2012 ~ Lamoureux Project 366

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// Hazel, Ian, Jeff

August 17, 2012

Today is the day that Jeff came home to see us! It was a very exciting day for all of us! I let the kids stay up until he got home! It was so cute to see how excited Ian and Hazel were to see Daddy! It is going to be the LONGEST 6+ weeks of our lives!

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// Amanda, Hazel, Ian

August 16, 2012

Today we went on another walk to the playground! My mom volunteered to push the wagon. I was secretly very happy when we got to this hill. Here is Gigi push a very happy Ian and Hazel!

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// Ian

August 15, 2012

Today was half price at the Fort Worth Zoo and so we took advantage of it! It was a little rainy, but a whole lot cooler than it has been. The only thing is that it was very, very humid! I would take the humidity over the 100+ degree temperature though! This is Ian at the elephant exhibit. Elephants are Ian's (and Gigi's) favorite.

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August 14, 2012

The kids and I took a morning walk and Ian pulled Hazel all the way down to the end of our road! He was very proud of himself and I was totally impressed by his strength! He even made it almost all the way back to the house, but lost interest as most 2 year olds do!

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August 13, 2012

Mondays are Grandma and Grandpa days! This is Ian sitting on the motorcycle with Grandpa. Don't worry, they are just playing. They were not allowed to move it or even allowed to start it, but Ian was very excited to sit on it!

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August 12, 2012

This is the day we have all been dreading! Jeff starts his new job bright and early tomorrow morning! So today was the day we had to say goodbye! He is staying with friends in Georgetown! Ian helped Daddy pack his bags, clean out the car, load the car up, and even helped him close the door when he got in. Here Ian is waving "bye-bye" to Daddy! We were all very sad, but Daddy promised to come back every weekend! My mom is coming during the middle of the week to help me out with the kids! Here's to the start of a (hopefully) wonderful, new adventure!

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August 11, 2012

Today we pulled out Ian's old walker and Hazel fell in love with it! It didn't take her long to master the walker, except that she gets to going too fast and the walker runs away from her. Yeah, my 7 month old can use a walker...no big deal! (I'm such a proud mommy, sorry for bragging!)

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// Hazel, Jarrod, Jeff

August 10, 2012

Today we went out to lunch with Leanne and Jarrod and Baby Wesley. This is Jeff and Jarrod playing a motorcycle game in the arcade. I love this picture! It is so funny! Note Hazel in the baby carrier watching them and the diaper bags by each game!

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// Hazel, Ian, Katie

August 9, 2012

We went on a family walk around the neighborhood today. We are trying to fit as much family time together as possible before Jeff starts his new job on the 13th/

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August 8, 2012

While in the area, we stayed with Jillian and her parents. So, naturally, we went swimming in their pool! This is Ian attempting to jump in the pool into Daddy's arms. He loves to swim, but is still timid about jumping in.

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August 7, 2012

So all four offers on four separate houses have fallen through! So when we got word that a house that we LOVED was back on the market, we literally dropped everything and hauled our booties to Hutto to look at it and put an offer on it. Fifth time's the charm...right? This is Hazel driving while we were waiting on Shirley, our realtor!

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August 6, 2012

Here is Hazel in front of Grandma & Grandpa's house in her adorable dress with matching hat and shoes!

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// Alex, Brady, Gasten, Jeff

August 5, 2012

We had some college friends over for a cook out and here are the guys helping out with the grilling. How many does it take to grill the meat?! haha!

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// Ian

August 4, 2012

While my parents were in Hawaii, my dad, Gpa to the grandkids, bought Ian and himself matching Hawaiian shirts. Hazel also got a dress that matches. Here is Ian's shirt. He was NOT happy about wearing it to church, but once he got over that he didn't want to take it off. Silly kid!

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August 3, 2012

My parents went to Hawaii and brought us back t-shirts and necklaces. Here are Ian and Jeff in their Hawaii shirts and cool tree nut necklaces!

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// Ian, Miranda

August 2, 2012

This is Ian and his very best friend Miranda. I am not quite sure how this friendship started, but they have such an amazing bond for being 7 years apart. Every time I see these two interact, I really do see God's love in their friendship

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August 1, 2012

This week is VBS (as I talked about in my last post) Here are two of the MANY youth that helped out this week! Thanks Mady and Amber and all the other youth that helped make VBS awesome!

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// Abby, Alicia, Amy, Bree, Chy, Hanna, Mady, Mandy, Meghan, Paige

July 31, 2012

After VBS day 3 we had a GIRL'S NIGHT at Hanna's house. JR thought it would be fun to TP the house. Here are all the girls with their disgusted look!

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July 30, 2012

This is Hazel's new thing. I knew she was a flexible baby, but dang! She loves doing the splits and it doesn't seem to bother her at all! I think we have a future gymnast on our hands!

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July 29, 2012

This picture sums up my day. Today is VBS day one at Lighthouse! Guess what my job is! I'm taking pictures all week and making a video! VBS is so much fun!

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July 28, 2012

Ian and Mommy were having a moment. I am not sure what is going on in this picture...and I'm in it. I'm just laying on the floor, minding my own business and all of a sudden I had an Ian laying on top of me!

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// Ian

July 27, 2012

I was taking pictures of Hazel and I didn't want Ian to feel left out. This was the picture he wanted me to take of him. I thought it looked pretty cool. He was very proud of himself that he could hold all three blocks like that!

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July 26, 2012

Another Hazel first (and a really fun ride) This was Hazel's first ride in the wagon! As you can tell she had a great time! Ian I think got a little bored, but seemed to have fun for the most part.

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July 25, 2012

Very rarely can I get them to sit together or even more rare is to actually take a picture together. This was a sweet moment of both of them sitting on the couch together. Ian even has his arm around her! He really is a great big brother!

