January 2010

We had a VERY busy January. It was a great start to 2010. The first thing that happened was that we found out we are having another boy! We are very excited for this addition to our family. Tyler will love having a little brother around to play with.

At the first of this month Sydney started ballet classes. She is loving it! She gets to wear her ballet clothes and she is in the same class as her friend Kate. She told me just last week, "Mom, I don't know why I am such a good balleter."
The next event that happened was a girls weekend for me. Alisa and I were 30 for 3 weeks together so we wanted to do something fun while we were both 30. It was so much fun to have my Mom, Grandma, Aunt LoraLee, Alisa (sister) and Aubrey (sister-in-law) here to visit. We had a nice relaxing weekend over in Bend (Thanks Doug and Gayle!). We watched movies, played games, and had lots of laughs. Ryan had the kids for the weekend and the kids loved their Daddy time. Thanks to everyone for coming out to visit. We should do girls weekends more often!

Last weekend we decided to visit the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. The kids loved all the airplanes. We were able to see the Spruce Goose and walk around to all the fun and interesting things they had there. Ryan will have to start working more in the near future, so it was really nice to be able to spend family time together.

On Monday it was such a beautiful day, I took the kids to the zoo. We were able to see lots of animals. Tyler was loving the snakes and monkeys. The weather stayed nice for most of the time we were there, until the very end. Then it POURED! We had to run to get out to the car, where the umbrella was. Oh well - we do live in Oregon. I didn't get very many pictures because the kids were too busy looking at the animals. Even the Polar Bear was not cooperating and turned his head at the last minute. Tyler is in a phase of I don't want to smile for pictures, I want to take the pictures. I do have a lot of pictures of the back of my kids heads, but I decided not to post those. :)

It has been such a great month. The kids are getting bigger and bigger. We are going to work on potty training Tyler, which I can't wait. He is talking so much more. He had his first nightmare last Sunday where he wanted to come and get Mom and Dad. I felt so bad that he was scared, but loved the cuddle time first thing in the morning. he loves playing with Buzz Lightyear and says Buzz before anything. "Can I say the Buzz prayer?" "I want a Buzz kiss." Too cute! We are working on teaching him his colors. He does know pink and purple with Sydney's help. Sydney is very interested in reading and learning how letters work together. We have checked many library books out and are constantly sounding out words. She is learning about space at school and her favorite planet is Saturn. She likes the rings. And as always, her favorite direction is left. They are so much fun! Love you guys!