Monday, February 24, 2014

LOTS OF LOVE!!!


Another blog WAY overdue!  It sure is easy to get behind on things these days with two little rascals keeping us on the go.  Parker had his 1 year well-check this month, here are his stats:  29.75 in. and 23 lbs. 5 oz.  He is on the move and is trying to talk more and more all the time.  The words that he says that I can clearly understand are: mama, dada, uh-oh, nigh nigh.  He eats EVERYTHING, sleeps great, and is my cuddle-bug.  Alexandria continues to grow like a weed...upward.  She wants to know about EVERYTHING and asks me 100 questions everyday!  It blows my mind at how quickly she catches on to things and how she doesn't let me forget anything!  She actually has become quite the helper...she loves to help me do laundry, pick up all the trash for garbage day, and unload the dishwasher.  Sis is still a girly girl, but yet rough and tough like the boys.  She LOVES to wrestle and do "cheer leading" with daddy.  We both think that she would be great at gymnastics and she has expressed interest in it...maybe later this year?!  We have started talking about her starting preschool this fall and she is SO excited!  We have also been working on letter and number recognition, which she is doing better with....depending on the day.  :)
Kade and Caitlin attended the Winter Formal at Ames High.  I got to help Caitlin do her make-up, which was fun.  They both looked very nice and had a great time.  Devon and Breanna are getting closer to welcoming Jace into the world!  We are all getting very excited.  Breanna and Jess are right on track to have these babies around the same time.  Who will be first!!??
We've also had some other birthdays...Heath turned 38 last month and Breanna also had a birthday this month.  We didn't do too much to celebrate...I made supper for everyone, then had cake and ice cream and watched Heath open up his gifts.  It just seems like we haven't really done much this whole winter, which can be blamed on this crappy weather.  I hate taking the kids out in it and not letting Alexandria play outside.  Thank goodness Spring is right around the corner!!
Alexandria and I had a mommy-daughter date a couple weeks ago.  I took her to see Disney Jr. Live at Wells Fargo.  It had all of her favorite characters off of her shows.  It was so cute!  She didn't know what to think at first...she just sat there and looked around.  Once she saw Mickey Mouse things changed.  She got all in to it, stood up and clapped along with the performers.  We had a good time!!
Well, I think that gets us caught up with the pictures here.  We have more coming...so don't give up on us...we will be back!