Free At Last

We have been letting Anna be free in the bath lately and she and Benjamin both seem to enjoy it!

Kisses!

Anna has been changing a lot lately! She must realize that she's about to have a birthday or something! She is now saying cat, dog, and light! It is really cute and she always points to one of them and says it! :) She's been standing on her own more and more too (no steps yet though!).

Here she is saying, "Dog!"

Pointing to said dog!

Being silly!

Unfortunately, she has been learning how to throw fits when she doesn't get her way also! It's kind of cute in her own way. She throws her body to the ground.........

waits a bit..............

throws in a few fusses for good measure.................

and then moves on as quickly as she got upset! Saying "Cat"!!!!

"Come on cat! Come to me!"

"Okay, I'll come get you then!"

Birthdays and a Trip to the Zoo

I can't begin to tell you how much this post has caused me anguish! I tried and tried and tried and tried again to make it work. But my computer was not feeling too friendly over the last few weeks. After much disappointment, I was finally able to get it tonight! Wahoo! So you better enjoy this one! :) I got some of the pictures onto a post before it stopped working for me, but couldn't load to that post again. So this is broken into two posts....basically just bare with me!

Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, we went down to have a family get together with Dave's family with all of his siblings and their spouses, children and Dave's parents. It was a wonderful time to have together. I especially enjoyed getting the cousins together, not surprising though...that's always my favorite part! :)

The reason we were getting together was b/c it was Dave's mom, Frankie's birthday. For her birthday we all went and got our picture taken for the first time. I personally, was thrilled with how it turned out!


Benjamin and Jack had matching pajamas they had gotten from Grandma for Christmas. They were so cute in them!


Hugs!!!


I think this may be my favorite picture of all! They were so cute and just ran around, back and forth together.......just as happy as can be!

Off they go!

Anna can blow kisses now! She actually won't wave bye anymore. When you tell her to wave bye, she starts blowing her kisses instead!

Our nephew Jack is crazy cute and has become quite the camera ham! He smiles as soon as he sees the camera! I told his Momma to take advantage of this!!!

Dave's parents had a bunch of tree damage from an ice storm we just had. So one day that it was nice all the boys went out and helped clean up. Oh and by boys, I mean Benjamin too.....safety goggles and gloves and all!!!

Aren't they cute together?!?!?!

Playing in the leaves!

I thought it was so funny that Jack just laid down in the grass like this!

Grandma, the birthday girl, opening presents!

Unfortunately, Dave had to go back to work on Monday. But we stayed and visited a few more days. We ventured out to the zoo and all the kids had a really great time!

"I can see everything from up here, Grandpa!!!"

See the post below for more pictures from our trip.................

Birthday Trip continued.......

Benjamin was so cute using these binoculars. It made him seem so old to me!!!


Me and the kiddos! Anna pointed to all (and by all, I mean every.single.one) of the animals. It was so cute! We kept switching which side we were holding her on, so one arm wouldn't get too tired!


Grandparents and grand kids!!!!

"Look a penguin!!!"

"Another one!!!"

All three kids had a lot of fun playing on this turtle! Benjamin was cute and kept feeding it leaves!

Fortunately, we were able to catch up with my family a few times too! Including my cousin's twins' birthday party! I can't believe they are one!!! Benjamin with the birthday boys, Will and Sam!

Snack Time

So what makes for a fun post-nap afternoon?


A spot at the green table.



Having a snack with the one you love.



And watching a cartoon together!


When I came over to take their pictures, Benjamin declared, "We having a picwick!" (picnic)!


As cute as you can see they obviously are after their nap, they are equally cute before as well. After we eat lunch they usually play for a little while before naps. Benjamin gets very wild when he's tired, so it's usually a loud time. Today they were crawling around being very silly and giggling like crazy. When I came into the living room from cleaning up the kitchen, Benjamin started chanting, "Anna and mine are married! Anna and mine are married!" over and over and over again. How's that for puzzling!?!?! :)


And because I obviously can't knit something without sharing it, here's a bag I made for my sister-in-law. I may need prayers to get through my current project, a blanket for Anna for her birthday. It's almost 160 stitches and 280 rows!!! Aahhhh!!!

Hey You!

Anna and I had fun taking pictures the other day while Benjamin and Dave.......

shoveled (err swept) the driveway!


He was covered when he came in! :)

Yesterday we got to play in the snow again, this time with Daddy!!!!

The kids were happy Daddy was with us and I of course was happy to have the help this time!

Snow/ice ball!!!

Anna liked the snow a lot better this time! Oh and before you judge me for her just having a track suit on, it was 40+ degrees and she had a super thick footed sleeper on underneath! :)

Dave cleaned off the swings and they each played in them for a bit!

This is just a picture of my cuddly little Milo!

I have a pretty big prayer request as well. Benjamin's good friend Maddux broke his femur pretty badly on Saturday. He spent the weekend at Riley and was put in a cast that is on both his legs up to his nipple line and he has to stay in that for 6-8 weeks. He's just two years old, so you can imagine that this is going to be quite the adjustment. So if you would, pray that he heels fast and his pain is gone and pray that he and his parents and grandparents all have a smooth adjustment to this and that their hearts would be healed from seeing him like this! Thanks guys!!!!