A 1st Haircut

Roarkes' hair was getting far too long if Ada wouldn't even kiss him anymore as his hair would get into her face. So we had time today and decided to clip his precious locks. Once Josh turned on the clippers, he was okay, but then when they touched his head however, that was a different story. He clung to me like an orangutan baby and it was so cute. His hair is now shorter, and he doesn't look as young as he used to look! Which I suppose is a good thing as he's almost 7 months old, crawls everywhere with Ada and has even tried standing up (which was followed shortly thereafter by falling down and hitting his head...) but he's my littlest baby, and I liked his long flowing tresses! But he looks even more like such a little stud and his eyes had better stay that color!! I love it!

Ada inside Daddys' sweater
The before picture
And after, while Daddy and Roarke bond again after the ordeal

It's so short!!

Very cute

Crawling around

Ada eating lunch

A new Valentines' Day treat! Biscuits with cherries! We also went out to eat (which we couldn't remember the last time we were out by ourselves to eat) and had sushi which was great!!

Current Happenings

So we've been having a bit of fun whilst mainly stuck indoors lately. Not much has been going on, except for the fact that we're moving. Isn't it funny that after putting in a maintenance request, waiting 4 weeks for nothing to happen, then writing a very strongly worded letter to the apt manager, they're finally doing something about it...moving us downstairs. Yeah, directly downstairs tomorrow. So our new address will be the same except for it will now be apt 222. So at least we will still have A/C and only have to walk up 16 stairs. So, soon we will be over that drama and just pray that we will not have any problems with the new apt and enjoy our pics!!

Little man has got a pitcher hat
yep, she knows she's adorable

yeah he looks a little drugged, even though I swear he's not!!

Ada decided that when Daddy was napping she should empty the entire contents of her laundry basket full of stuffed animals on him. I also had to coax him to let me take this picture as he thought he looked stupid and he didn't want a stupid picture of him on the blog. But seeing as he looks neither stupid nor compromising, I have added(it and he knows it too).

Playing peek-a-boo. She grew tired of this game a while ago, but Roarke laughs hysterically when she does it so it's now become a fun game again.

Practicing with a cup. He gets it, but the look on his face when juice comes out of it is awesome! Ada tried to help too often and usually ends up hitting him in the eye or elsewhere on his face with it...but she again has good intentions!!

Swimming and Teething

Well this has been a very...exciting past week ( or more...it seems like more...). Both kids are teething, as you can see Roarke is putting everything in his mouth from biter biscuits to brushes (I think he likes it as it's got a lot of bristles to gnaw on!). Last night he was up every 3 hours or so and then Ada decided why not wake up early too? She usually sleeps from 9-8:30 or so, I know I am lucky, but the stars were against me today. But both kids are really great and it kills me to see them this way. I can't really do anything to help but give them Tylenol every few hours as this seems to work much better than orajel. Also, Roarke started swimming lessons too last Monday. He LOVED it by the way. So I had Roarke and Josh had Ada, and I think Josh felt a little self conscious being the only man within miles and he didn't much like singing the songs like, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean!! But we all had fun and are glad we found a place nearby where we can do this.

pretending to be shy
gnawing on the biter biscuit

and then Adas' brush and her CTR bracelet

ahhhh, this feels so good!!

a very unhappy Ada as she had 101 degree temp and stayed on the couch for 2.5 hours!! Which is huge for her as she likes to be able to move around a lot.

Awww! She feels so miserable.

Now she's feeling better! This happened before her fever from teething so much though, right before we left for swimming lessons.

Roarke all bundled up to go swimming

Her favorite CHEESE face

JAWS

So if you'll look closely, this is what we saw when we woke up this morning. Roarkes' hair has quite the wave to it that when just seen over the top of his crib, is very reminiscent of JAWS. I even got a video file of it and I am currently working on setting it to the JAWS theme music so be on the lookout for that!

Roarke, aka JAWS
very strong legs and very impatient to get into the bath tub

making a mess as usual

REALLY wanting her picture taken too

Look at our little stud! Doesn't he look ready to play rugby or something preppy?

a much better view

Christmas in Idaho

We hope everyone had an awesome Christmas! We had a great time, although it would have been better if we would have been able to be with family, and we missed everyone during this holiday. Back at the ole homestead, all of my brothers and sisters and their kids and spouses were all there, except us this year (every year it's someone...keep your fingers crossed for next year though!!) We did have some friends over for Christmas dinner and they tried raspberry vinaigrette and cranberry sauce for the first time and liked them both...can't believe the amount of people who have never been privy to such awesome and amazing palette pleasers! We had fun and can't wait until next year.

Christmas morning, Roarke decided that it was time to wake up...at 6:45 am when we thought we might be able to sleep in as Ada doesn't wake up til at least 8:30...but nothing doing there. So Josh and Roarke kicked it for awhile until Ada and I awoke and started opening presents. Then as Ada sat on her turtle, we noticed she REALLY needed to be changed...so we stopped and changed her then began again. Ada loved ripping open the presents, and Roarke, being very grabby right now, would hold onto a piece and then we would pull the present away and continue this until the present was open. So much fun was had by all!!

Roarke eating his new bear

taking a second from eating it to at least look at the camera

Ada on her bounce and light up Vtech turtle - thought we should get the kids stuff that allows them to be more active inside during these very cold and harsh months where we are stuck inside...

Got her a necklace and earrings that have "A" on them

Making sure that she got everything from her stocking, she even upended it just to check!

Roarke spent most of his time either like this, watching Ada open presents, or in his new jumperoo

Checking out her new cabbage patch doll that Grammie got her (although we almost forgot about this, as it has been in the closet since she was much younger!!)

Playing with Roarkes' rolling backpack which is a duck; Adas' is a pig.

I tried making some new rolls, this one is a Knot roll

and this one a cloverleaf roll, obviously I am moderately impressed with myself...

Our Stockings. We used to share the 1st one as Josh thought it was silly and wasteful for each of us to have a stocking, but now it is his stocking until we get him one that looks like mine; perhaps next time we go to DisneyWorld, there will be a Mickey stocking like my Minnie one...

Our Nativity set

Some pictures for your viewing pleasure

Hello All! A lot has been going on lately but rather than bore you all to tears with my usual litany, I thought I might as well take a hiatus from said monotony and just show you!

Our beautiful kids
Roarke looking like such a stud!

His favorite position right now. He loves to be on his stomach, as long as there is something somewhere in the vicinity to shove in his mouth. He is either REALLY teething or he has a serious mouth fetish.

Looking cute in his Santa outfit, but Ada likes to take his hat.

Just chillin'

Our Christmas cookies, devoid of red or green but very tasty!

Ada is helping Daddy prepare for his lesson next to the Christmas Tree

See? Told you she likes to steal Roarkes' hat!

She likes to hug him for a few seconds and then she pushes him away...at least she has good intentions right? Or maybe she just wants the picture evidence that she is a good big sister (just kidding she's great!).

These are her usual hugs; they are very abrupt and quick.