Lydia Turns 6/ Grandpa Turns 60

Christmas Morning

Morgan woke us all up at 5:45 on Christmas morning. She was hungry and expecting to go back to bed. Instead, she got to enjoy the Christmas fun. You can see in the pictures how tired she was. A few favorite Santa gifts: Lydia- V-tech Nitro kids laptop, stuffed puppy, snowflake outfits that match Morgan Seth- animal planet set, pop-up dinosaur book Morgan- the wrapping paper.

Christmas Eve

Dad and Mom bought all three kids matching seal pajamas to open Christmas Eve. Seth's didn't fit so he got to open a dinosaur book instead. Seth will probably be thankful someday that he was left out of the matching PJ pics this year.
The kids prepared a cookie and milk snack for Santa. Lydia is hoping Santa brings a small stuffed dog and Seth wants a truck. Morgan didn't get her list in this year. We'll see tomorrow if Santa came through.

Christmas with Uncle Bryan, Grandma, and Grandpa

Where are the children?

We went to the Christmas party at Steve's work a couple weeks ago. It's one of the few times since Morgan was born we've been out without any children.

Lydia's Gingerbread House

A neighbor invited Lydia to make a gingerbread house this evening with some other children. She enjoyed showing us when she got home.

Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch

That's one ouch for each shot I had this morning at my 6-month check-up. I also had to drink gross drops to keep me from getting some other sickness. I did get cool Elmo band-aids though. I weighed 15 pounds 1 ounce (30%), was 26.25 inches long (75%), and my head was 16.5 inches around (40%.)

Making Christmas Cookies

6 Months Old

I'm six months old today. I weigh almost 15 pounds. Mom and Dad say I have to wait six more months for a party. I can sit now... I just fall a lot. I'm almost always happy.

Hard-Working Movers

Don't you wish you were this happy about your birthday??

Lydia celebrated her sixth birthday at school...

Sesame Street Live- When Elmo Grows Up

Seth was excited to say the least...

Kindergarten Christmas Program

Happy in Spite of Her First Sickness

A New Car, First Snowfall of the Year, and 2 of 3 Kids in Boxes Ready to Move

Stephen got a new car this week. It's a Toyota Matrix.

It snowed about four inches last night. The boy next door lost his Spidey toy in our yard, and the kids are doing a search mission to find him.
Seth and Morgan getting ready for our move to Ohio.

Children's Christmas Tea Party

First Bites of Food

Random Thanksgiving Pictures From Michael and Dessa

Lydia With New "My Twinn Doll"

Learning To Sit With Big Brother's Encouragement

2007 Family Picture

Will work for $2 and a ride to Target...

Tragedy struck this morning on the bus.... A certain five-year-old put her new prize Hello Kitty earmuffs on the seat on the bus instead of in her backpack and they fell on the floor... Another child stepped on them. As you can see, Mom tried with no luck to repair with Duct Tape- of course.

Since the same child lost one of her matching gloves YESTERDAY because she did the EXACT same thing and put them on the seat instead of in her backpack, she is now desperately trying to earn money to replace them both. She's currently $2 short- hence the collection envelopes she made below. Before you're moved to let mop your floors for $2, you will be happy to know that she's earning the money entertaining her brother and sister while mom works around the house. I'm sure she can talk dad into the ride tonight.. It's a tough life.

5 Months Old Playing Trains

I'm five months old now.... I'm getting so old that mom and dad forgot to take a picture on my real five-month birthday. This picture was a day late. I weighed 13 pounds 9 ounces about a week ago. I love to roll around, laugh, and play with toys now... That was a hint if you didn't catch it... I hear Santa's coming soon.

Excitement at the YMCA

We went for swim lessons tonight at the YMCA, and it was being evacuated when we arrived. There was a small fire in the basement. We stood outside and watched the multiple fire trucks with firefighters rushed to the scene. Seth kept pointing and saying, "firefighter, firefighter." It was a small fire, and everything is fine. Steve had brought the camera to take pictures of the lessons so he took pictures of firetrucks instead.

Enjoying Dad

Playtime Fun

Water Fun at Kalahari

We spent Friday night at Kalahari indoor waterpark and the rest of the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Ohio. The kids had a great time.