Spring Is Here!

Savannah playing at the Hephzibah Home playground

I am trying to teach Savannah to step and throw

Spring has arrived, and so has all of the pollen. Both kids have been fighting congestion and runny noses, but have been in good spirits otherwise. We have just finished the MOPS Consignment Week, and all went well with that. I served as a publicity person, so much of my work was completed in the weeks leading up to the sale. I did get lots of stuff tagged and put in the sale this time, so it will be nice to get a check in a few weeks!

Savannah shooting silly string

Savannah at the Children's Museum

Savannah feeding Cloud

Vince is not officially walking yet, but he does walk about 15 steps before plopping back down to the floor. He has realized that he can still move pretty fast "scootching" across the floors, so he would rather do that. He doesn't talk much, but is good at pointing and saying "this". He has managed to say "stop" and "no" a few times...those words he learned from hearing them so much from Savannah!

Vince striking a pose

Savannah is reading more and more words now and has been enjoying riding her bike in the afternoons. Maybe by the summer time she will be riding without her training wheels!

Jeff and Savannah watching the Sea Lion show at Cherry Blossom Festival

Vince at the Cherry Blossom Festival

The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full-swing now and we hope to visit Central City Park again later in the week. I also had some pictures taken of the kids by Robin Cook and I have included a few of those below.

These previous four pictures were taken by Robin Cook at Washington Park in downtown Macon

Peek-A-Boo

Yesterday Vince and I were over at our neighbor/friend/church-member's house, and he was playing in the dirt in their backyard while we visited on the patio. Robin and I have been on several scrapbooking trips, so she grabbed her camera and took all of these for me, knowing that they would make a great page for him!

After he was done playing in the dirt, he wanted to play Peek-A-Boo, his favorite game. He used the patio table to "hide" his face, when we said "where's Vincey?" and then he would pop up and we'd say "there he is!". He loves this game-he could be in the middle of fussing and carrying on, and we say "where's Vincey?" and his face lights up.
Where's Vincey....

...There he is!

I have a feeling that our lives will change a great deal in the next couple of weeks...Vince is about to start walking on his own. He makes pretty good time with his "scootching" that he does, but we know that he will be quick once he is vertical. He loves to be outside, especially in the front yard (where it isn't fenced). We are enjoying beautiful spring-like weather here and the Bradford pears are about to bloom. The cherry blossom festival is just around the corner and we look forward to lots of great posts and pictures then!

Snowfall in Macon!

DOUBLE THUMBS UP FOR SNOW!
Snow Angel Savannah

Buddy is just glad to be away from Vince!

Mom and Vincey

Dad and Vincey

Savannah and Vincey

This was right after church before it started sticking to the ground

WOW, who would've thought that it would really accumulate here? It's been great weather the past few days and we figured that the ground was too warm to stick, but it sure has! Here are some pictures from today.

Savannah's Official Birthday Party

Pre-party family picture-Vince was at home with a babysitter!

The kids waiting for their cake

Savannah and Marshall

Diego Birthday Cake with pink to "girl it up" some

All the kids warming up before playing

Savannah had her fifth (and final) birthday to celebrate her 5th birthday. We went to Sportz Quest and all of the kids had a blast! I was glad that it was cold and rainy outside so that it would legitimize my having an indoor party...it had been 70 degrees for most of the week. She also wanted a GO DIEGO GO party (the same as last year), so that made it pretty easy for me. We did add a pinata this year-what's a Dora or Diego party without a pinata?!

Savannah Turns FIVE!

Jeff took this one today before school
Savannah's 4 yr old birthday-at home after dinner with dad at S&S Cafeteria

Savannah had cupcakes and pizza with her class at school for her 3 yr birthday

Elmo came to the house for her 2yr birthday.

Never hosting a birthday party at the house again!

Savannah's first birthday party!

Today is Savannah's birthday and she is very excited to go out to dinner tonight. She wanted to go somewhere that sings to her, so I think we are heading to Longhorn Steakhouse after her gymnastics class. I am taking cupcakes to her school class today and her official five-year-old birthday party will be at Sportz Quest again, just like last year...a GO DIEGO GO themed party too!

February Sun & Fun!

Vince's birthday cupcake
Savannah having fun at the Hephzibah playground

Vince scaling the slide

It's the middle of February, and it's about 70 degrees here in Macon! The kids have enjoyed playing outside all week. Yesterday, Vince's first birthday, he was still "scootching" across the floor. Now, after realizing that it hurt his knees scootching outside, he has started to "bear walk". I have included a video that I took of him outside playing today. He crawls all the way up the slide and slides back down to the bottom, and has been doing this for about 2 hours. Savannah enjoyed playing at the Hephzibah Home's playground earlier in the week and I have included a few pictures from that playdate.

Savannah started lobbying for a new playset yesterday while we were at Sam's Club. She saw the one that they had on display and said that it was much more beautiful than the one that we have. Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday Vincey!

It's hard to believe that a year ago he was born! We are so blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children. I plan to post more pictures later this evening.

February Update

Vince and Alex

Evan and Savannah

We don't have a whole lot to report, but I know that in the next two weeks we'll have lots of pictures from birthday parties! We met the Jordans at Northminster's playground last week when the weather was pretty. Ani forwarded these pictures to me and I wanted to include them on the blog. Savannah and Vince really adore the Jordan boys!

Last weekend we traveled to North Carolina for a Coast Guard Auxillary function. Jeff and Sandra have become very involved in the Auxillary on Lake Norman and they were receiving several awards. We were glad to be at the dinner and had a nice time with Crissy and Gabby. Savannah and Vince each had birthday and Valentine gifts at Nana and Grandaddy's house. They love their new books and parlor accessories!

While we were in Charlotte we celebrated my birthday, Vince's birthday, and Savannah's birthday. Gary and Lin and John and Beth came over to G-Mama's house and we had Sardis Scouts BBQ and birthday cake. It was great to catch up with everyone and the kids love their gifts. Savannah can't wait to make lava and rocks with her Dora Science kit that she received. Vince gets upset when his truck doesn't roll as fast as he would like and he pouts. I am glad to have the Snuggie from John and Beth to keep me warm!

Happy Birthday Vincey!
Savannah helps Vince eat the icing on the cake G-Mama and Vince before the festivites started!

UNO Attack

When Savannah went to the McCart's Christmas party last month, she received UNO Attack from Santa. She was so excited to get the new game! After playing it a few times, she re-named it "shoot UNO" because when you push the button (to draw a card) cards will sometimes shoot out at you. She and I played it several times with Vince sitting in his booster seat next to the table and he would laugh and laugh when cards would fly across the table.

Yesterday Vince was scooting around in the breakfast area and opened up the doors to the Hoosier cabinet and removed "shoot UNO" from storage. I heard him pushing the button and laughing and was able to capture a few pictures before the camera battery went dead. In addition, the old set of regular UNO cards was in the cabinet and he mixed those in as well.

Savannah saw him and yelled "Vince, I am VERY disappointed in you". His response was to push the button even faster to make the cards come out even more!

1...2...3...GO PANTHERS!

We will all be rooting for the Carolina Panthers tonight as they host the Arizona Cardinals. Savannah really wanted a jersey like Leigh and Brian had, but we just couldn't purchase a Bears or Patriots jersey!

Savannah went back to school last Tuesday and has had "great days" all week. She is getting pretty good at Wii bowling and hopes to learn other games soon.