Swim Graduation

Bethany's last swim class. She did a "wall walk" for her graduation--very appropriate, since that is definitely her favorite skill, though jumping in is a close second!

Abby Comes Home

Abby came home last Wednesday to a couple of sisters who were very eager to meet her! It was very different leaving the hospital without any fanfare, but kind of nice. I really enjoyed my alone time with Abby in the hospital - but am oh-so-glad to be home!

Winter Playground

We had so much fun playing at the playground this morning! The snow made the slides really fast, and we had a ball pelting each other with snowballs. I love days off of work!



This video cracks me up because Bethany's freaking out that she has to go potty in it. That resulted in Sarah and I trekking the kids across a few baseball diamonds to the Children's Psychiatric Center to use a restroom. Miraculously, both of the kids made it!

Laff Christmas

Our first Christmas celebration was tons of fun. Bethany is using her new fancy camera like crazy, and Rebekah is "cooking" up a storm. The kids are so much fun this year!!

Ready for Christmas

This tree took a lot of doing to put up! Once we finally located our tree (in my parents' garage), we opened the box, only to discover that somehow the entire base of our tree was missing. So, Matthew headed off to the store and bought us a new one. Then we went to put up the lights, and only 1 of our 3 strands worked. Off I went to the store to buy us new lights. Finally, we got to the ornaments! All the expense was worth it though, look how much fun we had!

Griffis Sculpture Park

It was our first time to Griffis Sculpture Park, and it was well worth it! It was a little muddy, which inspired the toddlers' theme of the day - "I don't know about this!", but we had so much fun exploring and just being outdoors. I love that the weather this week is so gorgeous!

Beautiful Rebekah

I know I've said it many times before, but you seriously can't help but smile when Rebekah grins at you. Here are few random Bekah pictures from the past week or so.

Daddy's Girl

Rebekah loves her daddy...

Go, Buckeyes!

Bethany and Rebekah went to their first annual skull session this weekend. Poor Rebekah was terrified of the bus, but she braved it all right. They both enjoyed the music, and got into the cheering. Go, Buckeyes!! (And Go, Bills!! who are about to beat New England!)

Our House

The long lapse in blogging has been due to several things. Mostly, our new house (and lack of internet in that house)!! Not enough unpacking has been done, but we've sure been enjoying it! Also - Matt and I are soon to have baby #3! The new arrival is going to be early March. We can't wait!

Like Father, Like Daughter

Happy Birthday Daddy and Aunt Mary

Easter Day

I realize Easter was a long time ago, but due to Lisa's camera being lost and my computer being broken, these pictures just didn't get on here until now. Better late than never! Enjoy!

Big Grins

Rebekah has the cutest smile ever! I love when she notices me across the room and lights up. Kind of like this.

Sirgey Christmas!

We went over to Grandma and Papa's on New Year's Day for Christmas! Bethany and Rebekah got lots of presents and had a great time hanging out with everyone! Bethany is a Christmas pro, she posed for a picture after every present she opened!

Christmas is Starting

I am super excited for Christmas this year. We started celebrating the season by decorating - a task which Bethany loved. Rebekah didn't really get it, but loved all the new stuff to play with!

Go, Bucks!!!

We were in Columbus for the OSU-Michigan game, which is practically a holiday down there! Matthew and his buddy, Andy, were the only ones with tickets to the game, but that didn't stop us all from going to enjoy the skull session. We took the bus (possibly Bethany's favorite part), and clapped/danced/yelled through the band's performance. And of course, had a bathroom emergency, which is always fun in a crowd of 15,000 people. All our cheering paid off. Go, Bucks!!!!

Open Doors

We took advantage of Doors Open Niagara to spend some time at our botanical gardens. Surprisingly, I've never been there before. We caught the Mum Festival, too, so there were lots of bright flowers to see! We'll definitely be visiting again.

Love the Library

Three cheers for new library books! This trip, we picked up the book Pinkalicious, which Bethany loves. (I can't lie, she probably loves it because I love it.) Rebekah loves getting in on the reading action, too! Matthew and I are both praying we're raising a couple of book lovers!

Squash

Today started the making of homemade baby food! I got a squash from the grocery store, pureed it, and divided it into ice cubes for Rebekah. She had her first cube tonight and did all right. I wouldn't say she loved it, but she definitely wasn't opposed to it. On an unrelated note, she also discovered her feet today!