Happy Birthday Dear Abby!

Our sweet Abby Joy turned 2 this February!  She is such a blessing to our family.

 

 

She is becoming quite the little Miss Independent (AKA the strong willed child).  Sometimes this makes my life a bit more difficult because she doesn't want help doing much of anything and often takes more time that we don't have, but on the flip side, once she learns to do something it can make my life a bit easier.  So she can mostly dress herself (Max is still working on this one), put on her coat, buckle her car seat, etc.  She isn't much of a talker yet, but her favorite phrase is, "I DO, I DO!"

She wasn't quite sure about the candles at first

The kids all crowding around as she opened her gifts (most of which were toys found around the house...shhh, don't tell)

Abby gave Daddy the task of taking care of the Barbies while she opened her gifts...can you tell he's thrilled?

Her favorite gift!!

 

 

 

 

 

Swimming Lessons

Max has started taking swimming lessons this winter and seems to enjoy it. 

The first day when the kids were all jumping into the water, each child held onto the teacher's hand and jumped feet first into the water then swam over to the ladder. 

When it came to Max, the teacher was standing right at the edge reaching for his hand when Max jumped out as far as he could into the water and did quite a belly smack.  He came up laughing and started heading over to the ladder, but before he got there he managed to drink most of the pool water, float on his back, and twirl his way over, all the while looking as if he were drowning. 

Despite him choosing to do his own thing instead of listening to the teacher the way the other kids did, she managed to smile at him:)

Happy Valentines Day!

5 Months Old

Drew is 5 months old now!  It's hard to remember life without him!

 

His accomplishments this month:  Jumping in his jumper...he loves it!

Legos, Legos, Legos

Legos seem to be such a huge part of our day to day lives that I figured I would write a post in honor of Jack and his legos.  Samuel and Emily also enjoy building legos but no one lasts as long as Jack.  He could be in his room all day long and be completely satisfied with his legos.

 

Here are just a few of his creations:

 



Abby's First French Braids

 

 

  I enjoy braiding hair, but haven't been able to do it much because Emily has been wanting to do her own hair as of late.  Abby's hair is just now getting long enough to braid, so since Abby was getting braids, Emily wanted them too.  It was a good day for me! 



4 Months Old

 

Drew turned 4 months old today!  I seemed to miss his 3 month old picture, so this is an update for the last 2 months.

 

His major accomplishment during month number 3 was learning to sleep through the night...HORRAY!!

 

His major accomplishment for month number 4 was that he forgot how to sleep through the night...BUMMER!!

 

But he's still a cutie, so we're keeping him.