Some fun Pictures

Mom and E....hanging out.









Dog Pile Dad

E...trying her best to get away..

E...trying to crawl...almost there.

E is up on her hands and knees just rocking back and forth...she is so close to crawling...my girl is growing up...she loves to roll around on the floor...I am going to have to put the baby gate back up...she does have some chunky thighs...she is looking more and more like Dave.

E...first popsicle

E just loves the popsicles..they are 100% fruit and she has no teeth but she manages to get some good bites in...

Our first boo boo of the summer

Oh so sad looking...It has been in the 70's this week and K has been loving being outside. We set up the trampoline already.

More pictures

K..just loves this hat.....thanks to T from NC
Grandpa and K computering....as K says
Grandma and Grandpa with K, E, and TJ the Bear
what a happy baby...she is so content with everything...such a blessing
K...got a "computer" for her birthday...she just loves 'putering...

Happy Birthday to K

K...turned three the end of Feb...can you believe it? I can't....she had a grand ole time...Grandma and Grandpa came out to celebrate...she had a blast seeing them...she definitely had fun opening gifts...her latest thing is TJ the Bear as well as Dora the Explorer.

Children's Museum

K...getting her teeth "checked" out with a toothbrush camera

K and her friend S...went to the Children's museum...they were having a special exhibit on Dentists and Teeth...K and S had sooo much fun. They also had an exhibit on arthur....enjoy the pictures...

Valentine's Day

K and E had a great time opening a couple of things from Grandma and Grandpa...E..especially wanted to eat it....

Fun Pics of the girls

K just loves chocolate chip cookies.....well actually she loves anything chocolate!!!












K just loves to hold her sister

E...such a joy

K is a big girl

We have had success in getting K to go on the potty....one of her friends (who is potty trained) told K that she was a baby because she was still wearing diapers...needless to say..K decided that she wasn't going to be a baby and started to go on the potty...she is very independent about going except for when dad is home and she wants him to wipe her butt...she is learning so much...we have started to try and teach her how to write her letters. I have a couple of friends who want to do a preschool one day a week with some of the kids...I am also looking into preschools since the promise to K when she became potty trained was that she could go to school.

E...is much more interactive and is such a smiley girl...she is so laid back...she only fusses when she is hungry, tired or needs her diaper changed...she has been sleeping well...

more pics

E...one of our friends daughter














Mr. B (k friend) and K....










E, D, and K.....











what a happy baby!












"peace dude" uncle T taught K that phrase....

Not much going on

We have had a pretty tame January...we've been having fun playing with all of K's new toys. She is having a great time with her Dora the Explorer Talking Doll house. E...is blabbing away right now..it is hilarious. E just loves K....every time that K comes near E gets the biggest smile on her face. Not a whole lot going on in our house....we found out that K and E's uncle T is moving out of our house and to Texas when he is done with school...thanks uncle B and aunt M for "stealing" him away....K is going to be sad when he leaves...guess we will just have to take a trip and visit him.

Christmas morning

E...opening her stocking







K...getting Veggie Tales book sitting on Grandma's quilt that she made.






We had a great Christmas with just D, D, K and E in the morning....then we headed over to A, J, D, and C's house to celebrate Christmas with D's brother's family....K..was excited that "Santa" had visited the house...she left a chocolate chip cookie..when asked if she wanted to leave milk or water for Santa, she promptly told me that Santa only wanted 1 cookie....she had to sing Santa songs for 3 weeks before Christmas...I must say...I am not very good at singing Santa songs...I only knew one and singing that one over and over got tiring. We did go shopping before Christmas and it was fun....K was convinced that her uncle J had to have a jar of pickles...after 2 minutes and a few tears in the grocery aisle...She was ok with not getting the jar of pickles. We also were going to buy her dad his gift and since D didn't need anything we decide to get him underwear....K was so proud to pick them out and she carried them to the check out...upon checking out, we discovered that the underwear was being recalled!!!!! (for what I don't know) K wasn't paying too much attention to checking out until she noticed that the underwear didn't get put in the bag. She told the check out lady that those were her daddy's underwear and that her daddy needed them...when told that we couldn't buy them at the time...she burst into tears and said, "but my daddy needs them"...I told her we could go and buy them somewhere else.....we eventually went to target to a couple of other things with D....so K decided she still needed to get daddy his underwear....we found some and went to check out, so we told dad to not look....we stuck them on the belt and K said REALLY LOUD..."Dad, we got your underwear"...the check out lady tried really hard not to laugh but it was really funny...so much for her keeping it a secret.

