the leaves are falling, the leaves are falling

rolling down a hill {camera phone style, since my cam went swimming in coffee}

gabe gabe

Never have I met another person like our Gabe Gabe. He is so full of an undeniable energy. He can use sheer muscle to power himself to incredible feats of athleticism that leave us more normal (haha) people staring in amazement. Gabe also has an awesome imagination...he routinely tells me about adventures he had while I was sleeping...things like surfing in the lava or visiting penguins. We love Gabe so much!

doing playground things...

...while it's still warm enough! It's getting down into the 30s at night now, winter is coming and we need to get as much playground time in as we can!!!

9 months {e}

Emmeline is 9 months old today! Above all else, she is a funny, attached-to-her-mommy little girl who just sparkles! She can go anywhere and everywhere she wants, including up a stair or two, and even stood on her own for about 2 seconds the other day. She is finally in size 6-9 month clothes, but can still comfortably wear about half of her 3-6 month things.

She doesn't have any teeth, and doesn't sleep through the night, but she does make us smile and she does make us so grateful that she is ours! She loves to roll her tongue around in her mouth, laugh hysterically at her sister and brothers, and cuddle anytime. She will crawl after me anywhere I walk in the house, and has discovered the joys of pulling things out of the kitchen cabinet that is for her!

With her sparkly blue eyes and happy personality, she has certainly captured our hearts during her first 9 months!

you turkey

Our base is FULL of wildlife of all kinds. A legitimate excuse to being late somewhere is that there was a herd of SOMETHING crossing the road! On the way to run errands this morning, I had to stop for these turkeys to cross. By the time I had my phone out they were pretty much across, but we had to wait for every single one of them. This is right by our house!

do whatcha gotta do!

Tyrone took this picture a week or two ago of some of his battle buddies putting up a tent at their new location. There is nothing there that they haven't built, it's a very bare bones existence for them right now. There is no more Internet, and I haven't heard his voice in weeks. Thank goodness for our awesome phone plan (which, while it doesn't allow for talking in his location-strange, right?- it does allow for texting.) Anyway, Tyrone tells me they are busily playing "Bob the Builder" and I just thought everyone else might enjoy this pic as well!