tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86650671193153423512011-07-08T08:38:06.229-07:00the life and times of the ever-expanding Belch familyRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885596076304217871noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665067119315342351.post-405884821663604582009-08-18T20:57:00.000-07:002009-08-18T22:02:28.675-07:00

We went on our first family vacation last week to the Oregon Coast. We went to Michaels 2nd cousins wedding on the beach. It was a beautiful wedding!!! The kids had a great time playing on the beach during the wedding and reception and we enjoyed talking with family and eating the amazing food!! We stayed 2 nights in a hotel and than camped for 2 nights. We stayed at Cape Lookout. It was way

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Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to since Abigail 1st birthday. She just went in yesterday for her 15month check up. She is 75% for height and 65% for weight. She is not a big talker but is defiantly starting to show she has a corky personality. She is a very active little girl like her brother and is now able to keep up with him which is scary! I'm starting to feel like I have twins

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I can't believe my little girl is One!! Wow, it went way faster than Titus' first year. We did a BBQ with family. We had a blast! Abi had fun with all the kids, we had 3 one year olds, 2 two year olds, and a 5 year old along with all the family. I made a pink and red ladybug cake which I was rather proud of (since I'm not creative at all). The first two pictures of Abigail are from her birthday

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being cute...waving..."so big"...playing piano...Titus found a big piece of chocolate on the counter and got caught red handed. Poor kid didn't know if he was gonna get in trouble or not so he just kept eating away. It was too cute to punish.

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Recent pictures of the kids!I can't believe Abigail will be One in almost a month! She is 50% for height and weight. Loves food and people. Although right now she likes them only from a distance. She's going through the stranger anxiety phase. Titus is still talking up a storm (a very fast storm). He loves his new Bible and enjoys learning new memory verses. They learn so fast at this age. I'm

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Wow, it has been awhile. Well, we have been busy as usual. Christmas was nice but different. We all got sick Christmas eve while spending the night at the Canaday's with 12 other people. Michael and I crossed paths on our way to work Christmas day and did not get to see each other. Titus understood opening presents this year and had a blast! The kids got spoiled by all their aunties,uncles, and

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I woke up a week ago to find that Abigail had officially entered the world of crawling!! She caught on rather quickly and is now all over the house. Needless to say discipline has started now too. Titus thinks it is great when we tell Abi "no" and loves to tell her all the thing she is not supposed to do. In fact he is quite the little tattle-tale. It is good sometimes if she is playing with the

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Titus is so excited about "rismus". We have been talking about winter and Christmas for the last month, but I think he has learned most about winter from Caillou (his favorite show). He loves snow and our Christmas tree. He got to help dad cut it down yesterday and thought it was the greatest thing. He was not very excited about decorating it but loves to pull the ornaments off the tree. This

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Abigail is not officially crawling yet but she has been pulling herself around the house for the last few weeks. It is a mix between an army crawl and real crawling it is rather funny to watch. She has gotten quite chunky since I started feeding her solids a month ago. She has got some serious rolls on her legs. She loves food!! She is not picky and will eat whatever I give her. I hope that never

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Titus loves to talk but it is so hard to understand a lot of what he says. I always feel bad when it takes me a while to figure it out but here are a few of his most common phrases. aldon down = almost done (I don't think he understand what this means because he says all day long about lots of different things)oost aeggs =toast and eggs (what he asks for every morning while jumping up and down

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Abi has a tooth!! Well she has had it for a little while now but I just now decided to get a picture of it. She is such a big girl now:(We love our eight maple trees but we do not like raking all the leaves it gives us!! Titus loved helping us and jumping in the piles. I think I have been to at least 8 Barn Burners. They are always so much fun. Titus loved it because all of his favorite people

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random fall picturesTitus trying on his new hat so he can be like daddy.Abi and Titus playingAbigail started real food (if you can call it that) a few days ago. She loves eating. Life is a bit messier now! So I love this video she is so funny you have to watch her mouth. It is like she is talking without sounds coming out! (and now I know not to turn the camera sideways for videos)

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Four Kidsoh,no five kidsI think my mom and I are crazy sometimes. We end up taking 4-5 kids under 4 with us alot of times. We always have fun but it is a little stressful sometimes!!This time we took them to see a friends Cross country meet. Sophie asked "Where are they going?" when they started running. She didn't understand the concept of Cross Country. Stevie ran 3 miles in 15:40, Wow!!!

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Abi playing on her matYou gotta love laundry daysShe sticks her tongue out when she smiles alot. It makes me laugh! The video is pretty funny. Titus thinks he needs to help Abi roll over (even though she can do it all by herself). Good thing Abi love Titus and will put up with almost anything...being fed crackers, having things thrown at her etc.

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Time for presents, yippee!Awesome new kids table! Thanks Brenda!!We went to the park after pizza and presentsHe is such a big boyYeah! Cake time!! Titus decided the fist piece was so good he should eat the rest of the caketitus playing with his cousins after the party, fun new toys!!Titus slept in his new big boy bed on his birthday. He has done great sleeping in it. We have not had any problems.

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We had an outdoor workday on Sat. It was very productive thanks to everyone who came. We finally put in the window wells for the egress windows we put in last year. We painted the railings on the porch and the garage doors. We pulled out some trees we didn't want growing in our flowers, pruned our bushes, and weeded. It doesn't sound like that much but it took 7 adults and two kids 6 hours to get

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Since our last prayer requests... We have decided to continue with College ministry for a final year. So, we are excited about what HE will do at EWU. We have also decided that Seminary will be our next step. Unfortunately, it will probably be another two years before that happens due to our unfinished house (which needs to sell first) and Michaels lack of a four year degree (which should be

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I started back to work on the 5th. I just finished 8 full days of hospital orientation! Most of it was agonizing to sit through but some of it was good review. Wow, what a changed it was from just taking care of a husband,kids,house etc. I realized how wonderful...maternity leave has been. We are hoping someday I will be on maternity leave permanently. For now God has provided a what seems to be

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We played a lot last week and had a ton of fun. Here are some of the pictures...This was not fun. Titus got into finger nail polish. If you were wondering if it comes out of upholstery or wood chairs it doesn't.

