tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81102413689585608752024-03-13T20:14:54.404-07:00the Family ElwerThe Life of Adam, Sarah and BennettUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-68009138295282319522013-03-04T13:58:00.004-08:002013-03-04T13:59:44.503-08:00The Beauty of the Everyday. You probably remember our <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2012/01/crazy-blessed.html">AMAZING family pictures</a> my friend <a href="http://www.leslieautumnphotography.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-boy.html">Leslie</a> took last year when John-Paul was just four days old.<br />
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Well, one year later (exactly ... pretty cool how that worked out) my brother Brian was in town with his fancy camera and he snapped some pictures of us doing life together. The more I look at them the more I love these pictures and feel so blessed to have this little window into our of life captured forever.<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-12953417267121698302012-12-31T14:56:00.000-08:002013-01-01T21:30:21.953-08:00Christmas 2012Christmas this year has been full of change for the Elwers.<br />
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Partially due to financial necessity but also just due to realizing that if this day is really about Jesus's birth and we need to make room for him {<span style="font-size: x-small;">This all started <a href="http://thelambsfellowship.com/media.php?pageID=5">here</a>. With Dave Snow's message "Peace a Christmas" on 12/1/12. You really should listen to it!</span>} <br />
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Do we want to be teaching our boys about their savior and his humble beginning or about a man in a big red suit who brings them tons and tons of presents? No matter where you fall in that discusion, we just decided to scale back. We didn't throw away the Christmas tree or cancel Christmas, we just played it simple. {<span style="font-size: x-small;">I would be more than happy to scale back further next year ... but we will leave that to be decided later</span>}<br />
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Here's our two Christmas Days {<span style="font-size: x-small;">one with each side of the family</span>}<br />
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Grammy and Papa's Christmas was on the 24th<br />
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If you are at all interested ... we made <a href="http://robbwolf.com/2011/01/05/gluten-free-sausage-gravy-paleo-biscuits/">Paleo Biscuits and Gravy</a> for breakfast ... very yummy!<br />
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Papa reading the Christmas story ...<br />
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Grandma's Christmas was on the 25th<br />
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Christmas Super Nintendo ... happens every year and we love it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Praying you all had a sweet time with family and friends as you celebrated the day that The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. </span>Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-32349457278957324312012-12-20T14:59:00.000-08:002012-12-31T14:59:45.782-08:00Bennett's Christmas PerformanceMy sweet boy had his first ever performance.<br />
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He did not enjoy the wings he had to wear. But he loved singing the songs!<br />
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He only got distracted during this one song which given his family history is doing pretty good!<br />
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He also really loves his friends and teachers and was really glad to get a sweet new book.<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-76582318146555448412012-12-18T23:58:00.000-08:002012-12-19T00:04:31.340-08:00Christmas TraditionsI love traditions and here's two I didn't want to let pass by without highlighting ...<br />
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Every year we get together with a group of friends we've known since high school for what we like to call <span style="font-size: large;">"Thank-mas"</span>. We haven't gotten together with this group since the end of May but isn't it the best when you can just pick right up as of you haven't missed a day?! Such great memories with all these precious friends ... especially with the crazy Norwegian troll that keeps making his way back to the <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/12/very-christmas-y-saturday.html">gift exchange each year.</a>..<br />
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And then there's Dessert Night! This is always such a treat and this year was no exception! As usual the evening was magical, the tables beautiful and the ladies couldn't stop talking to listen to the singers! Ha ha! {<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">You think I'm joking don't you?!</span></i>} This year was an extra treat for me because I had absolutely no responsibilities! I just showed up, sat at a table of other moms with young kids and chit-chatted about GMO's, food allergies and preschool learning websites! Ha ha ha! Typical!</div>
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-6253843739705642102012-12-08T16:07:00.000-08:002012-12-08T16:14:20.458-08:00Light Looking with the Grandparents! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last friday night we headed up with my parents to look at all the lights at the Mission Inn in Riverside!</div>
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As expected it was pretty fabulous! </div>
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Bennett was overcome with the "snow" and even had to stop and make a snow ball! </div>
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The preciousness of this boy was just too much to handle! </div>
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Upon walking inside we found Santa who Bennett refused to speak too ('ata boy!) but would give a high-five to and then watched him very intently for as long as he could as we walked thru the lobby. </div>
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The whole evening was great and the lights are just so magical!<br />
