Happy 16 months

Calvin has had a few mile stones this month!! He learned to walk!!!!!!!!! YEAH! We are thrilled to say the least. He favors more of a tottle and then side step. But he is very fast. I think it must be a boy thing. He sure does get where he needs/wants to.
He also has a bigger vocabulary now. I think our favorite new word is "PeeBaa" which is Pizza for those of you who could figure it out:) He can also say "Artur" which is Arthur from the Marc Brown series. He can also tell the difference(by pointing) from DW and Arthur. He still loves dogs and balls and his Happy Apple.

Hannah finally had her first soccer game today. Dan and I laughed pretty hard...it was so cute to see the kids out there. They were all blindly running after the ball. Hannah didn't do too bad...until they made her goalie. The other team scored 4 out of their 5 points on her. She was too concerned about wearing the goalie shirt, and playing with the net. Basically she did ok for her first ever organized sports event. She can't wait for next week!
Math is no longer Hannah's favorite subject. It is "too hard" now. Reading is her favorite.

Indianapolis Childrens Museum

balloon glow 2009

heart beat!

"Hey Bubs, ABCDEF...can you tell me what comes next? I will give you a treat!!" - Hannah

Calvin took some more steps this morning! But that was it. We keep trying to get him to take more, but he is pretty stubborn about it.

We got to hear the heart beat this afternoon!!! I went yesterday for my first apt. and my Dr. couldn't hear the heartbeat. We decided not to have an ultra-sound done at this time b/c it was going to cost us $200. But today my great friend who is a labor and delivery nurse was able to have one of her Dr.s do an ultra-sound on me!! Yeah, and we heard an nice strong heart beat and saw the baby:)

severe disapoinment

Hannah's first soccer game was rained out this morning. She was pretty bummed. I am pretty bummed to, b/c I wont be able to see her "first" game next week.

I do get the pleasure of opening our home for a Chinese themed shower for a good friend. I am pretty excited for it. I have never hosted anything before so you can imagine my excitement!

We are hoping for good weather tonight so we can go to the annual hot air balloon glow. It has been raining here all week!

Tuesday's update

This week marks some pretty amazing landmarks for Calvin. He took 2 steps on Saturday morning. None since. He has also started talking more. He can say Ball, Bubby, Baby, and Dog...all small animals are Dogs:)

funny quote by Hannah: "Bubby is a pothead."
She thinks it is funny to say "Bubby is a ___head." and then fills in the blank with random items from around the house. This particular time it was pretty funny.

what comes after 2?

3!
Thats right! We are expecting #3 sometime in April. Please pray for us in this new adventure. We are very excited and Hannah is too(only if it is a girl). She has been begging us for a little sister for years now. Even before Calvin. Pray for a healthy baby and safe delivery.
cravings. I haven't been to the Dr yet. But I have been nauseous and have had some VERY interestingRight now I have been craving Taco Bell....I normally HATE Taco Bell!!
Calvin colored all over the freshly painted walls yesterday. There is this amazing thing with the 2nd child. They don't get punished as much as the first! Dan just laughed at him...

this week

This past week I took the kiddo's home to see their relatives. We had a great time visiting, and it was my first time to drive to KC by myself. It went pretty good. Calvin wasn't thrilled to ride in the car that long, but overall he did well.
Right now we are waiting for Hannah in her gym class. She is actually loving it this year. They learn how to act like a different animal each week.
She is also starting soccer in 2 weeks.
Calvin can crawl on carpet only now. But he still prefers his scooth as main mode of transportation. He can say a few more words now: out, all done, up, more, mama, dada, baba.
Dan is still enjoying his new job and we are enjoying having a house.

hey there,
since we don't have Internet it has been challenging for me to blog. So, you'll have to be patient with me. Hannah is in a gym class at the Seminary again this semester. She had a ruff go at it last fall so we took the spring off. She was pretty pumped to come today to say the least. We finally got her bike situation figured out. Long story short...you can't put training wheels on a 20 inch bike.

welp. the comp is out of battery so I guess this is it!!
Anne

where have we been?

We are officially into our new home now!! YEAH! We love it more and more each day. We are almost done unpacking. There are still a few boxes here and there, and some re-arranging to do, but it is very livable now.

