We were trying to record Levi's unique inch-worm crawl and he worked himself down the hall. He found a friend!! It was Levi in the mirror. I don't think he understood when to stop though, cause he bonks his head three times. He eventually got it though. David wanted in on the action too. Levi was so giddy! He had the best time with that mirror.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Grandparents' blogpost...
Guess what! We got to spend 12 days with our Grandpa and Grandma Rigsby in Gillette over Easter. We also had a lot of people come by and help out while we were there. We love seeing everyone and no one is a stranger. Aunt Mimi stayed with us two days while Grandma worked. Great-Grandpa Dickey came by along and Rosemary Shober helped with feeding time. Great-Grandpa and Grandma Rigsby also came in the afternoon to visit.
Aunt Mimi was so fun and we loved entertaining her. She bought us a new toy and Levi loves it. Aria cries when the song says Ye-Haw and David doesn’t like it at all.
Here is a picture of Levi riding our new rocking horse.
While we were there the first weekend, we celebrated Aunt Mimi’s birthday and saw lots of people at her party. Boy were we exhausted at the end of that day because we weren’t able to get a very good nap that day.
Aunt Jessica and Uncle James were here that weekend and we played with them and their big dog. Jet is a black lab and so lovable it was fun for Aria to climb on him.
Uncle James let us help him with his computer. We fully expect to be computer savvy by the time we are two years old.
Uncle Doug and Kara were with us for the weekend also. They brought along Aunt Donna, Aunt Kristi and our cousin Ryan. I guess they weren’t there to see us though. They came to help Aunt Mimi celebrate her birthday. It was comforting to see someone familiar. Uncle Doug thought it was time to teach David to walk so he put him behind the walking toy and off he went.
This all happened in the first few days we were there. By Monday morning we all had a bad cold and didn’t feel too well so we slept and rested for the rest of the week. Grandma and Grandpa Rigsby stayed home with us on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We had fun sitting in Grandpa’s hand, playing with our toys and getting to do things Mom and Dad never let us do.
Finally Mom and Dad showed up and we were so happy to see them. I guess it was Saturday afternoon. We played with them and then the next day we went to church all dressed up in our new Easter outfits. We came home and ate lunch and all of a sudden it was packing time again and into the van we went to return home to our own beds.
This is what Grandma and Grandpa's house looked like the whole time we were there.
Grandpa Rigsby said he cried when we left because he had so much fun having us there. We were sad that he wasn’t coming home with us but we are looking forward to him visiting us when we have a birthday party for turning “1” year old. That will be a blast.!!!
Aunt Mimi was so fun and we loved entertaining her. She bought us a new toy and Levi loves it. Aria cries when the song says Ye-Haw and David doesn’t like it at all.
Here is a picture of Levi riding our new rocking horse.
While we were there the first weekend, we celebrated Aunt Mimi’s birthday and saw lots of people at her party. Boy were we exhausted at the end of that day because we weren’t able to get a very good nap that day.
Aunt Jessica and Uncle James were here that weekend and we played with them and their big dog. Jet is a black lab and so lovable it was fun for Aria to climb on him.
Uncle James let us help him with his computer. We fully expect to be computer savvy by the time we are two years old.
Uncle Doug and Kara were with us for the weekend also. They brought along Aunt Donna, Aunt Kristi and our cousin Ryan. I guess they weren’t there to see us though. They came to help Aunt Mimi celebrate her birthday. It was comforting to see someone familiar. Uncle Doug thought it was time to teach David to walk so he put him behind the walking toy and off he went.
This all happened in the first few days we were there. By Monday morning we all had a bad cold and didn’t feel too well so we slept and rested for the rest of the week. Grandma and Grandpa Rigsby stayed home with us on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We had fun sitting in Grandpa’s hand, playing with our toys and getting to do things Mom and Dad never let us do.
Finally Mom and Dad showed up and we were so happy to see them. I guess it was Saturday afternoon. We played with them and then the next day we went to church all dressed up in our new Easter outfits. We came home and ate lunch and all of a sudden it was packing time again and into the van we went to return home to our own beds.
This is what Grandma and Grandpa's house looked like the whole time we were there.