1st attempt to make Christmas Cookies

C...wanted to eat them more than he wanted to make them












K....is excited to lick her fingers while she decorates the cookie...bet you would love to eat that one....










S and C making cookies.

A year in review

So...most of you must have received our Christmas picture...that took way too much of my time than I wanted it to. I thought I could save money by printing the addresses on the envelope instead of printing labels....well after I entered in ALL of the addresses (and there were a lot..I know way too many people :))and merged them to print...well...let's just say I went out and bought labels.

We have had a pretty good year....K...has turned 2 and seems to think that the world revolves around her. She does really well with E. K has said some funny stuff...some of which I can't remember. She wants to be such a big girl except for going on the potty...then she says " I'm a baby and I need to go in my diaper"...it will come soon we hope. K...so badly wants to go to school...everyone around her seems to be going to school...so her big incentive to go on the big girl potty is that she will be able to go to preschool. K is such a big helper to me when I am taking care of E...she loves to get stuff for me and help me change E's diaper...the other day...I was trying to get E to roll over but to no avail...I walked out of the room for about 5 seconds and I hear K saying..."mom, mom....I helped E roll over...I helped E roll over!" Sure enough, I walked back into the room and E was on her tummy..K proceeded to show me how she did it...I told her that was a big help but not to do it again without mom or dad around. :)

E...was born in July and has grown like a weed. She came a week and a half early...4 1/2 hours of labor and 3 pushes and she was out....E is such a joy to have around. She is loving her sister. It is great fun to watch them interact together. K...talks to her and E..giggles and smiles.

D...has had a pretty interesting year. After being done with coaching girls XC for the last 4 years...he decided to coach middle school track at the middle school he is teaching at. He also applied to coach boys varsity XC at a neighboring school district. He was hired and had started to coach them during the summer...running with them 2 times a week. K...just loves to watch the boys run...during their summer training we decided to go with D to the park while he had practice. There was a kids play area there and we thought K would love to play on the jungle gym there....well...she wanted to watch the boys run instead of playing...the loop that the boys were running was a mile around....K stood there by the path waiting for the boys to come...she just loves to run. D...may coach girls varsity XC at the same school he is coaching at now....so he would be the coach of boys and girls varsity...that is still in the works...D..did a lot of work around the house. The biggest thing he did was help my brother in law build a swing set/climbing wall/slide for K and E.

I have been keeping busy...I was watching a couple of kids at the beginning of the year and then when I had E they went to daycare. I was sad to see them go. I still go to play group, bible study, small group, and visit with other friends that have kids K and E's age in our neighborhood.

D's brother is still living in our basement/apartment at least until April when he finishes his degree. It will be a sad day when he moves out..K hopes that he will stay a little bit longer but we know he would love to be in an area where he can go hiking and just be outdoors.

Please keep checking out the blog...I keep adding to it over the weeks...some weeks more than others.
Have a blessed holiday.

What fun pics

E...with her friends E and S.











E...just loves her big sister









E...holding her hands

An early Thanksgiving at my parents

K...at G'amma's in the dress up stuff.




We just got back from being at my parents house....K had lots of fun hanging out with G'amma and G'ampa. She did all kinds of things. She went to mom's preschool and church...we also took her to the Children's museum and to see "ittle G'ampa". (my dad's dad). She told me she liked teasing uncle R when we were at the restaurant. E...did really well and actually slept thru the night 4 nights in row and hasn't done that since...guess she liked being at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was nice to see my sister and her son. G slept a lot but K loved to be around G and would tell A when he was crying or when he "needed" something. She just loves babies.

My new nephew

D says that I scared G by taking the picture.










So peaceful

Halloween!

Here are K as a butterfly and E as a giraffe! K had so much fun trick or treating. She would say trick or treat (although dad taught her...trick or treat, smell my feet..give me something good to eat.) and then say thank you....as we would walk away fromt he door she would say...let's go get more candy. She was running from house to house at the beginning and by the end...she was riding in the stroller. The candy is hidden away and hopefully she will forget.

