Keira's First Bath

Keira's umbilical cord stump finally fell off yesterday. It really hung on for awhile! So she had her first real bath today. Which actually was a semi shower, since she took a bath in the shower with me, lol.

Michael's Orange Belt Test

Michael has been ready to test for his next belt for awhile, but we have been a little busy with the baby and 2 extra kids here with Josh's nieces living with us. But we finally got around to taking him to one of the test times!

He is very proud of his new belt!

Fun Time at Grandma and Papa's

After a dip in the pond on a rare, warm January day the boys enjoy some time in a makeshift hot tub with bubbles! The bubble foam was all over the porch!

Keira enjoys a little sleepy time on Grandma's arm...

She's finally here...

Keira Jo Haight
Born January 2nd, 2009 7:00 am
6lbs 8.4 oz, 19.75 inches

December

December zipped by us, and we were so busy I can't even begin to remember what all we did, but here are some cute moments from the month...

Juicing: one of Ethan's new hobbies!

Michael singing in his kindergarten Christmas Show
Making Christmas cookies (one of the 3 cookie sessions, lol)

Our friend Daisy, cookie session 2

Christmas Morning Our House

Baby Shower

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped celebrate the upcoming arrival of our baby girl, It was a lot of fun!

You can see a slide show of baby shower pics here!

Well we have been super busy!
Ethan has finally starting pooping in the potty! It apparently just took the right motivation-a Thomas the Train Suspension Bridge-and a lot of time! We were at Target, he saw the bridge, asked if he could get it if he pooped in the potty, and I couldn't believe after all this time, and countless failed bribery tactics he did! And he hasn't looked back at pull-ups since! My dream to not have 2 kids in diapers after Keira arrives has come true Wooohoooo!!!

Ethan has also moved from his private lessons in Karate back to the big class. He earned a behavior stripe and a technique stripe yesterday in class!
Here he is as a naked Indian fro some pre-Thanksgiving fun...
Michael is on vacation this week, and has been doing so well in school. He has been able to bring home the Fuzzy Bear behavior reward several time this year, here is a pic from Fuzzy's most recent visit, playing Star Wars...