Still alive!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. We haven't fallen off the face of the Earth. . . however we have moved! :-) We have officially been in our new house for one week! . . . SO come visit us!

We have done a lot of packing, unpacking, painting, staining, decorating, lifting heavy, and etc in the last 7 days! We are exhausted, but are so thrilled to finally be in our new house! We actually closed on our new house on our 8th anniversary! Wow time flies, can you believe it has been 8 years?!?!

Another big milestone is that our little baby graduated to his big boy bed on Sunday. He did pretty well considering. I have pictures that I will post later once I get my computer hooked up! (I am using my husband's school computer right now!)

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. If you are in town, come on over and check out our new house! I promise I won't put you to work! ;-)

Missing our little girl!

This weekend our little sweetie went to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa! We kept brother, since he is still potty training. (He's doing pretty well too. This last week he had only a handful of accidents and the ones he's had, have been right before bedtime when he is tired. . . hopefully this keeps up with the big move ahead!!!)

Boy, have we missed sister! It is amazing how quiet it has been around the house this weekend. You would also have thought we would have gotten a lot more done without her, but for some reason little brother has become all that much more work without sister around. We never realized until now that she is gone how much they entertain each other. . . even though we thought they mostly fought when they were together! We are looking forward to picking her up today and getting to hear all about her exciting weekend seeing all the baby colts, getting her new bike, playing with her cousins, and much, much more!

Thanks Uncle Chris and Auntie Heidi for taking her home with you this weekend!

Happy Boy!

I am not always this happy when mommy makes me sit on the potty, but she caught me at a good moment! Tonight for the first time since we started potty training Mommy and Daddy took me into town to get some things. They asked me every 10 minutes if I needed to go and I kept shaking my head and saying NO! They even took me into the bathroom in one of the stores to try to make me go before they headed home! I didn't have to go and they couldn't make me. I could overhear them talking on the way home that they knew I was going to be wet when we got home and that they were going to have to wash the car seat. . . but I proved them wrong! I made it a whole 3 hours before I got home. They were quite surprised when they took me out and I was still dry! They were even cheering and singing some funny song about me staying dry! Mommy then rushed me up the stairs to go sit on the potty! This is when she took this picture of me! Yup, we were both feeling pretty proud! For some reason, I still didn't have to go, so Mommy said I could get up for a bit, but that I would have to try again in a little while. Well, with that good news I ran over to my toys and with all the excitement of not seeing them in 3 1/2 hours, . . . well, I peed! ;-)

Big Boy!

Well, two weeks shy of his 20 month birthday our little baby is become a big boy!!! That's right! He has been using the potty for about a week now. Some days have been more successful then others and there was a moment when Mommy wanted to give up. . . but he is finally getting it!!!! Just today he came up to tell Mommy that he had to go potty (without being told to try!) He ran to the potty, put his potty chair on the toilet, sat down, and went! Yippee! I am sure we will have some setbacks but, he is definitely on the right track. It sure helps having his big sister show him how it's done! However Sister and Mommy have both learned the hard way training a boy, not to sit in front of him but rather beside him when he is on the potty! It only took us being peed on once to learn our lesson! :-)

Too Bright???

This is how Mommy found me this morning! I slept in until 8:20, so it was pretty bright in my room with an East window! Wrapping the blanket around my eyes was the way to go! :-)

As you can tell I am outgrowing my crib pretty fast. I like to sprawl out when I sleep! Mommy said I get my new "big boy bed" when we move into the new house in a couple weeks! Won't that be exciting! I am already looking forward to crawling out of bed ten times a night before I go to bed like my sister does! Daddy and Mommy can hardly wait for all the fun, tucking us both into bed so many times a night! ;-)

Grandpa's Retirement Party

Grandpa finally retired and what better way to celebrate, then by going to the zoo to look at all the animals, by going on a carousal ride, and by going out for lunch!

We all hope you enjoy your retirement Grandpa! We love you!!!

Oh my!

Today was PJ day at daycare! Let me tell you, I think everyday should be PJ day! It sure makes the mornings go smoothly when you don't have to worry about getting kids dressed . . . just throw them in the car!

Well, this morning I went into my little girl's room, who was still sound asleep! I sat down on her bed, rubbed her back and whispered, "Sweetie get up! It's Jammie day at Dawn's house today!" She turned to me, still half asleep and said, "Mommy, my green socks don't match my jammies!"

