January 17

HE IS CRAWLING!!!!!

For 3 weeks we have been saying "today is the day he will crawl...."

Well TODAY is the day! Im so proud of him! He has been so frustrated trying his hardest to figure it out. I guess all the face plants and rug burns were worth it! Bring on the tough knees.

He first went for a bag a popcorn that Sayd had left on the kitchen floor. Determination. I had already forgotten that he could crawl and got up to answer my phone right after I changed him and I came back into the room with him waiving around his diaper that I left 4 feet away! Cheers to baby-proofing again! boo.... BUT SO PROUD!!!

January 8 2010

I cant believe its a new year! A cold year at that so far! I officially hate Iowa winters. and it certainly doesn't help to have 2 babes that I have to bundle up to take anywhere. To be honest we just don't go that often anymore. Its not worth it to take them out when its -10....

Other than the cold I feel like this is going to be a FAB year! This month is proving very busy already with appointments every week and I am most excited for Mr. B's photo shoot next week. He will be 8 months..... Crazy.

I swapped the kids rooms around the other day. Ill get some pictures of the cute new spaces. Saydee is in a REALLY Big big-girl bed. which she has actually been sleeping in very well. And so Bryce inherited Saydees old Black crib which actually looks better than I thought it would in his light blue & white space.

Bryce is trying to crawl. I'm sure that he will be really on the move in a matter of days. He is so frustrated that he cant quite get the hang of it and face-plants all too often. i want him to be on the move, but chasing another body around our tiny house intimidates me. I guess Ill be thankful its small. Then I can keep track of them better!

My plans to get crafty have yet to start. I am so anxious to being SOMETHING. but I can decide on what. We are about to re-do the kitchen and bathroom and I think that should be fun. We hope to have this house on the market by summer but I'm hoping more like spring. we'll see. House hunting should be a blast! Cant wait to start fresh with new decor! IKEA here we come! And I will definitely be adding a "craft space" for myself. then I should have no trouble seeing what materials I have to get crafty with!

Oh and. Eric says by next month I will be in a new car. !!! Except I'm pretty sure that means that it will be a used Mini-van.....

December 22

Our Internet is final back up and running. The storm that we had last week ruined our telephone/DSL lines and then I guess a squirrel chewed through one? Whatever.


AND. I have a battery in the camera!! Woo hoo! Finally I know. Anyway. I didn't take pictures of Saydee helping to decorate the tree but I did get a picture of her in front of the tree the other night.




She rearranges the tree daily and takes every ornament she can reach off of the tree. I couldn't figure out where she was putting them at first, but now have realized that she hangs them from our wrought-iron dining room chairs and has her own little decor studio under there. kinda cute. Christmas is right around the corner, we will be finishing our shopping today. I'm excited to come home to wrap all of it! We are expecting another storm this week and I am so nervous about sisters and boyfriends coming! I hope they don't get suck anywhere.





I guess not much to report. Here is a picture of my favorite fat boy. So stinkin cute!

December 11

We just had a HUGE snow storm here in Iowa. I grew up around snow so it certainly wasn't the first time I'd seen this, but Miss Saydee has been quite impressed! I'm sure that we will be playing in it later today seeing as we made an emergency trip to Target yesterday for snow boots and waterproof gloves. And, believe it or not I do think that we are getting a new battery for the camera (cross my fingers) so I can start taking REAL pictures. Thank God for the iphone, but I'm ready to have the zoom option again!

Yesterday Saydee took a rather late nap, not that I hold her to any routine so I'm pretty much asking for random sleep habits... any way, I told her she could stay up till Daddy got home, which didn't wind up being till about 11:30 last night. Of course she was so excited when he came home and tons of snuggling and tickling ect. Well Eric, creature of habit, takes a bath every night when he gets home from work. I say a bath because we still don't have a shower (more on our house later). Well I had asked that Sayd not get in with him which she usually talks him into since she was already in a clean diaper and jammies. I was in the living room and could hear them playing and singing, and then....... a big splash followed by Eric's laughter and him calling for help! Sure enough the Toot fell in. We have a super deep tub and i guess she was reaching for her toothbrush (it was swimming) and slipped right in. She was upset to say the least. Not happy about having wet clothes. Wish I would have taken a picture of her standing in the water bawling.... Maybe after I get the camera up and running!

November 19th

Chunk is not very Chunky!

I took Bryce to the doctor yesterday for his 6 month well child, and he is only.... 15 pounds!!! That puts him in the 20 something percentile! Little teeny man. Hes just to die for. cutest thing ever.

Holidays are on their way and I think i might try and decorate a little today...

Amy and ROBERT are both coming for Christmas this year. Cant wait! Ash is having trouble finding a good ticket, so I am going to search for her today.

It is so foggy outside. Im sitting here sqeezing my coffee cup feeling like the season is truly changing again. makes me want to travel!

November 12

I told Eric last night that I wish I could video tape the kids all day long! They do the funniest stuff and it always catches me off guard!

Saydee has recently been eating my lipsticks... maybe eating isn't the best word, she is applying the whole tube... at once. She just talks all day long. If there is something she doesn't want she always says "No way Mom". She has been playing some games on my iphone and is SO good at them it makes me laugh. Every single time she 'wins' the game it plays a congrats song and she tries to hide a smile but just erupts with joy! To watch her be proud and happy is an overwhelming feeling. She is the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen.

Bryce is almost 6 months old. He is getting too big!! Wearing 9 month clothes!!! He can almost sit up on his own, but would prefer to be held. He eats cereal and had applesauce for the first time at Grammy's the other day.

I'm just sitting down to email the family about Christmas so we can decide what we will do for each other.... I cant believe its so close, and I CANT wait to all be together!

November 9th

Bryce and I are just sitting here looking at each other. I don't think that you could ever find a happier face at 6 in the morning! He is changing so fast. His hair stands straight up on end so he has this halo of fuzz surrounding him... so cute. He is eating solid foods now and can sit up on his own for a few seconds. He gets excited and tips over.

Saydee is such a big girl all of the sudden. ill post later about her new big girl bed. She talks so much and she is the busy person alive.

I'm so lucky to be with them all day.