Bath Time

Sydney loves her bathtime, but she hates to be cold, so I have to cover her with washcloths or she gets upset. She has so much hair that it makes so much lather that I can't rinse her hair in the tub, I have to rinse it with tap water or it wouldn't ever rinse.

Daddy's birthday!

My sweetheart turned 38 today. I can only say that I am so thankful that he was born on this day and that he is all mine! I am so grateful for the sweet, thoughtful honey that I am so fortunate to be married to for eternity! It wouldn't be Dan's birthday if I didn't have a story though. Dan decided that for his birthday he wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese's. Funny huh? I thought it was an odd request since I know he thinks the food there stinks and he is just a little old for the place, but he explained that he thought it would be a blast to take Ian there for the first time and he couldn't wait to see how much fun he had. Well,.....it didn't work out as well as it had worked in his head. Ian was a little afraid of the place, didn't really want to get on any of the little kiddy rides (he's afraid of stuff like that) and just looked around more apprehensive than anything. But we still had fun despite the crummy pizza.

Cute little Monkee!

Kiss?

Ian loves to kiss,.....his stuffed animals that is, people not as much,...... but it is still really cute!

Ian being silly!

Okay, so have you ever seen your child do something totally random and wonder what posseses them to do such a thing. Well that's what Ian did this week. For some reason, his latest most fun thing to do is to take his water cup and dump the water onto the floor, and then lick it off the floor. Doesn't want to drink it from the cup, just wants to lick it off the floor. Thankfully, since he has been doing this so many times a day, my kitchen floor has become quite clean, but see for yourself.......

More cuteness!

I LOVE SO MUCH WHEN THESE KIDS SMILE!

Sydney is growing so fast!

But not just her, I think her hair is growing faster than she is. Here are some pictures at Christmas of Sydney.

Christmas 2009

What a crazy last few months we have had. With the addition of Sydney to our family, we now feel complete. As we reflect on life and how fast our kids grow up, we realize that this will be the last Christmas we will have before Whitley goes off to college. We are going to miss her so much. All of her paperwork is in and we should hear soon where she will be going. She is so excited, and we are excited for her. We also notice how fast time is flying by with Ian and Sydney. This will be here first Christmas and Ian's 3rd technically. Here are some Christmas pictures even though neither Ian or Sydney understand what the opening presents is. But we are so grateful for all of our children and the happiness they bring into our home.

Ian's Birthday!

Ian is 2!! Here are some pictures of his birthday party. He had a Scooby Doo cake! It turned out cute. When we gave him his own piece of cake you should have seen him, his eyes got all big and he looked at me as if to say "can I really?" It was funny. He still didn't get the concept of opening gifts, but he found a certain few things he really liked once they were opened.

Sydney's Ape face

Sydney is so cute. She makes what daddy calls an "ape face" when she cries or gets upset. (Which isn't all that often.) But it's so cute. Here is the ape face in different stages.

Christmas pictures

Well, trying to get a Christmas card picture is not an easy task, especially when Ian doesn't want to sit or stand by Whitley until I get him his chair. He will then sit there, but he won't give up his binky, so in this picture, I had Whitley take it from him and then look really quick and see if I could get the picture. That didn't work so good, but oh well. Here they are. Still cute. Sydney looks like a little doll literally. They are all so cute.

In the kitchen again!

One of Ian's favorite thing is to be in the kitchen. He eats constantly, and whenever I turn on any kitchen appliance he comes running to see what I'm doing, especially when he hears the hand mixer, because it usually means I'm making a "treat" and he will get to lick the beaters and stick his finger in the batter. Of course he makes a complete mess, but it's so cute to watch him enjoy it!