Spring Break 2009

Wow, this week is going fast! We've enjoyed having Daddy home, but boy have we been busy! First, we took Laney to her first movie in the theater - Madagascar 2 - she did great! She laughed a few times and sat fairly still. Her favorite part was probably all the popcorn we let her eat! :) Then we played in the mall and she was finally brave enough to go down the slide - backwards! :) Yay! After that we worked on selling our Grand Am, it sold in about 1 1/2 days! FAST! Then we were on the hunt for a mini van!!! We looked all over Grand Rapids, Holland, Zeeland, and finally fell in love with a 01 Town and Country LXi. It's a little wierd to accept the fact that we are to this stage in life, but we're finding out that it's a great place to be and for a mini van we think it's pretty cool. :) Now, we have the Tahoe for sale...check it out on Craigslist if you know anyone who's interested. Tonight we took Laney for her 2 year pictures, they wen't so well, I am so happy and can't wait to get them back! Then we planned to take her to the GR Children's Museum but the line was about 60 people out the door! We passed it by and went to Millenium Park instead. It was awesome, we had the whole playground to ourselves! We'll do the GR Children's Museum another time...Tomorrow is another doctor's appointment for me - and hopefully a relaxing weekend before it's back to the real world...

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Time for a Picnic!

Laney has enjoyed some good quality cousin time over the past month. We had Isaac over to play one night and Mya and Owen another day. The kids love to sit and have a snack together. I hope we can move this picnic table outside soon! We are ready for spring!!!

Potty Time!

So, it's been a month...Laney is transitioning fairly well to being a "big girl". The first morning was horrible, then after lunch and a success or two on the potty, she was a happy, more confident kid again :) The first week or two went pretty smoothly, but then we hit a bump in the road/crib...I won't go into details, but thankfully, we seem to be almost back on track with little or no accidents. Less laundry is always good!

Laney is so proud of her "undies" as we call them. She especially loves the Dora ones :) I just have to share one quick comment she made one day when she was trying to poop on the potty, and we knew it was time...you can smell her toots a mile away...so she is sitting there being patient, I'm sitting by her, trying not to "watch"...she grunts a little and says, "It's stuck!" I had to bite my lip, so I wouldn't break her concentration! One or two more pushes and she did it! It was so cute!!! They I could hardly tell Dave the story because I was laughing so hard! Hope you got a chuckle out of that one too :)

2 months 2 go!

We are starting to count down to baby #2's due date: April 24. We are so thankful that everything continues to go well at our doctor appointments. I am starting to feel a little more tired and am having trouble getting comfortable and sleeping at night. I know it's just preparing me for when the baby is here and needs me at night. :) We still have to set up the baby's room - it's yellow and we'll use part of Laney's nursery bedding set - yup the kids have to learn to share right from the start! We're hoping to get it ready during the next month. Besides that, we basically just have to get the car seat hooked up and pack our bags...Dave thinks I'm going to go early with this one, but I'm banking on another due date baby - the 24th is a Friday which works out well for Dave not having to take much/any time off of work! We'll see...we know we are not in control. If anyone has any guesses at to what this baby will be - feel free to post your guess in the comments. We have no idea what it will be - and I am afraid to guess because we were so completely wrong with Laney Jo! :) Only time will tell...

What's cookin'?

Here is our little lady, becoming quite the homemaker...
We have childproof locks on all the cupboards except this one...it's a lazy susan so it spins around and there it just no way to keep it locked. Laney loves to take out the spices, the pots and pans. It has provided numerous opportunities to practice picking up! Unfortunately this time she spilled the corn starch - what a mess! No more cupboards for you little lady!

Twinkle Twinkle & The ABC's