Evie's 4 Month's!

This pretty princess has grown quite a bit in the past couple months! Her personality has presented itself. She's a very sweet girl with a temper when she gets angry. She likes to laugh and giggle and enjoys lots of attention. She's been trying to roll, but can only make it onto her side. I have a feeling she'll be moving at an early age as she is already moving in circles on the floor. She's quite the character and is pretty patient when it comes to big sister picking on her all the time.  We've been trying out rice cereal here and there and playing in her jumperoo, but all that activity and food still don't fill her up or wear her out enough for a whole nights sleep. She gets up 1-2 times in the night, which makes her Mommy pretty tired. This girls just keeps growing - now in 6-9 month clothing. Hopefully next month I'll be able to report that she's sleeping better - yeah right.

Oh No, I'm 30!

What an old geezer. Just kidding. I can't believe that I'm 30 already! Mom and  Dad came down for the day and took me and the girls out to eat. We stopped at Scheels so I could shop for my Mexico trip coming up! Other than that not much celebration for the 30th. I figure if my next decade is as exciting as my previous one (graduation from college, started nursing career, got married, had 2 beautiful girls, and many more fun times) I can't wait to see what it'll bring!

New Years 2010!

New Years was pretty mellow this year. Hoff had to work on New Year's eve for 8 hours, so he didn't get home until 10:30-11:00pm that night. I had to work on New Year's day, so I got to bed pretty early - 11ish. The girls and I celebrated early with fun hats and watched Ice Age. Low key, but we had fun.

Christmas 2009

Well the weather really ruined Christmas this year. . .stupid blizzard. We ended up having my family christmas on December 23rd. We made a break for home on December 24th, as the storm had simmered for a small period of time. We had to follow Dad with the tractor out to the highway, but once there the roads were ok. We stopped down at Grandpa and Grandma Lunds for a brief period, but otherwise all grandparents christmases were canceled.  We celebrated with the Hofmeister clan on Christmas Day. The girls got very nice gifts and Gracie had fun unwrapping her gifts. Hopefully next year the weather will cooperate, but of course it's my holiday to work. Go figure!

Fun at Grandma's . . . .In The Bathroom,

Lane is potty trained and when # 2 comes along he's just like a guy and sits on the potty and reads books. Well, Gracie thought she had to poop too and followed Lane's lead of reading books.  It was just a comical site and we had to get a picture. I'm sure they'll kill us later for taking this picture.

Happy 1st Birthday Kade!

Kade loves Mickey Mouse, so that was the birthday theme.

We all had little Mickey hats to wear. They were very cute and the kids thought they were funny.

Gracie loved the "birday cake". We all had a laugh cause Amanda made a Mickey Mouse cake, which of course has black ears. Everyone who ate the black frosting got black lips and teeth. It was funny.

Booyah Santa!

 

Rarely is Gracie speechless, but when she seen Santa she entered shy mode.  She would only wave hi and liked jingling his jingle bells. (I know what your thinking; quit being disgusting). Evie had no problem sitting on Santa's lap and got her poor hand tangled in his big old beard. Only when we were leaving did Gracie open her mouth telling Santa "Bye" and gave him a fist bump and said, "Booyah". She got a pencil from Santa and enjoyed a sugar cookie. See you next year Santa!

Snow Fun!

Gracie had been begging to go out and play in the snow. It finally warmed up a little and Hoff took her out to play. They rode on the sled for a little while and then Hoff dug her a tunnel through one of the big drifts of snow by our house.  The mere 20 minutes she was out there wasn't near enough, but I think her hands and cheeks had had enough.  I think Gracie would honostly freeze to death before she came in the house. Next time she's begging to go outside, I'm going to try Maria's awesome idea and bring the snow into her in the bathtub.

Evie's Baptism

On December 6th, we got little Evie baptized. Gracie and Evie were surprisingly very good during the service. Clint and Colleen were the sponsors for Miss Evie. The good Lord was already watching over little Evie cause that morning Gracie decided to feed Evie Coco Puffs and she did choke on it. I gave her the old whap on the back and out popped 1 puff. Hopefully that was our one and only choking experience.

