Happy New Year!

 Can you hardly believe that 2010 has already flown by and 2011 is in our midst? I am just now getting used to writing 2010 on my checks! ha! I think having children allows our time to go by a little bit faster too. We just finished celebrating my sons 5th birthday. I am in total disbelief that five years ago we were worried sick about this little man! He is now as strong and healthy as a little guy can be! He will be starting Kindergarten in August and just as he does my youngest will be turning 1! My mother and so many other people have told me how quickly time goes by as soon as they start school! Ethan asks everyday. "Mommy when do I go to kindergarten?" I say the same thing "soon""very soon!" I am so excited for him to get to experience school. He is just an educational sponge! He started reading at age 3 and is now reading above a third grade level. He also manuvers around our household computer like a pro! Does anybody remember what VHS stands for? Im not sure how he figured it out, but tonight I asked Kevin if he remembered what it meant and immediately Ethan answered! Correctly! Im so proud of his accomplishments and I am looking forward to seeing him grow beyond expectation! This he has already proved capable! I praise the Father for this gracious gift! This little man that brings me joy and laughter everyday!

Lets continue with our Abbigail. My first little girl! Her personality is as big as most little girls can get! She is a diva and knows it! We are currently trying to break her from her paci and having baby sister around makes it difficult. Alizabeth's paci will be sitting next to me on the couch. I see a set of puckered lips come my way! I kiss her and later realized that the kiss was only a way to sneak the paci away without me knowing! Little SNEAK! She stands in front of that TV with one hand on her hip and her long wavy hair stretching down her back. It is a sight I will surely remember my entire life! We were watching Arthur last month. During this certain episode Arthur gets angry with his mom at the grocery store and says "I want to go home!" Abbigail has interpreted this as something you do when you get mad. So anytime she is upset or uncomfortable she says "I WANNA GO HOME" even when we are home! We giggle and she snubs her nose,crosses her arms and goes to the other room. I told you DIVA!! She is almost the spitting image of me. Kevin insists that we act alike too!  It makes me so happy to know that I have a little one that looks like me! She has her daddy's blue eyes but her mommas curly hair! She is perfect and I see that God knew just what he was doing when he created her sweet body!

As for Alizabeth Jo? Around this time last year we found out we were going to be parents for the third time! I was overjoyed and waited for Kevin to get home from work to tell him! It was the most excruciating eight days of my life! I wanted to scream over the phone that I WAS PREGNANT! Somehow I kept it in and told him in the new house that we had just purchased! I made a power point video of our life and at the end announced our news! We laughed and cried! What a memorable day!

She is now almost five months old and is such a joy to be around! She coos and talks to me and dad all the time! We are still breastfeeding so she thinks she needs me ALL the time! I dont mind it! I pretty much need her too! In fact she is sitting in my lap as we speak! She is such a happy little girl and smiles at everyone she sees. I went to a doctors appointment about a month ago and as the doctor was talking to me he kept smiling. I couldnt figure out what I could have been doing that was so funny. I then realized that Ali Jo was smiling at him in return! How lovely! She has learned to suck on her two middle fingers and I have to say it is probably the sweetest little thing I have ever seen! She has met new friends in her life and has really enjoyed the company of her cousin Jax! They were exactly two weeks apart and I hope that someday they become inseperable!

Wow! Children are a blessing! We are still not sleeping through the night so I decided that it was appopriate to start feeding her a little bit of cereal! She loves it and is starting to want it three times a day! Im trying to pump to keep up with her demand! ha Our newest trick is grabbing for things. Toys, drinks and whatever is close by. We are also attempting to roll over from back to stomach! Too much fun! I look forward to watching her and my others grow! Blessings, blessings, blessings! What have I done to deserve this? :) Everytime the doctors take a baby out of my tummy I first think my heavenly Father and then I look to my husband and say "Thank you for my  babies" Without the love of my life I wouldn't be able to say I am the luckiest mom and wife in the world!