Yes...We Are Still Here!

I know that it has been far too long since I have updated this thing! It's been very busy getting back to work and into a new routine with two kiddos! We have had lots happen since my last post, so bear with me...I want to update you all on everything!

10.17.08-Sandifer's visit
Several days after my last post Michelle, Brad, Addison, and Laney came to visit Amarillo from Oklahoma. Jakob and Addison had so much fun playing together. (Audree and Laney are going to have lots of fun like that in the future)! :) The fun that they had was posing for pictures for us. Laney has such a beautiful smile and set of blue eyes!! Brad and Dominic talked about sports the whole time and Michelle and I just sat back and visited and enjoyed it all, (especially the fact that our kids were playing well together instead of us having to get onto them---right Michelle?). We always enjoy the Sandifer visits whether it's us visiting Yukon, OK where they live or them coming here. Michelle and I have been friends since we were little and share lots of memories! It's always fun to get together with them. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Jakob and Addison are such good friends. They played with Jakob's pretend bugs and bug catchers practically the whole time. It was so cute!

10.28.08-Audree Turns Two Months!
On Oct. 28, Audree turned two months old. I took her to her two month well visit and she weighed in at a hefty 11 lbs. 15 oz. putting her in the 80th percentile for her weight. She was in the 85th percentile for her height at that time too. She may be tall like her brother! The pictures below are the monthly pictures that I took of her in her chair like I did when she turned one month old. I was taking these before going to work that morning. Jakob was supposed to be in the kitchen eating his breakfast, but heard me talking to her over the living room monitor and had to come and check out what we were doing. He can always make her smile! You will just love the pictures of him making her smile. He was just talking to her and she was beaming! It was so precious!

10.30.08-Pumpkin Patch Time!
We took a visit to the pumpkin patch. They had some great photo ops which we took full advantage of, (imagine that)! Jakob was so excited to pick out pumpkins. He had to pick out a little bitty one for Audree to match her. :)

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10.31.08-Halloween
We celebrated Audree's first Halloween this year and Jakob's fifth Halloween. It seems like just yesterday that we celebrated Jakob's first when he dressed as Batman.

My how time flies...

We had a fun Halloween. Of course it was Audree's first Halloween. She was a fushia colored three-eyed monster and Jakob was Buzz Lightyear. Jakob's Halloween day at school was Crazy Color Day. We both dressed in mismatched clothes and headed to school. After school, we went and picked up Audree from Shelly's and headed home to get ready. Audree didn't like her costume much at first, (as you will see in the pictures). Jakob, however, was very excited to get into his costume! We first went to our church and participated in Trunk or Treat. Long lines of kids went car to car---or trunk to trunk for that matter---and got candy from the car owners, (Audree was along for the ride but did quite well)! Some dressed up and others didn't, but Jakob didn't care. He raked in the candy. Before leaving to go to my mom's house, we watched the Lifestar helicopter take off. It was really neat! We then went to Mom and John's house and they spoiled Jakob with lots of fun candy and a bag of pirate stuff. Then we went to my Grandpa Weldon's house and got lots more candy, then to Dominic's Grandparent's house and got even more goodie bags and candy, (Dominic and I got to eat carmel apples that this stop)! YUM! Enjoy the pictures below of our day with Buzz and our monster. Click on the play button and then advance through the "scrapbook pages" by clicking on the yellow button.

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11.8.08-Veteran's Day Parade
On Saturday, November 8, we went to the Veteran's Day parade with the intentions of seeing my Grandpa's refurbished Navy Jeep. Unfortunatly, he couldn't get it to start, but we still enjoyed the parade. Jakob was the only kid in our area, so he got tons of candy, (like we needed anymore on top of the Halloween candy I already mentioned that we got)! We still had fun. Below are some pictures of Jakob running out for the candy. He thought it was so cool that he had it all to himself.

Mommy and Jakob trying to stay warm.

Dominic and Jakob and Audree and Jakob also trying to stay warm!
Audree was all smiles---after she got a bottle. :)

Here he is getting the candy all to himself--except for the chocolate, (since he doesn't like it). He would automatically get the chocolate and say, "Here mommy it's chocolate so it's for you!" Thanks Jakob...just what I need---to gain 50 lbs. of Halloween and parade chocolate!

Audree is just growing so much. She smiles all the time and is very hard to leave in the mornings right now. Those dimples are hard to resist so we kiss them all the time. She is kicking and getting excited a lot. She even giggles sometimes in a baby sort of way. :) She discovered her hands and has them in her mouth all the time. She LOVES, LOVES Jakob and can't watch him enough. He makes her smile all the time. They are already very good friends. Below are some pictures of Audree smiling along with a video of her talking to Jakob and laughing at him. It is so sweet. You can click on the first picture then click on next to scroll through them and view them bigger. When you get to the video you will see a purple circle with a play button on the picture. Click on it to view the video.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Jakob loves school and has made lots of friends. Although they are ALL the best of choices we are encouraging him to consistently make good choices. He loves his teacher and is learning so much. He looks forward to seeing Audree in the mornings when he wakes up and at the end of the day when we go and pick her up. He talks to her all the time and loves on her often. We are very proud of what a sweet big brother he is. He loves going to church and singing songs that he hears on the Christian radio station. He is constantly singing about how much God loves him and asks lots of questions about things he wants to know more about. He is growing up so much. Below are some pictures of him recently.

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Dominic is still at Happy State Bank in Canyon and loves what he does. He (this will not surprise you) is the life of the loan department most of the time. I think he makes every one laugh a lot. He did however have to feel the heat from Tech beating Texas. Now the Tech fans don't have much to say after the Tech vs. OU game! Should be interesting to see how College Football season ends up.

Janna is back at work and it has been somewhat difficult. There are challenges with being at the same school as Jakob and my class gives me a run for my money most days, but I am surviving. I just look forward to the upcoming holidays so that I can be with Jakob and Audree for awhile.

We wish each and every one of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! Don't eat too much turkey! ~ Janna