Watching her grow!!!!

Last night my sister in law asked me "Can Abby get any cuter?"
my response was "No I don't think this house can contain any more cuter!!!"
I admit, when I watch my 3 year old it is a new adventure every time!
And Madilyn is starting to develop a personality (more than just crying whenever something isn't right). She is starting to make noises and smile and even giggle from time to time.

So all of this leads me to think:

What my life is going to look like in 3 years????

I am just glad that God is the one who is in charge!!!

Well, here are some new photos & I hope everyone had a nice valentine's day!

Thanks for reading

~ Justin

New Night time photos

Rebecca and I are going away for a much needed get away to Annapolis. So I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day... and Thanks for reading

~Justin

Fun weekend....

Baltimore has warmed up a lot (was up to 68 on Saturday and Sunday)

So we all went to the park (dogs too)

I am not sure who had more fun Abby or Rebecca!!!

We had a nice youth group session last night

And I got some neat shots of the moon!

Well, Thanks for reading

~Justin

Recap of Rounds 2 & 3????

Round 2: "Abby has a standing 8 count"

I was attempting to get Madilyn to fall asleep and some time around 1 am I hear the wonderfully sweet voice of Abby cry out "Mommy!, Mommy!!, Mommy!!!" By the third mommy I was able to put Madi down make into Abby's room (I didn't want Becca to wake up). She had to go potty! So off we went and back into bed. Then I knew what was coming...
Abby started to say "My head hurts... My tummy hurts" So I prayed for her head and said that I could get her some water.. She refused and went back to bed... That was about I can recall from 2 nights ago!




Round 3: "Daddy gets knocked down"

So last night I was extremely tired and I went to bed early (for me that is 11 pm). Becca stayed up to get Madilyn to sleep... Some time around 3:30 am Rebecca came up stairs to wake me up and explained the situation.. Rebecca had been down there to help Abby do the usual. And upon coming back to bed Abby told mommy "there's rumbley in my tummy!!!" So Rebecca thought quickly and said "I will send Daddy down to talk to you!"
So as I am getting out of bed I say "So you have set a trap for me?"
"Daddy makes the rules!" Rebecca replied and back to sleep she went.
So I went down stairs and I hear these words come out of my daughter's mouth!

"I am starving!" and I replied you aren't starving...
normally my reply to that statement is "Kids in Africa are starving, you are hungry"
But Abby interrupted me and said "I am very, very hungry"
So after bartering with my three old... I said you can only have one thing... Milk or graham cracker! (It was right about here that i heard the ref getting to 5, 6, 7...)
I got her some hot milk and everyone back to sleep!!!

I think Abby took round 3!!!
Thanks for reading
~Justin

Round One Goes To?

So last night things went pretty well!
After dinner we sat Abby down on the couch and explained the new rules...
The only three reasons why we are coming into her room:

1. She needs to go potty
2. She needs some water (when she goes potty)
3. She needs to pray because of a bad dream

We had her repeat the new rules back to me
We also went over our normal routine
I said, "Who makes the Rules?"
"You do", replied Abby
"And who follows the rules?"
"Abby Does", Abby said.

So the moment of truth came and PRAISE THE LORD, SHE SLEPT THE WHOLE NIGHT!!! Now I am not going to get too ahead of ourselves but I think the Judges gave round one to me! Now we just have to get this one to sleep better!!!! Although she looks tougher!!!

Thanks for Reading
~Justin

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!

In this corner we have the Challenger....

She stand 3 feet tall and weighs 30 pounds...
Her strength = Total Cuteness

And in this corner we have the one that she is Challenging!!!

He stands 5'10'' and weighs way more than 30 pounds...
His strength = He thinks he is in charge and makes the rules!!!!

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!

Sorry for the silliness but the last couple of nights I have begun to realize something;

My daughter Abby is waging war against the idea of sleeping... This is how the night usually goes:
1st: 8-9 p.m. Abby's shows (and hot milk with some sorta snack)

2nd: Brush teeth and go potty

3rd: Chase Abby into bed

4th: We sing (Jesus Loves me), We pray (she is learning how to pray) and read a book

5th: ABBY STARTS WITH ALL THE EXCUSES IN THE WORLD...(Will you rub my back?" I'm thirsty...I'm missing something on my bed...)

6th: Abby will wake up 2-3 times a night in need of something:

"Abby's tummy hurts" = She is hungry!!!

"Abby's elbow, head, throat, back and (today's newest ) toes hurt" = Anything I can use to prolong me sleeping or whatever I can say to get Dad to sleep on the futon with me...

7th: "Abby has to go potty" = Snack that she got in the middle of the night

Until this point I haven't put up much of a fight and I have kind of passed it off as cute. Well, last night I started to fight back. I am thinking that things are going to get a little rough in the coming weeks... I will keep you posted!

Thanks for reading

~Justin

MAN NIGHT and New Photos

Alright so here is the video (pictures) of the bowling... We had fun anyway!!!



Sorry if it seems that i haven't written a lot lately. I have been running our church's website and I had no idea what I was getting myself into... Yikes! Anyway, I have still be taking photos and here are a couple of them... Thanks for staying tuned in...
~Justin