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‎{Luke loves his lambies (3 of them) and he lost one (his favorite) for a couple days}
Luke: Mommy! Guess what? I FOUND MY LAMBIE!!!! It was in Taylor's basket! {jumping up and down} I'm so excited and happy, I FINALLY found my lambie! He missed me so much. He was scared without me. {walks away hugging the lambie, comes back}
Luke: Mom, you remember the shepherd who lost the one sheep? And he searched and he searched and he loved that one lambie. AND THEN HE FOUND IT! That's like me and my lambie! I'm SOOOO happy I finally found him! {then he went and looked for the story in his bible and "read" it.} :)

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Taylor: What's gonna be at the farm show?
Me: Lots of animals and maybe some tractors, farm stuff.
Luke: Lambies and Sheep! Cause I LOVE Lambies and Sheep!
Taylor: Are there gonna be Bunnies and Kitties there? Cause I LOVE bunnies and kitties.
Me: I don't know we'll see.
Taylor: I bet there will be pink bunnies with dresses on, just like mine and they will be SOOOO CUTE!
Luke: I hate to tell ya Taylor, but real bunnies don't wear dresses and I've never seen a pink one.
Taylor: Luke be quiet. There is so.
Luke: Mom, can you tell her real bunnies don't wear dresses. :)

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Luke: Mom, what kinda bread is this? {showing me play food}
Me: Type of bread called a baguette.
Luke: Ya know, this is the kind of bread that Jesus and the disciples ate together.

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Taylor: I'm putting my wings on and I'm gonna fly way high, the whole way to heaven and you won't be able to reach me.
Luke: Yeah, we're going all by ourselves mom.
Me: What are you going to do there?
Luke: Well Jesus and God are hungry, so we're gonna take some food up to them.
Me: Really? What do they like to eat?
Taylor: Cookies.
Luke: And Pasta. We're gonna have dinner with them. :)

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At just 11 weeks, I felt this baby moving...thought I was nuts but the nurse asked me if I felt movement because she felt him/her while checking the heart rate...and now at just 16 weeks I can see my belly moving from the outside. Crazy.

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{the last part of Taylor's prayer last night...of course after listing off as many names as we'd possibly let her}
Taylor: I want to pray that Jesus would protect us from our enemies. And pray that Jesus would help me obey Mama and Daddy and that Jesus would give Mama and Daddy wisdom for decisions with the house and that Luke Michael Bair would love me. :) {♥ this girl}

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{completely out of the blue} Luke: Mommy, do you know Jesus loves you ALL the time JUST the way you are because he made you? {I love when they take me off guard like that...I also love chasing them with the vacuum while they scream and run around, good times}

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{Realized that Luke gave Ali, our dog more food which I didn't think he could reach, after explaining that they shouldn't feed Ali more than what I give him...} Luke: He was hungry Mom, so I got him some food. Taylor: {As she's hand feeding the dog} Mom, we have to feed him, we're babysitting him. :)

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Luke: Taylor, may I have one of your animal crackers please?
Taylor: Sigh, You may have ONE more. Do you understand me? ONE more and then that's it, Okay?
Luke: Okay, can I have the camel.
Taylor: Sure, here's the camel, isn't he cute?
Luke: Thanks Taylor! {few minutes pass}
Luke: Taylor, may I have one more of your animal crackers, please?
Taylor: Sigh. ONE more Luke. ONE more. Look at me in my eyes, do you understand me?

hahaha (where does she hear such things??)

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Taylor: Ya know Mom, Luke is a REALLY good door opener, isn't he? I can't believe how good he is at opening doors! {Luke grinning from ear to ear} {He's really been into opening the fence gate for Taylor and I <3}

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Taylor: Mommy, Jesus loves you AND your baby THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS much!!!!! {stretching arms out wide} {She says this A LOT, so cute.}

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Luke: Mom, can I give Taylor a cracker and a cookie. She finished her lunch. Me: Sure. {Luke hands her the goods} Taylor: AWWW Luke, you're such a nice brother. Mom did you see Luke, wasn't that so cute? {Luke grinning}

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Luke: Taylor, can I have some of your peanut butter? Taylor: Umm, I'm pretty sure you have your own. Luke: But you have more. Taylor: Cuz you ate yours. Luke: God wants you to share it Taylor. Taylor, MOM, do I have to share my food? lol

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Luke: Mommy, does your baby like that food? {he asks me if the baby likes EVERYTHING I eat}

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{As we were driving on a bumpy road} Taylor: Mom, is your baby okay in your belly? Me: Yeah, why? Taylor: Cause this road is bumping us all around like crazy. Luke: Your baby is prolly doing flips and stuff, huh?

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‎{While watching concrete being poured for our house}
Luke: I wanna stay here ALL DAY! This is cool.
Taylor: Can we go home? I'm tired. lol

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Taylor: Hey Luke! Look! I have a baby in my belly!
Luke: No you don't, that's your breakfast. :)

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Taylor: {holding her shirt up} Mommy, I have two babies in my belly at the same time. One is named Mary and the other Gabriel.
Luke: No you don't.
Taylor: Actually I have FIVE babies in my belly. Mary, Gabriel, Sophie, Luke and Mommy.
Luke: You're crazy.

