2-7-13

 

And this is the reason the boys are no longer in the same room at night - Jake fell asleep DURING his bedtime story and nightowl Joel hasn't even gotten his pj's on yet.

2-6-13

 

A friend wanted to try this headband on a baby to see if it would fit her little doll that she's bringing home soon from Ethiopia.  Love the headband and Avery is excited for her new playmate!

2-4-13

 

Joel is secretly giving Avery toys that she is too little to play with.  I have to watch these two like a hawk!

2-3-13

 

February is here!  Time to start celebrating with pink hearts!

2-2-13

 

My handsome, curly Q, trouble-maker!

2-1-13

 

Joel is my little Bubba Fett (yes, more Star Wars.)

 

1-31-13

 

This is the beginning of my painting.  I had no desire to do this because I have zero artistic skills.  However, the girls from work were going and I wanted to be a part of it.  So here I am, learning to paint.  Hard to imagine this will soon be a city scape of downtown GR!  Go me!

1-30-13

 

Jake is at school today.  Joel decided to move all the chairs in front of the TV and then alternate which chair to sit in.  Jake never allows his to do this - when Jake is away, Joel will play.

1-28-13

 

I didn't know she could feed herself!  She's getting so big!

1-27-13

 

Play time!  Joel really loves Avery's toys!

1-25-13

 

Joel is trying to sit like Daddy in the recliner.

1-24-13

 

Ok, I set Avery down on the blanket and now she's over there!  I think we have a crawler on our hands!  (Ok, just army crawling, but I still have to be on the lookout now!)

1-23-13

 

Crazy morning hair!

1-20-13

 

Avery is choosing to play with Star Wars toys instead of her own.  I thought with a girl I might get away from this obsession.

1-19-13

 

These 2 second cousins are having a BLAST!  We love spending the weekend with family!

1-16-13

 

Avery is watching the Calvin/Hope game with Daddy.

1-14-13

 

Joel is still lounging in Avery's toys.  I think he's stuck here, thus the look of, "Now what?"

1-13-13

 

6 months old today!

1-12-13

 

Avery fell asleep like this.  We must have worn her out today!

1-11-13

 

Avery's first basketball game.  She's sporting her green shirt!

1-9-13

 

A little hard to see, but the boys are "using the force" on each other.  I think we eat, sleep, play, memorize, read, EVERYTHING Star Wars in this house!

1-8-13

 

SO excited about Avery's Christmas present!  Aunt Michelle made this rug to go in her room.  LOVE IT!

1-7-13

 

And the final product!  As you can tell, this was a big ordeal in our house.

1-6-13

 

Cookie re-do.  Now we have the right kind of dough for cut-out cookies.  Star Wars here we come!

1-5-13

 

Joel thinks he's can still sit in the baby chair.

1-4-13

 

Still walking around without his pants buttoned.  But now he is a pirate!

1-3-13

 

Apparently Jake does not like lettuce.  We said he could pick it off.  He didn't want it to even touch his plate!

1-2-13

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Jake loves to hold Avery!

 

1-1-13

 

Jake really wanted to make Star Wars cookies.  Daddy bought some cookie dough and baked it.  This is how they turned out...he didn't know there is a difference between sugar cookies and sugar cookies that you cut out.

Continuing On

So after much debate about whether or not to continue this blog - here goes.  Without it, I haven't been taking as many pictures.