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Great Grandma Eula Mae Spicer (whom SB is named after) passed away on Jan. 29. She was 85! She lived a life of service to the Lord! She truly was a Proverbs 31 woman to the tee! We surely are missing her and will continue to miss her each day but we have confidence that she is with sweet Jesus having a jolly good time worshiping Him! We sported our best for her "home going celebration of life" service! She would be so proud of her little sweeties looking their best for her! :)


I celebrated my 28th birthday this past Saturday! Yay! It's hard to believe that I'm 28! What's even harder for me to believe is my senior class will have our 10 year reunion in May! What the flip?! I'm so thankful though for these 28 years of life. I'm thankful that the Lord Jesus has been with me all those years, teaching me and guiding me! What a blessing! He has blessed me beyond belief and I'm so undeserving but very very thankful! I'm excited about serving him this year! On a simpler note Jared says I'm having a late twenties crisis! lol! (He's totally joking btw! He jokes like that! :) I colored my hair dark, started a new workout program and have been tanning! ha! Really I'm happier than ever and loving life! God is good! Oh and if you were wondering what the new darker hair looks like, well... here ya go:

My little man has had rsv (ugh) this week. It's the dreaded illness that i've feared since SB was born! it wasn't too bad until he began running fever on Monday. We took him to the doctor on Tues. and I just knew he would need to be admitted to the hospital! He was just pitiful! After a chest x-ray and some blood work we discovered he had an ear infection along with the rsv! I was very thankful that was what was causing the fever and not pneumonia! God is good and Axl is doing much better! PTL! Little miss started running fever last night... you know that's how it goes! Took her to the doctor today and she too has RSV! But who says you can't have fun with RSV! lol! Love my sweet kiddos! They are so good even when they're sick!

6 months!

Sweet Axl turned 6 months old last week (1-26-12)! I'm just getting around to posting due to the passing of Jared's sweet grandma this past Sunday. It's been a bitter sweet week around here. I'll post all about Jared's grandma soon but for now I'll stick with our little six month old!

Height: 26 1/2 inches
Weight: 19 lbs 3.5 ounces of rolly pollyness! :)
Food: All kinds of stuff! Carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, peas, rice cereal, bananas and some meat. He loves it all! Formula -Enfamil A.R. for babies who Spit (about 4-6 ounces every 3 or 4 hours).
Sleep: Wow! Sleeping has been something else lately! He usually goes to sleep around 7:30 for the night. But then, he has been waking a few times each night and not going back to sleep until he gets a bottle or just wants to stay awake for a bit! What the flip? lol! However, the past couple of nights he seems to be sleeping much better and slept until 6:15 and then last night 4:15. Much better than waking 2 or 3 times a night! It's time to get out of the nap nanny and into the crib but he's so spoiled to it! I've got a feeling i'm going to be one tired momma this next week trying to break him in! ;)
Clothes: 9-12 months size 3 shoes
New stuff: sitting up on his own pretty good he still needs something behind him because sometimes he likes to swing back all the sudden! Pulls to standing! He loves to stand! Still wobbly but sometimes he can balance himself for a couple of seconds without support! He is scooting around a little when on belly. He's not too big of a fan of tummy time though. This is exactly how spicer was. He gets pretty frustrated when he is trying to get a toy and can't! He looks like a sky diver a lot of the time! lol! Sometimes it sounds like he's saying mama when he's upset!
Favorites: He loves big sister! He enjoys Praise Baby and Baby Einstein. Loves his swing! He likes his exersaucer and sit and play. He has started going for toys during tummy time. He can roll from back to belly. He has rolled from belly to back but nothing consistent. He's just pretty darn easy to please! Such a laid back boy! He loves to squeal! and we love hearing him squeal! Oh and he loves loves loves giving open mouth kisses on the cheek! Mommy loves this too! so so sweet! He's rather stand than do anything else!

*We had a good check up this month. Dr. Jon always says how social and happy he is! He always says how social he will be as a child! Dr. Jon is referring us to a physical therapist to help stretch out his neck. He tends to hold it to one side (a result of sleeping the same way every night in the nap nanny, another reason we must bid farewell to our good friend). Other than that we'll go to children's in april to have his bump scanned to know for sure what it is. Not looking forward to that. He will need to be sedated. God is good. He is faithful. and I know he'll take care of it!

Thank you Jesus for a happy healthy baby boy! We adore you Axl Joe! :) You just fit right in with us!

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up on the mountain

we headed up to mt. magazine for a few days this week. and man do we love it up there! it was completely foggy and rainy the entire time but we didn't mind, to us that made it extra cozy. we cuddled by the fire, roasted marshmallows, made crafts, baked cookies and a pie, swam, ate some yummy food, napped and ate some more yummy food! and the best part was that we did it all together as a family! i'm so thankful for all the awesome times we get to share together. building our family unit. it's the best! :)

a little branson action

It's no secret that the Fowler family loves us some Branson! :) So, naturally, we headed up there for a little weekend getaway when daddy said, "lets go!"

