Going for a Walk...

We have been trying to go on a 

little walk every evening 

after dinner.

Its a nice little outing,

the kids ride bikes 

and I push baby in the stroller.

Lately the weather has been very

mild...

so an evening walk is perfect.

If we go on a long walk,

James little legs get mighty tired

of peddling that trike...

so we discovered if you put the front wheel

in the stroller basket,

he can still sit or stand 

on the trike

while I am pushing the stroller.

Like a home-made 

buggy board!

James thinks this is the best invention ever!

Family...

Over a month ago my sister and her family 

came for a visit...

So we all planned an evening of 

family pictures!

Since we were all colour coordinated and 

lookin' good,

we did some family pictures of our 

little family...

Hands down,

my favorite family picture of us!

I think we kinda 

love 

each other...

My entire family...

we are a nice lookin little group!

And just keep on growing...

2 more on the way in the fall!

I lost the hotshoe on the tripod,

so we used a ladder and the self-timer...

It was tough,

but they turned out pretty good!

The girls of the family!

{Jon was the photographer here...

he did a good job and kept us all

laughing with his crazy angles and 

snap-happy attitude!}

Mom and Dad...

the head of this big ol' family!

As you can tell from the photos,

they are a completely 

serious couple...

haha!

Love my family!

Love the unity.

The friendships.

The loyalty.

Family is everything...

We are blessed...

9 months old...

This girl is growing up so fast...
I need to figure out how to make her slow down a bit!
She is now 18lbs 13oz!
and 28" long!
She is one tall girl!
~
Angelina has been pulling herself up on
 everything 
for a long time now...
but just reticently she has been letting go 
and standing all on her own!
And now she has even been trying to take some steps!!
She falls right away though...
and I'm just fine with that!
~
While Angelina might be a quiet and contented little thing,
she is fast and curious!
Sometimes I put her in the middle of the floor,
turn my back for 
One.Minute...
and shes gone!
She loves to play in Elsie's room...
because she isn't supposed to be in there due to 
little objects being down low!
~
Her other new place to play is in the baggie drawer!
She screams and cries because she cant quite 
open the drawer up by herself...
then out of pure frustration,
she manages to open it just enough for her to
squeeze her hand in an grab out a fistful of baggies!
She just might turn out to be a busy 
little thing,
like her brother!
Lord help me!
~
We love our busy little
Anne-Innie
{as James affectionately calls her!}
Perfect little girl...

Snack Time...

We have a new favorite snack here...

 

Smoothies!

Now that fresh fruit is in season,

the kids cant get enough 

fresh fruit smoothies!

Plus Daddy bought us a new blender with 

a Smoothie button...

and the blender is orange...

so the kids always beg to take it out!

~

We put 

strawberries, blueberries, apples,

spinach {don't tell!}

frozen raspberries

and pineapple!

yum, yum!

Sleep Time...

                           Getting Angelina to take a nap

is sometimes a 

pretty tough task!

She has inherited that great

Ostrowski gene of

"I don't need a nap!"

Most days it isn't unusual for her 

to wake up around 9:30

then take her first nap around 

3:00...then be good until her 

8:00 bedtime!

That's a lot of awake time for such a little girl!
Good thing she is a happy and giggly little thing 
while awake for that long!

Water Girl...

Angelina loves being outside...

if she sees an open door,

she crawls over to it as fast as she can

and cries till we bring her out.

Her primary reasons for wanting out are

1. Water...pool, water table, buckets of water...she loves water!

2. Eating grass and bits of leaves and who knows 

what else! I've pretty much given up on

keeping things out of her mouth...

she spits everything out anyhow!

3. Sandbox! She loves sand! She loves to just 

sift it through her hands...

through she also likes to eat it!

 

 James loves being outside too...

in his underpants.

Because its nice and cool.

And when you are 3 its totally acceptable 

to wear just your undies anywhere you go!

Angelina stands next to everything in site!

She is starting to want to climb on top

of things too!

And she now stands all by herself

in the middle of the room for a 

few seconds before falling down!

