6 Month Appointment

Abby had her 6th month appointment. She is growing so much. Here are her latest stats...
16 pounds 4 oz (50%)- 27 1/2 in (95%) height. The percents are the percentiles for her age group. She is doing great and had 4 shots today. Sniff** Jonah said, "Mommy I don't want baby Abby to get shots they hurt, when I got a shot I was really brave when I was 3 years old. Then daddy and I went out to get icecream at Costco". He cracks us up. So here is for a long night and hopefully a better day tomorrow.

Long Overdue update

Jonah at the Park

Flower Girl

Hello Again Friends and Family! It has been a little while since our last post. This should catch you up. Jonah is doing fantastic! We are working on his states. He can put together a US states puzzle and name almost every state, and can tell you who lives there! Pretty crazy huh?! He is so funny, the other day he drank his milk too fast and put his hand up and said, "Brain Freeze"! Don't know where he gets that from. Abby is doing well also. She loves routine, and is getting to be the most wonderful baby. She loves the Kodi (dog) and her big brother. She is rolling all over the living room and if you are not careful she will grab anything in her way! She is teething like crazy. Drool girl. James and I are doing pretty well. We are busy as usual and we are lucky to have some quiet moments to ourselves. We are trying to keep up with 2 kids! We have alot coming up for the holiday season. James is in the drama at church and I am going to be singing. So, lots of practices and time up at the church. James' parents are here and will leave Sunday morning. They are off to Tenn. And we are off to bed. Love to everyone.

Birthday Card

Jonah wrote mommy this birthday card. He was 3 in June. We are really proud of him. He is learning to write his letters. So stinking cute!!

Happy Fall

Jonah and Braeden

Mooo-

Oh, Halloween. We had a good time. Our church does something called Trunk or Treat. The kids play games and get lots of candy. It is on what is going to be the new church property. Jonah had a great time and filled his bag with candy. We had gotten this costume for his Christmas program he is in for school (thought it would be easier to get a costume at halloween than it would be at Christmas) so mommy didn't have to make one!! He saw the costume and passed up Buzz Light Year to be a cow! He cracks us up! It "killed 2 birds with one stone". We had to stay home Monday night and pass out candy to the neighbor kids... if we don't we get teepeed. It was raining... teepee and rain... hum... easy choice. Jonah helped pass out candy and had a good time. It worked out nicely because he has a little cough and with the weather... need I say more. Happy Fall.

Trip to DC

The White House

James' Grandpa and friend

James' Parents and Sister and family

Jacob, Josh, Jonah, Jessica

Us

More Lincoln memorial

The Lincoln Memorial

The Korean War Memorial

Jessica, Josh, Jonah

We are finally home from our trip to DC. We had a great time. There was time to sight-see and also see family. James' family came to his Grandfathers 77th Troop Carrier Squadron reunion. It was such a blessing to see them and they see our family. There are only 11 men left in his WWII Squadron. We went with James' Sister and her family sight-seeing on 2 different days. We got to the war memorials, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The Museum of American History, and the Air and Space Museum. We lost like 15 pounds walking! James and Bret walked even farther going to get tickets left in the car and going to get the car in the rain! The kids did great!! Abby and Jonah were wonderful! All the cousins got along! Can you believe that! All 6 of them together and no one got a scratch! Here are some pictures! Oh... we saw the Marine One helicopter fly overhead. That was awesome.

Cup O Joe

Hello...
Another day another cup o joe! We are doing great! We are getting ready to go to DC to see James' family. Thursday at the most ungodly hour we fly out from here. This will be Abby's first plane ride outside in the world. :) She was a 2 time frequent flier before. Jonah is excited and he gets to see planes... he is good to go. I got my hair cut this friday and we tried to send a picture from James' phone. Hopefully we can get it up. It is pretty cute. There is finally color in it. It has been hum... 4 years since I have had color in my hair! For those of you who knew me "back when" I was always a blond. One day I got tired of being a blond and dyed it back to my normal color (dark brown). So sometimes it is wierd to see myself with not just "brown hair".
Abby and Jonah are doing fantastic!!! Abby's tummy has really gone on an uphill slope! Hope we can stay here and continue to have a great baby! Jonah looks forward to his Tues. and Thurs. (school). The other days of the week he helps me out and plays and plays. He asked us why grown ups need to go to church... His mind goes a mile a minute!
I had another wedding this weekend. Hopefully my boss liked the pictures! They rocked if you asked me. It was a great day! We arrived for a later ceremony and an early reception and went home by 9:45pm! An early night for mommy! James was home with the kids. They have so much fun with daddy.
Time to get back to getting ready for our trip and getting ready for another day...

"You haven't been given life to test the waters. You're here to make waves" ~ John Maxwell

Here is a picture of the kids.

Museum Of Transportation

Abby Chillin'



Today we went to the Museum of Transportation. Jonah loved the trains! We had a good time.

Abby Dedication

Oct 2 Abby was dedicated. This is her before church. Her hair is like a Wild woman! Heee... We tried a little gel and a bow later. It didn't last long. Oh well. My mom came out from Oregon and we had a good time. Abby did really good durning the dedication and she even smiled at our pastor. What a crack up she is. She just found that she can make motor boat lips. That is hysterical. She tickles herself, literally! She is just growing up too fast.

Jonah School

Jonah is doing really good at school. He is learning how to cut with scissors and coloring in the lines. From the picture you can see that he is really doing well for 3 years old coloring in the lines. He raises his hand now and is getting really brave on the big play structure. He loves his teacher and is learning many songs. The other week he was reciting the pledge of allegiance. Pretty awesome!
He can already write most of his letters now too. It is too cute.