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Girlie's 22!

Today is my sister Michelle's 22nd birthday. Wow, just saying that makes me feel SO old! It's hard to believe 22 years have gone by since I finally became a big sister. I remember being SO disappointed that her name wasn't Praire Dawn (for all you Sesame Street fans), but Michelle Cathleen worked just as well. :) This girlie and I have been through quite a bit and through it all, I love her so very much. I know we don't always agree or see eye-to-eye, but she's been the one that's been through it all with me. I guess you could say there's just something pretty special about being a big sister. It's a feeling you can't quite describe. I just know the day they brought her home and every day since, I'm just so glad I got to be her big sister. I've let her down and have built her up and there's not a day I would take back. I suppose I just want her to know how much she means, how valuable I find her. I don't have too many pictures, especially not of any when we were little (oh, how I wish I did!), but I did manage to find a few. So enjoy, and to my sweet sister, Mishka-Boya, Happy Birthday and know how much you're loved!

My sister Clair, myself, and Michelle

My sisters and me at Michelle's HS graduation

Freshman at UNT

Birthday girl

With her two favorite pups in the world

Being so silly with my sister

Past Christmas

Aftermath of Halloween

**Note: There are a few posts from today, be sure to check them all out!

After we got home from all of Halloween's festivities, we all got showered, changed, and started looking at all everyone had gotten. It sure was fun celebrating with a little one!

Mom and the boy all ready for bed

Analyzing his goodies

Playing with his Daddy

Showing Daddy the goods :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

Trying Something New

Beau tried his first bits of cereal on Halloween as his "treat." He did really well and although we're going to start very slowly, I have a feeling that once we really get on the food track, he'll be a munching machine!

Halloween Pictures

The boy went and visited his Meme before heading over to his Gran and Pops. These two are some tight buddies, as we usually take Beau over there to spend some time with Meme a couple times a week. They both enjoy it quite a bit!

Three generations of Lehrmanns'

At Mike and Lisa's we took TONS of pictures. Some of the sweetest were of Beau and Haley. These are just some of the funny poses these two little ones made for the camera!

Yep, that's drool from Beau. :)

Trying again...

Love, love, LOVE this one!

Sweet cousins.

He was fascinated by the musical cat.

Visit with Pops

We went and saw Pops today at the bank. They had the place all decked out for Halloween and EVERYONE is just so captivated by Beau, that pictures were a must! I got some very cute ones of the boy with his Pops. He just loves him, its so precious.

Playing on the computer at Pops' desk

So sweet.

They're buddies.

Later on after his bath he had the sweetest face, I just had to take a picture. Enjoy!

Randomness

Um, so I have THE cutest little boy - need I say more? :)

Five Months!

Our sweet Beau Elias is five months old today! It's so hard to believe how fast he's growing up and even harder to realize that next month we'll be celebrating the half birthday!

Here are some fun things Beau's up to currently:

• "Talking" all the time!
• Laughing like crazy
• Wearing 3-6 mos clothing - we're current!
• Sitting up by himself for a couple minutes at a time
• Getting SO close to rolling from back to tummy
• Starting to "creep" while on his tummy
• Weighing in at 12 lbs 13 ozs; up 1 lb 11 ozs from last month, wow!
• Enjoys a couple periods of quiet time (1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon) 
• Takes 2-3 naps a day
• Usually wakes up between 7:30 - 8:30 every morning
• Usually goes to bed between 8:30 - 9:30 every night
  

He's loving making "raspberries" and is very excited at the thought of getting to eat (soon enough, Beau!). We love our Beau so much and are so grateful for him every day. I know I'm never promised another day with him, but am so grateful for the time God is giving us. Enjoy the boy!

Blocks

Today I pulled out the wooden blocks I had received at one of Beau's showers. I figured we'd try and see how he liked them - and boy did he! He put them in his mouth one by one and it was too cute. I got such a sweet one and he's just getting more fun to play with by the day!

Getting aquainted with his new toys

Yum!

"B" for Beau!

"E" for Elias!

"L" for Lehrmann!

Yay for Beau Elias Lehrmann! :)

Fall Festival

***NOTE: A few posts today! Be sure to check them all out!

Tonight was our church's fall festival. It was so neat to get to share in the fun of so many people - and so many there were! We took Beau as a skeleton and he and Brandon both let their hair go a little "crazy" - so sweet! Beau did so well, except for when it turned a little cooler, when Gran and Pops stepped in and took the boy home for his bath while Brandon and I finished helping at our station. It was such a great experince for us to share in with Beau and we even got a quick snapshot with sweet Haley girl as Minnie Mouse - that girl is so presh! Enjoy moments of the prep and fun!