Merry Christmas

In leu of Christmas cards, here's wishing you a very joyful Christmas, from our house to yours!  Check out these moves...

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Heidi's food update

Well...Heidi is taking bottles like a champ now.  She's eating every four hours, 6 ounces of formula, and sleeping 7 to 7 at night.  However, she still has zero interest in baby food.  She either spits it out as soon as it hits her tongue, or she'll just play or turn her head away anytime she sees the spoon headed her way.  I can usually get her to take three or four bites, and then she's done.  Here's a video of her playing during dinner:

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I love how she would arch her back and do backbends out of the Bumbo seat.  She's a silly girl!

I've discovered that she loves to feed herself.  I think we're just going to skip the baby food stage and get to the table food.  She loves to gnaw on slices of apples or pears and enjoys feeding herself baby puffs and peas.  She has one tooth now which will help her jump to table food soon.  We got her a new highchair which she has enjoyed very much.  The dogs seem grateful to have a baby in the house again, too!  They love the leftovers that fall off the tray just for them.  

On a side note, I was able to give Heidi her first set of pigtails last weekend.  This has been something I've been anxiously waiting to do ever since we found out we were having a girl!

P.S.  LOVE this cute sleeper...thanks Melissa!  :)

Sibling Love

Heidi giggles at big brother from Emily Smith on Vimeo.

My Four Year Old

Tobin turned four years old on Sunday...what???  What has happened to my little toddler?  He is a ball of endless energy, contagious joy, and a constant ray of sunshine in our house.  He has a very tender heart and is a wonderful friend to all of his little buddies.  I'm crazy about his hilarious personality.  He's always looking for new ways to make us laugh - a made-up joke, a new silly sound, or a quirky way of walking.  He still loves to read books and is now starting to recognize familiar words.  He knows all of his letters and can count to 30.  His favorite toys are his Playmobil sets.  He'll play with them by himself for the longest time, making up stories and acting out his imaginative thoughts.  He's a wonderful big brother and can ALWAYS make his little sister giggle like no one else can.  He gets excited about going to church and has 13 Bible verses memorized from his Awanas class.  I am so proud of him!  We love this little guy with all that we have and are grateful that God chose us to raise him.

Here's some pictures of his big day and from the pirate party we had with his playgroup friends:

Here's one of his favorite jokes...what a comedian!