Stick a fork in us, we are done!

My B A B Y, the last, the one that we are supposed to cherish and hold as little forever has done the unthinkable - taken his first steps. I am sooooo SAD! He walked out of my arms excitedly into his sister's this afternoon.


Last night we celebrated our friend Rob's birthday with all of the families. Here is Reagan and her boyfriend - Chance van Zweeden! Aren't they cute???

Taylor is on spring break this week and is hanging out with me!

More later, I am tired!

Christmas to MLK Day!

OK - once again we are way behind! Since Christmas we have celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary (12/30), had a great New Year's eve celebration with Margie & Ronnie and Rob & Shelby and all of our kiddos at Margie & Ronnie's house. It was a lot of fun and the kids actually were awake when we left at 1:40 AM! I was amazed.

School is back in full swing and Reagan is at the BEST Montessori school - RisingSun. Miss Anna from last year is there and Reagan is so happy. We love Mrs Mara and have found a great new school family. The half day program works so much better than full days and I look forward to her being there next year for kindergarten as well.

Matthew is growing by leaps and bounds! He will be 9 months old in a few days. I cannot believe it! His new trick is pulling up! And he does it on everything. He also has cut his two top teeth - yes, all at once!

Taylor came out with great grades for the first semester of high school! We are SO proud of her! She actually made a 97 on her geometry final.

I am really, really trying to get my butt motivated on eating smart and exercise. I really fell off the wagon during the holidays and enjoyed baking all sorts of sweet goodies and biscuits and eating everything I wanted. I have a new blog that will feature my journey from the past through me getting to my goal of 140 pounds this year. Check it out - Shrinking the Fat.

Rod's parents are here visiting and we are in beautiful Sedona, AZ. We went and walked around Midgely Bridge at Oak Creek Canyon and had a very cold picnic at Slide Rock Park. We ended up sitting on the curb to stay in the sun and Matthew & Granny in the car!!!

Recovering from last night.... not the parents, the kids

Well Reagan and Taylor both had a big night last night!  Both had Halloween parties!  Reagan went to Lifetime Fitness for their parent's night out Halloween style. She was in costume and had a great time!  Her favorite part of last night was "the bouncy house"  and nothing else!  They had pizza and watched Monsters, Inc.  

Reagan had school pictures on Thursday and I am so grateful that Rod has the flexibility to be home and help with running everyone here and there!  I had a class at the gym (more on that later) and he got Reagan ready and took her for the pictures!  Last year's were really great - can't wait to see what she's done this year!

Taylor and Amelia went to a school friend's Halloween/Surprise Birthday party.  It was a little unnerving turning her loose at a party like that, but Jen - Amelia's mom - did the due diligence with Conor's mom and approved!  I tried, but never got my message returned!  They got to hang out until 11:30!  And Rod went to get them.  Of course I am waiting for the dead to arise and get all the details!

The soccer team did not do so hot yesterday, but Tay was very excited to get to play forward.  And they did score (go Nicole)!  So while it was tied for a while the other team got another one in and we lost 1-2.  Next weekend is a tournament!

Matthew is really mobile these days!  He rolls, rocks, lunges forward and can get to anything he wants.  It is just a matter of days that he will crawl for real!  And the second tooth is almost here!  This is going by tooooo fast!  He is really a little boy!  

We had our 6 month doctor visit - he is 27.5 inches long, 16.4 pounds.  That puts him in the 80% for height and the 30% for weight.  Tall and skinny can work!  We have slowed down on eating solids - he is not that into it right now.  

Here is a little video of our creeping this morning!

I have been working really hard at the gym the past two weeks!  I have joined the cardio O2 club where you work with a trainer in a group setting to achieve running goals.  I have discovered how much I like running and hope this will make a big difference!  Plus I need the cardio to burn off the baby fat - 8 pounds to go to pre-baby weight!  Rod is in search of a new trainer - Brian is leaving for a better job in Nebraska!  So I might drag him along with me until he figures that out!  He looks great and I am really proud of him!