she's on the move!!!

Yes, it's true--our sweet little Halle is officially CRAWLING!  What a fun milestone!  She is 2 days past her 9 month birthday, so that puts her about a month ahead of her brother, who started crawling at about 10 months.  She is still pretty slow--the farthest she has made it is about 2 feet:)  But it is so adorable and you can tell that she is so proud of herself!  Here are some action shots:  

she's thinking about it...

...and she's off!

Good job, Halle!  

bowling night

On Friday night, we went bowling with our Maple House girls.  It was really fun!  We went to Georgetown Bowl, which was a really nice bowling alley.  

Kaine absolutely loved bowling!  It might be kind of hard to tell in this picture, but he even got little kid bowling shoes--so cute!

He carried his bowling ball everywhere:)

This is one of our residents.   The night was kind of bittersweet, because it was her last night with us at Gateway.  We will miss her a lot!

This is our group:)

We made a stop at Burger King afterwards, and Kaine had such a great time in the play place!  He was loving it!

So, that was our Friday night.  It was really fun!  

Casa Vida y Esperanza

Well, Nathan and I just got back from a week in Magdalena, Mexico!  We went to visit Nathan's sister Jenna.  It was lots of fun!  We left Kaine and Halle here with our parents, so we had a week to ourselves.  It was really nice to get away, but I did miss the little cuties:)  

In the van on the way to a day trip at the Ranch, this place CVE owns.  The kids in Mexico just pile into vehicles--no seat belt laws:)

Diego found a bull's skull at the Ranch.  We actually brought one of these horns home with us:)  Don't ask me why, Nathan thought it was cool.

Nathan and Jenna helping make lunch.  We had a ton of hot dogs.

Two of the kids were giving Jenna head massages and braiding her hair.  As you can see, she was enjoying it:)

Julissa and Nereida, 2 ADORABLE little girls!

Jenna's kids getting hyper before bedtime!

Candi...she is so cute!  She was playing peek a boo.

More hyperness before bed...thanks to Nathan:)  The kids LOVED playing with him!

See what I mean?  They were having an absolute blast!

Candi again--so cute!

Natie and Jenna...eating at the fish taco stand.

Jenna, Nathan and I with Jenna's kids on our last night there.  We went to the Plaza to get ice cream and chips, and then just hung out there for a little while.

Ramses licking all the hot sauce out of his chip bag.

Nathan and Ramses racing in the plaza.

Me and Ramses...he is also super cute!

This is the adorable little Julissa and Nereida.  I told them to say "Hasta la Vista, Baby" and it was so cute!  I just love these cuties!  (By the way, this one is a video, for those who may be confused...just kidding:) )

Thank you for an awesome week, Jenna!  We had a really good time.  We love you, sis!!

i need to cut back on my sugar!!

Well, it's been pretty crazy, so I guess that's why it's been so long since I posted!  Oh well.  Anyway, this past weekend we were off duty.  Friday we dropped our kids off at my parent's house (thanks, mom and dad!) and Nathan and I got to spend a whole day and night together, just the 2 of us!  Yay!  It was great.  

Well, we started off our day together with a not-so-fun task--going to the dentist.  Oh well, it has to be done, I guess.  Well, this particular trip to the dentist was not the greatest for me.  It turns out I have a few cavities.  Care to guess how many?  Okay, I'll tell you.  NINE!!!  Yes, you read it right, I have 9 cavities.  I almost cried.  I felt bad for Dr. Stoller--I could tell he really felt bad to break the news!  Sigh.  I will definitely be a more diligent flosser from now on!! (the cavities are all between my teeth, so flossing may have been able to prevent this disaster).  Oh, and by the way, guess how many cavities my dear hubby had?  ZERO.  Sigh again.  We ended up having a really fun day together, in spite of the dentist visit!

So the next day we spent the day with Jill and Aaron.  Since they bought their house, there's room for us to stay with them!  We had a blast with them.  Thanks for letting us hang out with you, guys!  Here are some pics from our day with the McCormick's.

Kaine LOVES their kitties!  They have 2 kittens and Kaine braved the freezing cold wind to play with them.  

Halle and Jill watched Kaine and the kittens from inside the warm house.

Kaine just loved playing on Jill's electric piano thingy.  It was so cute, he would wear the headphones and play the piano.

I pulled Halle around in a box for awhile, and as you can see, she is nearly delirious with happiness!

Kaine and Halle in the box--what cuties:)

  So the weekend turned out to be fun.  Thanks, Aaron and Jill!

Seth Gerber, this one is for you

I really don't even know if Seth reads my blog.  But if you do, Seth, this one is for you!! :)

Tag...I'm "it"

Well, folks, it's been a long time since I've even checked any blogs.  So this morning I was catching up on them, and I see on Sarah's blog that she "tagged" me!  Blah.  Just kidding, it's kind of a fun thing.  So I'm supposed to list 7 weird/random things about myself.  And Janel, I'm like you--I don't know anyone else to tag, other than the ones that Sarah and Jenna tagged!  So I am not being completely cooperative with the game...but here are 7 exciting facts about me.

1.   I love getting new notebooks to write in!  They make such cute covers for them these days!  And I love all that blank paper to write on--although it is an extremely rare thing for me to fill a notebook up.

2. A small part of me wants to be pregnant again...just to think of baby names!  Halle is just 7 months old, so call me crazy.

3. I don't have a favorite color.  :(   I know, I'm boring.

4. I LOVE to go frisbee golfing!!  

5. I have a major sweet tooth--oreos, nilla wafers, ice cream, heath bars...pretty much any kind of dessert.  I love it all WAY too much!!

6.  When Nathan and I got back from our honeymoon, my mom had to come over to our apartment to show me how to do laundry!!  That's pretty bad.

7. I have receding gums...yikes!!

So there you have it...7 amazing facts about me!!  And like I said, sorry I can't continue the game.  I have a limited number of bloggy friends:)

Soap

I walked into the kitchen yesterday, and Kaine had found a new bottle of handsoap.  For some reason, he decided to rub it into his hair!  It was so funny, so of course the first thing I thought was to get my camera!  Sigh...at least his hair smelled good!  (by the way, sorry about the title--I couldn't think of anything clever!)