Little Walker!

Yeah! Abby has decided she would like to be a walker. Nobody was going to rush her and she is still more than cautious. She is starting to say a few things too, she is saying dog and duck along with mama, dadda, uh-oh and gamma.

Stinker-itous

Our little Abby has been fighting a cold lately. She was sick last week, runny nose, sneezes and ear ache and this week she is Congested, and has a cough. I always feel so bad for little kids who are sick. It is so sad. We were hoping that it was productive sickness, like getting more teeth, but no signs of any new ones. Bummer.
Along with her cold she has picked up a case of stinker-itous. Her symptoms are, limpness, back arching, flailing of the hands, feet and rest of body, and oh yeah, screaming that will pierce your ears. She is impossible to please and has no idea what she would like. We are trying to keep her at home as much as possible so other kids will not catch this horrid little bug (or witness her in action).
We hope she will be back to our sweet little Abby soon!

Sleep the night

Cassie and Jessie have been wanting to spend the night at other Grandmas for quite some time now and it has been hard to coordinate schedules so it would work. They were able to spend the night on Friday. They had a blast! They watched a movie with grandma and grandpa, made popcorn (with grandpas popcorn maker, its a tradition they have whenever they go over), watched some more cartoons from what I have gathered, read two stories. Jessie told me one was about some girls at camp whose tent was leaking. Cassie and Grandma enjoyed some time together chatting, while Jessie and Grandpa dozed off. In the morning Grandma made pancakes and yellow eggs, and Cassie told me, "Grandma is a very good cooker." And to top their fun off Auntie Alissa painted their finger nails. Jessie said on the way home, Mama I forgot to say thank you to Lissa for painting my pretty nails. So all in all the girls had a fun time and we hope Grandma and Grandpa did too!

A Good Book

I read a really good book over christmas and wanted to tell all the ladies about it. First a little background. Jeremy loves to listen to talk radio. One day I got in the van to run errands and his station was on. The show that happened to be playing was Dr. Laura. I had never listened to her before, but I found myself intrigued by the advise she was giving her callers. She adverstised a book of hers and next thing I knew I was at the library checking it out. It is called, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands. Super good book about how to let our men know that we love them and to show them we appreciate them. Not that we don't, but this book gave me better insite on how women and men are different and how to relate better to him as a man. I try to remember the things she suggested and our relationship seems to be better than ever. I hope you will read it. I enjoyed it and hope you do too. PS... she is very opinionated, but if you are like me, let your guard down a little and really try to have an open heart and mind.

Snow Fun!

Since the snow is still around and we have been suffering from cabin fever, we decided to take the girls down to grandmas to do some sledding. We went on Friday and they loved it so much, we did it again today.

(Nobody was hurt in the making of these videos:)

A Busy Month!

Since about the week before Thanksgiving it seems as though we haven't stopped. We have been busy with some service type projects, it is very important to me to teach our children about serving others. We have been baking excessively, eating sometype of goodie almost everyday. On top of that their was shopping, which still isn't complete, getting a tree, decorating, going to the aquarium, seeing santa, making crafts, Abbys 1st birthday and now snow!
We got a tree from our normal location, JFK gardens in Maple Valley. It is different than our usual. We like the nobles, but with lots of spacing between the layers. They didn't have one like that this year and so ours is fuller, but I am finding that I like it a lot. We got the house decorated, Jer went crazy with the outdoor lights, but it looks beautiful. The girls made some ginger bread men and we put those on the tree. We have chirstmas music on constantly and it is so nice to feel the christmas spirit. We are busy this year with parties and it has been a lot of fun.
Abby turned a year last Wednesday. She is still so little and cute. We celebrated on Sunday with family. We had dinner and I made a special cake for her. It was time consuming, but I think it turned out really well.
She wasn't too into the her party. She just liked crawling around to everyone and saying hi.
Not everyone was able to come to Abbys birthday because we got SNOW!!! It was like 25 degrees so it was also frozen and icy on the roads. We missed those who weren't able to come. The girls are liking the snow, but it is so cold out that they don't last very long. They are also liking the hot chocolate that goes along with getting chilly.

5 years already?!

Jer and I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. Cassie celebrated her 5th birthday on Wednesday. She was really excited for her special day, which was fun to see. She received a lot of phone calls from Grandmas and aunts. I was really proud to hear her tell everyone 'thankyou' for wishing her a happy birthday. She was even willing to share her toys with Jessie. Cass chose spaghetti for dinner which Abby loves. She didn't want a cake, so we did ice cream sundaes instead. We also had a little party for her today. We took the girls skating and we had cousins and a few friends over. It is amazing to think about all the things that have happened in 5 years. In so many ways it has been incredibly fast and in others it seems like more time has passed than that.