Titus and Elsa really do love their baby brother. Tonight, Oscar cried when we picked him up to leave the room so Titus and Elsa could go to bed. He was having too much fun. Sure looks like Oscar loves his big brother and big sister too!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
PJ Party
Bedtime can be a fun time with the family, even if we get a little silly at times. Oscar wanted to join in on the fun and the kids thought it would be fun to lay on the floor and "act like a baby".
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter 2012
Today is the day we celebrate that our Savior, Jesus Christ is risen! We are thankful that our family was able to be together on Easter and this picture is our first as a family of five.
We are reminded today that our God loved us so much that he sent His only son to die a horrible death on a cross to bear God's wrath against our sins. Jesus served as our substitute and took the the punishment we deserved. We believe that death was not the end of our Savior, but that God raised Jesus from the dead, so that now we not only share in his death (the death of our sins), but also in His life eternal. But not only do we share in His eternal life, free from the penalty of sin, but we are also adopted into God's family as heirs to Jesus' kingdom!
How amazing is that? God, from the beginning of time, had made a plan to adopt us into His family as his children. This vertical adoption is something that all Christians share. We are all adopted into God's Family. We hope to share this picture of vertical adoption to our family and friends more clearly through the lens of Oscar's adoption.
Just remember a key difference between God's adoption of us and our adoption of Oscar. God loved us and chose to adopt us when were were not lovely. We were mired in sin, something completely opposed to God. How ugly were we to God? See Isaiah 64:6 and Philippians 3:7-9 for what even our best looked like to God apart from Christ. Oscar, on the other hand, is warm and snugly; a cute little baby. He is easy to love.
We are reminded today that our God loved us so much that he sent His only son to die a horrible death on a cross to bear God's wrath against our sins. Jesus served as our substitute and took the the punishment we deserved. We believe that death was not the end of our Savior, but that God raised Jesus from the dead, so that now we not only share in his death (the death of our sins), but also in His life eternal. But not only do we share in His eternal life, free from the penalty of sin, but we are also adopted into God's family as heirs to Jesus' kingdom!
How amazing is that? God, from the beginning of time, had made a plan to adopt us into His family as his children. This vertical adoption is something that all Christians share. We are all adopted into God's Family. We hope to share this picture of vertical adoption to our family and friends more clearly through the lens of Oscar's adoption.
Just remember a key difference between God's adoption of us and our adoption of Oscar. God loved us and chose to adopt us when were were not lovely. We were mired in sin, something completely opposed to God. How ugly were we to God? See Isaiah 64:6 and Philippians 3:7-9 for what even our best looked like to God apart from Christ. Oscar, on the other hand, is warm and snugly; a cute little baby. He is easy to love.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Oscar Reid Carnahan
Oscar was born March 2, 2012 at 4:27pm, and weighed in at 3 pounds 8 ounces and was 15 inches long. He was born in Florida and Jordan and Tiffany made it just in time for Oscar to come into the world 7 weeks early from his due date. After a month's stay in Florida, we are healthy, growing and happy to be home.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
2011 Year in Pictures
2011
January we started the year with a big birthday bash!
February we enjoyed great family time.
March found J & T in Hawaii, and Nana and Aunt Ashley watching the kiddos.
Happy Easter in April!
May started a wonderful season of outdoor grilling and fun.
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Apparently June was way too busy to take any photos...
July fun at the Zoo with friends
August destroyed our backyard...
September produced a backyard made for F.U.N!!!!!
October and Halloween ducks, train driver's, and all kinds of sea creatures!
November brought us back inside the house, enjoying family time.
December flew the family to Kentucky for Christmas.
We pray 2012 will be more fruitful than 2011. Full of family fun and kiddo craziness!
January we started the year with a big birthday bash!
February we enjoyed great family time.
March found J & T in Hawaii, and Nana and Aunt Ashley watching the kiddos.
Happy Easter in April!
May started a wonderful season of outdoor grilling and fun.
...
Apparently June was way too busy to take any photos...
July fun at the Zoo with friends
August destroyed our backyard...
September produced a backyard made for F.U.N!!!!!
October and Halloween ducks, train driver's, and all kinds of sea creatures!
November brought us back inside the house, enjoying family time.
December flew the family to Kentucky for Christmas.
We pray 2012 will be more fruitful than 2011. Full of family fun and kiddo craziness!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Snow Day
We woke this morning to a dusting of snowfall of about 1". From leaves falling to snow in 10 days. Well, we'll have fun nonetheless.