Sometimes she tries to let go of whatever she is standing

next to and just

walk way...

but her legs are too wobbly...

and she has a nice little bruise on her 

cheek from trying.

The first of many,

I'm thinking!

Give this baby a bucket of water

and she will keep busy for quite some time!

She loves to splash in water...

~

This pictures sums up my favorite little things 

about Baby this summer 

that I don't want to forget...

the baby rolls,

chubby fingers,

soggy diaper from playing in water,

over turned water bucket,

tan lines in fat rolls,

wonder and exploration...

I love this age...

Hello...

We are still alive!

With summer in full swing 

Blogging has taken a back burner!

We drop into bed tired from a full day in the sun...

The kids have been staying up way, way past bedtime lately,

And sleeping in so late that its not 

Unusual to to find us just finishing

Breakfast at close to noon! 

.We have been so busy enjoying summer 
that I haven't even looked 
at the fourth of July pictures!
I may or not post them 
by Christmas time
at the rate I go lately!

So,

if you don't see any new blog posts from me

for awhile,

just know its because we are out and about

fully embracing summer time...

all to soon it will be 

winter with snow and school and 

staying home and bundled up!

So we are going to enjoy this 

as long as we can!

Working Man...

James takes after his Daddy...

he is a hard worker

and he loves to get dirty while working!

Ted and Ceara have been doing some landscaping,

so sometimes James goes and

"helps"...

because nothing is quite as fun as dirt!

 Angelina just sits on a blanket,

eats some snacks and

supervises the work.

 I think Jon secretly loves it when

Ted calls and asks for help...

Jon has a need to always be busy,

so sometimes he gets bored at home

and needs a project or two to keep him busy!

 James analyzes everything his Daddy does...

then he mimics him.

 I'm sure that at almost 3,

James knows how to use a shovel

better than a lot of adults!

He is truly a good workin' man!

 I love watching James play.

He really believes he is doing big things...

In his mind,

he isn't playing...

he is doing big man work!

Almost 7mo Pictures {at 8monthes!}

I am always behind with things...

so it's only fitting that

I post

Angelina's 7month baby pictures

now that she is 8months old!

It is amazing what

the difference that just one month makes!

In these pictures

her front teeth had just come though,

but you cant even see them!

And her hair is so much longer now!

Today Elsie put a little barrett in baby's hair and

it stayed in!

Angelina loves being outside...

if the slider door if open,

she makes a mad dash crawling to get outside.

I love her little tan lines in her fat rolls on her arms.

You can tell she is an outside girl!

She has gotten really good with

keeping things out of her mouth!

Even when we go to the beach,

she loves to just feel the sand and not eat it.

Angelina is never happy just to
sit down and play...
she is constantly pulling herself up on things...
even the wall!
Far too often she has even tried to stand
without holding onto anything!
One day she even took a little step...
but she fell down right away!
{thank goodness because I'm doing my best to keep her my baby}

She eats pretty much everything now...

She goes crazy for black beans, watermelon and rice chex!

He other favorite is water!

She now recognizes the sign for water

and gets so excited when we ask if she wants any!

She has also discovered how to eat

from an applesauce bag all on her own...

its the only way to get her to eat

"baby food" since all she wants

is big people food!

Angelina is becoming quite a

Daddy's girl!

He gets so excited when Jon comes home...

she stares at him and squeals

until he picks her up...

then she likes to hang on to the

braids of his gotee!

Angelina is quite the little water bug!

She will scream and whine when the kids are playing

in the pool outside,

until we finally plop her in the pool too!

And at the beach,

she crawls right through all the sand and

makes a b-line right for the water...

I find it interesting that she will happily

play in the icy cold water right from the hose

without making an issue at all...

but when she is done eating,

if we don't wait till the water is perfectly warm,

she will make it well known she isn't happy

and wants warm water only!

Our sweet baby girl is growing up

and getting so big!

Jon and I were just talking that her

1st birthday

will here before long!

Time flies...