Two Years Old

So much has been going on here, it's going to take a few posts to get through it all, but I thought I'd start with Charlotte's birthday. She officially turned two on August 17th and it still seems crazy that she's not a baby anymore. We celebrated on the Saturday before with daddy and our family up here in WA, just a small family dinner and then cupcakes and presents. She had so much fun opening her presents, her favorites were her scooter and Barbie. On her actual birthday, we got to spend the morning with Grammy at the park, including a picnic lunch, and then we had birthday dinner pizza and more cupcakes! She got to open more presents and loved her jewelry and baby doll.

She is the funniest little girl I've ever seen. She loves all things girly, Barbies, dolls, bunnies, purses, jewelry, princesses, Tinkerbell, if it's pink and sparkly and girly, she loves it! She also still loves to read books and will sit for quite a while turning the pages and "reading" to herself. She loves to be outside, loves all the puppies that she gets to be around up here, loves "coffee" from Starbucks (aka, a vanilla non-coffee frozen drink), loves cookies and cupcakes and loves to be in the water.

She says the silliest things that always keep me laughing. If she's not sure what an animal or person is supposed to say and you ask her, for example, what does a fish say? She'll answer back "fish fish" in a really high pitched voice. She calls Tinkerbell "Baybell", she can say Cinderella, she calls cameras and sunglasses "cheese", she loves to brush her teeth, and this girl will sing all day long! Her favorites to sing along with are Twinkle, Twinkle, Jesus Loves Me, Where is Charlotte, This Little Light, This is the Day, God is so Good, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and if she has the cd to sing along, she'll sing Disney songs like Hakuna Matata, You Can Fly, Mickey Mouse Club, most of the High School Musical songs...she just LOVES to sing!! And I have to admit, her sweet little voice is so cute!

She goes in for her two year check up next week, so I'll post all the stats as soon as we get back home. And I know I need to post pictures, I'll get them up as soon as I can. Stay tuned for more on moving across the country, Timothy starting school, and what will probably turn into a million questions and things about buying a house for the first time!!

Where We've Been

So sorry it's been such a long time since I've updated about our lives...they've been a little crazy though, so it's been hard to find time to sit and think and type all at the same time!! So here it all goes:

Baby Update - I stopped bleeding late in July, so it lasted about three weeks. I went in for a check up on July 30th and everything looked fine, baby has a strong heartbeat and all is well. I'll be 13 weeks this weekend so the first trimester is officially (almost) over!! Thank you all so much for your prayers!

Family Update - at the end of July, we were able to enjoy a visit from our friends, the Herkens. We had so much fun catching up, going to SeaWorld, watching the kids play, staying up late and talking. We're so happy they were able to come.

That weekend, we also had a birthday party for Charlotte, I know it was early and technically, she's still not two, but it was our last weekend in TX for a while, so we wanted to celebrate with our family and friends there. She had a Tinkerbell party and loved it!! We were so thankful for all the people that came and blessed our little girl. Two years have gone by fast and she seems like such a big kid now!

The week after that, the kids and I flew up to WA, where we are now. We stayed the first week at my parent's house and enjoyed spending time with them, going to VBS and watching the kids play together. This week (until after my little sis gets married), we're staying at my sister Heather's house. She and her husband have graciously asked us to stay here and help out with our favorite nephew Tyler for the month and we were more than happy for the kids to get to spend so much time together and for me to get to catch up with family and help out with Britt's wedding plans. Timothy has gone through some serious Tyler withdrawal in the past year and a half since we've moved, so he's been having a blast spending time with him.

Brandon is flying up tonight for the weekend to see his baby girl for her birthday and then he'll be back for the wedding. We're all VERY excited to see daddy and spend time with him. And the biggest bonus of all, the weather here is GORGEOUS!!! I am not missing the 100+ degrees they're having in TX one tiny bit!!

So anyway, there's our update for now. I don't have my camera software with me, but as soon as I get it all downloaded, I'll start posting pictures as well. Pictures from SeaWorld and Charlotte's birthday party are on facebook.