Recent favorites of my growing girls

The calm (and smile) before the high-pitch scream. Sharing things is becoming a real challenge for them. They both love to voice their discontent with one another by screaming at the top of their lungs when something is not going their way. We now have two stools side by side in this bathroom.

Avery is becoming quite the dare-devil, adventurous girl. She loves being outside and trying anything new. The other day at the park she following Caleb down a hill and scraped herself up pretty good.

Hooray for the binki clip that Avery has finally decided is "pretty" and will wear to bed! She's sporting Caleb's safety goggles.

The joy of self-feeding with a bowl and spoon! Presley loves it, mom doesn't.

The highs and lows of March

At the beginning of the month we said goodbye to my sister Megan, who came to stay for a week (and one extra day due to the crazy snowstorm!) all the way from Italy. In Megan's words: "My decision to come visit Renae and the kids was one of those last minute, are-you-sure kind of decisions but it was so good for me. We enjoyed ourselves not really doing much other than being a mom and an aunt, but that in itself explains it all. Book reading, shoe strapping, snack feeding, nose wiping, song singing, french toast making, diaper changing, laundry folding."

We adore aunt Megan!

We've definitely experienced some ups and downs this month with the weather. March began as a white wonderland and was quickly replaced by 70 degree weather!

Aaron and Caleb enjoyed the snow for a long time that first day. Yes, Aaron had the day off because no one goes anywhere when it looks like this.

Caleb got left behind a few times when Aaron was running him around the yard on the sled.

Only a few days later Caleb and I took some pictures of ourselves out in the sunshine. (Caleb is getting pretty good with the camera!) The purple bear is Caleb's preschool mascot that spent a few days with us. We were trying to be creative with "Happy" bear so we could provide some fun pictures and an account of his experience with us. Oh, and we were also flying the kite that Caleb had made at school (a grocery bag and streamers).

December 2008

Avery decided this weekend that walking is much more exciting than the crawl. Presley is doing well, she just hasn't come to the same realization yet!

Happy Autumn!

A work(s) in progress

Unlike anything else so far, the walking progress is pretty much the same for both of them. It's going to be fun to see who conquers this stage first!

We started this year's Halloween festivities about 2 weeks before the actual holiday when Caleb's Superman costume arrived in the mail. There were many moments of the flying superhero beforehand!

Along with Superman, we also got to show off two adorable puppies...

These are Caleb's favorite

neighborhood friends...

This is Avery's famous pose...

The examination and taste testing of the goods...(I have vivid memories of dumping my candy out and looking at it!) Caleb willingly shared 5 pieces with both mom and dad. I'm sure next year, it will only be one each!