The Hills: January 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

6 months

Don't have a lot of time, but wanted to update the blog really quick while I was thinking about it. Our baby girl turned 6 months old last week! Too fast I tell you!!! She is a whopping 15 lbs 7 oz. and 25.75 inches long. Due to a snow storm, we were the only ones in the doctor's office, so the doctor took extra special time with her and watched her perform all her tricks. She is (and has been) rolling over both ways, just started getting up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth, and we had to lower her crib two nights ago, because while she was playing, she figured out how to pull up and look over the side. I am so very thankful that I saw her do that!!! She is still 100% nursing and wants absolutely nothing to do with baby food. Doesn't matter how sweet I make it. She wants none of it! We try a couple times a day, so hopefully she will get the hang of it very soon. This is what her Big Brother Noah was at 6 months Click HERE and HERE is Jacob. The boys just LOVE her. They play with her and love to hold her. She thinks they are the best entertainment ever. I love watching her eyes light up when Noah comes home from school. She is a happy little girl who loves people. She enjoys her exersaucer and jumperoo, but her favorite thing to do is play with her toys in her crib. We Looooooooove Our Sissy!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Christmas 2010

Okay, I know January is half over, but we JUST returned home from Christmas vacation. Noah' s school was out from Dec 22- Jan 18th, so we took full advantage of that time and did quite a bit of traveling! We were suppose to head up north on December 26th, but decided to get up there a few days early to surprise my mom. Success. We left Wednesday about 3 pm, and ran into quite a bit of snow. West Virginia was especially bad with snow, wind, and wandering cows. Not kidding. We were in the middle of a snow storm and people on the left side of the road kept flashing their lights. We drove a little farther and passed a COW, that had wandered into the median. Can you imagine not being able to see but 5 feet in front of you, traveling 55 mph and BAM, theres a cow. God really protected us and we were able to make it to Lafayette,IN by 1:45 am. We were able to get a few hours sleep at our friend's house, then headed up to IL to surprise mom. She had only worked a half day, so we wanted to get there before she got home. We had parked our van in the garage so she didn't see it when she pulled in. The first thing she saw when she walked in the door was Jacob and Noah sitting in the chair yelling "surprise!". It was precious and she was very very shocked. We had a great time celebrating Christmas and New Years at my parent's house. We celebrated our 9th anniversary with a date night (which these days are very rare). Mom and dad watched the kids for us (even Taylor) so that we could go out. Little things like that mean so much!!!! Anyway, we stayed up there until the 2nd, then headed down to IN to visit with our friends. Josh had to be back to work early, so I was able to find him a cheap flight out of Indy on Tuesday. We headed back up to IL on Thursday, then drove up to northern Michigan to see my grandparents for the weekend. While we were there, we were literally DUMPED on with snow. My poor grandpa would just get done shoveling the driveway then it would start to snow again. Taylor also got to meet her aunt Abbey for the first time! We came home on Sunday night with colds and pink eye, so we decided to stay in IL and heal for a few extra days before going back to IN. We were able to spend the rest of our time in IN just lounging around and visiting, then headed back home on Sunday, before MLK day. PHEW! What a trip!!! The kids did so well on the trip both up and down. We have it down to a science. One Stop Shop is the key! They are starting to get the routine (even Taylor) down. We had such a great Christmas and visit with friends and family, but are happy to be back home and back into the routine. I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas as well!!!!