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Every morning Luke offers me his lambies to cuddle with, this morning he wanted to cuddle too...he's never quiet in the AM but this morning as Taylor was sleeping in, he cuddled with me and sang "Bless the Lord O my Soul" softly. Can you get a better start to the day?

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As I was drying my hair this morning the kids were pretending their closet was the stable and Taylor's baby was Jesus. They had him on a pillow and wrapped in blankets and had all their stuffed animals around baby Jesus. Taylor was Mary and Luke was Joseph. Taylor: Mommy LOOK! Baby Jesus....isn't this EXCITING!!! I'm soooo excited! Luke: Umm Mary...baby Jesus is hungry, you should feed him some hot cereal and milk. Mary: Oh okay. {feeds him and lays him back down} Luke: Baby Jesus is crying. Me: You better pick him up Joseph. Luke: It's okay baby. {rocking him and laying him down} Taylor: EWW baby Jesus is stinky! Joseph, you better change him, he pooped. Luke: nut uh. That's gross.

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Taylor: Mom! Did you hear the baby in my belly growling? :)

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The kids seriously NEVER get sick of watching our wedding video. They still ask to watch it and the reception often. Taylor gets just as excited every time I walk down the isle. "That's MY Mommy!" And Luke gets just as excited every time to see Danny and Lorrie sing. :)

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Highlight of my day: Emerson dancing while Luke and Taylor sang Jesus Loves Me to him. ♥

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‎{First thing this morning.} Taylor: I LOVE you Mommy! {hugs and kisses} Today I'm gonna obey and listen to you and make Jesus soooo happy! :) {shouldn't we all start out with that attitude?}

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Luke: Mom, why did God make Goliath since he's so mean? {Ever since we've been talking about our choice to obey or not...be nice or not, etc.}

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Me: What do you think we should give Jesus for his birthday? What do you think he'd like? Luke: I can draw him a picture of children! :) Taylor: Prolly for us to be nice to each other and share and obey and stuff.

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Taylor: My friends and I were playing and we were playing with this other friend and you ARE NOT GONNA BELIEVE IT MOM! We didn't realize BUT GUESS WHAT? HE WAS JESUS! We didn't realize he was Jesus but he was! Me: Really? Taylor: Yup and we played with him and it was SOOO much fun.

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‎{bathtime} Me: What is that in the water? Luke: I didn't poop Mom! Must be Taylor. Taylor: I DID NOT! Me: What is it? Taylor: Umm...Jesus pooped in there, it splashed down from heaven. He had to go really bad!

Big News!

Looks like I'll get to experience what it's like to carry one baby at a time. :) God is good. :)

Nick and I were completely shocked by the news of baby #3, but God wasn't. Nick and I didn't think it was possible, but with God all things are possible.

Psalm 139:13-16
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”

Snippets

‎{Luke and Taylor cuddling on the chair watching Veggie Tales after nap} Luke: I love our christmas tree. Taylor: Oh my goodness....Luke, you're happy already! {he's usually grumpy for a bit after nap, Taylor runs to me} Look Mom, Luke's happy already! YAY! Look at him Mom, LOOK! Look at his face! {Luke with a big cheesy smile} He's happy mom! YAY! :)

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Luke: {walks in to me looking dead serious} Mom, those Romans tax people and they are mean and greedy. That's not good Mom. Taxing means they take money from people and that's not good. {walks out} :)

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Taylor: {talking on her phone} Oh hi, how are you doing. I'm doing fine Joseph. Me: Who are you talking to? Taylor: Joseph the carpenter. I'm gonna marry him. Me: Oh you are? Taylor: Yup, I'm Mary. I'm gonna marry Joseph. {walking away}...Oh that's nice Joseph. Sure. Okay, I gotta go, we'll talk later, someone else is calling me. Oh hi Elizabeth! How are you doing? How's Zechariah doing? He fell down? Oh my word! Is he okay? Oh that's good. How's John in your belly? He did what? He just flipped out of your belly? That's crazy! Congratulations. Oh Mama, Zechariah wants to talk to you. Me: Are you sure he can talk? He's not answering me. Taylor: Give me the phone. Zechariah! Congratulations! Yeah...MOM HE CAN TALK. John the Baptist was already born, Here! Talk to him! Me: {talking to him} Taylor: I need to talk to Elizabeth. Hey Elizabeth. Yeah...I'm gonna marry Joseph. Yup got flowers and a dress. Yup Jesus is in my belly. Can you believe it, THE ANGEL GABRIEL APPEARED TO ME!!! I'm so excited. Me: Hey Taylor, did you ask Daddy if you can marry Joseph. Taylor: Oh he said yes. Me: Let me call him. Did you tell Mary she can marry Joseph. Oh you didn't? Taylor: Give me the phone. Can I marry Joseph Daddy? I can! Good! MOM...YES I CAN! Actually the angel told me to. :)