Wednesday, June 27, 2012

an update & some good summer flicks

summer is good and fun and hot around the mooney house. days are long with all 3 home every day, but we are eating popsicles & tending to the {little pathetic} garden {i am attempting to keep alive} & riding bikes & playing in a tiny $7 blow up pool on the back deck & running through sprinklers & going to the library & jumping on mattresses & watching too much tv when i need to regroup or do dishes or shower. hazel and anders have so much fun together about 70% of the time and the other 30%, well it's more like cats and dogs. matt wrote about some hard days & one in particular with lena. she is doing really well, signing "yes" & "drink" & now "music" & started to crawl! i think as she is learning more & more, she can get quite overwhelmed and it comes out in some meltdowns & with these meltdowns comes layers of heaviness in this momma heart.
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 on Saturday, June 16th, lena began to crawl. we have a crawler!! she doesn't totally understand that it could get her around the house, so she's not crawling all around but she does love to pull up. so she crawls from couch to chair to other couch then puts her hands on the couch & signs "yes"...meaning, come help me pull up:) this video was not the first time crawling, but the first day & i'm trying to get her to crawl to me, but she heads to the bathtub instead...she loves her bath:)
lena::
  

anders is talking a ton & we are actually understanding a lot more words:) for some reason he loves to ask people, toys, birds, etc "how you doin"...& for some unknown reason it sounds like he is from jersey, when actually he is from arkansas. such mystery. 
anders:: 
                              


 ok, so this is long, but i want to remember it. on the way home from our babysitter's wedding, hazel decides to tell us all about her wedding. please note:
 1)she talks louder & faster when i try to ask her questions because she doesn't want to stop talking for any reason
 2)at church, she just goes to her class so she is making great strides to explain that she will get married in the part of church where mom & dad go, not the kid classrooms
3)yes, we allowed her to draw all over herself for fun 
 hazel::
                              
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4 comments:

  1. CaryJune 28, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Go Lena! I'm so proud of her! I can't believe how much she has developed in these few short months.
    And Hazel, Hazel, Hazel. Bless your heart. I hope your parents hold you to these plans. Turkey and cheese sandwiches and Anders in his wedding boy clothes. Sounds like a party!

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  2. moniqueJuly 2, 2012 at 7:23 PM

    ohmygoodness i can not handle the cuteness that is your family!! they are all so precious! and hazel's wedding is toooooo cute, with the cookies, big friends and small friends...love it!

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  3. gracehillJuly 16, 2012 at 1:50 PM

    Good summer flicks is right! Oh my gosh, you have the cutest kiddos! Incredible to see Lena crawling, Anders totally sounds like Joey from Friends when he says "how you doin'", and Hazel's description made me smile from ear to ear!! Love catching up on your sweet family through your blog. Finally got the courage to tell you that :). Hope you're all doing wonderfully!

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  4. anitaJuly 27, 2012 at 12:38 PM

    I just saw this, so excited for sweet little Lena! Olga was so excited to hear the update on the eye surgery; I will let her know about the crawling, too! We think and talk of you guys often on our walks and during our tea and laundry time with Olga and Alex. You inspire us to press on each day!
    Many blessings to your family this weekend,
    Anita

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