Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
CHICAGO
Children's Museum at Navy Pier
Chicago!! What a fun time we had! The kids enjoyed the Rain Forest Cafe, American Girl, the Pier and the hotel and pool. We walked a lot and shopped and ate yummy food. Baylor got a new truck from the Disney Store and Averie picked a new baby from American Girl. Colbie got a cute Little Mermaid cell phone. We can't wait to plan the next fun vacay!
Monday, May 02, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
COLBIE IS 18 MONTHS
Colbie, you are so big! These last 18 months have gone so fast. You are so funny, spunky and smart. I love you so much. You are so cute. Everyday I am so happy and excited to hear you in your crib and see you take on the day. You wake up every morning with giggles and smiles! It is my favorite part of the day. You love your ju-ju in the morning and O's. You are getting pretty good at using a spoon and a fork, but you prefer to use your hands if the utensils don't get you food fast enough. You love "ka-ka's" or graham crackers and ask for them every day, more than once a day. You also love "gurt" or yogurt. As far as eating goes, you eat anything and everything and just love food.
You really love snuggling pup in your bed and listen to Violet play sleeping music before you fall asleep. You are a mama's girl still but have really been enjoying daddy these days. You also have been loving on brother more. You say "bruhber" and "sissy" and love them both so much. You like to play with them and do what they do. You love coloring and carrying purses or bags and filling those bags with boys and odds and ends. You are so girly, you love putting on bracelets and trying on clothes and shoes. You also love outside time and carrying around rocks or "gackos" as you call them. You fill buckets with "gackos" and carry the buckets around. You also love riding on toys outside and are starting to get brave with slides and swings. I can't wait for more warm weather when you can really get out and play.
Colbie, I can't believe you are so big. I am sad you aren't my little baby anymore, but so excited to see you grow and change and become a little lady. I love you so much and treasure every moment with you. Xoxoxoxo. Mini photo shoot later today...I will try to post pics tonight.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
EASTER PICS
Saturday, March 26, 2011
SILLY POST
We had a photo shoot the other evening for pictures to print for frames in our new master bathroom. Here are a few of my favs. Hopefully soon I will get pics of the bathroom up too! It turned out amazing!!!! The kids are doing well, Colbie is walking everywhere. She is so funny and silly. She loves to eat and is obsessed with graham crackers. She asks for a "cacker" all the time and sometimes wakes up in the morning asking. She also is in swimming lessons learning her survival float. She loves the water and going to swimming. She asks for "bober" the whole time and says "Cinee" for Miss Cindy. It is so cute to see her loving the water. She still cries while she is working hard in the water...but loves it at the same time.
Averie is doing awesome reading. She is getting faster and reading more words and is getting her confidence up. That is the biggest thing she struggles with. She gets a little resistant to read when I ask her to (story books and such. She wants to look at the pictures), but is always willing to do reading time for school. I am trying to encourage her to read for fun. She is reading on her own more and more. I love to hear how many words she can read and sound out. It is so amazing! She loves everything about school. She loves her free "craft" time too. She gets about 45 mins a day to do free art. And it is probably her favorite time of the day. She creates TONS of things from hats, to party favors, games, pictures, books, etc.....
And then there is Baylor. He is so funny. He loves his blanket and "baby." Baby is a small cloth baby doll that was actually Averie's first baby. It is random, but he loves her. Blanket is in about 7 pieces now, there is a main piece he loves still them most. But usually he only has to have one piece and he is fine (and I'm talking about bed/naps). Other than his buddies, he loves his cars and trucks and is beyond ready for spring and warmer weather. He will be excited to go outside and explore and ride bikes. We will have to have many scavenger hunts. Baylor and Averie have also been doing gymnastics since the fall. They go every Friday and have a great time. They love their instructor and love practicing their skills at home too!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
MY BABY IS 6
Ohhhhh me, OH my! Averie is 6. Well, that went fast. I love you Averie. You are so special to this family. You are independent, loving, smart and you are a good leader and initiator. You LOVE your sister and brother so much. You are reading well, writing well and doing all of the things a 6 year old should do! Right now, you love characters from Dora, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. You haven't even seen your first movie, but you love to listen to stories about the characters from these movies. You love to take care of your sister, play with her and you love it when she wants you more than mama. You are a little mother hen. For your brother, you are his big sister. You take care of him and lead him with games and activities and ideas. He adores you...and you are great to him, most of the time! A little tough love is good sometimes, right?! So, for your 6th Bday, we are going to "Bounce," lunch with Gma and Gpa at Max and Ermas and then home to play games and do whatever you want! Saturday we are having family over for pizza and cake. It should be a wonderful, special day. I love you Averie and all that you are. You are very special and super sweet and I hope you always stay that way! XOXO
Saturday, February 05, 2011
WINTER FUN
Colbie really enjoy "side" time (outside). She rode around in her little sled and loved it. She also sat in the snow and watched Averie and Baylor run all around.
She was all dolled up in her tu-tu and halo. Hahaha. The ice was sticky so the kids could skate alone without falling.
Bay posing for the camera.
Monday, January 24, 2011
WINTER PICS
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
FABULOUS CHRISTMAS
The kiddos, ready to tear into the gifts...
