The Fruit of our Labors

so since it had almost been two months since my last post it was bound to be a long one. so here we go!

 here are Josh's 6 month old pictures. I cant believe how much he's grown up. 

and just like his sister before him,

 He is quite the chunker outweighing her 6 month appointment by 2lbs, He weighs a whopping 19.5lbs. 

And he is such a happy kid. he is ALWAYS smiling and is very entertained by his big sister.

He can roll over and sit up as seen in this picture :) he is also starting to scoot toward things.  He cut is first tooth last week and just tonight he started imitating our clapping motions.

 Most of all I think he loves to be standing. he has learned to squirm out of our hands and get to a standing position. (holding our hands of course)

then there is my sweet Stephanie in her wonderful I'm 2 years old pictures.

she is potty training, running and jumping and talking, man is she talking! she is VERY articulate and will repeat herself many times until she feels she's pronounced something to the best of her ability. she loves tinkerbell, all things tractor, and reading. she insists on saying prayers by herself at bedtime and does a very good job of it. 

Here she is wearing her friends skates for the first time and she LOVES them. She is great with her baby brother and gets very protective when anyone else is holding him. but she can also be very jealous of the time he spends with me. so much so that she will tell daddy to hold baby brother so that mommy can hold stephanie. she has also asked to nurse, be swaddled and have a binkie. silly girl.

this is Burton, Josh was born on his due date, then he was born 4 days later. they are besties.

then there is his big sister Andilynn she is almost exactly 6 months older than stephanie. they are besties too.

In the back yard Matt removed all the old sprinkler system. 

There was PVC everywhere.

 Stephanie was drawing with chalk.

 Now for the "Grand Tour"

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The front driveway/entrance to the house, with the  "vancar" just hanging out.

The back yard, you will notice that Matt has also cut down the bush even further on the far left side of the picture. He cut it to about a foot tall.

 This picture will stand as the "before" for the deck removal. which has been done since this was taken.

And the wonderful before and after of the "New Bedroom" as Stephanie calls it. Curtains are up, pictures are hung. Yay!!! 

The Kitchen 

Before

After

The Guest room/ Bay window room.

not finished painting it yet. :)

Before

During

Living room and formal dining room

Before

After

 The rooms I forgot to take pictures of were the bathroom and Stephanie's room. I'll do that next time.

 This picture gives us hope for the future. All our neighbors told us that our very large Avocado tree did not produce any fruit for over 10 years. BUT we found this. this lone Avocado on our tree, we are THRILLED. We had FAITH and HOPE that if we care for this tree properly it will bear fruit. and here is our proof!! 

Here is to many more avocados to come from our GREAT tree!!