Quick Update

Okay so it's been a while. Let's catch up. Currently Darrin is in the middle of his basketball season and we don't get to see him as much as we would like to. At the moment though, he is stuck at home with strep throat. He plans to return to work tomorrow so he can coach his game tomorrow night!

The rest of us are relatively healthy, just a stuffy nose here and there. Jaycob has Cubbies tonight and he's excited to recite his new verse, "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart." Jordan likes to repeat verses too. She has been doing fairly well sleeping in her bed. We removed the crib from her room entirely so when we have a rough bedtime we can't toss her in the crib and forget about it. That definately makes things harder. Especially during nap time when I'm trying to nurse the baby and she won't stay in her bed. But she's cute so we forgive her. The baby is still huge. Now he's really starting to interact with people and smiles all the time. Such a sweet guy.

We put our kitty, Simon, on Craig's List this past week and he was adopted the next day. I'm so relieved not to have another being to care for. It's a relief to our grocery budget too, not having to buy cat food or kitty litter.

That's about it for now!

Big Girl Bed

Jordan got a toddler bed for Christmas. I finally put it together yesterday and she slept in it for the first time last night. I checked on her several times in the night and found her sleeping soundly right where I left her. This morning I went to get her up and she was playing quietly in her toy box. That's a pretty good start! Right now she is taking her first nap in the bed. Let's see if she stays in it!

Jaycob's Technicolor Dreamcoat

I just love Jake's Sunday school teachers. They work with the kids during both church services and they always have an adorable craft to go along with their lesson for the day. This is one of my favorites. It's Joseph's colorful coat! He glued all the little strips on. Too cute!

Christmas Day

On Christmas morning, Darrin had the video camera all set up to capture those first reactions. We actually got up about an hour before the kids because WE were so excited! When we heard Jake make his way up the stairs we started recording. We had talked the night before about how Santa was coming and there hadn't been a single present under the tree before now. How would he react? Well, we were half disappointed and half amused. The only thing Jake noticed was the camera! He kept asking, "what's that for?" We just kept pointing to the tree. Finally, he looked at the tree, pointed to it and asked, "What? This?" He had a look on his face like, "what's the big deal? This thing has been in here for a month!" A few more minutes passed and he finally realized what all the pointing was about. And that was the beginning of the day when Christmas barfed all over our living room.

Christmas Eve

We tried and tried but this is the best we could come up with for a family Christmas picture! This was on our way to Sunday night church on Christmas Eve.

Happy New Year!

Well, Christmas was a blur! The kids got lots of fun stuff and have been fighting over it ever since. For New Year's Eve we went camping in the snow with some friends (and the kids). We actually slept in a lodge down the road and hung out at the campsite during the day. We had a fabulous fireworks show and Jake and Jordan actually stayed up until midnight to watch it! Then they cried and were scared during the whole thing. Jordan fell asleep in someone's lap at about 12:15 and Jake made it back to the lodge and fell asleep pretty quickly. Joshy slept pretty much the whole trip!

Josh rolled over from back to front on Dec 31st. I think it was an accident though. The bed was kind of slanted.