So, we had a wonderful Christmas...well, mostly. I was sick, ugh, head cold/sinus thingy. I didn't have an appetite or voice and couldn't sleep. But I am tons better now. Yesterday was my first better day and actually it wasn't until bedtime that I noticed how good I felt. Today, even better yet. So, Christmas was so much fun! The kids loved going to Grandma and Grandpa (B and J) the week before Christmas... we also got to visit with our buds Rece, Carmine, Tierney and Kinsley! We do a book exchange with them and had so much fun. Averie is still talking about how she loved watching Rece play his game and loved talking to him. Every time we are with them it is typically for a gathering, which is too busy and chaotic for any play time. This visit was nice and low key. After that visit we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and daddy met us there. We celebrated Christmas with them and really enjoyed their gift of roller skates!!! The big kids got to skate all over their basement, which was great practice since they were nervous and had never skated before! Colbie just crawled all over and wanted to climb the stairs and eat everything she could find (off the floor even). After a couple fun days there, we headed home just in time for a visit with Jayde, Jett, Jorie, Delaney and A Shan and A Shawna. They came over to our house and we did our annual craft and dinner. The kids painted ornaments and played! And then the next day was Christmas Eve. We headed to Grandma and Grandpa's (P and A) for dinner (we brought veggie pizzas, Oreo and pb bon bons, Hug pretzels and brownie cookies)! We also had sandwiches and soup and a wonderful time. We went to church and after church we did presents! The kids got tons of fun things. Moon sand, play-doh, paper dolls, Colbie got a small Little People set and some other fun things! After all the excitement we headed home for bed (10:30pm...yawn!)... Then Santa came!!!! What a fun morning! The kids got so many fun things...they are still playing with everything today...Trio, Paper dolls, Play mobil, games, etc. The list goes on. We then went to GG's house for Christmas with my extended family and they got a few more goodies. We also had lunch and spent time with cousins (Averie's buds). They played and we just really felt so blessed and loved with everyone together.
As far as the kids go...Averie is doing wonderful. She is reading very well and we are 3/4 the way through her reading lessons book. She is also enjoying working on a winter book right now for our Christmas break "project." She reads stories well and will even, with a little encouragement, read for other people. I can tell she is still unsure of her reading skill, but she does very well. Math, I would says she is at about a 1st grade level. We have a math book and are working on it little by little, but it is still very basic. She can do 10 pages at a sitting and enjoys them. She would do art and crafts all day if I let her. This is what she chooses to do during "nap" for Baylor and Colbie. She could fill up 10 or 20 papers if I let her (I limit her to 5 a day). Her favorite things right now are still Dora and Alicia (Diego's sister/Dora's cousin). She also likes Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz (she got a dress/basket/Toto/shoes for Christmas from Baylor)...even though we haven't watched the movie. She has watched clips from U-tube. She is also a super helper for me with Colbie and will watch her and play with her when I need her to. She loves being the big sister (and is fabulous at it).
Baylor is still Averie's little sidekick. He really loves garbage trucks and cars and anything of that type. He will play independently but is extremely shy without his big sis. He is active and likes to run around and bounce around and has a lot of energy most of the time. He also always has good ideas and shares them, mostly with his big sister. He is a good listener once you catch his attention first. He still loves his blanket even though it is in about 6 pieces! Sweet Baylor boy. As far as school goes, Baylor has started the reading book and is about 6 lessons in. He does enjoy it, but I can tell he is quite ready for the harder stuff. I know he could do it, but I'm not pushing him to do it. If he asks to do a lesson, I definitely do it. But I don't include it in his typical day. He loves doing dot paints and writing. He writes his name very well!! And could probably write every letter if asked. He is also very smart at math and will probably do very well with it. We still do preschool and he will be working on a winter book over these next couple months too.
Then there is Miss Colbie. Oh goodness. She is a stinker! She is persistent. She loves crawling everywhere! And picking up little things from the floor to eat...ugh, yea, that's been fun. 100% opposite of the other two. They picked things up and handed them to me. I have to constantly watch Colbie. But that's okay, I don't mind. :o) She is a mama's girl too. And still sucks those fingers. She loves almost all food. Loves pumpkin bread, cheese, veggies, fruit, pasta...really the only things she doesn't like are eggs right now. And a certain cereal bar. Oh yea, and cow's milk! She is standing a little bit now and starting to get confident in the possibility of walking...we will see when she actually walks. I predict by 15 months she will be getting there. She talks too, and understands a lot but listens when she wants to. She says sissy, thank you, balloon, da da, bear bear, bye bye, all done, baby, uh oh, eat, hi there, hi, all done, diaper, ju ju (juice), mmmmmm, and she grunts/clears her throat for nursing time. She signs, more, all done, light, fan, waves hi and bye. She nurses before bed (her favorite) and in the morning (soon to be done). She chows all the time! She loves her stuffed animals, her fav is bear bear and Violet. She also loves peek-a-boo and climbing on everything!!! And she is starting to love bath time again, finally!
Wow, so that update is long past due! I wish you all a HAPPY 2011!!!!!
Friday, December 03, 2010
ONE PIC
Here is one of our new pics from Shawna (Keener Photography). I tried uploading 4 more, but well, my computer didn't want me to. One of these days I will take a few minutes and update on us and the kids...
Monday, November 22, 2010
RANDOMNESS
So, I've been neglecting the blog. Here are two pics. My laptop is acting up so I can only use it for a few minutes at a time.
Colbie devouring her cake!
Halloween - before trick-or-treating!
More to come...
Colbie devouring her cake!
Halloween - before trick-or-treating!
More to come...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
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