Very Hungry Caterpillar

I just realized a funny occurence in our house. While Isaac's appetite continues to grow like a Hungry Caterpillar, mommy's appetite grows with it. Unfortunately, Isaac's face rashes continue too so mommy's diet is diminishing! Oh well, at least that helps keep my weight gain down but it has the inverse effect on Isaac's growth. Check out my hungry caterpillar knawling on his hands. We think he may already be teething. You may say I'm crazy but if you felt his bite you might agree.

Vivi's My Little Pony Party

Our little girl celebrated her 3rd party in style at the Little Gym's. I would highly recommend this facility to anyone as they do everything but I couldn't let them do EVERYTHING! I had to have a theme. We picked My Little Pony's for her theme and then went with it. Enjoy some shots from her pony party. Thank you to all who made this day special with sweet gifts, bringing your kids, or helping make cookies. We really made a wonderful memory!

Isaac's 1st's

Isaac is changing as I mentioned in the last post of him but here are some accomplishments of our little tiger. He will now giggle especially when daddy makes this face (check out pics). He is trying to sit up out of his carseat so we introduced the bumpo and he loves it! Check out these sweet shots. Finally, he has rolled from both his tummy to his back and his back to his tummy. Unfortunately, I missed the later roll and I am working on getting him to do it again. Still, we are enjoying seeing the changes in our little guy.

Dinner with the Davidsavers

Since we had our second kiddo we've been wanting to have dinner with our friends the Davidsavers. We were able to time things out to join them recently for a yummy dinner in their home on their new dining set. We loved it! Here is a shot of the girls- Ellen & Vivi (6 months apart). They had SO MUCH FUN monkeying around together. It is really cool to have kiddos lined up. Hopefully sooner than later I can get some shots of our two little boys rolling around together. Aaron and Isaac are only a few weeks apart. We also had a funny moment I will write about but not post out of respect for our girls. I was visiting with Rachel in Aaron's room and the girls were across the hall playing around. All the sudden it got pretty quiet, which you know when they're up to trouble. I came out of the room and saw both of them just in their sweaters, (no bottoms), on their tiptoes, sharing the footstool, trying to wash their hands. They had both used the potties or at least dumped their treasures in there for us and were proceeding to try and take care of things themselves. It was hilarious! As I mentioned I did capture a pic or two and I'll have to bring it out at a sweet sixteen party or sometime in the future for a good laugh.

Vivian Elizabeth

One of our most common questions in the house is "What is your full name?" Then Vivi will proceed to tell you her name is Vivian Elizabeth. She has really taken a liking to her "full" name. People have asked us where we got her name and I think most everyone knows that Vivian came from my mom. It is her middle name. It means full of life- which is very fitting for our Vivi. Elizabeth however, we picked because we like the Elizabeth character in the Bible- John the Baptist's mother. She is really an amazing woman and I have been refreshed at why she is so amazing studying her this week in Bible study. Her life was marked by tremendous faith and continual service to the Lord even through 50+ years of barreness. BUT I had to mention this because I just learned what her name means- God remembers. In line with my word of the year is Vivian's name! God remembers! This has been our prayer that God remembers her and grants her grace and that she would know Him early on. We love you sweet Vivian Elizabeth.

Fairy Party

We got to attend another fun fairy party with the Topliss girls. We certainly enjoyed decorating the fairy houses- but mostly eating all the m&m's. Vivi loved the treasure hunt, but mostly dumping sand on your kitchen floor. She awed at her painted and decorated nails, but then mostly liked decorating your couch with them. So...maybe you were regretful we showed up but we had fun! Thanks for the memories.

My Little Boy Blue

Here are a couple of updated shots of Isaac- my little boy blue. He's really changing a lot! Unfortunately we got sick again so I took both kids to the doc on Friday and found out our little 3 month old weighs in at almost 15 pounds! WOW! I should have known something was happening when his bouncy seat broke in half. YIKES! His latest discoveries include his hands- chewing on them and grabbing with them- HARD. He also really likes his toys hanging on his swing. He's also taken a liking to sitting with daddy while he games- oh no! Finally, he REALLY likes eye contact. He will smile always for it and to keep it and will now cry loudly when he's not getting your attention. So we also may have a bit of a social bug. Mommy has her challenges ahead of her, but also he has me wrapped around his pinky already.