An Afternoon With Friends

There is nothing more heart warming in this world than watching children playing, laughing and enjoying their day. We are very blessed to have such amazing friends. We look forward to this Spring/Summer and many more lazy days in the sun!

A New Toy

I honestly don't know who was more excited about our new swing set, Cole or myself. We have been saving for a swing set for a long time and had promised Cole that when he turned 3 we would buy one. So, the first thing we did on the first nice day of Spring was buy our swing set. We have had it about a week now and have loved it! We live, well, in the country to a point, and there are not any parks near us. This swing set has been awesome - giving Cole a place to run of his energy. So far his favorite part of the whole thing is the telescope - really! He loves pretending he is a pirate looking for Captain Hook. It is so much fun to watch him enjoy himself and have a nice, safe place to play. I am thrilled with the new addition to the backyard - it beings out the kid in all of us!

Concentration

Lily Kate really loves to sit up (with help of course) and watch the world (aka Cole) run by. She also really loves playing with her toys these days so we thought it might be fun to let her try out the exersaucer. That girl did not know what to think of such a fun and big toy. At first she just sat there staring at everything but finally she touched a toy and saw that it moved and then she was hooked! She loves to spin the toys around and, of course, chews on anything she can get close to her mouth. So far she is only content to play in there for about 15 minutes at a time but I am sure that will change as she gets more used to it. The most fun part of it is watching how totally serious she is. I mean, it is a toy, it should be fun and is fun but Lily Kate never cracks a smile when she is playing in there....it is all business. Poor girl, maybe her brother can teach her to loosen up a little bit.

Baby Love

This beautiful smile and sweet face could turn anyone's frown upside down!

Look Alikes

These are of Cole and Lily Kate at 4 months. It is so amazing to see how much they really do look alike! Love those smiles!!!!

Snowmaggedon

WOW! Did we move back to Michigan or what? 2 weeks ago ( I think ...maybe a week, they all run together anymore) we received the biggest snowfall ever! Literally, 3 years worth of snow in one day. According to the news, in our area we received 25 inches of snow. It was beautiful and it was fun...for a couple of days. The problem with the snow here is that everything shuts down and we are stuck at home. Fun for a couple of days but not a week! I am getting better at preparing and this time we had enough food to last for 2 weeks and enough crafts to keep an entire preschool busy. Cole was dying to get out in all of this so the day after the snow Rhonald took him out. It was so funny to watch him try to walk around...the snow was over his waist. Eventually he wanted Rhonald to carry him or he would just fall back and laugh. He simply loves the snow! And that boy is obsessed with snow ice cream...he wanted to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Cole and Rhonald had so much fun playing and goofing around outside. When they got sick of it we turned on the Wii and played ... way too much. We fell in love with a snow ball fight game which was just as much, if not more fun than being outside! It was awesome...but I hope we don't get the chance to enjoy any more of the white stuff until next year.

Lily Kate at 4 Months

Oh my, this is so long overdue! Lily Kate turned 4 months old on February 7. My how time flies and my, there is very little time to blog about it. She is such a joy and such a sweet baby. Lily greets everyone with a huge smile whenever she sees them. I love to watch her take everything in during the day. Lily Kate's favorite thing in the world to do is cuddle and watch Cole. He could keep her entertained for hours...and he loves doing it! Lily is meeting all of her milestones. She can roll from her tummy to her back, however she prefers to be pampered and have us roll her over. She laughs the cutest laugh you have ever heard but you have to work total magic to hear it. Lily can hold her own toys and is now putting everything in her mouth. I am already ready for that stage to be over! At the Dr this week Lily weighed 13.5 lbs and is 23.5 inches long. So, it looks like she is going to be a little girl! On average Lily Kate takes 3 naps a day and still wakes up a couple of times each night (what happened to the month of sleeping 8 hours??). She is getting better and better about putting herself to sleep and does wonderfully during the day. She can put herself back to sleep most of the time during the night too - unless she is hungry. Cole loves his little sister so much and is constantly hugging and kissing her or holding her hand. He wants to teach her everything but is still proud of the fact that she can't do all that he can do just yet. I heard him telling her this morning, "You can drink milk from a big cup too when you are really big like me." Lily has had her first high fever incident and first ear infection....BOO! Her temperature was anywhere from 101.5-102.3 for 2 days. So scary and so sad. Even when we knew she was feeling so yucky she would smile at us and cuddle. She is really starting to be fun and playful and we are all loving watching her learn and grow.

We adore you sweet Lily, I pray you always know that!