Ok, so our Photobook arrived today! And I am SO impressed that I am putting a post just to tell you that if you have children that this is such a great investment into the memory bank! Beautiful pictures displayed in a book page format is just wonderful. No messy tape, no horrid bubbles in the photo cover sheets...just pages with pics and comments done by YOU! Not to mention you can have whole pages with nothing but text, so if you have a great story to share that you would like your kiddos to be able to read later on, or maybe really good "toddler talk" quotes...you can fill up a page! Just as an example I did 3 full text pages. One with our "faith story", one with the pregnancy story, and one with our birth to home story.
Anyways,
check em out! You can get a less expensive version from walmart.com, but they do not have all the cover styles or page styles as shutterfly.com. I really like shutterfly's photo quality too....we order prints from them as well. Haven't been thrilled with wm's photo quality, and it is actually cheaper to get prints on shutterfly.
If you sign up, they send you all sorts of coupons, which is how we get EVERYTHING from them...free prints, 40% off our photobook, free address labels!!! Seriously worth it if you are picture people as we are!
www.shutterfly.com
Go....Go NOW :D
Friday, February 19, 2010
LOVE, LOVE, LOVING THE SUNSHINE THIS WEEK!!!!
A couple pics from this week!
My new fav pic of the boys! Cracks me up!
Getting ready to go outside in the wagon!
Woo hooo! We are outside, enjoying some sunshine and a bit of warmth! I SO cannot wait till spring!!!!
"picnic dinner" time!! Why? I don't really know, but our children like to feed each other. "Here brothers, have some cornbread!" he he....not a big fan of them feeding each other, but I cannot argue that it is cute, so before telling them to stop before someone looses a finger I decided to snap a few photos. :D
My new fav pic of the boys! Cracks me up!
Getting ready to go outside in the wagon!
Woo hooo! We are outside, enjoying some sunshine and a bit of warmth! I SO cannot wait till spring!!!!
"picnic dinner" time!! Why? I don't really know, but our children like to feed each other. "Here brothers, have some cornbread!" he he....not a big fan of them feeding each other, but I cannot argue that it is cute, so before telling them to stop before someone looses a finger I decided to snap a few photos. :D
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
rambling about discipline....and some pics!
I know it has been quite a while since our last blog entree, but we haven't had a lot going on, plus our little camera we have been using had the flash brake, so if it isn't super light in the house....or wherever we are the pics come our real grainy and dark....but we have a few anyway!
They had all three been teething again....generally they each take a turn for about a week...except Asher who never really seems to be very irritated with the whole teething thing. Poor Gabriel had a super bad week last week....for the first time EVER I had to get him from his classroom at church. It was seriously like someone had stole my child and replaced him with a crazy demon child....I have never seen him so grrrr. Luckily when we finally got him in the truck he fell right to sleep and woke up my normal child again. The craziness was quite embarrassing though.
Attitude and Character is something we always work on here at the Howard house. Our kiddos are nearing the 2 year old age, and I simply refuse to give in to the "terrible two's" mark people put on kids. Hence we have been working since day one to give our children a foot up on this label.
So what are we doing?
#1 is prayer. We believe it is of vital importance to pray over our children...we pray for their character, attitudes, behavior, health, discernment, wisdom, and that as they grow they will learn who they are in Christ, put Him first. We also pray that they will grow in love, towards each other, us and other people. Discipline is also HUGE....and Consistency in that discipline is even more so. When a parent disciplines they must always be in control. An out of control parent cannot teach a child self-control. We discipline in grace...we do not tell our children "you are being bad" or stuff like that....it is what they are doing that is bad. We show them that we love them no matter what, but there will be consequences for bad choices/wrong decisions/disobeying. SO when our children receive a spank on the bottom or a time out, they are also talked to about why. I know it may seem crazy to some, but children really do understand more than you know. We teach our kids to look us in the eye when we talk to them....which is hard for even most adults :) We believe that if we take the time with our kids at young ages, it will save them in the long run. BUT we are definitely no experts. We just do as we feel God leading us.
Another way of discipline we use in our house is "good jobs". When our kids do something that warrants a good job, we clap for them and tell them! If one get's a good job, the other two are quick to follow as they too want some props! It can be things as little as putting their drinks up where they belong, or throwing trash away, or helping pick up toys, giving each other lovies (hugs n' kisses), obeying the 1st time. They are young, so every little thing counts in our book! Since we have done this for so long, they also clap for each other!
Are our kids perfect? far from it! Are we perfect? heck no! BUT we seek God's face and strive to be better each day than we were the day before. We are going to have days of fit throwing here and there. It's all part of the process. But it's what we do, how we act....how we RESPOND as parents that will make all the difference!
anyways.....enough boring rambling about discipline.....here are a few pics!!!
Gabriel in daddy's shoes :) he was having some trouble trying to walk in them to say the least....prob why he generally sticks with mine :P ha
More snow....a lot more snow! This time we had enough that Chris was able to stay home as the roads were impossible....So the kiddos got some sledding time with dad!!
Acting like big kids....
