Finally! Finally! More pictures

These guys are hilarious! We're so Thankful it's now spring, we've been going for walks daily. Valerie's talking up a storm now - her favorite words are yellow, pronounced "rauw-rauw", triangle, and milk, pronounced "meeelkkkk". She's still not all that thrilled with her sister Gina, but Gina just loves, loves Valerie! We got a different computer now, so I have no excuse not to update this! Although, I mostly use Facebook these days.

Thanksgiving... I am so Thankful!

The colic has ended... phew. Now, I will know what this is like. One of the worst experiences!!!

We are here at my Mom's for Thanksgiving and I am so Thankful for my family! I have 2 very healthy and (now) happy little girls. Thank God for this. I am so Thankful that Gina's colic was finally fixe for good too.

I feel like I've sort of adjusted to having 2 kids now too! Hooray. It's quite difficult with them being 14 months apart, but I hear that this does get easier. Stay posted for new pictures soon!!!

Whenever we tell Valerie to smile - she makes this funny face. Here's Gina in one of her better moments... sleeping. It has been TOUGH.

Yesterday was so hard - Gina had the usual fussies most of the day and Valerie started to whine around 1 PM and didn't stop until bedtime. 2 kids constant crying/whining at the same time slowly drives you insane. Gina started up around 8PM and didn't stop until 12:30AM. Horrible... Sorry this post sounds so bad, it's just been a rough weekend.

I called my friend Kris who told me - it DOES get better!!! She had 2 colicky kids who are 19 months apart (I think that's right) and now she gets to do the fun stuff with them.

We are truly blessed with these girls - Thank God they are healthy and happy (sometimes). I know that this too shall pass...

Welcome Gina!

Here's Gina Lynn who loves to eat and be held by Mom. Sorry these took so long. She still has her days & nights mixed up! Mom is VERY sleep deprived. In fact... duty calls again!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to Valerie

Wow, a 1 year old. The time has flew by, it is so weird and I heard the time just keeps on flying. It's been a great year and so glad that Valerie has been so easy on us being new parents. She seems like such a little girl now. The party was great! The weather was hot and humid, but Thankfuly, there was never any rain.... phew. It was a great time celebrating with family, friends and neighbors.

The 4th of July

Here we are at our neighborhood's picnic at the park just 1 block from our house. We think Valerie had a pretty good time of it. Then, in the evening, we woke her up for her very first fireworks show which we also got to walk over to. She did really well, jumped a bit at the noise at first, then she was fine and dandy.

Strawberry picking!

In Mid-June we went Strawberry picking with Madtown Moms (my Moms group). It was very nice and while Valerie was in her white shirt, she decided to start eating by herself. It's funny - she won't eat the strawberries now, only while we were out in the field!

So, she is starting to drink from her own sippy cup and feed herself. Mostly cheese! This girl loves cheese and ALL KINDS... havarti, havarti w/ dill, english cheddar with chives - you name it. And, we found out tonight that she like ham too. So, ham & cheese. I think the eating fruits and veggies phase is over with for now and who knows if it'll ever return... oh well. One of the Mom's, Rebecca - recommended a great book called - My Child Won't Eat. It is wonderful and I think I am going to end up buying it as a reference.