Matthew J.

I thought I would post a little on Matthew today. (I have been so bad about taking pictures I don't have any up to date pics of him - this is from November '09)

He started preschool this month and is loving it. Although he doesn't love to get up early to get ready (he has always been our good sleeper). He is bouncing out the front door to get to school. There is two Matthew in his class so he is being called Matthew J. Which just makes me laugh, because I will ask him what his name is and he will say, "Matthew J." He is learning new songs, nursery rhythms, doing tons of art work and learning so much that it make me know it is worth the money.

He also started Sunbeams in Primary and is so glad to be out of nursery. He likes to take his Book of Mormon with him and is trying to learn the new songs in sharing time. My little guy is growing up so fast. I love seeing him grow and learn, but I still want to kiss the heck out of those sweet cheeks. If only he would let me.

Izzie Update

I can't get enough of this little girl. She is so DELICIOUS! And she gives us such challenges and joys. For the past month she has been so sick, double ear infection, cough, runny nose, high fever and teething. I feel so bad for her...... and us! When she is sick, we get about an average of 5 hours of sleep a night. It is a killer. She screams and cries at night and John and I want to do the same. It is lucky that Matthew can sleep through all of it -(HOW?!! he is two feet from her). But now she is better (thank you drugs) and we are getting our rest. Back to 8 hours-thankfully. Izzie just started nursery (from missing so much from sickness) and hated it! She would scream bloody murder. So Grandma Stewart decided to go to nursery with Izzie and now she is doing so much better. She is growing into a little girl and I am amazed. She is doing really well with pointing to all her body parts and now is starting to talk. This girl would not and still sometimes will not talk! However you tell her something and she knows what you are saying and will go and do it. So now she is starting to talk! She says, Mama, Papa, Bye, Piper, Bubba (Matthew), up, and some other words we can't figure out, but I am so happy. We keep trying Daddy and all she will do is point to him. She knows who everyone is. If you say where is Matthew or Aunt Jen she knows! She loves her Aunt Jen so much. She will run to her as soon as we walk in the door and if she is busy, Izzie will make it known that she wants Jen NOW! Izzie will now nod her head yes or no if you ask her a question. I love it. Communication helps so much! She is so adorable with her personality and I love her dearly. I just wish she would let me take a decent picture of her!

Such slow postings

I am so slow getting postings up for Christmas. But here they are. We had a great Christmas, the kids made out like kings. They had so many presents they wanted to keep playing with the one they opened instead of keep unwrapping more. It could of taken hours if we didn't help out. However the most excited participate in our family is Piper. He loves presents, especially when they are for him!


Here is Izzie with her skirt that Grandma Jaggi made (she made one for all her grand-girl babies- how awesome is that?! Can I have one too??!!).

Our Christmas morning and yes that was our tree for the year. All that can fit in our apartment. We opened presents in our house then walked up to grandparents and uncle and aunt's house to open more and to eat yummy goodies. It was a good day.