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And then last night we went out with Grandma to do light looking locally at our favorite Bainbridge Circle here in Murrieta!<br />
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It was awesome as always and made me really sentimental about <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/12/keeping-busy.html">the last two years </a>when we came with just Bennett-boy.<br />
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We had a great time exploring the cul-de-sac!<br />
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The music and dancing lights are always so much fun and it really does get better every year!<br />
<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-38069760177912958762012-11-30T15:56:00.001-08:002012-11-30T16:26:37.464-08:00Our first two Christmas Miracles this year.Christmas costs money! <br />
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Seriously - it kind of stinks! And I forget sometimes that a $12 family advent devotional that I really, really want to do is $12 we actually need and can't use to download a book and ornament templates and that Christmas trees are expensive - especially the good noble firs. But the Lord showed up and blessed us so so much! <br />
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First, Wednesday afternoon I'm just trolling Facebook and found <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/11/free-christmas-family-devotional-jesse-tree-ornaments/">this</a>! Yep, it's a family advent devotional with ornament templates to print out that is written by the author of A Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp and it's totally FREE!!! (yes, I cried!) <br />
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And then a few hours later we got a call from our church saying that they had a donation of Christmas trees and wanted to know if we would like one! (for a split second did I think, "I hope it's a noble fir" but that thought left quickly ... Don't judge, I apparently have tree issues I need to work thru! Ha ha ha!) <br />
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So after dinner last night we headed up to the church to pick up our tree and it was 7 feet tall!<br />
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Anyways, we got it inside and turned Elf on and had a great evening!<br />
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In true baby form, John-Paul was all about the boxes! </div>
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Oh and I can't not mention this part of the evening ... Bennett dressed up like Santa, and wanted to put snow flakes on the tree and build a Lego city just like Elf does in the movie! ha ha! Lucky for us I already had snowflake ornaments! :) </div>
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So all that to say ... isn't God good?!<br />
He always surprises me with his kindness!<br />
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Oh and then Bennett just broke out into song ... it was too sweet!<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-20619737629049635212012-11-25T11:43:00.000-08:002012-11-25T11:43:03.685-08:00Thanksgiving 2012As is our <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/11/twas-night-before.html">tradition</a>, we went out the night before Thanksgiving <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(not to Yard House as in years before) </span></i>and had a lovely family dinner which consisted of zero fried food <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(some traditions have to die)</span></i>.<br />
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John-Paul really enjoyed the flat bread that came with his daddy's salad and wanted to go sit at his own table with his treasure!<br />
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Thanksgiving morning we packed up all our food and knives and assorted kitchen paraphernalia and headed over to my mom's house to spend the day with Adam's mom and my brother Casey <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(everyone else was out of town)</span></i>.<br />
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... and then went inside to eat breakfast and facetime with the Arkansas portion of the fam.<br />
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Then the "real cooking" began. But here's the deal ... our family (me and Adam mostly) have switched to eating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet">Paleo</a> and we really love it, seriously, we do, I think we will eat like this forever, we like it so much. However, Thanksgiving is not traditionally a very paleo friendly holiday so we had to get creative... and by creative I mean look up recipes online. </div>
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Here's what we decided on:</div>
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So needless to say, there was some work to be done so Casey and Adam set to working while I tried to help but John-Paul was not enjoying life much so I mostly just did crowd control! </div>
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But once this happened...<br />
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Then I was actually able to help but all I really did was dishes and make the mash but I was just happy to wear my cute apron I got in Solvang on our honeymoon!<br />
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So our meal was awesome and I enjoyed every bit of it!<br />
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John-Paul really enjoyed his too, but Bennett asked if he could go read some books and take a nap ... it was about 2:30 when we sat down and he was done for... poor kid had half a left over cheese burger from the night before later that night.<br />
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But despite our dismantling of the "traditional" Thanksgiving spread we were able to keep one tradition fully in tact ... the watching Elf while we wait for room to eat dessert!<br />
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Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-24489217226933930332012-11-19T12:00:00.001-08:002012-11-19T12:50:05.566-08:00Mornings at the ParkSince its Thanksgiving break and we don't have a whole lot going on we let Bennett pick what we did this morning and he wanted to go to the park by his school. <br />
