Need More Time.....

I need more time! It's been over a week since my last blog and I have missed it. Especially since something new happens around here every day. All I can say is that my babies are growing up too fast.

Jamie is almost 16 weeks old. It feels like yesterday that we brought her home. She is a beautiful baby girl. Jamie warms your heart with her smiles and laughs. She is sweet and bubbly. She eats well and sleeps great. I wish I had more time during the day to just spend with her but her brother makes that a little difficult. Good thing she is patient and I treasure the times that we do have just her and I. She is already trying to roll over and as soon as she figures out how to tuck that other arm under she will do it. I sit with my camera waiting for it to happen. Gosh I hope I don't miss it. Jamie is the light of my life.

Pete is almost 20 months old. Holy cow. He is a little man now. He helps me do laundry, sweeps the floors, can get his sister's diaper and wipes for me, he is learning new words every day, he is silly, sweet and active. There are days when I think this is my favorite age. There are other days when this is my least favorite age. But we won't go into that, there are a million more great times to talk about. And here are some of them.....

Pete and mommy at an evening event at his school. Pete goes to class one morning a week and someone comes into our home one morning a week. We are thankful for the opportunity for him to learn at home and with other kids. Jamie and dad lounging on the couch. She has the most beautiful face. He is pretty cute too. :)
My kiddos at the breakfast table.Pete sitting in the baby bouncer.Pete wearing one of his many hats around the house. He wanted the dog to wear one too. Getting used to the big boy potty. Looking forward to the day he actually uses it.Pete got into the Post-it notes in the desk drawer. I caught him a couple into it but let him finish. We don't use them anyway.Jamie girl trying to roll over. Hanging out on dad again. I love that little face. Our baby girl in the soft light of our living room one night.
Me and my girl outside on a beautiful fall day.
Tried to take a good Christmas picture. Didn't work. Jamie never looked at the camera. Pete usually had his eyes closed, was picking his nose or bugging his sister. In this one I am wiping my eyes from laughing, PJ is talking, Jamie has her eyes closed and Pete is not looking at the camera. Thought it was a classic.
Our first Selinski turkey shared with our friends. We won't be home for Thanksgiving so we celebrated early and have had wonderful leftovers all week.
Visiting Santa at the mall. Pete kept staring at him like "Who in the world is this strange looking man?" We got a good picture but I am not going to post it in case I use it as our Christmas card picture this year. Pete's first candy cane.And today is our 4 year anniversary. We are taking the kids out to dinner then attending the Thanksgiving Eve service at church. We got married four years ago, the day after Thanksgiving then, barefoot on the sand. We joke, feels more like 14. But in a good way. We have a beautiful marriage. The other night we were watching all of these unhappy marriages on TV (ie. Jon and Kate) and talked about how lucky we were to have a healthy, happy marriage. We both were given second chances and it couldn't have worked out any better. We are the best of friends and the best of teammates. We created two precious children and they make our lives complete. P. and I will be together forever and I look forward to every year I get to share with him in life and in heaven. I am making myself cry so I better go. Thank you P. for giving me this incredible life. I love you.

Jamie

Jamie laughing and talking with daddy. Go down to the bottom of the blog and hit pause on the music player so you can hear her sweet voice.

Joy

These pictures bring joy to my heart. Jamie brings joy to my life.

Family Time

Reading before bed with daddy. Pete is not tired and being a big goof. Pete helping dad empty the dishwasher.

Today was a beautiful fall day. The weather was nicer than a lot of the days we had in the summer. We went to the park and bbq'd some hot dogs and Pete played in all the leaves.
Jamie laying on the picnic table.Eating with dad.
Me and my baby girl.