We had a few set backs moving in. We had hired a guy to refinish the wood floors, but he was very unreliable and we ended up firing him. Thus pushing back the move in date, and not allowing us to have the floors done this summer. We will pursue other options next summer. We did have the kitchen, bathroom and mudroom floors done and they look amazing.

Hannah finally got to play with the girl next door yesterday. (the parents recently divorced and the kids are only over at their Dad's once a week) They spent the afternoon playing in the pool and shooting the water gun at various objects all over the yard. It is nice that they are both screamers...I was able to get some stuff done in the house and know that they were still outside!!

I am sure there are more updates you'd like to hear about, but I am cramped for time and need to do a few more things. We don't have internet at the house, so if you need us please call first, and e-mail second.
I'll leave you with a quote of the week by Hannah:

"I hate our apartment"...I think she likes the new house:)

what a day

Today we got our new fridge and dishwasher. They are pretty cool! We went with black to match the red and white we are putting on the walls. We have come a long way with the house. I am so excited to show you all the pictures once we move and get our other computer set up. All we need to do now to move in is finish painting the bathroom and kitchen areas. Monday we are having the wood floors refinished and at the end of the week we will have the other floors replaced and we will be able to move in then!! Yeah. We are very ready to move. Feel free to stop by and see the progress. Just call us and we can meet you. There is also an amazing park with a track around it on the next street over! Hannah loves it and asks me to take her there every time we are at the house. We will go tomorrow after the AC guy comes.

Last night my wallet was stolen, so today has been pretty hectic making all the calls to get everything canceled and ect. We left the diaper bag in the parking lot at our friends house after home group. My poor friend found it in her dumpster this morning and called me. The weird thing about it is that they opened the bag and just took the wallet. They left the $100 gift card to Target, the $400 camera, and a few other items that would make a good price if resold...I just don't get it. There was NO cash in it...

Calvin has pulled up to a standing position the last 2 days. Just in his bed b.c he doesn't want to be left in there by himself. He has been screaming then standing up and that's how we find him. Why is it so hard to let your second child scream to sleep? Hannah was a great sleeper...that is until she was 17 months and refused to stay in her bed(make the memories stop!!).

got Iron?

Yesterday Hannah and Calvin went for their yearly Dr apts. Hannah weighed in at 39lbs and 45inches tall. Calvin weighed in at 25lbs, poor thing has lost a pound. I am wondering if he will slim up and be skinny and tall like his sister. Hannah failed her Iron test and is anemic. Surprise Surprise....Like mama like daughter. I have suffered from Iron deficiency's for years, so this doesn't shock me at all. What does shock me is amount of money you have to shell out to get her the proper Iron supplement. Why can't she just swallow a horse pill?...just kidding:)
This afternoon we are signing on our house. We are pretty excited still. We wont have Internet for a while there so I wont be able to update as often. I will still update though.

the BIG 5

Happy Birthday Hannah Jo!!

Today Hannah celebrates 5 years of life. It is amazing to me how fast time flies. There will be no more pictures on my blog until after we move. We have already packed the computer with the pictures on it. So, you can just imagine what she looks like...most of you saw her yesterday:)

Today we are going to have pancakes and chocolate milk for breakfast, then her friends are coming over(b/c I am babysitting them) to play, then this after noon we are going to be playing with more friends who are in town for the convention. Then she has a play date this evening. So even though we are not having a party this year, her day is going to be filled with friends and cake and presents.

Her favorites this week are coloring masterpieces, "reading" books(she can't actually read...), playing with Bubby, and helping me pack(she gets to label the boxes for me).

Hannah and Calvin will go tomorrow for their Dr apts. SO stay tuned for their stats.

We should, Lord willingly, sign on our house Wednesday. We are getting pretty excited.

6-21-09

Happy Father's Day Dada, We love you!

do you know?

Hannah: Do you guys know how they get the water out of water towers?

Dan: No

Me: I bet there is a pipe up there and they get the water to come down through it somehow...

Hannah: No, I think that when you are thirsty you just go up there with your cup and they open the door and you can dip it in and get some water.

Me and Dan laugh...

Dan: Clearly none of us know how to get water out of the tower. But I think Hannah's way is most creative.