The Craigs: July 2014

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Conversations With John- 2 weeks old

Proof he has been smiling from birth. This is John at 2 weeks old. Excuse the blurry picture, I was laughing trying to get the shot!

checking out his Papa

i love his eyes! They take in everything with such wonder and awe.

MM says that Papa isn't her favorite anymore. John is :) Jason teased her back saying "I thought you wanted a sister!" She said, "I do! But he is just too cute!"

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Edited Birth Pics, Part 1

i use my blog/google to back up my pics. so please excuse all the duplicates!

How they have grown

These pics were taken a few days before the baby came. Aren't my little ones getting big?

"Mommy, look how high I am!"

"Swing me Papa! higher!" Peter is our daredevil.

Half baby, half toddler.

We can't get enough of his chunky legs!

Henry really has grown into a big boy. Here is his new photo smile. yeah, we are working on it.

My boys keep me on my toes.

Peter imitates everything his big brother does,. Here he is imitating Henry's photo smile. And yes, Peter is ALWAYS dirty. AND naked.

First let me say, MM has been looking forward to being five for a long time. My little girl was so excited for her birthday to come and we had a great day celebrating and thanking God for our little girl. For her birthday she said she wanted to go "hunting for gold." I wondered how she had heard about going mining for gold, but went ahead and searched for gold mining places close by. Upon further investigation, I realized that she knew nothing about the process of mining for gold, she simply wanted to go "hunting for gold" outside because apparently gold is everywhere, and you just have to go looking for it. I thought this was too precious. My parents came down and we went to a gold mine and everyone had a great time. The kids loved running their pans through the water and finding their jewels. There was also a great river there and the kids threw rocks and wadded.

For her birthday cake, she specifically wanted a cheesecake made by one of our friends, (and milk maid,) Mya. So our milk maid friends came (and one of them made her a sweet wreath of flowers to wear on her head), and our neighbors came (MM thinks that Samuel is so fun!) and we sang and ate cake.

Our Margaret Mary at 5 is free spirited, inventive, creative, confident, independent, caring, silly, innocent and full of life. She delights us, inspires us and brings us much joy. We begin home school in August and I am so excited to learn and study with her.