Addison's 2 Yr Checkup

Everything looks great for Addison. She's 26 lbs & 35 1/4 in. The dr. said she's tall for her age, ranging in the 90th percentile. I think she's going to be built like her daddy. Tall & thin, which is just fine.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Today is our baby girl's 2nd birthday! Happy Birthday Addison! Love you so much!

March 2010

March 2009

March 2, 2008Thank you God for this beautiful blessing!

2 months?

Really? It's been almost 2 months since I posted? What have we been doing?

For the most part we've been preschooling, going to church and visiting with family. We went to visit my grandma in Potsdam in January to celebrate Christmas with her. I love seeing her & the way her face lights up when my kids charge into the room! We don't get to visit nearly enough. Please pray for her, as we have been noticing early signs of dementia. Her mother died from Alzheimer's 14 years ago, so it's probably hereditary. We also just passed the 3 year mark for my missing cousin, Melissa. There had seemed to be some recent findings in her case, but nothing has come of it so far. My aunt Bobbi has cancer again, as well. It started in her colon, moved to her liver & now is in her lung & colon again. We're praying they caught it all early, but it does mean more surgeries & chemo. Maybe radiation, too. She's still working on obtaining health insurance as well. My cousin Denise, just had a (big!) beautiful baby boy named Trent! We're so excited for her, Craig & their likewise beautiful girls.

Also, Keith & I have been facilitating a run through of Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover with our ABF at church. It's been a great process. We have learned a lot about our finances, and have been able to help our group work through theirs as well. Personally we're about to embark on Baby Step #2!

We've also been thinking about Kindergarten for Ian (I KNOW!!!). It's coming up fast! We have really enjoyed sending him to St. Paul's Lutheran in Batavia for preschool & have decided to continue sending him there next year. He had "visit Kindergarten day" this past Wednesday & he was so excited. It seems that most of his current class will be joining him again in the fall. We also ran into some friends who are also thinking about sending their son to SPL. I'll post a picture of VKD. (Ian's in the back left corner; green shirt.)

60

Happy 60th Birthday to my Dad! Love you MOSTEST!

Darn Computer!

We finally got a (semi) new computer. Our old one had a wierd virus & was hard to fix, so my parents gifted their old one to us. This one is working beautifully, or so I thought. Apparently, I cannot upload photos to facebook for some reason. It keeps saying "cannot find page". Any ideas why?

New Year!

Happy 2010 to all! I missed the ushering in of the year, with the whole ball drop thing. I was sick & sleeping, so I hope it was a wonderful thing for those of you who made it til midnight. Blessings for what God will bring you this year. Make it count.

Busyness

I have been extremely busy these last couple months, as well as most of you I'm sure. I've slowly been getting into the holiday spirit, even though the idea of decorating my home when I have little ones who like to play with everything they see has been daunting. We have our tree up, but there are only kid friendly ornaments on it, and the candy canes are clustered at the top. Also, my kids think the stockings are fun to wear on their feet ~ I can't help but giggle when they slip around the house in them.

Most of my gifts for family are homemade, or bought with frugality. We've limited our budget, & it's interesting what you can come up with if try. I found a target coupon for $5 off a Kodak camera and was able to print 4 of them. I then bought 4 disposable cameras with them & paid less then $5 for them. My in-laws love these, so they're going in their gift baskets! One of my relatives is getting a blockbuster gift card that I "bought" with points I earned using my american express card. And for my daughter, I'm making some blankets & pillows for her dolls. I really like some of the frugal living blogs out there. My 2 faves are www.frugalcouponliving.com & www.moneysavingmom.com
They have helped me save some cash on groceries & gifts. You should check them out.

I hope you all have a blessed Christmas!