First Steps

Brody has started to take his first steps! We are so excited about it. He was taking a couple of steps in between Jenna and me last Thursday and it progressed throughout the weekend. He can generally take three or four steps in a row before he loses his balance. Brode is so cute because the more steps he takes the faster he tries to go. He also walks with his arms straight out like Frankenstein and he always has his mouth wide open. Too funny!

Soooo Romantic

Ok, I'm being sarcastic. We did not have a romantic Valentine's Day at our house, unless you consider watching a girls basketball game romantic. I don't think it was either, but we had the first round of districts on Saturday nite. The girls ended up winning by about 20, although they were up by 15 and it got to within 3-4 points, they pulled it out in the end. The next round of district play is Tuesday against a really good Roland-Story team, so we'll see.
By the way, although I do think V-day is kind of a cheesey, Hallmark holiday, I do think it's a nice excuse to go on a date with your significant other! :)

Rub-a-dub-dub!

I love giving the kids a bath! First of all, it's an easy way to keep them in a confined area and secondly, they are so cute when they play in the bubbles. Jenna likes to be a big helper and put the soap in little brother's hair and Brody likes to try and "catch" the water when it comes out of the faucet. It's so funny! Here are some pictures of their fun in the tub:

This is Jenna's Santa Claus look

And Brode, sporting the mohawk!

Beautiful!

Aunt Mandy and a few of our friends have encouraged us to write down the funny things that our kids say. I have decided to take their advice. Here's the latest:
I was in the bathroom getting ready for Aaron's basketball game and Jenna took "her eyeshadow" into the living room. I yelled into her a few minutes later to come in and go potty so we could get going to the game. Jenna yells back at me in a very dramatic voice, "Mom, I am TRYING to be beautiful!"

My husband, the volleyball player

Just a little update on the adult volleyball league that Aaron and I started. We were only going to do it for two months, but people wanted to keep playing, so we just started month three.

I just want to tell you how far Aaron has come in that time. He was always athletic and could bump, set, and get a good spike now and again. The problem was that he could never get his timing just right for his hitting. Well, he has found his timing! The last two weeks he has been pounding the ball. Last night he hit one INSIDE the ten foot line. I was pretty impressed and so was everybody else. My one complaint about his play is that it was just him and me at the net and...he blocked me! GRRR, I'm too competitive and that just ticked me off. :)

Now this I can handle...

Everybody knows I am not a big fan of dresses and Miss Jenna is! Well, she wanted to wear a dress the other day and I said only if you wear jeans with it. Here's the end result. I think it's pretty cute and I can handle dresses worn this way. Jenna was hamming it up for her dad.

Head Coaching Debut

Aaron got to be the acting head coach for the basketball game last nite. The regular head coach had a funeral and he couldn't make it back in time for the game. Aaron was kind of excited about the opportunity and the girls won an UGLY game against NU High. I also learned I am way more nervous during varsity games when Aaron's the one in charge! :)