It's been awhile...

So many things have happened since December of last year. Randy and I have moved into our brand new house, had a flooded master bathroom, a baby shower, a baby and now a full house of two very happy kids. We have been so busy with everything that is going on that I have not had the time or remembered to update the blog. My goal now that things are starting to slow down it to update as often as I can.

Aubrey is 2 and a half and has made so many friends in our neighborhood which is a good thing for me and lots of stay at home moms to hang out with too. We have grown into 3T bottoms and 5T tops which is completely crazy to me. My little girl is growing up so fast right before my eyes I can hardly believe it. We are slowly showing interest in potty training but I am not rushing it. My goal is to have her potty trained by her third birthday! Wish us luck.... Aubrey is very independent  which is a good thing most of the time but has its down falls sometimes. Over the summer we put her in swim lessons which was a great success and now this little girl loves the water. We are hoping to put her in dance come Fall time since she has shown so much interest in it.

Noah is 2 and a half months old and is growing like a weed. We have officially moved out of newborn clothes and into size 3 months. We have also upgraded to size 2 diapers and is almost sleeping through the night. Randy and I are very lucky that he only wakes up once or twice to eat and does really long stretches of sleep. Noah is getting stronger and better about holding his neck up and for the most part loves tummy time. He really hates his car seat but what kid doesn't? We are slowly moving towards a routine which I am hoping to be set on when he is 3 months old.

Randy and I are doing well too, we will be celebrating our fourth anniversary on September 5th. I cannot believe we have been married for 4 years, it seems like so much longer because we have accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. We look forward to what god has in store for us over the next several years.

 Aubrey isn't to sure if she wants to smile or not.

Noah sure does love his Uncle Turbo. Look at that sweet little boy passed out.

Our first family picture of the four of us!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from our family to your's. We were so blessed that we were able to spend it with family. We had such a great time hanging out, eating, and opening up gifts. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

 Family photo with my parents

 My lovely parents

 Leopard Pants from Oma and Opa

 Minnie Mouse t-shirt from Uncle Cory and Aunt Pam

 Checkin out her new boots from Oma and Opa

 An outfit for her Bitty Baby

 We are putting her to work early

Leopard Shoes to match her pants from mommy and daddy

Her very own laptop from mommy and daddy (maybe she will stop using ours).

 

We had a picture of what Santa brought her but some how it got deleted so I will just tell you it was a super cool 5 in 1 Radio Flyer Tricycle.

Decorating Cookies

 Today I made Gingerbread cookies and let the kids decorate them. Aubrey wasn't to in to decorating as much as she was into dipping and licking her cookie with frosting. Here are a few pictures from their fun day and the end results.

Aubrey sure likes her cookie 

All the kids hard at work

 Dakota and cookies

 Teagan and her cookies

Hennessy and her cookies

Were expecting!!

Randy, Aubrey and I are excited to announce that we are expecting our second child in June 2013! We are super excited and couldn't pick a more perfect time since we will just be settling into our new house.

 The day I found out ( 4 weeks)

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This is how we announced it to the world on Facebook!

Happy 2nd Birthday Aubrey!!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet little girl Aubrey!! This past Saturday we celebrated her special day will close friends and family. It was a lot smaller than her 1st birthday which turned out really well. She was able to enjoy her friends and even got the hang of openning her own gifts (no help from mom this year). We also transitioned her out of the crib and into her toddler bed which seems to be going pretty well. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from her special day.

 Sitting in her Minnie Mouse chair that Uncle Turbo and the cousins got her

 Minnie Mouse cupcakes

 Jack in the box Mickey

 She got her first backpack and is ready to go

 Her very own shopping cart

 Legos from Uncle Turbo and the cousins

Not to thrilled to be in a chair blowing out a candle

Aubrey's 2 year photos

We took Aubrey to get her 2 year photos and I must say they turned out really well. I had such a hard time picking out pictures I ended up getting the cd. This year's theme is Minnie Mouse thus is why she has on the Minnie Mouse ears. I can honestly say we would have not gotten such great pictures if Randy had not hit himself in the head with one of their Holiday balls to make Aubrey laugh so hard.

 

Schilter Family Farm Pumpkin Patch

Sunday we put our rain boots and coats on and headed down to Schilter Family Farm for a fun and wet day of picking out pumpkins. This year Aubrey was actually able to enjoy her surroundings and even pick out her own pumkpin. My mom, dad, brother and his 3 kids came along with Randy, Aubrey and I as we do every year. Here are a few pictures from our fun and wet day. 

 

 Hennessy and Aubrey in the cow car ride.

 Aubrey riding her first Tractor (Kausten would be so proud)

 She's a growing girl

 Aubrey loved petting the horsey as she calls it

 My brother Chris and his 3 girls on the Hay ride

 Someone was not in a smiling mood at this point

 Is this a good pumpkin mom?

 I think I might want this one instead

 Aubrey picked her pumpkin out and was ready to go

Family photo (Aubrey was making a monkey sound because of Uncle Turbo)