Happy Birthday Tony!!!!

We hope you have a great day!!!! We miss you a lot. Due to the snow I have not sent out your card yet. It will be coming soon. "Happy Birthday Uncle Tony!!" said Mairisa.

Rebecca has grown

I took Rebecca to the doctor yesterday for a check up and shots. She is now 29" long 23.5 lbs and her head is 46.8cm round. They said she is growing great and doing well in growth. She was not very happy with her shots though. As we were leaving she gave the nurse a mean look. Okay, it was like she was trying to stare her down. She is still a little sore but doing well.

Rebecca turns 1

Happy Birthday Becca!!!

Rebecca turned one today. The past year has gone by so fast. She is now running around and climbing. She has started to copy her sister and learn new words. She loves to dance and "race" with Marisa around the house. Becca has 5 teeth and the 6th is about to poke out some time soon. She loves playing with toys, and spreading them around the house. She gets the "giggles" from time to time. Becca is learning to defend her toys and herself. She enjoyed waking up to all the decorations today. Marisa has been practicing the "Happy Birthday" song all day. We are having some food, cake and celebration tonight. I will post pictures of it later.

Friday!

The girls have begun to fight. It makes the day quite interesting now. Becca loves to pull hair. Marisa just likes to push, kick or whatever else to knock her over. The usual fights daily are over the Aquadoodle mat. Marisa loves to pull it out from under Becca’s feet.

Becca is walking all over the place. Though she is proud of how well she can climb. Her tickling is not always appreciated by Marisa, it is quite humorous to Travis and I. Becca is starting to learn new words every day. She is praying with the family very well also. We are excited for her first birthday on Wednesday. We are going to have cake and ice cream. Yes, my girls love ice cream. For anyone who would like to come during supper time I will make enough for guests. We know everyone has plans on the weekends prior and following her birthday so we are going to have something small on Wednesday night. All are welcome.

Marisa is growing fast. She is working hard on learning to count and ABCs. She got the LeapFrog magnets of the ABCs from Jason and Kristen for Christmas. When we opened it at home she stood in front of the fridge for 10 min trying to sing the ABC song. She did not leave until she got it down. She also can count to ten. She is trying to get to twenty. Everything is teen right now. Marisa is doing so well. She is enjoying all the gifts she did receive for Christmas. She actually is playing with bother her and Becca’s gifts daily.

Happy New Year!!

Ok so that is about 12 hours from now. I actually have some time now so: Happy New Year from my family to yours. We hope everyone enjoys celebrating to coming of a new year. Our last year was filled with so many great memories with family and friends. So much has happened and we are thankful for what the has brought us. Our one main hope for the up coming year is that our house sells. Well, I should probably head to bed soon!

Merry Christmas!!

The girls had a fun Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with Travis' family. They had a great time playing and opening gifts. Becca also loved to laugh along with everyone. Supper was great! Christmas morning Marisa didn't want to wait for Becca to open gifts. Finally got her to wait. When Becca came down stairs she went right to the presents. We figured it out quick that they were not going to eat until after we opened the gifts. Becca became a pro in no time at all! Marisa remembered a lot from last year and was helping everyone open gifts. I will try to post pictures of Christmas morning.

From our family to ours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Congratulations Garret and Anna!!!

We would like to congratulate Garret and Ann on the birth of their baby girl !!!! They named her Mary Cecilia. She weighted 7lbs 1.5oz. We are so excited for you!! Can't wait to see our new niece!

The girls are decorating today!!

We will be putting up the tree tomorrow. The girls and I thought we would start the decorating today (we are a week late from or normal tradition of decorating the tree). Looks like they are having fun!

Congratulations Greg and Amanda!!!!

Your wedding was beautiful!! Thank you for inviting us to be part of your day. We look forward to seeing your love grow over the years.

Sharing

Here is a picture of the girls yesterday. Becca actually wanted to lay on top of Marisa but Marisa thought that was a bad idea. So Becca cuddled next to her instead. Marisa decided to share her blanky with Becca (those who know how much blanky means to Marisa knows this was a huge gesture).

Helping with Laundry

This is the girls' idea of helping with laundry.

Proud of our Girls!!!!

We started potty training Marisa Monday afternoon. Starting at noon yesterday she has not had an accident (we are not counting sleeping times, she is in a diaper still then). She is very excited and doing great!

Becca has decided to walk everywhere. She is having a great time chasing around Marisa!

Happy Birthday Nicole!!!

Happy Sweet Sixteen!!! We hope you have a great day!! We miss you a lot.

Happy Birthday Nikki!!

We hope you have a great day!

Happy Monday!

Okay, I am sure no one is happy it is Monday but I hope it was not too bad. This past weekend was the beginning of deer hunting season here in Nebraska. Travis got a deer during the afternoon hunt on Sunday. Garret got his deer Saturday morning. I am not sure about Jason or Dennis.

Becca is walking every where now. Sometimes she pauses for a break but loves to chase Marisa around the house. Finally I am not center of attention all of the time. Marisa is having a hard time sharing lately. If she does not want Becca to have a toy she hides it in some corner. I am the lucky one who usually steps on them later or finds the microwave stuffed with toys and blankets.

I started physical therapy today. I can already tell that it is help tonight. I am trying to update the website a little more now. Well, time for dishes and then hopefully bed. Good night!

Happy Birthday Aunt Jean!!!

We miss you a lot!! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Halloween!!

Sorry no pictures of Halloween costumes. Marisa would not cooperate, my guess is that she was on a sugar high. Marisa was Ariel (from "The Little Mermaid") and Becca was a Husker Cheerleader. They had a great time going out. It was really cold here so Travis had to take them in early. We then took them to visit family. Travis said Marisa liked to ring door bells and pick out her candy. She was a lot better at saying "trick-or-treat" this year too. I hope everyone's Halloween was fun and warm!

I know it has been a long time since I have blogged. Things just got so busy here. I am sorry I missed my cousin's wedding. She looked beautiful and happy in the pictures I was able to see.

My prayers and thoughts go to my other cousin who lost her child.

The blog missed Travis' birthday. So Happy Belated Birthday Travis!!!! We had lots of fun that weekend home.

I just had a knee scope done on my right knee on the 17th of this month. I am slowly getting back into the swing of things. My mom came out to visit and help with the girls. We are so thankful she did! We had a wonderful time too. The girls sure did have fun. Marisa still looks around the house for her. Becca took her first steps alone, with Nanny here. She also cut two more teeth while she was here. Nanny always seems to come when the girls are going through something. We got to eat some of her great home cooking. It was wonderful for me to watch the girls interact with my mom daily, what a wonderful bond they made. Even though I had to be in bed for two days I knew the girls were happy and taken care of. Thank you again mom for coming out!!! (Dad thank you for giving her up for two weeks!!!)

Marisa's vocabulary is growing very fast. She decided that her and Becca get to go to bed and nap time together rather than Becca going in first. She can be a "mom" to Becca making sure she is staying out of everything and other times they can fight over everything. Marisa has the Husker cheers down now. She also cheers next to Travis very well. She mimicked Travis yelling at the TV very well. Well, it is late so I should go to bed. Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

A Birthday Weekend

Marisa and I would like to thank everyone for their cards, gifts, and birthday wishes. You helped make our Birthdays wonderful! We had a wonderful time with family! We didn't get any pictures from my birthday on Monday but I will try to take pictures tonight of the girls. I hope everyone is having a great week!