Mondays.

Eat your heart out, Uncle Isaiah. We get Mom's perfectly fabulous, made with lots of love breakfasts. Granted, you've got the beach . . . A little bit of a spring fever for the boys ended up in a car washing event.

Fitting right in.

Lukas

A good one of Sollie.

God always puts people in our lives that just reflect His goodness to us. We have wonderful brother and sisters in the Lord all around us. Thank you, for all these pictures, friends.

Lukas and Sollie

Dearest Sollie. Well, of course one question everyone keeps asking is, "how is Sollie doing?" It was so fun to see his reaction to Lukas. All the boys wanted to hold Lukas, so certainly so did Sollie. He wanted to have us hold him and put him close -- then he was content. He would just lean back and snuggle with him. Then when we would take him away he would start to fuss and want him back. Then the thumb went back in. It has been so fun.

LUKAS KOTTKE LEAMAN

Our sweet Lukas came to us on Jan. 26th, 2009. What a gift from the Lord! He is so wonderful and is just fitting in perfect with our little family. He is just perfect. This was his first bath moments after he was born. We couldn't believe his hair.

McDonald's

thanks Grandpa Kottke for the fries--a great end to a fun day!

Photo shoot take 1. This makes me laugh so hard.

Section 2: Photo Shoot with Grandma

More Playing

One cute Papa.

A little snack after all that playing.
Getting ready for a war. Anyone seen a little too much Prince Caspian lately?

Flying a kite with Daddy. (Did I really need to write that for you?)

That kept him occupied for a while.

Putting Grandma to work!!!!

Waiting days. . . waiting for Grandma Kottke and baby Leaman

Was Grandma trying to say something here?
Yippee, she finally made it. Grandma Kottke came and now everything is better in all our lives.

We were at the airport waiting the long expected Grandma. What a fun day.

Now, we spent lots of time doing "calm and qiet" activities--well, quiet is a relative term.

Sollie now fits right in. He gets down where his brothers are and chills. Hands behind his head, feet crossed, and of course belly hanging out.

Almost there

Zayin makes me laugh a lot. This time he was laughing trying to hug me. I loved it. He says it is getting pretty hard, and he can't reach around me anymore.

Some of my favorite moments.

Truly some of my favorite moments as a mom are those times I could have never planned or dreamed of --when I wish I could freeze everything. Depending on my sleep --things may be more sentimental at times and irritating at others. I think when I find these little things it makes me smile and enjoy life. These would be a few stuffed animals taking their bottles. Also, check out the tub toys. A few exciting battles are taking place.

Fun with Dad

We are thrilled to have had these few weeks with Daddy. Can you see everyone smiling?!? Doug, I love you .

"just what I wanted"

"Do we need to say much here. . . Tim and Darcy got Darius, 'just what I wanted'."

Leaman Family Christmas

We had the Washington Leamans all home for Christmas and Grandma and Grandpa spoiled us all. The kids all get a present from a cousin and the grandparents. Whoa, it was pretty exciting.
Titus . . . or Darth Vader.

Ok, the best part of this picture is Zayin's face. You cannot imagine how many speaches they have heard on "it truly is better to give than receive". So, when I saw this picture I was so happy.

A ball . . . no better gift for a little boy!!!!!