Merry Christmas!!

We had a wonderful day with faily and friends.  The kids all got what they wanted and once again I am trying to find room for all the new toys.  Angela had a great time actually opening her gifts this year.  She made sure that all the paper was off each gift.  She is so cute and very excited. She is not sure what she wants to play with.  Santa brought her a couple new babies with a baby swing, bassinet and stroller.  The has a new table with 4 charis ans several dish sets with a full set of silverware.  A magnetics maze that I got together last night, but by thime I got it done, she was too tired to play with it.  And there is so much that I can not remember it all.  Grandma Pam bought her a red nightgown with a little hat.  She looked like little red ridinghood.  She was so cute.  She got a princess dress up outfit that she was in when we arrived at grandmas.  Jewelry and make up.  She got a my little pony with a backpack that turns into a little play gym.  A couple sweeper sets and a bouncey ball.  She got my little puppy castle with several little puppies.  Some phonics games, flash cards.....  Mommy has not had a chance to get through it all, so I will update again once I get it all organized.

It was so nice to just be together as a family.  My in laws are the greatest and I feel very lucky to be a part of the family.  We always have a great time when we get together.  It also was great to have Jacey with us again this year.  She has been doing great and we are so grateful.  Angela just loves her causin and they really enjoy each other.  When Jacey is around, no one else matters.  It is all Jacey.  I am so gald they are close.

We are glad to report that Jacey had her spot removed from her arm and is doing very well.  We all feel better knowing it is gone.  I am sure Jacey will be over at Papa's today to play with Angela.  Because of the surgery, they did not get to play together yesterday.  We ate leftovers for dinner last night.  I think we will be eating there all week.  Mom and Aunt Becky always out do themselves.  We want to say a great big "THANK YOU".

WOW,  It is hard to believe that another Thanksgiving is here and gone.  We had a great day at Grandma & Papa's.  It is great to be with Family and we are very close.  Angela spend the night @ Aunt Pooh's Wednesday night and Grandma Barb's on Satuday night.  Grandma Barb is to well and getting back on her feet since her hip replacement.  She told us she was going to talk with the Doctor about an ETA for getting back to babysitting.  I know that Papa has enjoyed keeping Angela and I know the bond between them is very strong.

This is the first Thanksgiving without my Dad and I miss him so much, but it was easier being with my extended family.  I missed seeing Grandma Mel, but she was thought of as well.

I spent Sunday putting up all the Christmas decorations and having them done for when I picked Angela up from Grandma Barbs.  It kept me busy all day and I even got the outside lights up later in the evening.  We have 400 lights on the porch.  It is nice to show off our new windows.  It is hard to believe we are almost through 2007.  My grandma alwasy told me not to wish life away, because the older you get the faster time goes.  I truely believe her now.

We are really looking forward to Christmas this year, with Angela.  After her birthday, I think that she will be into opening packages this year.  She knows who Santa is and what a christmas tree is, so I am going to have to go out and get a few CD's with the kids christmas music for her.  I am also going to have to figure out what kids christams specials and on and get them set to record for her to watch.

Thank you for checking is with us.  We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

We have had a very busy time.  We had the roof and windows replaced on the house and they look great.  What a difference in the house.  We are going to try and get the house sided next summer.

Grandma Barb had her hip replaced on Oct 8th and is doing very well.  Angela missed her, but Papa is doing a great job while gandma is off.  Thank you so much. Papa, for keeping Angela.  Angela loves school.  She had her first "School Picture" taken on Friday.  I can't wait to se them.  She has a little boy named Dillon that she does everything with.  Mrs France, her teacher, said they are inseparable.  I would also say she is 99% potty trained. She has not had an accident at school for a long time now  It amazes me how much she has learned in the first month of school.

I have been letting her pick out her underware each night after her bath.  Last night, she picked it out and then sat on the floor and put them on herself, then stood up and pulled them up.  I then gave her, her PJ bottoms and she did the same thing.  I helped her with her shirt.

She has an awsome imagination.   She talkes to anything and calls them all her firends.  She has a heart of gold.  The pumpkins that they carved and her friends and when we go out to light them, she says hi to them and hugs them and tells them she loves them.  She talks to her stuffed animals.  Her Dad and I talk as if we are the voice of whatever she is talking to.

Angela and Grandma Pam gathered leaves and fall flowers last week and made me an arrangement in a cup.  Grandma said she did it all by herself and I have to say she really did a great job.  I had to hold it most of the night that night.  We also had to take it to school the next day so she could show Mrs. France.

We are looking forward to halloween and trick or treat with her this year.  I think that she will have a great time.  She seems to be a little afraid of some of it, but for the most part she seems to lke the scary decor.  We will be going to a few Halloween parties this year too.

