Gwenie Update

It has been a long time since we updated the blog and a lot has been going on! Gwenie is so busy right now - talking all the time! Her favorite word is Ba which means Barney (the dinosaur). She loves the show and watches it as much as we let her. She is also back in swimming lessons and will be putting her head under for the first time very soon. We'll see how that goes! Her favorite thing to do right now is read books. She likes to be read to, but she also "reads" them by herself all the time.



We also went to the doctor last week and found out that we are having another baby girl in late June/early July. We haven't come up with very many name possibilites and welcome any suggestions. This baby is definitely even more active than Gwen was - she is moving all the time and I am only 19 weeks along. The doctors said she might come early, but I told them that with my luck she would stay put until August.



We have been talking about babies a lot with Gwen to get her ready for her little sister. She carries her baby doll around a lot (and slams it on the ground a lot too) and points out babies in magazines and books. Chris points to my stomach and tells Gwen about the new baby, but she doesn't quite get that yet. We are glad she will get to meet Ryan and Elise's new baby a couple of months before our baby.



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Gwen the Soccer Player!

Here is our amazing daughter showing us once again just how smart she is! While Grandma Connie and I were watching her she just started kicking her toy around like a soccer ball. I had to get it on video so everyone could see the next soccer star in the family!

Halloween

What a great Halloween! Gwen was adorable as Roo! We don't have any good video - everything was super dark - but I will post it anyway. We went to a few houses here on Mercer Island and it didn't take Gwen long to figure out how things were done. She started "knocking" on doors, grabbing candy out of the bowl, and even said "tic-o-teet" once! I wish we had that on video! She was a hit with all the houses - I think Cole lucked out because people would give us lots of candy because she was so cute. She really liked one house and ran into it when the people opened the door. Her favorite candy were the lollipops and we let her have two while we were trick-or-treating.

She slept great that night and didn't wake up until nine in the morning - which was great for us! We can't wait until next year! Gwen will have even more fun and so will we!

Mommy's Birthday

Here is Gwen having a cookie on Mommy's Birthday. Both Daddy and Theresa brought over these cookies because they are my favorite! It didn't take long for us to finish off two boxes of them. I had a sub job at Eastside Catholic and Chris is such a good husband that he sent me flowers at the school! They are beautiful and have been brightening up our apartment all week. I got lots of calls wishing me a happy birthday that day and it is so nice to be so loved!

Private Blog

So, I just turned our blog to private so only those we invite can see it. I sent out invitations to everyone I had an e-mail address handy for to be authors (this means you can post if you would like to), but I know I didn't include everyone who loves Gwen. If you can read the blog and know of someone I inadvertently snubbed, please e-mail me their address and I will add them right away. I know I missed quite a few important people - if you are missing you haven't been sending me e-mails, so I guess it is your fault. :)

I will be posting video (it is super dark) from Halloween, Uncle Ethan and Aunt Sara's visit, and my birthday today, so stay tuned!