It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood....

Harry and his friends Thomas and Joshua went swimming at the base pool again today. They discovered that they're tall enough to sit on their bottoms on the deep end of the little pool. :P We had a field trip to the fire station at our "learning playdate" this week. Harry, Jordyn, Tylia, Titus, Thomas, and Joshua all had a great time!

Harry's favorite parts were the lights and the HUGE tires!

Joshua and Harry playing with the play-dough.

Harry and I played outside all afternoon today while Emma took a LONG nap. He insisted on eating his pbj sandwich outside too. :)

We practice pedaling his bike. He's getting better!

We pulled out the Johnny Jumper for Emma today, too. She LOVES it! She was a bit "shocked" when we first put her in it, but Harry talked her through it and now she gets mad when we have to take her out!

Emma can roll and Harry used the potty!!!!

Jay's been doing absolutely everything he can to make Emma giggle for him, and today she finally obliged! I think she's finally figured out that he's an okay guy and she likes him. :)

She also learned how to roll over this past week. She goes from her back to her front only so far, but it won't be too long before she's rolling around the house! As you can tell, she's a talker, too, so we're going to have one noisy house when she gets around to being able to argue with her brother. ;)

One of the ladies in my Mommy and Me group recommended that we put Harry's potty in the living room, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try, right?! Apparently, that was the secret!!! He went twice before bedtime and got 2 jelly beans and can't wait to "make water" again when he wakes up tomorrow. We'll see how long this lasts, but so far, I'm pretty impressed!
Yay Harry!!!!!!

Humpty Dumpty and WiggleWorm

We've swaddled both kids from the time that they were teensy. Harry decided he didn't want to be swaddled anymore at about 3 months, and Emma still loves it at 4 1/2 months! However, she loves to wiggle (just like her brother!) and can't seem to stay IN her swaddler! She actually wiggled out of her pants, her socks, and her blanket during her nap yesterday. She seems to think she's hilarious, also! :) We've been so blessed to have such wonderfully happy babies who love to sleep!

Harry learned about Humpty Dumpty at "school" yesterday. He goes to a "learning playdate" at his friends Thomas and Joshua's house on Tuesdays. I didn't realized how much he'd retained until he told Auntie Katie on the phone yesterday all about Humpty Dumpty. I figured I'd try and get it on video, and this is what we ended up with!

My little Broncos...

I took the kids out for a walk on Saturday. I figured since Ga-ga had a hockey game that night, the kids could wear their Bronco hats. And Harry ALWAYS wears his jersey on game days! Sadly, the team got a bad break on Saturday night and lost 3-1, but they had a wonderful season of 23-4. Go Broncos!!! This is Harry telling Emma to kiss him. Can you tell how thrilled Emma was??? hehe...

He was excited to go outside!!

"Yeah, I'm handsome. What's your point?"

Emma thought getting all bundled up was hilarious!

Daddy put a bow in Doodle's hair to make her brown outfit look a little more girly. I can just see her thinking, "Uh, Daddy, this isn't how Mommy does it!"

Race for the Cure!!!

Jay and I both are signed up to do the 5K - with strollers!! Should be interesting!! We're not planning on fundraising, but I thought I would give everybody the opportunity to donate if they chose to. :) Wish us luck!!


Komen Eastern Washington Race for the Cure®
Race Date: April 20, 2008
Dear Friends and Family,
I recently accepted the challenge to raise funds to support the Komen Eastern Washington Race for the Cure® on April 20, 2008 in the fight against breast cancer. One in seven women will be stricken with breast cancer in her lifetime and the more we raise, the more the Eastern Washington Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation can give back to fund vital breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs in our own community and support the national search for a cure.
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More Firsts- Carrots, School, and a Bikini!?!

Emma had carrots today. She absolutely loved them! You'd think she'd have liked the bananas more, but I guess my little one likes her veggies. :) Yay!
Harry had his first day of school today. His friends' (Thomas and Joshua) mom started a "Learning Playdate" at their home and we're going to learn letters and numbers and all those fun things. Harry had a blast and we learned the letter B today. As you can tell, he's full of Black paint in his hair and on his cheeks.

Harry and his friends are going to the pool again tomorrow, and I'm getting ready to let Emma swim, so I figured she should try on her bikini from Auntie Lisa. It has little ruffles on the butt and all around the top- it's absolutely the cutest thing! She was posing and giggling the whole time she wore it!! :)

A Little Comparison...

I did nakey-butt pictures of both kids at about 4 1/2 months, so I thought I would post them and see how they compare!! Can you see how chunky Harry was? And how much more hair my Emmers has?? I thought they looked pretty similar, but there's definately big differences!