Our trio is obsessed with sitting in "big people" chairs, so every once in a while we are letting them eat a snack in reg chairs instead of their high chairs. Although they can barely even see over the table, they think it is SUPER cool!!
Trinity taking Asher for a ride on the motorcycle!
Everyone in a front facing carseat!!! Way to go Asher on the weight gain!!! woo hoo
They had all three been teething again....generally they each take a turn for about a week...except Asher who never really seems to be very irritated with the whole teething thing. Poor Gabriel had a super bad week last week....for the first time EVER I had to get him from his classroom at church. It was seriously like someone had stole my child and replaced him with a crazy demon child....I have never seen him so grrrr. Luckily when we finally got him in the truck he fell right to sleep and woke up my normal child again. The craziness was quite embarrassing though.
Attitude and Character is something we always work on here at the Howard house. Our kiddos are nearing the 2 year old age, and I simply refuse to give in to the "terrible two's" mark people put on kids. Hence we have been working since day one to give our children a foot up on this label.
So what are we doing?
#1 is prayer. We believe it is of vital importance to pray over our children...we pray for their character, attitudes, behavior, health, discernment, wisdom, and that as they grow they will learn who they are in Christ, put Him first. We also pray that they will grow in love, towards each other, us and other people. Discipline is also HUGE....and Consistency in that discipline is even more so. When a parent disciplines they must always be in control. An out of control parent cannot teach a child self-control. We discipline in grace...we do not tell our children "you are being bad" or stuff like that....it is what they are doing that is bad. We show them that we love them no matter what, but there will be consequences for bad choices/wrong decisions/disobeying. SO when our children receive a spank on the bottom or a time out, they are also talked to about why. I know it may seem crazy to some, but children really do understand more than you know. We teach our kids to look us in the eye when we talk to them....which is hard for even most adults :) We believe that if we take the time with our kids at young ages, it will save them in the long run. BUT we are definitely no experts. We just do as we feel God leading us.
Another way of discipline we use in our house is "good jobs". When our kids do something that warrants a good job, we clap for them and tell them! If one get's a good job, the other two are quick to follow as they too want some props! It can be things as little as putting their drinks up where they belong, or throwing trash away, or helping pick up toys, giving each other lovies (hugs n' kisses), obeying the 1st time. They are young, so every little thing counts in our book! Since we have done this for so long, they also clap for each other!
Are our kids perfect? far from it! Are we perfect? heck no! BUT we seek God's face and strive to be better each day than we were the day before. We are going to have days of fit throwing here and there. It's all part of the process. But it's what we do, how we act....how we RESPOND as parents that will make all the difference!
anyways.....enough boring rambling about discipline.....here are a few pics!!!
Gabriel in daddy's shoes :) he was having some trouble trying to walk in them to say the least....prob why he generally sticks with mine :P ha
More snow....a lot more snow! This time we had enough that Chris was able to stay home as the roads were impossible....So the kiddos got some sledding time with dad!!
Acting like big kids....
Our trio is obsessed with sitting in "big people" chairs, so every once in a while we are letting them eat a snack in reg chairs instead of their high chairs. Although they can barely even see over the table, they think it is SUPER cool!!
Trinity taking Asher for a ride on the motorcycle!
Everyone in a front facing carseat!!! Way to go Asher on the weight gain!!! woo hoo
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Building Snow Memories in a Laundry Basket, building Forts, and more Christmas!!
So this post is a bit random, but what else is new!!!
SNOW DAY!! Laundry Basket Sledding!
Since yesterday we actually had more than a little dusting of snow I just had to get the kiddos out. We have nothing remotely close to a sled...and we really don't have a slope of any kind either....so after scouring the house for something fun to do, I found one of our laundry baskets and tied a scarf to it...WHY NOT, RIGHT??!! It was a lot of fun! And a bit a of a workout for me as well....a win win deal!
WEEEEEEE!
Asher experiencing the SNOW!!!
Gabriel, liking his view from the porch :)
Snow Princess!
Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Howard's!!
This past Saturday we went over to Chris' parents to enjoy some Christmas time!!!
Chris putting together toys :)
Grandma and Gabriel
Asher checking out the tree
Pillow Fort!
This was this past week. Sometimes the kids like to take all the pillows and cushions off the couch and chair...this was one of those days, so I figured we would just build a fort!!! The point was to let them have something to crawl through and play under......
....although instead of going through it they liked to jump on it!
...and apparently Asher thought it was a good place to watch the movie ;p
Having fun on our new Motorcycle!!!
The group gift from gma and gpa! They are still figuring it all out, but are doing great! They get super excited when they make it GO themselves. I have to say that Trinity is doing the best so far! She got it to go all across the living room by herself (with me right next to her....but no helps!)
SNOW DAY!! Laundry Basket Sledding!
Since yesterday we actually had more than a little dusting of snow I just had to get the kiddos out. We have nothing remotely close to a sled...and we really don't have a slope of any kind either....so after scouring the house for something fun to do, I found one of our laundry baskets and tied a scarf to it...WHY NOT, RIGHT??!! It was a lot of fun! And a bit a of a workout for me as well....a win win deal!