Play Group with Halloween costumes on

Ok...this is my play group....we are missing four of the kids...talk about a big play group!

Fun at the Pumpkin Farm

K...E...and I went to a pumpkin farm with a friend from play group and her two girls. K had lots of fun riding in the hay wagon...looking at BIG pumpkins, riding in a pumpkin ride and going through a straw maze. She loved looking at some goats, sheep, turkeys, chickens, smelly pigs and even a kitten. K wanted to pick out a pumpkin so I showed her where the small pumkins were and she picked one up and tried to bite it like an apple. She thought you could eat it...how silly. She loved the pumpkin donut and the apple cider...she really enjoyed being with her friend J.

Pumpkin Farm

ride 'em cowgirl!







K....standing next to a huge hay bale...








K and j riding the pumpkin ride...how fun









j.....t...(K's friends from playgroup) and k at the pumpkin farm










k...at the pumpkin patch

Dancing girl

K...just loves the tv show dancing with the stars....she will say.."I can do it too...watch me". It is the cutest thing to see....She is so sad when we tell her the show is done...(well..over for her because it is her bedtime..she would love to watch the whole show but when it ends at 9:30 at night...she is a bear the next day.)

E...is growing like a weed. She is smiling and starting to talk..well make noises. It is fun to see her growing and developing new things.

D's XC season is coming to an end soon. He has regionals and then maybe one of his guys might make it to state finals....I think D will want to go anyway to watch other schools.

more fun pictures

mom with K and E










making cookies with mom








K...talking to her Aunt A...

Life of a two year old!

A few days ago...it had snowed and K got up that morning saying that she was going to put on her boots, go outside and walk in the snow. When asked if she wanted to go and play outside...she said, " no mom.....I will get wet." but she had to tell the snow good night when it was time to go to bed. She had already gotten in bed and then I heard her little feet run back out to our living room and she said goodnight snow and blew it a kiss. I hope once the snow comes and stays that K will want to build a snowman with me.

My two girls

K being a ham!









E sort of smiling!

K with her friends...E and J

E looking at all the kids in the house!

This is a canning pot with 9 lbs. of spaghetti...








Doesn't look like too much spaghetti.......

Time Flies

It seems like just yesterday that I wrote. I have been a little bit busy. let's see....on Monday I had my play group over....It was 6 moms and 11 kids....needless to say...it was a little bit loud with the kids but then they wanted to go outside and jump on the trampoline. Monday night I had my women's small group...Tuesday didn't do too much but E was a little fussy. Tuesday night we had D's boys XC team as well as the girls XC team over for spaghetti dinner. We were planning on 30-35 kids coming...so I cooked 9 lbs of pasta! Only 12 kids ended up coming so we have lots of left over spaghetti. K was so excited that the boys were coming over. She was sure that they were going to have a race in the house. She even showed me where they were going to race. She ran around the table into the living room several times....when she was done....she took some deep breaths (as if she was out of breathe) and said...."I think they can do that." She was convinced that they were coming over to see her since she couldn't go and see them because it was a little cool outside. She is definitely has her own ideas.

Today....I went to my bible study at church and then went to a girlfriends house to hang out a little. It was fun to talk with her and have K play with her son.

What a great day!

I have had a great day with my kids. I decided that I know a lot of women that are stay at home moms or work part time that have kids that like to play together. I like to go and visit with them and so I decided that I wanted to have a play date so that I can visit with several at a time and then have our kids play together. Well today....I decided it would be time for that. I had 4 other women over and 7 other kids over. It was a fun time with food, fellowship and playtime. K just loves other kids. She wants to have them over all the time. :) There were four of us that had a second child this year! It was fun. K just loved being the only girl besides E at the house. She was surrounded by handsome boys!

D is doing well...the XC boys seem to be running ok. It's hard to believe that the regular season is almost over. Teaching seems to be going well also.

E is still growing like a weed. She is now 10 lbs. 2 1/2 oz. She had her 2 month check up and seems to be right on target. She is smiling and blwoing bubbles...it is amazing how quickly she is growing!