Our Invisible String

Monday, June 24, 2013

Petting Zoo

As you'll see in the video, Sheldon wasn't too impressed by the goats. Silly boy.

Tyler and his buddy were so proud of themselves for catching one of the chickens that was loose.

Sheldon loved the bunny and kept leaning over and kissing it. So sweet.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Chris and Tyler have been trying to catch a Large Mouth Bass for almost two years now with no luck. On May 11th they took the boat out on the lake our neighborhood backs up to. They not only caught their very first Large Mouth but it was HUGE!!!

Sheldon has been watching his big brother fish for months now.

So Chris decided to buy him his very first fishing pole. He was surprisingly very excited.

Sheldon wants to do anything he sees others doing.

Chris took the big boys fishing so I could get some rest at home with Levi.

It was dinner time but that didn't stop Sheldon from fishing :)

Connect Four

There will probably be more videos of Sheldon than photos for a while. He is a very busy boy right now and getting a decent photo is a bit of a challenge. I was sitting in the rocking chair feeding Levi last night. The big brothers were so adorable playing together I couldn't resist recording them on my cell phone. I love Sheldon's sweet laugh.

Warning: Some of you might not find this video as funny as Tyler and I do.

There is no BUDDY like a brother.

Levi came fast and furious. We left the house at 6:41 am and he was born at 8:06 am. Everything happened so quickly I didn't get an epidural. Which is absolutely frightening if you know what a wimp I am about pain. Fortunately he arrived after just five pushes.

I posted a few photos on facebook and announced his arrival.

Through the magic of facebook, my friend shared a post on my wall about a local photographer looking for a newborn to photograph with siblings for FREE. I messaged her immediately and asked "My son was born this morning, is that newborn enough?" She ended up coming to our house on Wednesday and taking some adorable photos.

Since it was a FREE photo shoot and multiple families were interested, we didn't get to choose the time. It was just before Sheldon's afternoon nap time so we had a VERY short window to get photos of all three boys.

I was thrilled when I saw this photo. It may look like Sheldon was posing nicely but he was only sitting like this for a split second.

Most of the photos were more like these two.

She even managed to get a cute shot when Sheldon was literally climbing all over the place like a monkey. I wish I had known Tyler's wall would be in the background. I painted the one wall with magnetic paint and all Tyler's photos and posters could have easily been taken down. But I'm sure the photographer, Crystal, assumed they were tacked down.

After Sheldon laid down for his nap, Crystal continued to take photos of Tyler and Levi.

Thank you Crystal Ball Photography for capturing such precious memories.

She provided us with a copyright release so you are welcome to save and print any of her photos.

Memorial Day

My brother shared the same middle name as my grandfather. Unfortunately they also both died serving their country and both left behind 3 children. My grandfather died in France when my grandmother was still pregnant with my dad. On his death bed he wrote a letter to my grandma asking her to take care of his son. She had not told him she was pregnant because she didn't want him to worry and obviously back then you didn't know the baby's gender until delivery. I've had the pleasure of reading the actual letter. I'm so thankful for the Lord's tender mercies.