Happy Birthday, Rebecca baby!!!

In grand tradition, we now have the first-year recap of our little Rebecca.

They grow up so quickly! Happy birthday, little one!

We're having a boy!

And other stuff...

Little Rebecca is just too cute.


Building a giant airplane out of leftover boxes. (Maybe we like Amazon a little too much...)

Breakfast in a row: 5, 3, and 1!

february

Snaps from this month...

Adam turned 5!


(fabric paint would be why he's shirtless...)

Happy birthday!!!

Decorating aprons at his party.

Rebecca got her first pizza (and loved it!)

We got a van. Now we'll all fit when the baby comes!

She's walking!

Rebecca started walking last week! Yay!

Right after our kids finally got over the nastiest 2 week long (!) stomach flu ever.

And then time stopped because we've had snow and ice for almost a week. We're going a little cabin crazy.... it wasn't so bad the first few days because it was fluffy snow we could play in. Now it's tiny little ice pellets that don't make snowballs but do soak you in a matter of minutes. Here's hoping the rain they're predicting for the weekend clears the roads soon!

Nicole's first day and some news

Today was Nicole's first day in Sunbeams. We thought she'd do just fine, but she actually cried for a bit and had a really hard time adjusting to her new class. Adam did okay, and seems to really like his teacher. It's hard to believe that we have two kids in Primary now!

And no judging about her hair... it was not me!

Oh, and I guess we're telling people now... we're expecting another little one around the end of June! I think I'm through doing tickers, so we'll just post when we find out what it is. :)

Merry Christmas, everybody!

Yeah, knowing me, I won't get around to blogging this weekend. So, here's your merry Christmas early! :)

Adam is still very much into detailed drawings... methinks we will have an architect in the family.

I just wanted to note the difference-- these pictures were taken about a week apart, around her birthday... but above, she looks 3. Below, she looks 2. Amazing what ponytails will do. :D

Cute either way.

And here is little Rebecca-- she's very close to walking. Maybe for Christmas.

Have a wonderful Christmas-- I hope it's restful!

pumpkins for all!

Here are Steve's and my pumpkins, respectively. The kids had us do bats and moons on mini pumpkins and they fell apart after a day, so I didn't get pics.




And Rebecca likes to attack the stuffed pumpkin!

costume pictures!

I finished their costumes last month, but was waiting until the leaves started changing to take pictures. Unfortunately, it is darn near impossible to take a picture of a baby who can't wait to crawl out of the shot, so I settled for pictures by our front door. Enjoy the insects!

Two butterflies and one caterpillar.

Yeeeaah, who ever thought up the phrase "cheese" for photos?!

Small and fuzzy!

*sigggh* Adam. Who knows why he does the things he does? Cute, though.

My fave. Two gigglers and one deftly exiting the photo frame.


And, just fyi, my husband and I will be completing the family ensemble as trees.

country village and stocker farms

In our beloved October tradition, we've been heading out to fun fall activities each weekend. So far, we've gone to the Country Village and Stocker Farms. Both very fun.

Train rides! Whee!

Most of a family photo. With corn. :)

A corn box, instead of a sand box. Pure genius! I've been wondering if we could manage one...

september, in a nutshell

I'm warning you, this is the post of Rebecca-milestones. So here's a pic of Adam and Nicole. In a giant box. 'Nuff said.

(I don't even know where I left off blogging, so this will be nice and random.)

Rebecca moved to the big crib.

Been crawling.

(interjecting) and happy birthday to meeee!

She started solids.

She's sitting.

She's movin' on up! (in clothes sizes)

august

Getting ready to go to the zoo.

Beautiful day at the zoo.

Nicole's first stick-person drawing.

Rebecca's doing her first crawls!

Baking and decorating cookies is great entertainment while Rebecca naps.

It's fun when she's awake, too.

We've had a pretty fun month, taking the kids out in the lovely weather. We've been going to lots of parks and the zoo while it's all sunny. My dad and his wife came to visit and we had a great time with them (of course, I lost my camera right before they came, but I'm pretty sure there are pics on Steve's phone if I can remember to get them off!) And we gave our friend Y a birthday party.
Now I'm on to planning lots of fun fall playgroup activities and getting the kids' costumes made! Plus, I got my birthday present a little early... let's just say it takes up at least an hour of every day! :) details to come!