Aug. 17, 2008

Well Sabastian is doing great with his potty training! It's nice to only have one child to change diapers on and it's not as expensive!!! Our little boy will be 3 soon, he is getting excited about his upcoming birthday on the 28th, although his birthday party is going to be on the 30th. We have been talking about his cake and how he wants Bumblebee from Transformers on it, so I will be getting creative with his cake again this year. Sabastian is a wonderful big brother to Annabelle and we love him so much!
Annabelle is doing great, we think she's about 14lbs now. Her smile melts everyone that looks at her. She is babbling like crazy, at night she will be either laying on the ground or in her swing letting us hear all about it! It's great we love it. She has found her hands and has put them to use. When she's not sucking on them or waving them around she is grabbing and holding onto her stuffed animal. We love having her with us now, she is so much fun!!!!
Sabastian was able to help Opa and Auntie Minty dig up 2 trees at a friends house and bring them back to Oma and Opa's house and replant them. He is such a boy, wanting to be outside digging in the dirt, playing with water, and all his big boy toys, it's great.
We all went to a picnic today out at Belfair state park with the Ferguson family. We were able to visit with Aunt Merna who was visiting and she was able to see Sabastian again and meet Annabelle. I will be looking for some part time work this week so we will see what comes from that.

As we start August 2008 we have had an eventful year. Troy went back to Pizza Hut as General Manager in the beginning of Feb and at the end of Feb we were able to move to our new apartment. Trying to set up our new home and being 7 months pregnant was quite the chore, but I enjoyed it with the help of Sabastian and Troy when he was at home. Our little girl Annabelle Rosina came into the world on May 10, day before mothers day weighing in at 8lbs 10oz and 20in. We were able to take her home on the 11th for a perfect mother's day gift. Sabastian warmed up to her immediately and loves on her all the time. We had a big brother bash the day after we got home to help the transition from being an only child to being a big brother. With visits from family and friends and a "Wow Wow Wubbzy" cake the bash went great!!!
Sabastian is always so willing to help out with getting diapers, clothes and blankets for Annabelle. Annabelle was having some reflux problems where she was spitting up ALOT of what she ate and it was projectile!! I am talking like 2-3 feet so I have had lots of laundry to do. We have found if I don't eat chocolate she doesn't projectile, so she keeps most of her meal down now.
Her blessing day was absolutely beautiful!! She wore a gorgeous white dress which was made out of my mothers wedding dress 33 years ago and I wore it when I was blessed. Opa did the blessing and it was wonderful, we couldn't have asked for a better one. Uncle Rick came up from Portland to stand in the circle with dad, we always enjoy the visits when he is up!
We started potty training Sabastian on the 8th of July and he has been doing great, he's got cute shrek, cars, and marvel underwear. he using the potty chair so good now. Waiting until he was almost 3 was very beneficial, he understood so quickly why and how to take care of going potty in the potty chair. At his most recent check up he is weighing in at 30lbs.
Annabelle had her 2 month check up, she weighed in at 13lbs 7oz and the doc says her weigh is off the charts, for her length she is almost 24 inches and she's at 95%. She got her shots which is always so tough for everyone involved, I fought back the tears but it was really tough, the doc says she looks great!