Look Who's 2!

Happy birthday sweet gril.  At 2 Adeline is 22lbs and 3oz (14%), 34.8in (73%).  She is small but might

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Cupcakes, sundaes, hotdogs, family, cousins, and candy all of Adeline's favorites.  We had a great time celebrating our Adeline.

It's hard to believe our little baby girl is now a toddler.  I guess I need to stop calling her "baby girl"....some day.  This toddler is  full force, no fear, go getter.  She loves to play with her brother, climb everything and try anything (more blogs to come on this).  Adeline's favorite foods are corn, meat, and milk (working on the fruit and veggies).  She loves to sing and count to 10...really loud...especially in the car or right when she wakes up. Her favorite toys are her puppy stuffed animals and books.  She is a wonderful cuddlier and is sleeping in a big girl bed in her brothers room.  She is so much fun and we are so very thankful for her!!!

Adeline 1 1/2 years going on 3

Our sweet baby girl is already 1 1/2...so hard to believe...yet at the same time she acts like she is as big as her brother.  The teachers at her school call her small but mighty.

Sweet Smile (she loves to cuddle and flash a big smile)

 Our little climber...

Hairdo or a hair don't....good morning :)

 Adeline loves her brother...

I am so very thankful for these sweet kiddos.  They bring us such joy.

3 Years and 18 Month Doctor Check Up

At three years of age Anders....
-weighs 31 lb (50%)
-measures 38 in (75%)
-favorites: dora/diego, cars, wrestle/"fight", pretend, throw rocks, eat pizza and cereal, bikes, the park, football throws, the trampoline, story telling and friends.

At 18 month Adeline....
-weighs 21 lb (10%)
-measures 32in (75%)
-favorites: puppies, pacifier, blankie, cuddles, climbing, meat and cheese, buckles, books, and her brother.

Rolling

The family has taken to doing anything that involves wheels...

Daddy and Adeline long boarding from the park (she loved it)!

Anders pulling his sister on his new bike....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xacljrHv-M

Jeff's latest craig list purchase.....

Little Space Just My Size

Adeline found the dog create of Precious (Nana and Papas' dog) fascinating.  She would go in and out, then close the door, then bring in her baby and blanket, and then close the door once again.  A little space + an inquisitive girl = adorable!

Books

Reading books and telling stories are Ax2 favorite things to do right now.  Each child seems to have a favorite book, which they like to read over and over.  Just ask, Papa, I think he has, S is for School and Elmo Loves You memorized after spending 4 days with us.

Bows and Boots

Adeline- 17mths old. My little Texas girl.

My Little Boy is Three

It is hard to believe our little man is three!  We celebrated Anders this past weekend with friends and family with a Dora and Diego animal adventurer party.  Nana and Papa even made it down from Iowa for the celebration.  At three Anders is full of imagination, loves to play and be on the go, race cars, sing songs, read book, eat pizza, jump, wrestle, paint and watch shows.  He is such a sweet boy and we are so very proud of him.

My baby...three years ago!

Silly Backwards Day- Cheese!

A&A go to Sonshine School at our church 2 days a week.  On this particular day the kids got to dress "backwards" and be silly. Anders had a good laugh and a good time getting ready.

Jeff's Birthday

We celebrated Jeff on his birthday. Fun, family and ice cream! Adeline especially LOVED the ice cream.

Anders and his guitar

Our little guitar playing man....I love you always.  My sweet boy!

Tuckered Out

 

Some days Adeline fights taking a nap...on those days you may find her asleep like this, where in the midst of of it all her eyelids become just too heavy to keep open.

My Sweet Adeline

My baby girl is now 16 months-old.  I can't believe it!  She is growing and changing so fast.  She is a busy little girl who loves to give big open mouth kisses, read books, love on her baby doll and at the same time charge after her brother and race cars.  She recently had her 15 month well visit (I'm a little behind in blogging) where she weighed 18lbs 10oz (<3%), measured 31in height (75%), and her head was 18in around (55%).  She is our little peanut, who according to her teachers at Sonshine School, she is "small but mighty"- true description.  She is our "sweet Adeline"....one of my patients recently showed me some great videos with the barbershop song "Sweet Adeline"(here is one of them).  So fun!  We love our little girl.

Merry Christmas 2011

Christmas is such a beautiful time of year!  I love to look at all the christmas lights.  Being in Texas we rarely have a white snowy Christmas....so instead we hang white lights.  Jeff did a great job with the lights this year.

This year was especially fun with Anders being at the age where there is such excitement opening gifts and celebrating birthdays.

Here are the grandchildren blowing out candles and singing Happy Birthday Jesus.  Anders can't wait until the next birthday and will often ask, "whose birthday is next?".

Grandpa Larson has a the gift of story telling.  He kept all the kids attention telling stories, while there dinner preparations were being made.

 Abby and Adeline, who are just 6 weeks apart, were all dressed up!  So cute.

 Our attempt for a family christmas photo......the majority were like the later.

The Monday after christmas we all hit the ice and went ice-skating.  Anders still talks about it and loves to watch this video over and over.  Adeline cheered everyone on from the sidelines.