"Did I hear a niner in there?"

Nine months, guys!  NINE! He's so big...


And a total, mobile, wiggle worm. He seriously doesn't stay still unless he's in his high chair shoveling handfuls of munchies in :)

Crawling everywhere and pulling up. Cruising around anything he can hold on to. He literally tries to dive out of my arms if "The Brothers" come anywhere near - he just wants so badly to be down and playing with them. It's really pretty adorable.

Yep. I think this summer is going to be pretty great.♥

Mother's Day

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." 

- Lin Yutang

I'm sure I've probably used that quote before in the past, but I really just love it.

This mother's day I felt, above all, blessed. Blessed to have my own generous, loving, supportive, beautiful mother. Blessed to have an incredible, helpful, thoughtful, loving mother-in-law. Blessed to have so many fellow "mommy" friends to share this special day with. And blessed to be a mom. 

I have three beautiful, healthy, clever, funny, amazing children. And I've done nothing to deserve them. 

I know am beyond blessed. With my babies, and with Jared, and with our home, and our life.... 

My cup runneth over.

 

A special Mother's Day Treat :) 

Lemon Poppy Seed Cupcakes (with a lemon curd filling) and Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting

And my spoon-licking helper.

 

And a Mother's Day photo shoot (courtesy of Jared) with my three handsome boys:

 I had both younger boys on my lap at first... 

This was not such a hit with Bridger, our anti-touching child. Ha.

  

  Much better. Happy boys.

 It's incredible how much love your heart can hold.

 "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." 
- Anonymous

 

Curly Q

When's Graham's hair is damp, it gets curly.

And every night after bath time I pretty much melt over how ridiculously adorable I think he is....

 I mean... Come ON.

 

Beautiful boy.

 

Up

He's got a new trick: Standing Up.

His favorite spot to "perform" right now, is the bottom step. So I'll frequently find him over there, standing, thinking he's big stuff.

But he also likes to stand up using the slide in toy room, the bottom of his high chair, and all the kitchen table chairs... so on lots of hard wood surfaces. And since we've never had a crawler on hard floors before, we're not really sure what to expect. 

But basically, the boy spends much of his day in the Danger Zone. So far, no major bumps/bruises though, so here's hoping...

 He's in position....

...and Up!

 

 

Trying to "cruise" along the step.

 

  Beautiful big kid.