Our Adoption Story

Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Silliness Never Ends!

Is that not the silliest face you ever saw?

Kimmie gave Ian a faux hawk

Olivia has discovered how to wear our shoes.

Kimmie dressed the babies a like...too cute!

Olivia and Daddy were doing sumo moves.

Look at that belly!

A compilation of Olivia happenings...

Olivia wearing Mommy's slippers

We have found a very cute little house in Whangarei. It has been on the market to sell, but since the market is slow it is available for a long term rental. It is cheaper than where we are now and very cute!!! It is 3 bedrooms with new bath, new kitchen, and a gorgeous deck. It is an early 20th century bungalow with original fixtures, even the glass in the windows! We are hoping to move Feb. 12. Here are some pictures...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Bath Time

Well, it was bath time yesterday and the kids were just so cute I had take pictures. Olivia is almost too big for our baby bath tub, but she still prefers it to our big porcelain tub. Ian actually got his bath first and as you can see from the movie, Olivia was so tickled by his splashing that she wanted to climb up and get in the tub too. So, after changing the water (of course), it was Olivia's turn. There's nothing as sweet as a clean baby.

Olivia, age 17 mos

Ian, age 7 mos

Ian splishing and a splashing!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Still Amazing

So, I thought chasing one toddler was bad, but two is definitely worse! Not only is my baby boy standing up he is crawling everywhere! He will even crawl from the living room into the kitchen. I am going to have to keep a close eye on this one! And as if Ian crawling wasn't enough his new found independence has made big sister more clingy. My independent girl has become "mommy can't leave the room" girl again. It's very sweet, but hard to get much done. Don't get me wrong--I LOVE every minute of it!

We're all having a allergy filled day--headaches, runny noses and sneezing. Cooler day though, that was nice!

Our heater is not connected and we don't

usually allow this kind of thing--hard to teach a 7.5 mos

old the rules of the house...

Olivia on her way to church Sunday...

her matching gummies are still too big.

"Hey, what are you eating?"

"Can I have some?"

"Oops, fell down again..."

Friday, January 16, 2009

Guess Who Is Pulling UP?

This morning when we went in to get the kids up, Ian did a little trick for us. He was sitting up in his bed that we haven't lowered yet. So he got up on his knees, scooted towards the rail, put his hands up on the rail, pulled himself up and took two steps until he was standing next to the railing. Can you believe that? He is only 7.5 months. Olivia was like 10 months before she did that. What am I gonna do? I think I am going to have two toddlers on my hands in a few weeks.

Here we go again...