Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Nanners & Bear=BFF

One of my good friends has a little boy we like to call Bear. He is the cutest little "bear" I have ever seen. This baby boy has the sweetest smile...and those dimples, they get me. He and Anna-Kate are basically bestfriends...probably not by choice though. Haha. They just love eachother. Well, as far as we know. They think it's so cool to poke and prod eachother. It's so funny. We love watching them interact. It really is the most precious thing. Neither quite understand the meaning of gentle but hardly ever mind that the other is squeezing their face, arm, leg, neck or whatever they can get their tiny hands on. Here are some pictures of these cuties playing:


Well, those are our lovely little babes.

Aunt Emmy


Dear Aunt Emmy,
I think it's time for you to come see us. You haven't seen me since I was itty bitty. I'm getting pretty big, you know?! I can almost sit up, I love to stand, I grab things with TWO hands, I loooove to play with my feet (it gets some good giggles out of Mom) and I've grown an inch since the first of January and you last saw me way before that! I got all dressed up and took pictures for you because Mommy said it might work. I sure hope so because I'd really like to see you soon. Love you Aunt Emmy.
♥Anna-Kate♥

Friday, February 1, 2008

New age resolutions

Valentine's will be here before I know it...and THEN, my 23rd BIRTHDAY! It kind of feels like just yesterday that I was turning 22 and was 3 months pregnant. Now here I am, going into my 23rd year of life with a husband, a 5 month old & a bad bad dog. Haha. Could life get any better?!
Anyways, instead of making new year's resolutions I like to make "new age" resolutions. Haha. Basically, I don't start thinking of changes I want to make until I'm close to turning a year older. So, this 23rd year of life I'd like to become more disciplined (even a little bit would be nice), be a better encourager, read the Bible cover to cover, create a bedtime routine for my daughter and stick to it, become a more positive and helpful wife and lastly, I think I'd like to lose about 15-20 lbs. Mostly, I just want to get in shape. If the pounds disappear, even better. So friends, hold me accountable. I need it.

Tribute to B

A day I never saw coming-Bri W. created a blogspot :-O
This makes me super happy!!! Yay for her.

Our Babies





Tuesday, January 29, 2008

baby love & MAF

My baby bug turned 5 months old on Saturday! It's incredible how fast and slow time can go by... at the same time. Whether it is speeding by or crawling very slowly I want to enjoy every single moment I have with her. She is just THAT precious! Right now she is doing this thing where she sucks on her top lip with her tongue out (see picture). It's really funny. I'm sure it's because she's teething but who knows, maybe she's just trying to make mommy laugh and that she definitely does! She seriously cracks me up atleast 3 times a day. What a great medicine!

We bought her a "jump-up johnny" the other day...except our brand is called the jump & go exerciser. She isn't too sure about it yet. She's okay as long as mommy is within range but after that you can forget it. I thought it would be a really good "activity" for her because she needs to use her legs more but she just hangs there. I guess she hasn't figured out the whole jumping thing yet. I hope she does soon though, it will be so cute!!! It's a pretty neat little gizmo. The little toy contraption lights up and plays music. It's also removeable. And you can hang toys from two loops located on the straps. Pretty neat-o. It sounds like I'm trying to sell the thing.

Anyways, things are going well. We had lunch with a MAF dude (Ralph) and his wife (Valerie) on Sunday. It was pretty good. It helps to get ourselves refocused when time kind of robs us of our vision. It was especially nice because it's usually just Ralph that we meet with when he's in town but this time it was him and his wife. I got to talk to her about what life will be like overseas and what my roles will be as a wife of a missionary pilot. We talked about kids, schooling, housing, having more kids, shipping furniture and tons more. It was a really nice convo and of course, Anna-Kate stole the stage quite a few times. That little girl is the best conversational piece ever....if you haven't noticed already. :-) But yeah, I'm super glad I got to chat with Val.

Well, that's about it. I'll say more when I have more.