We love going back to Aly to visit everyone. Josh had the opportunity to preach last Sunday at Aly. The girls love going back to see all their friends and we can't think of a nicer group of people to be in church with.

By the way, Kendall DID NOT wear that to church. As soon as the service was over she ran out to the car and changed clothes! LOL

Pictures:

Reagon and Megan...her best friend at Aly

Kendall, Lexi and Harli

Auntie and Jed

Megan, Reagon, Jed, Kendall, Sarah, Grace

Saturday night Papa Rog & Memaw Teresa treated us to supper at the Pizza Shack with April and Greg and the girls. I think we laughed the entire time. Jed was so good.....He is getting better at sitting in his high chair when we eat instead of wanting to be held. Here are some pictures....I had about 20 of Josh looking like he was about to die from laughter! Teresa said the next time we call an order in ahead of time for "The Harpers" they may clear out the place! LOL

We all met at Nanny and Poppi's house last Friday night. As you can see from the pictures, it was a full house. I can't help but laugh at the pictures of Sophie crying because Misti is holding Jed! I tried my best to get all three babies to sit on the couch for a picture but it never happened! Kendall had fun pushing the babies around in the plastic tote. They are growing up fast! By Christmas, all three will be walking around and Nanny will have to childproof her house!

Actually, It's Aubrianna Grace Wendland but I love the way she pronounces it!

Poppa Rog and Nana Memaw kept the girls (Aubri and Ava) this weekend, so early Saturday morning we went over to play. After playing and taking a swim in the pool, Aubri came home with Kendall to play at our house. I had gone grocery shopping (leaving Josh home with 3 little ones) so when I made it home, Josh helped me unload the car and left in a flash! LOL Kendall's Mimi picked her up to spend the night so that left just Aubri and Jed. I thought this would be the perfect time for a photo shoot! LOL What was I thinking? I probably looked hilarious trying to get them to pose and keep Jed from falling and keep Aubri from running away. I finally convinced her that she was a princess and I needed to take princess pictures. She looked at me with the most serious look and said "I can't be a princess...I don't have a crown or magic wand!". She may be only 3 but she can talk like a lawyer! So, I loaded up Jed in the stroller and we went searching through the storage bldg for my cedar chest. After about 20 minutes of digging, I found my homecoming crown. We couldn't find a magic wand but I found a long artificial rose so it suddenly became "my magic fwower". The pictures didn't turn out like I had hoped, but it was fun anyway. Jed never smiled one time until after the "photo shoot" when I put him in his swing and then he was all smiles! It's a good thing I don't take pictures for a living or we would be in trouble!

Want to know the fastest way to make my husband mad? LOL

The girls and I waited as long as we could but finally gave in after 9 months and dressed up Jed. I won't go into details but let's just say we had fun for about 5 minutes until Josh figured out what all the giggling was about. He was not too happy with us and I'm sure it will be a WHILE before we do it again!! LOL

But wasn't he cute!!!!!!!!

Jed is nine months old today! What a fun age!
He is crawling all over our house. We really have to watch him closely because he can sure get away from us fast. He can go from crawling to sitting and then pull up on the furniture. He is also standing for a few seconds alone. I think he will walk soon!

Still saying Daddda and Byebye! No Momma yet but we are working on that!

Waves ByeBye

No teeth yet but he sure is teething like crazy!

Loves to eat! His favorite babyfood is Apples & Chicken and Pumpkin & Pears.
Favorite snack: Blueberry bites by Gerber
Learning to drink water from a sippy cup
When he sees me open up a jar of baby food he starts making "MMmmm MMmmm" sounds!

Does not like to take a nap and doesn't like bedtime. He will fight sleep so hard until he finally just gives it up and crashes! Sleeping all night...11pm until 8am..wish we could move it up to 8pm!

Loves his sisters! He is very partial to Reagon. If she is anywhere close to Jed, he will pull for her and wants to be carried. Kendall is his entertainer. She will dance and play in front of his babybed to keep him happy.

Jed gives lots of "lovin" or "sugar". We will say "Give us sugar" and he will plant a big wet open mouth on our cheeks!

What a sweet little boy we have!

My friend Sabrina and I can't seem to stay away from Magic Springs! I think we like it as much as the kids do. We decided to take the girls one more time before school started. I won't tell all about Sabrina making me go down the new slides...even though she knows I am deathly afraid of heights! Sasha said she could hear me screaming all the way down!! LOL We had a great time and I'm sure we will go back a few more times before it closes.

((Josh and Jed stayed home to paint dogs for the field trial...they miss out on all the girl fun!))

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My sister Alissa finally has internet service at her new house so she is blogging again. She posted some sweet pictures of the kids today!


Love this picture Alissa took of Jed and Taylor Ann. She took this on the day she watched him while the girls and I went to Magic Springs.

After our trip to Magic Springs last weekend, the girls slept in late on Saturday morning. They finally rolled out of bed around 10am wanting pancakes and ready to watch their show. The morning revolved around watching the High School Musical 2 premiere they had dvr'd the night before. I have to admit, I enjoyed the movie too! After the movie, we all grabbed our bathing suits and hit the pool over at Nana Memaw and Papa Rog's house. They were in Branson for the weekend so they missed out on all the screaming and splashing. Kendall thought she was just as big as they were and sure tried to keep up with everything they were doing.

I look up EVERYTHING we eat now to see if it is safe for Jed. Today I decided to check on Cheerios. This is what I found.......................................

My best pal!” Taylor Heaton smiles as she clutches a box of Cheerios at her grandparent’s home (Phil and Janet Mohr) in Osgood.

Why are Cheerios a girl’s best pal? The question is simple, yet complex. Taylor has a severe allergy to peanuts and peanut products, and Cheerios is peanut free.

The allergy controls the lives of the Heaton family, Christi and husband Bruce, and their other daughter, Brooke, who is age 6. “Everything we do revolves around whether a product has any trace of peanuts or tree nuts in them,” noted Christi.

Trace Adkins, country music giant, will be the honorary chair at the “Moving Toward a Cure” walk in Indianapolis. “This is a cause I’m very much involved with,” he noted. His daughter was diagnosed with peanut allergy at 18 months of age. “So, I know firsthand how important FAAN’s efforts to increase funding for food allergy research are.”

Monies raised from the walk event could make the difference between life or death. It could mean a simpler life for those with peanut allergies. According to information from an article in The New York Times, there is a new drug being tested that could provide better quality of life for those who suffer from the allergy. A shot could be administered that would create a “buffer” zone. This means if patients accidently come in contact with, or ingest peanut products, they could survive. With an estimated 1.5 million people in the United States suffering from the allergy to peanuts, the news is good.

With Jed's food allergies we are super careful of everything that he eats. I read online several dishes that were safe and after label reading what I had in my kitchen, we decided that spaghetti would be ok for him to try. Boy, did he love it! He ate so much I thought he would get sick. He also tried watermelon for the first time and loved it too! Josh gave him a bath after supper while I cleaned the kitchen but after hearing Jed laugh so much during his bath I decided to grab my camera and get some pictures. Wish I had put it on video..he laughed the whole time at Josh. Looks like we will be having spaghetti more often.