Just Because

Since I did that post with all those pictures of Jessica, I wanted to make sure I put some up of the other two from February. Here are a couple more pictures from February, just because.

On Valentine's Day, we decided to make sugar cookies. They are my favorite valentine's day treat. The kids love to help. First they help make the dough. Then after waiting for the dough to chill, rolling them out and cutting the cookies with the cookie cutters isn't half bad either. Their favorite part to help with? Making sure we don't have too much dough left to re-roll by eating the little pieces on the outside of the cookie cutter. Those things would just be trouble in the new ball of dough, so they must be eaten. What would I do without their help? ;)

They found Daddy's safety goggles. Emily put them on all by herself. Good job, Emily!

Josh couldn't be cuter if he tried.

Jessica in February

I can't seem to get caught up here, but I'll make a really good effort. Maybe it'll happen. I realized that I hadn't posted many pictures of just Jessica to show how she has been growing. There is no doubt, whatsoever that this girl does not go hungry.... EVER. At this point, April 10, she is 5 1/2 months old, and she weighs nearly 19 lbs! Big girl. In fact, I'm considering taking a picture of her thighs, just so we can all remember just how cuddly she really was as a baby.

Anyhow, here are a few pictures of her from February. Don't worry, I'll get around to the ones from right now... of course, that may be in July. We shall see. :)

She is such a cutie. Always ready with a smile.

This was back when she was barely starting to get really good at holding her head up. She may have been starting to roll a little, too. I was trying to get a picture like this one of Emily to show how much they look alike at this point... however, the pictures will not convince you. They look nothing alike in these photos. But I assure you, in real life, they look a lot alike.

Jessica really likes her exersaucer. In February, she thought it was great being upright. Now she actually plays with all those toys.

This was just such a fun picture of Jessica, I just had to share.

Pretty in Pink

All three of my kids have had to have breathing treatments for wheezing now. Jessica had to use this thing so regularly she just became an old pro. I thought it was a bit amusing though. Most babies learn to hold their bottle and feed themselves. My little baby learned to hold her nebulizer (sp?) mask to help herself get better. How special is that? I'd like to report that she has not had to use this thing in several weeks now. She is all better.

Who's that?

A while back... maybe a month ago?... I was sitting in the kids room, trying to put Jessie down for a nap. It was nice and quiet, so I could hear everything the other kids were doing outside the room. They were just hanging out in the hall, looking at the family pictures. As I started to pay attention to their conversation, I could tell they were looking at the most recent picture of Peter's family that we had taken at Christmas. Josh was saying, "Daddy is next to Mommy. He's next to Doug. He's next to her. She's next to him. She's next to her..." and so on.

So, the point of this story? I think Josh has a favorite. Uncle Doug. It's the only name he knew. I thought it was cute.

Knock Knock

We've been trying to teach Josh some games and jokes. We played hot/cold. That was a bit more complicated than we had anticipated. I'm glad we've begun this. It'll be a huge help for him to have hot/cold skills in primary. :) We also tried to teach him some knock knock jokes. He loved it. He even came up with some of his own. We decided that one of them was worth remembering. Just a little background. We were teaching him orange, banana, and apple, so I think he was on a roll with the food thing. So, here goes...

Josh: Knock Knock

Who's there?

Josh: Meat

Meat who?

Josh: Meet the grandkids

Can't believe he came up with it all by himself. So creative. I know this may not be funny as you read it, but it was hilarious at the time, and we wanted to make sure it made it into the memory book.

New Dresses

A good friend of ours, Michelle Ross, made a pair of dresses for the girls. They are so cute. She gave these to us at the end of January, and I took these pictures right away. I had no idea how long Jessica could wear hers. I think she's officially outgrown it now. She is so talented at sewing. Thanks a ton, Michelle!

I was trying to get a picture of the two girls together with their matching dresses. Josh did not want to be left out. He loves the camera. He's happy on either side of the lens, as long as he's involved in the shot. These yellow dresses are adorable. I think Emily will still be able to wear hers for a few more weeks at least, but she may be getting too tall for it. We'll see.

I thought I'd include a few more pictures. I just think my kids are so cute. I hope you enjoy them!

Jessica is getting so good at holding things. She can even get her pacifier in her mouth on her own at times.

Josh can be such a good big brother

Emily thoroughly enjoys any time I let her hold Jessie. If you'll notice, Jessie seems a little less than amused, but she handles it well.

Emily's Birthday - January 27

Emily is 2! (and a couple months.) She got a few presents and we had cake. It was a nice family party. Just the five of us. I made Emily a Tinkerbell cake, and the kids couldn't have been happier.

The Tinkerbell cake.
I didn't have the skin color icing coloring, so her skin ended up a bit pink. I think she just spent too much time in the sun. Oops!

Emily with her pretty cake


Josh never wants to be left out of the pictures

I wanted to post this gift because Grandma and Grandpa got it for her, and they never even saw it. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. They use it constantly.

My New Do

I tend to get bored of my hair on a semi-regular basis. I was planning to wait until it really warmed up to do anything about it, but my hair was getting really annoying. So I went and saw Susan at The Stylin' Gator (352) 367-8511... I highly recommend her to anyone who needs a hairdresser in the area.



Pre-Haircut - My goodness was it long. I have so much hair that it just gets heavy when it gets long. It looks so flat to me. I think this hair belongs in the '60's. So long, farewell!

Although the shirt is apparently not flattering, I think the haircut is. It's amazing the difference a good haircut can make in the way you look.

What I cut off. The pen is there as a length reference. I'll be sending this off to Locks of Love to be made into a wig. This is highly satisfying, and I recommend it to anyone who is thinking about getting rid of a bunch of length. I weighed it to see how much is gone. It's around 3 oz, so it didn't make the scale budge. I thought I was getting a free half pound toward my weight goals. Oh well. I tried.