The Melting Pots of Blog Posts

I think this post will contain a little bit of everything (and everyone) as I am feeling a bit rambly! I think I shy away from posting here when I don't have a picture to accompany my post. No pictures today, just words...

The Kids...

Continue to be little rays of sunshine in our lives! Even though they are both battling colds and an ear infection (Kelsey), we still find joy. Colin has decided in the last few months to quit being a champion sleeper. I guess this is to be expected when you are cutting two more teeth and are busy standing around, flexing your leg muscles and figuring out how to put it all together for walking. I will bet $1 that my little Squishy will be walking sometime in the month of April! Kelsey is the biggest fountain of information in a tiny little package. This morning she told me, "Momma, I can push heavy things on an inclined plane." I asked her if she knew what an inclined plane was and she told me I could find one at the playground...a slide! She blows me away on a daily basis!

While on the subject of Greg and I's little creations, I have a funny story to share. While I am driving, I have a constant back seat driver with me...Kelsey! She likes to tell me to stop at stop lights and then tells me, "Momma, the light is green, GO!" Anyhow, we were leaving the house the other day and I hear the little voice in the backseat say, "Mommy, be careful...and don't hit any crock pots!" I had to hold back the giggle and ask her to repeat herself. "Watch out for the crockpots in the road. I don't want you to hit them with our family car. Actually...our car can fly over them...but be careful!" When I asked her what she meant, she finally got it straight, that she meant pot holes!

Us...

Other than being extremely tired of winter life in Michigan, our family is doing well. Greg has been trying to maintain some sort of activity through the winter and is playing some sort of floor ball game (originates from Sweden) and is enjoying himself. He is going to play softball and golf again this spring/summer/fall. Wonder what sort of activity I should pick up?

I have been using what little free time I have to knit. Here is my latest project, two socks on one needle!

I dyed the yarn myself. Its okay...I think the piece of fabric to the left of my socks (called a sock blank) is ugly! But I am in love with how it is knitting up! Must hurry up and finish these so I can move onto other things.

In other Renee-related news, I am about 14 pounds away from being my pre-pregnancy weight. I started Weight Watchers, again, September 1 and am down about 33 pounds since then. I have about 14 pounds left. I figure it took me 9 months to put it in, so 9 months to take it off...right? I am shooting to be there by April 18th when Little Man will be 9 months old.

Motivational quote for now...

"You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be."

Look Out!

Yesterday really marked Colin's first day of purposeful crawling..he was a on a mission most of the day! His most important mission seemed to be to get to wherever his sister was and attempt to use her legs to pull himself up into a standing position. This only resulted in being kicked in the face or shoved down a couple of times!

What is your prediction for when Little Mister will be walking?

Kelsey's First Time Bowling

We went for our annual bowling outing this past weekend - Kelsey's first bowling experience! Yes my little girl LOVES pink. The six pound balls were green, but that just wouldn't work for my little girl. She had no problem lifting the ball, carrying it to the ramp, and pushing it by herself. She only bowled on the wrong lane ONCE. (She missed the ramp and the ball trickled half way down the lane next to us - thankfully Renee was able to stop her before she chased after it). Hopefully we will get out and bowl more often now that we know she is on the fast track to becoming a pro-bowler. She had 2 strikes while bowling a 57 and a 59.

Bath Time

This picture was just too cute not to show to the rest of the world. I hope Renee plans on showing this picture to all of Kelsey's future boyfriends.

It's All About Little Man

My favorite little man has recently turned 6 months old and I wanted to share some pictures!

Colin is such a little ray of sunshine and we are really enjoying the stage he is at now. He has 4 teeth now and loves to flash them at you when he smiles. He is very proficient at going from belly to back to sitting up to a crawling position...or whatever position he wants! Colin is able to get up on all fours and crawl a bit, but he still prefers to scoot himself "army style." He giggles the most for Kelsey, which is just amazing to watch. When you ask, "Colin, where is sissy?" He lights up and starts looking around for Kelsey. He also says "mama" which thrills me to no end! I am now trying to get him to say "dada" as Greg feels a little left out I think!

Just about every day, Greg and I say to each other "this is the best stage and I love it!" And then the next stage of babyhood comes along and we say it all over again. Greg also made the comment to me this afternoon that he is really enjoying parenthood and having our two little bundles of joy in our lives! He is a great Daddy...Kelsey and Colin are very lucky to have him!