Kristin, Wendy and Kaitlin

Joe says "oh wow!!"

now this is a lot of Easter eggs!

Wendy eating a chocolate cupcake. =0)

Grandma Ginny, Cousin Aidan and Wendy

My grandmother (maternal) turned 82 this past March and the family (all 5 kids, about 5 grandkids, and 2 great -grandkids) got together to celebrate! We are fortunate enough to have the family in close promixity so we can get together for most of the birthdays. I hope my kids appreciate how special it is that four generations can celebrate birthdays so often!

Mommy and me!

Wendy is learning to write!

Just in case the picture is too small, it says 'I love you'! I'm SO proud!

Wendy in the snow!

She had so much fun going down Granny and Grandpa's driveway on a big dish!

Joe playing in the snow!

He did want to go inside!

BIG BOY!!

I think Joe looks so grown-up in the picture!

Family Picture 2007

Wendy LOVE her Aunt Cathy!

Pictures!!

I discovered that taking family pictures (of the four of us) has become a sore spot with me. We got some good pictures from Sears back in October, I'm lucky to have gotten one with all us looking at the camera! I was hoping to get a casual picture of all of us in front of the tree to send out in the holiday cards. Wendy was not being cooperative at all, so we took some with just Joe instead. We put an image of the family picture from Sears in our holiday letter. The preschool also took pictures recently and Wendy supposedly 'freaked out' for them too, so they didn't take any of her. I was told Joe did pretty well, I hope to have the pictures back before the holiday break. I'm not sure what it is with Wendy being camera shy. There are times she will smile proudly for the camera, but if you start trying to make a concerted effort in getting a posed picture, she just refuses! Oh well....

Joe is making good progress with his vocabulary. He is starting to say more words, they aren't as clear as I had hoped, but I think it is good progress. Meanwhile, Joe will start a new preschool in January. In preparation of Wendy starting school this Fall, we decided to move him to a new school too. It is down the street from her school and much closer to the house.

Wendy is also making progress with her writing and spelling. She is also getting taller these days too. It is interesting though that she still wears 2T/3T pants because of her short legs, but she wears 4T/5T shirts because she has a long torso and the smaller size shirts ride up her belly! She definitely has her Daddy's sense of humor, they are constantly making up jokes, songs and sayings!

The other big change for the Schwartz Family (Austin) is that Doug will start a new job in the new year!!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Where's Wendy?

Wendy being camera shy...

Are your ready for lessons Joe?

Joe didn't want to wear his costume...

Princess Jasmine

Kids in a ball?

Wendy with some of her teammates.

Wendy showing off her soccer trophy!

Quick Joe update

Joe had tubes put in his ears this morning. He is such a TROPPER! Within 5 minutes he was drinking juice, eating cereal and babbling. Hopefully his speech will improve over the next 6 months.

We are looking forward to Halloween, I'll post pictures soon!

Family pictures coming soon!

We went and took a family picture today (very surprising since Wendy freaked out the last time I took her to get her pictures done)! I was hoping to get some good pictures of Joe for his second birthday, but he wasn't very cooperative. I was able to get a decent picture of the kids though! I hope to be sending the pictures out soon.

Joe had a good birthday. We had a small get together to celebrate. We got him a little basketball hoop and Granny and Grandpa (from Colorado) gave him a popping lawn mower. It's hilarious because he runs it up and down the hall at top speed and it makes A LOT of noise, echoing downstairs.

Wendy is getting more and more inquisitive. She asks about everything ("Why do you have to water the plants Mommy? Because they need water to grow. Why? Because I want them to be pretty and green. WHY? Because I like my plants healthy. WHY?) After biting my tongue, I decided it was time to go practice writing her name. She does well with redirection. =0)

Wendy was a kitty cat at school...

isn't he adorable?!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!

Then he has a GREAT smile and all is forgiven!

Not a baby boy any more

I've come to the conclusion that Joe isn't my little baby boy any more. He is 200% all boy! We have hit the terrible twos! He gets into everything...as you can see!

Do you see the feet? You can only guess what he is doing!