here are some pictures of January. We haven't been up to much lately just trying to get outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. It is 65 degrees outside currently. I do enjoy winter (California winter that is) so I hope it gets rainy again but it is BEAUTIFUL outside. Funny that none of these pictures are of outside but they are cute.
Our babies are doing great. They both have a cold but no fevers, just sore throats and runny noises. William is every bit a 2 1/2 year old and is continuing to decide he doesn't need to listen to his mother. He is hard to stay on top of because it is much easier just to ignore his behavior. When he is in trouble he has started laughing and running away. He thinks it is great, I do not! I am working on having patience, loving him, praying before I deal with him, while I am dealing with him, and at every other time I loose my cool with him. When I am trying to get anything done it is hard to stop and take the time to really focus on him. There is a little glimpse of my heart :(. Scary huh... anyway. He tells me all day long he is hungry followed by I want a snack. I am trying to get him to not snack all day just to eat his meals and one or two snacks in between. If he is legitimately hungry i let him eat but this is just William and him complaining. I offer him a good snack like a cheese stick and some applesauce and he says no I want gum...
We are also trying to teach him that when he makes a decision it has consequences he has to live with. He will give Allie a toy and be really sweet but want it right back. He will choose a snack and then decide he wanted something else. The list goes on... Another thing we are trying to learn is being content with what we are given. He likes his cars dinnerware and when he doesn't get it he often complains. We are trying to teach him to ask nicely and if we say no then he just needs to have a good attitude. There are other examples of this behavior as well. For every difficulty with William I could share two things about him that are wonderful. We love our little guy so much and we pray that God would help us deal with the sin in his little heart. I also pray that God would help me deal with the sin in my heart. As all you parents know, children are a wonderful (really terrible) reflection of some of our sins. I know all to well where William gets so many these problems we have to deal with. My pray is that I wouldn't just deal with William but that I would see correct the behavior in my own life. Often times that is far harder and requires a lot more honest and work.
Allie has been wonderful. She doesn't like to sleep that well during the night so I finally broke down and fed her cereal. She likes to wake up and nurse every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I wanted to wait till six months (which she is today) but I couldn't say no any longer to those pretty blue eyes and their entreaties for food. She does love to eat. At first she gave me kind of a dirty face, (funny Nick did the same face a few days later, made me laugh, the kids do a few faces that Nick does and it cracks me up like Williams I am proud of myself face, totally from his daddy!) but now that is been two weeks she eats like a champ.
Here are a few things I have recently noticed about our princess. She makes the cutest little girl noises. They are definitely different then the noises Wills made. She has complete control of her pacifier and knows exactly what it is! She has decided that rolling is a form of transportation and she rolls all over the floor to get the things she wants. She gets super excited when she thinks you are going to pick her up and she makes it clear that she is disappointed when you don't. Nick already can't refuse her anything and between her sweet smile and extreme disappointment if not picked up she often gets what he wants. She is a really good baby however and will sit in her seat for awhile. William repeats the things we say and the other day he told her give me a second Allie. Made me laugh. When he yelled crap I chuckled as well but much to my chagrin. LOL ut oh! Back to Allie though she has been responding to her name for awhile now, very cute! And she learned to say Dada this week. Just another way to twist Nick around her finger, even though she isn't referring to him it is so cute! Well if you haven't noticed I am totally in love with my two little babies. They are so sweet! I can't believe how fast time goes and I know as
Trace Adkins says "your gonna miss this" (that song makes me choke up every time! give it a listen!) Well Nick is shaking his head that I am ending my post on that but oh well. Hope you are all doing well.
William and Allie
These next two are for Aunt Katie. My mom has these trucks and one had a horse trailer. Wills was so excited we borrowed it for a couple days. He put his tractor in the trailer and his horse in the truck.
not my favorite picture but he hates getting his picture taken. So he comes up to me instead of just staying doing what he was doing.
Those two sweet babies.
I was trying to get a picture of her and he wanted to be in the picture.
This morning I was feeding her and he was sitting next to us and she was leaning over trying to get his food. It was funny. She was giving him some funny looks.
eating cereal.
before Christmas and when William had a pacifier still I went to do a quick errand while Rach hung with the babies. Here they are. So sweet all snugged up.
Allie making silly faces.
the shadows are on her face. She was looking at Wills duing this picture
Hi mom!
That sweet girl.
in black and white.
sitting in her boppy.
pretty baby.
she loves to roll on the ground.
Well thats all I have for now and I know you are thankful :)
Jubi or Jubilee
Wills smiles
Wills lets go of dog. It was very funny.
My brother Nate loves dogs.
I looked over the other day to see William in Allie's bouncy seat. I took a picture because he couldn't get out because he buckled himself in. I thought it was pretty funny how silly he looked stuck in there in nothing but a diaper. One of his favorite things to do is strip down to his diaper and wrap himself in a blanket. What a goof!
William got a "big" bike for Christmas. Here he is headed out for a ride.
our rainy days have been kind of sparse but the other day it was dark and wet so we stayed inside and built William his first fort. It was fun! I have such fond memories of fort building as a kid. Now I can have them as an adult.
Allie played in her walker while we built said fort. (does she look a tiny bit like Jenny in this picture? I think maybe her eyes?)
we were all looking at the new puppy and grandma Myers held Allie so she could have a close look.
As my kids develop and go through new stages I seem to fall in love with them all over again. 
Allie scrunches up her nose sometimes when she smiles. It is just this funny adorable face she makes.
I love this girl! She is just so cute! She was belly laughing at her brother in the bath today and it just melts my heart and makes me smile from ear to ear.
I'm ready for a nap mom.
