Long Lost Photos :)

We finally figured out how to transfer pictures from our phone to the computer! So we have pictures dating back to May of last year. There are so many good ones, they start from the most recent and go back. Michael has some good ones on his camera we will have to get on here at a latter date!

Hanging with Adam at the mall!

Big boy in the play place at burger king!

Jacob at Megan's preschool party climbing on the book display.

So big! Who knew that the Dr's office is a great place to snap photos, the lighting is great :)

Jacob's first carousel ride.

Mommy's first carousel ride.

Jacob and his girlfriend Stella hanging out at Target!

Megan knew just what to do on this thing....scary!

Crazy hair day!

This used to be the favorite thing to do with his paci.

Ahhh, all tuckered out!

Cheese.

Sleeping outside in the swing!

Megan's sidewalk chalk paint...we had footprints on the carport for a long time!

Chillin' at the furniture store while we browsed for bunk beds...which we ended up finding much better ones on Craigslist for a fraction of the cost!

She looks so young here!

One of his first rides in the swing!

The little fashionista!

Back in the days of the sleepywrap!

This picture was taken at Lion's Club in Rolla, by far the best park ever!

Megan attempting to ride the tricycle!

Jacob Walking!

Here is a video of Jacob walking!

Jacob!

Jacob...where to begin! He has changed so much in the past few months, he is a delight to be around these days which is quite a change from when he was a super fussy newborn. This past week he really started taking off walking everywhere. He seems to love all things Megan. I think he is going to terrorize her in the future though, he's so big already at 24 lbs. Megan has been holding steady at 30 lbs. for a year now which is crazy. Jacob is also starting to get a temper, he's thrown a few tantrums already. Sometimes while changing him he seems to overpower us...I'm not sure how but he does it!

Megan is introducing him to GoGurt and he loves it. She has also introduced him to Goldfish crackers and is always wanting to share with him...I'm sure that will change soon enough.

Here he is looking silly with pees in his mouth.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the kids together. They love the wagon and it's going to be lots of fun when spring comes!

Look at all those teeth!

Megan!

Megan loves the snow. I think she would stay out there forever if we let her! The perfect snow happened at night so after we got Jacob to sleep we went out in it to play in the dark. One of her favorite games was to throw the sidewalk chalk eggs to the other end of the yard and go Easter Egg hunting.

Snow angels...

Here she is going down the slide. The snow makes her move super fast on the slide and she zoomed off the end laughing the entire way!

She named the snowman "Ned". The snow we had was perfect snow for snowmen, snowballs, and a neighbor made an igloo big enough for 3 chairs and a table inside!

Megan catching snow before it started to really pile up! This picture was from a morning when the snowflakes were beautiful so I decided to take her out before she even had time to get dressed so she's in her pajama's!

Our budding artist!

Snow Snow Snow!!!

This snow happened so long ago and I'm just now blogging about it! Megan and Jacob had a blast playing with their cousins in the snow. Megan is starting to enjoy sledding all by herself down the hill which is a huge accomplishment. Jacob also had a little fun in the sled. Unfortunately he couldn't sit very well with all of the padding but he enjoyed the swing!

This doesn't look too comfortable!

Weeeee!

Ahh, the benefits of having access to a steep driveway!

Poor Jacob was just sitting taking it all in.

Cute group shot of the cousins!

Runge, RockBand, and More!

Here are Megan, Jacob, and cousin Adam posing for a picture at the Runge. It was a great time.

Adam and Megan looking at the bees!

Jacob playing with Grandma Dierking looking on!

Megan was ecstatic when it started to rain this week. She has been anxious to try out her new umbrella! We stomped in the puddles and found huge drops off the side of the house to splash in!

This is what I found the other day, Megan inside her shopping cart and Jacob holding on to it!

While I was on the phone Jacob decided to help himself to my wallet. Earlier in the day he also helped himself to the spaghetti noodles!

Megan playing RockBand! She really like to play along. Michael and I are also enjoying the game after the kids go to bed.

Ahhh, Megan riding the ride-on toy with Jacob holding on to the back for dear life. This has become a favorite game of theirs lately.

Megan was dressing him up with a headband and bells!

Here is Princess Megan. She really got into dressing up for about a day and hasn't touched it since!

Jacob's First Steps!!!

Jacob took his first steps today! He has been cruising forever and is finally ready to walk. He is also really starting to experiment with language. He can say dadada, mamama, rarara, bababa, owowowow, and I really really think I heard him say ball yesterday. He is changing so quickly it's scary. Today he managed to dump an entire container of spaghetti all over the floor and then 10 minutes later found my wallet and dumped it out. His favorite games are "So Big" "Peek-a-Boo" and clapping. He now has 4 teeth and is biting everything in sight! He is starting to show us his true colors and I think we will have our hands full very soon!

Megan is starting to become a little more adventurous as well. She loved sledding and playing in the snow. She is great at riding her tricycle and I can't wait to see her on her bike. Today we played in the rain with her new umbrella that Santa brought her. She has been using the umbrella inside since Christmas and was ecstatic when it was raining this morning. She continues to love reading books. Lately she has been on a Dr. Suess kick...the loooong books. She gets to read 2 books before nap and bedtime so we have been reading 4 long Dr. Suess books daily. Her favorites include Bartholomew...Oobleck, The Lorax, Scrambled Eggs Super, and the list goes on! She is also starting to recognize letters. We worked on an alphabet book for 3 nights where she put random things on the paper for each letter (sprinkles, glitter, gum, cheerios, etc.). We used a different material for each one. I will post pictures soon! She is really proud of it! She is also into volcano's right now, she loves to read about them, see them on tv, pretend with them, etc!