Allison is 3 !

Allison turned three last week. She had a fun little party with her cousins at Aunt Mandy's house, and then our family went to Shakey's for dinner. We had cupcakes and gave her a couple of Webkinz. She loved it!

Shane at 2 months

Shane has become a very sweet and easy baby. He is sleeping well at night, nursing often, and growing fast. He is very sensitive to loud noises (Read: Allison makes him cry multiple times daily.) Here are some pictures:

Our Little Shane

Shane was born on April 20th and weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. We are all doing well and enjoying our new little baby boy!

cars and dragons

Allison recently went through a major "Cars" phase. She watched the movie almost everyday, and she loved playing with Matthew's "Cars" toys.

One morning I walked into the living room to find her doing this:










She had balanced all the cars on our shutters. Now she is on to "How to Train Your Dragon". She loves the movie (and even quotes it), and she loves listening to the soundtrack so she can act it out and fly around the living room like a dragon. She will even climb up on a chair and say "I'm a Monstrous Nightmare!"









What happened to being into princesses, fairies, and dress-up like her sister? She may be my first daughter to have a dragon birthday party!

adventures in potty training

I have been determined to focus on potty training Allison. These pictures show just how well we are doing:










I think we have a long way to go.

glamour girl

Corinne had "glamour night" at her Activity Days at church this week. She was super excited about getting her hair and makeup done, and she looked beautiful!


(Sorry about the red eye. I need to learn how to use Photoshop.)




(Allison had to get in on the picture taking.)

Our Christmas in Pictures (finally!)

Christmas Eve:





Coming downstairs Christmas morning to see their loot:


The faces of Christmas morning:



























We had a nice Christmas and are looking forward to an exciting (and busy) new year!