Valentine's Day

We had a nice "love" day. Jeremy and I went to The Melting Pot on Friday night. Thanks to Aunt Lyndsey for the keeping the girls and getting them to bed! We had a great time, the food was delicious, and afterward we got to visit with some friends from college and played Bunko for the first time. It was so much fun.

On Valentine's day, Haven had a pizza party at preschool and she was so excited to take her goody bags to school to share. She really wanted to keep them for herself, but realized that her friends were going to bring her things in return. She said she needed 5 hands instead of 2 to carry it all.

On the way to school she saw all of the decorations/booths/hearts on the sides of the road and said, "A heart, mama! That means love." So sweet.

Jeremy brought the three of us girls each a gerbera daisy. He also got me an awesome stash of Kerr's mints. My very favorite of all time and a book. He will be getting a new drum case in the mail soon from me.

We have some rough days around our house with these girls, especially naptime and nighttime, but there is also so much love. We are thankful for God's love for us and that he gives us so many other people to love as well.

New skills

Jovie learned to climb all the way up the stairs last week. That is all she wants to do. She even cried when she saw the gate up. The only problem is that she doesn't know the safe way to come down yet.

Jovie will be 1 at the end of next week. I can't believe I am already filling out her last page in her baby book. WOW! This year went fast.

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the last few weeks

Haven's had a cold/ear infection the last week. At this point, I don't really know what all we have done. Preschool, playing everyone in the house, sitting around waiting for people to come finish the bonus room (STILL NOT DONE!), celebrating both grandmother's birthdays.

It really is difficult to get a good picture of 2 children.

Haven took this picture of Jovie and I. She has enjoyed using her kiddie camera and my camera.

Jeremy introduced Haven to Pacman last week. She loved it, but needed a little help.

Sweet girls reading together.

Outside!

For the past week we have played outside for hours on end! It has been wonderful. The weather has been sunny and fairly warm for January/February. I have enjoyed it just as much as the girls. We have taken walks/rides, visited the park 3 times, had a picnic, and made the world's largest hop scotch game.

11 months and the SUN!

Sweet Jovie turned 11 months yesterday. This was a big month for her. She is now crawling, standing up at toys/furniture, and walking along furniture. We can also tell that she has learned a lot of words and routines. The last two nights, I asked her is she was ready for night night and she looked at her daddy and waved at him. It was so sweet. She has said these words: dada, mama, nana (maybe nurse or mama), hata (haven), yay, mo (more), baw (ball), bye bye, ya-yu (thank you). She loves to watch me sign more, eat, cereal, milk, and thank you, but she will only really sign more sometimes. We are working on it.

Yesterday, we had some friends/family come over to play in the afternoon. I think the mothers were more excited to see the sun than the kids!

Girls are so much fun

Our girls are having so much fun playing together.

I love little girl toys.

One little girl is crawling around on all fours, pulling up, walking along side of furniture, and loving this new world of exploration.