Writing Letters

There comes a point in life where you know you've made the right decisions. We've had that moment with Daniel. After our home daycare downsized on us last year, we moved Daniel to New Horizon's. We were nervous at first for the move, but he has adjusted well. It's been almost a year now and look what he did the other night. (In case you can't see very well, this paper is full of A's, Q's, U's, O's and H's-all written by him!!!) We are soo proud of our little guy that we can barely stand it. He's growing up so quickly and is so smart. And, we know that New Horizon has a big part in that. Now, if we can only get him to go #2 on the potty... :)

Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's day. Nate started the day off with heart shaped pancakes for everyone. Then we made Valentine's for each other. For dinner we had Mahi Mahi and asparagus (for some reason there's a seafood tradition for Nate and I). But, the best part of all was the caramel filled chocolate cake with ice cream. The caramel oozed out of the middle when it was cut! To top it all off, Nate had flowers delivered to the door right during dessert. It was a great day!

Daniel licking the plate it was so good!

Earlier in the week, we made special valentine's treats. I melted chocolate for Daniel, and he decorated them with M&Ms. I'm surprised that he didn't eat more than he did!

Working Out

It's no secret that Nate works out...but now Daniel has been wanting to work out with him. It's actually nice that they have that bonding time. Here's Daniel on one of his workouts.

Snow Day

Last weekend, it was super nice out on Saturday so Jen and Daniel got some much needed outside play. We went sledding and played in the snow.

Snow Fight!

Mom threw a little too much snow...it went down his jacket. Poor baby.

Daniel throwing snow at Daddy through the window.

White Out!

Andie's 4 months!

Our little girl is getting soo big! I can't believe she's 4 months old already. She has a great attitude. We're on a really good schedule now. Well, she lays down at 8:30, wakes up to eat at 5ish. Then back to bed until 8. Then nap at 10am. After that, the schedule deviates until it's bedtime again :) But, we're working on it. At least Mommy has a good night pattern down now. I'm sure she's ready for the night feeding to be gone because she doesn't really drink much before she's sleeping again. I think she just misses me. Here are her stats from the 4 month check up.

Height: 25 in (79%)

Weight: 13lb 11oz (53%)

Head: 42.5cm (87%)

The Dr. said we could start cereal any time we wanted, so we thought we'd give it a try last week. She's a champ! She LOVES to eat. I remember having a struggle with Daniel, but Andie opens her mouth and everything right away. We've been doing rice at 5:30 and oatmeal in the mornings for a couple days now. She looks at you like, "Is that it?" when you're all done. We've forgotten how much they should eat when they first start out!!! Here's a video of her at her 3rd time eating the rice.

What does Andie do you ask? She can grab toys now-she loves to put them in her mouth. Most times, she makes sour faces as soon as it goes in her mouth. Then she lets go of the toy at the surprise, which lands on her face and she gets even more surprised. It's a fun game. She does theis weird cough/laugh thing. It's not really a laugh, but we think it's her version of one. You can hear it in the Valentine day video. She forgot how to take a bottle for a little while, but quickly recovered