Grandpa Rigsby said he cried when we left because he had so much fun having us there. We were sad that he wasn’t coming home with us but we are looking forward to him visiting us when we have a birthday party for turning “1” year old. That will be a blast.!!!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Nothing Fancy
We mostly have pictures for this post. It was a busy week getting back in routine here at home. It was my brother, Doug's birthday last week so we celebrated with him. We have fun videos of Levi and I'll try to see if they will load. On Sunday, we had most of Dan's family here, except for his youngest brother Jonny, and our soon-to-be sister-in-law, Maggie. We missed them! The guys played a round of golf and the gals played with babies! David, Aria and Levi had lots of fun playing with everyone and got Easter baskets from Grandma and Grandpa. I have a picture of them in their outfits.
Here are the kiddos one morning... a picture of each of them. Aren't they gorgeous?
Yesterday, the boys were wearing their new Easter outfits from the Kooikers. I had to have a picture, besides the fact that they were all eating their bottles so well!
We took off David's hat after a walk and this is what we found!
At Doug's birthday party, here some of us hanging out:
Here are the kiddos one morning... a picture of each of them. Aren't they gorgeous?
Yesterday, the boys were wearing their new Easter outfits from the Kooikers. I had to have a picture, besides the fact that they were all eating their bottles so well!
We took off David's hat after a walk and this is what we found!
At Doug's birthday party, here some of us hanging out:
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter/Vacation
Well, it had to happen sometime. So many plates spinning... so much to do... sleep to be had. The blog dropped by the wayside. Sorry! I have lots to talk about and we'll see how much I get said because the kids are playing happily at the moment, but I will probably be up late tonight trying to finish this. Ugh. I just can't do that anymore because the lack of sleep is vicious.
All winter, Dan and I planned a vacation to Florida. We planned it for the first week in April, mainly because my wonderful parents and aunt Marie volunteered to have the babies for a week in Gillette. It was spring break, but I don't know how much of a break anyone got! But, it sounds like they had fun while we were away.
Dan and I spent a week in Florida. We had three days down in the Keys and three days in Orlando. It was a gloriously relaxing and rejuvenating week. Leaving the kids was a big decision, but not a hard one. We knew they were in great hands and didn't really worry about them at all. We missed them and were ready to see them after a week, but Aria wasn't so sure about seeing us! She cried and threw a fit when she saw us. It is still up for debate whether she was mad at me for being gone or (more likely) mad at Dan for picking up both the boys first. Levi just stared at Dan like he couldn't believe what he was seeing and David just seemed pretty happy - as usual.
Our first day in the Keys, Dan went deep sea fishing for mahi mahi and they brought in quite the catch. He brought home a portion and had it cooked at local restaurants for the next three meals. He claims it was delicious. I am not really into seafood. But, my pastas, burgers, and salads were delicious too!
My favorite part of Florida was just all the time we had to relax and spend quality time together. I loved our snorkeling trip, but my time in the water was cut a little short by some unexpected sea-sickness. We were taken to a pristine coral reef that seemed untouched by humanity. There were only six guests on the boat and one captain. Dan and I snorkeled together and enjoyed the emerging sea life as it swam in and out of the corals. We were shocked when a very large eel stuck its head out and bared all its gruesome looking teeth at us. Needless to say, I was out of there. I think I screamed a little in my mask and kicked as hard as I could with my flippers, hoping the commotion would warn it not to follow me and I would easily become an early lunch. Later, we learned that they are pretty harmless, easily tamed, and opening their mouths is how they breathe. It was still too freaky looking for me.
Here is me after my entire day of relaxing and sleeping while Dan was fishing. Don't I look refreshed?
Here is the view from our room. Yes, that is the beach and the ocean in the background there.
That's me in relaxing in the hammock on the beach. We really had it rough!
Dan and I spent one evening after dinner in the hammock. The moon was shining through the palm tree above us and the cool ocean breeze was refreshing. I would like to think we didn't talk about the kids. :D
The view from our last restaurant in the Keys.
While we were in Orlando, we were able to meet up with our good friend, Aaron and meet his new bride, Natalie. Aaron is the head of Shepherd's House Ministries which is building a new orphanage in Haiti. This is the orphanage Dan designed for two summers ago. We've been keeping up with all the progress since then. We will be praying about putting together a mission team from our area to go down and help once the building process starts. I believe the ground breaking is in May, so that is very exciting.
