The Habegger Family: 2016

Saturday, July 23, 2016

june 2016...

June... strawberry picking at Stuckey Farms, L's first dance recital (can you tell which one she is in that lineup?), celebrating my birthday in New York, Father's Day, water squirting, cousin playing, and tire swinging.

may 2016...

May... My favorite Saturday in May donning our Derby hats.

Lauren decided to play soccer this year. It was truly a riot to watch little 4-year olds play but she enjoyed it and learned some. She especially enjoyed running off the field to get a drink of water and getting silly with her teammates.

Wrestle mania happened every. single. game.

Mother's Day with my sweet babes.

Our little lunch date following Lauren's last day of preschool.

My parents brought us their antique high chair because Rices can't part with anything. Miles promptly claimed it as his own little throne.

Some randoms. The boys got really into walking to/from school in May. Garbage truck watching, slack-lining, and deck pool swimming.

Last day of school. Peace out!

We spent Memorial Day weekend in both Berne and Ft. T. While in the Fort, we celebrated my dad's birthday all together.

Our May ended on a sad note. Over Memorial Day weekend our sweet Archie became sick, and ultimately we lost him on Memorial Day. He was such a sweet part of our family and we are still missing him a lot. We do, however, have so many happy and funny memories of our googley eyed bully.

april 2016...

Our April started with Spring Break. We took a little trip to Nashville for some Lu and Kurt time. Lucie treated us to a great hike nearby where we saw nearly every type of wildlife imaginable (so it seemed). We also mini-golfed which was quite a hit. It was hard to find a place, though. Whatever happened to those Putt Putt places?

The other half of Spring Break was spent in Berne visiting grandparents, feeding goats, and playing outside a lot with cousins. April was a very weird weather month (note the t-shirts and winter coats during the same week).

After school started back up, we were doing a lot of construction and digging around our house, turning over every rock to look for worms.

The boys had to wear pajamas for one of their spirit days so they both needed new jammy pants (ummm, their regular pjs are so not school acceptable). John modeled his Star Wars pants.

My mom came for a visit and Lauren jumped in puddles, played tea party with her girls (Barbies), and jumped in more puddles. Oh, and snuggles with my M.

We closed out April with a 40th birthday trip to Las Vegas. We spent some serious pool time, did a little gambling, had some excellent food, saw Elton John, and hiked at Red Rock Canyon.

I don't want to forget!

Lauren's little Fred Flintstone toes (they are all the same length). (March 2012)
Every night Miles insists on being tucked in with several blankets - the Johnny blanket and the Lauren blanket (made for each of his siblings), the Lolly blanket (made for him by Lolly), and the bunny blanket (made by his great grandma). We can hardly see him after he's tucked in! (March 2012)
How soft Lauren's skin is. How quickly her little fingernails grow. All the magic that is a little babe. Especially since this quiet sleeping child will turn into a mobile tornado in the not too distant future. (February 2012)
The way that John runs into me at full force and buries his head into my legs. Good thing it's pants weather because my pants are always covered in snot. (January 2012)
Miles sometimes will raise his hand and wait for us to address him before telling us something. (January 2012)
My little Miles coming around the corner into our bedroom yesterday saying "Happy Birthday, Mommy" with a big smile on his face. He proceeded to tell me lots more times during the day (and even first thing this morning). (June 2011)
The boys stayed in Berne last week. Grandma came out to find Miles on the phone. She asked who he was calling and he said "Bearsie." (June 2011)
Miles loves to say prayers at night. I sit beside him and fold my hands. He slides his little hands inside of mine, and he mouths the prayer right along with me. (May 2011)
Miles has been so excited about the Christmas lights this year. He loves to go to the front windows and holler for us to turn on the outside lights. He points out every house that we pass with lights - "Lights, Lights!" (December '10)
Miles has started to take real pride in helping out around the house. He loves to carry his plate to the sink and gets the cutest look on his face. His eyes get really big and he turns his mouth into a little "o." (October '10)
The way it feels to hold and rock my boys (when they let me). (September '10)
Miles is working on pumping his legs while he swings. It's so cute - he moves them like he's running in the air. (September '10)
The first thing Miles does in the morning is run into John's room and either try to climb into the crib with him or give him kisses if he's already up. (September '10)
One of my most favorite times of day is right after both boys wake up from their afternoon naps. John and I go into Miles room and crawl into bed with him. We lie around and read books for awhile. (August '10)
John squeals the tarzan call right back at Miles now. Sometimes he covers his ears when Miles gets too loud. (August '10)
John has started to give "hugs" and "kisses." The big, open mouthed, slobbery kind. (August '10)
Miles LOVES Sesame Street. At the end of this "Play With Me, Sesame" show, Grover gives this great fake laugh. EVERYTIME, Miles finishes the show with "heh, heh, heh." It's so funny and cute - don't want to forget his sweet little sense of humor! (August '10)
We're working on appropriate voice projection (speaking up when talking to others, quieting down when hollering in John's ears, etc). Today at the pool Miles walked into the snack shack and started talking to the guys behind the counter rattling off what he wanted to eat for lunch at an appropriate volume. Never mind that we weren't staying. Nice effort, though. (June '10)
The way John looks at Miles and lights up. Miles was making his funny tarzan call while I was changing John the other day. He couldn't take his eyes off of his big brother and smiled that whole face smile I love! (May '10)
We asked Miles who his best friend was expecting the answer to be YaYa. To our surprise he replied, "Onna." Since that first time, it has gone back and forth between Onna and YaYa. (April '10)
Our nephew, Brady, found a baby turtle yesterday. When my father-in-law asked him what he wanted to name it, Brady replied, "John, because he is tiny and cute." (April '10)
Miles' Tarzan call. Our neighbors can hear it through the windows! It disappeared while Archie was gone and came back in full force once he returned.
When waking up or dozing off to sleep, Miles practices his vocals. Lately he runs through the roster of his family: Mommy, Daddy, YaYa (his doggie lovey, "Captain Yapper"), and sometimes Archie. Glad to know that we do come before YaYa. (December 09)
Miles has picked up a very rude habit lately that just cracks us both up. A certain nameless person around here drinks the remains of the cereal bowl at breakfast. Miles has started to do this and thinks he's a hoot! (August 09)
Miles loves to "touch noses." Today I caught him touching noses with himself in the mirror. (March 09)
I just finished reading a new book to Miles. As soon as I had read the last page, he promptly started clapping like "nice narration, mama." (March 09)
Last week Josh noticed that beggar Archie would sit right beneath Miles while he ate, growl when he wanted a bite, and Miles would nonchalantly reach down and hand him a piece of dinner. When Archie wanted another bite, he'd growl again and Miles would again feed him from his hand. (March 09)
While driving the other afternoon, Miles kept saying Mama mama mama. When I would look back at him, he'd smile and clap. (January 09)
Miles has discovered pushing off of things. Like at lunch the other day, his highchair was on wheels and he pushed back into the middle of the restaurant. He did the same thing with the kitchen table at home. (January 09)