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So we went. And it was great! Yay for the first day of break!! <br />
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Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-30905936281327384182012-11-13T23:38:00.001-08:002012-11-13T23:39:06.739-08:00Veteran's Day 2012I have not excuse for my absence - I haven't had time/desire to blog and thus I have not. <br />
But I got the urge to blog again and so here I am.<br />
We'll see if I can keep this up.<br />
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I'm not going to try and play catch up - so I'm just going to start with what made me feel like blogging - our annual trip to the Murrieta Veteran's Day Parade!<br />
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This was our fourth year attending (see the <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2009/11/doing-nothing.html">first</a>, <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2010/11/issues.html">second</a> and <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/11/111111.html">third</a> years) and it's always a great day of down home fun! We started out at Richie's for a late breakfast with Grandma!<br />
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After a rather interesting parking lot adventure in the mini van we finally made our way down to Washington and found a great place to park our bums.<br />
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The parade was a lot smaller (shorter) this year since they held it on sunday afternoon, but it was still super fun for Bennett especially since there were girls walking the parade handing out pinwheels and flags!<br />
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Bennett loved the tanks and said he wanted to buy one so he could shoot people (hmmm....) but John-Paul's whole body shook with fear each time one of the three tanks passed by - poor boy!<br />
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Grandma had to go sit in the shade for a while - because it just got too too hot - but it was nice to hang out with her for the afternoon before she went home to her "weekend home" (she's very fancy!)<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-11517571835225257052012-06-08T16:21:00.002-07:002012-06-08T16:21:16.000-07:00Family VisitWe had family come out from Texas back in March ... kind of when I stopped blogging ... hey I got busy and was taking tons of pictures and well ... I got bogged down, <span style="font-size: x-small;">don't hate.</span><br />
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We hadn't had the whole family toether in almost 5 years (last time was at our wedding) so this was such a fun visit! No one had ever met John-Paul of course, but they had also never met Bennett either! Bennett took to his cousin's right away which was good because virtually the first thing we did when they got here was go and take family pictures at the mall! It was an "adventure" but the end result was FANTASTIC!<br />
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After pictures we had dinner at the mall and just played around in a few stores having a great time! </div>
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Once home that night, there was a serious Nerf War! Perfect for family bonding!<br />
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After a full day at Disneyland (that our little part of the family did not participate in) Adam was able to get a couple days off work and we had a great time spending the day in San Diego!<br />
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No trip to downtown is complete without a trip to Sea Port Village and the <a href="http://upstartcrowtrading.com/">UpStart Crow</a> for a latte!<br />
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Next we headed to the World Famous San Diego Zoo and went straight for the bus tour where we used our "mobile command center" (aka <a href="http://www.bobgear.com/node/329/b">Bob Duallie</a>) as a mobile sandwich station ... it was actually totally rad and worked perfectly! </div>
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We went to the always fabulous <a href="http://www.el-indio.com/">El Indio</a> for dinner and Bennett fell sound asleep ... right on Adam's taco eating arm - Ha ha!<br />
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Once home for the evening, there had to be a Dr. Mario tournament ...<br />
(a family tradition I really enjoy now that I have had some time/years to practice)<br />
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... but there was also lots of baby playing, which was soon followed by, yet again...<br />
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... another Nerf War! (I think Uncle Adam was a bit of an instigator!)<br />
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The last day they were in town we took the fam to Richie's Diner for a late breakfast/ early lunch and continued to have a great time!<br />
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And just before they had to leave Bennett (and lets be honest ... everyone else too) was have a great time eating taffy! Always good to load up on sugar before a long trip! ha ha! </div>
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So even though it took me about 3 months to get around to blogging about it - we really did have the best time and are soooooo soooooo glad we were able to spend an excellent 4 days together! Hopefully next time we will be able to make it out to Texas!<br />
(and then probably <a href="http://www.clhowley.com/">Arkansas </a>... but I don't want to talk about that right now)<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-77014015991027960242012-06-04T08:47:00.000-07:002012-06-04T08:47:15.074-07:00Epic BattleI can't even begin to tell you how much I love these pictures!<br />
It makes my heart happy that my boys have such <a href="http://www.clhowley.com/">fun people</a> to play with and make memories with!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the little brother wins! </span><br />