We had a day at Universal Studios and another day and a half of relaxing fun. We played putt-putt golf and had some fierce competition going. I had the lead on the front nine, but Dan pulled out a win on the back nine. I had a hole-in-one on the last hole. It was awesome. We hit the outlet malls and got a few summer clothing items for the kids.
Here is the M&M store we found and we actually coordinated with the characters! I'm corny, I know.
Our final day there, we made the short drive over to Cocoa beach and soaked in the last of the Florida sunshine. There was a "surfing" competition going on, but I almost can't call it surfing. There wasn't much to speak of for waves, but I guess they were giving it a try. The beach was quite crowded. We didn't stay long as our flights were being changed throughout the day. We had to get to the airport.
I should really have my mom, dad and Marie write a little blog post about their week with the kiddos. Hmmmm.... any takers?
We made it back to Gillette the day before Easter. We have some attempts of Easter picture Sunday afternoon. I wish the kids were as cooperative as they were cute, but we did our best.
Our first attempt at pictures was a flop. Levi was SOUND asleep! Even Aria throwing a fit right next to him didn't make him stir.
We laid Levi down for a nap and caught a few pics of the other two. Then we changed them and waited for a photo opportunity later in the day, when everyone would be a bit more cheery.
Here are the two best family pictures. Not too shabby, if you ask me. You would never know how smiley of a baby Levi is by the pictures. I don't know why his face goes flat in front of the camera!
Finally, the babies got to open their Easter baskets from Grandma and Grandpa Rigsby. Their favorite part was feeling the grass.
We left that evening to make the long drive home. We stopped in Rapid City at our good friends, the Suomalas. They have a lovely new home that they let us invade and their boys shared their toys. It was a nice break and place to do "bedtime". Dan volunteered to drive first once we got going again. I was shocked when I woke up and we were pulling into the driveway at 3:30am! The trade off to my nice long nap was letting Dan sleep in in the morning. It was my pleasure!
Well, hope this quick summary of the past month suffices. I will add some pictures and get this thing posted. I will try another day to tell of the past week's events. Thanks for sticking with us!
I'll leave you with a couple pictures of the trio playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house!
All winter, Dan and I planned a vacation to Florida. We planned it for the first week in April, mainly because my wonderful parents and aunt Marie volunteered to have the babies for a week in Gillette. It was spring break, but I don't know how much of a break anyone got! But, it sounds like they had fun while we were away.
Dan and I spent a week in Florida. We had three days down in the Keys and three days in Orlando. It was a gloriously relaxing and rejuvenating week. Leaving the kids was a big decision, but not a hard one. We knew they were in great hands and didn't really worry about them at all. We missed them and were ready to see them after a week, but Aria wasn't so sure about seeing us! She cried and threw a fit when she saw us. It is still up for debate whether she was mad at me for being gone or (more likely) mad at Dan for picking up both the boys first. Levi just stared at Dan like he couldn't believe what he was seeing and David just seemed pretty happy - as usual.
Our first day in the Keys, Dan went deep sea fishing for mahi mahi and they brought in quite the catch. He brought home a portion and had it cooked at local restaurants for the next three meals. He claims it was delicious. I am not really into seafood. But, my pastas, burgers, and salads were delicious too!
My favorite part of Florida was just all the time we had to relax and spend quality time together. I loved our snorkeling trip, but my time in the water was cut a little short by some unexpected sea-sickness. We were taken to a pristine coral reef that seemed untouched by humanity. There were only six guests on the boat and one captain. Dan and I snorkeled together and enjoyed the emerging sea life as it swam in and out of the corals. We were shocked when a very large eel stuck its head out and bared all its gruesome looking teeth at us. Needless to say, I was out of there. I think I screamed a little in my mask and kicked as hard as I could with my flippers, hoping the commotion would warn it not to follow me and I would easily become an early lunch. Later, we learned that they are pretty harmless, easily tamed, and opening their mouths is how they breathe. It was still too freaky looking for me.
Here is me after my entire day of relaxing and sleeping while Dan was fishing. Don't I look refreshed?
