GREETINGS FROM THE AUSTINS: Nephew Love

1.10.2010

Nephew Love

We were able to meet our brand new nephew and cousin today. Thanks John and Misa for letting us steal your baby (for a little while) and for letting us rock out with the Beatles :) Hopefully your house is much quieter now that we are gone.

It's so hard to remember my babies being this tiny. Each moment with these little ones is so precious, and I know I need to slow down more and enjoy the moments I have with my children, because they are growing up way too fast!

8 comments:

Mel said...: Ditto! My baby will be leaving in 3 years and the thought makes me cry every time!

I love to hold little ones whenever I can. What a cutie he is!; January 11, 2010 at 6:27 AM
meegz said...: Darling photos!!; January 11, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Mick and Tiff said...: You did a great job on those pictures, Jamie! I guess I will have to plan my newborns around when you are visiting because I want to take advantage of the Jamie Austin Photography Co.

He is a cute little guy. Can't wait to see him.; January 11, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Anonymous said...: So little!!! It does go soooo fast!; January 11, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Rach said...: Aw, what a cute baby boy!! This makes me really anxious for my baby to come now. It will be nice having a subject that sits still for as long as I need! Great job!; January 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Tara said...: What a sweet little thing and check out all that hair!! I love the last photo of that tiny yawn!!; January 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Bill Gates II said...: I love the pictures:)Can we use some of them?; January 14, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Angela said...: AWW! That nephew is beautiful I must say! Congrats to your brother and family!; January 17, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Say What?

Emi: after running around the house and getting out of breath, "Mom! My heart is singing a song!" 9/09

Caleb: "Grandpa, how do you know all this stuff?"
Grandpa: "Because i'm [his age] years old"
Caleb: "You make it up?" June 09

Emi: "Can I have a brownie?"
Mom: "Sorry they are all gone."
Emi: matter of factly, "But I will give you a hug and a kiss."
(She knows how to get anything she wants.) 6/24/09

Mom to Emi: "You're beautiful."
Emi: "Noooo, I'm pretty, you're beautiful." 5/21/06

Emi to Caleb: "I love you more than the sun."
Caleb to Emi: "I love you more than the moon."... and so on..
Emi to Caleb: "I love you all the way from the temple." 5/17/09

Dad: "Kali, are you even listening to me?"
Kali: "Not really." 4/4/09

Caleb: "What's a parody?"
Emi: "Perry is a platypus." 3/24/09
(Perry is a character on Phineas and Ferb)

Caleb: "What kind of adult loses their keys anyways." 3/16/09

Caleb: "Mom, you're weird." 3/14/09

After getting in trouble for talking back to her mother, Kali yelled, "Sometimes I feel like I live with the Dursley's!" as she slammed the door.

Emi thought "California" sounded like "Kali-fornia" (I guess we were talking like the Governator), so she said, "What about "Caleb-fornia?"

Caleb was telling us what he learned about nocturnal animals at school. He said, "Dad is kind of nocturnal because he sleeps all day on Sundays."

During family scripture study we were talking about loving our enemies. When we asked Caleb to explain this scripture, he used Spongebob Square Pants to explain to us about Mr. Crabs and Plankton being enemies. Nice analogy.

When Kali was told that she would be going to a babysitter, she said, "But mom, i'm not a kid! I'm a young adult!"

During dinner, Brian was talking about how he is a heavy sleeper. Caleb put his arms around Brian and tried to lift him out of his chair. Caleb then said, "yep, you are a 'heavy' sleeper."

Kali said she wished she was an only child, and when I asked, "wouldn't you be sad if you didn't have your brother and sister?" she said, "I can't miss them if they never existed."