Project 52 {My Three}

My Three | Week49
Here I see the next 18 years....or so. Lots of this going on. I can't wait. 

My Three | Week 50
For week 50, I caught them in the bathtub. Later they will thank me for taking a blurry picture.
But then they will realize that I have 4763 other naked bathtub pictures. And they won't thank me anymore. Until I break out the ice cream. That can fix anything. ANYTHING.

My Three | Week 51
Week 51, before church one morning. It was windy. But I don't care. They are even cuter with
wind-blown hair. Their mother on the other hand, is not. I digress.

My Three | Week 52
Week 52. The final week of my first attempt at a Project 52. Wow. I love everything about this picture.
I love that Chase is missing a sock. I love how they are in matching shirts. I don't normally do that. But I love it here. I love how all their hands are connected and form a perfect non-straight but totally still perfect line. They are so connected.
They are so perfectly connected. 

Project 52. Completed.

A mom's heart. totally Completed. 

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My Three | Week 41

Week 41. The three of them are all able to be in the cart via various positions.  Getting rid of the car seat in the shopping cart has been a huge perk. Now there is room for the actual stuff we are shopping for! Sheer genius. The cart is getting heavier by the trip, but it makes for a good workout and lots of smirks from other patrons. Quick funny but not so funny story. During a bad mom moment at Target recently, Leighton climbed under the cart to hang out on the bottom rack. And while being engrossed in the underware section, {because I needed new ones and I haven't had time to stop in the underware section for about 4 years!!!!} Leighton had his hand down on the floor and I ran his hand over with the wheel of the cart. YOUCH!!!!  That made for some awesome screams in the underware section at Target. Nothing like getting everyone's attention in the store. While standing in the underware section with three kids. 

Some people scale mountains. Some people parasail. 

I get my thrills at Target with three kids. 

Except this picture was taken at Walmart. 

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My Three | Week 39

We had a family sick day on the day of this picture. Mommy got a bad case of.....{all males should hit the back button now, i repeat....ex out your safari browser, hit escape, dive out of your chair, leave the room, do whatever you must do to avoid reading} no really, i'm serious, SCRAM! if you know what's good for you! ..........mastitis/plugged ducts {see, don't say i didn't warn you!} and yes, for the record, i just said plugged ducts! and boy were those babies plugged and boy was I laid out all day from it.

 On the bright side, the boys got to hang with their daddy all day. Aside from tending to the boys for me, the hubs got a special "order" from my Doctor which he was quite happy about. It's related to the plugged ducts. Need I say more? (If I do, don't worry, another post is sure to come to detail this).

Back to the boys. The temps rocketed up to the mid 40s during the late afternoon which made way to prime snowman making conditions. And of course, all of this led us to a wonderful photo op. 

My Three | Week 40

Here they are all ready for church one morning. I dressed them in their shirts but it was Chase's idea to add the ties. I thought it was quite an adorable idea. 

Chase wasn't so sure about this. :)

Ahh boys. Each week just gets better and better. 

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My Three | Week 38 

It's fun looking at them all together. Each one so different. Each one so alike. Some people say Beckett looks just like Leighton. Some say Chase like Leighton. Some say Beckett like Chase. Some even dare say Beckett looks like his mother.  The list and combinations goes on. I love it all. 

Here they are, rockin their jammies, watching a show. 

Well, sortof. If you count grabbing your brother's ear and your other brother's crackers as "watching a show". I think I was the one who in fact was watching the show. 

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My Three |  Week #!*#??

This week brings a new chapter. For starters, I realized my weeks are messed up. I had us a few weeks ahead of what we really are in this last few post so......yeah, that's neat. Way to go mom!  But hey, maybe this is because I take too many pictures???  I guess I was a little ahead of myself. This might be an indication of how busy these three keep me! I'll get that little quirk ironed out here and corrected someday so we are right on track again.  Someday.