She has leared the ABC song and the other night she looked up at the sky and started the Wish upon a star and it was so cute.  She does something new each day.  Daddy and I just smile and shake our heads at how fast she is growing up.

Well, I had better get back to work.  Please register and let Angela know you are keeping up with her.  This is her "Baby Book" and I know she would enjoy reading and knowing that other people were following her growth.

We made it through the first day of per-school.  This morning after I got her up and dressed, she was clingy and told me that she wanted to start school tomorrow.  After I told her is was today, so was ok, but she still wanted Mommy or Daddy to hold her.  Once we got there, she was ready to go.  We were so proud of her.

The report from Grandma Barb was that she did not have one accident and asked to go the first time and then went by herself the second time.  She got to play a little bit with her cousin Jacey and Grandma Barb said she didn't want to leave.  The class sang "Hppy Birthday" to her because today is her 3rd birtday.  Mommy has shed a few tears today, but we are so proud of her and I know this will be a great start to her school time.  My baby girl is not our baby anymore........She is a Big Girl!!!

Good Morning All,

We had a busy Labor Day weekend, but we all had a great time.  The party at Tina's was fun and Angela swam so much that she took a cat nap on the way home.  Her birthday party was great and it is amazing how fast they change in a year.  This time last year she was only saying a few words.  Now she is making up her own stories.  Last night after her bath, she took hersmall stuffed tiger that has a tag around it's neck and toold me she had to read a story.  She just started to make up a story with the "Once upon a time...." beginning.  It was so cute.

We have had a couple "Meet the Teacher" days at the school and since we have started putting her in actual underwear, the potty training has inproved.  She is telling us when the has to wee wee and the BM is getting there as well.  We are so proud of her.

Monday is going to be a hard day for Mommy.  I still can't believe she starts school.  I know she is ready, but with her being my last one, I am having a hard time letteing go of my "Baby".

Another busy weekend ahead.  Going out with friends tonight and Saturday is a birthday party with Grandma Mel and Sunday will be the day to clean and do the laundry.

Please stop in and visit Jacey's web site.  September is Child Cancer Awareness month and if everyone can halp just a liitle, maybe anothe child will not have to endure what Jacey had to endure.  She has been Cancer free for 19 Months, so we made it to the first hurdle.  Please keep her and all the other children out there in your prayers.

Well, it will be a busy Labor Day Weekend blast.  Sunday is a party with friends and co-workes and Sunday we are celebrating Angela's 3rd birthday.  Time just goes way to fast.

Daddy and I went Birthday present shopping Tuesday night, Many Thanks to Aunt Pooh, Uncle Phil, Cousin Jacey & Justin for keeping Angela.  This is the first year we had to shop without her.  Now Mommy has to find the time to get things wrapped without her.  It is hard to get her to bed before 10pm, so I will have a few late night wrapping parties.  We hit everything in Scot's room because she never goes in there, unless he is home.

She also starts school a week from Monday.  I still can't beleive it.  Oh well, I just wanted to add a quick update.

September 10, 2007

This is a day we will all remember.  Angela will be turning 3 years old and this is also her first day of Pre-School.  I can't believe she is starting school.  She is ready except for the potty training is still very slow going.  I think that once she gets started at school and sees the other kids using the potty, she will also.  We have had a busy summer.  We have spent time at Lake Mohawk, which we all enjoyed and it was a nice change of pace.  I know I enjoyed being on a boat again and out on the water.  Angela was a natural on the boat.  She seems to love it as much as I did when I was a kid.  I know I miss it.  We have made some new friends over the summer and have enjoyed being with them also.

Dad and Mom took a little vacation in June and headed out to visit some friends in Indiana.  It was a great time away.  We were luck to see them again a few weeks ago, when they stayed with us over night on their way back from Virginia and we are looking forward to meeting up with them in Columbus in September.

Dad and I are working on getting a new roof and windows on the house.  I am so excited and I know it will be a mess, but what a difference it will make to the look of the house and the heating bill.  We may even be able to get siding done, but that may wait until next year.  I am just looking forward to not putting the old storm windows in this winter.

We are planning Angela's third birthday party for September 3rd, so Aunt Becky can join us this year.  The weeknd of her birthday is the same weekend as Grandparents day at her job, so she has missed the last two.  I think it is time she joins us and the 3rd is Laobr day, so no one has to be at work either.  We are hoping to us the Pavillin at the church this year.

WEll, I am sorry that I have not updated for a long time.  I will do my best to charge that and keep everyone more up to date.  Please register to sign the guest book and let Angela know you are checking up on her.  I know it will mean a lot to her when she gets older.  Please make sure you check up on Cousin Jacey,  She is doing well, but would love to hear from you also.

