October 2006 Pictures

He's standing. I'm just in shock. He's such a happy boy.

October 28, 2006- Yes she's BLUE!

Well everyone, you are seeing correctly. There is nothing wrong with the color settings on your monitor. Tawney is blue. You may be asking yourself why, and how did I ever get Ken to let me color his dog blue? For Halloween I came up with the idea of dressing Steven up as Steve from Blues Clues and of course Steve doesn't go anywhere without Blue! And Tawney is the only one light enough to color! I still think it's kind of ironic that we named him Steven Joseph and it went from Steve to Joe.
I also have to announce that Steven started pulling himself up to a standing position today!

October 26, 2006 - Pictures

October 14, 2006

Thankfully Steven seems to be back to his happy self. He has been dealing with an ear infection for what seems like forever. Yesterday the smiles came back and today he was his usual happy self. He crawls all over though his crawling right now looks more like a fish out of water, but he gets to where he wants to go. Abby turned 8 yesterday so tomorrow we're going to Jeepers for her birthday party. It's a really great place for kids. Maybe not so great if you're an adult trying to retain your sanity. It has indoor rides like a roller coaster and bumper cars. It has a little room full of parakeets that kids can go in and feed and a little "stream" you can sift for semiprecious stones in. They even have a "dig" site where kids can dig up fossils and artifacts. It is expensive which is the one big draw back. It's free to get into and to go in there big climb-on-slide-down area but the rides and even feeding the birds costs money. With Steven having an early April birthday I can see him wanting to have parties there someday.
Evie is so cute. I have to share. Today I had to work and I forgot my sandwich I was going to have for lunch. I called to tell Ken to put it back in the fridge and about an hour or so later in came Evie with Ken and Steven trailing behind her and she has my sub sandwich in her hand. She comes running towards me holding it out saying "Here Ma Ma, your "wunch" for you". So I gave her a bog hug and said "Thank you so much honey" and she says in just the cutest voice "your welcome Ma Ma". It just reminds me of how big she's getting. Steven is already doing the "da da da da da" so I can only imagine when he's going to start talking. Evie spoke fairly late and I an certain she was just waiting until she had something worth saying. She never did the "da da da" or "ma ma ma" her first word just came out one day as "mom". She said "mom" then "hi" then "Ocar" (Oscar, our neighbors dog) then "Daddy". Of course Daddy was more style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc6600;">"Da-eee" for a while. But she was up walking very well by 10 months. The doctor is predicting he'll be walking by 9 months. Better get some Robeez for him soon! (a soft soled baby shoe that I had for Evie)

Evie's Stocking

Here is Evie's Christmas stocking. I never realized until I had finished it that it doesn'thave any red or green in it. I bought Stevens after last Christmas while I was pregnant with him but I didn't start it until about a month ago. I wanted to finish crocheting his baby blaket first.

Steven's Stocking

It's finally finished! I put the last stitch on it yesterday. I got his done faster than Evie's it seems. I think hers had more beadwork though they are both similar. Good thing I didn't have twins since I don't think I could have completed two at the same time! All the snowflakes are done with beads and sequins and just about everything has sequins running around the edges. I know it might be hard to see. I have a pic of Evie's stocking I made for her first Christmas. I'll have to post that too.

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