"What time is it?"

It's hard to see in this picture, but Dathan has the orange tow truck hooked up to pull his green 4-wheeler.
Dathan helping mom vacuum.
Dathan was showing Kacy his "Doggy" and being really sweet to her.

It was so nice outside the other day I gave Dathan a bucket of water and soap to wash his cars. He had fun washing the car and his trike.

"What time is it?" is just one of the many questions Chad and I are asked daily by Dathan. He asks me probably 3 times a day, "What time is it mommy?", and when I respond with the time he is completely satisfied.

I thought it would be fun to list some of the things he says, likes, and can do at this time:

• Counts to 10
• Loves to sing "Jesus loves me", except we substitute "me" for "Dathan"... Our version goes "Jesus loves Dathan this I know..." Chad started this with him quite a few months back and Dathan just loves it!
• Can pedal his trike
• Sleeps with "Doggy", "Puppy", "Humpty" dumpty pillow, "Blankey", a water cup, a special blanket...
• Knows majority of colors, but has trouble with red
• Favorite book Clifford "The Missing Beach Ball"
• Can put together a 12 piece interlocking puzzle by himself
• Likes to color, paint, cut, play with playdoh
• LOVES water and anything to do with it. Nearly impossible to keep him out of Moose's water.
  

Kacy 5 months old

Check out my chunky legs!

Dathan is usually the one playing in this, but when we get a chance Kacy enjoys it too. Dathan liked it as a baby, but now that we have set it up for Kacy we can't seem to keep him out of it.

Kacy is not too big of a fan of rice cereal or fruit, but she LOVES sweet potatoes. She gets very excited when she sees the bowl and spoon coming her way.

It's hard to believe that 5 months have already passed since her birth. We are enjoying every moment with her... well maybe we could do without the once or twice a night that she wakes up to eat, but overall she is such a delight. She began rolling over from her back to tummy on the day she turned 5 months. She loves to hold onto and put everything in her mouth.

Snow, Trains, Fun and more!

We got back this past weekend from 2 weeks of fun in Colorado. We spent most of the time at my parents house with lots of time for eating out and shopping. Some of the highlights of the trip were seeing some of my good friends from high school, college and after. Our last weekend we drove to see some friends in Grand Junction before heading back to Alamogordo. We had a great time with our friends, but our drive home was something else!!! Thankfully my parents had offered to keep Kacy while we went to Grand Junction and then brought her to our house in Alamo. for us on their way to AZ. It was a long 13.5 hour drive with 1 child I can't imagine with the two.

We loaded Dathan in his PJ's at 5:30am. Good thing we got an early start not knowing it would take us 13.5 hours.

We were so lucky to see the Durango-Silverton steam engine running alongside the road. We stopped and opened the door so Dathan could get a good look. It the highlight of his trip.

We knew there might be a little snow, but I had trusted that there would be snow plows out taking care of the road. We saw a whopping 1 snow plow during our 3 hours of driving less than 30 mph going over 3 passes. Chad did an amazing job driving, but I couldn't help but be stressed and "white knuckling" it all the way. It didn't help to see signs saying "chains required" when we did not have them. Praise God we made it home safely!
Here's Dathan after 12.5 hours in the car. On top of snow delays we got stuck in a traffic jam south of Albuquerque for 45 min. It was an inconvenience to us but most likely life changing for the poor individuals in the accident. I was not annoyed to be stopped in traffic, just thankful that God put us a few short minutes/seconds behind the car that had the accident and not with it. Back to Dathan....in this picture he has been snacking on raisins and craisins when he tells me "raisin in nose". Sure enough our first experience with our child sticking something up his nose is after we have spent all day in the car and still have an hour to get home. After trying and trying we finally got him to blow it out into a tissue. What a relief!