Since most of our family live so far away, I thought that this would be a great chance to catch everyone up on our lives. I don't send out as many pictures as I used to, so hopefully this will motivate me more.
Nina's been ice skating twice a week, and she's getting quite good. She can do spins, skate backwards, and stop while falling on her face! Secretly, I'm glad that she has to work on this to get better because you can see the pride on her face when she finally "gets it". She's enjoying kindergarten and is growing up so quickly all of a sudden. Just this summer, she was all about the Disney Princesses, and now we've graduated to Hannah Montana and High School Musical. She also has VERY strong ideas about her clothes and even the way that I should be dressing. At least she speaks her mind, but it gets annoying.....who knows what we'll in for in another 10 years.
Asher is 9 months old and crawling like a pro. We have hundreds of dollars worth of toys in the playroom, and he's in my tupperware cabinet. He's also starting to pull himself up and climb the stairs. He's babbling non-stop, mostly saying "mama", "dada", "Nina" and "hi cat" (sounds more like ha-dat than cat, but we get the idea).
Blake sprained his ankle last month, and it's still not healed. We were joking that he did it on purpose just to get out of house chores, but now it's not funny anymore. So as much as he hates to go to the doctor, I think a trip is finally in order. He's been ice skating with Nina, but that's been put on hold until the ankle heals.
My business has been slowing down the past couple of months. One reason is that my retail accounts have had a slow start to the holiday season, so they're not reordering. Another reason is that Blake's been traveling a lot for work, so I haven't had that much time to work. I'm actually okay with it being slow right now because it gives me a chance to catch up on some stuff around the house. I've been itching to scrapbook and hang out with my friends, and I'm slowly starting to re-enter that world. I forgot how much a baby cuts into the "me time" (whatever that is - I've forgotten). Asher still isn't sleeping through the night (I know, I know), but he just stopped nursing, so we're taking the hard line and letting him cry it out. Two nights ago, he cried for 5 hours, last night 4 hours, so perhaps there is an end in sight. Whatever - I'm just so tired that I'll take anything at this point.
Here are a few pictures of the kids. Enjoy!
~Rebecca
While we were eating lunch the other day, Nina asked, "Does Santa drink beer"?, which I thought was a very weird question for her to ask, so I had her call Blake at work and ask him (I get about 400 weird questions a day from her, and I thought that he could field this one). Blake's response was that Santa might enjoy a beer by the time he gets to our house because the big guy is a little lactose intolerant. I "think" she was wondering about this because I was drinking a coke, and she saw a picture of Santa on the side drinking a bottle of coke, and she's never seen a bottle of coke, only a can. Amusing non the less. Today is Christmas Eve, and I'm just about done making cookies. Nina does not like cookies (weird kid), so Blake, Santa and I will be gorging ourselves on fudge, peanut butter cookies and beer later this evening.....what could be better!! Merry Christmas to all!!
