We have had a great week. It has been spring break for me, so we tried to take advantage as much as we could. Monday we took the kids to this place called "Nothin but Fun for Kids". It's a pretty neat place. The kids really enjoyed playing dress up in the dressing room. There were all kinds of princess dresses and accessories to go with them. This is wondeful for Collette since she has been calling herself Princess Coco. Anyway, you get an all day pass to this indoor play place and the kids had a bawl.
Today we went to the Zoo to see all of the animals. We got to see alot of the animals, it seems as though they really like this spring weather. The kids enjoyed it too. They had fun pointing out all of the different animals. They all wanted to go and see the giraffes, but they are on the back of the property at our Zoo and us parents really didn't feel like hiking all of the way there and all of the way back. So we will have to venture out there next time.
Troy is still working hard at doing contract work. He is really enjoying all the different kinds of work that is available to him. It's nice for me to see him so happy and enjoying his work. It is also nice having him at home again. I can tell that it is making a big difference with Collette. She is such a Daddy's girl.
Dakota on the other hand is my sweet boy. He enjoys cuddling with me and just being held. It's bad though when we need to go on car trips because He hates his seat. He is getting so big. He likes to play with hanging toys. It looks like he is hitting a punch bag, it's really funny. I'll have to get video of it some time soon. He also loves to coo and laugh at us. It is so sweet. Well, that's about it for now. I will post more pics soon.

Here are some cute videos of the kiddos. Collette is singing 5 little monkeys. It is this really weird song that she learned at school. Dakota is "singing" good night sweetheart to Collette. We love our cute kiddos.

Congrats! Another beautiful niece

Brian and Sharon have a new addition to their family... Molly Joyce. She weighed 8lbs 3oz and she was 20 inches long. She is so cute and has a head full of dark hair(I am so jealous of this). My poor bald babies. Here is there website so that you can go look at pics.: www.brainfuzz.com I will post more pics as soon as I can.

Congrats to Brian, Sharon, and Tyler! We love you guys.

Happy V-day from Coco and Kota!

Troy and Collette built a fort out of some old boxes that we had. This is her and Dakota inside it. Doesn't he look thrilled?

A full night of sleep...finally

We decided to put Dakota in his crib on Friday night. He slept for about 6 hours straight that night. The next night we put him down and he slept the entire night. Troy and I woke up to our alarms on Sunday morning in amazement. We should have put him in his crib weeks ago. You forget how nice a full night of sleep is. Dakota is still growing like crazy and starting to show his personality. He loves when people talk to him. He will give you a huge grin if he's in the right mood. He also likes to cuddle. He will let you hold him all day if you have the time. He is such a sweetie.
Collett is continuing to amaze us. She is such a sponge. You tell her something once and she remembers it. She plays games on the Wii and she has beaten me and Troy a few times. She likes to play games on the computer, too. She is much happier if you let her do it all by herself. She thinks that she is older than what she really is. She is so good with Dakota. She wants to hold him and kiss him all the time. She tells everyone about her baby brother, Baby Kota. She is so proud.
My Bell's alsy is getting better. This last wekk I decided to go get some acupunture done. As crazy as that sounds, it really wasn't that bad. The needles are so small that you barely feel them. Every says that my face is starting to heal faster than it was, so I guess that it's working. I am going to try it a few more times to see if I can get any further with it. At this point I will do just about anything to heal.
This is Troy's last week of work. We are excited and nervous all at the same time. Troy already has some great job opportunities lined up so that we can have some income to live on. I start back to work this week. I have missed being at the hopital helping to deliver babies. I am ready to get back to my job that I love so much.
We have a lot going on right now, so please keep us in your prayers. We have some big, tough decisions ahead of us. I will go into more detail later. I will post more pics soon.

Goofing off

Here is just a really cute pic of our little man. He's not going to be little for too long. He is growing so fast.

Here is Dakota with his "laptop". We are starting him early.

Collette, with her crazy hair, trying to keep Dakota quiet.

So there has been a lot going on in our lives lately. Dakota just had his 2 month check up. Crazy that it has already been 2 whole months. He weighed in at 12lbs 1.6oz and 23inches long. He had to get his shots this time. He had 3 total and he was not happy about it. He got so mad, but as soon as I picked him up he was happy again. He's a tough kid, but then again he has to be with big sister Coco hanging around.

We got Collette a "Hooked on Phonics" learning set. She is working on her letters right now. She is doing a really good job at recognizing the different letters and their sounds. We have gotten to the letter "D" so far and she is loving it. The cool thing is that there are games that she can play on the computer. That's her favorite part of the whole thing.

The biggest change that we are getting ready to undergo is that Troy is quiting his job as of Feb. 22. He is going to start doing contract work. Thanks to Sharon, Troy has already gotten two different contracts lined up. All of this is kind of scary because are income will depend on how much work Troy does in a month. There is no "salary". So we will keep everyone updated on how all of that is going.

School is still going for me, I am so ready to be done. I passed my first test so I just have like 7 more to go for this semester!!! We are studying Psych this semester and it is so interesting. I'm pretty sure that I don't want to work Psych, but I enjoy learning about it.

Enjoy the pics, hopefully I will post more soon.

Ok, ok...it's been way too long

Our cute little man hanging out.

Dakota worn out from all the xmas excitement.

Collette and Dakota on Sunday morning before xmas.

Collette at her 3rd bday party!

We have had such a wonderful time since Dakota was born. We feel so blessed to have two beautiful, healthy kids. Collette and Dakota are both growing like crazy. At Collette's 3 year appt. she weighed 36lbs and 9.6oz and was 39inches. Dakota at his 2wk appt was 6lbs 12oz and 20in. He is now well over 8lbs and starting to get some rolls. Collette is a great big sister. She takes kisses and hugs Dakota all the time. She never wants to leave him with anyone else and if anyone asks if they can keep Dakota she always says "You get your own baby!". She is very attached. Dakota likes to eat and sleep a lot. He is good about being patient and waiting for things though.

Troy is still liking his job. He didn't realize how much he missed being in an office with other people.

I am on xmas break right now. I have to go back to school on Jan 14th. I am looking forward to getting another semester down. Only one year and I will be an RN!!!! I have also applied to take my LPN test this year. I am hoping that I will hear back about that soon. The good thing about that is that I will get a raise and be able to fill more positions at work. Again, just trying to make myself a little more valuable.

That's about it for now. I hope that everyone had great holidays.