Let's Paint Mommy

Gracie loves to paint. . . . . .and obviously she loves to eat it too.  I leave the room for one minute to change Evie and I returned to find her painting her fingernails with the water paints.  Her back was to me and I went to get a wash cloth and when I turned to face her I seen the mess on her face. Oh yes, it was in her mouth also. Thank goodness its non toxic!

I'm a Big Girl Now . . . . Well Almost.

Gracie has gone through some big-girl changes in a short period of time.  I finally bit the bullet and took Gracie's Nuk sippy cups away from her. I was just tired of washing them. There was much protest; throwing the new sippy cups, crying, anger, whining, but eventually she drank out of them.  Then Gracie, during one of her sippy cup tantrums, threw the apple juice from the fridge onto the floor and got sent to bed early and I angrily told her "And no pacifier!" Meaning for that evening, but she didn't ask for the pacifier for 1 whole day and I took full advantage of that. She now doesn't use a pacifier!!!!! Yea!!!! However she does steal Evies once in a while, but not as often as I thought she would. Now that we got rid of the pacifier, she really has a hard time getting to sleep. So, that's what the picture is about - she reads all sorts of books, does puzzles, and plays with her stuffed animals. Its quite funny.  We have also started using the potty! Although we aren't in full force yet, she is using the toilet more than she is her diapers!  She likes to use it as an excuse to avoid nap and bedtime.  Hopefully by the time I go back to work I'll have her trained! Wish me luck!

Evie's 2 Months

The months are going by quickly and Evie has reached her 2 month mark already. Still doing a lot of sleeping and only for about 3 hours at a time, so still sleepless nights, but we are slowly progressing. This girl is growing big! She is already 24 inches long and weighs 13 lbs, 3 oz. She is doing 6 month clothes already. She took her 3 shots at the doctor like a champ. She has quickly learned that when Gracie is near she gets picked on and therefore has begun to cry when Gracie is around.  We have found that soy milk and a little pear juice have been the key to Evie's fussiness and constipation. She loves her swing and bouncer and is starting to smile alot more! Love those smiles!

Halloween 2009

Unfortunately Hoff was exposed to a nasty virus last week while he was at work. Luckily, he has not gotten it yet, but we decided it'd be best if he stayed away from the girls. I felt bad he wasn't around for halloween, but I think I would've felt worse if someone would've gotten sick! We ventured back to Genoa for the weekend.  Gracie got to experience her first pumpkin carvinng and loved cleaning out all the goo and seeds.  She got quite angry when we were all done. Gracie was a pirate and Evie was a ladybug. They trick or treated both great grandparents and enjoyed the nice afternoon.  Hoff and I both dressed up as well. He was a nerd and I was a flapper. Hopefully next halloween we will all be together.

Disney Live!

We decided to go to Disney Live as a fun birthday activity for Gracie. As you can see from the pictures, Gracie was estatic and her facial expressions were priceless.  She was quite entertaining for the surrounding families - I guess we should have charged admission to the Gracie show - JK. She stood on the chair for the whole 75 minute show and got to see Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Winne the Pooh, and Little Einsteins.  She clapped and danced and screamed throughout the show.  We all had a good time and I guess will have to try and make it to a Sesame Street show next year.

Evie's 1 Month Old!

Miss Evie is a month old already! It's been a long month though. A month of adjustments - two kids, a more fussy baby, sleep deprivation.  Its pretty busy at our house, but well worth all the work.  Evie is pretty fussy in the evening hours, which we contribute to gas and upset stomach.  We've tried new bottles and now new formula, so hopefully it works.  She just can't get comfortable and is inconsoleable. Other than that and a little constipation, she's an awesome baby. The poor dear has to deal with Gracie messing with her all the time.  I think Gracie is determined to give her at least 50 kisses a day. She loves her alot and so do we! I just have to get her days and nights switched around - she'll sleep for good lengths of time during the day which is nice, but then she's up at least every two hours during the night.  I'm sure it will come with time.