Happy Birthday Unci Adam!!

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Brody 4 months

Brody has his 4 month check up. He is 14 lbs and 11 ounces (50%) , 24 and 3/4 inches tall (50%), and his head is 17 1/4 (90% of course!). Doc says he seems like a healthy little guy.

He's totally a people person. Doesn't like to be left alone...loves his sister! Here she is pushing him in the swing.

He loves his dog too! And the dog loves him...

A real mommy's boy...

A little too early to send off to work with Uncle Adam...

And this was too cute to not post...

He is quite the little talker and loves to smile. He sleeps really well...as long as you swaddle him...really well. Yep, that's right...we have to break out the sheets for this swaddle boy. He loves to swing, bounce in the bouncy chair, and really loves to stand (with my help of course). So I have a feeling we have another on-the-go child. He can roll over from front to back and is working on rolling from back to front. He gets almost there and then flips back over fast which scares him. We have started rice cereal this past week which he seems to really enjoy (and mommy too with the addtional sleep it has brought us). He loves to watch mommy cook and sissy play. This little boy that we couldn't get to take a bottle a month ago, now pefers the bottle over me:( He doesn't know a good thing when it hits him in the face...pardon the pun! So we are weaning towards formula and he'll have a great start of 5 months or so with mommy's milk. So until the next time...it's happy pumping!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Today, we went to a Valentine's Day party at our church. We got to make cookies, do crafts, and play games. Cousing Bo-Bo and "Dee-dee" (Kennedy) were there too!

Bo and Reece making cookies...B in the carseat in the back watching with jealousy...next year, bud!


Making our daddy's valentines...Bo, "ci-ci", and "dee-dee"

Aunt Jo-Jo got a new camera and tested it out on our littlest model...and some of the old ones too...

Brody says "thumbs up" to 4 generations of Bauers

Great Pa pa Bauer, Pa pa Bauer, Brody, and Daddy


Priceless...

Lately Reece has been getting in the swing with her baby doll, blanket, and sassy (paci) and pushing the "on" button. She likes going for a swing...Hey, I guess someone has to use it!

I see a little actress here...maybe another Home Alone movie??

Reece has been going around "praying" lately...she puts her hands together like this and walks around the house chanting...maybe I am doing something right.

I am fearing another on-the-go child...Brody bounces his way right out of the bouncy seat like Reece did. It's time to start strapping him in! This makes me sad!

"Lovie" lovers

B is getting soooo big! He is so smiley and giggly. He totally loves to watch Reece and/or I. He just lights up when he sees us. Reece gets right down in his face and says "hi, hi" and gives him big kisses. And she totally shares with him...right down to her paci and "lovie". I am sure this won't last long but it's totally cute and I give her tons of praises for it.


A serious "baby brother" face

Looks like we have another "lovie" lover...Reecey brought Brody his "lovie" since she loves hers so much.

They are becoming real good buds.

Rev Alvin Gage

This obit was in the Peoria Journal Star today for my grandfather

Alvin Gage

PEORIA - The Rev. Alvin Forest Gage, 90, of Peoria passed away at 9:25 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Proctor Endowment Home in Peoria.
The Rev. Gage was born Aug. 18, 1918, in East Orange, N.J., a son of John and Elizabeth Riker Gage. He married Mary Martha Root on June 18, 1949, in Nottingham, Pa.
He graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in 1943 with a Missionary Diploma and also graduated from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Theology Degree (ThB) in 1950. He was ordained on June 24, 1951, by the First Baptist Church of Berlin, Wis.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years; one son, David Gage of Willow Springs, Ill.; one daughter, Darlene (Bill) Bultemeier of Princeville; two brothers, Chandler Gage of Clifton, N.J., and Richard (Margie) Gage of Salisbury, Md.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Gage served as a minister for 40 years.
He pastored the First Baptist Church of Berlin, Wis. (1950-1953), Prospect Heights Baptist Church of Prospect Heights, Ill. (1953-1955), First Baptist Church of Morrisville, Pa., (1956-70) and Bethany Baptist Church of Peoria (1970-1985). He was also interim pastor for Grace Baptist Church of Ottawa, Ill. (1985-1986) and Grace Baptist Church of Mahomet, Ill. (1986). He was past president of Greater Peoria Evangelical and Ministerial Association, and Conservative Baptist Association of Illinois. He was past secretary of Philadelphia Conservative Baptist Association.
He was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at The Wilton Mortuary in Peoria. The Rev. Bob Donaldson will officiate. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to Grace Presbyterian Church or Bethany Baptist Church, both in Peoria.

Heavenbound

My precious grandfather went to be with the Lord last night around 9:30. He was 90 years old. My grandfather was born on August 18th, 1918. He was married on June 18th, had his first child on April 18th (my mom), and died on January 18th. The 18th must have been a special number to him. He was a great man, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was a pastor for many years and played a very big part in my salvation and walk with Jesus Christ. He has set such a great example for so many to follow and is leaving behind his wife of 56 years. He played a part in Brock and I's wedding day (pictures below). He will be buried in the suit he married us in (also married my mom in the same suit). He will be missed.

1984

My grandfather taught me how to play the trombone which I played for 11 years. I have his first trombone that he got when he was 19. (yeah, yeah, funny picture of me but had to share).
1989

Our wedding day 4/16/2005