Just Monkey-ing Around!

The kids just love to play with their daddy! Mellie's always doing things to try and get him to chase her, it drives him nuts! Katie's finally starting to get old enough that she enjoys playing to. Mellie thought it was pretty cool to have Katie on her shoulders untill Katie started eating her hair! Then when Jared was playing with Katie Mellie insisted he play with her too. So you can see from the photos he is supper dad and can juggle them both at the same time!

Taking Care of Baby

I posted alot of new photos today, but I wanted to comment on the Tigger photos. They were my favorite because Mellie has been being so funny with her dollys. We unpacked the last of her toys the other day(one room down!) and she found a baby doll her Grandma Tally gave her for her first birthday. She started carrying it with her everywhere she went. Pretty soon she was putting it to sleep in Katie's carrier and letting it play in Katie's exersaucer. Then she started feeding it bottles and burping it. After a few days of this she started doing this with all of her dolls. She's growing and changing so much everyday now it just leaves me in awe of all the things she's learning and taking in and how she's able to apply them in her everyday play.

Our Little Book Worm!

Every night before we put Mellie to bed we have to read a story. For a while it was the 'purr book' that Grandma Carter bought for her. We got to the point that we could stop reading at certain parts and she could fill in whole phrases. Then we went to the book store a few weeks ago and she wanted to pick a new book. I tried to get her to pick one about potty training or about families or something nice and sweet and little girlish. However, Melody found a book called 'Dog Breath' and insisted that was the one she wanted. I went as far as taking it away and hiding it behind other books to try and convince her to get another one, but she was relentless. So we purchased 'Dog Breath' and I am now forced to read a book about Hally Tosis the dog with stinky breath every day! Luckily we have a deal, I only read the story once, but then she can read it as many times as she wants to her elmo. I went in one night to check on her before I went to bed and this is how I found her. Oh well at least she's showing an interest in books even if they are 'stinky' hehe!

Finally getting settled!

We havent had time to take pictures of our new place, but I thought I would update everyone on our progress. I still have a garage full of boxes that are slowly filling up with bugs! good thing we have a two car garage and only one car! I'm trying to get them up to the house a little each day, but after moving six or seven up those stairs I'm ready for a shower. Slowly the rooms are getting put together. Mellie's room is the only one that is done. I wanted her to have her familiar surroundings so she'd be a little more comfortable. We're going to move Katie into her room in the next few weeks. We're getting mellie a big girl bed for her birthday so Katie can move into the big crib. I'll have to keep you updated on how well that works!

Jared got offered a different position within his company that would change his contract from one year to five years. The only problem is he would have to take 3 months off per company policy. I'm not sure of the whys or hows, but his boss told him she would find him a temp job for those three months that would match his wage. It would definitly make me feel more secure knowing we're going to be in one place for a while. He'll find out in the next few days whats going to happen with that. When I know I'll let you know.

I'm going to try and update this weekly if not more so keep checking back for updates!

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