Long Time, No Post!

Hi all!

Happy New Year! Where to begin? Things have been busy here in Minnesota. Life with three kids is different than we ever expected it to be, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

First of all, thank you Minnesota Vikings for finally making a football fan out of me! It has taken a long time, but I can honestly say that I love to watch it now. Although last night's game was nearly a heart stopper. Despite the loss, I will keep rooting for the purple and gold. There is always hope next year!

Second of all, take a look at the new photos that I have posted. I tried to post some from the last few months. The kids have all changed a lot, especially Noah!

Brad is working hard. In fact, he has probably only had 4 days off total since Christmas. He has been working A LOT of overtime. It helps with the finances, but cuts in to our family time, which is very hard. Oh, the sacrifices we have to make! Despite the fact that he is pretty tired, he keeps plugging away trying to make a better life for our family and who could ask for more? I personally think that he is the world's greatest husband and father! My hat is off to you, sweetie!

Sydney is keeping busy with preschool. She loves to tell us about her day after we pick her up from school and she is forever asking when is my next school day. A few weeks ago her class went to the Bell Museum and Sydney was excited to have the chance to take Daddy with her on a field trip. She is very good with both of her brothers, especially Noah as she and Christopher tend to fight over things! Her newest interest has been playing the Wii, which our family got as a joint gift for Christmas. We have also been reading a lot of chapter books together. We read three books from the Fudge series by Judy Blume, a Junie B. Jones book (which she loved) and we are now reading Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary.

Christopher is becoming a talking machine! He talks, he sings, he loves to play. He also loves to climb. He is our little daredevil. Last week, he snuck down in to the basement. His latest interests are playing hide and seek with Sydney, playing with his new toys from Christmas, playing in the snow, computer games, and dancing to the Wii characters..he hasn't quite mastered his game playing skills yet. He is also loving his "school". He has speech group 1 day a week and it has really started to make an improvement! Now if we could just get him to eat more....

Noah is on the move. He finally started to sit up on his own, though he is still pretty tipsy at times. He is rolling all over the place and is even scooting. He is chewing on everything, but still only has two teeth. He has tried some table foods, and loves pretty much all of the baby foods that he has tried. It is hard to believe that he is already 8 months old!

I have been keeping myself busy between work, school, and home. I have three classes this quarter, so things aren't quite as hard, though I do wish that I had sometime on occasion for my hobbies. I haven't even started Noah's scrapbook yet and that makes me sad. Household chores and homework and caring for the kids seem to be all I have time for these days! I was fortunate to have an overnight with my mom and sister for some much needed girl time. It was a refresher and a chance to sleep in!! :)

Well, until next time.....