Oops! I forgot!

Well, I had so much to say that I totally forgot about adding the Feedblitz subscription to my page! So, to the left of this entry you'll see where you can sign up to get automatic updates of my blog. Feel free to sign up and let me know if you wish to be take off my email list and I will do so! Also, just wanted to add something for my sake so I won't forget it again. Seth, as we all know, has quite the personality. Well, this morning he reminded me of something he started yesterday. When I went in to get him after he had woken up he looked at me and said, "No more night night!" It was so cute! He was telling me that he was ready to begin his day! He has done this each time I have gone in to get him now! I love it and thought you might enjoy that one quick story as well!

March Update OR Hannah's a Healthy Girl!

Each day with my children is an interesting day. Some days are, quite frankly, very LONG, while others are just WAY too short. Fortunately for me, the long days only happen about once a week and they help me appreciate each and every short day that I have. Seth, as I have said so many times before, is just too smart for his own britches. He keeps me on my toes all day long. His newest accomplishments include finding anything to climb on to turn "Yights On" and off (lights), swinging in Hannah's swing (which he is too big for), locking me out of my computer by somehow locking the keys (I still haven't figured out how he is doing it) and locking and unlocking doors...yes, that means bathroom doors, bedroom doors and any other door handle he can reach with a lock on it, just to mention a few! He has already locked himself in the bathroom once. Thankfully, you can use a flat head screw driver to turn the lock from the outside and unlock the door...our family's preference is a kitchen knife. His vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds every day. We have to constantly remind ourselves to be careful of what we say around him for fear that he might repeat something. He's like a little tape recorder now and amazes me with how quickly he picks up on things, how you say a word, use it in a sentence and the inflections in your voice when you use it! He is beginning to speak in sentences now, using three or four words at a time and is even learning to count. His favorite numbers are 1, 2, 8 and 9...not usually in that order. I sometimes hear him while he is waking up from his nap talking to Mickey Mouse and counting the blankets and stuffed animals in his bed...it usually goes something like "1, 2, 8, 9 or 2, 9, 1, 2." I try my best to get it on camera but it never usually works out. Seth's new favorite thing to do though, is feed his fish! Uncle Saul got him his very own freshwater fish tank for his bedroom. Seth absolutely LOVES his "pishies" to pieces. When I put him down or a nap I usually hear him saying "Night, Night Pishies!" and just generally talking to them until he falls asleep. He is a precious, precious boy! Hannah, as I said in the title, is quite a healthy girl! We had her four month check up today and were not surprised to find out that she weighs 15 pounds 1 once and is 25 inches long. She remains in the 75% for both her weight and her height. On Wednesday afternoon, March 19, Hannah rolled over from her belly to her back and since then has been trying to get from her back, onto her belly. She manages to get onto her side, but hasn't gotten all the way over yet. Her favorite past time, is watching her big brother. She hasn't quite realized how funny he is yet, but she loves to watch him and smile at him the whole time she's watching him. She loves her Daddy very much and loves to just cuddle with him in bed before we go to sleep for the night or right after we've woken up in the morning. Hannah also loves the TV. Seth liked the TV but never was as fascinated with it as Hannah is. If she hears a TV on she will crane her neck until she can see it. I would turn the TV off, but Seth is WAY into Finding Nemo and Mickey Mouse and even though he never watches them for more than 10 minutes straight, both play at least once a day on our TV. I forgot to mention, Seth is so attached to Nemo that he now gets very worried about Nemo when he is taken off the reef! It is so sweet the concern he shows and what is really sweet is that he shows just as much concern for Hannah when she is crying. Sometimes he must think I cannot hear her crying because I don't go running over to her and he'll come to me and say, "Mommy, Nana kying!" He loves her very much! Anyhow, back to Hannah, we get to start cereal this month so I am certain we'll have some interesting pictures and stories to share in the coming weeks. We are also awaiting her first teeth. Dr. Emanuel told us today that he saw the bulge under her gums and the indention on the top of her gums, all indications of impending teeth. He did give us the disclaimer that it doesn't mean she WILL be cutting teeth anytime soon, but it also doesn't mean that she WON'T be cutting teeth anytime soon...whatever that means. If you ask me, I say she'll be cutting them before Seth cut his first tooth because he didn't have those "symptoms" until he was 6 months old and cut his first tooth on his 7 month birthday. Aside from all of those fun things, Henry and I are doing well and couldn't be happier! We have a beautiful family with the two greatest kids in the world and are always looking forward to what each new day has in store for us!

Happy Easter!

What an amazing thing it is to be a Christian. Between the tears and emotions of Good Friday and the joy we feel on Easter morning, I can truly say we had a wonderful holiday weekend. Since Seth was really too young last year, I decided to start my family traditions this year. Growing up I can remember coming home from the Good Friday service and dyeing our Easter eggs. Since we made it home a bit late...and had a bit of a mishap with the eggs during the boiling process...I decided we would introduce Seth to the art of dyeing eggs on Saturday morning. What a fun experience it was! Seriously! At first you could tell he was not exactly sure what we were supposed to be doing with the mugs of colored water, but then he figured it out! So, he would PLOP the eggs into the water. As you can imagine, it would splash everywhere! Then, when he couldn't use the egg-fisher-outer-thing that comes inthe package to get the eggs out he figured out that the easiest way to get them out would be to use his hands! It was really so cute! (It was a huge step forward for me too, because I cannot stand messy, sticky kids...especially sticky fingers! I'm still working on it though!) After we dyed the eggs we left and dropped the kids off at my parents house and went to the Casting Crowns concert with our friends Jennifer and Lance and their friends Jackie and Will. We had a blast! It was such an amazing continuation of our Easter excitement. The concert was so uplifting and we really can't wait to do it again. So, then comes Sunday morning. We woke the kids up early (for them at least) and went to the breakfast at church. After breakfast we got to participate in Seth's first Easter Egg hunt at church. He had lost of fun! Again, we wasn't sure what he was supposed to be doing, but with a little help from Aunt Stacie he quickly caught on and was hunting eggs on his own. He was so proud of himself as he found the eggs and put them in his new Mickey Mouse Easter basket from Grandma "Mama" Huseman. He was getting so good at it that we had to share a few eggs with another little girl who was just a bit slower than him...but he was happy to share! After the egg hunt we went to the Easter service. As always, it is a beautiful service with lots of praise and thanksgiving for the sacrifice and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Since Seth is getting to an age where he is just to busy to sit still we found that he will sit still as long as he is being fed Smarties. Well, I had to cut him off after three packages, but he did pretty well anyway. Dinner was at Meemaw's house and as is usually the case there was a lot of food and a lot of desert. We all ate to much and had plenty to bring home with us! Stay tuned for our monthly update later in the week, including and update after Hannah's 4 month appointment.