Catching Up

Oh, where to begin? I'll start with Mack (since I forgot to do the Mack Update in my last post):

Mack is starting to say just about anything we say now - it's pretty fun to hear him repeat some words (however, there are some that I wish he wouldn't repeat). Just yesterday, he surprised me with "horse" when he saw a picture of one in his book, and last week he pointed to his bum and said "poo" when he had a dirty diaper (yes, I laughed - I'm sure you're not surprised). He's saying something new just about everyday, so I've stopped writing things down. Though, I do have some written down that he said in early January, so I'll go ahead and document those:

"Bite"
"Bum Bum"
"Col" for Cold
"Eewww, gross" said while pointing to his dirty diaper
"Goggy" for Doggy
"Juice"
"Yeah"
"Nice"
"Tree"
"Dance"

Lately, his favorite thing to say is "uh-0h, mess" whenever he makes a mess. He also loves to get the broom out and sweep, and if there is a mess on the carpet, he'll run to the vaccuum and whine at me until I get it out and vaccuum it up. This has made keeping the house somewhat clean a lot easier. Here are a few pictures from January:

Apparently, this mixing bowl made the perfect size seat.

Drawing while Mom puts away groceries (Kolby & Janine that is your wedding invitation he's doodling on - sorry!).

Speaking of Kolby & Janine, Kolby is my brother who is just younger than me in age, and he was married to Janine on January 10th. It's really been fun to see Kolby so happy and to have Janine as part of the family. Here are a few pictures I stole from my sister-in-law, Michelle:

The happy couple.

Almost the whole family (my older brother Clay and his family are living in Maryland and couldn't make it, and my younger brother Kasey is on his mission in Philidelphia).

Here are all the sisters/sisters-in-law in the family except Allison (Clay's wife). Don't ask me why they made me, the huge pregnant woman, stand in front. Stephanie (Kayden's wife) in front with me is also pregnant and due in May with their first, and behind me Ashley is pregnant, but has since had her beautiful little girl, Layla, on January 14th, I believe. We also found out on Superbowl Sunday that Kolby and Janine are expecting a honeymoon baby. My mom will gain at least 4 grandchildren this year alone. Also, Janine has two cute kids, Bela and Talin, from a previous marriage that are now part of the family. Crazy. This has to be the longest caption to a picture ever.

Also in January I celebrated my 28th birthday. Mack and I spent the morning at the park, Gregg came home from work early and brought me some beautiful flowers, Gregg and I went out for a steak dinner, and we finished up with an icecream cake. It was a really great day. I took a few pictures of the flowers:

(Sorry for the weird angles on these - I was trying to make it so my messy house wasn't in the shot.)

A few weeks ago, I was going through some boxes of stuff in preparation for the baby, and I found a box with some old pictures in it! So, in honor of my birthday and as my gift to you, here are a few shots of me as a wee little tyke:

Kolby and me. I remember absolutely loving my Miss Piggy shirt.

Clint standing behind the rocker, Clay (yes, they're twins) holding baby Kayden in the rocker, and Kolby and I on either side.

That's all I've got for now, but we have the new baby's birthday scheduled for March 3rd (c-section), Gregg's birthday on March 12th, and Mack's birthday on April 9th all coming up, so hopefully I'll do better with posting about those in a more timely manner.