staying up for long periods of time, I started to tear up! 

During bath time a few nights ago, there was an orange ball floating around that he wanted so he splashed on his stomach and grabbed it. I laughed out loud. This kid is determined to get what he wants. He must have lots of Joe Pavlovsky in him! :)

I love watching Austin giggle each time Eli throws something or runs around the house. My visiting teacher was over a few weeks ago and asked me if Austin ever cries. (He does, when he's hungry or tired or teething like he'e currently doing...), but for the most part, he's a happy baby boy that makes our home filled with light. Love you Austin!!

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Eli started preschool a few weeks ago with some church friends and he loves it. Big boy! I hosted the first class and the color of the day was red so we delivered smarties to each student and ask them to wear RED. The next week my friend asked the kids to bring something that starts with the letter B for show-and-tell. This preschool stuff is adorable. I love seeing him get so excited about learning and I hope it continues!

Several weeks ago I couldn't find my keys as we left Walmart. Luckily, I didn't lock the car so we sat in the car as I replayed in my mind where the keys could be. My phone was about to die so I called Aaron and let him know we may be stranded. A few months ago there was a story in the Friend about a little girl that lost her stuffed animal so she offered a prayer for help and was able to find it. Eli's asked me to read this story 100+ times and as we sat in the car that day, this little story popped into my head. I reminded Eli of that story so we bowed our head in prayer. I had an idea to check my shopping bags to see if the keys fell in and they weren't there. We went inside Walmart to see if I left them there and no one had seen anything. In the meantime, my phone died. We went back to the car and I felt at a loss as so what we should do next. Eli said, "Mom, let's say another prayer." "We already did," I thought, but with tears in my eyes, I agreed that another prayer would be helpful. We said another prayer and Austin started to squirm. I figured at this point we'd go inside Walmart and see about using a phone to get in touch with Aaron to bring us the spare key. I decided I'd just carry Austin to give him a break from sitting in the carseat and as I got in the backseat to unbuckle him, I discovered my keys were in his carseat! We immediately said another prayer of gratitude and I thanked Eli for his suggested to say another prayer for help. Dear Eli and Austin, I hope you'll always remember this little experience we had together and know that Heavenly Father answers prayers, maybe not always how we expect, but the answer will come! These little boys are teaching me so much and I sure love being their mother!