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July 24, 2012

Hazel has been doing this tongue thing lately, as you can see from the picture. she's like that lizard/dragon thing on Mulan that claims, "I don't do that tongue thing!" I think its because she's teething because DANG she's got a LOT of drool!

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// Ian

July 23, 2012

Look what we found while "packing"! Ian loves these Clifford ears! I cant get him to wear a hat, but he has no problem with these! He even put them on Hazel!

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// Hazel, Ian, Jeff

July 22, 2012

I know I probably have a million of these pictures on here, but I cannot get enough of Jeff reading Bible stories to the kids!

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// Ian

July 21, 2012

Sometimes you just take pictures because you know how perfectly embarrassing it will be in the future. Today Ian really like the free and easy feeling and therefore took "bareback" riding to a whole new level! Bring on the girlfriends!

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July 20, 2012

Here we are in Austin again looking at houses. Actually, we are in the cute little town of Hutto! The first offer we put in for a house was lost to someone else. This time we come in with a plan! We will hopefully find a house AND have a back up if something happens! Fingers crossed!

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July 19, 2012

Today Hazel and I took a nice morning walk in the park. With the new bows Hazel was given by a friend at church, she was strolling with style! We still miss Ian even though we are having fun Mommy-daughter time!

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July 18, 2012

Today Miss Hazel is 7 months old! She is in one of her new outfits that Gigi got for her! Stinkin' girl is growing out of her clothes too fast. All the clothes we bought her were 9mo or 12mo!

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July 17, 2012

Today Hazel and I came and ate lunch with Daddy at work. It was a nice day so we ate outside on the balcony. Hazel had a great time and was very glad to see Daddy. It was still really weird not having Ian with us.

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July 16, 2012

We went for a family (minus one) walk this evening. It was really weird not having Ian with us. We miss him, but know he is getting spoiled by Gigi and Gpa.

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// Hazel, Jeff, JR, Kinsleigh

July 15, 2012

We have had a full weekend and a full house! My parents were here early this weekend watching Ian while we went down to Austin, then my Dad left and my sister and her boyfriend came up to go to a concert. Now my mom left with Ian and Victoria and Marcus are still here. So we all went out to lunch with Dana, JR and all the kids. Here is Jeff and JR with their baby girls...what goof balls!

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// Amanda, Hazel, Ian, Jeff

July 14, 2012

Bedtime at the Lamoureux house! Ian insisted that Gigi read the story even though Daddy always reads the Bible story. It was a fidgety, unfocused story time, but we made it through! One guess what story we had to read!

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July 13, 2012

Here we are, in Waco, heading down to the Austin area to GO LOOK AT HOUSES!! YAY! Jeff got a new job, we are approved to buy a house and now we just have to find one! We were getting tired so we let Hazel take over driving for a while.

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July 12, 2012

This was another exciting moment when Hazel actually took a nap. As her onsie says, I love her, but I also LOVE when she takes a nap!

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July 11, 2012

Today was David and Goliath day! Ian insisted that Gigi read the story of David and Goliath over and over and over! He would laugh when Saul's armor is too big for David, point to his forehead when Goliath gets hit with the rock and raise his arms when Saul's army rejoiced in defeating the Philistines. I love that he loves reading Bible stories. This was definitely a proud mommy moment!

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// Amanda, Hazel

July 10, 2012

This was a very exciting moment in our house. Neither Hazel nor Ian have been napping very well and my mom actually got her to sleep! My hero....seriously!

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July 9, 2012

This morning we woke up to an infestation of FIRE ANTS in our room. Jeff was out of the house, to Home Depot and back before 7:30AM. You've seen those crazy ant exterminator commercials, right? He takes it BEYOND that....makes for hilarious pictures though!

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July 8, 2012

Here are all of our Fourth of July shirts, and no I did not make the dog one. I personally think they are cuter ON the people I made them for!

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July 7, 2012

I just love "fresh out of the bath" baby pictures! And what is more cute than a duckie towel to top off the adorable baby inside!

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July 6, 2012

Here is Hazel dressed in her Sunday best! This is a dress that my Aunt Patti (or her "Aunt Mimi" as Ian and Hazel call her because she is the same generation as their grandparents...ok, so it made sense to us!) My mom and sister went to visit them and brought back this dress! Isn't it ADORABLE! (The baby wearing the dresses is pretty cute too!)

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July 5, 2012

So there are never any pictures of me...well because I usually take all the pictures. Here is me trying a new hairstyle. Still trying to figure out how to fix my hair with it short like this (which I love!)

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// Hazel, Ian, Jeff, Katie, Titan

July 4, 2012

Yes, its Forth of July. Yes, we have matching shirts as a family. Yes, I made them. YES I used a sewing machine, and yes, this was the best picture we could get of the whole family! Happy Forth of July!

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July 3, 2012

Again, like most pictures of Jeff and the kids...I have no idea what is going on here, but they seem to be having fun!

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July 2, 2012

This was the WORST day of my mommy career! Long story short is that it ended with a mandatory date night and late night grocery shopping. It helps to have a good lookin' grocery shopping companion! :)

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July 1, 2012

On the RARE occasion that Hazel actually takes a morning nap, she does it in weird places in weird positions...or she sleeps on Mommy!

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June 30, 2012

Since before she could sit up, before she could really see everything on the TV, Hazel has been engrossed in Texas Rangers baseball! This makes for such a proud mommy! Her love of baseball might have something to do with my UBER obsession with the World Series last year because my two favorite teams played each other in the BEST WORLD SERIES EVER!

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June 29, 2012

I'm pretty sure her thoughts when I took this picture was, "This is the face Mommy makes when she takes a picture!" Again, like Mommy, like daughter! Love her!