Friday, January 27, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Our Favorites
Isaiah and Brielle have recently found some favorite activities.
Brielle plays peek-a-boo with her hands over her eyes ALL of the time, but especially while getting her diaper changed. She thinks it is so funny when we ask, "Where is Brielle?".
Another favorite game is covering her head with anything she can find, usually a shirt that she has pulled out of some drawer. Both her and Isaiah enjoy this game which usually results in someone walking into a wall. They seem to think it's funny.
As of today, she has found Daddy's winter hat, puts it on and walks around with it.
She has also become quite a little dancer. She has some really good moves. I hope to catch her on video sometime soon, so I can share it with you.
She still likes to do her own thing and is a really good sport when the toys that she is playing with are taken from her. She is learning to fight back and it's only a matter of time before Isaiah gets what he has coming to him! We are working on sharing and it's a slow learning process, but hopefully one day it will just "happen." (I know....good luck with that huh?!)
Isaiah has some really funny one-liners. His favorites are, "No way, Really?" and "That's a great idea!"
He has really started to love playing games. I have learned that I really am a serious game player and I do not like to play with distracted players! I have also learned that it takes a whole lot of patience to teach and play and play again each game. But it is really fun being able to play game with him. I look forward to many family game nights!
Brielle plays peek-a-boo with her hands over her eyes ALL of the time, but especially while getting her diaper changed. She thinks it is so funny when we ask, "Where is Brielle?".
Another favorite game is covering her head with anything she can find, usually a shirt that she has pulled out of some drawer. Both her and Isaiah enjoy this game which usually results in someone walking into a wall. They seem to think it's funny.
As of today, she has found Daddy's winter hat, puts it on and walks around with it.
She has also become quite a little dancer. She has some really good moves. I hope to catch her on video sometime soon, so I can share it with you.
She still likes to do her own thing and is a really good sport when the toys that she is playing with are taken from her. She is learning to fight back and it's only a matter of time before Isaiah gets what he has coming to him! We are working on sharing and it's a slow learning process, but hopefully one day it will just "happen." (I know....good luck with that huh?!)
Isaiah has some really funny one-liners. His favorites are, "No way, Really?" and "That's a great idea!"
He has really started to love playing games. I have learned that I really am a serious game player and I do not like to play with distracted players! I have also learned that it takes a whole lot of patience to teach and play and play again each game. But it is really fun being able to play game with him. I look forward to many family game nights!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Dull Moments?
To say that our house is dull would not be accurate. There are always some kind of shenanigans going on. This morning was no different. Everyone woke up, way too early, and we watched Super Why which is a staple in our house. We proceeded to breakfast like normal. Cheerios, milk and a pear.
Now I should preface this post by saying that if you are eating it would be wise to stop reading. If you have a weak stomach, also stop reading.
We knew Brielle wasn't feeling up to par, but when she wouldn't eat her pear I knew it wasn't good. So I cleaned her up, picked her up when she immediately started crying. Daddy came to the rescue, "You need your Daddy don't you". He took 2 steps and she exploded her breakfast onto him and the floor. He ran to the bathroom where he stood in the shower and said, "are you coming to help or what?" "Really, you need help?" And then I realized that he did indeed need help. First I laughed, then I asked if I could go and get the camera, then I felt proud as Daddy himself was holding it together.
Dull? Never! And it's only 8:30 am.
Now I should preface this post by saying that if you are eating it would be wise to stop reading. If you have a weak stomach, also stop reading.
We knew Brielle wasn't feeling up to par, but when she wouldn't eat her pear I knew it wasn't good. So I cleaned her up, picked her up when she immediately started crying. Daddy came to the rescue, "You need your Daddy don't you". He took 2 steps and she exploded her breakfast onto him and the floor. He ran to the bathroom where he stood in the shower and said, "are you coming to help or what?" "Really, you need help?" And then I realized that he did indeed need help. First I laughed, then I asked if I could go and get the camera, then I felt proud as Daddy himself was holding it together.
Dull? Never! And it's only 8:30 am.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy Birthday Isaiah
Our house is now the home of a 3 year old! We had a fun party with some great friends. Isaiah has had a BLAST!
more Christmas
So, I guess I must have tried to put too many pictures on the last blog, so if you are reading this, go down to the next blog post first. It will make more sense.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you....late! We had a fantastic Christmas, I might even say the best one yet! We hung out as a family on Christmas Eve until it was time for church. I wanted to leave the house at 3:15, but of course at 3:00 I was still waiting for both kids to wake up from nap. I actually had to wake them up to get out the door. I thought it was going to be dangerous, as neither of them are exactly "get up and go" kids after their naps, but a small Christmas miracle happened and they both got up and ready to go with out any trouble! The only downside was that I, being the picture taker that I am, was not able to get a picture of them both together. And in fact Isaiah's picture was re-created just the other day. He was not loving the camera right after his nap/before church.
We attended a wonderful service, where Brielle used her new-found Independence to walk up by herself to find Daddy for the children's message. The only problem was that she didn't want to "just sit" for the rest of the service after realizing that she could walk around. So we spent the rest of service in the cry room climbing on the chairs.
We have been blessed with a wonderful adopted family here. They have graciously accepted us into their family celebrations, so we once again crashed their Christmas Eve celebration. It was so wonderful to be surround by family even though our other families are far away. Isaiah was spoiled with his first kiddie cocktail and many many cherries, while Brielle was dotted on by Landry, a 7 year old going on 16. Landry also made both of them pillows which turned into a pillow fight and tons of fun!
Christmas Day was just spent hanging out at home. Steve had to go to church, but we opted out since the kids didn't go to bed until 9:30/9:40. It was so much fun to watch Isaiah get the hang of opening presents and wanting to play with everything "right now". Brielle just loved to rip the paper weather it was on gifts or not.
Brielle enjoyed her first taste of the traditional Cinnamon rolls, as we all did! Isaiah gave Brielle a bottle for her babies, and I got tacos from him. When asked a question about anything, Isaiah usually answers, "tacos". So when out shopping for a gift for me the answer was always...tacos. So you guessed it, that's what I got!
It was just a fun day to relax and enjoy 24 hours of A Christmas Story as well as each other. Of course every holiday makes us miss family, so next year we will have to skype.
We attended a wonderful service, where Brielle used her new-found Independence to walk up by herself to find Daddy for the children's message. The only problem was that she didn't want to "just sit" for the rest of the service after realizing that she could walk around. So we spent the rest of service in the cry room climbing on the chairs.
We have been blessed with a wonderful adopted family here. They have graciously accepted us into their family celebrations, so we once again crashed their Christmas Eve celebration. It was so wonderful to be surround by family even though our other families are far away. Isaiah was spoiled with his first kiddie cocktail and many many cherries, while Brielle was dotted on by Landry, a 7 year old going on 16. Landry also made both of them pillows which turned into a pillow fight and tons of fun!
Christmas Day was just spent hanging out at home. Steve had to go to church, but we opted out since the kids didn't go to bed until 9:30/9:40. It was so much fun to watch Isaiah get the hang of opening presents and wanting to play with everything "right now". Brielle just loved to rip the paper weather it was on gifts or not.
Brielle enjoyed her first taste of the traditional Cinnamon rolls, as we all did! Isaiah gave Brielle a bottle for her babies, and I got tacos from him. When asked a question about anything, Isaiah usually answers, "tacos". So when out shopping for a gift for me the answer was always...tacos. So you guessed it, that's what I got!
It was just a fun day to relax and enjoy 24 hours of A Christmas Story as well as each other. Of course every holiday makes us miss family, so next year we will have to skype.
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