Mommy hasn't updated in awhile and I didn't want to let July go without a single post.

Angela's potty training has picked up some, she's even started to ask recently - sometimes. There's not alot new going on that I can think of. School is coming up very soon and then Angela's birthday. I'm also going to get some new photos of Angela in the near future. I'm planning to take alot more photographs in general from now on, I won't improve if I'm not doing it constantly.

I'm working with Angela's Uncle Phil to get a new roof put on the house, it desperately needs to be done. If Mommy takes videos of that, expect to see the falls and other various injuries posted..

I can not believe we are more then 1/2 way through June.  It seems like just yesterday that Daddy & I were getting ready to take a short Vacation.  We left Thursday late afternoon for IN and got back into town on June 4th.  Many Thanks to Grandma Barb for taking care of Angela, the dogs and the house while we were away.  It was a great get away for us.

The potty training is going slowly.  If anyone has a suggestion, please let us know.  We have to have her trained by August, when school starts and we are not seeing a light at the end of the tunnel yet.  I get her up in the am and take her straight to the potty and she usually goes number 1.  Any other time we try, she throws a fit and will not go or sit.

We had a busy weekend over Father's day.  We did some "spring cleaning" around the house, so with the other every weekend chores, it was very busy. I was not sure if I was going to like the "New Look", but I think it is a good move and I am really liking it.  I think it gives Angela and the dogs more space.  Angela got daddy and papa a special card just from her.  She thinks they are just the best.  A little hard this year without Grandpa Bowman, but we thought about him and missed him very much.

Angela is taking in complete sentenes and uses "Please" very well.  She loves to say "bless you" when someone sneezes and "your wlcome".  She is a very polite little girl.  We are so proud of how she has grown so fast.  She does have a temper (which she gets from both of us) and she is really pushing the "spoiled" card.  She will do what she wants even if you tell her "No".  She will try to sneek and do it after we tell her no.  Yesterday when we went to pick her up she said she wanted to drawl and I told her no because we were heading home soon.  She picked up the package with the markers in it a pulled one out and stared at me the whole time.  I just could not get up and take them away from her because the look on her face was just to good.  I know, we spoil her and it is my own fault.

We are working our way into letting the dogs run the house.  The forst few days, they seemed to do well, but Friday and Monday Buddy had an accident.  I have changed the position of the food I have moved into the room to see if that will help today.  I also asked Grandma Barb to check on them this afternoon.  We may just have to do that for a while as while.]

Grandma Pam, Aunt Becky, Jacey & Justin left last Wednesday and headed to the beach for their vacation.  From what I have been told, sounds likr they are having a great time.  This is the vacation they take every year.  Not sure if and when Angela will be going along.  Time will tell.

WEll, I have been adding to this all morning, inbetween phone calls, so I guess I had better get back to work.

Happy Mothes's Day to all the mother's out there.   Sorry for the delay!!

We met with Grandma Mel on Saturday the 12th and got new pictures of Angela.  I felt so bad for the girl taking the picture because she would get her posed and then run back to the camera, only to find that Angela had moved.  At this age, I think it takes two to get some good pictures.  We then spent the afternoon over at Grandma and Papa Knight's.  We had a cook out and really enjoyed some good family time.  We missed having Grandma Barb with us, but she was with her grandchildren.  As always it was so special to have Jacey with us.

This last weekend we bought Angela a toddler bed, so the crib is a thing of the past.  It is white and matches her dresser.  It remindes me of a little doll bed.  She will not get out of it unless we take her out.  I know that will change soon enough.  Thank you Daddy for the hard work in getting it put together and set up.  She has thee sets of sheets for it.  A set with Butterflies, which it the theme in her room, a set with Spongebob and a set with Dora. I had started reearranging her room for the summer and decided I had had enough of the crib, so I asked Daddy if he wanted to go shopping.  After about 10 -15 minutes, I told Angela to go downstairs and tell Daddy he had to come up and get dressed so we could go buy her a new bed, and she went down and told him pretty much waht I told her to tell him.  I was shocked.

The potty training is going very slowly, but we did spend most of the weekend running, so I did not push the issue.  Thank you grandma Barb, Grandma & Papa Knight, Aunt Jen and Jacy for all their help with the process.  We have to get her closer then she is right now before she starts pre-school.  I have a feeling it is going to be a long summer.  She is such a bull head.......

We also bought her a bike and she has learned to peddle a little, but she has the peddling backwards down pat.  Now I will be able to walk the block with her and let he ride her bike.  I am looking forward to that first trip around.  The hard part, besides turning the corner, will be keeping her going forward........

Well, back to work on this Monday...........