Monday, January 3, 2011

A New Year, A New Start!

When I started this blog, I promised myself it would be a way to document my kids' lives. The plan was to update frequently and have a record of all the fun things we did with the kids. This worked well when I just had Lias. I updated once a week and the plan worked well. However, when Riah June came along, the posts became more infrequent and the task of catching up just seems overwhelming. So, for the New Year, I'm going to start another attempt to document the kids' lives. Only this time, I won't document every little thing. I'll try to post once a week and post what I can. We'll see how well that goes.

2011 promises to be another exciting year for our family, as we welcome Baby #3. We look forward to meeting our sweet, kicking little baby. Many have asked but we will not be finding out the sex of this baby. The great thing about this is for once, I'm completely impartial as to which we have! I'd love a little boy for Lias and I'd also love a little girl for Riah. Either way, our family will welcome another tiny person to join our crazy household.

So, to start off: a quick update on each of the kids: Elias is 3 1/2 now. He talks a mile a minute and comes up with fascinating stories. He takes apart EVERYthing and loves his trains, cars and monster trucks. He's becoming such a little man. I see his Daddy in him more and more each day.

Riah June is 16 months. She's learning all sorts of new words and signs. She can fully communicate with us what she wants now, which helps with the crying. But, she'll always be a bit more dramatic than Lias so we do have quite a bit of crying still. She's a snuggler and so sweet. She got her first black eye last night and it's a real bruiser. I can't wait to see the little girl she's becoming!

Baby #3 is doing well. I'm 19 weeks and s/he kicks up a storm. I've only gained 4-5 pounds which concerns me but the doctor says it should be fine. We'll find out in five weeks at our ultrasound.

We're looking forward to a great year and lots of needed family time!

Hope all of your families are doing great! We'd love to hear from you!








Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Saturday, March 13 - Worker Visits!


Thursday, March 11 - Our Monkies



Monkey Two



Monkey One

Sunday, March 7 - Papa & Li



This has to be THE sweetest picture ever, Lias snuggling with Papa one morning while Papa read his Bible.

Saturday, March 6 - Fun at Grandma & Papa's





Wednesday, March 3 - First Day of Preschool




Aaron did some work for a lady that owned a preschool and didn't have enough cash to pay us. So, she paid us in preschool days. Lias went for three of them before we decided to not take him anymore. At first, he was super excited about it but then, said he didn't want to go. Plus, he came home saying things I didn't need my then-2 year old saying!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Saturday, February 20 - Lias' signs





Friday, February 19 - Sharing



Yes, our daughter likes to play with trucks and cars. It might be that that's all we have (until her birthday, when she got more "girly" stuff). But, she survived and seems to be better for it...

Tuesday, February 16 - Makenna's birthday party





Makenna had her Big #4 at Hoppin Hippos this year. So fun!

Friday, February 12 - 5 months!



Little Miss Riah June at 5 1/2 months

Sunday, February 7 - Our puppies




Our pouches and kitty pretend they dislike each other, but here's proof they don't!

Saturday, February 6 - Caramel loves us & a song



Friday, February 5 - An 'Elias"-sized four wheeler





Lias love, love, loves his new power wheels!

Thursday, February 4 - Good Friends




Friday, January 29 - Naps for Two

Brother loves playing "nap" with Sissy