Silly Worm

Atalie was downstairs playing and discovered a "worm." After playing with it for a few minuets she decided to find Andy so he could see it too. She finds him upstairs changing a diaper interrupts him saying "Daddy, there's this really silly worm downstairs, you got to come see it." Once he finally makes it down there he realizes this "worm" she's been playing with was really in fact a snake that had made it's way into our house. He quickly lets her know that she is done playing with the worm and then they capture it and tossed it outside. Although, it could have been a dangerous sene, it wasn't, and that's all she talked about that whole afternoon. That crazy "Worm."

Happy Birthday Elijah

We just celebrated Elijah's 1st birthday. He was a happy baby through the whole thing and really seemed to enjoy all the attention. He got some cool "boy" toys

that Atalie is enjoying quite well (she shares with him too.) =) I also decided to start a new tradition and make their birthday cakes myself.


And speaking of cakes Elijah had one all of his own and didn't get too terribly messy with but he did make an attempt at it. All in all, it was a wonderful day and I was so happy to get to celebrate his birthday with so many friends and family. I love you Elijah!

Wes's Wedding

Well Wes finally got married this weekend. It started out a bit stressful (for me not them) but once I accepted the fact Elijah was not going to let me stay in the chapel for the wedding and that there wasn't much I could do to make Atalie stop crying, I was able to move on (and sent the kids home to bed) and have a good time. And most importantly, Carly and Wes had a beautiful wedding and seemed very very happy. Congrats Wes and Carly!

Summer Swimming

We were alittle slow at setting up our big pool this year so we started out with this baby. They enjoyed that little thing so much!!! I'm kind of worried they're going to like this one better then the one we've put so much effort into. Isn't that they way it goes, though. You buy them a toy and they play with the box it comes in.

Turkey crawl

He did it! He has learned to crawl!!! We got this little decorative turkey down off the wall, and apparently that was to motivation he needed to get going. He is nine months old today so that means he learned to crawl at the same age Atalie did. Of course we took video of it, but now the trick will be figuring out how to get it on here. (I wonder if his favorite holiday is going to be Turkey day/Thanksgiving??? Gobble gobble gobble; I mean ha ha ha. [sorry, the corny-ness is my dad's fault, I get it from him])

Atalie's bed

Here's a picture of Atalie's new bed, NOT! But she sure wishes it was hers. Of course her real bed was just fine until her Grandma and Grandfather had to show her this one. And let me tell you if she could buy it with 500 pleases instead of 500 dollars, she'd be sleeping in it already.

Kid's survey

Recently I asked Atalie some questions about her mommy and here's what she had to say...

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
Go potty

2. What makes Mommy happy?
When I clean up my room but I don't clean up my room I just say I want to yesterday.

3. What makes Mommy sad?
Um, when I not clean up my room

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
When you tickle me... Tickle me right now...Hahaha.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A raccoon or something?... A shaky thing... I don't know.

6. How old is your mom?
3 months old

7. How tall is your mom?
Daddy's taller

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Learn the letters

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?
Go to work...Actually, you play at work... because you get me toys... and I like toys so go get me some, please.

10. What is your mom really good at?
Drawing letters, No actually doing numbers because you're really good at numbers

11. What is your mom not very good at?
Um, Um, Um. (with her finger on her chin...) I'm trying really hard to think of something really not good... Hum...Um, Um, Um, I don't know.

12. What does your mom do for her job?
Clean up her room

13. What is your mom's favorite food?
Pizza

14. What food will Mommy not eat?
Not spaghetti because you love spaghetti!

15. What makes you proud of your mommy?
You got married

16. What do you and your mom do together?
Play toys

17. How do you know your mom loves you?
Because you give me a really big hug and a really big kiss like this...(giving my a big hug and kiss.)

bye bye bunny

Atatlie is friends with a girl (9 years old) up the street. A few days ago this little girl found a bunny that she named Lucky. Unfortunately, Lucky hopped out of its box and the pet dog was able to find Lucky about 5 seconds before the little girl did. The dog knew it was in trouble for tasting the bunny and quickly ran off leaving the baby bunny right there by us as we watched him die. Now, since we just meet Lucky we weren't too attached and after a minute or two Atalie asked me "Mommy, why is she (Jenni) crying?" I explained that the bunny was her pet and that it died. Atalie then went a picked a flower (weed) and gave it to the girl.

Its awesome getting to watch my little Atalie developing into her own person. She'll definitely be a compassionate one when she's all grown up!

P.S. Never name your pet "Lucky." Your just setting them up for doom!

Easter

Our Easter went well. Atalie had a good time hunting the eggs and Elijah liked watching her. Luckly, we got all that done before the rain set in. Atalie was mostly excited about decorating the egss which we did the night before. So when it came time to eat them she was in a hurry for lunch that day so she could make what you and I would call "egg salad sandwiches" She's at the stage now where she like to do everything all by herself. So she really was doing the majority of the sandwich project. She looked so proud when she brought me a plate with a messy little sandwich on it and said "Here Mommy, I made you an Easter Sandwich!"

#3

We are excited to share our big new with everyone. It's official; number three is on it's way! Oh wait... let me clarify. I meant Elijah's third tooth (#3) is here! And actually his fourth should be just a week or so longer because its very close to cutting through too.

Bloopers

We just got the kids Easter pictures done. They turned out very cute and we ordered way more than enough so everyone can have as many of those as they want. But I thought it would be fun to share some of the bloopers just for smiles.


Crazy kids.


Just pretend my hands not in the picture


They kept doing this funny blink thing every time the flash
went off. It was quite comical to watch.


Yes, that is a huge blob of spit up on his vest. And yes, that
was the very first photo they took.


Silly Girl


Show me your tiger face


This is Elijah testing how far he can lean forward with out
falling out of the chair.


Needless to say, he was having an extra great time!

Welcom to Our Blogspot

So I have recently discovered that I just don't have time to keep up with half a dozen pages (myspace, facebook, babysite...) and even when I do update I'm only keeping up with friends and family that are on those specific sites. So I've now decided it's time for a blogspot! This way it will all be in one central spot rather than here and there and everywhere. I will soon be adding some cute pics of the kids and really get this thing going. Thanks for visiting our page and I will keep ya'll posted as we add more updates. Love ya all!