Daddy daughter dance

Each year, Roseburg holds a daddy daughter dance at the fairgrounds. This year Marty took Elizabeth for the 1st time. I had so much fun getting her ready for the dance and Marty enjoyed some quality time with his little girl. It was nice for me too, I got to spend some alone time with Martin.

Here we go again

Ok...we are starting potty training. It seems like I just did this with Elizabeth and wanted to pull my hair out during the process. I can remember being frustrated and wanting to throw my hands up and try later. I also remember it took forever. I felt we were potty training for months. So, with all that in mind we are beginning this adventure again, but with Martin. It is day 2 and I feel ok about it. Ask me in a week or 2 and I might change my mind, but I think things are going well...for the 2nd day.
He is completely opposite from Elizabeth. She could sit for hours on the potty watching t.v. and eventually would pee on the potty. Martin, you tell him to sit and pee and he just does it. Really, no waiting. Yes, he has had accidents, but I contribute that to not getting him to sit in enough time. Of course sometimes it takes 2 hours in between and at other times its only 15 min. At least he pees on command when he needs to go.

Dominican Republic

We recently got home from our trip to the Dominican Republic. It was a very nice vacation...I think Marty needed it most of all :) We took our kids with us on this trip and they loved it! I was impressed at how well both of them traveled. We had to get on 3 planes just to get there. They did sleep most of the flight.
They spent the majority of their time playing in the pool or on the sandy beach. One of the pools at the resort had a play set in the water. Martin loved climbing the steps and going down the slide that landed in the pool. It was only about waist-high. Elizabeth's favorite was the lazy river, which she called the noisy river. She wanted her own tube to float in...she's such a big girl. We did take some side trips. One trip was to the coffee/cocoa farm where they demonstrated how all that is made. Another trip was to on a boat to go snorkeling. Of course the kids didn't snorkel. We tried getting them in the water, but they cried. They did not like the ocean.
Marty, along with the grandparents, took them horseback riding. I couldn't go because I'm pregnant. The people there really frowned on me doing anything, because of my pregnancy. It was kind of annoying that I couldn't do hardly anything, but at the same time it gave me the chance to really relax and not have to go do anything but sit by the pool.
I will get more pictures posted when I get them from Kathy. She takes way more pictures than I do.
We had a great time and the week went by too fast. Maybe next time I can convince Marty of a 2 week vacation ;)

baby #3

It's about time that I get this posted. We are expecting another baby.

We went in for our 1st ultrasound a couple of weeks ago, so I'm about 12 weeks now. We are expecting this baby to appear in May and we couldn't be happier about our new addition to our family.

Dance Class

I have Elizabeth enrolled in a dance class. It is for little kids. They work on ballet and tap and I think it is the cutest thing ever. Elizabeth looks so cute in her leotard and skirt. Granted, we haven't mastered doing anything yet, but that's ok. She's only been in the class for 3 weeks...1 day/week. She still relys on holding the teacher's hand through everything, which is frustrating to watch, but I am grateful she see's the teacher as an adult whom she can go to for help. We'll see how things progress. She is the youngest in her class, so I think she will get there.

Apple Orchard Field Trip with Playschool

Elizabeth at the dock

Martin taking a bite of his apple

Last Friday, the kids had their first field trip with their school class. We all met out at the Apple Orchard and were able to pick apples from a tree. Each child got to climb a ladder and pick 2 apples from the tree. I was amazed how well the kids did...all of them. The ages of the kids in the class range from 18 mon. to 3 years. It was amazing to see how skilled the kids are.

I was grateful Marty was able to take the day off and come with me...Martin was our challange...wanting to run off at every turn. He doesn't stop to make sure you are there behind him...he just keep on going.

My Little Man

Martin went in for his 18 month check-up on Thursday. He was such a trooper. He weighs 25 lbs and is almost 34 inches tall. While the doctor was doing her routine exam, she discovered that Martin had ear infections in both ears. The left one much worse than the right. I was surprised that he wasn't tugging at his ears, so I was caught off-guard by this news. Poor guy gets another 10 days of antibiotics plus another trip to the pediatricians office in 3 weeks. Already with 2 days worth of medicine in him, he seems to be doing better.
We have also moved him into a toddler bed. He definitely likes it way better than the crib. Now he can get up and play when he wants. Last night was a bit difficult for him and so I opted to put him in his crib to keep him contained. After 10 minutes of crying/screaming I went to check on him and found that he dumped his blankets overboard and climbed out of the crib (something he has never done before) climbed into him toddler bed and was sitting there crying. It was so sad, yet so funny all at the same time. He has also learned to open doors since this new transition. Yes, we do have locks on the outside of the door to keep him contained in his room. It's amazing to me how much he is learning and accomplishing every day. I think it's cause he wants to keep up with his sister.