Kisses and Inside Camping

Abraham got his test results from all of his blood work and he's as healthy as a horse!!!! YEAH!!!! Even though we had given him TONS of kisses, we were a little cautious about giving mouth kisses (which we do in our family) b/c of advice from our Dr.! We officially got to give mouth kisses to our buddy yesterday and it felt SO great!! He totally dug it! That boy gives kisses non-stop - he is such a cuddle bug and we LOVE that (our other two aren't big cuddlers so we're excited to have one who does like to cuddle :) ).

This is how he gives kisses - he grabs onto your face and goes for it! So darn cute!

Daddy giving Abraham mouth kisses.

So hard to get a picture of the actual kiss as it lasts a fraction of a second.

Don't you love the facial expressions?!

Inside Camping...

Our family LOVES to go camping, but this year it would just be too much for Abraham. He's trying to adjust to home and getting used to being good sleeper, so we didn't figure it would be too much fun for him or others in the camp ground to hear him trying to go down for a nap :). So, my best friend Tia suggested that we go camping inside! She's a genius! The day consisted of going strawberry picking. Tom's mom came with us and it was a blast - the kids loved the tractor ride. Then Tom's parents came over for a BBQ on the back deck, which was delicious. A few years ago, Tom and I built a table for our deck that was made for a fire pit. After our BBQ, we got our stuff together for S'mores and went for it- YUM!!! The kids loved that as well (Abraham was asleep by this time). After cleaning up, we all crawled into our tent that we had set up in our front room. Of course, the kids were thrilled to all be sleeping together. We tried really hard to make it through the night, but Whitt kept waking up and whimpering, so Tom put him in his bed and went to our bed - can you say wimp :) - just kidding babe!! I was determined to last all night, but after another two hours of falling asleep and then being woken up by Lowa kicking me in the face, I'd had enough. I carried her down to her bed and climbed in my bed - oh yes, I'm a wimp too :)! I was thinking they'd be disappointed the next morning, but they didn't even notice. They woke up happy as usual, and we spent the rest of the morning eating our "camping" breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon! Then we played in the tent some more and packed up. It was a blast!!

Whitt drinking water after downing his S'more

Go Grandma go!

Tom and grandpa enjoying their S'mores


Do you like the pose Lowa has going?


Lowa loving her S'more


Tom roasting away...


All laying down for our "restful" night sleep


Daddy and Lowa cuddling in the tent. You can tell Lowa is THRILLED!


Daddy and Abraham hanging out - just had to throw this picture in...