spaghetti dinner

So David is a GREAT eater, he will eat anything and everything (even receipts...yes, he ate a receipt!) Last night I made spaghetti and decided to let him feed himself. I remember doing this with Kimmie and it was such a fun night. She was almost a year old when we did it, so he is a little ahead. I just couldn't stop taking pictures, he LOVES the camera!!!

taking it slow at the start

can't stop him now

chew, chew, chew

I love that little face!!

Mr. Giggles:)

Ok, so I know Kimmie and David look a lot alike, but I didn't realize how much!! I found a couple pictures from when I let Kimmie feed herself spaghetti and thought I would post those so you can see for yourself how much they look alike - remember that Kimmie was 1 at the time, and David is only 9 months, but it bigger than her:)

Kimmie with a belly...or face....full of spaghetti

David

Kimmie

David

Aren't they both just SO CUTE?!?!?!

you spin me right round baby

Ok, so maybe that is a little cruel of us, but he LOVES to spin around, and we had to capture it on video. If you didn't catch it the first time, watch his eyes when Nathan stops spinning him, so funny:)
Other than torturing our children, we have been very busy. David got his cast off on March 9th. They said everything looks great and he is getting around quickly without it. At first you could tell it was strange to him, but now you can't even tell he ever had a cast on. His arm was pretty smelly after they took it off, so we gave him and Kimmie a bath. They loved being in there together. David loves to splash, which was a lot of fun for Kimmie too.
Finals are this week for me and Seth. I don't know why, but this term has been extra hard. Seth will graduate in December, which is such a great feeling! And as of right now I am on track to graduate in December 2011. Trying to do school with two little ones is not always easy, but I know it will be worth it.
Well, that should catch everyone up on what we have been doing. And as always here are a bunch of pictures.....

Ok, this is probably my FAVORITE picture of David. He just looks so adorable!!!

Kimmie's hair is getting so long (and I just gave her another haircut before this picture)

playing together

She hasn't used a binky since she was 2 months old, but loves to put baby brother's binkys in her mouth, two at a time!

Another great picture of David, I love his little grin

Kimmie wanted BOTH of them to wear their Mickey ears from Disney World. David doesn't look happy in this picture, but I promise he didn't mind that much:)

bath after getting David's cast off

he tries to stand up all the time. We helped him get up to standing, but he does a great job on his own to stay up

a nursing cover and matching diaper wipe case that I made for a friend from church. I love how these turned out and they were super easy (and cheap)

another year older, another year wiser???

Saturday, February 20th, was my 28th birthday. We started the day by going to lunch at Pine State Biscuits. It was SO GOOD!!!!! I forgot to take a picture of my lunch, but this is what Scott got (we got the same thing except mine did not have an egg on it) It was fried chicken, cheese, bacon, and homemade gravy all on a homemade buttermilk biscuit. Oh, I am hungry just thinking about it, I can't wait to go back!

After Pine State we headed over to Otto's to get some lunch meat. Seth and I love watching Diners Drive-ins & Dives and both these places were featured on that show, which is why we wanted to check them out. Of course Otto's was delicious too! Then it was time to take the kids home for a nap. While they were napping I decided it was time to redo the lamp in Kimmie's room. I bought it used at Goodwill last June. It wasn't too ugly, but just wasn't what I wanted, but the price was right. I went to Joanne Fabrics and bought some super cute Micky fabric and......

before

AFTER!!!!

I was worried the dangly Mickey's would look too "mexican" (I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that) but I thought they were too cute to pass up:)

After nap time we took the kids for a walk. The weather has been beautiful lately. After our walk we headed to Chili's for dinner (they shut down the one by us over a year ago and the closest one is 20 minutes away so we never go) The kids were great on the drive to dinner, but our luck changed when we pulled in the parking lot.....Chili's was GONE...CLOSED....:( So, we got back in the car and by this time it was getting late. After much deliberation and lots of driving we ended up at Old Chicago I love pizza, so I was very happy with that decision. After we put the kids to bed that night Seth & I headed out to a late movie. We saw Valentines Day. Disappointing movie, but still had a great time out with Seth.

I got a bunch of candy, the Glee Volume 2 CD & an i-pod shuffle, (and flowers from my visiting teachers - thanks girls!) It was a GREAT birthday!! I am so excited to use my i-pod. It is exactly what I wanted for my marathon training (in case you didn't know, I am running the Newport Marathon on June 5th!)

Of course my post wouldn't be complete without some pictures of the kids:)

getting baby brother after nap time, she was playing peek-a-boo with him

play time outside, the weather is amazing!

oh, I just LOVE him!!!!

Two Lips

Here is a great conversation that happened tonight between Kimmie & Cyndy that I had to share. They were sitting on the floor by Cyndy's laptop and here is how the conversation went.....

Kimmie: "Oh, look, flowers" (as she points to Cyndy's computer background)
Cyndy: "Yeah, those are Tulips"
Kimmie: "Cyndy has Two Lips. I have Two Lips!" (as she points to her lips)
She then continued to say that Mommy has Two Lips, Daddy has Two Lips and baby brother has Two Lips.

What a funny girl, so sweet and innocent:) I think "Two Lips" are my new favorite flower!

Fracture

Last Thursday Seth tossed David onto the bed (like he has a million times) but David landed on his arm wrong and started crying right away. At first we thought maybe he dislocated his shoulder, but after moving his arm around and checking everything he seemed to be doing better. He could move his arm, hand, and fingers. There was no swelling and no bruising. We calmed him down and gave him some ibuprofin in case he was sore. He started playing and was dong great. That night he woke up really upset and kept us up most of the night. We decided maybe something was wrong with his arm that we couldn't see. Friday he was doing better, but every time we would touch his arm, near his wrist, he would cry and pull away. So, off to the doctor we went....then off to get x-rays....a distal radius fracture! Poor David! They put on a temporary cast and today we took him to an Orthopedic doctor to get the cast put on. The good news is he should only need the cast for 3 weeks and it doesn't seem to bother him at all. He still plays, tries to crawl, and reaches for everything! We let Kimmie pick out the color for his cast, she picked blue -good thing, it would have been a long 3 weeks with a pink cast:)

playing with his toys with his temp. cast on

waiting to get the cast put on

I never miss a chance to get a family photo

what a handsome boy!

HI!!!!

the kiddos.....

I can't get enough of these two little cuties! I just love them so much!!!!

before church today

being shy

sibling love

running from the camera

silly Kimmie & happy David

*HUGS*

What a happy little boy

playing

So our kids sweat more than the normal person does. This is how Kimmie looks when she wakes up from naps....

she's still a little sleepy:)

I wear my sunglasses at night

Kimmie & Cyndy watching a movie.....by the way, the movie is NOT in 3-D, Kimmie, just likes wearing the glasses:)

Kimmie has also found a new place to take naps