Elsa enjoying the snow. She loved running back and forth and was very excited about Jones playing in the snow.
Jones getting in on the action. He was very confused after he "caught" the snowball, since it disappeared on the catch. Titus followed suit and was throwing snowball more or less at Jones who didn't seem to mind much.
Momma and Elsa smiling. Titus asks to build a snowman after being unsatisfied with the result of his snow angel.
Ask and ye shall receive. It wasn't a very big one, but it was as big as Elsa. After decorating it, Titus asked if he could "go kick it". We convinced him to make another snowball to kick, rather than blasting our poor little snowman to smithereens.
A quick family pose before we went back inside. After one of Elsa's hands got cold and wet, she was d-o-n-e and not feeling shy about letting us know. I asked Titus if he was cold and he said, "No Daddy! I have gloves on and a hat on and-a and-a a big-ole-coat on." (When I first opened the door to go outside, Titus said "Oh Daddy! It's too cold outside." I then told him he had a big coat and a hat and gloves on, so he should stay warm. Seems like he remembered what I told him.)
And what better to warm back up with? Hot chocolate of course. Titus is happy he's getting "hot chocolate milk" and Elsa is just thinking, "Brother, don't be silly. You are wasting time. You need to be drinking it faster, like me!"
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Fall Family Fun
Well we've been enjoy the seasonal change and having fun in the leaves this fall. Here a couple of short videos showing the fun we've been having.
The kids had so much fun, after their naps they both wanted to go outside and play in the leaves again. Titus is particularly fun to talk to. It's fun to ask him to describe why he likes doing certain things. The leaves discussion when something like this:
Titus: (immediately after waking up from his nap) Daddy! We need to go play in the leaves again!
Daddy: (smiling, but still parenting) You mean would like to play in the leaves again. Mommy and Daddy take care of your needs. Ok?
Titus: (realizing this mistake, it's a frequent one) Right! Can we go outside and play in the leaves?
Titus: (realized he left a word off, makes eye contact with Daddy) Please?
Daddy: (redirecting, because we are leaving for dinner) Did you have fun playing in the leaves?
Titus: Yeah!
Elsa: (interjecting from the change table, slightly delayed) Yeah!
Titus: I love playing in the leaves.
Daddy: You do? What do you love about playing in the leaves?
Titus: (quick and disorganized, but honest) I love to play the leaves because Daddy counts and then Elsa runs then it's Titus' turn and then I go really really fast, too fast and jump over the leaves! And then I throw them and leaf rain!
Daddy: (amused) You make it rain leaves?
Titus: (bright) Yeah! (short pause) Daddy I hungry!
Daddy: Okay. We are going to get some pizza!
Titus: Oh! I love pizza!
Daddy: You do? What do you love about pizza?
Titus: I love pizza...umm...because it's food!
Yeah, so not all conversations are not all as deep and revealing as the rest.
The kids had so much fun, after their naps they both wanted to go outside and play in the leaves again. Titus is particularly fun to talk to. It's fun to ask him to describe why he likes doing certain things. The leaves discussion when something like this:
Titus: (immediately after waking up from his nap) Daddy! We need to go play in the leaves again!
Daddy: (smiling, but still parenting) You mean would like to play in the leaves again. Mommy and Daddy take care of your needs. Ok?
Titus: (realizing this mistake, it's a frequent one) Right! Can we go outside and play in the leaves?
Titus: (realized he left a word off, makes eye contact with Daddy) Please?
Daddy: (redirecting, because we are leaving for dinner) Did you have fun playing in the leaves?
Titus: Yeah!
Elsa: (interjecting from the change table, slightly delayed) Yeah!
Titus: I love playing in the leaves.
Daddy: You do? What do you love about playing in the leaves?
Titus: (quick and disorganized, but honest) I love to play the leaves because Daddy counts and then Elsa runs then it's Titus' turn and then I go really really fast, too fast and jump over the leaves! And then I throw them and leaf rain!
Daddy: (amused) You make it rain leaves?
Titus: (bright) Yeah! (short pause) Daddy I hungry!
Daddy: Okay. We are going to get some pizza!
Titus: Oh! I love pizza!
Daddy: You do? What do you love about pizza?
Titus: I love pizza...umm...because it's food!
Yeah, so not all conversations are not all as deep and revealing as the rest.
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