I'm sure that made Brian a little extra happy as he grew up with older (and totally awesome) siblings too!Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-77255980080936146392012-05-26T23:03:00.000-07:002012-05-26T23:03:07.908-07:003, 4, 5 ....and just like that, I suddenly have a 5 month old who's sitting and talking up a storm and just the happiest little thing that can be!<br />
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But first we re-cap month 3 and 4 that got skipped due to having a 3 or 4 month old!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>3 Months:</u> </span></b><br />
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This was the month that he started liking his toys and crying when he dropped one!<br />
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This was also the month that we figured out how to help him not cry from 6 pm to 11 pm every night! Mommy stopped eating eggs and he stopped crying! It was pretty much a miracle!<br />
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He slept from 10 pm to 6am twice this month ... it didn't stick of course!<br />
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He started rolling onto his side from his back to reach for toys<br />
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This boy's personality can alive this month! He's totally a people person! Always wants some one to talk to!<br />
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Still haven't rolled over completely but the dr. said that's normal for big babies because they have a whole lot more weight to get moving!<br />
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He's 20 pounds and 27 inches this month!<br />
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Really enjoys sitting up on mommy's lap and is much, much happier when on his tummy!<br />
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He started sucking his thumb this month - it's adorable! He wraps his fingers around his nose and goes to town sucking on his thumb!<br />
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This month his personality has continued to blossom and he has actually become quite the ladies man! (He now has a number of little girls who love to kiss him and could care less about Bennett!)<br />
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Mr. Big Stuff still hasn't rolled over - well he did once, but it was an accident and he scared himself to death and hasn't done it again in the last two weeks!<br />
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John-Paul is however, all about putting his toes in his mouth and sitting up and "inch-worming" his way around his bed and the floor. He is also wearing 9 and 12 month clothes (depending on clothing brands and if he has a cloth or paper diaper on).<br />
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Despite what you may think from these pictures, he is actually the happiest when naked, and makes no attempt to hide his laughter durring diaper changes and showers!<br />
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Due to his extreme "girth" John-Paul is no longer in his infant bucket carseat. He officially moved up into Bennett's old carseat on the 5th of May when we got our "new-to-us" Honda Odyssey!<br />
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This last week he starting making the "Da-da-da" sound! It's very cute and he's very proud of himself and of course Daddy is loving it!!<br />
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Lastly, I'm pretty sure teething is in full swing ... as is brotherly bonding and mimicking!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If you missed <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2012/01/one-month.html">month 1</a> or <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2012/02/two-months.html">month 2</a> be sure to check out the cuteness! </span></div>Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-88240499834624962092012-05-12T12:15:00.000-07:002012-05-12T12:15:00.195-07:00Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went with a "sweater vest" esthetic this year!<br />
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Lunch out with Grandma ... silly boys! <br />
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Bennett got a fun Easter basket from Grandma! How can you beat Chuggington, Pooh Bear and Hot Wheel cars?! So perfect! <br />
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After everyone had a nap, we headed over to Grammy and Papa's for Easter part 2!<br />
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Bennett's Easter basket was a dump truck that was promptly emptied of all it's contents to be played with.<br />
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John-Paul's basket was filled with ducks and toys and the sweetest little lamb!<br />
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Auntie Brittany was more than happy to play with John-Paul's new toys with him!<br />
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And this last picture ... well, I can't stop laughing every time I look at it so I just wanted everyone else to see it too!<br />
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Seriously ... what is he thinking? His face is so funny!<br />
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Anyways, that was a bit of our Easter... but of course the most important part of Easter you can't take a picture of because the tomb is empty... He's not there!<br />
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Thank you Jesus for loving us so much that you became our Passover lamb!Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-52260648384855098662012-05-09T11:18:00.000-07:002012-05-09T11:18:00.450-07:00Bennett's 3rd Birthday {Part 3}So this was a super long time ago but I still wanted to blog it 'cause it was so much fun!<br />
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This party has been in the works for well over a year since we were invited to one last year and realized just how good of a deal it was and how easy it was! <a href="http://www.skyhighpartyzone.com/">Sky High Party Zone</a> is rad and I would totally recommend it to anyone wanting a great party for not a lot of money!<br />
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Showing me his best buds while his hair was still combed just before leaving for the party!<br />
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While waiting to go into the main room there was some Kung Fu Panda action going on!<br />
