Bringing in 2009 with Parker

We brought in the New Year at the Loomis' house! The babies had an evening of playing, looking at eachother, and trying to pull eachothers hair! haha. I can't belive last year at this time both Beth and I were pregnant, and now we have a 9 and 7 month old!

HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE! We hope you have a wonderful year! May God bless you

Bathroom remodeling

Charlie and I have decided to "remodel" our bathroom. Actually we have gutted a bedroom and are going to rip out our existing bathroom and make a stairway to our basement. The new bathroom is in our spare bedroom. Charlie, along with the help of my dad and his dad, is doing the whole thing. Right now it is a huge mess, but it will be well worth it when it is finished. I will post new pictures of progress as it comes along.

Here we are in our new tub.

New tub in the wall that Charlie just built. Behind that is where a closet with all of my clothes used to be.

This picture is looking in from the hallway.

Christmas with Uncle Ryan and Kari

Ryan and Kari (his girlfriend) bought Avie a princess Belle doll for Christmas. It came with a crown that blinks and snap on earrings. She was so excited about it. She kept grabbing for the box while we were trying to get it open!

Giving kisses to Belle.

Here is the blinking crown.

I can sit up by myself

Avie sat up by herself for the first time on Christmas morning. She also has a new thing of constantly sticking her tongue out.... its so cute!

My first Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone! This is one of our first pictures of the morning The next pictures are of Avie in her new car. Its a bug just like Granny Burr's. She loved this gift. My parents got it for her. She had so much fun being pushed around in it. She is all set for walks at Lake Park when the weather warms up.

Here are Avie's first sun glasses. She looked so cute in them.

This ball is really neat. It talks and spins in circles. She loved it!

This is mainly how our Christmas went.... everything went straight to her mouth!

The next few pictures are at Nin's house. We had Christmas there on Christmas Eve. Avie got her first cabbage patch doll, Mattie, along with several other great gifts. I like to think she is giving kisses, but really she is trying to eat the nose! haha

Thank you to everyone who made our Christmas wonderful. Your generosity and love are more than anyone could ask for. We are so blessed to have such wonderful families and friends. We love you all very much!