Our Colette

Colette surprised me the other day and actually wrote her name all by herself for the first time! We’ve been working on it together, but I didn’t realize she was catching on so quickly… She was excited about it!

And then the other night, as always, she dressed herself up – she had found some red pants, her sunday shoes, and one of her dress-up necklaces… Somehow no matter what she chooses to wear, she always looks adorable! Brielle, who is constantly asking me if she can take pictures and video with the camera - (wonder where in the world that came from!) – took this picture… :)

Samuel in Basketball

We just love these little Start-Smart classes they offer here at the Youth Center -- letting the smaller-aged kids be involved in sports. This past month has been basketball for Samuel, and he just gets so proud when he gets to feel like he is apart of a sports team! He has a blast! Here's a cute picture of our little aspiring athlete at his Start-Smart class... :)

Father-Daughter Dance

Brielle was SO excited to go to her Elementary School's annual Father/Daughter Dance last week!! She has been talking about it for weeks, and we were so thankful that Jared's work schedule actually worked out for once for him to be able to go. They had such a fun time together -- Jared said that Brielle was out there on the dance floor just dancing away the whole time, and of course she made her Dad join her for much of it as well! :) She was so excited to tell us all about it when they got home! What a cute little pair they made... I can't believe how grown-up she is getting these days...

Timothy's First Baby Food!

Well, Timothy has been ready for this for awhile now, but we were trying to follow the doctor's orders and go as slow as possible introducing food for him and stuff... So this past week was his first try of baby food, and boy does he LOVE it!! (And boy does Mom love it too -- as he is sleeping so much better at night these days!) :) I just wanted to post this fun little video of him because he was making the funniest face between bites, getting so impatient if I didn't give him the next bite fast enough. We didn't get the greatest video of it, but you get the idea... :) (We had to move him to the carseat to eat because he's still not the greatest at sitting too long in his walker)...