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Happy Birthday David!!!!

My sweet little baby boy is ONE today! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. He has become a special part of our family, and I can't imagine our lives without him. David smiles and laughs so much, he is a happy baby! We had his birthday party on saturday and had Andrea's in the afternoon since they are so close together. They had a blast! Then, on sunday, we joined the church and David was christened. He did such a good job. He winced a little when the water went on his head, but he seemed very content to be the center of attention while the congregation sang "David, David, God Claims You". What a sweet day!

Today we went to the zoo and then out to eat with Daddy and all of the grandparents. He loved the zoo! I will post pictures of that soon, but for now here is his party and the Baptism...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!

Ok, so I am almost a week late, but here is what we did on her birthday. She had a great day! It is crazy that she is 3 already, but I don't think I can bear to say my baby is four, so hopefully this year won't fly by as fast! Yeah, right! Adri came and joined us at Chuck E Cheese to play with Andrea as an extra suprise! Adri is Andrea's best friend and you can just tell how much she loves her! They have so much fun together!

Playing outside- spring-like weather!

I took the slide outside for the birthday party later this month, and they had a great time playing on it because it was so warm outside this past weekend! Andrea is turning THREE tomorrow and I just can't believe it! She has become such a little person this year! She tells me everything she is thinking and always knows what she wants and exactly how to say it. She has her prayers at night memorized as well as many books and songs. I think she has finally decided to potty train this week! I have not changed my techniques much, but this week she decided to actually do it! She is doing a great job, not many accidents! Keep your fingers crossed! She is so excited about turing three, and I think she has finally got it into her head that she needs to do this to become a BIG GIRL!

Church Basketball!

Michael has been playing basketball, and of course Andrea loves watching and David loves it too! His team has not lost yet! They have a game tonight and if they win, another one tomorrow. They are in the play-offs! Go TRUMC!

My college roomie...

Jami and her baby girl (and her sister :)) came to visit us last saturday. We had so much fun watching our babies play. Her baby girl is only 4 days older than David. I can't believe how much has changed, and yet still the same since college. I wish she lived closer so we could get together more often!

Ethan's Birthday Party

We went up to TN for my cousin's baby's fifth birthday... I can't believe he's five already! We had a great time, I hope Jen is able to find some time to look at these pics, cause I got some good ones! If you want any of these, let me know Jen!

What Andrea is up to...

Andrea constantly amazes me with her vocabulary. She uses new words and is better at saying words daily! She is such a big helper! She does whatever I tell her to when it involves helping me out (getting diapers, her shoes, David's shoes, putting toys away), and actually asks me if I need something sometimes. She totally gets that from Michael, I think :) he is constantly working and helping out with things when he is home. We don't sit around on the couch often, and I don't think Andrea ever sits down! When it is time to go somewhere she goes around and turns off all the lights, puts Buzz in his bed and gives him a treat before climbing into the car herself. She is a good girl most of the time!

She has started to try to color in the lines. We just noticed this last week while she was coloring at Olive Garden. I have included a picture of an example of her artwork, here she has colored in the little dot on Hello Kitty's bow. I also have some pictures from last night where she dressed up like a Nurse and helped out Tyler. What is funny is that Meghan had said that we were going to play Nerts, a card game, and Andrea interpreted Nurse, so that is why she went to her room and insisted on dressing up like a nurse! She is so fun!

We are still having issues with potty training... At first we tried just putting on big girl panties and going as soon as she got out of bed and every hour or so during the day. We did this for about 4 days. She would go right when she woke up, and then every once and a while during the day. Most of the time, we would go sit on the potty for about 20 mins, and then she would get tired of sitting there so we would say we would try again in a minute. Within five minutes of getting up she would have an accident in her panties (they are the ones that hold extra liquid). During those 4 days, she also stopped pooping. When I realized she hadn't gone #2 in a while, I asked her about it and she said she needed a diaper. I put one on her and she went within an hour. After that, she was refusing to even sit on it for a while. We are finally back to a point where she will sit on it. However, she insists that she needs a diaper, and will never tell me when she needs to go. When she is wearing underwear she knows better that she is going, but we have to clean up a lot of messes and I think she gets embarrassed about it. I am at a loss. Most people are saying that she just isn't ready and to wait till she is. We have done lots of things for rewards and do reward her when she is dry. She hasn't peed or pooed in her diaper at night for at least 6 month now. If anyone has any suggestions, do tell, I am willing to try anything!

What David is up to...

David started crawling about 2 weeks ago. Before that he still got to where he needed to be, he just rolled or scooted on his bottom. He still doesn't get his tummy off the floor, but Andrea never did either, until after she could cruise. David can actually cruise a little, but he won't pull up on furniture. He will pull up on me, maybe he just doesn't trust other things yet, who knows? He will sit in one spot and play and watch and babble, for up to a half hour or so, then he gets something on his mind and won't sit still! Most of the time his targets are the door stops and Buzz's water bowl, or Buzz's bones. What a silly baby! He is a joy, I love to hear him laugh! He likes to play pat-a-cake and throw balls.

Andrea dressing up!

Here is Andrea in her new dress up clothes. I am going to take her to observe a little dance class tomorrow to see how she likes it, so that leotard may not just be for pretend! David started crawling this weekend. He isn't up off his belly, but I will post a video soon! He also just got in his fifth tooth. We went to the Dr last week and he is 21 lb 7 oz, and is 29 in long. He isn't off the charts like Andrea, but he is still in the 70's and above. It is funny, because his measurements are barely different than Andrea and she was always in the 98+ range. Those percentages are so weird... The fact is that he is growing and staying on his curve, so we are happy! He didn't even cry during his last shot! YAY!

This month and next month are all about Birthday parties of our friends and family and then March will bring a double b-day weekend! Lots to look forward to for Andrea! I am looking to head to the gym often to try to get rid of some baby weight and then my 10 yr HS reunion is coming up! I can't wait to see what excitment 2009 has in store for our family.

Up north!

We headed up North for more holiday fun... I think I forgot to take pictures at our annual Parrish meeting! I guess I will have to steal pictures from them as well! Whew! Keeping up with babies and all of their stuff is just too much I guess! We actually stayed up north for a week, but it didn't seem that long. We were so busy! Opening presents, playing games, the big reunion, going to Fort Wayne for 9 month pictures, New Year's Party, and then visiting Carlee and Ryan in Indianapolis were the highlights of the week :) I didn't get any pictures at Carlee and Ryan's either! I am such a slacker this year!