The Artists

We have budding artists amongst our family and friends, specifically, Isabella and Micah.

Aren't their pictures beautiful?

They were VERY quiet one night at our small group which we all thought was a good sign since we were able to have a real discussion. Matt went upstairs to check on them and came back down. A few minutes later, he said, "Well, they have colored on a few things."

Sarah and I jumped up and went up stairs to take a look. OMG!

They didn't just color on a FEW things. They colored on EVERYTHING!

Just so you understand I mean everything. Here is a list: Cabinets, ceiling, walls, doors, toys, bed frame, SHEETS, wall in the hallway, bathroom cabinet, toilet, step stool , and the list goes on.

I do have to say I had to leave the room when Sarah was talking to the kids and asking questions because I was laughing. My mom has been waiting for this to happen since I also colored on the walls when I was little.

Isabella did help me clean it up but we have left it on the walls and ceiling for now. It is kind of cute and there were some good letters in the mix of scribbling.

Breaking through

William is 17 months old today.

He has become VERY independent recently. He won't eat certain things if they are already cut up. He wants to eat them like us. Difficult with no teeth. We have also found that if we give him a fork, he is much happier even if he is just holding it in his hand.

He has had his first ER visit. More to come on that later.

He takes his clothes to the laundry basket in his room before his bath.

He LOVES his doggie blanket (in fact we have 3 of them but is missing at this time).

He loves going outside. Swinging, playing or just walking around.

He also LOVES a ball. It doesn't matter what kind.

I spotted a tooth finally breaking through. Maybe by the end of the week we will really be able to see it. Yay for teeth!!!

Our conversation

My conversation with Isabella this morning after explaining that you have to eat bread and bland things like that when you are throwing up. Which started last night at midnight. I thought she was finished until she threw up on me during our nap this afternoon. No more "real" food for awhile.

Me: "Do you want cinnamon and sugar toast or plain?"
Isabella: "Cinnamon and sugar toast"
Me: "OK"
Isabella: "What is cinnamon and sugar about?
Me: " It is a mixture of cinnamon and sugar."
Isabella: "I don't know about that food"

She cracks me up the way she asks questions and makes statements. Too cute even when she is sick.

Ho Ho Ho Merry....

Footies???

You may have thought I was going to say Christmas and finally give you our Christmas post I promised a month or so ago. But no, even though both of my children are in Christmas pajamas. I have a perfectly good explanation for THAT.

Isabella has been obsessed with wearing her princess footie pjs. She would wear them ALL day long and sometimes does if we don't have to go anywhere. Other days she wears them until I make her put on some real clothes to go out and then puts them back on when we get back home. I really don't care because there are much bigger issues like hitting her little brother that I have to figure out how to handle.

Anyway, I decided to get her some more pj's so I went looking all over during the winter break. I finally found some princess pj's but they were not footies. I got them and brought them home. However, they were NOT what my little princess wanted. She wanted footie pjs. So I took them back and found any footie pj's I could that might fit. Of course, one was Christmas. She will be able to wear them next year since they are 4T.

Now, one to why she likes footies soooo much. She, William and Micah love to slide down our stairs on their tummies. They figured out that you need footie pj's on so you don't get carpet burn on your tummy. Not fun!

William is still wearing Christmas pj's because they fit. Oh well.

16 months Old

Helping mommy build a shelf

William is 16 months old today.

Happy Valentine's Day too!

He continues to be a lot of fun and lets us know what he wants.

He is transitioning to 1 nap per day. This can be kind of dicey since he does not always sleep as long as he needs to when he takes 1 nap. So, he sometimes needs to take a short 30 minute nap or "rest" in his crib later in the afternoon.

Signs- "more", "milk", "fish", and sometimes "finished". Otherwise he still grunts and points or takes you to whatever he wants which is his preferred communication style at this point.

He is still trying to be a "big" boy and imitates others.

He climbs onto the drawer of the stove and holds onto the handle to try to see the top of the stove.

He loves to play with balls and thinks anything round is a ball.

He is able to squat and play with toys.

His "running" is getting better too.

Still NO teeth! However, he has been drooling like a fountain, had messy diapers, and a low grade fever. So, maybe sometime in the near future? But I could just be fooling myself into thinking that teeth are actually somewhere up in those gums.

We love you little man.

Frosty the Snowman

We got got about 4 inches of snow yesterday which gave us some fun times today.

William loved the snow. Isabella liked it too.

William loved "sledding" down our driveway

William was literally say "Ohh"

Our house

Pretty trees

Isabella in her boots

Snowing on Friday night
William thought is was cool

Big flakes

So pretty

Eating snowflakes

Little snowman
Big gloves

Wow

Isabella and Matt

Cutie

Our Frosty

Snow!

It snowed!


There is no sound so it reminds me of an old 8 mm movie.