Ugh

We have all been sick this week so I don't have a lot of exciting pictures to post. Jamie has stayed healthy so far so keep her in your prayers that she stays well. Pete and dad are on their way out of it and mom isn't fairing so well. All this said there won't be any pictures of mom this week. But my babies are still cute. :)

Pete sitting on the back deck yesterday watching the world go by.
Helping dad put together Jamie's bed. She has been sleeping in a pack in play next to our bed since she was born. We tried to move her into her bed this week but it was just easier to move her back and keep her in what she knows, for now, until we all feel better and can handle the change.
Our little angel smiling at mom. She is the cutest smiley girl in the world. I used to wonder how I would love another child as much as I loved Pete but Jamie answered that question easily. She is mommy's little sugar and my heart is overflowing with love for her.
Pete going a little bonkers after being cooped up inside the house all week. Sugar Dugger fresh from a nap with a beautiful smile and laugh for mommy.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was so much fun. We did what we did last year and went to our friends house in a neighborhood near by. They always have a nice party with lots of good food and good laughs. We had some dinner then took Pete out trick or treating. Our friends stayed with Jamie back at the house so she wouldn't get cold and fussy. It was a cold night but could have been worse. I enjoyed watching Pete experience his first real Halloween so much. It was such a wonderful night. We talked about how next year Jamie will be tagging along with her brother. How fast time goes. How fun life is with children to share it with. How beautiful our children are. How blessed we are.

Our beautiful little girl dressed up as a ducky. Does she look like someone you know? Pete as a lion. He was walking around the house roaring over and over again. Here he is.....Roooaaarrr! On they way to the party.Mom and her little lion.Mom and her little angel.Pete out trick or treating.
Going through his pile o' candy.
And our newest addition to our Potato Head family. Vampire Potato Head. Thank you Dave, Tina and Lauren for starting this awesome collection of potato head stuff for our kids.
Kisses for Sugar Dugger Ducky.

Tigger

Wednesday Pete was Pooh. Friday Pete was Tigger. This Tigger costume came from my childhood friend Julie who sent it us when Pete was born. Her girls had enjoyed many a play days in it and now Pete was going to see dad at work in it. P. took Pete around trick or treating at work to each office. All P.'s coworkers loved seeing him and spoiling him with lots of great candy. Jamie was in this sweet outfit from my friend Allison and her parents. It had black, orange and purple polka dots and cat ears. She was such a doll in it and it was so warm and cozy for a rainy cold day.

Trunk or Treat

A church near our home has this Halloween event every year called Trunk or Treat. They decorate the trunks of cars, trucks and vans and you trick or treat to them in a parking lot. We took Pete last year but of course he wasn't old enough to enjoy or understand it. This year was totally different. P. teaches on Wed nights and I just figured I wasn't going to be able to go but the closer it got the more I wanted to try to go. I called a friend up to see if he would watch Jamie for me so we could go. Pete and I had a ball. It was his first experience with trick or treating and he thought it was the best thing in the whole world. You get to carry this bag and people dressed up as cool things give you candy. Pete loves to people watch. This was a perfect place to people watch and I think he could have sat on the side and watched people all night long. We stayed a little over an hour because my back and neck were killing me. I couldn't put Pete down much because he would wander and we would lose our place in line. I wish we could have stayed longer and watched the fireworks but that's ok. It was a great time just mom and son.

Here is Pete getting candy from Thing 1 and Thing 2.
Mom and Pete standing in the trick or treating line.Pete and our witch friend behind us. I am so mad I cut off her head in this picture. She reminded me of my niece Holly so much. She had the same voice and beautiful eyes and long eyelashes. Made me miss my sweet Holly.
Pete going through his loot at home. Our wonderful friend Jim who helped make our night out possible. I thank God every day for providing us with love and support from our friends in MI. I don't know what we would do without them. Can you see poor little Jamie in the background missing out on all the fun. Next year sweetie, next year! Abby enjoyed the attention from Jim that she doesn't get anymore since those darn babies came along. :)

Trying on Costumes

We were extremely lucky to have had some costumes handed down to us since Pete was born. He had a few options to choose from this year. Here are pictures from our costume fashion show. He was so excited to see himself he couldn't wait to get the rest of the costume on before wanting to look in the mirror. Hence the pictures without pants.

Pete as the Bear in the Big Blue House. This was really cute but not very warm.
Pete as Winnie the Pooh. Pete as a hunter. Just his camo sweats and his hunting hat.
Pete as a lion.....with his hunter hat on. He wanted me to put it on.