Updates

Here's a little update on what our family's up to....

Norah keeps busy with crafts while Henry takes his morning nap. She loves using stickers, beads, foam craft kits, pens and crayons to make her creations. When we don't do crafts, we play her Sesame Street Memory game, do puzzles, or play downstairs with toys so we don't disturb Henry.

 She's made us plenty of these door hangers. She's always happy to give away her creations. Just today she made Henry a door hanger consisting of cross stickers, skating snowmen stickers and cloud stickers, needless to say, he loved it!

 Valentine's Day is quickly approaching so Norah's making some necklaces/bracelets for loved ones!

 She's very meticulous and has good dexterity... when we bought these beads I thought I'd have to help her get them on the string but, she doesn't need any help at all.... and she'll even tell you that too, "Norah do!"

 This has helped her learn her colors better too! As she puts a bead on the string she names the color.

 Henry loves trying on Joel's snowboarding helmet.

 Thanks so much to everyone who sent us a Christmas card!! We absolutely love getting them and we've read each letter several times. Here, Norah's reading them one last time before we packed them away.

 Norah's doing awesome with potty-training. She hasn't worn a diaper in two weeks! Yes,two weeks! We've had a few accidents and we still put a pull-up on her for naps and bedtime(it's always dry after her nap!). Go Norah Go!!! In the beginning, remembering to put Norah on the potty was quite a task, but it was a welcomed distraction from thinking about the miscarriage. We were so focused on the schedule of Norah's body... and when Norah goes on the potty, there's dancing, clapping, an m&m, and high fives. Norah deserves these celebrations and we're happy to give them to her. Henry usually comes running from whatever he's playing with to give Norah a big high-five. This makes Norah SO proud and confident.

 I've gotten the itch to get rid of clothes and other items around the house that aren't getting worn/used. Above is the stuff I got rid of out of my closet. The bag went to goodwill and the stack of clothes will be repurposed... the jeans will all be used in the jeans quilt I'm going to make this year.

 You may be wondering why most of my pictures of Henry involve him sitting in his highchair. Well, this kid is very fast..... most of my pictures of him playing end up pretty blurry because he does not..... I repeat he does not stay in the same place for long. This little boy is busy!

 Look at all those teeth!!

 Henry's learning new things and new words everyday. Today he's busy saying: juice please, up please, bye bye, nigh nigh, Jesus, truck, veggietales(we know what he means!), ball, mama, dad, jake(his stuffed lamb), God, sorry(sounds sketchy but we know what he means), and most recently "popcorn". Henry loves to give big hugs and he's a pretty cuddly boy(this week especially). I'm finding more of this cute little boy patting my leg saying "up please."To say that we're proud of our kiddos would be such an understatement. They bring an incredible amount of joy to our days.

 Little brother loves popcorn and, so does big sis. They request it for snack every afternoon.

 See the blurr??? Norah and Henry run around the house holding hands alot these days... and they laugh hystrically... which melts my heart.

I'm about half-way done with the quilt I'm making for Norah... I can't wait to finish it and give it to her! Joel's busy planning a ski/snowboarding trip for the confirmation class he teaches.

That's what's new with us. Have a blessed day!