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His BFF "Liese"<br />
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Once inside there was so much to play with!<br />
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The giant slide was very, very popular!<br />
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I loved seeing the battles going on!<br />
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Lots of Bennett's friends are getting new brothers and sisters just like he recently did ... so there was also plenty of cuddling to be had in between jumping and playing!<br />
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Okay, it's really over, I promise ... Bennett's 3rd birthday was a full month of fun ... just like every birthday should be!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{You may remember the backyard from her brothers <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/10/caution-awesome-ness-ahead.html">construction zone party</a> back in October!}</span><br />
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So the story is that the birthday girl wanted to have a tea party and she wanted to play carnival games ... What came to life was magical!<br />
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Bennett wanted to take a picture with "his car" before it left and then waved to it the whole time he watched it drive away! <br />
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Bennett got to dress up like "Darth Mater" today and was breathing like him ... It was pretty awesome! John-Paul has a new cute "raspberry" blowing skill (however I don't think i can post a video from this app) and I got to hang out with two great ladies and their kids today. It really was a very peaceful day which was much appreciated! <br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-35833577666727164872012-03-16T23:12:00.001-07:002012-03-16T23:12:48.871-07:00Bennett's 3rd Birthday {Part 2}Part two of celebrating Bennett's 3rd year was on his actual birthday ... the 22nd of February.<br />
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We had quite the day!<br />
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Once Bennett decided on what he wanted for lunch {<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hambergers, french fries and ketchup - his words, not mine</span>} we were off to In-n-Out and then to Adam's work so eat lunch with Daddy!<br />
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After lunch John-Paul fell asleep on the way home so Bennett and I had some alone time for building trains and watching Chuggington before it was nap time.<br />
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For dinner Bennett picked his favorite foods - Salad, Ice cream and blueberries {<span style="font-size: x-small;">No joke, he would eat salad at every meal if we let him!</span>} so we prepared a salad bar complete with everything one would need for either a cobb or a chinese chicken salad ... it seemed to be a big hit will all the party attendees!<br />
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After dinner was presents ... the best part of any birthday party of course!<br />
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Once the inside presents were done we all had to take a trip down stairs for the last two gifts of wonder! It was absolute 3 year old wonderland ... a sand box and bike!<br />
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While dessert was being served Bennett got in some good play time with his new toys ...<br />
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{Yes, the above picture is Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker hugging ... Bennett has learned from Adam that they are father and son, thus they must hug each other - right?! Right!}<br />
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Happy Birthday was sung only <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2011/02/bennetts-birthday.html">once this year</a> and a good time was had by all ... especially Mr. Happy himself, John-Paul!<br />
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If you can believe it, there really is one more celebration ... stay tuned for part 3<br />
{If you missed <a href="http://elwer.blogspot.com/2012/02/bennetts-3rd-birthday-part-1.html">part 1</a> make sure to check it out!}Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-46971931777860428302012-03-12T22:07:00.000-07:002012-03-12T22:07:00.129-07:00ComparrisonsI know you aren't supposed to compare your kids to one another and that God has made each into their own unique and wonderful being ... but I'm not gonna lie, this is just kind of fun! :)<br />
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<br />Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110241368958560875.post-67929090192223578392012-03-09T07:33:00.000-08:002012-03-09T07:34:00.183-08:00Daddy TimeFor some reason or another life has been rather busy lately and John-Paul has of course been drug around with me to all the crazy ... but Adam and Bennett have been free as birds to go and have fun!<br />
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One night they went out to El Polo Loco for tacos and ice cream ... this was Bennett's first "cone" experience!<br />
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And due to a baby shower down in San Diego one weekend they got to have a fun outing to the Wild Animal Park!<br />
{<span style="font-size: x-small;">I know it's the Safari Park now ... I'm not good with change!</span>}<br />
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They looked so cute walking out of the park together, I just had to jump out of the car real quick and capture this sweet moment! <br />
{<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bennett's finger in Adam's ear just tops it off! ha ha! Gotta love a 3 year old!</span>}<br />
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Even though I am sad to miss out on these precious moments I know it is so good for Adam and Bennett to have their special time together and that makes me so happy for them both and so thankful to have such a great husband and sweet son!Sarah Elwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16139900766201990939noreply@blogger.com0