Here is the view from our room. Yes, that is the beach and the ocean in the background there.
That's me in relaxing in the hammock on the beach. We really had it rough!
Dan and I spent one evening after dinner in the hammock. The moon was shining through the palm tree above us and the cool ocean breeze was refreshing. I would like to think we didn't talk about the kids. :D
The view from our last restaurant in the Keys.
While we were in Orlando, we were able to meet up with our good friend, Aaron and meet his new bride, Natalie. Aaron is the head of Shepherd's House Ministries which is building a new orphanage in Haiti. This is the orphanage Dan designed for two summers ago. We've been keeping up with all the progress since then. We will be praying about putting together a mission team from our area to go down and help once the building process starts. I believe the ground breaking is in May, so that is very exciting.
We had a day at Universal Studios and another day and a half of relaxing fun. We played putt-putt golf and had some fierce competition going. I had the lead on the front nine, but Dan pulled out a win on the back nine. I had a hole-in-one on the last hole. It was awesome. We hit the outlet malls and got a few summer clothing items for the kids.
Here is the M&M store we found and we actually coordinated with the characters! I'm corny, I know.
Our final day there, we made the short drive over to Cocoa beach and soaked in the last of the Florida sunshine. There was a "surfing" competition going on, but I almost can't call it surfing. There wasn't much to speak of for waves, but I guess they were giving it a try. The beach was quite crowded. We didn't stay long as our flights were being changed throughout the day. We had to get to the airport.
I should really have my mom, dad and Marie write a little blog post about their week with the kiddos. Hmmmm.... any takers?
We made it back to Gillette the day before Easter. We have some attempts of Easter picture Sunday afternoon. I wish the kids were as cooperative as they were cute, but we did our best.
Our first attempt at pictures was a flop. Levi was SOUND asleep! Even Aria throwing a fit right next to him didn't make him stir.
We laid Levi down for a nap and caught a few pics of the other two. Then we changed them and waited for a photo opportunity later in the day, when everyone would be a bit more cheery.
Here are the two best family pictures. Not too shabby, if you ask me. You would never know how smiley of a baby Levi is by the pictures. I don't know why his face goes flat in front of the camera!
Finally, the babies got to open their Easter baskets from Grandma and Grandpa Rigsby. Their favorite part was feeling the grass.
We left that evening to make the long drive home. We stopped in Rapid City at our good friends, the Suomalas. They have a lovely new home that they let us invade and their boys shared their toys. It was a nice break and place to do "bedtime". Dan volunteered to drive first once we got going again. I was shocked when I woke up and we were pulling into the driveway at 3:30am! The trade off to my nice long nap was letting Dan sleep in in the morning. It was my pleasure!
Well, hope this quick summary of the past month suffices. I will add some pictures and get this thing posted. I will try another day to tell of the past week's events. Thanks for sticking with us!
I'll leave you with a couple pictures of the trio playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Happy Birthday, MIMI!!
We love you very much and hope you had an awesome birthday!! We are so glad we get to spend your day with you and hopefully get a taste of our first tacos, in your honor! :D Happy, happy birthday! We love our Aunt Mimi!
Love and kisses,
David, Aria & Levi
Love and kisses,
David, Aria & Levi
Pictures from Grandma and Grandpa Rigsby's
We all ate speghetti together last night! David needed it mashed a little more than the other two so we put it through the baby food grinder. They ate it up!
Levi seems to get a complex about having his picture taken and often makes quite the face! It's like he's telling you with his eyes, "Put that camera down, Grandpa!"
Aria is a true girl. She poses and smiles for the camera every time!
Here is a series of pictures I found hilarious. We were just trying to get a nice smile from all three. David is pretty happy-go-lucky, but hard to keep in one spot. If you check out Aria, she is always flashing a huge grin every time the flash goes off. Levi, on the other hand, looks like he has a few choice words for the camera man.
The first one, Levi gave a small grin. He is tolerating us.
But, he's done now. No more pictures, Grandpa.
I SAID, no more pictures! Now you are getting my squinty stare down, Grandpa!
That's it! I am coming to take that camera from you and what are you going to do about it?
Ok, so maybe I can't really crawl over there yet, but I am going to put my hand on my hip and wait here until you put the camera away. Got it?
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