Kaelyn talking

Here is a video of some of the things Kaelyn is saying. It was a few weeks ago so she has gotten better at some of them, but I thought it would be fun to share!!

Markers....

So Kaelyn absolutely loves markers! I don't usually let her use them unless she is supervised. I accidentally put a highlighter and permanent marker in a drawer in the desk in the kitchen. One night while I was washing dishes Kaelyn was playing behind me. After I tuned the water off I head this familiar noise. It was the sound of someone using a marker. I ran around the corner and........luckily it was the highlighter!!!!!!!! It came right off and it was soooooooo hard not to laugh! But we had to take pictures!!!

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!! We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Ours was busy but fun! We started off December by getting a few packages in the mail from Uncle Nate and Aunt Elizabeth. Kaelyn got her first cabbage patch doll which she absolutely loves!!!! And Austin got his first Build A Bear which was an adorable little puppy!!!! I'm sure he will love it when he gets a little older! But right now Kaelyn is taking good care of it for him!!!! We spent Christmas Eve with Joe's family. We had dinner at his mom's and opened presents afterwards. The kids seemed to have a good time seeing everyone and Kaelyn had fun unwrapping her gifts. Then we woke up Christmas morning and opened gifts at home. Most of them were from Grandpa and Grandmama Sanders. Kaelyn had to open everything right away and test it all out! Then we got to go and enjoy the snow while Joe helped plow his parents driveway. Kaelyn wasn't too sure about the snow, but thought it was fun when we threw snowballs at her!!!! Then we got to see some more family and have some yummy crab legs!!!!! It was a busy but fun couple of days!

Vidoes

Here are a few videos from November. Enjoy!!!!!

November 2009

Well, November has been a very fun month. The kids are both getting so big!!! We can't believe that we have a nineteen month old and a 3 1/2 month old. Where does the time go?!?! Austin is getting to be so much fun now that he is more aware of everything going on around him. He loves to talk! He will lay on his play mat and talk and talk and talk!!! He is starting to reach for things and hold on to them now. He understands that he can make his hands do things and loves to swat at the toys hanging in front of him. He is also very smiley!!!! Which just melts my heart!! He also loves his big sister! He will just sit and watch her to see what she is doing. He loves when she comes and talks to him. He is also a very good sleeper! He wakes us once at night to eat which means mommy is getting more sleep! Yeah! We met with the cardiologist again last week. They had us do a 24 hour monitor of his heart. We heard back this week that everything was fine so we are done with Austin's medication!!!! Everything looks good so we don't have to do anything else!!!
Kaelyn is in to everything and anything! She keeps us very busy! She is starting to use her words more which is very nice for us. Some of her favorite words are "bubbles", "Bapa"-for Grandpa, "NO", "puh"-for please, "Autin"-for Austin, and "ticka ticka ticka"-for when she is tickling you!!! She is also eating with a fork and spoon very well now. One of her favorite activities is playing in the water. She loves bath time and also standing in front of the sink. She still loves music, which includes dancing and being sung to. He new favorite thing is Barney-which we aren't very happy about-but she loves to watch him over and over and over again! I have been doing a mommy and me class through our city with both kids once a week and Kaelyn seems to love it!!! She has done lots of painting and new activities through the class.
We are really enjoying how well Kaelyn and Austin get along and are excited to see how that progresses as they get older. We are so greatful for our family and look forward to all that is to come!!!!

Halloween 2009

Okay, so I have been a big slacker at updating this blog and I feel really bad!!!! Then on top of it Joe did something to the computer and I can't access all of the pictures I took in October. So that is part of my excuse!!!! So hopefully I will be able to update at the end of the month with new pics of the kids! We are all doing really well! We had a fun Halloween, although we actually didn't go out on Halloween. Our church had a Trunk or Treat on Oct 17th along with our chili cook off. We lined up our cars in the parking lot and decorated our trunks. All the kids came around and Trunk or Treated! It actually worked out great! Kaelyn was the cutest little lion and also had the best "ROAR"! Austin was a cute little pumpkin. We had the kids in their costumes for various picture taking sessions so we definitely got some good use out of them this year. Kaelyn was up for 2 1/2 hours the night before Halloween so we had a rough day on Halloween. Everything got pushed out a little because she woke up late and by the time we got home from running around it was going to be too crazy to try and get the kids ready to do some trick or treating. We figured she wouldn't remember anyways so it was okay. She had fun answering the door with daddy to give the kids their candy. We also had fun carving our pumpkin. And like a true "girl" Kaelyn didn't want to get messy!!!! She stuck her hand in a few times but then would make us wipe her off!!!! She is crazy but we still love her!!!!

August 2009

So I know this is totally late, but I thought it was better than nothing!!! August was a great month for our family!!! Austin arrived on August 11th and we are so happy to have him be apart of our family! Kaelyn is a wonderful BIG sister!!! She loves to help get diapers, put the pacifier in Austin's mouth, give him his blanket, and then take it away!, and she's always trying to share her food with him! She seems to be adjusting very well which I am really greatful for. My parents were here all of August to help with getting used to having two kids. They were a tremendous help and they really enjoyed being able to spend time with their grandkids!!! Here are some pictures from August.....