6 Months

Whooooooo! What a month! We are finally getting unpacked and settled into our new home. We were blessed with many many helpers that made the move as quick as possible. The number of people that God provided was actually quite overwhelming. We LOVE our church and family and friends. Thanks to you all.

Here is Cwa's 6 month pic with our new carpet in the background.

McB tried really hard to hide away in a box during the move but mom kept on finding him.

Cwa just keeps smiling. She is laughing and cooing much more. She is rolling, doing lots of baby tummy crunches and she loves to sit up but still has frequent tumbles out of sitting. It's a good thing our new home has some nice cushioned carpet for her to land on.

EVERYTHING goes in her mouth. Here is a shot of her chomping down on a cloth diaper. One day, mom noticed that she had 1/2 of McB's cracker in her mouth. He was trying to share;)

Here is a shot of Cwa chilling at the table in our old house and watching mom pack the boxes. We are starting to work on some solid foods (rice cereal) but we are making pretty slow progress. She just likes to blow bubbles with it.

I couldn't find a great food shot. We will strive for that next month:)

She is totally infatuated with her brother. We started sharing the bathtub so bath time is much more entertaining. She LOVES watching him make the animals talk (or attack each other) and the cars drive or talk (cars can talk too, you know).

5 Months

5 Months! Can you believe that?!

Cwa LOVES the water, even if big Bro is splashing it in her face. She just starts cracking up:)))

Here is the pic that we put in daddy's Father's Day card.

This is Great Grampa (G-Pa) from daddy's side of the family. Can't find a shot of Great Gramma (G-G). They traveled all the way from Wisconsin to see us this past month.

We hung out with them at a really cool exotic animal zoo.

McB was being a "2 yr old" and refusing to smile. He really did have a great time. Cwa is just trying to be "cool".


He was not too sure about the camel.

McB had lots of fun cousin time with KatyBug.

They both love books, esp this one. It is called Tiny Bear's Bible.

Granny helped out with our 1st trip to camp. She was a huge blessing. This allowed mommy and daddy to spend some quality time with the youth group without having to miss kiddo's too much;) Don't mind that boot on her foot. It didn't slow her down much.

This is the AWESOME pool/slide at our 4th of July Bash.

McB had some more fun cousin time with cousins E and C.

This is Cwa trying hard to get her head in the water.

This is a shot of some really great dad's, and uncles putting away the AWESOME slide thing.

Here are a few shots of Cwa at the 4th of July Bash. She is getting ready to cut some teeeeth.



We took PawPaw's boat for a spin in the "river/bay". I call it the "river/bay" b/c there were some dolphins in the river. I guess that happens when you're close to the bay and it has not rained in a while.


Check out our sand train. "Choo Chooooo"

Cwa was just pretending to nap. She was really staring at the water/waves splashing up on the shore. McB is the 1st boy cousin, so he has to wear the hand-me-down girl lifevest;)

4 Months

We started the month off with a wedding. Don't we look snazzy:) Cwa partied a little too hard. McB refused to smile in this one. He is not a fan of anything that keeps him from playing. He is 2!

Cwa is full of smiles. We ended the month with a trip to the ER. McB decided to climb out of his highchair and ended up with a broken arm:(

It has not slowed him down much. Here is a great smile from him too.

We spend as much time as possible at the parks and in the water.

Here is a shot of our family pool, oh yeah, don't be jealous;)

This is one of McB's favorite hangouts.
He likes to try and do whatever daddy does.

They are waiting for the red thing to start spraying water again.

Woooohooooo, it's on again!

Good thing casts can be waterproof. This kid LOVES the water.
Little sister is a big fan too. She loves to kick and splash with her hands.
I'm sure she'll be chasing him around in no time.

3 Months

Thinking of changing her nickname to "Smiles". She is full of them and she is starting to laugh more and more...esp when she is looking at her family or our dog, Harley.

Growing fast and trying really hard to talk to us.

She loves her big bro.

Hanging out on our beautiful lawn with daddy.

Had to throw in a shot of McB wearing mommy's old Stegosaurus suit and playing her old guitar. She wore this suit in the 2nd grade and never really learned to play that guitar. McB loves dinasours and anything that makes music:) Hopefully he will make more progress with the guitar than his mommy did. Move on over Barney:P

Happy Easter!

Celebrating the Resurrection of our Risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Romans 15:20-26


Here are a few of our many blessings from Him:)
McB and Cwa sporting their cute Easter outfits from Granny and Paw Paw.

Hunting eggs in his conductor hat from Gramma and Grampa.

We took a few cousin pics on Palm Sunday weekend.

I guess you can call that an Easter bonnet:)

Caution, McB is 2!

Can you believe it's really been 2 yrs:( We celebrated with a tractor party and some caution tape.

He loved the cake, but he REALLY loved the tractors on it.

McB got to hang out with KK, Giddy-up, Cammy and Cousins E and C over the two weekends. When all of your family lives out of town. You get to have 2 parties:)

Daddy celebrated his b-day too and wore his tractor hat with McB.

We went to "the jumping place" and took cousin KK too.

Everyone, including Cwa, dressed for the occasion.