Trip to the Zoo

Today was a beautiful, sunny Saturday, so we took advantage of the weather and went to the zoo for the first time as a family of four. Lorelei had a great time sleeping in the stroller while the rest of us enjoyed looking at all of the animals. The highlight of the trip was getting to see an itty bitty(a very scientific term) baby gorilla and a couple of rides on the carousel. Fun times were had by all! Here are some pictures.

Lorelei - 2 Months

Sweet Lorelei is already two months old, 9 weeks today. God has truly blessed our family with her sweet personality and she fits in our family perfectly. In the past three weeks Lorelei has begun smiling, which just melts my heart. She saves most of her smiles for her big sister, who can get a smile from her more often than when mommy and daddy try to get her to smile. She just stares at Julianne in wonder and gives Julianne her undivided attention for as long as Julianne is around. She also is vocalizing more sounds than just crying.

Potty Training

Well, our week of hardcore potty training has come to a close and the result is a sweet two and a half year old potty trained little girl. We started on Sunday night by taking a trip to Target and letting Julianne pick out her own panties and drink of choice (she picked apple juice). Monday morning Potty Day began by saying "bye" to diapers and "hello" to big girl panties. I used one of her dolls to demonstrate what would happen when she used the potty and then had her sit on the potty every thirty minutes or so, asking more frequently if she needed to use the potty.

Pictures

While we were in St. Louis we got some pictures taken at our favorite portrait studio, Portrait Innovations. Here are the best ones.

Lorelei's First Trip to St. Louis

This past weekend we took our first trip to St. Louis as a family of four. Lorelei did wonderfully during the four and a half hour car ride. She slept almost the entire way, which was not great for her sleeping schedule, but great for the time on the road. Poor Julianne starting running a fever as we were on the road and was really congested, so she just kept saying, "I want to sleep in my bed at Papa and Gigi's house" and "Mommy hold me." It was hard to explain to her that neither of these were possible until we got to St. Louis.

Valentine's Tea Party

Even though it is a couple of days until Valentine's Day, we've been celebrating in "school" all week. We have been learning that since God loves us we should love others. One day we completed a writing activity in which we completed the phrase, "I can love others by...". With no help from me, other than writing down her responses, Julianne came up with this list: "washing dishes", "giving them ice cream", "giving them hot dogs", "giving them books", sharing baby dolls with them", and "giving them a band aid when they get hurt".

Snow

The past several weeks Julianne and I have been completing a unit on snow. It has been quite appropriate since we've had three or four major snowfalls in the past three weeks. We're currently dealing with about 7 inches of snow on the ground and to tell you the truth we're looking forward to spring and the opportunity to play outside a bit more.

More Wedding Pictures

We recently received the photographer's pictures from the wedding we were a part of in December, so here are some pictures of our sweet flower girl and several other pictures too.

A visit fom the Faulkners

This past weekend our newly married friends, Chip and Claire Faulkner, came for a short visit. They are on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ in New Zealand and came back to the states to get married and raise support. We were in their wedding back in December and I've known Claire since second grade, so it was a really special time getting to know Chip better. We had a great time playing Boggle, eating, hanging out, talking, eating a little more, and watching some Arrested Development. Since we enjoy eating we took them to several of our favorite eateries.

Lorelei - 1 Month

Lorelei turned one month old last Thursday and yesterday (Monday) we went to her pediatrician for her one month check up. She is growing like a weed. Her stats were as follows: Weight: 9 lbs (40th percentile), Height: 21.5 in. (55th percentile), Head Circumference: 14.5 in. (40th percentile). Everything looked great and she even got a shot and did well.

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