Dear Angels.....

Dear Linnea:

My sweet girl...where to begin. I want to let you know how much I love you. I love your zest and enthusiasm for life, please never change that. You have such a joy about you and a love of all living things. You have such a bright personality that is contagious. I love how you have such a curious spirit about you and you are never afraid to wonder and ask why, however at the same time you have a strong confidence about you that I hope you never shake. You are determined and you can succeed in this life. I am amazed as I watch you at how bright you are, you learn at an amazing speed. You are talented in movment, music and words. You understand and are in tune with others' feelings and nothing can make me feel better than a sweet encouraging hug from you. I know there are times I make mistakes and I hope you will always find it in yourself to forgive me, I try my best. After all you are my first baby so I am still learning along with you. You are beautiful sweet girl, I love you forever and ever. I hope I always express that to you throughout your life. I see your sweet spirit and the innocence and how close you still are to your father in heaven, I pray that you will keep that closeness throughout your life. You will achieve so much Nea girl just keep being you, never let someone make you feel inferior or that you should change yourself. I love you

Love, Mom

Dear Drew:

My little monkey. You have brought such a happiness to our home in the short time you have been on this earth. Your contagious smile could make anyone melt. Your curious nature at exploring this huge strange world is wonderful. I pray that you always keep learning and trying to learn in this life. You have such a special spirit about you Drew boy. I look at you and feel so blessed to have you in our lives. I never imagined I could love a little boy so much! I look forward to you growing, learning, developing and showing us who you will be as an individual. You are so calm and peaceful and love to give love even at such young age. How could I ever ask for more. You are so precious to me and I will forever love you no matter where life takes you. You can achieve whatever you set your mind to. I hope you realize that we are here to guide you, support you, and love you. Always know that you have me and daddy here to help you in any time of need you may have. Keep your sweet spirit, your calmness and happiness. This life is meant for happiness even through our trials. I love you my angel boy.

Love, Mom

Our sweet boy

Little Andrew turned 6 months old on the 17th! I can't believe how fast time goes. He is so precious to us!

Some fun things about Drew

- He loves to hide his face when he smiles

- paper is his favorite toy

- he can sit all by himself

- he loves squash and bananas

- he loves to eat period.

- he loves to grab everything in sight

- he loves to sleep on his tummy

- he loves his daddy's silly voices

- he loves to play patty cake and peek-a-boo

- he rolls everywhere and so desperatly wants to crawl.

- he loves his big sister...she can light up his face faster than anyone

- he loves to be held and snuggled

- he growls all the time

We love Andrew and are so happy he was placed in our family. He truly has added so much happiness to all of us! I love being his mommy and look forward to each day with him learning all about his sweet developing personality!

Kids

well I am finally updating. Here are some updates on the kiddos. sorry some of the picturesb turned.

LINNEA:

Nea has changed. She officially is my little girl not baby girl any more...very bitter sweet. I look forward to all the new changes, but still can't get over the fact how quickly kids really do grow up. She has started a pre-preschool with some little neighbor friends twice a week for an hour. It is adorable to listen to her randomly singing the ABC song. She loves learning, one night she just insisted I read her Big Bird shape book like five times. I can't tell you how much I enjoy seeing her grow and develop into own person. She is more independent than ever. I am constantly reminded that she can "do things hersself" :) She even tries to buckle herself in the car...needless to say it means loading the car takes and extra ten minutes, but it's fun to watch her detemination. She has increased her obsession with horses even more, if that is possible. She sleeps with 100 animals I swear every night piled all over her little body and each one must be accounted for as part of the bed time routine. She is constantly playing with her toy horses and I love to watch her talk for them and really show her imagination it is adorable. She loves Disney movies and is really looking forward to going to "big Cinderella's house" in a few weeks (aka. Disneyland). One of Nea's greatest accomplishments these past few weeks is she is now officially POTTY TRAINED!!!! It literally took about 5 days and she is sleeping through the night dry and naps it is AWESOME! Buying the two sets of diapers was really denting the budget. Linnea is such a bright spirited girl, she can't talk to someone without bouncing up and down. I need to work on patience some days, but most days I can't get enough of this independent, tender hearted red-head.....we love you sweet girl

ANDREW:

look how much he has grown

This little man has really grown over the last little while. He is sure developing his personality. He will smile at you then quickly hide his face and be shy. He loves, loves, to be on his tummy. He is rolling all over the place and really trying to get on his knees. He can sit by himself now and play which is a beloved landmark for me...I love to be able to just plop them down and have them be happy cause they can see. He loves his sister....especially her hair (which she doesn't always appreciate) He is almost 6 months old can you believe it! He is super mellow, but he can let you know very quickly when you aren't paying enough attentio to him. He loves to be held and cuddled, such a sweet man. He loves his Daddy because he is super silly and loves to wrestle with him. He tries to eat everything and many times we will see him face plant chasing the carpet :) He is slowly taking to solid foods, he really is so picky I can't believe it. He loves bottles now which is such a relief for me as many of you know that was quite the struggle. He is so curious and loves to look at everything. You can almost see his little mind working to figure this world out. Andrew's newest accomplishment is...he cut his first tooth this weekend!!!! Yay...this little stinker has been playing with him for two months and it cut through yesterday!!!! He cut his tooth alot earlier than Nea. We love you baby boy!

I am amazed at how different my two kids are. I am so grateful to get the chance to get to know them and be their mommy!!!!