Week 75 and Week 188

William is 75 weeks old.  William says alright and it sounds so cute!  It sounds kinda like aww right and he uses this high pitched voice.  He uses it appropriately though which is cool!  He is always talking about something and narrating what he does, it just takes awhile to figure it out sometimes.  He loves to march and say "Mar, mar, mar" as he does it.

Emily is 188 weeks old.  We're getting into our routine and it is nice.  Except for the fact that Emily has finally decided to sleep most mornings!  I will never complain about sleep, but I have actually had to wake her up to get ready for school a couple of times!  Yup, my little 6 am girl has given up her nap and sleeps, for now anyway!! 

Saturday was Natalie's first birthday party and unfortunately William was sick so only Emily and I went.  The bonus for Natalie, I was able to take a bunch of pictures of her special day since I didn't have to worry about chasing William around.  

Here are some pics of our fun...

All ready to drop Emily off at school!

He loves his jacket.  The first time we brought it out he wanted nothing to do with it, but now he gets so excited when he sees his jacket.

All ready for her Get to Know Me Day at School

She brought in an Ariel doll, ballet shoes, swim goggles, Curious George Book, Pictures of her family and dolls, and pink and purple crayons. 

Will LOVES brushing his teeth!  Anytime he can get into the bathroom he pulls out the stool and says "Tee, Tee".

It's officially fall!  Time for some pumpkin bread!

75 Weeks Old

Birthday Girl

Natalie and her Aunt Jen

The Wagon Train

Fun in the wagon

Having fun losing her blindfold during Pin the Ladybug on the Leaf

Sweet baby Hema

Cake Time!!

YUM!!!

Fun with cake and balloons!

 The birthday girl with her awesome Mom!!

Week 74 and week 187

William is 74 weeks old.  He is growing and learning more words and sounds everyday.  His newest favorite things are to do fives and fist bumps. 

Emily is 187 weeks old and is loving school and dance.  We're settling into the routine and things are off to a great start!

We had some great weather this week and got to go apple picking with some of our friends.  Both kids loved it, although I think William ate more apples than he picked!  Wendy and Natalie came for a visit on Friday and we had fun at the park.  We got some yard work done this weekend and enjoyed a fun football Sunday!  The Jets pulled it out in OT, woohoo!!

Here are some pics...

Watching and waiting

Here's a good one!

Apple Picking Girl

I love apples!

OK, I'll pick one too!

Mmmm...chocolate icing!  Making cupcakes is fun!

Mom gave me a little icing, but big sis hooked me up with a bowl of sprinkles!!!

Emily and her baby dolls.  She lined them up and requested this pic!

All ready to head out to school.  Snuggie Bears? Check! Baby Dolls? Check! Let's go!

Big boy on the slide.

Natalie swinging

What a cutie

My girl

Helping Daddy cut limbo sticks!

Handsome like Daddy

Silly Kids

Posing

Peeking through the window

Let's Go Jets!

This is the first week I was able to convince her to wear her Jets dress!  She was ok with it if she didn't have to wear the turtleneck that goes with it.

Happy Girl!

Game Faces

Fish Faces

Squish those fish!!!!!

74 Weeks Old

My kiddos!!!

Week 73 and Week 186

William is 73 Weeks old and Emily is 186 Weeks old.  This was Emily's big week of firsts!!!  She had her first day of preschool, which was really two firsts since I got to stay with her the first day, so the second day was her first time going all alone.  She was very excited about it, did really well the first day with me, and was ready to go all by herself on Thursday.  She did really well, I gave her a hug in the hallway right before she went in and she went in gave the teacher her bag, but needed to come back for one more hug before heading in.  That was the biggest hug ever!  I could tell she was nervous, but she turned around and went right back in.  As I walked out with William I cried a little, but I wasn't a complete mess!  We then met some friends at the park to play which helped pass the time and then went back to pick up Emily.  As soon as we pulled into the parking lot William started getting very excited and was saying "Eh-nee!  Eh-nee!".  When we got out of the car he was even more excited and ran to the door still saying her name.  A bunch of the other Moms were peeking in the window while class was finishing up and knowing my girl I knew she'd be looking for my face, so I took a quick peek and the smile on her face was priceless!  Even though I told her over and over I'd be back I'm not sure she really believed it!  She was pretty talkative when I picked her up and throughout the day I got more and more details.  I think one of the hardest things is not knowing what she did!  I was glad I got quite a few details to piece her day together though.  She made a collage as her first school project and loved it!

Later that day was her first dance class and it was awesome!  She has the same teacher as last year, but it is an earlier class and the only one there so there is a lot less chaos oh and there are only 4 girls in the class and 3 of them were together last year!  The teacher said they are an awesome group and she is excited about the year too!  While we were waiting William had an audience to himself with no interruptions from his sister, so he just talked and chattered the entire time!  He is very vocal these days, copying everything we say and just talking all the time!  He also kept walking up to the door and saying Emily.  He really loves and misses his big sister.  Emily was super excited after dance class and really just had a great day.  She has grown up so much since last year.  It's amazing the difference a year makes.

 Then onto our last first of the weekend was Emily's first day of Sunday School.  She was excited and did great with that too.  She went up for the children's sermon by herself for the first time, then we went down to Sunday School where she got to sing then head to her class.  She's been singing the song she learned all day!  Then she went right into class without even a hug.  I think it was easier because she knew I wasn't leaving the building, just going back upstairs to church.  The only thing she told us was that she played games, but can't tell us what kind because she doesn't know.  She was happy though and wants to go back, so we'll go with it!!  Overall a great week of firsts for Emily, I just can't believe she's growing up and old enough to have all of these firsts!!

William just keeps on talking and learning everyday and I'm looking forward to spending some special time with him while Emily is in school.  Hopefully we have another great week as we get used to our new routine and head into the fall!

Here are some pics of our week...

First day of preschool!

She requested some pics in the backyard too!

Day 2...Maddie gets to go with her!

And we're off!

Fun at the park with my boy while Emily was at school.

Emily's first school project.  A collage!

Off to dance class

Fun in Mama's kitchen!

73 Weeks Old

Not the best pic, but doesn't he look like such a little boy in his church clothes?  What happened to my baby???

My little Jets Fan