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Titus and Abi (Aboo as Titus calls her) showing off there sunglasses. Titus loved seeing Abigail with her sunglasses on. We did this for quite awhile. Well, until Abigail started to fuss.

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Here are a couple of current prayer requests for us if you want to take a few minutes out of your day. Thanks!-Wisdom to know whether we should do college group-Future planning (seminary, ministry, continue to pursue writing?)-Outreach opportunities at work for Becky and me.-Titus' and Abigail's salvation.Thanks for your prayer and support.

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Wow, four years already!I planned our fourth anniversary (which was a bit scary for me). We had a great time watching the new Batman movie at the Imax, eating dinner at PF Chang's (thanks to a gift card), and a night without our children. We can't believe it has already been four years. God has taught us much about ourselves and grown us in great ways!!

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So, I just got these pictures and had to show them. A few weeks back all of my family came up for hoopfest. My brother Ben, brother in-law, and cousin were on a team. My other brother Josh flew up from San Fransisco and my aunt and uncle came from Oregon. There were 13 adults and 8 kids under 4 years old in 4 houses hanging out together for the weekend. It was crazy!!! We all had so much fun

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885596076304217871noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665067119315342351.post-84054174890485461852008-07-17T15:04:00.001-07:002008-07-26T00:21:22.998-07:00

We all went to the lake. I had a sore back and literally couldn't lift anything. But it was a nice do so we headed out anyway. Buelo (my dad), had given Titus a beach toy set and a wagon. Titus was super excited about it and insisted on eating breakfast with the shovel in his hand. Anyway, we had a great time. Titus sat still for an hour playing in the sand. (If you know Titus then you know that

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Jordana, James, Titus, Abigail, and I decided to join the rest of Spokane for the 4th.We went to the heart of Riverfront Park. We brought a picnic of KFC and played in the park. Titus had fun walking around the park. He didn't like having to sit on the blanket but he loved the fireworks. After they were finished he kept saying "more,more,more.." James and Abigail did really well. As you will see

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Titus pulling Abi on to the couchTitus didn't think Abi needed her pacifier anymoreTitus decided Abi wanted her pacifier backAbi did not want her pacifier back (well she didn't want it from Titus)

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Titus and great uncle Rick looking at deer in their front yardMy mom and I traveled to Bend, OR this weekended to visit my Grandma and other relatives. My Grandma turned 94 two days after Abigail's birthday (April 14th). Her health is failing so I wanted to make sure she was able to meet her great granddaughter. Abigail is her 11th great grand baby (all under 5 years old) with one more on the way

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Our little Titus had his first set of stitches on Wednesday. He was playing in his room lost his balance and fell into the corner of the wall. Head wounds bleed so much. It was very sad! Thankfully my mom was over so she was able to help me get the kids in the car etc. He was such a big boy! I took him to the Sacred Heart Children's ER. It was very kid friendly. He watched Baby Einstein 4 times.

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Here is a recent pictures of Abigail. I have realized I don't take many pictures of her. I need to work on that. She weighs 10lbs now. She loves to eat! She's getting more fussy. Up until now she has been great just eats, sleeps, and poops. I guess she's making up for lost time.

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885596076304217871noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665067119315342351.post-22854749710765337482008-05-22T20:45:00.000-07:002008-07-26T00:17:26.841-07:00

We went for a walk downtown today to see the river. It was crazy! The river is so full!! We walked across the suspension bridge and got super wet! Titus loved it. I was bummed I didn't get a picture of him. My camera died after my sister took this picture of me and Abigail. If you live in Spokane you have to check out the river.

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Top 5 things I can't live without under $51) Lattes (I really don't care from where my favorite is coconut)2) McDonalds chessburger, french fries, and ice cream cone (only $3)3) finger nail clippers4) contact case/solution5) chap stickTop 5 favorite movies1) the Oceans (all three)2) Italian Job3) National Treasure (both) 4) 5) Top 5 Baby names I love and might possibly use1) Emily2) Lillian3)

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 We have offically started the one thing I have dreaded the most about parenting: potty training. We decided having two in diapers at the same time is not fun at all!(sorry Arianna and Lizzi. Hopefully yours will learn to use the potty early:).Thankfully, Titus is super excited about it. He would probably sit on the toilet all day just to get a Teddy Graham (food is a good motivator for him). We

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885596076304217871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665067119315342351.post-89154746193313994442008-05-07T13:31:00.001-07:002008-07-26T00:14:59.328-07:00

Titus helped me make his first batch of cookies today. He had fun stirring the batter. He did get a little too excited and fell off the chair but it did not stop him from having fun measuring the ingredients etc.

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Well, we are all sick thanks to Titus:). Even little Abigail. She officially has her first cold at just 2 1/2 weeks of life. It is so sad! Her little nose is full of green nasty snot. I am praying she does not get laryngitis's/cough/sore throat all of which I have. Michael was only sick for a day which has been helpful. But, my mom has been a lifesaver. She has spent so much time playing with

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Abigail arrived rather unexpected. Within 3 hours of arriving to the hospital (thinking they were going to send me home because I was not really in labor) Abigail was born. Everything went so quick I didn't have time to really think about it. My epidural was so wonderful!! My doctor and nurse were great and my husband was well the best!!Abigail was 7 lb 1oz and 20 inches long 

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