We thought it would be fun to take SB to an indoor waterpark and we were right! She loved it! And we loved it! I just love playing with that little sweetie! She's so much fun! It was Axl's first time in a pool and he loved it. The first time he only had a swimmer on and pretty much turned blue because he was so cold! yikes! He and I ended up snuggling and just watched big sister and daddy play. The next time we were more prepared. Daddy got him some swim trunks and he wore a shirt! He loved it! He's such a laid back kid! Just a perfect fit for our family!

We are so thankful for these awesome times with our family! Thankful for all these wonderful memories! Love them so much and praise the Lord for them! :)


playtime at the landing... can't go to branson without a little "Cantina Laredo!"


breakfast at Cracker Barrel... Hands down, one of my favorite places for breakfast!

camera lens was fogged up...

so... i felt like blogging today! lol!

It's been a while for me! A while since i've consistently blogged. I guess I just haven't been in the mood lately or really since Mr. Axl was born! ha! I'd say that I didn't have the time but if I really wanted to blog, I'd make time. So, I guess it suites best to say, "I just haven't really felt like it!" ha! There is so so much to blog about though so I need to get. in. the. mood! Oh and I should probably change my blog background since Christmas is long gone! I'll get around to that soon. hopefully!

These are some recent pictures of some of our activities and here's a summary. lol!
It's been unseasonably warm around here so we've played outside a. lot! Spicer loves it and Axl loves it! He will just sit in his stroller FOREVER and watch me and SB play! It's awesome! Saturday Spicer Beth got her ears pierced! She had been asking to do
it for a while so we went ahead with it! They looked so so pretty and she loved them. But. Yesterday one of them started to get red, swollen and painful so we had to take them out. :( Guess we'll try again another time. On another note Axl is growing like an overgrown weed! lol! He's huge! He weighed 18 lbs 2 ounces over a week ago! I'm curious to see what he'll weigh at his six month check up! I think a good third of his weight is in his head! His got one big noggin! lol! :) Rolly. Polly! and we love it! He is loving standing up! He squats then stands and can even stand up on his own while leaning on something! He's got some beefy muscled up legs! :) We went to the dentist yesterday for SB's second check-up/cleaning. That kid loves it! I absolutely hate getting my teeth cleaned but my daughter is in heaven during her cleaning! ha! Life is good! I'm feeling a lot more like myself these days. The ol' bp is headin on down and back to normal. PTL! Still on med. just not near as much as I was. I'm getting back into working out (Turbo Fire with Chalean Ray) and love it! Also, been cooking and eating super healthy. So. I think that is helping contribute to the overall state of well being! lol! Getting closer with my Savior after a little drought time. That definitely makes a big difference! If I haven't had my Jesus time, you really don't want to be around me. Heck! I don't want to be around myself! God is good! He is Faithful! And we are thankful!

5 months!

Height: N/A
Weight: 17 lbs. 2 ounces (last week)
Food: Enfamil A.R. for babies who Spit. Rice cereal in the a.m. and a vegetable in the evening. He drinks 4-6 ounces of formula every 3 hours or so during the day.
Sleep: He is sleeping through the night. Our schedule has been a little more lax lately due to the holidays so his bed time has changed each night. One night it may be 7 and the next 9. Last night he went to sleep at 6:30 and woke at 7:00 this morning. He usually sleeps 11 hours or so. But maybe he'll start sleeping 12 hours like last night! :) He has been waking up some because he's been a little sick with a sinus/ear infection. But he always go back to sleep easily. Still loving his nap nanny! Such a good baby!
Clothes: 6-9 months and size 3 shoes.
Favorites: He loves big sister! He loves to just sit in his car seat by the window and play with a toy. He likes to try to pull things apart! This is hilarious! It's almost like he's working out! ha! He gets sweaty from it! He enjoys Praise Baby and Baby Einstein. Loves his swing now! PTL! ha! He likes his exersaucer and sit and play. He has started going for toys during tummy time. He can roll from back to belly. He has rolled from belly to back but nothing consistent. He's just pretty darn easy to please! Such a laid back boy! He loves to squeal! and we love hearing him squeal! Oh and he loves loves loves giving open mouth kisses on the cheek! Mommy loves this too! so so sweet! He loves to stand while we hold his hands. Wow! He's came a long way from an itty bitty newborn babe!

God is good! Can't wait to see what new things he'll do this month!

*Went to Children's Hospital this month to have his bump on his forehead checked out. Dr. said it was either a dermoid cyst or another hemangioma under the skin (both very common). Will schedule a CT scan to check and see which of the two it is. Either way, not a big deal at all and no rush to get it seen about. Very thankful for this!