We had a great Christmas. Aunt EB arrived from NYC on Tuesday night and we celebrated Chrstimas Eve with the DeVries Family. Christmas afternoon and evening were spent with my Grandpa Tamminga and that whole clan and then we celebrated with the DeVries side on Saturday. The kids loved every second of it and are now KIND OF recovering until the next celebration: NEW YEAR'S EVE!
Steve, Heather, and Lake came to visit MI from CO for a while this past weekend so we got to celebrate Christmas with that side of the family early. It was a GREAT time to hang out and the kids especially liked spending so much time with there cousins : )
I had my 12 week appointment for the new baby on Tuesday. Things looked great! At first she couldn't find the heartbeat (which I don't think is uncommon this early) so I got to have an ultrasound which was amazing. "He" looked so cute : ) and his little heart was beating away. "He" also was kicking and squirming and waving his hands so that was fun to see. I lost a little bit of weight, which is NOT NORMAL at all in my pregnancy...guess I'll have to work on eating : ) oh shoot!
Simon went to the doctor this week and did a great job for his 3 year check-up, except he didn't want to get measured.....oh, well! He measured APPROXIMATELY 39 1/2 (90th percentile) inches and weighed in just under 35 pounds (80th percentile).
Wow, my little boy turned three years old today! Simon was loving having a birthday. Tons of people called to wish him a Happy Birthday and we took him to the mall and out for dinner which has become the tradition for birthday's at our house. Yesterday, Grandma and Grandpa DeVries took him to the mall where he got to make a monket at build-a-bear and ride the Bob the builder toy by the food court....oh and his favorite, they let him stoll through the Disney store and he picked out a set of Cars cars that he talked G & G right into buying for him : ) He was sooo thrilled when he got hom. AND tomorrow we have a birthday party for him at our house with all of the family! He is one SPECIAL little guy!
Yes, 201! If you remember we tried to potty train Simon this past summer and it just didn't work because he wasn't ready. WELL he is now pretty much potty trained and doing great. He still wears his diapers to bed and I put on a pull-up for naps and he is still working on #2 in the big boy potty : ) BUT overall is doing much better this time and really seems to get it. YEAH!!!!
Simon and Sierra really enjoyed Halloween. Grandma Oosterhouse and Grandma and Grandpa Grooters came to our house to celebrate as well. Simon handed out all of the candy this year which was funny to watch. Some kids got 1 piece out of him and some kids got a huge handful of 8 or 9 pieces. Guess they had to learn life isn't fair : ) This is Sierra's new saying when she is finished doing anything so we here it ALL the time : ) "All Dumb, mommy, All DUMB". It is cute and funny at the same time and she doesn't get that she should be saying "All done"!
My mom and I were working on PETUNIAS stuff today and of course the kids got into the tutus, even SIMON and you can see. They paraded around for awhile and even learned they could fight with tutus on. HOW SPECIAL!
We went to this awesome place 2 weekends ago with Grandpa and Grandma Grooters and had a great time. We also went earlier this past summer and had such a great time we looked for any excuse to go back. The kids LOVE the animals and there is just a ton to do. They walked through a pumpkin patch, rode a little kiddie train, played with toys, ate cookies, fed and pet the animals...... I can't figure out how to get the pics out of shutterfly to view here BUT I think if you click this link you can view the album? http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/detail.sfly?sid=0AYtWTFqzaMWL9w&imageIndex=0&fid=15a8f0cc21bc670e
So I had Selena from Selena Marie Photography take some professional photos of my ICKY Bags that I can use for advertising purposes. I need YOUR help in deciding which ones to purchase? Take a look HERE and let me know what you think in the comment section. Please list the numbers that you like best of the 22 two photo options. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
We had a friend of the family, Jason Glerum, take pics of us and the kids this past week. He did an amazing job and you can check them all out HERE . He does great work and if anyone wants to get ahold of him for pics let me know and I'll pass along the information!
Simon got his first REAL taste of what having a little sister is all about yesterday. He was spinning a knob on one of the drawers in our kitchen yesterday and I told him to stop doing it. In normal fashion he also decided he would make sure his little sister wouldn't do it either. So he held his hand over the knob so she couldn't get to it. Sierra freaked out and with both hands grabbed two wads of Simon's hair and pulled for all she was worth. AND she wouldn't let go. Simon was bawling his eyes out (I think half because it probably hurt and half because he was so shocked). Being the good mom that I am, I had to stop laughing before I could get her hands out of his hair and make her apologize to Simon. SIMON WELCOME TO YOUR LITTLE SISTER!
Well, the time is here. Sierra had a cold for the past two weeks and today we found out she has two minor ear infections as well. What fun!
The Kids enjoyed a sprinkle chocolate donut
My flexible daughter, not only does she just play with her hair she can play with it with her feet!
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