we are waiting...

Aunt Michelle comes on Thursday! Hurry up Michelle! Here's what awaits for you...

"Can I have some secret toast and jam?"

Ok forget the toast, just give me some JAM!

Daddy shoes are sure big to fill!

"Before you criticize someone you should walk a mile in their shoes... that way when you do criticize them you are a mile away and HEY you have their shoes!"
-Jack Handey

I love love love this little girl!
If you like her bow, you should look at my friend's website for more:
Trinzy

Parker's in bed, but I get to stay up and play!

Oh fooey, bedtime!

Rice cereal all around -- now that Cole is eating it,
Parker suddenly wants to eat it again too!
Even though he thinks it is gross.

You'll never get your hands on my cereal!

Randy and Sonia let us borrow this amazing bouncer and
Let's just say that if this was an Olympic event,
Cole would win a gold medal!

One, two, three, BLINK!

Boy my kids make me so happy! Here's an update on them for those of you that we miss so much.

Parker is such a funny boy. He can open doors and so that means we are having to remember our locks. =) He will go outside at any given chance. He also has learned where our diapers are thrown away in the closet and so whenever he sees one on the floor, he picks it right up and runs to the closet to throw it away. It makes our house a lot cleaner and a lot less smelly! I didn't even have to teach him that! He says all kinds of new words, like: Moo, Dog, Elmo, Ball, Baby, Bum-bum, Shoe.. he is really getting a good vocabulary. He is doing very well at communicating. He will come and get us when he wants something and then take you to what he wants. He rubs his tummy when he is hungry, and slurps his finger like a straw when he is thirsty! When we tell him to get his shoes he goes to his closet and brings them back out. Most of the time they match. When you put down a clean diaper, open on the floor, he will come over and sit right on it, like he's ready for the change. He has gotten three new teeth, included his bottom two molars.

Colette has gotten really good at blowing raspberries. She sleeps wonderfully at night, and eats even better. Just look at those chunky cheeks! We started doing rice cereal, but I noticed that later that night or the next morning she would start puking and pooping everywhere. I don't know, is that a sign she isn't ready? I know that it wasn't too long ago that I did all this with Parker, but I can't remember! Isn't that crazy? Plus every kid is so different. Anyway, I'm not sure what to do. Do I keep trying the cereal, or give her a rest? It's only been like three days that she's tried it and we only feed it to her once a day. Anyway... I'm not sure what is best.

Richard is working hard and taking many difficult classes. One is a class offered at a different university that they don't offer here, and so he watches DVDs they send him from the lectures and he mails in his homework. It is for nuclear engineering and since he is taking it and none of his other classmates are, it really puts him up higher for chances of getting good internships. He is so smart that I can't take it.

I'm not such a good blogger these days. My computer is really giving me trouble and there isn't much to do about it. The battery is shot, the memory is slow, it turns off whenever it wants, and I'm just getting out of the habit of getting on it at all most days, because it frustrates me so bad. The best part is that it is a MAC, which means they are not invincible, and plus everyone is afraid to try and fix it because they are so complicated. So, sorry... I will keep you posted when I can. But, for my sanity, it won't be nearly as often as I would like. I have SEVERAL videos of my kids that I think would really be fun for grandparents and family to watch, but I can't get them to upload. So, just take my word for it, I guess. Anyway, this is a really long post, and I better click "publish" before the computer shuts itself down. =) So, enjoy and until next time... We love you all.