Oh my! I can foresee some challenging teenage years ahead! ;-)

Papa's Birthday!

Happy 60th Birthday Papa!!!

From all five of your grandchildren!

Yes, this birthday cake is yummy! Right Grady?

Yum, Yum good!

Addi picked out a Yodeling singing card!

We know how much you like tomatoes Papa. Hope your new planter works!

They boys are getting ready to go fishing . . . nice boots, Tom!

10 fish in a couple hours isn't too bad!

Adyn caught the biggest one!

Thanks for a fun day everyone! Hope you had a wonderful day Papa! We love you!!!

Sweet tooth!

This morning I told mommy she should shut the sun off, because it was too bright in my eyes! Mommy told me that the sun is a good thing because it helps all the plants grow and that is why we have pretty flowers and how we get our food to grow. After thinking about this for a bit, I told mommy, "It's OK. The sun can keep shinning I want it to grow more suckers for me!"

Papa stop what you are doing! You need to start planting SUCKERS, not corn, barley, wheat, and etc. ;-)

More 3 yr & 18 mo Pics!

Well, Mommy got to try out her new camera a bit more tonight. They are a far cry from "professional" but they still turned out pretty good.

This little boy wouldn't sit still for anything!!! Yup, he is one busy boy!

How cute would that have been if he would have looked up for the picture??? Nope, wasn't going to have it! He was too busy playing!

3 years & 18 months

On Wednesday I had my 3 year appointment! I was such a big girl, Mommy was SO proud of me! I sat really well, answered all the Doctors questions, and passed all her tests! Mommy said I did so good because I am such a big girl now, I didn't want to burst her bubble, but I think it is because of all the practice with my Dr. kit that I got for Christmas! :-) They said I weighed in at 26.6 pounds, which is in the 10th percentile. That is pretty good, since I have been below the zero percentile since my 9 month checkup! I was also 36 1/2 inches tall which put me in the 30th percentile.

Then it was brother's turn for his appointment. He didn't handle it as well as I did, but then again he did get two shots and I didn't! He weighed in at 22.9 pounds (20 %) and was 33 1/2 inches tall (85%). Yup, he is catching up to me pretty fast! He already wears the same shoe size as I do! We have been mistaken for twins a couple times now too! ;-)

The pictures are for our 18 month and 3 year pictures. Mommy is waiting for a nice day without any wind to take some more! So, hopefully that happens soon so she can get them posted for all of you!

Open House

We are busy getting ready for our open house this weekend! Yippee!!! Now only if the house could stay this clean. Yeah right! I give it 20 minutes after the open house and it will be back to normal! ;-)

Check out the blog I made for the house if you want and if you know anyone interested in buying, send them our way! :-)

http://www.casseltontwinhome.blogspot.com/

Threw a FIT!

Today Daddy picked us up from daycare and Dawn informed him that I got a timeout today for not listening. He was not very happy with me!

When we got home, Mommy met us at the door and asked how our day was. I announced it was "GREAT" with a big smile! Then Daddy told Mommy about my timeout. Mommy asked me how come I got a timeout and I said, "Because I threw a BIG fit!!! But, don't worry Mommy, I won't throw anymore fits! OK!"

Mommy said, "You better not throw anymore fits!" I told her, "I won't!" She had a look of disbelieve on her face. . . not sure why! ;-)

Dancing!

Great Auntie Eileen bought us a singing donkey. . . Yes, a singing DONKEY!!! :-) We loved dancing to him.

When we got home tonight, our little sweet heart was sitting at the table eating her apple sauce when she looked up and said, "Mommy, thank you for the beautiful day!" (How sweet is that!)

Easter Egg Hunt #2

That bunny was VERY busy! He even left eggs at Grandpa and Grandma's house!

Backyard Fun

When we got to Grandma and Grandpa's house this afternoon it was so nice outside, we had to go out to play!

Here Grandpa is talking to his girls!

While Grandma plays ball with brother!

Here Brother is trying to run away from Grandpa!

We brought out the kites we got from daycare on Thursday!

It need some handy duct tape repair after a minute or two of flying!

It's back in the air!

I even got to hold it! It was pretty fun, but what was really fun was watching Daddy run after it when I let go of the string! :-)