I'm Back!!!!

This is what we look like in case you forgot:) I am going to TRY to update this blog fairly regular since Sadie's baby book doesn't have any more room for me to write and Asher's is getting close....I want a way to keep memories recorded for our family and this is probably the best way for me to do that!

So, lets start with the year 2011- here is a review of the first 2 months:

January was full of snow, cold, and a few nice days thrown in there. We have been blessed with health this winter as opposed to some of our friends who can't seem to shake it! Asher is walking everywhere and exploring a lot more (especially the trash cans and toilets when he gets the chance). He has started a bad habit of waking up a few times a night just to get a quick cuddle from mommy then goes back to sleep....fast forward to February and we have a 'cry it out' week after his 1st birthday. After about 4 or 5 nights he got better at putting himself to sleep after he woke up but there are still the occassional 'MOM!!! I'm soaking wet' cries or last night 'I'm so stuffy I can't breathe!!!' nights. He has been a good eater from the beginning, but has decided to get picky all of a sudden. He LOVES fruit and most meat (even liked mini-turkey pepperoni's yesterday) but is very picky about veggies and other stuff. If he could live on bananas, grapes, blueberries, yogurt he would be in heaven.

Sadie is becoming a bright, sensitive, and fun little girl. She also has a temper. Her newest hobby is learning about animals and checking her 'field journal' to learn about what they eat and where they live (from Diego). Sadie has been taking gymnastics since October and is a little monkey on the parallel bars! She loves the trampoline and enjoys jumping on her little one she got from Grandma and Grandpa Leach for her birthday. Asher likes it too and even bounces on it:) Uno Moo, duck duck goose, simon says, and chase are regularly played at our house. And of course 'monster' with daddy, where he chases her and they make up silly rules about what Sadie can do to stay 'safe' from the monster. She loves being a big sis most of the time and uses a cute little voice and says to Asher 'hey big boy!' or 'aren't you a cutie pie?'. And of course he thinks she is the best thing in the world and that her hair is really fun to pull!

BJ and I love the responsibility God has entrusted us with to raise and train these 2 sweeties. We enjoy our time with them but are thankful to get a break every now and again, so the night before Asher's 1st birthday we were in St. Louis and my parents kept the kids over night so we could go out to Macaroni Grill (yum!), walk around Chesterfield mall (with all the Justin Beiber look-alikes), and stay at a nearby hotel. How nice!!!

We are excited to be and aunt and uncle for the first time coming up in June as Tony and Alison are expecting Elijah Michael!!! This is definitey baby season- yesterday I attended my 6th baby shower in the past 2 months- for real!

So......there you have it. Jan and Feb in a nutshell.