Anyway, this week there is a certain little mini super hero in the making who is on the move and ready to join his super hero brothers in fighting crime upstairs and downstairs, all day long. Thus the gate seen here. The gate has been added for maximum security. Oh yeah, and to make them even more

dangerous, the mini super hero also pulls himself into the upright/standing position and gets himself into all kinds of little pickles. 

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My Three | Week 33

Ahhh, what little brother Christmas picture wouldn't be complete without some holiday-ish sweaters?

The story behind these photos is pretty good. I was committed to making this picture happen. Sometimes, I can't tell you how difficult it is to get them all together, to sit down, and look at me, much less smile or look cute. But this morning, right before church, I made sure everyone was ready a few minutes early. This was a integral part of my plan. Tee, hee, hee. So as usual, they were running around like wild, untamed animals totally ignoring their mother's directions. So I pretty much made a loud shriek of a noise to get their attention and went into "momma bear possessed by a wicked demon" voice and said, "alright you guys! i am not going to say this more than once. you all get your cute little bottoms over to that tree, you do not pass go, you do not stop for tea, you sit those tukouses down, you hold your little brother up, look at me and you smile. dag nabit!" i think i even flared my nostils at them. 

but.....do you know what? it worked and they did! see!!!!!

although....i have to admit. i think they knew that i was really just being silly with them because this was the reaction i got from them when i finished my little "momma bear means business" routine. 

My Three | Week 34 

Week 34 landed us on the actual Christmas. Here they are, livin it up in their Christmas jammies from Grandma Laurie. Thanks Gma!! Here they are, back to ignoring my photographic directions. 

Man, do I love these three. 

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My Three | Week 32

Sure, being the little brother has it's benefits. Someone is always smiling at you

because you are so cute. And you sure get a lot of kisses from your whole

family. Including the dog. And hugs aren't in a low supply either.

And then there are those other times. 

When you have had enough. 

So....naturally, grow yourself some knees and you learn to crawl. 

Job well done my sweet boy. Your iron-will and determination 

will carry you a long ways in this life. 

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My Three | Week 25

Taking my three to Target. It's becoming a bit more complicated as they grow. Now it requires a cart and a stroller. Good thing it was mom & dad team effort. Otherwise.....I wonder if I could hook the stroller to the cart somehow? As if bringing three boys under the age of 4 to any store doesn't have crazy written all over it to begin with. 

My Three | Week 26

This week, we took a trip to the firestation in our neighborhood. 

I love that Chase has soot on his nose. Typical.

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My Three | Week 23

This week, it was nice. And warm. So we decided to have a storytime picnic. 

Do you think I could use a pedicure....

My Three | Week 24

Hanging out with Derrick's family before church.
I love how all three of them refuse to look at me. Thanks boys.

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My Three | Week 22
My three twinkies. 

pretty cute.

nice Chase. real nice.

I really can't get over the cute.

the weeks roll on. they grow up fast. dont blink.

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My Three  | Week 19

Tail end of summer.

My Three | Week 20

Maxin and relaxin.

My Three | Week 21

School is in session. 

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My Three | Week 16

Out at lake. Bein cute.

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My Three | Week 15

I don't know what happened to Week 13 and Week 14? No clue. I know those weeks did happen. I'm sure of it. I just didn't force them into weird positions or sneak over the top of them to snap a picture. Mom fail.

Oh well. This week we have the makings of what I'm sure will happen many a day in our house as each of them grow. Dog piles baby! Oh boy! 

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My Three |  Week 12 

Big Monster. Middle Monster. Little Monster.
Doesn't get much scarier cuter than that. 

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My Three | Week 11
Seriously. Cute. My children are seriously cute. I struggle all day not to eat them up.
In a good way. Obviously.  

And aside from dealing with the obvious cuteness overload, I can barely figure out 

how it is so that I am posting an 11 week update. It seems like just yesterday that little double chin was making it's way onto the front seat of our Subaru. Nearly anyway.

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{My Three} Week Nine. 

{My Three}  Week Ten.