bubble bath

It was a riot giving Manoah a bubble bath at grandma & grandpa Paschall's house this weekend. Manoah was covered head to toe in bubbles...simply adorable! Here are two videos of Manoah - just being Manoah. Right now is a really fun stage in babyhood. He is really starting to understand us and communicate using jestures and baby babble. We were amazed last week when we randomly asked him to bring us "Green Eggs and Ham" from the many books on the book shelf. He hopped down off of the couch, went to the book shelf, pulled out the book, and brought it to me! I was shocked. I am having lots of fun ordering him around now :) Hope you enjoy. love.

the latest in our lives

A day at the park.

Bath time with dad.

i just thought this was a cute one.

Going on a walk in the Red Wagon Flyer with Charlotte and Krissa -this was the best shot we could get :)

A group shot with the babies- what an experience!
left to right:
Avery -mindy's babe
Ivy -Jenny's babe
Kaden- Kara's little guy
Manoah- mine :)
Charlotte- Krissa's girl
Penelope- Becca's girl

Into the wild...

Upon Sam's return home from Jr. High winter camp the 3 of us went on a little trip to the Wild Animal Park. Now that Manoah is high tailing it all over the place we thought the park would be a fun place for him to run around like crazy- and we thought right. Although he doesn't quite get the concept of animals, he did enjoy his ping-pong ball, tooth brush, and dirt from outside of the gorilla exhibit. Manoah's expression in our family photo totally says it all ... you gotta love the one-handed photo pics! poor kid :)

oh yeah- Manoah said his first word...
"AMEN"- hows that for our little future preacher- j/k

and he followed it up with..

"DUCK"- i think that is why he is so into the ducks here in the picture. Actually, you can't tell, but he is just eating the wood hand railing- yummy!

Jackson Jedidiah Paschall

Thats right! 28 hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing brought forth this beautiful baby boy! Good work Jed and January- this boy is a cutie! Manoah is happy to meet his first cousin!

dirt is good.

In between rain showers last week we had a family outing to the park. We finally found Manoah a pair of shoes that actually fit his monstrous feet. Of all things Manoah loves dirt most of all! It was truly fun watching him explore the earth with his bare hands :) He is walking and loving life- enjoy the video!