WEEEEEEE!
Asher experiencing the SNOW!!!
Gabriel, liking his view from the porch :)
Snow Princess!
Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Howard's!!
This past Saturday we went over to Chris' parents to enjoy some Christmas time!!!
Chris putting together toys :)
Grandma and Gabriel
Asher checking out the tree
Pillow Fort!
This was this past week. Sometimes the kids like to take all the pillows and cushions off the couch and chair...this was one of those days, so I figured we would just build a fort!!! The point was to let them have something to crawl through and play under......
....although instead of going through it they liked to jump on it!
...and apparently Asher thought it was a good place to watch the movie ;p
Having fun on our new Motorcycle!!!
The group gift from gma and gpa! They are still figuring it all out, but are doing great! They get super excited when they make it GO themselves. I have to say that Trinity is doing the best so far! She got it to go all across the living room by herself (with me right next to her....but no helps!)
Friday, January 1, 2010
Looking back at 2009...in pics!
This past year went by CRAZY FAST....Here is a one pic a month look at 2009 and how fast our kiddos grew...sniff sniff...tear. Just crazy to thing that last Christmas Trinity was just starting to crawl, and they were all just starting to sit up on their own. Now they are EVERYwhere!!! 2009 was definitely a year of firsts! Crawling, Walking, 1st words, attending church as a family, pool experience, going to work with Mama, restaurant experience, haircuts, 1st pair of shoes and jackets!
This past year was just amazing! Can't wait to see what 2010 brings! More times to laugh, smile, and love on each other!
January
9mos!
sitting up on our own!
Feb
10mos!
Milestone...Trinity started walking!
Started going to church together as a family! We decided to start 2mos earlier than what the dr said, but they seemed to do just fine!
Mar
11mos! 1st month in our new high chairs! finally graduated from the BEBE Pod!
Apr
12mos! Happy Birthday babies!!
Milestone...Gabriel started walking!
May
13mos!
...got our 1st haircuts this month!
June
14mos! - fun in the sun!
July
15mos! - 1st restaurant experience!! Bdubs!
Aug
16mos! - on a walk at the Promenade
Sept
17mos! - our new recliner
milestone....Asher started walking!
Oct
18mos!
Nov
19mos!
Dec
20mos!
This past year was just amazing! Can't wait to see what 2010 brings! More times to laugh, smile, and love on each other!
January
9mos!
sitting up on our own!
Feb
10mos!
Milestone...Trinity started walking!
Started going to church together as a family! We decided to start 2mos earlier than what the dr said, but they seemed to do just fine!
Mar
11mos! 1st month in our new high chairs! finally graduated from the BEBE Pod!
Apr
12mos! Happy Birthday babies!!
Milestone...Gabriel started walking!
May
13mos!
...got our 1st haircuts this month!
June
14mos! - fun in the sun!
July
15mos! - 1st restaurant experience!! Bdubs!
Aug
16mos! - on a walk at the Promenade
Sept
17mos! - our new recliner
milestone....Asher started walking!
Oct
18mos!
Nov
19mos!
Dec
20mos!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas
I would have to say that this was the most lazy Christmas we at the Howard house have ever experienced. Pretty much stayed in PJ's all day! Chris' dad had the flu as did my grandpa :(. My mom came over for a bit in the morning to watch the kids open their gifts and visit a little, then the rest of the day Chris and I just laid around, watched the kids play, watched movies, and ate some Christmas cookies....like I said...LAZY
Here is a very short video of Trinity pushing Gabriel in the baby doll stroller! We thought it was hilarious....it took him a couple minutes to get into it.....the baby doll was taken out, then the stroller kept rolling away...then he had to try and squeeze into it, but he finally managed...
Starting out the morning with some cereal!
Trinity playing with a DoodlePro they got Christmas Eve from great grandpa!!
Gabriel carefully unwrapping a present
Asher checking out his book
Trinity and Grandma
Gabriel squeezing into the baby doll stroller
SNOW!!!!!...well a sprinkling of snow anyways!
Our children crack me up! I love having entertaining kiddos!!! :P
We will have more pics after we have our Christmas time and dinner with Chris' parents next weekend! Really looking forward to some Turkey and mashed potatoes!!! yum-o!!!
Here is a very short video of Trinity pushing Gabriel in the baby doll stroller! We thought it was hilarious....it took him a couple minutes to get into it.....the baby doll was taken out, then the stroller kept rolling away...then he had to try and squeeze into it, but he finally managed...
Starting out the morning with some cereal!
Trinity playing with a DoodlePro they got Christmas Eve from great grandpa!!
Gabriel carefully unwrapping a present
Asher checking out his book
Trinity and Grandma
Gabriel squeezing into the baby doll stroller
SNOW!!!!!...well a sprinkling of snow anyways!
Our children crack me up! I love having entertaining kiddos!!! :P
We will have more pics after we have our Christmas time and dinner with Chris' parents next weekend! Really looking forward to some Turkey and mashed potatoes!!! yum-o!!!
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